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KEY-NOTES TO THE MATERIA MEDICA
by HENRY N. GUERNSEY, M.D.
Presented by Médi-T
CAPSICUM ANNUUM
Affects the mucus tissues in a very prominent degree.
Mental.-- Inclined to be jovial and pleasant, but gets angry at least trifle. Dreads all sorts of exercise.
Head
Aches as if it would burst; also beating, throbbing, darting; better in motion; biting, burning, or stinging itch on the head, as if the part had been rubbed with Cayenne pepper.
Eyes ache, as if a foreign body were lodged in.
Ear, aching, tearing in (see bones).
Otalgia of various kinds, often followed by deafness.
Lips, cracked; rhagades of the lips, often very painful to the touch.
Mouth. tenacious mucus.
Throat
Diphtheria, where there is a sensation of contraction in the throat, even during swallowing; diphtheria with painful sensations in the throat when coughing; elongation of the uvula, with a sensation as though it was pressing on something hard.
Chest
Respiration deep; constriction of; oppressing the breathing; worse from least motion; cough with pain, as if sore in the throat, with feeling of constriction.
Abdomen
Sensation of tension and distension in, as if it would burst; colic about the umbilicus with mucous stools.
Stool
Flatulent colic followed by small frequent stools of mucus, mixed with blood.
Urine
Tenesmus of bladder; stitches in the neck of the bladder when coughing; affections of the urethra; frequent but unsuccessful attempts to urinate.
Sexual.-- Male : Impotence with cold and shrivelled scrotum, testicles, and spermatic cord; violent erections only subdued by cold water; dwindling testes. Female : Disordered menstruation, with a pushing or sticking sensation in the left ovarian region.
Back
Drawing and tearing pain in spinal column.
Sleep
Sleeplessness after midnight; sensation as if falling from a height during sleep, yawning by day, and sleepless by night.
Fever
In intermittent fever, chill begins in the back, with shivering and thirst, gradually spreads all over the body; followed by fever without thirst. Thirst, drinking causing shuddering.
Bones
Affections of in general; pains in bones of the face; inflammation of the petrous bone , and severe pain in.
Sensations
Of constriction; cramp pain in the muscles. Pain as if paralyzed in the joints, drawing from above downward; increased activity of all the senses; heartburn with eructation of red pepper feel and taste; sensation of cold water in the stomach.
Generalities
Symptoms generally appear on left side; for light-haired people; forehead; tendency to get fat; laxness of the muscles; bloatedness of the skin.
Remedies following:-- Bellad., Lycop., Pulsat., Silic .
Antidote
Cina .