Aesculus Glabra

Ohio Buckeye. Sapindacece.

A beautiful tree growing in the bottom lands of the Ohio river. The tincture is to be made of the whole fruit ; the bark may differ. Symp- toms mostly toxic ; provings commenced only by Hale.

^ Sensonilin. Confusion of mind, with vertigo, often followed by stupefaction and coma. Vertigo with staggering, reeling, unconsciousness. Vertigo with full heavy head, dim sight, thick speech, nausea and vomiting. ^ Inner Head.

H Fullness and heaviness in the head without pain, with vertigo and faintness toward evening. \ According to the wry neck, the vertigo, sensation of fullness and heaviness of head, stupor, great weakness and trem- bling of limbs, it may be used in meningitis. ^ Sight and Eyes. Sight dim or lost. Eyes fixed and dead. Eyes expressionless. ^^ Speech.

Tongue. Speech thick, and tongue as if lame. ^^ Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea, with loathing of food and

vomiting. ^'^ Stomach. Distension (with cattle). Cramp-like pain. Sensation of fullness. ^^ Abdomen. Distension (with cattle). "" Rectum and Stool. Hard, knotty stools. Constipation (cattle), Iwith men. I Very painful, dark purple haemorrhoidal tumors, with lame

back and lower limbs. It is popular to carry the fruit in the breeches pocket, as a preventive of piles. ^^ Neck. Back. Wry neck (cattle).

Great lameness and weakness of back. ^^ Lower Limbs. Trembling of lower limbs. Hind limbs lame ; falling (cattle). A strong tendency to contraction of the legs. 36 I^eryeg^ Spasms and convulsions, followed by lameness (cattle). Great weakness. *

^^ Sleep. Stupor and confusion, followed by coma.

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^^ Time. Towards evening : vertigo and faintness.

^° Fever. iSome typhoid symptoms,

^* Relationship. Collateral relations : Aesc. hipp.

Discrete relations : Aloes ; Collinsonia ; Ignat.; Nux vom.

iECDLUS HIPPOCASTANUM.

Horse Chestnut. Sapindacece.

Brought from the East, and extensively cultivated as an ornamental tree. Both fruit and capsule should be used for the best preparations.

Proved by Helbig, in 1844; by Buchman, in 1859, and later, by C. W. Boyce, Cooley, Duncan, Warren, H. M. Paine, W. H. Burt, C. H. Lee, and J. C. Raymond, to which we add a very good proving by Neville, from a Thesis in 1864 to '65.

^ Mind. Mind clear ; anterior lobes feel light ; posterior dull, heavy. On awaking knoAvs not where she is nor whence came the ob- jects around her. I I Unable to fix his attention. Disinclination to perform any labor. Inward cheerfulness and placidity of temper. Feeling of sadness, lasting all day.

■ Depressed, low-spirited.

I Feels dull, gloomy and despondent.

Very irritable all day, and restless during forepart of the night.

■ Extremely irritable; loses temper easily, and gains control

over it again but slowly. I Feels miserably cross. ^ Sensorium. Confused feeling in the head, with giddiness ;

slight while sitting, worse when rising from a seat, afternoon. Vertigo with a sensation as if he had to balance the head ; very

annoying all afternoon. ^ Inner Head. Dull pain in r. temple and occiput, followed by

dull stitches in forehead and 1. temple. Feeling as if a board were on the head ; << rising from a

seat. Neuralgic pains in the different parts of the head, temples,

occiput and frontal regions, coming and going.

■ Severe lancinating headache at the base of the brain, as if too

full ; tympany ; tongue white. Dull heavy pain deep in the brain.

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Headache all over as if it would burst. 6 Fever.

A sensation of fullness and pressure, rather than of acute pain.

Sensation of fullness in the head, beating of the temporal arte- ries, and pain extending through the head from one tempo- ral region to the other ; aggravated by stooping, laughing and study.

Congestion to the head with beating of the temporal arteries, lasting half an hour, and accompanied by a dull pain on the top of the head.

Heaviness, with dull stupefying pain in the head.

Heaviness in the forehead, with aching pain in the back part of the head.

Fullness in the forehead with dull heavy pain.

Dull aching pain in the forehead over the orbits.

Aching in the forehead ; sometimes over the left, sometimes over the right eye ; also the right temple.

Dull pain over the right eye ; eyes heavy ; after sleep.

iDull pressure in the forehead with slight nausea in the stomach, followed at once by stitches in the right hypochondrium.

I Dull frontal headache, from right to left, with constrictive feeling of the skin of the forehead, followed by flying pains in the epigastrium.

Shooting pain in the forehead.

Neuralgic pains in the right supra-orbital region.

Severe frontal headache ; back aches and is weak.

Pressing in the left temple, followed by the same sensation in the right.

Beating in the right temple.

Frequent flying pains through the temples and forehead ; throat constricted.

Dull heavy pain extending through the top of the head.

Neuralgic pains in the left side of the head.

Very severe pain in the right side of the head above the temple.

Dull aching pain in the left side of the head.

Dull pain in the right side of the head, folloAved by the same sensation in the left side, continuing about an hour.

Dull pain in the occiput, with flushes of heat over the occiput, neck and shoulders, and lame feeling in the small of the back. d Prolapsus uteri.

Heavy feeling in back of head.

Dull aching sensation in the back part of the head, afterwards extending to the forehead, and made much worse by stooping.

Dull pain in the occiput ; also a bruised feeling with heat, ex- tending to the ears.

Burning pain in the back part of the head.

Headache with dull pain and stitches, chiefly in forehead, temple and occiput ; accompanied by confusion and vertigo.

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with sensation of fullness and pressure rather than other pain.

Sensations in the head, accompanied by beating of the arte- ries all over the body and accelerated pulse.

Sick headache ; feeling of fullness in the forehead, with sick- ness of the stomach in the evening.

Neuralgic darting from right to left across the forehead ; fol- lowed by flying pains in the epigastrium.

Stitches in the right side of the head, right breast, and anterior part of the right thigh simultaneously.

Sensation of fullness in upper part of head, with stiffness of neck and spine.

Dull aching sensation in the forehead, with beating in the temples, flashes of heat and accelerated pulse.

Dull heavy pains in the forehead, and pains in the back, loins, left shoulder and elbow, as if from overexertion.

Headache with drowsiness, too weak to walk. * Outer Head. Shooting in 1. parietal bone, later in the right.

Pains in vertex, with a very annoying sensation, as though a number of pin-points were inserted in the skin.

Hypersesthesia of scalp.

Soreness of the side of the scalp rested on (right).

Formication in front of temple. ^ Sight and Eyes. Flickering before the eyes.

Pupils dilated ; contract slowly.

■ Can read well at a distance, can now read without spectacles. Eyes feel heavy and hot.

Burning and stinging deep in the left orbit, as if the pain sur- rounded the ball. Painful aching over the left eye.

■ Weight in eyes, they feel heavy and dull. Twitching: of lids; of the muscles under left eye. Eyes filled with tears.

Balls feel sore, dull aching in them.

I I Sharp shooting in 1. eyeball, sometimes through 1. ear.

Dull pain over the eyes ; shooting over the left. ® Hearing and Ears. "Ringing in r. ear.

Shooting pain in 1. ear and eye, later in r. ear.

Burning in ears ; pressure.

Fullness. See 44. '' Smell and Nose. iDryness of the posterior nares and throat, with sneezing, followed by severe coryza.

Fluent coryza, dull frontal headache, thin watery discharge ; burning, rawness ; sensitive to inhaled air.

Pain in the r. nasal bone ; soreness in the left.

Sneezing.

I Stinging and burning in the posterior nares and soft palate.

Dryness of posterior nares and throat.

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Formication on the nose. ^ Face. Stitches in 1. malar bone. I Pale, miserable appearance. Ill-looking countenance. Flying heat and redness of left side of face. After rubbing the face it flushes. Rubbing after washing causes red spots. Face swells enormously after washing in water. ^ Lower Part of Face. Severe neuralgic pains from upper lip, extending around to right side of head ; all forenoon. Severe pains in r. mastoid region. Lips hot. ^^ Teeth. Shooting in lower molar teeth, later in the r. only.

Ache in middle lower molar, worse by warm drinks and press- ing teeth together, better by holding cold water in the mouth. Teeth feel as if covered with oil. " Taste, Speech, Tongue. Taste : bitter, afterwards sweetish ; sweet with the ropy mucus ; oily or coppery, with salivation ; metallic. Cannot control the tongue so as to form words rightly. Tongue furred, d Hemorrhoids.

Tongue coated white or yellow ; feels scalded. See fauces. Tip of the tongue sore, as if ulcerated. ^^ Inner Mouth. Thick yellow phlegm in the mouth, and on tongue. Month dry, as if excoriated and constricted. Increased flow of saliva, with oily taste. See teeth. '^ Palate, Fauces and Throat. Stinging and burning in soft

palate.

I Pricking, formication, burning and stinging in the fauces; shooting in 1. side.

Feeling as if something had lodged in the fauces, causing con- stant inclination to swallow.

Throat feels dry and stiff when swallowing.

Dry feeling, or a constrictive sensation, with desire to swallow.

Tonsils swollen, fiery red ; neck swollen and stiff.

Tonsils dark, congested, with an aching distress.

I Violent burning in throat, with raw feeling.

Frequent neuralgic pains in fauces.

Constricted sensation in fauces, tongue feels as if scalded.

Hawks up ropy mucus, of a sweetish taste.

Tonsils dark and congested, swollen ; the left worse ; inclina- tion to swallow, with dull aching pain, burning like fire.

iFeeling of dryness and roughness of throat as from taking cold.

■ Frequent inclination to swallow, with dry constricted fauces,

burning. I I Throat and oesophagus constricted, scraped, causes hawking.

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I Dark congested state of fauces, with a full feeling and irrita- tion, d Chronic angina. ^^ Appetite and Thirst. iLoss of appetite. ^Hemorrhoids.

I Considerable thirst. '■'' Eating and Drinking. Burning in pit of stomach and feeling as if about to vomit, is removed by eating dinner.

Stomach feels full, as if the walls were thickened, after eating.

A distended feeling was the only sign which told him to stop eating.

Pain in stomach, continuing until he eats again.

Regurgitation of the food an hour after eating. ^® Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Eructations : sour ; greasy; bitter; frequent; empty; I I taste of food; thick mucus.

Belching and nausea.

iNausea. ^Hemorrhoids.

Nausea with increase of saliva and slight burning in stomach.

I I Nausea most after eating or in the afternoon.

1 Nausea with heavy pressure in epigastric region.

Sickness with heaviness in base of brain from forehead to occiput.

I I Desire to vomit.

■ Violent retching and vomiting, with burning in stomach.

I Heartburn and gulping up all the food after eating; can

hardly eat anything. 6 A young girl. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. I l Pressure as from a stone in

pit of stomach. Periodical tightness in scrobiculum, with labored breathing. At the epigastrium: II fullness; Iburning distress, aching;

■ pressure as from a stone; flying pains after headache.

See 3. Sinking at pit of stomach, emptiness with gnawing. Gnawing and emptiness in stomach early mornings. Fluttering, with faintness in stomach.

■ Constant distress and burning in stomach, with inclination to

vomit. Aching, cutting, burning distress in stomach. Sharp pain in region of stomach and apex of heart. Pain in stomach and rumbling in abdomen.

■ Violent burning in stomach, bowels and liver, with distress,

nausea and violent vomiting. '^ Hypochondria. Dull aching in r. hypochondriac region.

■ Constant, severe aching, from pit of stomach to the lower lobe

of liver. Tenderness in r. hypochondrium. Pinching pain in r. hypochondrium, with colic ; pain through

to the back on inspiring. Stitches following the headache.

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Stitches, pinching and aching in liver, extending between the

shoulders. I Tenderness in the r. hypochondriac region; I full feeling. I I Constant dull aching distress in right lower lobe of the liver

and region of the gall-bladder; I much distress in liver and

epigastrium.

■ Constant aching pain from the pit of stomach to the right lobe

of liver.

■ Congestion of liver and portal system.

Fine stitching in 1. hypochondrium, <C moving and laughing.

Pain in region of spleen. ^^ Abdomen and Groins. Burning distress, soreness and ach- ing at the navel.

I I Abdomen tender to touch.

Rumbling in the bowels, with cutting about the navel, with distension and bearing down.

■ Flatulent pains in bowels, d Hemorrhoids.

Rumbling noise and abdominal pain extending downward, even-

At the navel: pain, soreness and aching; pricking; great dis- tress with urging to stool; colicky pains after the hard stool.

■ Sensation of fullness in abdomen. ^Hemorrhoids. Stitches in left side below the ribs.

Sensation of soreness in the lumbar region. Deep seated shooting in the right side just above the hip ; tear- ing above r. hip. Flying pains in the bowels. Cramp pain, cutting in the bowels before stool. Cramp-like contraction of the bowels. Colicky pains in bowels, with severe cutting in rectum.

■ Throbbing in the abdomen. See 23. ^ Portal congestion.

■ Hemorrhoidal colic.

■ Throbbing in the pelvic cavity and hypogastrium. ^Prolap-

sus uteri.

■ Pain in hypogastric region. ^Prolapsus uteri. Cutting in the r. inguinal region.

Severe neuralgic pain in the right inguinal region.

■ Inguinal hernia.

^"Rectum and Stool. ■! ■Rectum: feels full; ■■dryness and itching; ■■dryness. ^Hemorrhoids.

■ ■Rectum feels as if full of small sticks. Dryness, heat and constriction of the rectum.

I Mucous lining feels thickened, obstructing defecation. Dryness and itching in the rectum, with a feeling of stiffness of the skin and adjacent cellular tissues. . Sensation in the rectum as though a bug was creeping out. Feeling in the rectum as though folds of the mucous membrane

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obstructed the passage, and as if, were the effort continued,

the rectum would protrude. Prolapsus of the rectum. Soreness of the rectum, with a feeling as if something would

pass off all the time. Soreness, aching and fullness of the rectum. B I Rectum sore, with burning and itching. Soreness of the rectum, with increased secretion of mucus. I Considerable pain, aching, swelling and rigid hardness of

rectum, commencing an hour after stool, continuing from

two to six hours. 6 Hemorrhoids. Pressure in the rectum, with constant desire but ineffectual

efforts to stool.

■ Urging to stool, often ineffectual; rectum seems swollen. Passes fetid flatus.

Much flatus passed in the evening. Stool softer than natural. Stools loose, preceded by "griping.

Frequent loose stools, with constant urging ; composed of in- gesta.

■ Light colored soft stool. ^Prolapsus uteri. Stools mushy, light brown.

Copious, soft stool, followed by burning, and a feeling of swell- ing and constriction of the rectum.

Diarrhoea ; the desire to have the boAvels evacuated coming on suddenly, preceded by passage of flatulence and followed by pain in the abdomen and eructations tasting of the ingesta.

Diarrhoea, evacuations yellow, thin, preceded by pain in the abdomen which passed off with the stool.

In the afternoon, watery discharges from the bowels not at- tended with any pain.

■ Chronic diarrhoea.

An evacuation, at first black and hard, then white and soft.

■ First part hard, black, the last of about natural consistency,

but white as milk. 6 Liver complaint. Stool at first black and hard ; later white ; followed by tearing in the anus.

■ Very dark stools. ^Hemorrhoids. Stool large, dry, hard, difiicult, dark.

Stool very hard and dry, with colicky pains in the umbilical region, followed by severe cutting pains in the rectum.

■ Stool large, hard, dry, knotted, voided with difficulty and

followed by severe cutting, burning or constricting pains in the anus, a portion of which seems to protrude ; with dull pains in the lower abdomen and ■■severe lumbo-sacral back- ache.

■ Sense of fullness and bearing down with constipation. 6 Hem-

orrhoids.

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I Bowels always wanted to be relieved, d Hemorrhoids.

I I Constipation, d Hemorrhoids.

II Hard dry stool passed with difficulty, with dryness of rectum and heat ; no bleeding.

I After stool, pain in anus intense, lasting till evening; every

other day stool, inclined to bleeding. 6 Hemorrhoids.

I I Stool followed by rectal fullness. ^Hemorrhoids.

I Much pain after stool in the morning, not subsiding till even- ing-

■ Soreness, burning, itching and fullness at the anus.

■ Intolerable burning, itching, stinging pain at anus, with feel-

ing of fullness, which could only be relieved by rubbing or by pressure ;. only felt while walking,

I Anus feels raw.

I Pain like a knife sawing backwards and forwards through anus. 6 Hemorrhoids.

Dryness of the passage for several days, followed by a secre- tion of moisture.

• Stricture of the sphincter ani.

I Anus sore, it protrudes at or after stool. Prolapsed feeling of the anus after a natural stool.

■ Prolapsus ani after stool, with dull backache. Causes prolapsus ani in cattle which feed on it.

■ Fullness and itching in anus after a walk.

Rubbing induces a flow of blood to the anus. See 8, 32. Troublesome itching of the anus.

• Fissure of the anus.

Pain in the anus commences about an hour after an evacua- tion, and continues from two to six hours, d Hemorrhoids.

■ Occasional attacks of hemorrhoids, attended with very little

hemorrhage, although considerable pain, aching, swelling and rigid hardness of the rectum ; attacks usually accom- pany constipation.

■ ■Hemorrhoids, blind and painful, rarely bleeding.

■ Blind piles of ten years' standing; bleeding of twenty years.

■ Several large piles which seem to block up the rectum, little

or no bleeding, great suffering, constipation. Sharp, shooting pains running through the hemorrhoidal tu- mors, up to the sacrum and along the back.

■ Large protruding painful hemorrhoids. ^Prolapsus uteri.

■ Appearance of hemorrhoids, like ground-nuts, of a purple

color, very painful, and with a sensation of burning.

■ ■Hemorrhoids painful, burning, purplish ; generally " blind ;"

aching and lameness, or sharp, shooting pains up the back. Hemorrhoids severe and of long standing, patient felt as if the

gut was turned inside out. Pain worse in the tumors when standing on the feet or walking.

■ Hemorrhoids, could not sit or lie down with ease.

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I Pain in hemorrhoids, like a knife sawing up and down, could

not sit, stand or lie, only possible position was kneeling ; slight protrusion.

I I Some carry the nuts in their breeches-pockets as a pre- ventive.

^^ Urinary Organs. Terrible pain in the region of the left kid- ney, continuing about an hour and aggravated by motion.

Shooting pains in the left kidney.

Shooting pain in the left ureter, from below upwards.

I Desires to urinate often, but passes little at a time, scanty and dark yellow, with scalding in passing through the ure- thra.

Frequent urging to urinate, with scanty, highcolored urine.

Idark, muddy, passed with much pain; scalding; ■ with dark brown sediment; — lyellow, with thick white mucous sediment.

I Urine hot.

Diminished quantity of urine passed during the day.

During the day the urine passed was deep red, with strong odor. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. Amorous dreams and seminal emis- sions.

Seminal emissions, d Disease of the prostate.

Transient pains in the genitals.

Testicles : feel sore ; itch ; drawing in the left.

Drawing from the right testicle in the direction of the sper- matic cord.

Dull and heavy shooting pain through the belt of penis.

I Uterine soreness, with throbbing in the hypogastrium. d Hemorrhoids.

Old cases of leucorrhoea ; discharge of a dark, yellow color, thick and sticky ; worse after a menstrual period, increased by walking, corrodes the labia, with aching in the sacrum and knees.

i I Leucorrhoea, with lameness in the back, across the sacro- iliac articulations, and great fatigue from walking, because that part of the back gives out in walking even but a little way.

■ Thick, dark and corroding leucorrhoea, with constant back- ache, d Prolapsus uteri. ^^ Pregnancy. I During pregnancy, the sacro-iliac symphysis gives out while she walks ; she must sit down ; feels best lying.

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■ Piles troublesome during pregnancy. ^^ Voice and Larynx, i Hoarse voice.

Larynx feels dry and stiff ; later mucus is secreted.

Glottis feels dry and stiff; also pharyngo-laryngeal mucous membrane.

Tickling in the larynx, causing a cough, with mucous expecto- ration.

Throbbing, darting pain in the trachea, produces titillation.

■ Catarrhal laryngitis, laryngeal cough, and perhaps those

coughs dependent on hepatic disorders. Pressure in the throat-pit, as if something had stuck there

After a full breath, lungs feel sore, with great rush of blood.

deeply. Cough caused by tickling in the larynx ; constriction of the

fauces, with great irritation of the epiglottis.

■ Dry short cough, increased by swallowing and deep breathing. Dry hacking cough, caused by constriction of the fauces, with

I Chronic cough, with emaciation.

Sensation as if the lung moved up and down painfully, on

r. side, with each respiration. Stitching pain in the lower and lateral parts of the right chest,

increased by breathing. Pain in right scapula and in the left side of the chest, increased

on inspiration. iPituitous consumption.

I I Chest-complaints of horses.

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^^ Heart. Darting in the region of the heart, with fullness and palpitation.

Dull aching, burning in the region of the heart.

Frequent stitches and shooting, worse when breathing, 4 p.m.

Twitching over the region of the heart, darting, with fullness and palpitation.

Neuralgic pain so severe as to arrest the breath, also pain at the apex, and pit of stomach.

Sharp pains about apex, forehead and between shoulders. A peculiar sensation from the apex of the heart to the left ax- illa, and at times, down the arras.

Heart-beat full and rapid ; jars the prover while lying down. See 40.

Palpitation, heart's action full, heavy ; can feel the pulsation all over the body.

Severe periodical palpitation, with great anguish.

Pulse : accelerated and hard, or soft and weak.

Pulse 66, soft and regular, with burning pain in heart.

■ Functional disturbances of heart from hemorrhoidal com- plaints. ^^ Outer Chest. Pains in sternum, as if a piece were torn out of

the chest. ^^ Neck and Back. Neck : dull heavy pain ; stiff and swollen, (with tonsillitis); glands sensitive, slightly swollen.

I I Lameness and weariness in back of neck.

Aching between the shoulder-blades.

Continual pain in back, neck and shoulders, at times with pricking sensation and with fullness in both ears.

Drawing; in the muscles of the right side of the neck.

Stiffness in the muscles of the neck.

Weakness, weariness and lameness in the back of the neck.

Heat in the back of the neck and shoulders.

I Spine feels weak.

Great lameness of the back, worse on walking, d Prolapsus

I I Constant, dull backache; walking almost impossible; ■ scarcely able to stoop or to rise after sitting.

Dull aching sensation in the lumbar region.

Weak and bruised feeling in the lumbar region.

Painful weakness of the loins with dull aching pain, accompa- nied by several tumors around the anus.

Chilly sensation followed by pain in the lumbar region, ren- dered much worse by pressure.

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Severe dull aching pain in the lumbar and sacral region, ag- gravated by walking.

Weakness, weariness and lameness in the small of the back.

Pain extends from the bowels to small of back.

Sensation of laxneness and soreness in the small of the back.

1 1 Constant .ftoaaxiche affecting the sacrum and hips, much worse by walking or stooping forwards.

B Tearing in the small of back and hips, when walking.

I Severe pain across the back and hips, as if they would break in two. d Hemorrhoids.

I Pain, especially in hip and sacrum. ^Prolapsus uteri.

Backache in cervical, lumbar and sacral region, or the sacro- iliac symphysis, worse from motion.

■ Constant dull pain across hips and sacrum.

iDull aching in small of back, worse from motion. ■ Pain and lameness in each sacro-iliac symphysis, worse when walking : patient can hardly walk on account of this lame- ness in the back, which seems to be of a rheumatic character. d With leucorrhoea, constipation, hemorrhoids or rheumatism.

Pain across the sacro-iliac symphysis, more or less constant,

with a feeling as if the back would give way at that point,

causing great fatigue when walking, d Uterine complaints.

^^ Upper Limbs. I Rheumatic pain in the right scapula and right

side of chest ; I worse when inhaling.

Pains in scapula and chest ; worse during inspiration.

Strange trembling of the muscles of the left shoulder, contin- uing two hours and followed by a sensation of soreness.

Aching sensation in the left acromion process, with shooting down the arms.

The left upper arm and shoulder feel as if one had taken vio- lent exercise.

Shooting pain extending down the left arm, also down the right arm.

Neuralgic pains in the arms.

Twitches in the left arm.

The arm and hand of the left side become numb, as if par- alyzed.

Right arm feels paralyzed, cannot raise it.

Hands weak, cannot control the muscles well when Avriting.

Shooting pain in the left arm extending to the wrist.

Neuralgic pain of the left arm extending down to the end of the index finger, followed by a tingling sensation.

Tearing pain in the right arm extending down the index finger.

Pain extending to the ulnar side of the forearm from the elbow to the little finger, as if the ne^ve had been compressed.

Drawing tearing in the left arm extending to the ends of the fingers.

Stinging sensation in the right arm extending to the fingers.

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Drawing in the metacarpal bones of the left hand.

Left arm and hand much warmer, feel heavy and swollen.

Pricking, swollen feeling of hands after washing them.

I Cracking of the skin on the hands.

Nails blue. ^3 Lower Limbs. Constant aching bruised feeling in right hip- joint, the pain extending downwards.

Shooting pain down right thigh ; sensation of soreness and lameness in right hip-joint.

Stinging pain on anterior part of right thigh, just above knee.

Sensation of soreness in left hip and knee-joints.

In the morning pain in right knee and leg, as after violent ex- ercise.

Stiffness of the knee-joints, particularly when rising from a seat.

■ Left knee swollen, painful and stiff; unable to bear the slightest pressure on it.

Aching in legs and knees.

I Legs so weak she can hardly walk ; spine weak. See 31.

I Back and legs weak : can hardly walk, must lie down.

Calves feel sore.

Neuralgic pains in the right leg extending downwards.

Wandering pains in lower extremities.

Soreness of lower extremities felt most when walking.

Legs much affected, can't walk ; bowels loose.

Feet swell after walking.

Tendo-achillis sore.

Tension and soreness in left ankle.

Tension in right ankle, also in left knee.

Boring pain in dorsum of left foot.

Burning pain in left great toe. ^* Limbs in General. Darting and shooting pains in upper and lower extremities ; most on left side.

Shooting pains extending down left arm and leg.

Feeling of lameness in left shoulder and right ankle-joints.

Joints stiff, aching and painful.

Limbs feel heavy. '

Spasms of the muscles of the limbs.

Dreadful pain, could not sit, stand or lie ; only possible mo- tion was kneeling. 6 Hemorrhoids.

Lying: back feels best in pregnancy; increases heart troubles.

Must sit down : during pregnancy when back gives out. See 24.

Stooping : back aches more.

Rising after sitting : backache worse ; can hardly, get up.

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Walking : increases leucorrhoea ; causes burning in epigastri- um; fullness and itching in anus ; back gives out ; aching tearing in back and hips, 24 ; almost impossible when back aches, 31 ; causes feet to swell ; totters, 36.

Writing : hands become weak. ^^ Nerves. Flying, neuralgic pains.

Lameness and paralytic feelings.

Feels faint, weak ; weariness, faintness at the stomach.

Cannot control muscles to speak or to write.

Cannot walk, feels so weak, d Headache with drowsiness.

I I Paralytic feeling in arms, legs and spine. Too sore and languid to attend to business.

Feeling of extreme illness, great weakness, faintness, and tot- tering gait.

I A kind of tetanus after a horrible constriction in pit of stomach, she got stiff with the pain, hands blue with a pricking and stinging, lasting two hours ; second attack of the same kind. ^^ Sleep. Dreams and restless nights, with obstinate erections but no emission.

Disposition to stretch and yawn.

Yawning and stupefying sleepiness.

Drowsy ; falls asleep ; on awaking, knows not where she is.

I I Restless all night ; 1 thoughts continually crowding on the mind prevent sleep.

Awakened by burning pain in the stomach.

Mornings, on awaking, sore and tired.

Awaking : does not want to rise ; wants to sleep again ; eyes

heavy, dull headache over right eye ; feels sore and is red

all over, morning ; muscles sore, 34; pressing in stomach.

38 Time. Morning : gnawing emptiness in stomach ; feels sore all

over, 37 ; spitting blood.

Day : drowsy, 37.

Afternoon : throat better ; vertigo.

4 P.M.: chills.

7 to 12 P.M.: fever.

Forepart of the night : restless. 3^ Temperature, Weather and Seasons. Chilly from cold air.

Cold air : in it teeth chatter and skin feels chilly ; riding in it makes him chilly ; nose and throat sensitive when inhaling.

After washing in water : hands prick ; skin, face and hands swell and redden, 8.

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Heat of stove : relieves the chill.

Worse in winter and better in summer, d Hemorrhoids. *^ Fever. Chilliness : creeping up and down the back ; with burn- ing in the anus ; better from heat of fire.

Chills : along the spine ; up the back ; cannot get warm.

Chill 4 P.M., with goose-skin, better from heat of fire; fever 7 to 12 P.M.

Chilliness, with rigor.

Feverish pulsations, with hot and dry hands.

Flashes of heat over the occiput, face, neck and shoulders.

Flushes of heat over the body.

Skin hot and dry ; evening fever ; palms and soles burn ; dis- posed to yawn and stretch ; head aches as if it would burst. See 3.

7 to 12 p.m., no thirst, bursting headache, photophobia ; with profuse hot sweat ; lungs feel engorged, heart beats violently.

Sweat profuse, hot, with the fever.

Sweat : the abdominal symptoms decline ; on head and face.

■ Intermittent fevers. ^' Attacks. Periodically : tightness in scrobiculum ; palpitation

and anxiety. ^^ Locality and Direction. Right : dull pain over eye, 3, 37 : stitches in the hypochondrium, 3 ; soreness of scalp ; pain and aching in lower lobe of liver, 17, 18 ; pinching pain in hypochondrium ; tenderness in hypochondrium ; shoot- ing in side above hip, 19 ; neuralgia in inguinal region, 19 ; lung painful ; rheumatic pain in scapula, 32 ; rheumatic pain in side of chest, 32 ; arm feels paralyzed.

Left : stinging and burning deep in orbit ; heat and redness of side of face ; spleen painful, 18 ; drawing in testicle ; arm and hand feel warm, heavy and swollen.

Right to left: dull frontal headache; stitches in chest, 28.

Left to right : stitches in chest, 28 ; lameness of arms.

Front to back : pinching pain in right hypochondrium.

Below upwards : shooting in back, 20 ; chills along spine, 31. ^^ Sensations. Sensation of fullness, as from too much blood in different parts of the body.

i I Sensation like hot lightning.

Soreness of the muscles on awaking and on motion.

The whole body feels as if bruised or beaten.

Soreness : on side of scalp rested on, 4 ; eyeballs, 5 ; nose, stomach, hypochondrium ; protruding anus, 20 ; testicles, 22 ; calves, 33 ; tendo-achillis, 33 ; muscles, 34 ; all over, 37.

Dull aching in head, over eyes, tonsils, stomach and 1 I back.

Pricking and sticking in fauces and rectum.

Stinging, burning, itching.

Weakness and weight : in head, chest, back and eyes.

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Pressure in head, ears, bones of nose, stomach and I I rectum.

B I Heaviness and lameness.

I 1 Constriction : in fauces, stomach, bowels, I I rectum and I chest.

Fullness : in ears, nose, throat, epigastrium, stomach, colon, hypochondrium, rectum, anus, heart, etc.

Stiifness in neck and spine.

Stitches, darting, flying pains; lancinating; flying through temples ; stinging in left orbit, in fauces ; pricking in hypo- chondrium, at umbilicus, rectum, urethra ; shooting up the back ; stitches in chest ; darting in heart.

Twitches and jerking: in eyelids, heart, arm and chest.

Venous congestion, especially portal and hemorrhoidal.

Fullness as from too much blood in heart, head and skin.

Sore feeling of muscles, mornings on awaking and on motion.

B I Mucous membranes dry, swollen; burn and feel raw.

BB Glandular swellings of bone.

Joints weak ; lumbo-sacral region aches.

Rubbing : causes face to flush ; produces red spots on hands after washing ; induces a flow of blood to the anus. *^ Skin. Formication : scalp, nose, fauces.

Itching of the body, especially about the waist.

After washing : red spots on face. *^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Bilious temperament, d Anal troubles.

Climacteric years. ^ Piles.

Suitable in persons with hemorrhoidal tendencies and who suf- fer with gastric, bilious or catarrhal troubles. ^* Relationship. Collateral relation : Aesc. glob.

Similar to : Aloe^^ Collinsonia, 3Iercu7\, Nux vom., Podoph., Sulphur (weak spine).

Nux vom. antidotes the symptoms of piles.

Found useful after Collinsonia had improved piles.

Useful after Nux vom. and Sulpliur had failed in piles.

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iETHUSA CYNAPIUM.

FooVs Parsley. UmbelUferce.

a barrier between the senses and external objects. I Unable to read anything after overexertion of the mental fac- ulties.

I Incapacity to think ; confused. Cannot retain any idea.

I I Idiocy, in some cases alternating with Ifuror. Idiotic children.

■ Hallucinations.

■ Imagined she saw rats run across the room.

■ Delirium ; he imagines he sees cats and dogs.

■ Delirium; he jumps out of window. Delirium, even with the chill.

After a glass of wine, all the mind symptoms became predom- inant.

Cries of anguish (in a child).

I i Welldisposed, serene, in the forenoon ; in the afternoon, ill- humored, anxious and sad.

I I Great sadness when alone.

Anxiousness, with sensation as if a heavy load was lying on the chest.

Constant anxiety and weak feeling.

■ Great anxiety and restlessness ; soon afterward, violent pains

■ Bad humor, irritability, especially in the afternoon, and in

the open air. Great agitation.

■ Anxiety and restlessness. ^Megrim,

After social talking, all the symptoms disappear.

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^ Sensorium. A kind of stupefaction, as if there was a barrier between his organs of sense and external objects.

Dizziness, with headache.

I Head confused; brain feels bound up.

Dizziness ; he cannot keep erect.

Iwith sleepiness, can't raise the head; giddiness ceases and head gets hot ; — with palpitation.

Vertigo and weakness.

Complete insensibility ; eyes staring, pupils dilated.

Stupor. ^ Inner Head. Heaviness in the forehead; ill-humor.

Headache in the whole forepart of head, as if strongly com- pressed, behind and above.

■ Sensation as if both sides of the head were in a vice.

■ Pressing pain in the forehead, as if it would split; at its

height vomiting and finally diarrhoea.

■ All day constant throbbing pain in left forehead, temple and

side of head, relieved by pressure (she felt as though she would like a band tightly fixed around the head) and in the open air, aggravated by walking.

Stitches and pulsations in the head.

Violent pain, as if the brain were dashed to pieces.

■ Headache with vertigo, worse walking and looking upwards. Violent headache, with thirst and nausea.

Headache ceases, with discharge of fiatus downwards.

■ Headache since five weeks, after checked menses.

The pains in the head return periodically, and are often ac- companied by pale face, trembling in the jaws and pains in the prsecordial region.

Heat rises to the head ; the body becomes warmer ; the face becomes red and the giddiness ceases.

Distressing pains in occiput. See 31. * Outer Head. ■ Distressing pain in the occiput, nape, and down the spine, relieved by friction with hot whiskey.

■ Inability to hold the head erect or to sit up.

■ Sensation as if she was constantly pulled by the hair.

® Sight and Eyes. Looking upward increases headache with vertigo.

■ Pupils dilated, but sensitive to touch.

■ Pupils dilated, staring eyes, stupid. ^Cholera infantum. Chronic photophobia.

Objects seem much larger than natural.

Vision confused, sometimes objects appear double.

Great pain in the eyes ; eyes inflamed and blood-shot,

■ Eyes brilliant and protruding.

■ Eyeballs turned downwards, d Convulsions of children.

■ Pustules on the cornea.

■ Chronic inflammation of the edges of the eyelids.

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I Adhesion of the eyelids in the morning, requiring them to be

I I Herpetic eruption at the end of the nose.

^ Face. Tearing in the face, in the malar bones.

Face wears a cold expression.

Displeased morose face, during the headache.

I Face pale. ^Megrim.

Face sunken, earthy pale, withered, d Cholerine.

Red, sunken face.

CEdematous swellings of the cheeks.

Circumscribed and painful swellings in the face, transient, and flying from place to place.

Heat in face with trembling in head. 6 Cholerine.

I Face pale, pufied and spotted red.

llA drawn condition, beginning at the alse nasi, and extend- ing to the angle of the mouth, gave the face an expression of great anxiety and pain.

I The features have an expression of great anguish and pain. ^ Lower Part of Face. Trembling of the jaws.

Inability to swalloAV ; the lower jaw is fixed to the upper.

Chin and corners of the mouth feel cold. ^^ Gums. Stinging or tearing in the gums.

^^ Taste, Speech, Tongue. Taste: bitter; like cheese; like onions ; sweetish in the morning when awaking.

Speech impeded, slow.

Feeling as if the tongue was too long, d Aphthae.

Moist tongue.

Tongue black. ^^ Inner Mouth. A very copious salivation relieved the poison- ing symptoms.

Burning in throat.

Sensation of pungent heat in the mouth and throat, with great difficulty in swallowing.

Sensation of constriction, preventing deglutition.

Stinging in the throat, between the acts of deglutition.

Inflamed aphthae and pustules in throat, making the patient's condition almost desperate. ^^ Appetite and Thirst. Thirst with total loss of appetite for every kind of aliment.

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Burning thirst ; t.

■ Regurgitation of food an hour or so after eating.

■ I Suitable to children who cannot bear milk. Worse from coffee.

Desire for wine, but the mental symptoms are increased after taking it.

^^ Hiccough, Belching and Vomiting, i Spasmodic hiccough.

d Megrim. 6 Cholerine. lEmpty eructation, d Megrim. Violent sudden vomiting: lof a frothy milk-white substance;

of yellow fluid, BIfollowed by curdled milk and cheesy

matter. I Vomiting of greenish phlegm, similar to the stools. 81 The

milk is forcibly ejected soon after taken ; then weakness

■ Copious greenish vomiting.

Kiripes accompanied by fearful vomiting, weakness and inde- scribable anguish. Vomits bloody mucus, with swollen abdomen.

^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Tearing, rending pains in pit of stomach, extending to the oesophagus.

■ Pain in the pit of stomach and abdomen, followed by nausea,

with or without vomiting.

■ Cramp in stomach. ^Megrim.

■ Painful contractions of the stomach so severe as to prevent

■ Colic, with diarrhoea.

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■ Excessive griping pain in the abdomen.

I Colic, followed by vomiting, vertigo and weakness.

I 1 Cutting and violent vomiting.

I I Cutting, with distension of abdomen.

Contracted and tense abdomen.

lAbdomen puffed, sensitive to touch; convulsions of children. 6 Gastroenteritis.

Violent colic, followed by death of the boy.

Abdomen distended, with tension ; t.

I Sensation of coldness in the abdomen.

Coldness of the abdomen and lower limbs, especially left one, with aching of bowels ; relieved by warm, wet applications.

Black bluish swelling of the abdomen. ^^ Stools and Rectum. Loose stools, preceded by cutting in the abdomen, wnth tenesmus in the morning, after rising.

I A thin stool finishes the headache, d Megrim.

1 Stools of partly digested food, shortly after a meal or at night.

I Diarrhoea — discharges green, thin, bilious, with violent tenes- mus before and after stool, d Convulsions of children. d Gastroenteritis.

■ Bright yellow or greenish watery slimy stools; crying, draw-

■ Most obstinate constipation, with feeling as if all action of the

Cutting pains in the bladder, with frequent calls to urinate.

Urine: red, sediment white; I copious, clear as water; too frequent after exertion.

Nocturnal enuresis, with vomiting of coagulated milk after sucking the bottle ; greenish watery diarrhoea.

I Menses checked by a warm bath, d Headache.

Menses watery.

Lancinating pains in the sexual organs.

Pimples on the external parts, itching when the patient be- comes warm. - Parturition and Nursing. Labor-pains, too weak ; not reg- ular.

Violent stinging pain in the mammae ; t.

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1 1 Intolerance of milk; the child by a sudden and violent

effort throws it up, curdled or not; then weakness makes

■ Weak intermittent pulse, with palpitation and headache. Pulse feeble, sometimes not to be felt, much exhausted.

neck, extending down the spine, relieved by friction with

straightening out and bending stiffly backwards, as in opis- thotonos. ^^ Upper Limbs. Axillary glands swollen.

Sensation as if the arms had become much shorter. Numbness of the arms.

when rubbing. Lancinating in the sole, from the right heel as far as ball of

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worse ; causes excoriation of thighs ; causes languor and

listlessness to such a degree, that he supports himself with

difficulty. ^^ Nerves. Trembling at the heart with anxious restlessness.

6 Cholerine. Body convulsed, with cold limbs ; t.

■ Epileptic spasms, with clenched thumbs, red face, eyes turned

downwards, pupils fixed, dilated; foam at the mouth, jaws

■ Weakness after the colic.

■ Great weakness; children cannot stand; cannot hold up the

■ Great weakness and prostration, with sleepiness.

■ He lies stretched out without consciousness. ^^ Sleep. Sleepiness all day.

Longing for sleep.

■ ■Dozing of the child after vomiting spells or after the stool.

■ On falling asleep, rolling of the eyes or slight convulsions.

■ Sleep after headache. ^Megrim. Sopor, dilated pupils ; t.

Sleep restless the first hours.

Restless night ; great disposition to slumber, but calm repose

Forenoon : well disposed and serene. Afternoon : ill-humored, anxious and sad ; lancinating in right

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Open air : relieves throbbing in head.

Room : relieves mental conditions, relieves sensation of swell- ing of head, face and hands.

Warmth : causes itching. See 23.

Warmth of bed : causes vesicular eruption to itch. See 46.

Heat : causes itching and burning. See 46.

Moist heat : relieves itching, and coldness in abdomen and lower limbs.

Warm bath : checked catamenia. See 23.

Hot whiskey : friction with it relieves pain in occiput, neck and spine.

Washing : increases sensation of swelling of head, face and hands. ^^ Fever. Delirium during the cold stage.

Coldness, rigors, stiffness of the limbs.

Skin hot, dry ; absence of thirst.

Sweats from the least exertion.

Cannot bear uncovering during sweat.

Sweat profuse, cold.

Left : throbbing in head ; pressing, burning, stitching and shooting in hypochondrium ; coldness of leg ; stitches in chest ; lancinating and drawing from hip into thigh ; ap- pearance and disappearance of reddish-blue spots on leg.

Fly from place to place : painful swellings in the face. ** Sensations. Sensation as if head, face and hands were swollen ; worse after washing ; better coming in the room.

Sensation of parts as if in a vice : head; chest; small of back. ** Tissues. Ecchymoses ; black and blue spots all over.

Whole body livid and swollen ; and death of the boy ; poisoning.

Anasarca.

Pressure : relieves throbbing headache.

Rubbing : with hot whiskey relieves pain in occiput, neck and spine ; relieves laming ache of right thigh. *^ Skin. Dryness of the skin. , Dry burning skin ; red spots.

Cool skin, d Cholerine.

Hard knots in the skin.

Liability to excoriation of the thighs when walking.

During one day, appearance and disappearance of reddish blue

spots on the trunk and left leg, causing an apprehension of

spotted fever ; aggravation of all symptoms toward evening

AGARICUS fflUSCARlUS. (See Amanita.)