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| Chronic Appendicitis |
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Bellis Perennis |
Much muscular soreness Lameness, as if sprained
Traumatism of the pelvic organs
Excellent remedy for sprains and bruises
Complaints due to cold food or drink when the body is heated, and in
affections due to cold wind
Sore, bruised feeling in the pelvic region
Soreness of abdominal walls and of uterus.
Stitches in spleen, sore, enlarged
Yellow, painless diarrhœa, foul odor, worse at night
Abdomen bloated; rumbling in bowels
Wakes early in morning and cannot get to sleep again |
Left side Hot bath
Warmth of bed
Before storms
Cold bathing
Cold wind |
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| Butyricum Acidum |
Poor appetite Much gas in stomach and bowels
Cramps in pit of stomach, worse at night
Stomach feels heavy and overloaded
Cramp in abdomen below umbilicus
Bowels irregular
Stool accompanied by pain and straining
Pronounced sleeplessness; dreams of serious nature while asleep
Perspiration on slight exertion
Profuse, offensive sweat of feet |
At night Fast walking
Going upstairs |
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| Colocynthis |
Often indicated in the transition season when the
air is cold, but the sun is still powerful enough to heat the blood.
Especially suitable for irritable persons easily angered, and ill effects
there from
Women with copious menstruation, and of sedentary habits
Persons with a tendency to corpulency
The neuralgic pains are nearly always relieved by pressure
Cramps and twitching and shortening of muscles
Constrictions and contractions
Urinous odor of perspiration
Sensations; cutting, twisting, grinding, contracting and bruised; as
if clamped with iron bands
Very bitter tasteCanine hunger
Feeling in stomach as if something would not yield; drawing pain
Agonizing cutting pain in abdomen causing patient to bend over double,
and pressing on the abdomen
Sensation as if stones were being ground together in the abdomen, and
would burst
Intestines feel as if bruised
Colic with cramps in calves
Cutting in abdomen, especially after anger
Each paroxysm is attended with general agitation and a chill over the
cheeks, ascending from the hypogastrium
Pain in small spot below navel
Dysenteric stool renewed each time by the least food or drink
Jelly-like stools; musty odor
Distention of abdomen |
From anger and indignation |
Doubling up Hard pressure
Warmth
Lying with head bent forward |
| Iris Tenax |
Dry mouth Deathly sensation at point of stomach
Pain in ileo-cæcal region
Appendicitis
Pain from adhesions after |
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| Kali Carbonicum |
Soft pulse, coldness, general depression, and very
characteristic stitches, which may be felt in any part of the body,
or in connection with any affection; all Kali pains are sharp and cutting;
nearly all better by motion Absence of fever
Sensitive to every atmospheric change
Intolerance of cold weather
Fleshy aged people, with dropsical and paretic tendencies
Sweat, backache, and weakness
Throbbing pains
Tendency to dropsy
Tubercular diathesis
Pains from within out, and of stinging character
"Giving-out" sensation
Stinging pains in muscles and internal parts
Twitching of muscles
Flatulence
Desire for sweets
Feeling of lump in pit of stomach
Gagging
Sour eructations
Nausea; better lying down
Constant feeling as if stomach were full of water
Sour vomiting; throbbing and cutting in stomach
Disgust for food
Anxiety felt in stomach
Epigastrium sensitive externally
Easy choking when eating
Epigastric pain to back
Stitches in region of liver
Distention and coldness of abdomen
Pain from left hypochondrium through abdomen; must turn on right side
before he can rise
Large, difficult stools, with stitching pain an hour before
Obliged to rise several times at night to urinate
Involuntary urination when coughing, sneezing, etc
Deficient sexual instinct
Excessive seminal emissions, followed by weakness
Menses early, profuse or too late, pale and scanty, with soreness
about genitals; pains from back pass down through gluteal muscles, with
cutting in abdomen
Drowsy after eating
Wakes about two o'clock and cannot sleep again |
After coition In cold weather
From soup and coffee
In morning about three o'clock
Lying on left and painful side |
In warm weather, though moist During day
While moving about |
| Mercurius Dulcis |
Pallor, flabby bloatedness, and turgid
flaccidity Inflammation with plastic exudate
Especially indicated in systems disposed to remittent bilious fevers; in
peritonitis and meningitis with plastic exudate
Nausea and vomiting
Stool scanty, bloody mucus, with bile, and constant desire,
without tenesmus; dark-green, watery, with griping
Offensive breath
Salivation
Constant flow of dark, putrid saliva; very offensive |
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| Plumbum Metallicum |
Localized neuralgic pains Rapid reduction in
number of red corpuscles; hence pallor, icterus, anemia
Constrictive sensation in internal organs.
Delirium, coma and convulsions
Progressive muscular atrophy.
Excessive and rapid emaciation
Contractions and boring pain
Contraction in œsophagus and stomach; pressure and tightnessConstant
vomiting
Solids cannot be swallowed
Excessive colic, radiating to all parts of body
Abdominal wall feels drawn by a string to spine
Pain causes desire to stretch
Abdomen retracted. Obstructed flatus, with intense colic
Colic alternates with delirium and pain in atrophied limbs
Constipated stools; hard, lumpy, black with urging and spasm of
anus
Frequent, ineffectual tenesmus
Urine albuminous; low specific gravity; scanty
Emission drop by drop
Loss of sexual power |
At night Motion |
Rubbing Hard pressure
Physical exertion |
| Pyrogenium |
Septic states, with intense restlessness
All discharges are horribly offensive-menstrual, lochial, diarrhœa,
vomit, sweat, breath, etc
Great pain and violent burning in abscesses
Chronic complaints that date back to septic conditions
Taste terribly fetid. Breath horrible
Coffee-grounds vomiting
Vomits water, when it becomes warm in stomach
Intolerable tenesmus of both bladder and rectum
Abdomen bloated, sore, cutting pain
Stools large, black, carrion-like, or small black balls
Seems to be in semi-sleep. Dreams all night |
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From motion |
| Silicea |
Periodical states; abscesses, quinsy, headaches,
spasms, epilepsy, feeling of coldness before an attack Is cold, chilly,
hugs the fire, wants plenty warm clothing, hates drafts, hands and feet
cold, worse in winter
Lack of vital heat
Prostration of mind and body
Great sensitiveness to taking cold
Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants
Ailments attended with pus formation
Want of grit, moral or physical
Sensation of a hair on tongue
Disgust for meat and warm food
Want of appetite; thirst excessive
Sour eructations after eating
Pit of stomach painful to pressure
Vomiting after drinking
Pain or painful cold feeling in abdomen, better external heat; hard,
bloated
Cutting pain, with constipation; yellow hands and blue nails
Much rumbling in bowels
Inguinal glands swollen and painful
Stool comes down with difficulty; when partly expelled, recedes again.
Bloody, involuntary, with red or yellow sediment
A milky, acrid leucorrhœa, during urination
Discharge of blood between menstrual periods
Increased menses, with paroxysms of icy coldness over whole body
Night-walking; gets up while asleep
Sleeplessness, with great orgasm of blood and heat in head
Frequent starts in sleep
Anxious dreams
Excessive gaping |
New moon In morning
From washing
During menses
Uncovering
Lying down
Damp
Lying on left side
Cold |
Warmth Wrapping up head
Summer
In wet or humid weather |
| Sulphur |
Inertia and relaxation of fiber; hence feebleness
of tone Ebullitions of heat
Dislike of water
Dry and hard hair and skin
Red orifices
Sinking feeling at stomach about 11 am,
Standing is the worst position for Sulphur patients, it is always
uncomfortable
Dirty, filthy people, prone to skin affections
Aversion to being washed
When carefully-selected remedies fail to act, especially in acute
diseases, it frequently arouses the reactionary powers of the organism
Complaints that relapse
General offensive character of discharge and exhalations
Very red lips and face, flushing easily
Complete loss of, or excessive appetite
Putrid eructation
Food tastes too salty
Drinks much, eats little
Milk disagrees
Great desire for sweets
Great acidity, sour eructation
Burning, painful, weight-like pressure in stomach
Very weak and faint about 11 am; must have something to eat
Nausea during gestation
Water fills the patient up
Abdomen very sensitive to pressure; internal feeling of rawness and
soreness; movements as of something alive
Pain and soreness over liver
Colic after drinking
Frequent micturition, especially at night
Mucus and pus in urine; parts sore over which it passes
Must hurry, sudden call to urinate
Great quantities of colorless urine
Involuntary seminal emissions
Menses too late, short, scanty, and difficult; thick, black, acrid,
making parts sore; preceded by headache or suddenly stopped
Leucorrhœa, burning, excoriating
Talks, jerks, and twitches during sleep
Vivid dreams
Wakes up singing
Wakes frequently, and becomes wide awake suddenly
Catnaps; slightest noise awakens
Cannot sleep between 2 an 5 am |
At rest When standing
Warmth in bed
Washing, bathing
In morning
11 am
Night
From alcoholic stimulants
Periodically |
Dry, warm weather Lying on right side
From drawing up affected limbs |
| Tuberculinum K |
Especially adapted to the light-complexioned,
narrow-chested subjects Lax fiber, low recuperative powers, and very
susceptible to changes in the weather
Always tired; motion causes intense fatigue; aversion to work; wants
constant changes
When symptoms are constantly changing and well-selected remedies fail
to improve, and cold is taken from the slightest exposure
Rapid emaciation
Diarrhœa in children running for weeks, extreme wasting, bluish pallor,
exhaustion
Very sensitive, mentally and physically
General exhaustion
Nervous weakness
Trembling
Averse to meat
All-gone, hungry sensation
Desire for cold milk
Early-morning, sudden diarrhœa (S
Stools dark-brown, offensive, discharged with much force.
Menses too early, too profuse, long-lasting; pains increase with the
establishment of the flow
Sleep poor; wakes early
Overpowering sleepiness in daytime
Dreams vivid and distressing |
Motion Music
Before a storm
Standing
Dampness
From draught
Early morning
After sleep |
Open air |
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