Apis Mellifica

Mind

(Apis mellifica)

Loss of consciousness. ( Bell., Hyos., Op.)

Sopor interrupted by piercing shrieks.

Absent mindedness. (Anac., Carls ., Nux m., Naja, Phos. ac .)

Awkwardness ; lets everything fall ; breaks things.

Busy ; restless ; changing occupation.

Great tearfulness ; cannot help crying. ( Ign ., Natr. mur., Nux m ., Puls.)

Indifference (Phos., Phos. ac.) ; irritability. ( Bry., Cham., Nux v.)

Premonition of death. ( Acon .)

In women ; jealousy (Hyos., Lach.) ; mania from sexual irritation.

Head

(Apis mellifica)

Headache with vertigo.

Confusion and dizziness, with constant pressive pain above and around the eyes ; somewhat relieved by pressure of the hands.

Dull pain over the whole head, relieved by pressure.

Brain feels as if tired.

Child lies in torpor ; delirium ; sudden shrilling cries ; squinting ; grinding teeth ; boring head in pillow (Hell.), one side twitching, the other paralyzed ; head wet from sweating ; urine scanty, milky.

Head feels swollen ; integuments feel swollen and stiff.

Eyes

(Apis mellifica)

Burning, stinging, shooting pains.

Eyelids much swollen, red, and oedematous (Ars ., Carls., Phos.) ; upper lid hangs like a sack over the eye. ( Kali carb .)

Conjunctiva injected ; full of dark vessels ; chemosis.

Cornea ; thick, having dark, smoky spots ; grayish, smoky, opaque.

Inflammation of the eye, with intense photophobia and increased lachrymation. ( Acon ., Ars., Bell ., Euphr., Merc.)

Squinting of the eyes. (Hyos.)

Ears

(Apis mellifica)

Redness and swelling of both ears. ( Acon., Bell., Puls .)

Nose

(Apis mellifica)

Swollen, red and oedematous. ( Rhus tox.)

Boils in nostrils better from cold.

Face

(Apis mellifica)

Oedematous swelling of the face ( Ars .) ; waxy, pale.

Face swollen, red, and hot ( Bell .), with burning and piercing pain. ( Ars .)

Mouth

(Apis mellifica)

Lips oedematous ; upper lip swollen (Hep. s.), hot, and red. ( Bell .)

Dryness of tongue, mouth, and throat ( Nux m .) ; fiery redness of buccal cavity, with painful tenderness. ( Bell .)

Rawness, burning, and painful stinging blisters along the edge of the tongue.

Scalding in mouth and throat. (Merc. cor.)

Tongue swollen, dry, cracked (Bell.), sore, ulcerated, or covered with vesicles. ( Ars., Rhus tox., Bapt.)

In dentition ; gums succulated ; look watery ; child awakens with screams ; red spots here and there on the skin.

Throat

(Apis mellifica)

Dryness in the throat without thirst. (Nux m., Puls.)

Burning and stinging in the throat. ( Acon., Canth ., Caps.)

Throat swollen inside and outside ; hoarse, sense of constriction ; breathing and swallowing difficult.

Ulcers on the tonsils, palate, etc. (Ailanth., Merc. iod.)

Stomach

(Apis mellifica)

No thirst with the heat. (Puls.)

Burning heat in the stomach. ( Ars .)

Great soreness in pit of stomach when touched. (Bry.)

Vomiting with diarrhoea. (Ipec.)

Abdomen

(Apis mellifica)

Soreness of the bowels and abdominal walls, felt when sneezing or pressing upon them. ( Bell ., Bry., Nux v.)

Fullness and sense of distension of the abdomen. (Cinch.)

Pains from below ribs spreading upward.

Pain in hypochondriac regions extending upward.

Stool And Anus

(Apis mellifica)

Sensation of rawness in the anus with diarrhea.

Passage of flatus before stool.

Diarrhoea is copious, blackish-brown, green or whitish ; yellow watery ; greenish, yellow mucus ( Puls., Merc., Sulph .) ; soft and pappy, mixed with serum ; thin yellow.

Stools occur with every motion of the body, as if the anus were constantly open.

Haemorrhage from bowels, with burning pains, excoriation of anus, constant tenesmus.

Urinary Organs

(Apis mellifica)

Burning soreness when urinating. ( Cann . sat .)

Frequent desire, with passage only of a few drops. (Acon., Canth .)

Urine scanty and high-colored. (Acon.)

Urine suppressed. (Acon., Hyos., Stram.)

Frequent and profuse urination. (Apoc., Arg. met.)

Burning and stinging in the urethra.

Male Organs.- (Apis mellifica)

Dropsy of the scrotum ; hydrocele.

Female Organs .- (Apis mellifica)

Enlargement of right ovary (Bell.), with pain in the left pectoral region, and cough.

Burning or stinging pains in region of uterus or ovaries.

Pain and sensitiveness in right ovarian region during menses.

Sharp, cutting, stinging pain in the swollen ovary ; worse during menstruation.

Suppressed menses, with congested or inflamed ovaries.

Dropsy of the ovaries (right) ; of uterus.

Abortion during the early months.

Respiratory Organs.- (Apis mellifica)

Irritation to cough in the supra sterna fossa.

Chest feels as if beaten or bruised. (Arn., Cinch., Sil.)

Respiration hurried and difficult ; oedema glottidis.

Great feeling of suffocation ; cannot bear anything about the throat. (Lach.)

Dull, aching pains in the left side of the chest, near the middle of the sternum, with sensation of fullness in the chest, and short breath.

Burning, stinging pains throughout entire front of chest.

Upper Limbs.- (Apis mellifica)

Oedema of the hands.

Sensation of numbness in fingers, especially the tips about the roots of the nails.

Panaritium with burning, stinging, and throbbing ; very sensitive to touch.

Lower Limbs.- (Apis mellifica)

Sensation in the toes and whole foot, as if too large, swollen and stiff.

Legs and feet waxy, pale, and oedematous. (Ars.)

Burning in the toes, with redness (Agar.) ; feet cold.

Generalities

(Apis mellifica)

Tired, as if bruised in every limb, and especially in the back, as after exertion ; worse on rising after sitting. ( Rhus tox .)

General feeling of lassitude with trembling.

Burning, stinging pains, like bee stings, occurring occasionally.

Great sensitiveness to touch and pressure.

Skin

(Apis mellifica)

Skin usually white, almost transparent (ovarian dropsy.)

Stinging, burning, prickling, smarting, or itching of the skin ; sensitiveness to the slightest touch.

Urticaria like bee stings, or stings from other insects, with intolerable itching at night. ( Ant. crud., Arn ., Led.)

Eruption like nettle rash over the whole body. (Acon., Puls.)

Swelling and dry erysipelatous redness.

Body covered with large, elevated white wales.

Carbuncles, with burning, stinging pains. (Ars.)

Intensely deep, red rash. ( Bell .)

Sleep

(Apis mellifica)

Great desire to sleep, extreme sleepiness. (Ant. tart., Nux m.)

Screams during sleep ; also sudden startings. ( Bell., Stram .)

Sleep late in the morning.

Fever

– (Apis mellifica)

Intermittents.

Chill about 3 P. M. ; worse in warmth ; from slightest motion, with heat of face and hands ; runs down the back.

Skin burning hot all over, or gradually grows cool in some places, hot in others.

Dry, hot skin, or alternate dry and moist skin.

During hot stage more or less violent headache ; generally a continuous deep sleep.

Sweating stage either absent or of a very light grade.

Continuous low fever ; no thirst ; worse 3 P. M. ; is then very drowsy.

Thirst wanting during sweat ; may or may not be present during heat ; always thirst during chill.

Apyrexia ; pain under short ribs, left side ; feet swollen ; urine scanty ; limbs and joints sore.

Sweat after trembling and fainting, then nettle rash.

Amelioration

Therapeutic Range.- (Apis mellifica)

Ailments from stings, iodine, abuse of cinchona, turpentine, cantharides.

In acute oedema of the skin and mucous membranes ; anthrax, erysipelas, urticaria, measles, scarlatina, diphtheria ; in meningitis ; in hydrocephalus, hydrothorax, ascites ; in cystitis ; ischuria ; strangury ; in ovarian and uterine irritation, congestion, and dropsy ; in typhus and intermittent fevers ; in carbuncles, panaritia, ulcers, etc.

Bad effects from vaccination (Sil.) ; from suppressed or delayed eruptions.

Conditions

(Apis mellifica)

Strumous diathesis.

Women and children, especially widows ; girls who become awkward ; old people ; asthma.

Those predisposed to miscarry should not receive Apis except in high potencies.

Compare

(Apis mellifica)

Anac., Ars., Apoc., Arn., Bell., Canth., Euphr., Lach., Natr. mur., Led., Puls., Phos., Rhus tox., Rumex, Sulph.

Antidotes

(Apis mellifica)

Lach., Plantain, Lach. ac.

To massive doses : common salt, sweet oil, onions.

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