Graphites
H. A. Roberts द्वारा — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Graphites is often overlooked in the treatment of rheumatic conditions. It is especially suited for plethoric women at the climacteric period when suffering from these complaints; also in gout with the large number of nodes deposited. The tearing pains are very prominent in whatever condition, the aggravations are marked, and together with the accompanying symptoms will help to indicate its selection.
Graphites antidotes Arsenicum, Rhus tox. It is complementary to the carbons, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Sepia.
EYES
ARTHRITIC OPHTHALMIA WITH CONTRACTION AND IRREGULARITY OF THE PUPIL.
NECK AND BACK
PAIN IN NAPE OF NECK.
Stiffness of nape of neck.
Small of back aches as if bruised or broken.
Pain in small of back as if broken, especially on touch; PRESSING, grasping, TWITCHING IN BACK.
CONTRACTING PAINS IN BACK.
Weakness in back and loins with aching pains.
Stitching pains in sacrum with crawling sensation.
Numbness from sacrum down.
Dull drawing pain in coccyx evenings.
PAIN IN OS COCCYX WHILE URINATING.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Shoulder and neck painful.
TEARING IN LEFT SHOULDER JOINT ON MOVING ARM.
RHEUMATIC PAINS IN LEFT SHOULDER.
RIGHT UPPER ARM SORE, TENDER AND SWOLLEN.
ARMS GO TO SLEEP.
CRAMPS IN HANDS.
RHEUMATIC TEARING IN HANDS.
Hands numb, with formication.
Sensation as if muscles were too short when bending elbow.
GOUTY SWELLING OF FINGER JOINTS.
SPRAINED PAIN IN THUMB JOINT.
RHEUMATIC PRESSIVE TEARING IN FIRST JOINT OF RIGHT THUMB.
GOUTY NODES IN FINGERS.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
TEARING OR BRUISED PAIN IN THIGHS.
NUMBNESS OF THIGHS.
BRUISED PAIN IN KNEES.
Stiff sensation in hollow of knee as if tendons were too short.
CRAMPS IN CALVES.
Gnawing pains in bones of ankle and heel.
RHEUMATIC TEARING IN FEET AND TOES.
Tearing in back of foot.
STITCHES IN HEEL WHEN PUTTING IT DOWN.
GOUTY TEARING IN TOES.
NODES IN JOINTS OF TOES.
Stiffness and contraction of toes.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Drawing pains in all the limbs.
TEARING PAINS IN ALL THE LIMBS, ESPECIALLY THE HANDS AND FEET.
LIMBS GO TO SLEEP QUICKLY.
HEAVINESS OF LIMBS.
LIMBS SEEM DEAD WHILE WALKING IN OPEN AIR.
JOINTS
GOUTY NODES IN FINGER AND TOE JOINTS.
CONCOMITANTS
SENSATION AS IF A COBWEB WERE ON THE FACE.
HARDNESS IN REGION OF LIVER.
PAIN IN ABDOMEN AFTER EATING.
STOOLS HARD, KNOTTY, UNITED BY MUCOUS SHREDS.
DURING CLIMAXIS.
LEUCORRHŒA PROFUSE, WHITE.
CRACKS AND FISSURES OF SKIN.
ERUPTION ON VARIOUS PARTS EXUDING A STICKY, WATERY, TRANSPARENT FLUID; SKIN ITCHES DREADFULLY.
NAILS BRITTLE AND CRACKED.
AGGRAVATIONS
WALKING.
MOTION.
AFTER LIFTING.
ON BECOMING COLD. AT NIGHT.
AMELIORATIONS
EXTERNAL PRESSURE.
WARMTH.