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| Parkinson's Disease |
| A slow progressive, degenerative, neurologic disorder characterized by resting tremor, pill rolling of the fingers, a mask like facies, shuffling gait, forward flexion of the trunk, muscle rigidity and weakness. Signs and symptoms of Parkinson's Disease which include drooling, increased appetite, intolerance of heat, oily skin, emotional instability and defective judgment, are increased by fatigue, excitement and frustration. Also called Paralysis Agitans |
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Agaricus Muscarius |
Jerking, twitching, trembling, and itching
Twitching ceases during sleep
Sensation as if pierced by needles of ice
Sensitive to pressure and cold air
Violent bearing-down pains
Symptoms appear diagonally as right arm and left leg
Pains are accompanied by sensation of cold, numbness and tingling
Desire to cover head warmly
Thirsty all the time
Empty eructations, tasting of apples
Menses, increased, earlier
Sexual excitement
Uncertain gait
Trembling
On falling asleep, starts, twitches, and awakes often
Vivid dreams
Drowsy in daytime |
Open cold air After eating
After coitus
In cold weather
Before a thunder-storm
Pressure on dorsal spine, which causes involuntary laughter |
Moving about slowly |
| Aurum Sulphuratum |
Paralysis Agitans; constant nodding of the head |
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| Camphora Mono Bromata |
Nervous excitability Nightly emissions
Painful erections
Directions appear reversed, i.e., north seems south, and east seems west
Hysteria; weeping and laughing alternately
Trance-like state |
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| Conium Maculatum |
Difficult gait, trembling, sudden loss of strength
while walking, painful stiffness of legs. etc Trouble at the change of
life, old and bachelors
General feeling as if bruised by blows
Great debility in the morning in bed
Weakness of body and mind, trembling, and palpitation
Tremulous weakness after every stool
Much difficulty in voiding urine; it flows and stops again;
interrupted discharge
Desire increased; power decreased
Sexual nervousness, with feeble erection
Menses delayed and scanty; parts sensitive
Extremities heavy, weary, paralyzed; trembling; bands unsteady;
fingers and toes numb
Muscular weakness, especially of lower extremities |
Lying down Turning or rising in bed
Celibacy
Before and during menses
From taking cold
Bodily or mental exertion |
While fasting In the dark
From letting limbs hang down
Motion
Pressure |
| Duboisia |
Red spots floats in the field of vision
Sensation as if stepping on empty space
Impossible to stand with eyes shut, tendency to fall backwards
Loss of power in limbs, staggers; feels as if he stepped on empty space.
Trembling, numbness and weakness |
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| Hyoscyamus Hydrobromatum |
Tremors of disseminated sclerosis
Sleeplessness and nervous agitation
Acute nervous exhaustion |
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| Hyoscyamus |
Inclined to be unseemly and immodest in acts,
gestures and expressions Very talkative, and persists in stripping
herself, or uncovering genitals
Is jealous, afraid of being poisoned, etc.
Weakness and nervous agitation
Tremulous weakness and twitching of tendons
Muscular twitchings, spasmodic affections, generally with delirium
Excited sexual desire
Intense sleeplessness\
Starts up frightened
Great restlessness; every muscle twitches
Will not be covered |
At night During menses
After eating
When lying down |
Stooping. |
| Mercurius |
Tremors everywhere Weakness with
ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion
A great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling
A human "thermometer"; sensitive to heat and cold
Breath, excretions and body smell foul
Tendency to formation of pus, which is thin, greenish, putrid; streaked
with thin blood
Sweetish metallic taste
Great thirst, with moist mouth
Intense thirst for cold drinks
Weak digestion, with continuous hunger
Menses profuse, with abdominal pains
Leucorrhœa excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness
in parts
Weakness of limbs
Bone-pains and in limbs; worse, night
Very sensitive to cold
Oily perspiration
Trembling extremities, especially hands, paralysis agitans
General tendency to free perspiration, but patient is not relieved
thereby |
At night Wet, damp weather
Lying on right side
Perspiring
Warm room
Warm bed |
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| Plumbum Metallicum |
Constrictive sensation in internal organs
Progressive muscular atrophy
Excessive and rapid emaciation
Contractions and boring pain
Urine scanty
Loss of sexual power
Disposition to yawn and stretch |
At night Motion |
Rubbing Hard pressure
Physical exertion |
| Zincum Picricum |
Seminal emissions Loss of memory and energy
Brain-fag |
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| Arsenicum Album |
All-prevailing debility, exhaustion, and
restlessness, with nightly aggravation Great exhaustion
after the slightest exertion
Irritable weakness
Burning pains
Burning relieved by heat
Fear fright and worry
Septic infections and low vitality
Cannot bear the sight or smell of food
Great thirst; drinks much, but little at a time
Craves milk, acids and coffee
Heartburn; gulping up of acid and bitter substances which seem to
excoriate the throat
Long-lasting eructations
Stool small, offensive, dark, with much prostration
Urine scanty, burning, involuntary; albuminous
Menses too profuse and too soon
Leucorrhœa, acrid, burning, offensive, thin
Sleep disturbed, anxious, restless; must have head raised by
pillows; suffocative fits during sleep; sleeps with hands over head
Dreams are full of care and fear |
Wet weather After midnight
From cold, cold drinks, or food
Seashore
Right side |
From heat From head elevated
Warm drinks |
| Avena Sativa |
Nervous exhaustion Sexual debility
Nerve tremors of the aged; chorea, paralysis agitans, epilepsy
Inability to keep mind on any one subject
Spermatorrhœa; impotency; after too much indulgence |
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| Bufo Rana |
Prematurely senile Cannot bear sight or brilliant
objects
Music is unbearable
Menses too early and copious, clots and bloody discharge at other times
Watery leucorrhœa
Pains in loins
Numbness of limbs
Cramps
Staggering gait
Feeling as if a peg were driven in joints
Swelling of bones |
In warm room On awakening |
From bathing or cold air From putting feet in hot
water |
| Cannabis Indica |
A condition of intense exaltation, in which
all perceptions and conceptions, all sensations and all emotions are
exaggerated to the utmost degree Dual nature state; apparently
under the control of the second self, but, the original self, prevents the
performance of acts which are under the domination of the second self;
apparently the two natures cannot act independently, one acting as a check,
upon the other
Exaggeration of the duration of time and extent of space, being most
characteristic; conception of time, space and place is gone
Extremely happy and contented, nothing troubles
Ideas crowd upon each other
Increased appetite
Menses profuse, dark, painful, without clots
Pulse very slow
Pain across shoulders and spine; must stoop; cannot walk erect
Thrilling through arms and hands, and from knees down
Pain in soles and calves; sharp pains in knees and ankles; very
exhausted after a short walk
Very sleepy, but unable to do so
Dreams of dead bodies; prophetic. Nightmare |
Morning From coffee
Liquor and tobacco
Lying on right side |
From fresh air Cold water
Rest |
| Coccainum Hydrochlroicum |
Sensation as if small foreign bodies or worms
were under the skin Talkative
Constant desire to do something great, to undertake vast feats of
strength
Frightful persecutory hallucinations; sees and feels bugs and worms.
Moral sense blunted
Personal appearance neglected
Thinks he hears unpleasant remarks about himself
Irrational jealousy
Loss of appetite for solid food
Likes sweets
Sleep restless, cannot sleep for hours after retiring. |
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| Cocculus Indica |
It shows a special, attraction for light-haired
females Unmarried and childless women, sensitive and romantic girls,
etc
Sensation of hollowness, or emptiness, as if parts had gone to
sleep
Feels too weak to talk loud
Aversion to food, drink, tobacco
Metallic taste
Loss of appetite
Desire for cold drinks, especially beer
Sensation in stomach as if one had been a long time without food until
hunger was gone
Smell of food disgusts
Too early menses, clotted, with spasmodic colic
Spasmodic yawning
Constant drowsiness |
Eating After loss of sleep
Open air
Smoking
Riding
Swimming
Touch
Noise
Jar
Afternoon. Menstrual period
After emotional disturbance |
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| Gelsemium |
General prostration Dizziness,
drowsiness, dullness, and trembling
Slow pulse, tired feeling, mental apathy
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.
Sluggish circulation
As a rule, the Gelsemium patient has no thirst
Urine profuse, clear, watery, with chilliness and
tremulousness
Excessive trembling and weakness of all limbs
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 |
| Heloderma |
The eyeball becomes more prominent
Great coldness-"arctic" coldness
Colic waves from occiput to feet or ascending
Very thirsty
Swallowing difficult
Breath cold
Numbness and trembling
Sensation as if walking on sponge, and as if feet were swollen
Staggering gait
Cock's gait
When walking, lifts feet higher than usual, and puts down heel hard |
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| Kali Bromatum |
General failure of mental power Loss of memory
Melancholia
Loss of sexual desire
Urine profuse, with thirst
Debility and impotence
Sexual excitement during partial slumber
Fidgety hands; busy twitching of fingers
Jerking and twitching of muscles
Restless sleep
Extreme drowsiness.
Night terrors
Grinding teeth in sleep
Horrible dreams |
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When occupied mentally or physically |
| Lathyrus |
Reflexes always increased Sleepy, constant
yawning
Tremulous, tottering gait
Excessive rigidity of legs; spastic gait
Knees knock against each other when walking
Cannot extend or cross legs when sitting.
Patient sits bent forward, straightens with difficulty
Frequent urging to urinate, must hurry, else voided involuntarily |
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| Loleum Temulentum |
Prostration and restlessness Noises in ears
Gait unsteady
Trembling of all limbs
Loss of power in extremities
Violent pain in calves, as if bound with cords
Cold extremities
Spasmodic motions of arms and legs
Cannot write; cannot hold a glass of water |
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| Magnesium Phosphoricum |
Especially suited to tired, languid, exhausted
subjects Indisposition for mental exertion
Thirst for very cold drinks
Menses too early, dark, stringy
Involuntary shaking of hands |
Right side Cold
Touch
Night |
Warmth Bending double
Pressure
Friction |
| Manganum Aceticum |
Involuntary laughter and involuntary weeping and
walking backwards Strongly exaggerated reflexes and physical disturbances,
evidenced by men making fun of each other's gait
General soreness and aching; every part of the body feels sore when
touched
Every cold rouses up a bronchitis
Cannot walk backwards without falling
Tending to fall forward
Walks stooping forward
Peculiar slapping gait, walks on metacarpo-phalangeal joint; walks
backwards
Vivid dreams
Sleepy very early in evening |
Cold wet weather Change of weather |
Lying down |
| Niccolum Metallicum |
Suits debilitated, nervous, literary patients, with
frequent headaches, dyspepsia and constipation Objects appear too large
Menses late, scanty, with great debility and burning in eyes
Profuse leucorrhœa; worse, after urinating; also worse after menses |
Periodically Every two weeks
Yearly
Forenoon |
In evening |
| Phosphorus |
Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, with thin,
transparent skin, weakened by loss of animal fluids, with great nervous
debility, emaciation, amative tendencies, seem to be under the special
influence of Phosphorus Great susceptibility to external impressions, to
light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunder-storms
Suddenness of symptoms, sudden prostration, faints, sweats,
shooting pains, etc
Thirst for very cold water
Hunger soon after eating
Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal
Belching large quantities of wind, after eating
Very fetid stools and flatus; long, narrow, hard, like a dog's
Lack of power; irresistible desire; involuntary emissions, with
lascivious dreams
Menses too early and scanty-not profuse, but last too long
Leucorrhœa profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead of menses
Weakness and trembling, from every exertion; can scarcely hold anything
with his hands
Can lie only on right side
Joints suddenly give way
Great drowsiness, especially after meals
Vivid dreams of fire; of hæmorrhage
Lascivious dreams
Goes to sleep late and awakens weak
Short naps and frequent wakings |
Touch 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 a thunder-storm
Ascending stairs |
In dark Lying on right side
Cold food
Cold
Open air
Washing with cold water
Sleep |
| Physostigma |
Spinal irritation, loss of motility,
prostration, with very sensitive vertebræ Fibrillary tremors
Rigidity of muscles; paralysis
Paralysis and tremors, chorea
Irregular menstruation, with palpitation
Tongue feels sore on tip |
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| Scutellaria |
Where nervous fear predominates Cardiac
irritability
Nervous irritation and spasms of children, during dentition
Twitching of muscles
Fear of some calamity
Inability to fix attention
Seminal emissions and impotency, with fear of never being better
Night-terrors; sleeplessness; sudden wakefulness; frightful dreams |
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| Tabacum |
Nausea, giddiness, death-like pallor, vomiting, icy
coldness, and sweat, with the intermittent pulse Complete prostration of
the entire muscular system
Collapse
Constriction of throat, chest, bladder, rectum. Pallor, breathlessness,
hard-cordlike pulse
Legs and hands icy cold; limbs tremble
Gait shuffling, unsteady
Wants abdomen uncovered |
Opening eyes Evening
Extremes of heat and cold |
Uncovering Open fresh air |
| Tarentula Hispanica |
Constriction sensations Formication;
Extreme restlessness; must keep in constant motion even though walking
aggravates
Intense sexual excitement
Sudden alteration of mood
Foxy
Destructive impulses; moral relaxation
Must constantly busy herself or walk
Sensitive to music
Averse to company, but wants some one present
Ungrateful, discontented
Guided by whims
Wants hair brushed or head rubbed
Sexual excitement; lasciviousness reaching almost to insanity; seminal
emissions
Profuse menstruation, with frequent erotic spasms
Twitching and jerking
Yawning with uneasiness of legs, must move them constantly
Extraordinary contractions and movements |
Motion Contract
Noise
Seeming others in trouble |
In open air Music
Bright colors
Rubbing affected parts |
| Zinc Cy |
Paralysis agitans |
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