Carbo animalis
By Adolph von Lippe โ Text Book of Materia Medica
Mind and Disposition
Alternate cheerfulness and melancholy.
Fright in the dark.
Head
Heaviness in the cerebellum; worse in the forenoon, -in the cold air,- relieved after dinner.
Pain in the vertex, as if the skull were open.
Tightness and tension of the skin of the forehead and vertex.
Heat in the head in the evening in bed, better after rising.
Eyes
Sensation as if the eyes were lying loose in their sockets.
Ears
Hardness of hearing; the sounds appear confused, does not know from what direction they come.
Discharge of pus from the ears.
Swelling of the parotid gland.
Nose
The tip of the nose is red, chapped, burning, the skin feels tight.
Face
Erysipelas of the face.
Red, smooth, elevated blotches in the face.
Vesicles and cracks on the lips.
Heat of the face and head in the afternoon.
Swelled, burning lips.
Mouth and Throat
Burning blisters in the mouth and on the tongue.
Gums red, swollen, painful.
Looseness of the teeth.
Dryness of the mouth and tongue.
Appetite and Taste
Ravenous hunger.
Repugnance to greasy food.
Bitter taste in the morning.
Stomach and Abdomen
Weak digestion; almost all food causes distress.
Pressure in the stomach, even in the morning and in the evening, in bed.
Spasmodic cramp in the stomach.
Considerable inflation after a meal.
Audible rumbling in the abdomen.
Stool and Anus
Constipation; unsuccessful desire for stool; he passes only very offensive flatus.
Stools hard, knotty.
During stool, pain in the small of the back, with inflation of the abdomen.
Varices, burning; stinging.
A viscid, inodorous humor oozes out of the rectum, and from the perinรฆum.
Urinary Organs
Frequent desire to urinate, with increased secretion of urine.
Burning soreness in the urethra when urinating.
Involuntary discharge of fetid-smelling urine.
Sexual System
Women. Menses too early.
Fluor albus, leaving yellow stains on the linen.
Mammรฆ swollen, inflamed (erysipelatous) during confinement.
Hard, painful nodosities in the mammรฆ.
Chest
Hoarseness and roughness in the throat in the morning, after rising.
Loss of voice (during the night).
Breathing, panting and rattling.
Oppression of breathing in the morning, and after eating.
Soreness in the chest.
Burning in (right side of) the chest.
Sensation of coldness in the chest.
Cough, with discharge of greenish pus (suppuration of the lungs).
Neck and Back
Painful swelling and induration of the glands of the neck, and of the parotid glands.
Stitches in the small of the back when drawing a long breath.
Extremities
Upper. Swelling and induration of the axillary glands.
Oozing of moisture from the arm-pits.
Gouty stiffness of the joints of the fingers.
Pain in the wrist-joint, as if sprained.
The hands go to sleep.
Lower. Stitches in the left hip when sitting.
Drawing and sensation of contraction under the knee.
The ankle-joint and toes bend easily when walking.
Frost-bitten feet and toes, inflamed; burning.
Generalities
Numbness of all the limbs.
Burning pains.
Sleep
Cannot go to sleep in the evening, from restlessness, anxiety and frightful visions.
During sleep, groaning talking and shedding of tears.
Fever
Pulse accelerated, especially in the evening.
Chill, especially in the afternoon, in the evening, and after eating.
Chill in the evening, followed by perspiration.
Heat after a chill, mostly at night, in bed.
Perspiration after the heat, especially towards morning.
Perspiration of bad odor; debilitating; coloring the linen yellow; more on the upper legs.
Skin
Erysipelatous swellings, with burning pain.
Inflammation, swelling and induration of the glands.
Itching over the whole body in the evening, in bed.
Conditions
Easy straining; great debility and spraining of the joints.
Aversion to the open, cold, dry air.