Remedy

Characteristics Symptoms

Patient Worse by

Patient Better by

Back numb, stiff, painful; nape of neck stiff

Crawling and tingling in back as if bruised; bruised pain between scapulae

Numbness and tingling in extremities; shooting pains; icy coldness and insensibility of hands and feet

Arms feel lame, bruised, heavy, numb

Pain down left arm

Hot hands and cold feet

Rheumatic inflammation of joints; worse at night; red shining swelling, very sensitive

hip joints and thigh feel lame, esp after lying down

Knees unsteady; disposition of foot to turn under

Weak and lax ligaments in all joints

Painless cracking of all joints

Fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body

Physical and mental restlessness

Does not want to be touched

Sudden and great sinking of strength

Tension of arteries with physical and emotional tension

Thirst for cold water

Bitter taste of everything except water

Urine scanty, red, hot and painful

Palpitation, with anxiety, fainting and tingling in fingers

Pulse full, hard and bounding

Anxious dreams

In evening and night

Lying on affected side

From music

From tobacco smoke

From dry cold winds

Trembling of whole body, great prostration and faintness

Tongue coated pasty, thick white with red edges

Thirst for cold water; little and often

Desire for apples, fruits and acids generally

Violent pains in sacro-lumber region

Slightest effort to move may cause retching and cold clammy sweat

Sensation of heavy weight at the coccyx, dragging downward all the time

Twitching of muscles; limbs tremulous

From lying down at night

From warmth

In damp cold weather

From all sour things and milk

From eructation and expectoration

Edema

Red, rosy hue

Stinging pains

Soreness

Intolerance of heat and slightest touch

Constricted sensations

Sensation of stiffness and as of something torn off in the interior of the body

Much prostration

Thirstless

Craving for milk

Urine scanty, high colored

Knee swollen, shiny, sensitive, sore with singing pains

Feet swollen and stiff

Rheumatic pains in back and limbs

Tired, bruised feeling

Numbness of hands and tips of fingers

Dreams full of toil and care

Heat in any form

Touch

Pressure

After sleeping

In closed and heated rooms

Right side

Uncovering

Cold bathing

After traumatic injuries, overuse of any organ, strains

Limbs and body ache as if beaten; joints as if sprained

Bed feels too hard

Black and blue spots

Sore, lame, bruised feeling

Aversion to tobacco

Longing for vinegar

Distaste for milk and meat

Great fear of being touched or approached

Motion

Rest

Wine

Damp cold

Lying with head low

Great exhaustion after slightest exertion

Irritable weakness

Burning pains

Unquenchable thirst; drinks much, but little at a time

Fear, fright and worry

Craves milk, acids and coffee

Albuminous urine

Too soon and profuse menses

Pulse more rapid in morning

Pain and burning in back

Cramps in calves

Dreams full of care and fear

After midnight

From cold, cold drinks or food

Seashore

Right side

From head elevated

Warm drinks

Flushes face and glaring eyes

Excited mental states

Restless sleep

Neuralgic pains that come and go suddenly

Heat, redness, throbbing and burning

No thirst, anxiety and fear

Violent and sudden attack

Averse to milk and meat

Menses increased; bright red, too early, too profuse

Shooting pains along limbs

Joints swollen, red, shining, with red steaks radiating

Tottering gait

Shifting rheumatic pains

Pain in nape, as if it would break

Pressure on dorsal region most painful

Lumbago, with pain in hips and thighs

Jar

Noise

Draught

After noon

Lying down

Lameness, as if sprained

After injuries to nerves with intense soreness and intolerance to cold bathing

Sore, bruised feeling in the pelvic region

Abdominal muscles lame

Uterus feels sore, as if squeezed

Joints sore, muscular soreness

Pain down anterior of thighs

Hot bath

Warmth of bed

Before storms

Cold bathings

Cold wind

Pains that are stitching, tearing; worse by motion, better rest

Irritable patient

Excessive thirst; thirst for large draughts

Stools large, hard and dry

Constitution of a robust, firm fiber and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness

Slowly developing complaints

Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot

Pain in right ovary, as if torn, extending to thigh

Painful stiffness of nape of neck

Stitching pain and stiffness in small of back

Knees stiff and painful

Joints red, swollen, hot with stitches and tearing; worse least movement

Every spot is painful on pressure

Evening

Open air

Warm weather after cold days

Warmth

Any motion

Morning

Eating

Exertion 

Touch

Pressure

Rest

Cold things

Increased perspirations

Dislike of fat, meat and boiled things

Cravings for indigestible things like chalk, coal, pencils; eggs, salt and sweets

Milk disagrees

Gets out of breath easily

A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork

Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence

Takes cold easily

Thirst; longing for cold drinks

Too early, profuse and long menses

Milky leucorrhoea

Longing of fresh air

Pain in back as if sprained; can scarcely rise

Pains between shoulder blades, impeding breathing

Sharp sticking pains, as if parts were wrenched or sprained

Cramps in calves

Tearing in muscles

Dreams of dead

Fat, fair, flabby, cold, damp and sour patient

Far  sighted

Ascending

Cold in every form

Water

Washing

Moist air

Wet weather

During full moon

Standing

Lying on painful side

Sneezing

Lack of vital heat

Diminished sensibility of arms, hands and feet

Sore, bruised limbs

Cramps in limbs

Lightening like pains, with cramps

Flying pains, returning regularly for a long time

Pain in lower limbs, with cramps and formications

After breakfast

Bathing

Warm, damp weather

Desire for hot drinks

Pain in stomach as from shock

Gnawing pain high up in rectum

Progressive loss of muscular strength

Tendinous contractures

Restlessness at night

Dirty while sallow skin, with warts

Emaciation

Burning, rawness and soreness

Aversion to sweets

Worse after eating fresh meat; smokes meat agrees

Small, size of goose-quill stools

Menses cease at night, flow only during the day

Dull pain in nape of neck

Dull, tearing pains in hands and arms

Rheumatic tearing in limbs; better by warmth, esp heat of bed

Restless legs at night

In clear fine weather

Cold air

From motion of carriage

Warmth

Heat of bed

Last cervical sensitive; pain extends to head and neck

Excess of uric acid and chlorides in urine

Subnormal temperature

Pains like electric shocks here and there

Pain across pelvis, from hip to hip

Rheumatic pains in muscles of back and neck

Pain in lumbar and sacral region, down thighs, and through hips

Aching in limbs and muscular soreness

Cold

During menses

The more profuse the flow, greater the suffering

Sensitive to draught

Ringing in ears

Milk disagrees

Stools undigested, frothy, yellow

Menses too early, dark clots, profuse

Sharp pains across kidneys, worse movements and at night

Knife like pains around back

Pain in limbs and joints, as if sprained; worse slight touch, better hard pressure

Draught of air

Every other day

Loss of vital fluids

At night

After eating

Bending over

Hard pressure

Open air

Warmth

Tearing pains; worse in the evening, at night and from touch; stubbing the toes hurts exceedingly

Great prostration

Internal coldness

Tendency to collapse

Dreams of mice

Profuse salivation

Craving for various things, but is averse to them when smelling them

Thirst for effervescent, alcoholic beverages

White shreddy particles in stools

Sharp pain down left arm

Tearing in limbs during warm weather; stinging during cold

Pins and needles in hands and wrists

Pain in front of thigh

Pains worse in evening and warm weather

Pain in heel, can not have it touched or moved

Aching in lumber and lumbo-sacral region

Backache, better rest and pressure

Motion

Loss of sleep

Smell of food in evening

Mental exertion

Cold

Violent, contractive and intermitting pains

Complaints begin in left side

Pains; worse movement and touch

Craving for cool drinks

Menses too late, protracted

Cramps in palms

Cramps in calves and soles

From vomiting

From contact

Drinking cold water

Aversion to food

Burning thirst for cold drinks

Pain in small of back, as after long stooping

Pain in shin bones

From cold in general

Damp, rainy weather

External warmth

Over sensitiveness

Weakness from mere speaking or walking though looking strong

Muscles flabby and relaxed

Loathing for sour things

Intolerance of eggs

Menses remit a day or two, and then return

Pain in hip joint, tibia, sole and heel

While sitting still

After cold washing

Overheating

Midnight

After rising

Dizziness, drowsiness, dullness and trembling

Slow pulse, tired feeling, mental apathy

Muscular weakness

Lack of muscular coordination

Sluggish circulation

Thirstless

Profuse, clear and watery urine

Dull, heavy pain in back

Languor; muscles feel bruised

Pain in neck, esp upper sterno-cleido muscles

Dull, aching in lumbar and sacral region, passing upwards

Pain in muscles of back, hips, and lower extremities, mostly deep seated

Fog

Before a thunderstorm

Emotions

Excitement

Bad news

Tobacco- smoking

When thinking of ailments

At 10 am

By profuse urination

Open air

Continued motion

Stimulants

Menses profuse and long lasting

Remittent pains in extremities

Feet painful and hot, feel enlarged

Cramps in calves and feet when in bed; frequent pains 

Rheumatic pains in ankle joints and legs

Intense pain along the sciatic nerve; numbness alternates with pain

Gouty pains in big toes

Pain in joints as if they lacked oil

Chronic muscular pains of back and neck

Flexing thighs on abdomen

Thirst

Dark and profuse menses

Sore pain down cervical vertebrae

Severe pain in lumbar and hypogastric region, extending down legs

Very sore muscles and joints

Neuralgia of internal saphenous nerve

Tingling, burning, numbness

Constant drowsiness

Craving for wine

Thirst

Pain in nape of neck

Darting pains in shoulders

Pains in toes and fingers, esp in tips

Lancinating pain in upper and lower limbs

Joints feels bruised

Dampness

In a fog

In close room

Least exposure

Touch

Esp adapted to the nervous temperament- women of sensitive, easily excited nature, dark, mild disposition, quick to perceive,  rapid in execution

Great contradictions

Can not bear tobacco

Pain in small, circumscribed spots

Averse to ordinary diet; longs for great variety of indigestible articles

Cravings for acid things

Profuse, watery urine

Pain in tendo-Achilles and calf

Ulcerative pain in soles

Open air

After meals

Coffee

Smoking

Liquids

External warmth

Change of position

Morning soreness and stiffness of muscles

Pains shoot all through the foot and limb, and in joints, but especially small joints

Throbbing in right shoulder

Soles painful, can hardly step on them

From heat of bed

Putting feet in cold water

Intolerance to cold drinks

Craves everything warm

Adapted to persons intellectually keen, but of weak muscular power

Emaciation

Weakness in morning

Thin, withered, full of gas and dry patients

Lacks vital heat; has poor circulation, cold extremities

Pains come and go suddenly

Sensitive to noise and odors

Aversion to bread etc

Desire for sweet things

Can not eat oysters

Profuse urination at night

Heavy red sediment in urine

Burning between scapulae as of hot coals

Pain in small of back

Tearing pain in shoulder and elbow joints

Pain in heel on treading as from pebble

Painful callosities on soles

Pains along sciatic nerve, worse right side; can not lie on painful side

From right to left side

From above downwards

4 to 8 pm

From heat or warm room

Hot air

Heat of bed

Warm applications

After midnight

From warm food and drink

On getting cold

From being uncovered

Pain in whole back as if muscles bruised

Pulsating pains in back,> pressure, > after menstruation

Pain in left shoulder, shooting down to fingers

Pains relieved by warmth

Esp suited to tired, languid, exhausted patients

Indisposition to mental exertion

Thirst for very cold drinks

Menses too early, dark, stringy

Pains along sciatic nerve; feet very tender

Darting pains in extremities

General muscular weakness

Cold

Touch

Night

Bending double

Pressure

Friction

Weakness with ebullitions and trembling from least exertion

Sensitive to heat and cold

Profuse, oily perspirations

Breath, excretions and body smell foul

Great thirst, with moist mouth

Intense thirst for cold drinks

Profuse menses

Bruised pain in small of back, esp when sitting

Tearing pain in coccyx; better pressing on abdomen

Lacerating pain in joints

From warmth of bed

From damp, cold, rainy weather

During perspiration

Lying on right side

Warm room

Thirst

Pain along spine

Aching across lumbo-sacral region; can not walk erect

Extremely susceptible to pains; violent and sudden pains

Sore feeling all over

Bed feels too hard

Zealous fiery temperament

Easily chilled, avoids open air

Desire for stimulants

Lovers fat and tolerates them well

Frequent urination, little and often

Menses too early, lasts too long, always irregular

Backache in lumbar region

Burning in spine; worse 3 to 4 am

Pain in the cervico-brachial region; worse touch

Must sit up in bed to turn over

Bruised pain below scapulae

Sitting is painful

Craves in calves and soles 

Mental exertion

After eating

Touch

Spices

Stimulants

Narcotics

Dry weather

Cold

In evening

While at rest

In damp, wet weather

Strong Pressure

Drowsy stupor

Painlessness

Torpor, general sluggishness

Lack of vital reaction

Heavy, stupid sleep

Stertorous breathing

Sweaty skin

Round, hard, black stools

Heat

During and after sleep

Constant walking

Emaciation

Amative tendencies

Great susceptibility to all external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunderstorms

Suddenness of symptoms

Thirst for very cold water

Stools long, narrow, hard like dog's

Burning in back; pain as if broken

Lascivious dreams

Physical or mental exertion

Twilight

Warm food or drink

Change of weather

From getting wet in hot weather

Evening

Lying on left or painful side

During thunderstorm

Ascending stairs

Lying on right side

Cold food

Open air

washing with cold water

Sleep

Much stringy saliva

Bruised feeling through epigastrium and abdomen

Aching pains in lumbar region; pains streaking up and down spine into sacrum

Dull pain in the region of the kidneys

Shooting pains in right shoulder, with stiffness and inability to raise arm

Pains fly like electric shocks, shooting, lancinating, shifting rapidly

Aching in feet, relieved by elevating feet

Pain in legs, patient dreads to get up

Pain in the nerves in toes

When it rains

Exposure to damp, cold weather

Night

Motion

right side

Dry weather

rest

Severe pains and muscular cramps

Constrictive sensation in internal organs

Progressive muscular atrophy

Excessive and rapid emaciation

Contractions and boring pains

Abdomen retracted

Anus drawn up with constriction

Lightening like pains; temporarily better by pressure

Pains in muscles of thighs; come in paroxysms

Cramp in calves

Stinging and tearing in limbs

Pains in big toe at night, very sensitive to touch

Motion

Hard pressure

Physical exertion

Sad, crying easily; weeps when talking; changeable, contradictory

Seeks open air; always feels better there, even though he is chilly

Thirstless, peevish, chilly

Great sensitiveness

Wants the head high; feels uncomfortable with only one pillow

Lies with hand above head

Desire for tonics

Averse to fat food, warm food and drink

Dislikes butter

Thirstlessness

Two or three normal stools daily; no two stools alike

Shooting pains in the nape and back, between shoulders; in sacrum after sitting

Drawing, tensive pains in thighs and legs

Pains in limbs, shifting rapidly

Tensive pain, letting up with a snap

Hip joints painful

Boring pain in heels towards evening; suffering worse letting the affected limbs hang down

Rich fat food

After eating

Towards evening

Warm room

Lying on left or painless side

When allowing feet to hang down

Motion

Cold applications

Cold food and drinks

Sensitive to air and touch

Chronic pains along sciatic nerve

Various kinds of pains and soreness, as if bruised in sternum, intercoastal spaces, and both hypochondria

Stitches in chest, between shoulder blades; worse inspiring, moving

Muscular pain along lower margin of shoulder blade

Motion

Contact

Atmospheric changes

Wet, stormy weather

Evening

Cold air

Pains in head, neck and face

Profuse sweat

Tenderness on pressure of right intercoastal muscles

Legs sore

Walks like a drunken man

Rheumatic tearing in all limbs; esp right side; worse at rest and in stormy weather

Pain in shoulders, arms, wrists; worse when at rest

Pains in bones in spots, and they reappear by change of weather

Can not sleep unless legs are crossed

In rough weather

Night

Towards morning

Warmth

Eating

Tearing asunder pains

Motion always limbers up; feels better for a time from a change of position

Desire for milk

Great thirst

Pain between shoulders on swallowing

Pain and stiffness in small of back; better motion or lying on something hard; worse while sitting

Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments and fascioe

Pains spread over a large surface at nape of neck, loins and extremities; better motion

Cold fresh air is not tolerated; makes the skin painful

Pain in ulnar nerve

Tearing pain down thigh

Pain along sciatic nerve; worse cold , damp weather, at night

Cold, wet rainy weather

After rain

At night

During rest

Drenching

When lying on back or right side

Motion

Walking

Change of position

Rubbing

Warm applications

From stretching out limbs

All parts of body are painful, as if bruised

Feeling of intense lassitude, weakness and despair

Injured "bruised" bones

Pain in nape, back and loins

Backache, better pressure and lying on back

Spine and limbs feel bruised

Small of back and loins pain.

Pain and stiffness in wrists and hands

Pain from back down hips and thighs

Tendons sore

Aching pains in tendo-Achilles

Thighs pain when stretching the limbs

Pains in bones of feet and ankles

From cold, wet weather

Knees swollen and painful

Shifting pains

Burning pain along sciatic nerve; worse at night

Flashes of heat

Burning in palms and soles

Burning sensations, like from hot water

aversion to butter

Craving for piquant things

Unquenchable thirst

Menses offensive and profuse

Pains in places least covered by flesh; not in joints

right side

motion

touch

Sleep

Darkness

Suitable for old people with shriveled skin; thin scrawny old women

Whole body is pervaded by a sense of heat

Debility, anxiety, emaciation, though appetite and thirst may be excessive

Craves acids

Brownish, offensive leucorrhoea

Menses irregular, copious, dark; continuous oozing of watery blood until next period

Violent cramps in extremities

Violent pains in finger tips, tingling in toes

Warm covering

Uncovering

Rubbing

Stretching out limbs

Hands and feet cold

Lack of vital heat

Prostration of body and mind

Great sensitiveness to taking cold

Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants

Want of grit, moral or physical

Roaring in ears

Disgust for meat and warm food

Milky, acrid leucorrhoea

Pain in coccyx

Pains through hips, legs and feet

Cramp in calves and soles

Pain in knees, as if tightly wound

Pain beneath the toes

Soles sore

Soreness of feet from instep through to sole

New moon

In mroning

Washing

During menses

Uncovering

Lying down

damp

Lying on left

Cold

Wrapping up the head

Summer

In wet or humid weather

Violent thirst

Violent pain in left hip

When alone

Looking at bright or shining objects

After sleep

On swallowing

Company

Warmth

Pains and sensations come suddenly and return at intervals

Respiration increased

Reflexes more active

Sharp pains in abdominal muscles

Sharp pain in nape and down spine

Rigidity of cervical and back muscles

Cramp like pains in extremities

Touch

Noise

Motion

After meals

Dislike of water

Dry and hard hair and skin

Sinking feeling at stomach at 11 am

Cat nap sleep

Aversion to being washed

Offensive character of discharge and exhalations

Relapsing complaints

Milk disagrees

Great desire for sweets

Great  quantity of colorless urine

Menses too late, short, scanty and difficult; thick, black, acrid, making parts sore

Burning, excoriating leucorrhoea

Drawing pains between shoulders

Sensation as if vertebrae glided over each other

Pain in left shoulder

Drawing and tearing in arms and hands

Can not walk erect; stoop shouldered

At rest

Warmth of bed

Washing

Bathing

In morning

At 11 am

Night

From alcoholic stimulants

Periodically

Lying on right side

From drawing up affected limbs

Shifting pains.

Pains from darkness to daylight; decrease and increase gradually

Hereditary tendency to alcoholism; craves alcohol

Excessive flow of saliva; it runs out of mouth when sleeping

Pains along sciatic nerve; worse at night, better about daybreak

Severe pain in long bones

Always washing the hands

Profuse, watery, thin, acrid leucorrhoea

Sundown to Sunrise

Seashore

Summer

During day

Moving about slowly

Over sensitiveness

Menses late and scanty

Pains in limbs

Pains along sciatic nerve; worse standing and resting on floor; better walking

Pains in heel when sitting

Cold perspiration on the forehead

Cramps in extremities

Averse to warm room

Craving for fruits, juicy and cold things, ice, salt

Soreness and tenderness in joints

Pains like electric flashes along sciatic nerve

Cramps in calves

Pain in the nerve of brachial plexus

Wet, cold weather

Warmth

Great prostration

Zigzag temperature

Tongue white or yellow, with red streak down the middle

Beating of pulses throughout the body, esp in right thigh

Aching pain in back of neck and shoulders

Severe pain in joints and muscles

Violent electric like shocks in limbs