RHODODENDRON.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Rhododendron chrysanthemum, L.
Natural order , Ericaceæ.
Common names , Siberian R.; Sibirischen Schneerose.
Preparation , Tincture of the leaves.
Authorities. (Nos.
1 to 24 , from Seidel's collection, Archiv fur Hom., 10, 3, 139).
1 , Whale, took 5 to 30 drops of the tincture; 2 , Henke, took tincture, 6 drops; 2 a , same, 12 drops; 2 b , same; 2 c , same, 24 drops in morning, 12 drops in evening; 2 d , same, two doses of 6th dil.; 2 e , same, 20 drops of 6th dil.; 3 , Herzog, 10 drops of tincture; 3 a , same, 15 drops; 3 b , same, 20 drops; 3 c , same, 30 drops; 3 d , same, 50 drops; 3 e , 1 drop of 3d dil.; 4 , Helbig, 20 to 60 drops of tincture; 5 , Seidel, took 10 drops of tincture, in morning; 5 a , same, took 20 drops; 5 b , same, 20 drops; 6 , "O," 10 drops of tincture, in morning; 6 a , same, 20 drops of tincture; 7 , "A," 10 drops of tincture, in evening; 8 , "Sch.," 24 drops of tincture, in the morning; 9 , Arnemann, parkt. Arzeinm., 1819, p. 494; 10 , Edinburgh Dispens., 1797; 11 , Guthrie, Edinb. Comment., v. 4, 471, effects of infusion in patients; 12 , Home, Chem. Versuche, p. 157; 13 , Hope, in Cullen's Mat. Med.; 14 , Kölpin, prakt. Bewerk. ueber d. gebr. d. Sibir. Schneerose, in Gichtkn, Berlin, 1779; 15 , Loeske, Mat. Med.; 16 , Metternich, ueber Schneerose in Gicht, Mainz, 1810; 17 , Murray, App. Med., p. 75; 18 , Plank's Chir. Pharm., Wien, 1786, p. 190; 19 , Prakt. Mitthl, 2, 1827; 20 , Richter, Arznm., II, p. 803; 21 , Ritter, in Hufeland's Journal, xx, 3, 129; 22 , Schwartze, pharm. Tabellen, Leipzig, 1833; 23 , Stark, Handbuch, 2, 88; 24 , Voigtel, Arznm., 1817; 25 , Cattell, Br. J. of Hom., 11, 342, from Pallas, Pharmacologie, and Stephenson, Med. Bot.; 26 , Lembke, N. Z. f. Hom. Kl., 4, 197, took tincture, 10 to 100 drops; 27 , Berridge, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1871, p. 57, a man took one dose of the 200th dil., Lehrmann.
MIND
- Delirium; he staggers; tosses his head about and reels; after a short time falls asleep upon his knees; in vain he attempts to rise, but is overcome with sleep for an hour and a quarter, during which he starts continually and appears terrified, but awakes cheerful, 25.
- A sort of delirium, 10.
- Mental derangement, 22.
- Frightful visions, 22.
- Gloomy mood, indifferent, 2c.
- Fits of anxiety, 14, 24.
- He is peevish, without any apparent cause, 2c.
- Indifferent phlegmatic mood; he is neither affected by pleasant or unpleasant impressions, 5a, 5b.
- Aversion to everything, especially to earnest occupations, 4. [10.]
- *While talking he easily forgets what he was talking about; he does not recollect what he had been talking about, till he has thought awhile, 1.
- Forgetfulness and sudden disappearance of all thoughts, he omits words in writing, 3a.
- Stupefaction, 19, 20.
- Loss of sense, 20, 24.
- Obscuration of the senses, 20.
HEAD
- Confusion and Vertigo.
- The head feels wild and confused (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
- The whole head feels wild and confused, with pressure in the forepart of the head (after one hour and a half), 5.
- The head feels wild and confused, with drowsiness (tenth day), 3b.
- The head feels as if he had been revelling the whole night (after twenty-four hours), 1.
- Reeling sensation in the head, as if intoxicated (immediately), 3. [20.]
- At night he was affected by a sort of reeling, 4 . [20, 323, 481, 518 are primary symptoms of Rhod., which Dr. Helbig has observed in patients.]
- Reeling sensation in the head; his brain feels as if surrounded with a fog, 1.
- Makes the head feel wild and confused, 14.
- Intoxication, 20, 22.
- A sort of intoxication and loss of sense, 14.
- The head is easily obscured, 17.
- Obscuration of the head, and want of attention, 1.
- Affects the head like brandy, 11.
- Vertigo, 20, 24.
- Vertigo when sitting (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
- Vertigo and sleep, 12.
- Vertigo to and fro, such as is occasioned by strong tobacco, 19.
- Vertigo, as if the head would fall backward more and more, with anguish, when lying in bed (soon), 7. [30.]
- Turn of vertigo (second day), 4.
- Whirling vertigo when lying in bed; decreasing after a few minutes, and on the second evening, 7.
- Giddy vertiginous sensation when writing, disappearing by motion in the open air (second day), 3a.
- Dizziness and dulness in the forehead, 3a, 3b.
- Giddiness, 22, 24.
- General Head.
- The head feels heavy and dull, 1.
- Dulness of the head , immediately after rising (after a few minutes), ; (first day), ; (second day), . [40.]
EYE
- When reading and writing the eyes feel somewhat weak (first hours), 5a.
- Burning in the eyes when looking intently at an object, 2a.
- Burning in the eyes when looking at the daylight, shortly before rising from bed, 2b.
- Dry burning in the eyes (sixth day), 5 . [106, 146, 304, 365, 371, 643, were observed from ten drops of tincture, in a girl of twenty years, whose menses had been suppressed for six months, and who was suffering with tightness of the chest, heaviness, and drawing in the limbs in consequence; she recovered perfectly a few weeks after taking the Rhododendron.]
- Slight burning and pressure in the eyes (first day), 5a.
- The right eye is affected with a burning pain, and the sight seems to be dim, in the evening when reading, 2.
- Periodical burning in the eyes without inflammation, early in the morning (first day), 7. [110.]
- Burning and feeling of dryness in the eyes, especially in the evening (fifth day), 2e.
- Burning pain in the eyes; when reading or writing he has a feeling of heat in his eyes, 2b, 5a.*
- Periodical smarting pain in the right eye, 5.
- Shooting pain in right eye from centre to inner corner (sixth day), 27.
- Itching of the eyes, 17, 22.
- Orbit.
- Sticking pain, with pressure around the margin of the left orbit, with spasmodic contraction of the left eyelids, 2.
- Lids.
- Suppuration of the eyelids, at night (first nights), 5a, 5b.
- Swollen eyelids, which become easily red (first day), 5a.
- Moisture of the eyes, and agglutination of the lids, 2b.
- Twitching of the right upper eyelid (after nine hours), 3b. [120.]
- Frequent twitching of the left upper eyelid, for some time, 4.
- Painful pressure in the right internal canthus, as of a grain of sand, 1.
- Burning and pressure in the inner canthi, early in the morning, with increased secretion of mucus in them (second day), .
EAR. [130.]
- Tickling in the left external meatus auditorius, changing into a pain on boring with the finger, for hours, 2c, 2e.
- Violent pain in the right outer ear, commencing in the morning, and continuing nearly all day (second day), 5.*
- Pain in the right ear, as if the ear were being pressed asunder (after nine hours), 1.
- Periodical boring or drawing pain in and around the ears (first days), 5b.
- Darting pain in the left ear and in the left temporal region (seventh day), 3c.
- *Tearing sensation in and about the right ear (after two hours), 3a.
- Stitches in the right ear, slow and pressing, from within outwards, 1.
- Transient stitches in the left ear (thirteenth day), 5.
- Beating sensation in the left ear (thirteenth day), 3c.
- Sensation in the left ear, as if a worm were creeping in it (second day), 3a.
- Hearing. [140.]
- Buzzing in the left ear, all the forenoon, which is most distinct when whistling, 1.
- *Constant buzzing in the ears, and a sensation as if water were rushing into them; loud sounds re-echo for a long time (fourth and sixth days), 3e.
- *Humming and ringing before the ears (soon after taking the drug, and on the second evening while lying in bed), 7.
NOSE
- Continued violent sneezing, with heat in the face, early in the morning when rising (ninth and tenth days), 3c.
- Several times sneezing, and an increased discharge of thin mucus from the nose, in the forenoon (first day), 5a.
- Moderate bleeding from the left nostril (after half an hour), 8.
- Violent fluent coryza, with headache and roughness of the throat (eighth and ninth days), 5 . [See note to symptoms 106.]
- Fluent coryza, with diminution of smell and taste (eighth day); continuing for a fortnight, 3b.
- Fluent coryza, alternating with obstruction of one nostril (fourth day), 2e.
- Increased secretion of mucus in the nose, as if a catarrh would set in (first day), 7. [150.]
- Increased secretion of mucus in the nose in the open air (first days), 5a, 5b.
- Increase of nasal mucus while one or the other nostril was stopped near the root of the nose (third and fourth days), 7.
- Dry coryza, with frequent sneezing (eighth day), 3c.
- Stoppage of the nose, early in the morning (first days), 5b.
- Stoppage of the left half of the nose, near the root, worse in the morning before rising; during the day the stoppage of the left nostril alternates with that of the right, but the nose was never stopped entirely; less in the open air ; continued (immediately), 2d.*
- Stoppage of the left nostril, 5a, 5b.
- Stoppage of the left nostril, early in the morning; several mornings in succession, 3c.
- The left nostril was stopped near the root, with sore pain, accompanied with a sensation of accumulation of mucus, in the open air, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c.*
- Troublesome dryness of the nose (after eight hours), 5.
- Itching and creeping in the nose, 14.
- Smell. [160.]
- The smell and taste are altered; all things smell and taste alike (sixth day), 3c.
FACE
- Drawing from the left half of the face into the left eye, leaving a pressure behind in the eye (after half an hour), 5.
- Prickling biting in the cheek, for several days, coming suddenly and passing off soon, 4.
- Considerable dryness of the lips (after half an hour), 6, 6a.
- Dry and burning lips, 2a, 2b.
MOUTH
- Teeth.
- Toothache; the approach of a thunderstorm or of cloudy windy weather, is always preceded by a pain, which partakes of the character of drawing aching (and cutting) ; the thunderstorm set in in one or two, the cloudy and rainy weather several hours after the toothache; the pain commenced in the ear, at least was in connection with a pain in the ear, 4.*
- The whole night he had a pain in the left lower jaw and teeth, accompanied with otalgia; the right side of the head was affected in a similar manner, but less violently; pressure seemed now to relieve, now to increase the pain; the warmth of the bed had no influence on the pain, 4.
- Occasional grumbling and tearing in the four first anterior molar teeth, for a short time; now in the upper, now in the lower jaw; now on the right, now on the left side, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c.*
- Violent drawing pain in the teeth of the right lower jaw, disappearing by eating (fourth day), 7.
- Drawing in the left molar teeth, recurring (first day and afterwards several times), 5b. [170.]
- Drawing and pricking pain in one of the left molar teeth; it does not bear touch (second day), 4.
- A (tearing) sharp aching pain in the upper molar teeth, increased by warm food, and by staying in a warm room, towards evening (first day), 4.
- Tearing in a hollow tooth, 5 . [172, 223, 363, are primary symptoms observed in a female patient.]
- *Transient pain in single teeth, recurring especially in damp weather, and before a storm, 5a, 5b.
- Dull stitching in the hollow tooth of the left upper jaw, 1.
- Prickling and biting in the front teeth, 4.
- Gum.
- Aching pain, as if swollen and sore, between the gums of the right lower jaw and the cheeks (second day), 4.
- Continuous, not very troublesome itching of the gums, obliging one to rub them frequently (third and fourth days), 7.
- Tongue.
- The tongue has a greenish coating, with bitter taste in the mouth, .
THROAT
- Roughness in his throat, early in the morning, 4.
- Scraping sensation in the throat; sensation as if tenacious mucus were adhering to the trachea, which he is unable to cough up, during a walk, 1.
- Burning in the throat and palate, after eating bread, in the forenoon (first and third days), 2b. [200.]
- Simple pain in the posterior surface of the throat, during the deglutition of food, in the evening (first day), 3a.
- Tickling in the throat excites a cough, 1.
- Uvula and Fauces.
- Stitches in the uvula (after one hour), 6a.
- It contracts the fauces and has a burning taste, 18.
- Scraping and scratching sensation in the fauces; sensation as if those parts were lined with mucus, 2, 2a, 2b.
- Burning in the fauces, with constrictive feeling in those parts, 20.
- Burning and constriction of the fauces, 17, 22, 24 , etc.
- External Throat.
- Drawing stitches, they seem to extend from the left submaxillary gland towards the cheek (third day), 4.
STOMACH
- Appetite and Thirst.
- The appetite was good, but speedily satisfied (second, third, and fourth days), 2d, 2e.
- He is easily satisfied, and feels very weak after satiety, 4. [210.]
- Loss of appetite, 5 . [See note to symptom 172.]
- Thirst, 11, 14, 22, 24 , etc.
- The thirst is somewhat increased, 5.
- Troublesome thirst, 9, 19.
- Eructations.
- Tasteless eructations, 19.
- Some eructations (after a few minutes), 8.
- Rising of oppressive wind, after dinner, causing a burning through the whole chest, which extended as far as the dorsal vertebræ, 1.
- Uprising of a rancid fluid, occasioning a scratching sensation in the throat, 2d.
- Uprisings of a small quantity of a bitter-tasting liquid, 5b.
- Empty eructations, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2e.
- Nausea and Vomiting. [220.]
- Nausea, 12, 17, 24, 25.
- Considerable continuous nausea, with inclination to vomit (soon), 7.
- Nausea, as if one had taken an emetic, with indication for stool, 1.
- It occasions nausea and slight vomiting, 15.
- Nausea, accumulation of water in the mouth, and inclination to vomit, 4.
- Nausea when stooping, diminished by an eructation (soon), 3a.
- Nausea, with pressure in the pit and region of the stomach (after twenty-four hours), 3e.
- Nausea, with accumulation of water in the mouth (after half an hour), 3c.
- Vomiting of a green bitter substance, 17.
- Vomiting after taking anything fluid, especially cold water, which weakens the effects of the drug, . [230.]
ABDOMEN
- Hypochondria.
- Pain in the hypochondria, as if wind became incarcerated in those parts, 2, 2a.
- Sticking pain in the right hypochondrium, in the evening (after twelve hours), 3b.
- Seated pain in the left hypochondrium, with tension, when stooping (first and second days), 5b.
- Umbilicus and Sides.
- Pinching in the umbilical region, after a meal, 1b.
- Pinching pains in the right side of the abdomen (after one hour), 1.
- Violent stitches in the left side, in the region of the spleen, arresting the breathing, in the evening, during rest, 1.
- General Abdomen.
- Tense abdomen, as if distended by flatus, with emission of flatus, which produces transient relief, 2b.
- Painful distension of the abdomen, 2c.
- Copious flatus occasions various pains in the abdomen, now in one, now in another part; they are relieved or removed entirely by emission of fetid flatus (first days), 5b. [260.]
- Incarceration of flatus, early in the morning, fasting (second and third days), 5b.
- Rumbling in the abdomen after eating and drinking, followed by a painless diarrhœa, 1.
- Constant rumbling in the abdomen, 1.
- Rumbling in the abdomen (after half an hour), 6a.
- Grumbling in the abdomen (soon), 3d.
- Rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, 2a, 2c.
- Feeling of fulness, heaviness, and distension in the abdomen, especially early in the morning in bed and in the evening, with rumbling in the bowels, much empty eructation, and emission of fetid flatus, continuing for some time (after ten minutes), 2d, 2e.
- The usual breakfast causes a disagreeable fulness in the abdomen, relieved by eructations (after half an hour), 5a.
- Sensation of fulness and bloatedness in the abdomen, without actual distension, relieved by rising of air and emission of flatus, 2.
- Pinching colic, 1. [270.]
- Uncomfortable feeling after a meal, .
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Spasmodic pain in the rectum, as if flatus had become incarcerated (after ten hours), 1.
- Sticking pain in the rectum, extending as far as under the ribs (after ten hours), 1.
- Violent drawing from the rectum to the genital organs (second day), 7.
- Crawling in the anus, as of ascarides, 1.
- Biting pain in the anus, accompanied with oozing out of a small quantity of liquid (fourth day), 5b.
- Beating pain in the anus (first day), 3a ; (fifth day), 3b.
- The erections are preceded by a creeping sensation from the perinæum as far as the penis, 5b.
- Tenesmus, with papescent stool, for some days, 6, 6a.
- Rather strong urging for stool; the evacuation hard and expelled with difficulty, 4. [290.]
- Sudden desire for stool, but only some flatus is emitted after pressing (third and fourth days), 5a, 5b.
- Desire for stool, as if diarrhœa would set in, nevertheless the natural stool is passed with much pressing (first day), 5b.
- Frequent desire for stool, followed by a natural evacuation, accompanied with much pressing; it takes place in the evening instead of in the morning (third day), 5a.
- No evacuation, although he experiences a desire for stool several times through the day (fourth day), 5a.
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- Diarrhœa (after thirty-six hours), 7, 14, 17, 24 , etc.
- The disposition to diarrhœa returns in damp weather (third day), 4.
- Diarrhœa directly after a meal, 1.
- Occasional feeling of looseness, as if diarrhœa would set in (after ten minutes), 2d.
- Diarrhœa, as soon as he rises from bed, in the morning, 1.
- Occasional diarrhœa, 22. [300.]
- Fruit occasions diarrhœa and a feeling of weakness in the stomach; while walking he heels nauseated; he has to remain seated, and experiences a feeling of qualmishness at the stomach, 4.
- Diarrhœa, a sort of lienteria; food passed undigested, 1.
- Diarrhœa, which does not cause weakness, 1.
- Food and drink cause diarrhœa, without colic, 1.
- Diarrhœa; stool spirts out as if constantly accompanied with flatus, 1.
- Two loose stools a day, evacuated with difficulty, 3b.
- Loose stool, but sluggish, evacuated only after pressing, 2b.
- Loose stool, expelled with pressing, 2, 5 . [Primary effect; hard sluggish stool is a secondary effect.]
- Loose and yellowish stool, but sluggish, expelled with much pressing, and insufficient; sensation as if some fæces remained behind, 2d, 2e.
- Loose stool, with much pressing (third day), 7. [310.]
- The loose stool is passed with difficulty (second day), 3.
- Stools always look fermented, 1.
- Brown papescent stool, 1.
- Several papescent stools in one day, the prover being generally costive (fourth day), 3c.
- Papescent stool at regular periods, the latter portion of the stool being somewhat loose and leaving a smarting sensation in the rectum, 1.
- Frequent ineffectual desire for stool, succeeded by papescent stool (first and second days), 5a.
- Stool copious, black, fetid, .
URINARY ORGANS
- Urethra.
- Short, but intense pain in the orifice of the urethra, when not urinating, 19.
- Pain in the urethra, as if suppurated and engorged with blood, 2 . [See note to symptom 20.]
- Burning in the urethra before and during micturition, 3b.
- A sudden intense pricking sensation in the orifice of the urethra, in the evening (second day), 8.
- Some transient stitches in the urethra after micturition (first day), 3d.
- Micturition and Urine.
- Desire to urinate, with drawing in the region of the bladder and the groins, in the forenoon (second day), 5b.
- Frequent desire to urinate, 6, 6a.
- (A few drops dribble after urinating, occasioning a burning pain in the urethra and a shuddering through the whole body), (second day), 2d. [330.]
- Both urine and stool are sometimes discharged in larger quantities, 12.
- Copious urine, 17.
- Increased urine, 17.
- Increased secretion of urine (fourth to sixth day), 5.
- The somewhat increased pale urine has an offensive acrid odor (second and third days), 5, 5a, 5b.
- The secretion of urine too little, 1.
- Brown-red urine, having an offensive smell (second and third days), 5d, 5e.
- The urine became cloudy after awhile, 1.
- Hot urine, 1.
- The urine is clear, with a greenish tinge, 1.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Male.
- Burning sore pain between the genital organs and thighs, especially when walking (the first days), 5a, 5b. [340.]
- Beating pain in the glans, in the evening (first day), 5a.
- Pinching-jerking pain in the glans both during rest and motion (after four hours), 1.
- Occasional twitching in the orifice of the urethra when not urinating, 5a, 5b.
- Itching crawling behind the prepuce, 1.
- The scrotum shrinks easily, especially when walking or standing, for many days, 5, 5a, 5b.
- The scrotum shrinks when the air becomes in the least cool, for many days, 5, 5a, 5b.
- The testes are somewhat drawn up, swollen, and painful , for many days, 5, 5a, 5b.*
- The swelling of the testicles, which had been painless heretofore, enlarged to the size of a hen's egg, especially the left testicle, with stitching and tearing pains in both testicles, which were short but violent (a homœopathic aggravation), (second day), 3d.*
- (The swelling of the testicles, which had existed for years, decreases more and more until the testes have acquired their natural size), (curative effect), (after fourteen days), 3a.
- *The testes, especially the epididymis, are intensely painful to the touch, for many days, 5, 5a, 5b. [350.]
- *Contusive pain in the testes, with alternate drawing, worse now in one, now in the other testicle , for many days, 5, 5a, 5b.
- Contusive pain in the testes , which are drawn up, when walking (first days), 5a, 5b.*
- Violent sticking in the right testicle, as if it were contused violently, in the evening, while sitting; the pain disappeared when walking, but returned immediately upon sitting down, .*
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Great dryness in the trachea, early in the morning (second day), 5.
- Cough and Expectoration.
- Fatiguing dry cough, morning and night (twelfth day), 3c.
- Rather dry cough, owing to roughness in the throat, early in the morning, 4. [370.]
- Dry cough early in the morning, 1.
- (Dry cough, with increased tightness of the chest and roughness in the throat), (seventh day), 5 . [See note to 106.]
- Several attacks of dry cough, excited by tickling in the trachea (first day), 3a.*
- Scraping dry cough, in the evening (after twelve hours), 3a.
- Scraping cough, accompanied with expectoration of mucus, disturbing sleep, continuing for several days, 3b, 3c.
- (In diseases of the chest the cough and expectoration of mucus become easier), 17.
- He hawks up a quantity of white and tenacious mucus, 1.
- Respiration.
- The respiration is accelerated by an anxious undulating sensation arising from the abdomen, 5.
- Suppressed breathing; suffocative sensation, 17.
CHEST
- Violent congestions to the chest, returning for two days, with more or less violence (after three hours), 6a. [380.]
- Oppression of the chest, caused by a tensive feeling in the pectoral muscles, in the evening (first day), 5a.
- Oppression of the chest, as if the sternum were pressed upon, 2b.
- Oppression of the chest, as if the chest were constricted, more externally, 2.
- Oppression of the chest, 1, 5a, 5b, 2a, 22.
- Oppression of the chest, and pain in the chest when stooping, or when sitting bent, 2c.
- Oppression of the chest during sleep, a sort of nightmare, 4.
- Oppressive burning pain in the chest, below the ribs, with anxiety, not impeding respiration (after forty-four hours), 1.
- A very transient dull pain extending from the chest to the left hypochondrium, almost like splenetic stitches, when walking fast (first day), 4.*
- Extremely violent aching pain deep in the chest, arresting the breathing, in the afternoon (first days), 3b.
- Aching pain in the chest, with tightness of breathing (third day), 1. [390.]
- Constriction of the chest, 14.
- Contractive pain in the chest, 4.
- Pressing and drawing pain under the short ribs, early in the morning, with a feeling of fulness in the pit of the stomach and oppression of breathing (first day), 5b.
- Periodical clawing pain under the short ribs (first and second days), 5a.
- Pinching pain transversely through the chest (fifth and sixth days), 5.
- Periodical pinching pain in the outer chest, especially in the house, during motion (first day), 5.
- Scraping rough feeling in the chest, with heaviness; this obliges him to hawk frequently (first day), 5.
- Pain in the muscles of the chest, increased by touch (first day), 4.
- The whole of the thorax feels sprained and bruised (first days), 3b.
- (A kind of undulating sensation in the chest), 4.
- Front and Sides. [400.]
HEART AND PULSE
- The beat of the heart is stronger and more perceptible, 1.
- Warm undulations at the heart (third day), 4.
- Pulse reduced to 38 beats, 25. [410.]
- Diminishes the number of pulsations, 12.
- Immediately after taking the drug the pulse becomes feeble, small, and slow, 14.
- Slow pulse, 19.
NECK AND BACK
- Neck.
- Stiffness of the nape of the neck, early in the morning, when in bed (first, second, and third days), 5b.*
- Rheumatic pain, with stiffness in the nape of the neck, early in the morning, after rising (third and fourth days), 3a, 5b.*
- Painful sensation as if the outer neck were swelling (after six hours), 5b.
- Tensive pain in the left cervical muscles, even during rest, 19.
- Tensive rheumatic pain in the right outer side of the neck, with drawing, extending as far as behind the ear (fourth day), 5a.
- (Tensive pain in the outer cervical muscles, at noon), 4.
- Drawing pain in the right side of the neck, towards the shoulder (sixth day), 3c. [420.]
- Pain in the nape of the neck, as if it had become rigid, 3a.
- Pain in the posterior cervical muscles (first day), 4.
- Back.
- Violent aching-drawing pain in the right side of the back, more in the scapula, waking him from the morning sleep, and only going off gradually by turning to the other side (after thirty-six hours), 1.
- Pain in the back, shoulders, and arms, early in the morning, when in bed, digging, drawing, disturbing sleep, accompanied with a bruised pain of the whole body (second, third, and fourth days), 3b.
- Rheumatic pain between the scapulæ, hindering motion (after eight hours), 5b.
- Rheumatic drawing pain in the left scapula (second day), 5a.
- Pain, as from taking cold after a sprain, in the left scapula, early in the morning when turning over in bed, 1.
- Lumbar.
- Aching pain in the small of the back and back, 1.
- Aching pain in the small of the back (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
- Aching pain in the left lumbar region, 19. [430.]
- Aching pain in the small of the back, with anxiety, while sitting, disappearing on motion, 1.
- Aching pain in the left side of the lumbar vertebræ, during rest, .
EXTREMITIES. [440.]
- The joints affected by gout become red, swollen, and painful, 21.
- Tremulousness of the limbs, at night, 1.
- Increase of the pains in the limbs, 17.
- The pains in the limbs seem to be seated in the bones or periosteum; they are mostly confined to small spots, and reappear on changes of weather, 5.*
- The pains in the limbs are especially felt in the forearm and leg down to the fingers and toes; they soon pass off, and resemble a cramplike drawing, 4.*
- Pressive pain in the joints of the left limb, worse on motion (after 50 drops), 26.
- Erratic tearing pains in the limbs (seventh day), 3b.
- Creeping sensation in the limbs, causing an uneasiness, especially in the arms while at rest, which obliges him to move them (first day), and afterwards, at different periods, returning, especially in rough weather, 5b.
- Prickling in the right foot and hand when walking, as when the parts go to sleep (after two hours and a half), 5.
- Insensibility of the limbs, 17. [450.]
- Insensibility and paralysis of the limbs, 20.
- The limbs go to sleep easily (first days), 5, 5a, 5b.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Heaviness and tremulous paralytic weakness of the right arm, when at rest, diminished by motion (fourth day), 5a.
- Feeling of heaviness and weakness in the left arm, as after an excessive effort, disappearing by moving the arm, 2.
- Considerable feeling of weakness in the right arm, with prickling in the tips of the fingers (after eight hours), 6a.
- Sensation in the left arm, as if the blood ceased to circulate, with weakness and heaviness in the arm, especially when at rest (second day), 5a.
- Drawing-digging pain in the joints of the upper limbs, especially the left, when at rest (first and second days), 5a.
- Fine drawing and jerking in the right arm and in the left hand (after four hours), 3c.
- Drawing pain in the whole of the right arm, especially when at rest; in rough weather (seventeenth and eighteenth days), 7.
- Spasmodic contractive pain in the left arm, with a paralytic feeling in the same, to such an extent that it can be lifted only with great trouble (after three hours), 5. [460.]
- Sticking in the right arm (second day), 3c.
- Transient, dull, stitching pains in the whole of the left arm (after five hours), 8.
- Pain as if the right arm were dislocated, so that it is very difficult for him to hold anything in his hand, continuing the whole day (fifth day), 2.
- Fine tearing, as if in the periosteum of the right arm and elbow-joint, and only when at rest, 2b, 2c.
- Shoulder.
- Dull pain in the left shoulder-joint, continuing the whole day (after half an hour), 8.
- Paralytic rheumatic pain in the right shoulder, upon which he rests, sometimes extending below the elbow, and going off by turning to the other side (after nineteen hours), 1.*
- Boring-beating pain in the right shoulder-joint (seventh day), 6a.
- Violent tearing-boring pain in the left shoulder-joint ; with falling asleep of the arm, and with a prickling sensation in the tips of the fingers, after twenty-seven hours, returning for several days, 6a.*
- Violent tearing in the right shoulder, for several evenings, while in bed, and disturbing the night's sleep, .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Tottering gait, as if he had been sick a long while (after half an hour), 1.
- Weakness and heaviness in the whole of the right lower limb (fourth day), 5a.
- Uneasiness in the lower limbs, obliging him to turn from side to side, all night, 1.
- The lower limbs refuse to hold out and to remain steady; he feels all the time as if he ought to sit down (first day), 4.
- Very transient pains in the lower limbs (also in the fingers), rather dull, a hard pressure from above downward (first and second days), 4. [530.]
- Occasional contusive pain in some of the muscles of the lower limbs, when sitting in the evening (third day), 5a.
- Hip.
- Digging pain in the right hip, when lying upon it, in the evening (second day), 3a.
- Pain, as if sprained, in the right hip-joint, when walking (fourth day), 5a.
- Pain in the right hip-joint, as if sprained, when walking, 1.
- Pain in the right hip, as if sprained, 5b.
- Thigh.
- Heaviness in the thighs when commencing to walk, relieved by continued walking (first day), 5b.
- (Heaviness in the thighs), (first day), 7.
- Weariness of the muscles of the right thigh, when walking, 2c.
- Early in the morning, after rising, his thighs and legs do not feel refreshed, especially the left; he feels as if he had taken a long journey the day before, 1.
- Feeling of burning soreness between the thighs and the perinæum (first day), 5b. [540.]
- Sore feeling of the thighs near the genital organs (second and third days), 5a, 5b.
- Tensive pain in the inner surface of the right thigh (first day), 5b.
- Acute drawing in the right thigh (after five hours), 5a.
- Tearing stitches in the outer side of the left thigh, when at rest, 1.
- Some painful stitches in the region of the neck of the left femur, both during rest and motion, 1.
- Knee.
- The knees threaten to give way while going down stairs, .
GENERALITIES
- Twitchings, 13.
- (General weakness), 4. [580.]
- Disagreeable general feeling of weakness, 2c.
- Great weariness and bruised feeling of the whole body (first day), 5, 5a, 5b.
- A short walk fatigues him much, and makes all his limbs feel bruised, 2c.
- Painful sensitiveness in windy and cold weather , for several days, 4.*
- Insensibility of the affected parts, 22.
- Sensation in the whole body, as if he had strained every part, 1.
- Slight drawing and jerking sensation in the whole body, now here, now there, but especially in the joints, returning at indefinite periods, and continuing upwards of a fortnight, 3b.
- Drawing, as if in the marrow, increasing in bad weather, 4.
- Disagreeable sensation in the affected parts, accompanied with a sensation as if a worm were creeping through them, 11.
- Creeping sensation in the affected parts, 14. [590.]
- Disagreeable sensation in the affected parts, 9.
- Uneasy creeping sensation in the diseased parts, 25.
- Tingling in the gouty parts, and abatement of the pain, 25.
- He feels most comfortable in bed, with his limbs drawn up, 1.
- *Almost all the symptoms reappear with rough weather, 5a, 5b.
SKIN
- Eruptions.
- Eruptions, 17, 22.
- A bright-red spot on the nose, sensitive to the touch, and lasting for several days, 4.
- Several dark-red spots on the inner side of the right thigh, occasioning a sore pain, when walking (fourth and fifth days), 5.
- Small red blotches on the inner surface of the thighs, 5b.
- Pimples on the left side over the outer part of the eyebrow and under the right corner of the mouth; painful when touched, 2b. [600.]
- Painless eruption of pimples around the left corner of the mouth (eighth day), 3b.
- Several large pustules on the back and shoulders (twelfth day), 5a.
- Several painless pustules on the right forearm (eighth day), 3c.
- Sensations.
- Pinching in the skin of the dorsum of the nose, 1.
- Burning and prickling under the right eye in the cheek (first day, and returning occasionally for many months), 4.
- Prickling in the skin, here and there, 4.
- Unceasing creeping in the affected parts, 14.
- Burning formication, pricking in the limbs, 17.
- Formication in those limbs which had been affected with gout, (after a few minutes), 21.
- Sudden formication in single fingers or other places of the hands and feet, 5b. [610.]
- Formication in the left leg (after three hours), 3a ; (after ten hours), 3b.
- Itching and gnawing in different parts of the body, for several evenings when going to sleep, 2e.
- Itching of the skin, 22.
- Itching and pains of all sorts, in the body, 24.
- Transient itching in the region behind the left ear, extending down to the nape of the neck, 19.
- Itching of the nose, 17, 22.
- Itching and increase of sweat about the scrotum (first days), 5, 5a, .*
SLEEP
- Sleepiness.
- Frequent yawning, without weariness, 2a, 2c.
- Great drowsiness in daytime, and deep night sleep in the first days, afterwards the reverse of these symptoms takes place, 5 . [Occurring after the exhibition of Rhod., in a woman suffering from rheumatic pains.]
- Great drowsiness in daytime (first and second days), 7.
- Great drowsiness, with burning in the eyes, in the afternoon (first and second days), 5b.
- Drowsiness in the afternoon, which he is scarcely able to conquer, 3c.
- Drowsiness, 24.
- Drowsy the whole day (first day), 3.
- On lying down in the evening, he falls into a deep sleep, immediately, 5a, 5b.
- Deep calm sleep, the first hours; towards morning he wakes frequently and tosses about (second and third days), 5b. [630.]
- Contrary to his habit he lies on his back, the feet crossed, 5, 5a.
- In the morning, when in bed, all his limbs are affected, he stretches himself all the time, and throws himself from side to side, 1.
- Sleeplessness.
- Restless sleep, 22.
- Restless sleep, disturbed with dreams (first night), 3a, 3b, 3c.
- Early in the morning he wakes at a certain time, for several mornings in succession, as if he were called, and is afterwards unable to fall asleep again, 1.
- Wakes up early in the morning, after which his sleep is restless, 5b.
- Dreams.
- Sleep full of dreams; feels more weary when rising than he did when lying down (third day), 3e.
- Lascivious dreams, with a copious emission of semen (ninth day), 3e.
- Vivid, lascivious dreams, towards morning (second and third nights), 2e.
- Anxious dreams, he dreams about fire (twelfth night), 3c. [640.]
- He dreams about fire, remaining indifferent, 1.
FEVER
- Chilliness.
- Chilliness of the whole body, especially early in the morning, when in bed, 1.
- He feels chilly the whole day; the least current of air makes him feel chilly, 1.
- Alternations of chilliness and heat, headache, drawing in the limbs, and appearance of the menses, which had been suppressed for the last six months (fourth day), 5 . [See note to symptom 106.]
- Coldness of the three middle fingers of the right hand, 2c.
- Feeling of coldness, with goose-skin, in small portions of the lower limbs, 5a, 5b.
- Feeling of coldness and rigidity in the thighs, when rising from his seat, in the evening (first day), 5b.
- A feeling of coldness is experienced along the thigh, commencing at the left knee, the hands being warm, forenoon (second day), 5.
- Cold undulating sensation above the knee, extending as far as the top of the knee, 19.
- Icy-cold feet in a warm room, especially in the evening; they cannot be warmed in the bed, and frequently disturb sleep (third to sixth day), 2c, 2e. [650.]
- Cold feet (first day), 3b.
- Heat.
- Paroxysm of fever, at 6 o'clock in the evening; great heat about the head, with cold feet and absence of thirst; intolerable headache, with pressure from within outward, burning in the eyes, dryness in the nose, and a burning hot sensation in the nose, when taking an inspiration; feeling of debility and a bruised pain in all the limbs, and weariness of mind; restless, almost sleepless night, owing to vivid dreams and dry heat of the body; towards morning he slumbered some; during his slumber a general sweat broke out, which alleviated his sufferings; he had never passed such a night in his life; this paroxysm of fever returned the two following evenings, but in a less degree, 2.
- Febrile heat, with violent thirst, 14.
- Excites heat, 11.
- Febrile excitement, 20.
- General feeling of warmth, and a slight sweat over the whole body (after one hour), 6, 6a.
- Pleasant feeling of warmth spread over the whole body (in a few minutes), 3.
- He experiences a feeling of warmth and anxiety in the upper part of his body, as soon as he enters the room, coming from the open air, .
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), When waking, dulness of head, etc.; headache; pain in occiput; burning in eyes; burning and pressure in canthus and secretion of mucus; when rising, sneezing; stoppage of the nose; saliva increased, and has a sourish taste; when swallowing saliva, nausea; putrid taste mouth; roughness in throat; incarceration of flatus; in bed, fulness, heaviness, etc., in abdomen; dryness in trachea; cough; pain under shot ribs; in bed, pain and stiffness in nape of neck; pain in back, shoulders, and arms; on turning over in bed, pain in left scapula; in bed, tearing pain in shoulder; early, waking; in bed, chilliness; sweat on extremities.
- ( Forenoon ), Buzzing in left ear; after eating bread, burning in throat.
- ( Afternoon ), When standing, pain in pit of stomach; pain in chest; on moving part, pain in joint of right index finger.
- ( Evening ), Headache; pressure in occiput; itching of hairy scalp; burning in eyes; during deglutition of food, pain in throat; during a walk, pressure in pit of stomach; pain in right hypochondrium; during rest, stitches in left side; pricking in orifice of urethra; pain in glans; when sitting, sticking in right testicle; oppression of chest; in bed, tearing in right wrist-joint; tearing in right hand; jerking in left index finger; stitches in index finger; when sitting, pain in muscles of lower limbs; on lying upon part, pain in right hip; uneasiness in left leg; on going to sleep, itching and gnawing in different parts of the body; when rising from seat, coldness and rigidity in thighs; cold feet; 6 o'clock, paroxysm of fever.
- ( Night ), Reeling; suppuration of eyelids; pain in left lower jaw and teeth; in bed, pain in pit of stomach; when in sound sleep, emission; cough; tremulousness of the limbs; in bed, tearing in left forearm; in bed, pain in right knee-joint; in bed, stitching pain in corns.
- ( Open air ), Dulness of the head, with drawing in the eyes; lachrymation; secretion of mucus in the nose.
- ( In cool air ), Scrotum shrinks.
- ( Before approach of thunderstorm or cloudy weather ), Toothache.
- ( Bending body to right or backward ), Sensation from left chest to back.
- ( Bending part ), Pain in right knee; tearing in knee-joints.
- ( Usual breakfast ), Fulness in abdomen.