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G-arlic. Liliacece.
Tincture from the fresh bulb ; used as a condiment since olden times, and against worms and some fevers.
Proved in France by Petroz and Teste, 1852.
^ Mind. Weak memory. Lack of ideas. Desire to escape. Sadness when alone. Moral uneasiness. Afraid of never getting well.
Fear of not being able to bear any kind of medicine. Fear of being poisoned. Sensitiveness. Cannot bear anything ; wants many things and is not pleased
with any; every afternoon. Impatience.
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^ Sensorium. Vertigo on looking long and steadily at anything. Vertigo when looking at an object for a long time. Transient vertigo on rising from a seat. Vertigo and heaviness of the head, relieved as soon as the
menses appear. ^ Inner Head. Heaviness in the head : in the forehead, can
hardly open the eyes ; with mucus in the throat ; ceases
with the onset of the menses, and returns afterwards. Pulsations in temples. Dull pain in the occiput in the morning when lying on the
Back
Pressing pains from within outwards- I Headache, d In dyspeptic subjects.
* Outer Head, i Dandruff.
Baldness. ^ Sight and Eyes. Could read only with spectacles ; heaviness
in the eyes. I Catarrhal ophthalmia at night ; smarting, burning, lachryma-
tion ; eyelids agglutinated ; returns every night when he
tries to read.
Tarsi sore, with irritation of the eyes.
Profuse watering of the eyes without coryza. ® Hearing and Ears.
I Deafness of the left ear (catarrhal).
I I Hardened earwax (topically with milk).
I I Hardened crusts in the outer canal.
I His customary aural catarrh disappeared; he heard better
in the diseased ear. ^ Nose, Increased secretion of nasal mucus, with slight stoppage
of both nostrils. Coryza more dry than fluent, with pressive pain from above
the root of the nose.
Ozsena.
Smarting at the junction of the alse and face, mostly the left.
* Face. Smarting, itching of the face.
I Spots in the face.
Stinging in one side of the face. ^ Lower Part of Face.
Smarting as from herpetic eruption, near the left angle of the lips.
Lips dry. ^" Teeth and Gums.
Toothache paroxysmal and severe.
Tickling sensation in the lower teeth.
Drawing in the teeth, swollen gums, sensation of a hair on the
tongue, worse from reading. Pressing, transitory jerking in the jaws and upper molars of
right side, in the forenoon.
Scurvy.
" Taste and Tongue.
Taste : hot, as from the throat, causing increase of saliva.
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Tongue furred white, with a disagreeable taste.
I Tongue dry at night, ^^ Mouth. Copious, sweetish saliva ; after meals, more after sup- per and at night.
Mouth symptoms worse from reading.
I Sores in the mouth. 13 Throat, l Sticky feeling in the throat, with dryness, tickling heat and raw feeling in the larynx.
Anterior part of throat not sensitive to touch.
Ulcerated throat.
Accumulation of mucus in the throat with heaviness of the head in the morning.
Feels as if something cold, then again something hot and sting- ing ascended the oesophagus. ^^ Appetite and Thirst. Voracious appetite.
Hunger and emptiness in the stomach, without appetite.
Desire for butter.
Thirst. ^' Eating and Drinking, l Bowels disturbed by the slightest deviation in diet.
I The least change in his usual manner of living increases the dyspepsia.
■ Complaints from bad water.
Chest complaints worse after eating. • Copious flow of saliva after eating.
Burning eructations after a meal.
Weight in the hypogastrium immediately after a meal.
■ Complaints of those who eat to excess; gluttony. '® Belching. I Belching after every change of diet.
" Stomach.
I Heartburn.
Pressure as from a stone.
Long-standing dyspepsia, especially in old, fleshy people, whose bowels are disturbed by the slightest deviation from a regular diet. ^^ Hypochondria.
In the forenoon pressure in the epigastrium and transverse colon, had to sit bent forward and press with his hands.
Pain under the short ribs, back, right side. '^ Abdomen.
Pain in the region of the descending colon, just below the ribs.
Violent burning in the abdomen.
I Wind-colic.
Everything (in the abdomen) seems to drag downwards.
Every step on the pavement caused excruciating pain, as if the intestines would be torn apart; better by lying down. ^" Flatus, Stool and Rectum.
Expels flatus.
Stools at first foecal, then watery and hot.
Looseness of the bowels.
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Constipation with almost constant dull pains in the bowels.
Normal stool immediately after a meal.
Prolapsus ani.
Expels worms. ^^ Urinary Organs. Pain in the region of the kidneys.
Bladder distended, could bear no pressure ; continual urging to urinate with passing of a few drops.
• Ulceration of bladder, caused by calculi.
I Urine whitish, abundant, becomes cloudy from nitric acid.
Urine increased.
Urine lessened in quantity.
I Urine dark brown with copious sediment.
A kind of diabetes. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. Menses too early ; headache and dizziness lessen as the flow becomes established.
Soreness of vulva and thighs during the menstrual flow.
Pustules on the vulva during the menses.
Bright red spots, with itching and smarting on the inside of the labia majora and at the vulva. ^^ Pregnancy, Parturition and Nursing. Said to be injuri- ous during pregnancy.
After-birth remains.
Mammse swollen and painful to touch.
Dull stitches in the right mammse.
Said to be injurious to the nursing.
Mammge swell after weaning. " Voice, Larynx and Bronchia, i Voice rough ; hoarse.
Sore sensation in the larynx.
I Chronic catarrh of the windpipe without fever, but with diffi- cult breathing and moist cough.
Almost continuous mucous rales in the bronchi. ^^ Respiration. Difficult respiration as if the sternum was com- pressed.
■ Periodical asthma.
" Cough.
Chronic cough, dyspnoea ; ropy sputum.
Cough hollow, dry, not very frequent.
Morning cough, after leaving his bed-room, with extremely copious mucous expectoration.
Cough which seems to come from the stomach.
Dry cough after eating.
Cough which gives rise to a fetid smell.
Sudden paroxysm of hard dry cough while smoking, obliging him to quit.
Expectoration of a thin, yellowish, purulent-looking, blood- streaked mucus, of a putrid odor.
Great difficulty in expectorating a glutinous mucus. ^^ Inner Chest. Pain in the left side of the chest, with dark urine.
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Lancinating in one side of the chest. ^^ Heart and Circulation. Palpitation.
Jerking pulsations of the heart.
Accelerates the circulation. ^^ External Chest. Stitches in the pectoral muscles and beneath
the scapulae. ^^ Neck and Back. Drawing pains in the neck.
Darting pains in the back.
Backache.
Weak back, child does not learn to walk ; marasmus (topically).
Red spots like ringworm on the back.
Cutting pain in the sacrum in the morning. ^^ Upper Limbs. Red spots on the hands.
I Skin peels off of the hand.
BDry heat on the back of the hands; slight moisture of the palms. ^^ Lower Limbs. • ' Rheumatism of the hips. See 48.
Tearing pain in the hip.
Intolerable pain confined to the common tendon of the iliac and psoas muscles ; worse from the least movement ; it is so acute as to extort cries when he tries to cross his limbs ; but this causes no pain if he lifts the leg gently with his hand ; worse 8 p.m. in bed, cannot then change his position or sleep.
Pains in the limbs worse from changes of temperature and under the influence of moist heat.
I Weakness of the legs ; worse at the knees.
I Legs do not grow as rapidly as the rest of the body.
Pain as from a sprain in the ankle-joint.
Tearing pain in the feet.
Sensation of stiffness in the feet.
Toe-joints pain as if sprained.
Burning in the soles. ^^ Rest, Position, Motion. Lying down : relieves pain in ab- domen.
Lying on back : dull pain in occiput.
In bed : pain in tendon worse, 33 ; cold at night.
Must sit bent forward : with pain in epigastrium, 18.
Rising from a seat : transient vertigo.
Motion : increases pain in common tendon of iliac and psoas muscles, 33 ; makes rheumatism worse.
Every step : causes excruciating pain in intestines. ^^ Nerves. Lassitude, especially in lower limbs ; a muscular weak- ness, with rheumatic pains ; generally worse in the morning.
Child drowsy, lifeless ; would not walk ; torpor of the bowels ; great paleness. ^^ Sleep. Drowsiness after a meal.
Muscles twitching on falling asleep.
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Sleep prevented by : stitches in the chest ; — weight in the
stomach ; — thirst.
Coldness felt in sleep and awakening him frequently.
Restless sleep.
Dreams : of water and storms ; — of rapid transit from place to place ; — anxious ; — continue after waking. ^^ Time. Night : catarrhal ophthalmia.
Morning : dull pain in occiput ; heaviness of head and accu- mulation of mucus in throat; cutting pain in sacrum ; rheu- matic pains worse, 36.
Forenoon : jerking in jaws and upper molars ; pressure in epi- gastrium and transverse colon.
Afternoon : sweat, ^^ Temperature and Weather.
Worse in open air : chest com- plaints.
Change of temperature : pains in limbs worse.
Moist heat : pains in limbs worse.
Damp cold weather : tearing and stinging in different parts of the body. *" Fever.
Chilliness and heat alternate, more evenings ; acrid sweat causing itching ; hard pulse.
Cold at night in bed.
See 37.
Vomiting during the fever.
Sweat acrid, offensive.
Sweat in the afternoon. *^ Attacks.
I Periodical asthma.
Pains go from within out, expanding sensation.
Stitches with paralytic weakness or tearing ; sometimes increas- ing to a high degree and then diminishing in the same way. ^^ Locality.
Right: pressing, jerking in upper molars ; pain in side ; dull stitches in mammae.
Left : catarrhal deafness ; smarting at junction of alge nasi and face ; smarting near angle of lips ; pain in chest. ** Tissues.
Stings and bites.
Dropsy ; also after protracted intermittent fever in marshy districts. *^ Touch.
Passive Motion.
Injuries.
Touch : causes pain in swollen mammse.
Pressure : must use it during pain in epigastrium and trans- verse colon ; cannot bear it on distended bladder.
Stings and bites. ^® Skin.
Skin sensitive.
Swelling with itching and burning.
Wilted skin.
Skin dry.
Red spots. See 23, 32.
Herpetic, itching, burning, red or whitish spots on a swollen surface.
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I Tetter on the ankle. ^^ Stages of Life, Constitution.
> Fleshy people: catarrhs.
I Fleshy, old people: dyspepsia.
I Those accustomed to high living and excessive eating. *^ Relationship.
Similar to : Bryon. ;
Capsic.
(asthma, fetid
breath with cough) ;
Coloc.
(colic, hip-pain) ;
Ignat. ;
Lycop. ;
Nux voin. and Senega.
Not following well : Aloes, All. cep., Scilla.
Complementary to Arsen., especially in catarrh, asthma, and
effects of over-exertion. Antidote to All. sat. : Lycop.