Ledum Palustre

General

LEDUM PALUSTRE. [Ledum] Marsh tea. Hahnemann. Ericaceae.

Mind

► Desire for solitude. ► After nightmare, fears to go to sleep, lest she die. ► Inclined to be out of humor and angry ; vehement. ► Dissatisfied ; hates his fellow-beings.

Sensorium

► Vertigo : as from intoxication, especially when walking in open air ; feels dull after eating ; head inclined to fall backward.

Inner Head

► Stupefying headache, causing dulness. ► Raging, pulsating headache. ► Pressing headache, with distress, when head is covered. ► Headache, as if something was gnawing in her temples, occiput and ears. ► Head affected after getting wet.

Outer Head

► The least covering to the head is intolerable.

Eyes

► Photophobia, with severe pain on attempting to open lids. ► Pupils dilated. ► Pressure (or dull pain) behind eyeballs, as if they would be pressed out. ► Ecchymoses of the conjunctiva. ► Nightly agglutination of eyes, with inflammation or pain. ► Burning on border of lids and feeling of stand in eyes. ► Lachrymation : the tears are acrid, and make the lower lids and cheeks sore.

Ears

► Ringing, or roaring in the ears, as from wind. ► Hardness of hearing : (right ear) as if the ear were obstructed by cotton ; after cutting the hair ; after chilling the head.

Nose

► Long-lasting nosebleed ; afterward sore in upper part of nose, with violent burning ; blood pale.

Face

► Pimples and blood boils on the forehead. ► Face : alternately pale and red ; bloated. ► Scaly, dry herpes in the face, burning in the open air. ► Glandular swelling under the chin. ► Tetter-like, crusty eruption around nose and mouth with itching, smarting and burning.

Tongue, Etc

► Stinging on the forepart of the tongue. ► Bitter taste in the mouth.

Mouth

► Offensive breath.

Throat

► Sore throat, with fine stinging pain, worse when not swallowing. ► Sensation as from a lump in the throat ; when swallowing the pain is stinging. ► Malignant sore throat. ► Great heat in throat, when moving in the open air.

Eating And Drinking

► After eating : hurriedly, contracting pain in breast-bone ; pressure in stomach after a small quantity of food ; feels dull.

Nausea And Vomiting

► Sudden running of water from the mouth ; water-brash. ► Nausea when spitting.

Abdomen

► Sensation of fulness in upper part of abdomen. ► Colic every evening. ► Pain as if diarrhoea would set in, from the umbilicus to the anus, with loss of appetite and cold feet. ► Pain in the loins after sitting. ► Ascites.

Stool, Etc

► Constipation ; the stool is mixed up with blood. ► Diarrhoea, stool mixed with mucus and blood ; great want of animal heat. ► Sore itching, smarting, humid spot between anus and coccyx.

Urine

► Frequent or diminished or increased in quantity. ► Stream of urine often stops during its flow. ► Itching redness, discharge of pus. ► Burning in urethra after urinating.

Male Sexual Organs

► Inflammatory swelling of the penis ; the urethra is almost closed. ► Increased sexual desire. ► Nightly emission bloody.

Female Sexual Organs

► Menstruation too early and too profuse ; the blood is bright red ; absence of vital heat. ► Profuse leucorrhoea ; pale face ; copious urination, even at night.

Pregnancy

► Milk-leg. ► During last months of pregnancy an indescribable pain, like a gnawing stiffness, in sacrum and hip-bone, down over the whole thigh, worse when standing.

Larynx

► Tickling in larynx, with haemoptysis.

Breathing

► Spasmodic, double inspiration, with sobbing, as after hard crying. ► Oppressed quick breathing ; oppressed painful breathing. ► Suffocative arrest of breathing and opisthotonos previous to coughing. ► Oppressive constriction of chest, worse from motion and walking.

Cough

► Hollow, racking, spasmodic, from tickling in larynx ; before cough he loses his breath ; after cough, dizziness, staggering ; double, sobbing inspiration. ► Expectoration after 12 P.M. and in the morning, fetid purulent, or bright red, foaming blood.

Lungs

► Congestion to the chest, with haemoptysis. ► Burning soreness in the chest ; soreness under the sternum. ► Stitches in the chest. ► Suppuration of the lungs. ► Haemoptysis alternating with rheumatism.

Heart And Pulse

► Pushing or pressure inward at left edges of sternum ; palpitation ; also in hemorrhage. ► Pulse full and quick.

Outer Chest

► Eruption, like varicella, on the chest and upper arms, with desquamation. ► Red spots and rash, with smarting-itching on chest. ► Pain on and in the breast-bone, or below it. ► The chest hurts when touched.

Neck And Back

► Painful stiffness of the back and loins when rising from a seat.

Upper Limbs

► Severe stitch in shoulder, when raising arms. ► Painful throbbing in the right shoulder. ► Painful pressure in left or both shoulder-joints worse from motion. ► Rheumatic pain in the joints of the arms. ► Tremor of hands when seizing anything and when moving hands. ► Itching rash on the wrist-joint. ► Gouty nodosities on the hand and finger-joints ; drawing pain from hands upward. ► Perspiration in the palms of the hands. ► Panaritium, from external injuries.

Lower Limbs

► Pressure in right hip-joint, worse from motion. ► Rheumatic pains going from below upward, joints pale, swollen, tense, hot ; with stinging, drawing pains ; worse from warmth of bed and bed-covering, from motion, and in the evening before 12 P.M. ► Affected limb cooler than rest of body. ► Gout, worse in the feet ; gouty nodosities on the joints ; fine tearing in the toes. ► Synovitis of knee, effusion ; constant chilliness. ► Swelling of the feet and up to knees. ► Tremor of the knees (and hands) when sitting or walking. ► Pain of the soles of the feet, as if bruised, when walking. ► Intense itching of top of feet and of the ankles, worse after scratching, much worse in warmth of bed. ► Pinching, grasping pain in the left hamstrings, worse at night, with night-sweat and frequent urination ; drawing pain from upper part of calf to the popliteal space, cannot lie on left side. ► Ball of great toe painful, swollen, soles very sensitive ; tendons stiff.

Limbs In General

► Rheumatism begins in the lower limbs and ascends. ► Heat of hands and feet, evenings. ► Long-lasting warm sweat of the hands and feet.

Position, Etc

► Motion : 26, 32, 33. Walking : 26, 33 ; in open air : 2, 13. Sitting : 19, 33. Standing : 24. Lifting the arms : 31, 32. Rising from a seat : 31. Exertion : 40. Cannot lie on left side : 33.

Nerves

► Anxiousness and fainting spells.

Sleep

► Sleepiness as from intoxication, during the day. ► Sleeplessness at night : with restlessness and fantastic illusions as soon as closing the eyes ; with restless tossing about. ► Talking in her sleep ; nightmare, throat feels swollen, sense of suffocation.

Time

► Morning : 27, 40. Forenoon : 40. Evening : 19, 33, 34, 40. Night : 5, 22, 23, 33, 37. Before midnight : 33. After midnight : 27.

Temperature And Weather

► Cannot beat heat of bed or stove ; especially on account of burning and pain in the limbs. ► Warmth : 33. Covering : 3, 4, 40. Open air : 8, 46. Chilliness : 6. Cutting hair : 6. Getting wet : 3.

Chill, Fever And Sweat

► Coldness, want of animal heat. ► Chilliness, thirst, sensation as of cold water pouring over the parts ; chilliness morning and forenoon. ► Shivering over the back, with heat of the cheeks, without redness, on thirst, cold hands. ► General coldness, with heat and redness of the face. ► Parts cold to touch, but not to the patient himself. ► Heat no thirst ; on awaking covered with sweat, with general itching. ► Burning in hands and feet in the evening. ► Heat and sweat in alternation. ► Night-sweats putrid or sour, with inclination to uncover ; itching. ► Sweat, mostly on the forehead, from the least exertion.

Sides

► Right : 6, 32, 33. Left : 29, 32, 33. Below upward : 32, 33, 34.

Sensations

► Numbness and formication of the limbs.

Tissues

► Emaciation of suffering parts. ► Oedematous swellings of the whole body.

Contact, Injuries, Etc

► Touch : 30. Taking hold : 32. Scratching : 33. ► Splinters, external injuries cause panaritium. See 32. ► A misstep causes the sensation of concussion of the brain.

Skin

► Purple (bluish) spots over the body, like petechiae. ► Dry, violent itching herpes, burning in the open air. ► Blood-boils. ► Dry skin, want of perspiration. ► Scurfs, on dry, small nodules, often renewed. ► Punctured wounds ; stings of insects especially of mosquitoes.

Stages And States

► Pale, delicate women, who are always cold.

Relationship

► Ailments from abuse of alcoholic drinks. ► It is an antidote to bee-stings ; and also for the prostration following abuse of Colchic.