Calcarea Carbonica (Calc.) — Allen TF Materia Medica
Calcarea Carbonica
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3 ).
Preparation , For Hahnemann's provings, trituration of the middle layer of the oyster-shell. For Dr. Koch's provings, precipitated carbonate of lime from a solution of chalk in hydrochloric acid, is triturated with an equal quantity of sugar of milk; twenty parts of this are mixed with one hundred parts of alcohol, and this is termed the tincture. [Neither of these preparations consists of pure Calcium Carbonate .)
Authorities.
1 , Hahnemann, Ch, Kr., 2; 2 , Franz, ibid.; 3 , Gross, ibid.; 4 , Hartmann, ibid.; 5 , Langhammer, ibid.; 6 , Rummel, ibid.; 7 , Stapf, ibid.; 8 , Wislicenus, ibid.; 9 , Schreter, ibid.; ( 10 , Omitted); 11 , A man, aged 31, took the tincture, Hygea, 5, 318 (Dr. Koch's preisschrift); 12 , A woman, aged 26, took the tincture, ibid.; 13 , The same person proved the 1st, 2d, and 3d dils.; 14 , A maid, aged 17, proved the tincture, ibid.; 15 , The same girl proved the 1st dil.; 16 , A man, aged 40, proved the tincture, ibid.; 17 , The same man proved the 1st and 3d dils.; 18 , Knorre, A. H. Z., 6, 33, fragmentary symptoms, dose not given; 19 , Robinson (B. J. of Hom., 25, 322), a young man proved the 1000th, 200th, 30th, 12th, and 6th, in rotation, and afterward the 1st X trit.; 20 , A young woman proved the 3d X trit., ibid.; 21 , A young man proved the 30th, ibid.; 22 , A young man proved the 30th, ibid.; , A women proved the 30th, ibid.; , Dr. Lillie gave a boy, aged 12, Calc. potentized higher from the 2000th, Berridge, Fragment. Provings, Am. J. of Hom. M. M., 8, 125; , A man took the 107th (of Fincke), ibid.; , Dr. L. W. B., took the 107th (Fincke), ibid.
MIND
Emotional.
Illusion of fancy when going to sleep, as if she heard noises and clattering about her bed, which caused shuddering, 1.
As soon as she closes the eyes, in the evening, in bed, a swarm of fancies present themselves to her, 1.
Sad, despondent mood, with irritable inclination to weep, 1.
She became sad, and was obliged to weep, from every walk in the open air, 1.
Despondent and melancholy , in the highest degree, with a kind of anguish, 1.*
Melancholy, not exactly a sad feeling, about the heart, without cause, with a kind of voluptuous trembling of the body, 1.
Sorrowful and peevish; she looked upon everything from the worst side, and imagined everything evil, 1.
She is very hypochondriac; she thinks that she is deadly sick, nevertheless can complain of nothing, 1.
Despairing mood, with dread of disease and suffering, with foreboding of sad events, 1.
She despaired of her life, and believed that she must die, with a most sad mood, and weeping, and frequent sudden attacks of general heat, as if hot water had been dashed over her, 1.
Anxiety in the afternoon, subsequent to nausea in the forenoon, with headache, 1. [20.]
At night, she was very anxious and raving; she started up anxiously in a dream, with trembling on waking out of it (after twenty days), .
Sudden confusion of the head, as if it were too full, 1. [60.]
Painful confusion of the head, so that she did not understand what she had read, did not comprehend what was spoken, 1.
Confusion in the head, in the morning, on waking, 1.
Confusion of the head, in the morning, on waking, with trembling through the whole body, and rush of blood to the head, 1.
Great confusion of the head, after the midday nap, 1.
Confused trembling condition of the head (first day), 6.
Stupefaction of the head, like vertigo, the whole afternoon (after twenty-four days), 1.
Stupefaction of the head at night, on account of which he awoke; it continued to get worse until it almost amounted to faintness, followed by trembling of the limbs and weariness, so that he was unable to fall asleep again, 1.
Insensibility and bluntness of the whole head, as in a severe coryza, 1.
Vertigo.
A feeling of vertigo, as if he were raised up and pushed forward, 1.
Vertigo and painful turning of the head, as if in a circle, in the morning, when rising; especially very dizzy when walking and standing, with chilliness and needle stitches in the left side of the head, 1.
At night, excessive vertigo, with flickering before the eyes, which lasted till midday, 1.
Very transient vertigo, mostly when sitting, less when standing, and still less when walking, 1.
During menstruation, vertigo, on stooping, and rising up again, 1.
Severe vertigo when stooping, followed by nausea and headache, 1.
Vertigo in paroxysms, after stooping, when walking and standing; she was obliged to steady herself, 1.
*Vertigo, on suddenly turning the head, , .
EYE. [210.]
Right eye became much inflamed; lids glued together, 21.
Purulent mucus (gum) is constantly in the eyes; she is obliged to wipe them frequently, 1.
Twitching and throbbing in the eyes, by paroxysms (after twenty days), 1.
The eyes are affected and watery (after seven days), 1.
Inflammation, redness, and swelling of the forepart of the nose, 1.
Swelling of the nose, especially at the root, frequently appearing and disappearing (after six days), 1.*
Swelling of the right wing of the nose, with painfulness to touch, 1. [340.]
Sore, ulcerated nostril, preceded by frequent sneezing, 1.*
Pimple in the right nostril, only painful on moving the muscles of the face and nose; the wing of the nose is red and itches externally and internally, 1.
Painful pimple in the left nostril, with itching-stinging pain, 1.
Toothache at night, more like a pressure, or rush of blood to the teeth, beginning immediately after lying down (first three nights), 1.
Pain in the teeth from heat or cold, *but mostly caused by a current of air , day and night, with running of much saliva from the mouth, and sticking extending to the ears and eyes, which prevented her sleeping at night (after eight days), 1.
Drawing pain in the front teeth, lasting several minutes, and returning by paroxysms (after seventeen days), 1.
Immediately after menstruation, toothache , drawing and sticking day and night, worse if she inclined the head to the right, or to the left, or backward; it prevented sleep or awoke her out of sleep (after fifty days), 1. [430.]
Boring-drawing pains in most of the back teeth, at night, 1.
The hæmorrhoids protrude, and pain very much on walking, less during stool, 1.
Swollen hæmorrhoids protrude and cause pain during the stool, which is not hard, 1.*
Hæmorrhoids as large as nuts, appear with itching in the anus, and constipation; they often last two or three days (on this account, he took Sulphur three times, which relieved, but they returned on renewing the proving), 16.
Burning in the rectum, in the morning, after a copious stool, 1.*
Cramp in the rectum, the whole forenoon, a griping and sticking, with great anxiety, so that she was not able to sit, but was obliged to walk about (after ten days), 1.*
Drawing and cutting in the rectum, with a feeling of heat in it, after a natural stool, 1. [770.]
Severe pressure in the rectum (after some hours), 1.
The child desires to urinate, without urine following immediately; at another time, he was not able to retain the urine but allowed a few drops to pass, 1.
Urging to urinate; it seems as though he could not hold the urine, 1.
Excessive sexual desire, caused by lascivious fancies, wherewith the penis failed in erection, which was only induced by rubbing; scarcely had coition taken place when the semen was emitted; this was followed by excessive weakness and great excitability of the nerves; he was discontented and angry, and the knees seemed to give way from weakness (fourth day), .*
The menses, which had been long suppressed, appeared at the new moon (in one thirty-two years of age), (after six days), 1.
Menstruation, long since ceased, reappears at the new moon, in one fifty-two years of age (after six days), 1.
The usually too profuse menstruation was moderated (curative action), 1.
Menstruation unusually profuse, twice in succession, and brought with it a small fœtus, with a kind of labor-pain, like an abortion, with a great desire for stool, and cutting and pressure in the lower abdomen, 1.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
Larynx.
Much in the larynx, which is loosened by hawking, 1.
Whistling in the larynx, in the evening, after lying down, 1.*
The larynx is rough , especially in the morning, 1.
Rawness of the larynx, with pain on swallowing, 1.
Voice. [920.]
*Painless hoarseness, so that she was scarcely able to speak, in the morning (eleventh day), 1.
Cough and Expectoration.
Hacking, hoarse cough, which, to the sound, was not caused by mucus, 1.
Constant short, hacking cough, in single hacks, 1.
Tickling cough, as from a feather in the throat, 1.*
Cough caused by a sensation as a plug stuck in the throat and moved up and down, 1.*
Tightened sensation of fulness in the chest, in the morning on rising, as if he could not sufficiently expand the lungs by breathing; disappearing after some expectoration, 1.
Tightness of the chest, as if she were filled too full, and with blood, 1.*
Tightness of the chest immediately after rising in the morning; he was unable to walk two steps without being obliged to side down (after twenty-four days), 1.
Tightness of the chest in the forenoon, on walking in the open air (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Pressure in the chest, especially below the right nipple, 1.
Cutting in the chest, on inspiration , after a few hours, 1.*
*Sticking pain in the chest (first evening), 13. [980.]
Fine sticking pain around the whole chest, in the region of the fourth and fifth ribs, 11.
Stitches in the chest, extending to the throat, for several hours, 1.
Stitches in various parts of the chest, with oppression (seventh day), 11.
A stitch causes shuddering, extending from the hepatic region into the chest (after ten hours), 2.
Stitches through the chest, from the left to the right side, with a feeling of contraction; he breathed with difficulty, and on breathing the stitches were more violent (after four days), 1.
Jerking stitches in the chest, mostly on the left side, 1.
*Sore pain in the chest, especially on inspiration, 1.
Sore pain in the right mamma on the slightest touch, .*
Palpitation of the heart after eating, felt without laying the hand upon the chest, 1.
Palpitation in the midday sleep while sitting, which wakes him, 1.
During a walk palpitation and pain in the chest (after nineteen days), 1.
Severe palpitation, with anxious dread that he might have organic disease of the heart, 1.
Severe palpitation, with excessive anguish and restless oppression of the chest and pain in the back; she makes a loud sound as if every breath would leave the body, with coldness of the body and cold sweat, 3.
Slight sticking pains in the joints (second day), 11. [1110.]
Sticking pain in the joints, on great exertion only (eighth day), 11.
Tearing stitches in various joints (third day), 11.
Paralytic bruised pain in the long bones, and in the joints of the limbs, also in the small of the back, on motion; even when sitting and standing the back pains as if beaten, and the muscles of the legs are sore to touch, 1.*
Tearings in the arms and legs, though always only in a small spot, 1.
She started so much from the slight prick of a needle in the finger, that she became nauseated; the tongue, lip and hands became very white and cold, with coldness of the forehead and face, with obscuration of sight, uneasiness, flushes of heat, and trembling; she was obliged to lie down (mesmerizing relieved her at once), (after eighteen days), 1.
Epileptic attacks ; while standing at his work he fell suddenly to the ground sideways, without consciousness, and on returning to consciousness found himself lying with outstretched arms; this was followed by heat and some sweat (after nine days), 1.*
Skin inflames or suppurates easily from injuries, 1.
Eruptions. Dry.
Eruption of red elevated spots of the size of a pea and larger, mostly on the cheeks and elbows, with great heat, much thirst, and little appetite; they disappeared the third day and left a dark spot, as if congested with blood; in an infant whose mother had taken Calcarea. 9.
Nettle-rash , which always disappears in the cold air, 1.
Many very small warts appear here and there, 1. [1430.]
On left ala nasi (externally), a red, swollen spot, tender on touch, and on moving muscles of nose, 26.
Large dark-red itching spots on the lower legs, with some swelling in them, 1.
Scurfy spots on the lower leg, with burning during the day (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Rashlike eruption in the face, about the eyes and on the nose, 1.
Violent irritation about the chest, back, neck, and shoulders, and shoulders, and in the calves of the legs; a reddish rash was partly developed all over the back and chest, 19.
Red stripes on the tibia, consisting of nettle-rash elevations, with severe itching and burning after rubbing (after seven days), 1.*
Fine rash on the skin and neck, with itching, 1. [1440.]
Eruption on the feet, itching, violent biting, causing scratching, bleeding when scratched, and changing to a nettle-rashlike eruption, 16.*
Itching pimples on the forehead, with itching in the whole of the face, 1.
Eruption of small painless pimples over the whole face (after five days), 1.
Many pimples in the whole of the face, with severe itching, 1.
Itching pimples on both cheeks, on the malar bones, for several weeks, 1.
In the morning, when he should rise, he was still sleepy and weary; could hardly get awake, 1. [1510.]
*Sleepy very early in the evening (after three hours), 1.
Weary sleepiness in all the limbs in the evening, with chilliness ; He was unable to escape sleep; he did not, however, sleep soundly, but continually awoke (for sixteen hours); in the morning much sweat and dryness in the throat, without thirst (after four days), 1.*
He seemed to fall suddenly four times into a sweet sleep, with nausea, in the evening, from 7 to 9, with blackness before the eyes, which still continued while lying down, without vomiting, 1.
Overpowering sleep, after eating, followed by chill and tickling cough, 1.
Difficult to arouse himself, in the morning, on waking, 1.*
Sleeplessness.
When she went to bed late she could not get to sleep; she felt as though she could not get rested, 1.*
Frequently very late falling asleep in the evening, 1.* [1520.]
Cannot get to sleep at night, and when asleep soon wakes again, 1.
Difficult to get asleep on account of many involuntary thoughts, 1.
FEVER
Chilliness.
Great sensitiveness to the cold air; the feet seem dead, in the evening, 1.
Goose-flesh in the thighs and legs, on the slightest contact of cold air, so great that it was painful, 1.
Shivering, at first over the face, with which the hairs stood on end, then over the whole body, with chilliness, 6.
Chill in the evening, in bed, so that he was unable to get warm, though covered with a feather bed, as though he had no warmth in this body (after thirty days), 1.
*Paroxysm of fever, in the forenoon; chill and heat alternating, 1.
Paroxysm of fever; now chilliness, now heat; she was obliged to lie down, 1.
Paroxysm of fever, in the evening; chill externally, with internal heat and great thirst; even in bed he was chilly, and sweating at the same time; he could not get warm; at last profuse sweat (after ten hours), .
CONDITIONS
Aggravation.
( Morning ), Near sounds frighten him; irritable, etc.; peevish; before stool, peevish, etc.; on waking, confusion of the head; when rising, vertigo, etc.; after rising, dizziness; on rising from bed, dullness in head; on waking, headache; throbbing headache; on awaking, pain in forehead, etc.; swelling in temple; on waking, headache in temples; at 5 o'clock, pain in vertex; pressure in eyes; after rising, swelling of lower lid; lachrymation; after rising, stiffness of the eyeball; on waking appearances before eyes; roaring in ears, etc.; sneezing; nose-bleed; on rising, stoppage of nose; on rising, swelling of cheeks; swelling of upper lip; dryness of tongue; mouth slimy; after rising, bitter taste; metallic taste, etc., in mouth; on waking, inky taste; hawking of mucus; throat dry, etc.; hunger; eructations; sour eructations; nausea; nausea, etc .; vomiting, etc.; after rising, pain in the abdomen; immediately, constriction of abdomen; drawing in abdomen, etc .; on waking, cutting in abdomen; after copious stool, burning in rectum; after rising, eructations; twitching of the penis; larynx rough ; hoarseness; cough ; in bed, cough; mucous expectoration; on rising, sense of fulness in chest; tightness of chest; stiffness in spine, etc.; on waking, and after rising, sleepiness ; immediately after rising, pain in small of back; hands pain, etc.; in bed, sticking in the palms; on beginning to walk, weariness, etc., in muscles of thigh; more when sitting; pain in knee; inclination to stretch ; on waking, trembling of body ; trembling of body, etc.; great exhaustion; on waking, rushing of blood; on waking, difficulty in rousing ; orgasm of blood; after rising, much heated; sweat; profuse sweat.
( Forenoon ), Nausea; dizziness; headache, etc.; at 11 o'clock, stitches in forehead; saliva collects in mouth; nauseated feeling; when pressing on the part, and after the stool, pressure in pit of the stomach; stitches in right hypochondriac region; cramp in the rectum; frequent, etc., urinating; when walking, desire for coition; on walking in open air, tightness of chest; paroxysm of fever.
( Toward noon ), Crackling in occiput.
( Noon ), Very long sleep.
( Afternoon ), Anxiety; stupefaction of the head; from 3 or 4 o'clock till 9 or 10, tearing on the head, etc.; feeling in the pharynx; thirst; eructations; nausea; cramp in stomach; burning below navel; , etc.; frequent, etc., urinating; drawing in limbs; ; when walking, pain in ankle.
Anxious at night, as if she would become insane, followed by shuddering chilliness for a few minutes, and a sensation as if the body were dashed to pieces, 1.
Anxious, restless, and busy mood; she is undertaking many things but accomplishing nothing; after this activity, she is very much exhausted, 1.
Frightened, apprehensive mood, as if some misfortune were about to happen to him, or some one else, which he could in no way overcome (after twenty-three days), 1.*
Every near sound frightened him, especially in the morning, 1.
Fearful and restless, as if something evil would happen (after four days), 1.*
She feared that people would observe her confusion of mind, 1.*
She misplaces words and easily chooses a wrong expression, 1.
Great weakness of the imagination; during a slight effort in speaking, it seemed as if the brain were paralyzed, especially in the occiput; he could no more think nor recollect what been said; with confusion of the head, 1. [50.]
On stooping or moving the head, it seemed as if she did not know where she was, 1.
Loss of consciousness, with anxious oppression of the stomach, from which she was suddenly awakened as by a violent fright, 1.
In the evening, two attacks of loss of consciousness, when walking; she would have fallen to the floor, if one had not caught her (after five days), 1.
Loss of consciousness, with illusion as regards place; it seems as if the room were a bower, 1.
Stupefaction, like unconsciousness of external objects, with waving tingling on the upper part of the head, 1.
Vertigo, on walking in the open air, as if he would tumble, especially on suddenly turning the head, 1.*
Vertigo after walking, when standing, and looking about, as if everything were turning around with her, 1.*
Vertigo, even to falling down, with weakness, 3. [80.]
Dizziness and loss of sense, after turning in a circle, 1.
Dizziness in the head, in the morning, after rising, with nausea and roaring in the ears, and feeling as if he would fall down in consequence (after twenty-two days), 1.
So great dizziness, in the forenoon, that everything seemed in a half dream, 1.
Dizzy tottering, in the evening, when walking in the open air, so that he staggered to and fro, 1.
Sensations.
Warm streaming of blood from the pit of the stomach to the head, twice, 1.*
During menstruation, rush of blood to the head, and heat in it, 1.*
Rush of blood to the head , with heat in the face (two hours after dinner), 1.*
Rush of blood to the head , with heat of the face, seven hour after a meal, 1.*
Rush of blood to the head, with discharge of blood from the anus, for several days in succession, 1.
Congestion of blood to the head and chest, preceded by painful stiffness in the spine, 1. [90.]
Great affection of the head, the day after coition, 1.
Great dulness in the head, every morning, on rising from bed, 1.
Heaviness and heat of the head, almost only in the forehead, 1.
Heaviness in the heat, in the morning, on waking, for several hours (after twenty hours), 1.
Great heaviness of the head, in the morning, on waking, with heat in it; both are much aggravated on moving the head and on raising it (after twenty-seven hours), 1.
Shivering in the brain, on severe motion, with dull tearing pain (twelfth day), 1.
Painful shivering in the brain, especially in the left side of the occiput, on slightly shaking the head, and on every step, 1.
Icy coldness in and on the head (after four hours), 1.*
The head becomes cold very easily, which causes headache, as if a board lay upon the head, with pressive pain in it, and chilliness of the whole body (after six days), 1.*
Headache, also vertigo, every morning on waking, 1.
In the forenoon, first, headache, which continually increased, with rapid sinking of the strength, so that he could scarcely reach the house, with great heat in the forehead and hands, with much thirst for acid drinks; then, after lying down, ice-cold hands with rapid pulse (after twenty-one days), 1.
Pain in the head, as though the skin were detached, extending downwards upon the neck, 1.
During every cough, the head is painfully shattered, as if it would burst out, 1.
Digging and pressure in the head, which extend to the eyes, the nose, the teeth, and the cheeks, with great sensitiveness to noise, and attacks of faintness, 1.
Painful dragging, from within outward, in the whole head, with a feeling as if the brain were pressed together (fifteenth day), 1. [110.]
Drawing headache, extending upward from the neck, 1.
Pressive headache, mostly in the forehead, increased in the open air, 1.
Sticking headache, extending outward to the eyes (the first days), 1.
Sticking pains in the brain, with a feeling of emptiness of the head, for three days (after twenty-eight days), 1.
Pressing in the forehead (after four days), 1. [140.]
Violent pressive headache in the forehead (first day), 13.
Pressive headache in the forehead, as if it were very thick there, 1.
Painful pressure in the forehead, extending down into the nose (evening of first day), 12.*
Pressive pain in the forehead (about noon, first day), 13.
Pressing out in the forehead, very severe, and causing vertigo, relieved by pressure of the cold hand, and disappearing on walking in the cold air (after nine days), 1.
Sticking headache, in one-half of the forehead, which is better when lying, 1.
Four stitches in the left side of the forehead, at 11 A.M. (second day), 13.
Tearing in the left frontal eminence (first day), 16.
Pressure in the head, now in the upper part, now in the temples (after twelve days), 1.
Stupefying pressure in the upper part of the head, as after rapidly turning in a circle (after twenty-four days), 1.
Spasmodic pain, extending from the forehead to the vertex (after taking cold), (after six days), 1.
Almost constant drawing pain beneath the vertex, 1.
Drawing pain beneath the vertex, and in the temples, which seems to come up from the back, 1.
Spasmodic drawing beneath the vertex, in the upper part of the head, with stitches in the temples, and heat in the ears (after forty-eight hours), 1. [170.]
Cutting pain in the occiput, and in the forehead, as if something sharp were pressed into them, aggravated by walking, and by pressure with the hand (after third day), 1.
Stitches in the right side of the occiput (after eleven days), 1.
Severe stitches over the right eye, in the supraorbital nerve (evening of first day), 13.
Lids. [240.]
Swelling of the lower lid, in the morning, after rising, 1.
Swelling and redness of the lids, with nightly agglutination; during the day they are full of gum, with a hot sensation and smarting pain and lachrymation (after eleven days), 1.
Small objects seem more distinct than large ones, 1.
Farsightedness ; she was obliged to wear convex glasses when reading, 1.
Farsightedness ; formerly she saw both far and near objects distinctly, now she is unable to recognize anything fine near her; cannot thread a needle (first nine days), 1.
It seemed as though a shadow passed before the eyes, with very dilated pupils, so that one side of objects was invisible ; she saw, for example, only one eye in a person, 1.
Dimness of vision; she felt the need of closing the eyes without being sleepy (after six days), 1.
Dimness of the eyes, after getting the head cold (after six days), 1.
Sudden blindness, immediately after dinner; he was unable to see the table, even, by which he sat; together with anxious sweat and nausea, and an appearance of a bright shiny light before the eyes; after an hour's sleep it disappeared, 1.
Eruption in the lower portion of the red lip (after thirty-two days), 1. [410.]
At first, slight drawing in the lower lip; afterward it became as if dead, white and numb, without feeling, as though it were thick and would hang down (for five minutes), 7.
Stitching-itching about the upper and lower lip, 1.
At first, stitches in the last back teeth, two hours after eating, followed by boring, relieved by eating, 1.
Severe stitches in a tooth, extending to the right eye and right temple; only during the day; with inclination to touch the tooth with the tongue, which causes every time a severe stitchlike jerk in the tooth, so that she starts, and it shakes her (first five days), 1.
Toothache in all the teeth (as from fine needle stitches), much aggravated by the entrance of cold air ; it awoke him from sleep at night, 1.
*Hard swelling of the submaxillary glands, as large as hen's eggs , with painful tension when chewing, and sticking pain when touched (after forty-one days), 1.
Great nausea, in the pit of the stomach, in the afternoon, as from great emptiness in the stomach, 1.
Nausea, in the evening, with very restless sleep, 1.
At dinner, after he is scarcely half-satisfied, he becomes nauseated; the food that he has eaten rises into the mouth, with nauseous taste, and suddenly eructations follow for three hours (after twenty days), 1.
During menstruation, nausea, and ineffectual urging to stool, 1.
Severe pressure in the pit of the stomach , When pressing upon it, and after the stool, in the forenoon, 1.*
Pressure in the stomach, in the evening, before lying down, like a retching, 1.
Spasmodic pressure in the stomach, after supper, and when this passes off, a feeling in the intestines as though he would have diarrhœa, which however does not come on (seventh and eighth days), 1.
Pressure and oppression of the pit of the stomach, 1.
Pressure in the stomach, with accumulation of saliva in the mouth, 1.
Stitches transversely across the epigastric region, 1.
Stitches in the pit of the stomach, breathing (forenoon, first day), 16.
Stitches in the epigastric region, after dinner (after nine days), 1.
Stitching pain in the pit of the stomach, on pressing on it, especially severe after stool, 1. [640.]
Pressive pain in the abdomen, below the navel, in the morning, after rising, like a pressing inward upon the abdomen, with constipation (after twelve days), 1.
Spasmodic twisting and griping around the navel (after four days), 1.
Stitches transversely through the abdomen, below the navel, on inspiration, 1.
Abdomen very much distended, hard, after dinner, 1. [670.]
On walking in the open air, visible distension of the abdomen, 1.
Distension of the abdomen and stomach, after eating and drinking a little, 1.
Distension of the abdomen, soon after dinner, not after supper, when, however, she had eaten considerable, 1.
Great distension of the abdomen, with colic, frequently during the day, 1.
Abdomen distended, full; constriction of the rectum, which retains the flatus, 1.
Enlargement and elevation on the right side of the abdomen (in the hepatic region?); a pressure is constantly felt there, especially when sitting, and a heaviness; she cannot lie upon this side; with incarceration of flatus, 1.
Twitching in the abdominal muscles during stool, 1.
Pain in the abdomen, above the hips, when walking and breathing (after six days), 1. [690.]
Slight pain and trembling in the small intestines, with pain in the small of the back, and dragging towards the rectum, as if a stool would follow, 11.
Tension in the abdomen, with distension , the whole afternoon, without sensation of flatus, which disappears after passing wind (twentieth day), 1.
Tension in the abdomen, when sitting, and during great exertion, 1.
Tension in the muscles of the upper abdomen, when leaning backward, with painfulness of the upper abdomen when stroked with the hand, as if the skin were sore (tenth day), 1.
Constrictive pain in the abdomen, extending to the small of the back (after forty days), 1.
Constriction of the abdomen, extending up to the chest, immediately, in the morning, lasting one hour (eighteenth day), 1. [700.]
Constrictive pain in the upper part of the abdomen, so that she was obliged to walk bent, especially excited by deep breathing (after a few days), 1.
Constrictive sensation in the abdomen and pit of the stomach, with appetite at times great, at times small, 1.
Pinching sensation in the bowels, with diarrhœa, 22.
During menstruation, when the discharge ceased for some hours, constrictive griping colic, 1.
Frequent colic through the day, lasting several minutes, like griping, followed by nausea, 1. [710.]
Frequent attacks of colic , after the disappearance of a severe coryza that had lasted two days, with great weariness and sickly look of the face, lasting several days, and then suddenly and completely relieved by bathing in cold water (after nineteen days), 1.
Drawing in the abdomen , with uneasiness in it, in the morning, on waking, 1.
Pressure in the abdomen, extending downward from the pit of the stomach, 1.
During menstruation, drawing-pressive pain, with stitches, in the abdomen and other parts of the body, now here, now there, with an uneasiness amounting to faintness (after ten days), 1.
Offensive, pungent odor to the urine, which is very clear and pale (twenty-fifth day), 1.
Offensive, dark-brown urine, with a white sediment, 1.*
Much mucus passes with the urine, like leucorrhœa, but which is not noticed at other times, 1.
The urine becomes turbid after a short time, and deposits a whitish, flaky sediment; a fatty pellicle forms on the surface, and the urine smells fatty (sixth day), 11.
Profuse sediment of white mealy-like powder, in the evening (after eleventh day), 1.
Milky leucorrhœa , which is usually discharged when urinating, 1.
Discharge of bloody water from the vagina of an old woman, with pain in the back, as if the menses would reappear, 1.
Discharge of blood, nine days previous to menstruation, lasting two days (after twelve days), 1.
Menstruation.
Menstruation appears the first time two days too early (after fourteen days); but the next time it appears on the thirty-second day (after forty-six days), 1.
*Menstruation three days too early (after seventeen days), 1. [910.]
*Menstruation four days too early, lasting eight days, 1.
The usually regular menstruation appears immediately after taking
Cough with expectoration during the day, but none during the night, 1.*
Cough in the morning, with yellowish expectoration (after five days), 1.*
In the morning, after he had choked himself, he was obliged to cough violently, which caused expectoration of blood several times, followed by stitches in the palate, 1.
Much cough, with mucous expectoration, in the evening after lying down, and at night; during the day only a little and dry cough, 1.
Cough, with much tough, tasteless, odorless expectoration, morning and evening, in bed, 1.
Cough, with much expectoration of thick mucus, at night, 1.
During a violent cough, in the evening, he raises and expectorates something sweet, 1.*
*Expectoration of mucus, with a sweetish taste, 1. [950.]
Mucus expectoration, in the morning, with hacking, 1.
Expectoration of mucus, at night, with scraping in the throat, 1.
Expectoration of blood, when coughing and hawking, with a rough and sore sensation in the chest, 1.*
Expectoration of blood caused by a short hacking cough, with vertigo and unsteadiness of the thighs, when walking rapidly, 1.
Respiration.
Hot breath, with heat in the mouth, without thirst, 1.
*Was obliged to breathe deeply, which caused sticking, now in the right, now in the left side of the chest, or hypochondrium, 1.
Excessive urging to take a deep breath , with great distension and contraction of the abdomen, and pain in the abdomen and chest (after three days), 1.
Pressure between the shoulder-blades, which on motion impedes respiration, 1. [1070.]
Pressive pain in the spine, between the shoulder-blades, with short breath and aggravated by breathing, with painfulness in the bones of the spine on touch, 1.
Burning-sticking pain in the back, between the shoulders, 11.
Cutting pain between the shoulder-blades, during rest (after six days), 1.
Drawing pain in the forearm, extending from the bend of the elbow to the wrist, mostly during rest, 1.
Painful pressure in the muscles of the forearm when walking, which immediately disappears on touch, standing, and sitting (after a quarter of an hour), 5.
Spasmodic tearing pain on the outer side of the forearm , extending from the elbow to the wrist, as soon as he takes hold of anything with the hand, 1. [1160.]
Cramp in the calves and hollows of the knees, on stretching out the legs (when drawing on the boot), which is relieved on bending the knee, but returns on stretching it out again, 1.*
Cramp in the calf and foot, if he moves very much, with sticking pain, 1.
Very weak and sick, for several days after coition, 1.* [1390.]
Weakness during the day, so great that she scarcely knew how she could bear the oppressive anxious condition; breathing the fresh open air, only, refreshed and strengthened her (after twelve days), 1.
*Great loss of power on walking, especially in the limbs, with exhausting sweat, 1.
Exhaustion and weariness in the limbs, especially in the knees, 1.
Great exhaustion on waking in the morning from a deep sleep, so that the confused and sleep condition continues even after rising from the bed, 1.*
She was unable to go upstairs, and became very much exhausted from it (after fourteen days), 1.*
She lay for ten days in the greatest exhaustion, so that she could neither move about nor do any work; with most violent attacks of convulsive laughter, 1.
Attack of faintness in the evening, with blackness before the eyes when sitting, 1.
Attacks of faintness, with coldness and indistinct vision (after three days), 1. [1400.]
Attack of faintness, with great drops of sweat on the face, 1.
Much uneasiness, so that he was obliged to move the hands and feet, 1.
Great uneasiness in the evening, especially in the limbs; he was unable to lie still, 1.
Bodily restlessness does not permit her to lie long in one place, 1.
Restless motion of the whole body, on account of suppressed eructations, 1.
Extremely restless in the evening, after nausea in the afternoon, whereby she was very absent minded, 1.
Restless disposition, with gloominess and anxiety, 1.
Rushing of blood in all the veins, in the morning, on waking from a restless sleep; the veins are swollen, with a bruised sensation in the whole body, 1.
Uncomfortable feeling in the evening, such as one feels before an attack of ague, 1.
Very much indisposed, the hands and feet were frequently cold; paleness of the face and frequent palpitation; all of which was relieved by motion, 1.
Attack of general depression, with confusion of the head, vertigo, pain in the small of the back, and chilliness of the whole body, for six hours (after twenty-two days), 1.
Sick feeling in the whole body; she was obliged to spit a great deal, and dreaded the open air (after twenty-two days), 1.
A very sick feeling, the day before menstruation; a trifle caused the greatest fright, 1.
After a walk, sick, hoarse, with oppression of the chest, 1.
The parts on which he has lain during the afternoon nap go to sleep, 1.
An old tetter beneath the axillæ, in the bend of the left elbow, and in the hollow of the knee, reappears (after twenty days), 1.
Vesicular eruption grouped on the back of the hand, with severe itching; it obliges scratching involuntarily; the vesicles are clear, without areola, filled with clear fluid; a dark point forms at the tip; they gradually dry and the skin desquamates; if the vesicles are scratched, they become enlarged and seem like nettle-rash; cold relieves the itching (the prover had suffered for two years, during great heat in the summer, from and; insignificant vesicular eruption on the back of the hand), (seventh day), 11.
Pustules and Ulcers.
Boil on the margin of the hair on the forehead (first day), 1.
A boil on the back of the left hand, with sticking pain on touch, 1.
A painful boil on the last phalanx of the fourth finger (twice from different doses), 9.
Unhealthy ulcerating skin; even small wounds suppurate and do not heal again, 11.
Wartlike growths (behind the ears) become inflamed and ulcerate, 1.
The corner of the mouth is ulcerated and pains as fourteen days, 1.
The right corner of the mouth is ulcerated and pains as if sore, 1. [1470.]
A smarting, oblong, transverse ulcer on the lower surface of the penis, which burns severely, with profuse hæmorrhoidal sweat on the scrotum and peritoneum (second day), 11.
An old ulcer on the thigh becomes painful, with throbbing, with drawing about it, and begins to be offensive like bad eggs (after seven days), 1.
Several ulcers on the lower legs (after seven days), 1.
Sensations.
The damp open air does not agree with her; the skin is immediately affected by it, 1.
Burning in the skin, with itching over half the back, on the nates and posterior surface of the thighs (after ten days), 1.
Much itching on the lower leg and foot, 1. [1490.]
Itching about the ankle and below the calves (after thirteen days), 1.
Severe itching in the whole face ; she was obliged to scratch it constantly (first seven days), 1.
Severe itching on the back, on the pit of the stomach, the neck, chin, the left eye, the scalp, the mons veneris, and the scrotum, in the evening, in bed, 1.
Severe itching in the lower part of the thighs, at night, 1.
Burning-itching on the left arm, from morning till evening, 1.
Burning-itching on the fingers of the left hand (after thirteen days), 1.
Sticking-itching in a small spot on the left thigh (after twenty days), 1.
Tickling-itching on the margin of the right lower jaw, with desire to scratch, 5.
Was unable to sleep before midnight, on account of mental activity, 1.
Was unable to get to sleep at night before 2 or 3 o'clock, 1.
She was unable to sleep before 12 o'clock, but tossed restlessly about, 1.
He was unable to get to sleep for a long time in the evening, and could not free himself from lascivious or vexatious thoughts; they followed him even in the morning after waking, 1.
At night, soon after falling asleep, he rose out of bed and worked with the hands, with open eyes, without consciousness, 1.
The child rises up in bed after midnight and calls "father;" begins to cry and tries to spring up; the more one talks to him the worse becomes his cries and resistance; he rolls upon the floor and will not be touched, 1.
Starting up in the evening, soon after falling asleep, till she was wide awake, 1.
Jerking of the upper part of the body on going to sleep in the evening, with jerking extending into the head, followed by roaring and hissing in the ears, 1.
Snoring the whole night in a stupid-like sleep, from which he could not be wakened, with constant tossing about; profuse sweat in the face before falling asleep, 1.
Several anxious dreams in each night , for seven nights in succession, 1.
An anxious dream, toward morning, of fire and death, 1.
Anxious dream that he would be bitten by a dog, which awoke him, after which he fell asleep again, and was again awakened by the same anxious dream, and several times every night, 1.
Anxious and frightful dreams, from which he was unable to free himself on waking, 1.
Frightful dream, as though he would fall or be thrown down, 1. [1560.]
Frightful dreams the whole night , and at last a sensual dream with an (extremely seldom) emission (after ten days), 1.
At night frightful things present themselves to her, and she is unable to keep them off, 1.
Transient heat, two or three times a day, general, though most in the face and hands; it attacked her while sitting, as from anxiety, with sweating of the face and hands, for ten minutes, 1.
Almost constant heat, which at first caused weariness and anxiety, lasting until sweat broke out, 1.
Severe heat in the head, and great orgasm of blood, 1.*
Very much heated, in the morning, after rising, 1.
Heat for several evenings, from 6 to 7 o'clock, 1.
Fever, from morning till noon or afternoon; first, tearing in the joints and heaviness in the head, then weariness; which scarcely allowed her to rise from bed; with heaviness of the limbs, stretching, heat, and sensation as if she would sweat, with trembling and uneasiness in all the limbs, 1.
Paroxysm of fever every forenoon, at 11 o'clock, without thirst, and without previous chill, lasting one hour; she felt hot, and was hot to touch, with red face; followed by anxiety and slight sweat, especially on the hands and feet, and in the face; for four days in succession (previous to menstruation), 1. [1600.]
Internal heat at night, especially in the hands and feet, with dry tongue, in the morning , without thirst, with external heat in the head (sixth and seventh days), 1.*
Heat in the chest and head, with chilliness of the rest of the body, the whole day (after twenty-four days), 1.
Fever heat, with burning first, then alternating with chill, 1.
( Evening ), Peevish ; when walking, loss of consciousness; when walking in open air, tottering; heat about head; stitches in the head; burning-itching, etc., on scalp; pressure in eyes; itching in eyes ; lachrymation; on lying down, toothache; toothache; swelling of right cheek, etc.; great appetite, etc.; acid eructations; nausea, etc.; feels stuffed, after eating; pressure in stomach; stitches in hypochondriac region; fulness in abdomen; cramp in intestinal canal ; stitches in side of abdomen; when sitting, pressure in rectum; pain in rectum; during stool, blood from anus; in bed, twitching in penis; after lying down, mucus in larynx; spasmodic cough; especially in bed, dry cough; after lying down, much cough; in bed, cough; during cough, sweet expectoration; during cough, pain in chest; stitches in left chest; especially on breathing, stitches in right chest; before going to sleep, palpitation, etc.; pain in right arm; shoulder-joint pains; on waking from sleep, pain in finger-joints; during walking, tension in hip-joint; pain in muscles of legs; when sitting, legs go to sleep; burning in feet; in bed, twitching in great toe; great general weakness; attack of faintness, etc.; uneasiness; restless, uncomfortable feeling; in bed, itching on back, etc.; in bed, uneasy waking, etc.; soon after falling asleep, starting up; chilly; in bed, chilly ; in bed, becomes warm, etc.; heat.
( Night ), Anxious, etc.; stupefaction of the head, etc.; vertigo; on waking, itching of scalp; nose-bleed; pains in back teeth; tearing in teeth; tearing through cheek; pain in gum; on waking, eructations ; vomiting of sour water; cramp in stomach; pain in liver; cramp in intestinal canal ; colic; pain in bladder, etc.; frequent urinating; cough ; on waking, cough; much cough; cough; expectoration of mucus, etc., during cough, pain in chest; palpitation, etc.; pain in arm, etc.; at commencement of sleep, shoulder-joints disturb; shoulder-joints pain; cramp in hands ; twitches, etc., of the extremities; stitches in the thigh, etc.; weariness in knee; cramp near tibia; cramp near tibia; cramp in calves; burning in soles; cutting on right sole; itching in the thigh; shaking chill; orgasm of blood, etc.; dry heat, etc.; internal heat , etc.; sweat.
( After midnight ), Dry cough.
( Toward morning ), Anxious dream; dry heat.
( Every other day ), Chronic troubles.
( Air ), Teeth cannot endure it.
( Open air ), Headache; trembling of the body.
( On ascending a height ), Shortness of breath.
( On bending backward ), Spine pains.
( On getting out of bed ), Became chilly.
( On breathing ), Stitches in pit of stomach; pain in abdomen; stitches in left chest.
( Deep breathing ), Pain in upper abdomen.
( Chewing ), Pain in tongue; tension in submaxillary glands.
( When closing eyelids ), Burning in eyes.
( During coition ), Stitches in anus; tickling in glans penis.
( After coition ), Weak, etc.
( Coldness ), Teeth cannot endure it.
( Cold air ), Toothache.
( After getting head cold ), Dimness of eyes.
( Coughing ), Stitches in head; shootings in head; raw pain in chest.
( At dinner ), Nausea; griping in abdomen.
( After dinner ), Pressure in vertex, etc.; immediately, blindness; stitches in epigastric region; abdomen distended ; distension of abdomen; palpitation; weakness, etc.; pulsation of the vessels; sleepiness.
( Eating ), Throbbing toothache; eructations; rumbling around navel; fulness in abdomen; pain in rectum; cough; palpitation of heart; sleep; cold feet.
( After eating and drinking ), Distension of abdomen.
( On exertion ), Pressure in lower abdomen; sweat of the palms.
( During great exertion ), Tension in abdomen; pain in the joints.
( Inspiration ), Stitches through abdomen; stitches in abdomen; stitches in abdominal muscles; cough; cutting in chest; pain in chest ; stitches in back.
( On kneeling ), Tension below knee.
( When leaning backward ), Tension in muscles of upper abdomen, etc.
( After every meal ), Burning in throat; eructations; especially after hard, dry food, burning.
( Before menstruation ), Voluptuous dream.
( During menstruation ), Rush of blood to head , etc.; pain on vertex; eyes becomes agglutinated, etc.; attack of toothache; boring in hollow teeth; burning in throat, etc.; sore throat; nausea, etc.; when the discharge ceased for some hours, colic; pain in abdomen.
( After menstruation ), Immediately, toothache.
( Milk ), Water rises from stomach; nausea.
( Motion ), Pressure in right side of chest; pain in long bones, etc.; pain in arms; pain in wrist; stitches in hip-joint; pain in left thigh.
( Moving head ), Does not know where she is; heaviness of the head, etc.
( Noise ), Toothache.
( Pressure ), Pain in occiput; especially after stool, pain in pit of stomach.
( Raising head ), Heaviness of head, etc.
( Raising body ), Stitches in left chest.
( Reading ), Heaviness in forehead.
( On respiration ), Stitches in left chest ; jerks in back; pain in spine.
( During rest ), Pain between shoulder-blades; pain in shoulder-joint; pain in forearm.
( When riding ), Aching in kidneys, etc.
( Riding in wagon ), Toothache.
( On rising from sitting ), Pain in knee-cap; tearing, etc., in inside of knee.
( Rising up from lying on back ), Stitches in head.
( Shaking head ), Shivering in the brain.
( Sitting ), Enlargement, etc., for abdomen; tension in abdomen; pain in groin; pain in hæmorrhoids; short breath; and sewing, pain in left upper arm.
( When going to sleep ), Illusions of fancy.
( During the midday sleep ), Moisture from the anus; while sitting, palpitation.
( After midday sleep ), Confusion of head; sensation in knees.
( Sneezing ), Pain in occiput; shooting in ears.
( Speaking ), Stitches in throat; pain in chest.
( Spitting ), Pain in tongue.
( Standing ), Vertigo; weariness in ankles.
( Stepping ), Shivering in the brain; pressure in hepatic region; stitches in hip-joint; lower leg painful.
( Before stool ), Nausea.
( During stool ), Twitching in abdominal muscles; burning in anus.
( After stool ), Oppression of breathing; itching in anus; oppression of chest; feeling of weakness.
( Stooping ), Did not know where she was; during menstruation, vertigo ; stitches in head; pain in region of vertex; stitches in hepatic region; neck feels stiff; stitches in hip-joint.
( On stretching ), Spine painful.
( On stretching out leg ), Cramp in calves.
( At supper ), Sweat of face.
( After supper ), Pressure in stomach; colic; inclination to sleep.
( Swallowing ), Pain in tongue; pain beneath tongue; pressure in pharynx.
( Touch ), Pain in submaxillary glands; pain in mammary glands; pain in nates.
Lower leg painful.
( After turning in a circle ), Dizziness.
( On suddenly turning head ), Vertigo.
( On twisting and turning head ), Pain in neck.
( On urinating ), Pain in urethra.
( After urinating ), Itching in glands.
( From vexation ), Vertigo.
( On beginning to walk ), Stitches in hip-joint.
( When walking ), Vertigo; pain in occiput; after supper, pinching, etc., below navel; pain in abdomen; pain in hæmorrhoids; desire to urinate; difficult breathing; palpitation, etc.; pain in sacrum; pressure in muscles of forearm; weariness in thighs, etc.; pain in tibia muscles; lower leg painful ; drawing sensation in body; sweat.
( When walking fast ), Throbbing in head.
( Walking in open air ), Sadness, etc.; vertigo; pain in forehead; headache in vertex; itching on scalp; visible distension of abdomen.
( When walking in the wind ), Loss of breath.
( When walking in room ), Pain in hip-joints.
( After walking ), Vertigo; pain in chest; pain in muscles of thigh; sick, etc.
( After warm bath ), Weariness in knees, etc.
( Writing ), Heaviness in forehead; lachrymation.
Amelioration.
( Fresh air ), Weakness.
( Bending toward left side ), Cramp in intercostal muscles.
( Bending knee ), Cramp in calves.
( Cold air ), Nettle-rash.
( On walking in cold air ), Pressing out in forehead disappears.
( Bathing in cold water ), Attacks of colic.
( Pressure of cold hand ), Pressing out in forehead.
( Eating ), Stitches in back teeth.
( After expectoration ), Sensation of fulness of chest disappears.
( Lying ), Headache in forehead.
( Motion ), Indisposition.
( Rest with closed eyes ), Stitches in left ear, etc.
( Rubbing ), Stitches in left chest.
( Sitting ), Pressure in muscles of forearm; pain in nates.
( Standing ), Pressure in muscles of forearm.
( Touch ), Pressure in muscles of forearm.
( Walking ), Weariness.
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