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Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Aconitum Napellus |
A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body
Physical and mental restlessness
Fright
Acute, sudden, and violent invasion, with fever
Does not want to be touched
Sudden and great sinking of strength
Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather,
draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot
weather, especially gastro-intestinal disturbances, etc
Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness
Tension of arteries; emotional and physical mental tension explain
many symptoms
No periodicity
Face red, hot, flushed, swollen
One cheek red, the other pale
On rising the red face becomes deathly pale, or he becomes dizzy
Tingling in cheeks and numbness
Neuralgia, especially of left side, with restlessness, tingling, and
numbness
Thirst for cold water
Bitter taste of everything except water
Intense thirst
Urine scanty, red, hot, painful
Frequent erections and emissions
Menses too profuse, with nosebleed, too protracted, late
Nightmares
Nightly ravings
Anxious dreams
Sleeplessness, with restless and tossing about
Starts up in sleep
Long dreams, with anxiety in chest |
In warm room In evening and night
Lying on affected side
From music
From tobacco-smoke
Dry, cold winds |
In open air |
| Ammonium Phosphoricum |
Facial paralysis Heaviness of limbs, unsteady,
tottering gait
Coldness from least draft of air
Rose-colored sediment in urine |
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| Baryta Carbonica |
Specially indicated in infancy and old age
Take cold easily
Very sensitive to cold
Offensive foot-sweats
Very weak and weary, must sit or lie down or lean on something
Very averse to meeting strangers.
Face pale, puffed; sensation as of cobweb
Hungry, but refuses food
Worse after warm food.
Constipation, with hard, knotty stools
Every time patient urinates, his piles come down
Diminished desire and premature impotence
Menses scanty
Talking in sleep; awakens frequently; feels too hot
Twitching during sleep |
While thinking of symptoms From washing
Lying on painful side |
Walking in open air |
| Causticum |
Broken down seniles Preferably dark-complexioned
and rigid-fibered persons
Local paralysis, vocal cords, muscles of deglutition, of tongue, eyelids,
face, bladder and extremities
Children are slow to walk
The skin of a Causticum person is of a dirty white sallow, with
warts, especially on the face
Emaciation due to disease, worry, etc, and of long standing
Burning, rawness, and soreness
Paralysis of right side of the face
Pain in facial bones.
Pain in jaws, with difficulty in opening mouth
Greasy taste
Aversion to sweets
Feels as if lime were burned in stomach
Worse after eating fresh meat; smoked meat agrees
Stool soft and small, size of goose-quill; hard, tough, covered
with mucus; shines like grease; small-shaped; expelled with much straining,
or only on standing up
Urine involuntary when coughing, sneezing
Menses cease at night; flow only during day
Leucorrhœa at night, with great weakness
Menses delay, late
Very drowsy; can hardly keep awake
Nocturnal sleeplessness, with dry heat, inquietude |
Dry, cold winds In clear fine weather
Cold air
From motion of carriage |
In damp, wet weather Warmth
Heat of bed |
| Curare |
Muscular paralysis without impairing sensation and
consciousness Reflex action diminished
Facial and buccal paralysis; tongue and mouth drawn; red face; tongue and
mouth drawn to right
Menses too early, during menses, colic, headache, kidney pain
Leucorrhœa, thick, purulent, offensive |
Dampness Cold weather
Cold wind
2 am
Right side |
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| Gelsemium |
Various degrees of motor paralysis General
prostration
Dizziness, drowsiness, dullness, and trembling
Slow pulse, tired feeling, mental apathy
Paralysis of various groups of muscles about the eyes, throat,
chest, larynx, sphincter, extremities, etc
Muscular weakness
Complete relaxation and prostration
Lack of muscular co-ordination
General depression from heat of sun
Sensitive to a falling barometer; cold and dampness brings on many
complaints
Children fear falling, grab nurse or crib
Sluggish circulation
Face Hot heavy, flushed, besotted-looking
Neuralgia of face
Dusky hue of face, with vertigo and dim vision
Facial muscles contracted, especially around the mouth. Chin quivers
Lower jaw dropped
Has no thirst
Urine profuse, clear, watery, with chilliness and tremulousness
Cannot get fully to sleep |
Damp weather Fog
Before a thunderstorm
Emotion, or excitement
Bad news
Tobacco-smoking
When thinking of his ailments
At 10 am |
Bending forward By profuse urination
Open air
Continued motion
Stimulants |
| Graphites |
Especially active in patients who are rather stout,
of fair complexion, with tendency to skin affections and constipation
Fat, chilly, and costive
Delayed menstrual history
Take cold easily
Children impudent, teasing, laugh at reprimands
Tendency to obesity
Feels as if cobwebs were on the face
Rotten odor from mouth; breath smells like urine
Salivation
Sour eructations
Aversion to meat
Sweets nauseate
Hot drinks disagree
Eructation difficult
Flatulence
Urine turbid, with sediment; sour smelling
Menses too late, with constipation; pale and scanty, with tearing
pain in epigastrium, and itching before
Leucorrhœa, pale, thin, profuse, white, excoriating, with
great weakness in back
Sexual debility, with increased desire; aversion to coition; too early or
no ejaculation |
Warmth At night
During and after menstruation |
In the dark From wrapping up |
| Kali Chloricum |
Profuse secretion of acid saliva Flatulence
Urine albuminous, scanty, suppressed; contains nucleo-albumin and bile,
high Phosphoric acid, with low total solids |
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| Natrum Muriaticum |
Great debility; most weakness felt in the morning
in bed Coldness
Great liability to take cold
Dry mucous membranes
Constrictive sensation throughout the body
Great weakness and weariness
Oversensitive to all sorts of influences
Face oily, shiny, as if greased
Earthy complexion
Hungry, yet loose flesh (
Heartburn, with palpitation
Unquenchable thirst
Sweats while eating
Craving for salt
Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats
Has to wait a long time for it to pass if others are present
Emission, even after coitus
Impotence with retarded emission
Menses irregular; usually profuse
Leucorrhœa acrid, watery
Sleepy in forenoon
Nervous jerking during sleep
Dreams of robbers
Sleepless from grief |
Noise Music
Warm room
Lying down
About 10 a m
At seashore
Mental exertion
Consolation
Heat
Talking |
Open air Cold bathing
Going without regular meals
Lying on right side
Pressure against back
Tight clothing |
| Rhus Tox |
Tearing asunder pains Motion always
"limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better for a time from a
change of position
Ailments from strains, over lifting, getting wet while perspiring
Jaws crack when chewing
Easy dislocation of jaw
Swollen face
Cheek bones sensitive to touch
Facial neuralgia, with chilliness; worse, evening
Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst
Bitter taste
Desire for milk
Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat
Drowsy after eating
Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment
Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid
Dreams of great exertion
Heavy sleep, as from stupor
Sleepless before midnight |
During sleep Cold
Wet rainy weather and after rain
At night
During rest
Drenching
When lying on back or right side |
Warm, dry weather Motion
Walking
Change of position
Rubbing
Warm applications
From stretching out limbs |
| Solan Vesicarium |
Facial paralysis |
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| Zincum Picricum |
Facial paralysis Brain-fag
Seminal emissions
Loss of memory and energy |
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