Calendula Officinalis

Mind

Disposition, during the chill, anxious, morose, and solicitous, [1] . Great irritability; he is easily frightened; hearing is very acute (after he had smelled of camphor), [1] . Fretful, sleepy, dreamy, [1] .

Head

Confusion of the head, as after a night's debauch; in the morning, heaviness of the head, as after a long illness (third day), [1] .

Dull sensation, especially in the upper part of the occiput, [1] .

Headache in the forehead, after eating, with sensation of heat in it, [1] .

Dull, pressive sensation in the occiput, [1] .

Eye. Lids very much swollen (after one hour), [2] .

Dryness and biting in the margin of the lids, as from smoke, [1] . [10.] The white of the eye is inflamed, with pressive headache, now in the forehead, now in the temples, when lying down, not when sitting and standing, [1] . Pupils dilated (after one hour), [2] .

Ear. Sticking pain in the ears during the fever-heat; the adjacent parts are very red, [1] .

Face

Sensation of swelling extending from the lips to the eyes and forehead, accompanied by a burning-stinging sensation (after one hour), [2] .

Sensation as if the lips were swollen; from the lips it spread to the sides of the nose; increased rapidly in intensity (immediately), [2] . Drawing-tensive pain in the glands behind the left ramus of the lower jaw, on moving the head, [1] .

Mouth

Speech scarcely recognizable (after one hour), [2] .

Throat

Bitter taste of mucus in the throat, before eating; food, however, tastes natural, [1] . Pain in front beneath the chin, on motion and pressure; and at the union of the clavicle with the sternum (eighteenth day), [2] .

Rheumatic drawing pain in the right side of the throat, which is increased on bending the neck to the right side, and on raising the right arm; it extends to the shoulder, in the morning (second day), [1] . [20.]

The submaxillary glands are swollen and painful to the touch, as if suppurating; the axillary glands are also painful to touch (for four days), [1] . The submaxillary glands pain on touch, as if swollen, and at times cause a tensive pain, which, especially on swallowing, becomes a pressure in the throat (afternoon, second day), [1] .

Stomach

Diminished appetite for dinner, though he relishes the food when he eats, [1] . Hiccough, after smoking, [1] . Attacks of nausea, at times, in the forenoon, [1] .

Abdomen

A boring-digging pain, deep in the region of the navel, when walking, [1] .

Dull, coarse stitches in the middle of the right side of the abdomen, on moving; they disappear during rest, [1] .

Stool

A stool in the morning, preceded by griping and anxiety in the abdomen, and accompanied by a chill, [1] .

Urinary Organs

Tearings, at times in the urethra, during a chill, [1] . Frequent micturition; urine white as water, is very hot and burning, [1] .

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [30.] Very deep inspiration, with heat in the chest and face, [1] . Great efforts were made to inflate the lower lobes of the lungs, which were only successful when sitting up (after one hour), [2] .

Chest

Pressive-drawing pain in the left side of the chest, and on the breast-bone, with stitches in the right side of the chest (second day), [1] .

Pressure and oppression in the left side of the chest, in the evening, when lying in bed, [1] . Drawing pressure in the left side of the chest, when standing, during inspiration, [1] .

Heart And Pulse. Pulse irregular and diminishing rapidly (after one hour), [2] .

Neck And Back.

Pressive-drawing pain between the shoulder-blades, [1] .

Pressive pain beneath the right lower tip of the shoulder-blade, with a sensation as if everything were suppurating and bruised (afternoon, second day), [1] .

Extremities In General.

Drawing-pressive tension in the wrists and ankles, during rest, [1] .

Inferior Extremities.

Tired, weary feeling in the lower extremities (after one hour), [2] . [40.]

Pains in the knees, while sitting, in the outer side, as if bruised, [1] . Burning-tearing pain in the upper part of the calf, while sitting, [1] . Drawing-pinching pain on the inner border of the sole, while sitting, [1] .

General Symptoms. Very restless at night, he gets rest in no position; he continually wakes; is obliged to urinate frequently, and drinks very much, [1] . A wound becomes raw and inflamed anew, [1] . A wound is painful, in the morning, as if bruised, with smarting and throbbing in it, as if it would suppurate, [1] . The rheumatic, drawing pains appear only during motion, and are very slight, [1] .

Skin

Eruption of small vesicles, in the left corner of the lower lip, [1] .

Fever

Chilliness.

Chilly the whole morning, and very sensitive to the air (second day), [1] .

He feels shivery, and has a kind of goose-flesh, while the skin seems to touch, [1] . [50.] Shivering in the back, with pressure in the last true ribs of the left side, with movements in the epigastric region and abdomen as if he would faint, [1] . Hands and feet cold (after one hour), [2] .

Chilliness in the hands and feet, the whole forenoon, without thirst, together with drawing pressive, rheumatic pains through the whole body; the ribs ache as if squeezed together and bruised, sometimes after eating (in the morning second day), [1] .

Heat. Great heat, the whole forenoon, with much sweat; he feels qualmish in the chest, and the axillae are very hot, [1] .

Heat in the afternoon, with creeping chills and great thirst; drinking, however, causes every time shivering and a shaking chill, [1] . Great heat, in the evening, in bed, [1] . Great heat, in the evening, in bed; he begins to sweat; especially the feet burn very much and sweat, [1] . The heat abates after 5 P.M., without shivering, even in the open air, the head feels freer, the breathing easier, and the voice stronger and deeper, [1] . The heat continues unabated after 5 P.M.; only that cold drinks cause shivering, [1] .

Flushes in the forehead, in the evening (after eight hours), [1] . [60.] Sensation of heat in the face after eating, of the hands and feet, and an hour afterwards, thirst (second day), [1] .

Towards evening, a feeling of heat in the otherwise cold hands and whole body, with creeping chills, without thirst, and almost dread of drinking, while sitting (after nine and a half hours), [1] .

Aggravation

( Morning ), Heaviness of head; wound painful; chilly. ( Forenoon ), Attacks of nausea; chilliness in hands, etc.; heat, etc. ( Afternoon ), Heat. ( Toward evening ), While sitting, feeling of heat, etc. ( Evening ), When lying in bed, pressure in left chest; in bed, heat; flushes in forehead. ( Night ), Restless, etc. ( Bending neck to right side ), Pain on side of throat. ( During chill ), Nearly all symptoms appear; anxious, etc.; tearings in urethra. ( After eating ), Headache in forehead, etc. ( When lying down ), White of eye inflamed, etc. ( On moving ), Stitches in abdomen; rheumatic pains. ( Moving head ), Pain in glands before jaw. ( During rest ), Tension in wrists, etc.

( While sitting ), Pains in knees; pain in calf; pain on border of sole. ( After smoking ), Hiccough. ( When standing ), During inspiration, pressure in left side of chest. ( When walking ), Pain in region of navel.

Amelioration

Feels best when walking about, or when lying perfectly still.

SUPPLEMENT: CALENDULA.

Authority. 3 , J. H. Fitch, M.D., copied from MS.; a man, aged twenty-seven years, took 15 minims of a strong alcoholic tincture, at 10.30 A.M. and 4 P.M. (first day); same at 11.45 A.M. (second day); same at 2.15 A.M. (third day).

Very irritable, touchy. Afterwards fit of despair and deep anguish (second day), [3] .

Nervous exhaustion (third day), [3] . In a few minutes felt a disagreeable sensation in the occiput, [3] .

Immediately felt pain in the occiput (second day), [3] .

Itching of the scalp (after second dose), [3] . An unusual amount of saliva in the mouth and fauces (after twenty-five minutes), [3] . Scraping and mucus in the throat (second day), [3] .

Disorder of the function of the digestion, [3] . [70.] Stool soft, covered with mucus, at 1 P.M. (third day), [3] . Emission of semen (third day), [3] .

Slightly disagreeable sensation at the back of the neck, from the occiput (after second dose), [3] . Pain in the left lumbar region; afterwards in lumbar region, both sides (second day), [3] .

Itching of skin (second day), [3] .