By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Strychnos Ignatia, Bergius (Ignatia amara, Linn., formerly applied to this plant, seems to belong to one entirely different; see Flückiger and Hanbury, Pharmacographia, p. 387, note).
Natural order , Loganiaceæ.
Common names , St. Ignatius's bean; Faba Sancti Ignatii.
Preparation , Triturations of the bean.
Authorities. (Nos.
1 to 7 , from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 2, p. 145).
1 , Hahnemann; 2 , F. H---n; 3 , Gross; 4 , Bergius, Mat. Med., p. 150, general account, all symptoms, save 431 evidently from Camelli; 5 , Camelli (omitted, see Nos.
25 to 28 ); 5a , Durius, Misc. Nat. Cur. Dec., III, ann. 9, 10 Obs. 126, no mention of pathogenetic effects of Ignatia here; it is reported to be anti-epileptic; 6 , Grimm, Eph. Nat. Cur., Obs. 72 (Cent X), from 1 drachm taken by a man, symptoms appeared in an hour; 7 , Valentinus, Hist. Simpl. reform, p. 198; (not accessible, -Hughes); (Nos.
8 to 17 , Jorg's provings, Jorg's Materialien, provings with tincture, 8 ounces of 80 per cent. alcohol contained 1 ounce of bean, and trituration of equal parts of bean and sugar of milk); 8 , Friedrich took tincture, first day 9 drops, second day 14 drops, fifth day 18 drops, sixth day 23 drops, eighth day 27 drops, ninth day 32 drops, fourteenth day 36 drops, sixteenth day 45 drops, nineteenth day 54 drops; Note : From the twenty-ninth to the thirty-second day the prover suffered from a usual gastric derangement, with headache, so that he suspended the proving; 9 , Guntz took tincture, first day 11 drops, second day 18 drops, afterwards took 18 drops, and after three days 27 drops, then after five days 4 drops, and later repeated last dose; 9a , same took powder, first day 1/2 grain, second day 1 grain, third day 2 grains, fourth day 3 grains, fifth day 4 grains, sixth day 5 grains; 10 , Kneschke took tincture, doses from 9 to 63 drops; 10a , same took powder, doses 1/2 to 3 grains; 11 , Kummer took tincture, doses 9 to 45 drops; 12 , Meurer took tincture, 8 to 40 drops; 13 , Pienitz took tincture, 15 to 50 drops; 14 , Seyffert took a dilute tincture (1/20), 30 to 100 drops; 15 , Strœfer took tincture, 9 to 45 drops; 16 , Jærg took tincture, 9 to 27 drops; 16a , same, provings repeated, with powder, 1/2 to 2 grains; 17 , Otto took powder, 1/2 to 4 grains; 18 , Lzin, from Helbig Heraclides, I, p. 48; 19 , Hg. from same; , Ol. from same; , Mhl. from same; , Symptoms from Dr. Knorre, A. H. Z., VI, 35; , Hahnemann, Hufeland's Journ., 1797, effects of large doses in a boy of 20; , Berridge, Mr. --- took 12th dilution, N. Am. J. of Hom., N. S. III, 501; , Camelli, Med. Museum, 1764, p. 430, general statement; , same, gave a scruple of powdered bean to a patient of a melancholic habit, suffering from a flux, weak digestion, frequent vomiting, sour belchings, and much flatulence; , same, another patient took a whole fresh nut for hypochondriac troubles; , same, another took a third of a nut; , Dr. Bruckner, A. H. Z., 57, 164, effects on vision from taking two or three doses of Ignatia for neuralgia of the right hip-joint.
Howls, cries and in beside herself on account of trifles (after one hour), 1.
If she is refused even gently what she wishes or if one tries to persuade her, even with gentle, kind words, or if others wish something different from what she wishes, then she cries aloud (after one hour), 1.
Merry and jesting mood (after eight hours), 1. [10.]
Quiet, earnest melancholy; cannot be induced to talk or be cheerful; with flat, watery taste to all food, and little appetite (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Fearfulness, timidity; she has no confidence in herself, gives up everything, 1.
Fear of thieves, on waking after midnight (after ten hours), 1.*
She fears that she will have an ulcer in the stomach, 1.
Unusual tendency to be frightened, .
HEAD
Confusion and Vertigo.
Confusion of the whole head (a few minutes after the dose, sixteenth day), 10.
Confusion and pain in the head (after half an hour, fifth day), 10a.
Confusion and discomfort of the head, on waking in the morning (seventh day), 9a.
Confusion of the head, which, after half an hour, became a pressive pain upon the vertex; after an hour this pain extended down into the left eye, and at the same time affected the whole head, 16a. [50.]
Confusion of the head; pains in the right side, especially in the occiput; these symptoms were aggravated not only by thinking but also by speaking (fourth day), 10a.
Confusion of the head, like intoxication, lasting the whole day, and at times becoming a decided pressive pain in the forehead, especially in the right half, so that thought was very difficult (third day), 11.
Confusion of the head, on waking in the morning (like that of the day previous), lasting till after dinner (fourth day); on the next day it continued, and soon changed to a pressive pain seated in the forehead and affecting the eyes, so that movement of the lids and eyeballs was painful; ascending steps or any violent exertion of the body aggravated the pain, 11.
Slight confusion of the whole head, like that which precedes coryza (after two hours, first day), 10a.
Slight transient confusion of the head (third day), 14.
Intoxication (after one hour), 6 . [From one drachm. -Hahnemann.]
EYE
Objective.
Sits looking as though in deep thought; stares in front of him, but is completely without thought (after two hours), 1 . [This is an unusual condition; alternate action with the subsequent symptoms, 3, 4, 9, 13, 35, 28. -Hahnemann.]
Subjective.
Pain extending from the head into the left eye, when the eyes began to burn and water , the lids became swollen, and the meibomian glands secreted much mucus, 16a.*
Pressure in the right eye from within outward; it seems as though the eyeball was protruding from the orbit (fifth day), 10a.
Pressure in and above the eyes on waking in the morning (second day), 13.
Painful pressure above the eyes, with pressure in the eyeballs, especially on looking at the light, 13.
Pain below the orbits and in the cheek where it has extended from the head (third day), 17.
Lids.
Agglutination of the lids in the morning, with purulent mucus; on opening the eyes the light is blinding, 1.
The lids are agglutinated in the morning; there is pressure within the eye as from sand; on opening the lids; sticking in the eyes (after thirty-six hours), 1.
One corner of the lips becomes ulcerated (after two hours), 1.
The inner surface of the lower lip is ulcerated (without pain), 1.
An enlarged gland on the inner surface of the lower lip; with sore pain, 1.
An enlarged cutaneous gland on the inner surface of the lower lip suppurates with sore pain (after four hours), 1.
Sticking in the lips , especially on moving them (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
Sticking in the lower lip, even when it is not moved (after eight hours), 1.
An exceedingly piercing fine sticking in the lower lip when touching a hair of the beard in that place, as if a splinter were sticking in it (after eight hours), 1 . [Compare 637. -Hahnemann.] [210.]
The inner surface of the lower lip is painful as if raw and sore (after eight and ten hours), 1.
Chin.
The lower jaw is involuntarily drawn upward and the jaws close, which prevents speech for half an hour (after half an hour), 2.
Moves his mouth in sleep as if eating (after three hours), 1.
Pain in the articulation of the lower jaw, in the morning while lying down, 1.
Pressure beneath both rami of the lower jaw, as if the flesh beneath the jaw were pressed downward, during rest and motion, 3.
Fine sticking in the extreme tip of the tongue (after two hours), 1.
Needlelike stitches in the frænum of the tongue, 2. [230.]
There is a sharp feeling in the tip of the tongue as if it were sore, 1.
The tip of the tongue is extremely painful (smarting, tearing), as if burnt or sore (in the morning in bed after waking), 1.
Tobacco-smoke bites the forepart of the tongue and causes (dull?) pain in the incisors, 1.
General Mouth.
The inner surface of the mouth is covered with offensive-smelling mucus in the morning on waking, 1.
He easily bites the inside of the cheek, near the orifice of the salivary duct while chewing, .*
THROAT
Constrictive sensation in the pit of the throat, which causes a cough, as from sulphur fumes, 1 . [See note to S. 130. -Hahnemann.]
Retching (constrictive) sensation in the middle of the throat as if there were a large morsel of food or a plug sticking there; felt more when not swallowing than when swallowing (in the evening), (after four hours), 1 . [See note to S. 130. -Hahnemann.]*
Sticking low down in the throat when swallowing; it disappears on continuing to swallow and returns when not swallowing, 1.
Sticking in the throat when not swallowing; when swallowing it seems as though one swallowed over a bone, causing a cracking (after three hours), 1 . [If there is an alternate action of Ignatia in which there is a sore throat, with sticking on swallowing (I have never met with it in my experience), it must be extremely rare, and hence of little value as an indication. I have never been able to cure with Ignatia a sore throat in which sticking occurred only during the act of swallowing, even though the other symptoms seemed to be similar to those of Ignatia; when, however, the stitches in the throat are only felt when not swallowing, a cure follows with Ignatia, the more certain, speedy, and lasting, the more the other symptoms of the patient can be covered by those of Ignatia. -Hahnemann.]*
Sensation as though a plug were sticking in the throat, noticed when not swallowing, 1.*
Needlelike stitches low down in the throat in quick succession, when not swallowing, 1. [270.]
Sore throat, the internal throat is painful as if raw and sore (after one hour and a half), 1.
Pain in the throat as from soreness, only noticed when swallowing, 1.
Sore throat; stitches which are not felt while swallowing, 1.*
Sore throat, like a lump in the throat, which is painfully sore when swallowing (after sixteen hours), 1 . [The Ignatia-angina, with internal swelling of the throat like a lump when not swallowing, causes for the most part a sore pain in this lump only when swallowing, so the sore throat that will be cured by Ignatia must be characterized (with correspondence of the other symptoms), by these same conditions, when it will be speedily and certainly cured. -Hahnemann.]
Good appetite; food and drink are relished (after four hours), 1 . [Secondary or curative effect, following the preceding opposite effect, loss of appetite. -Hahnemann.]
Appetite very good, but when he attempted to eat he felt satiated (seventh day), 17.
Great appetite, 1 . [This kind of ravenous hunger seems to be in alternation with 279, 304, 305, 306, 312, 313, but more seldom. -Hahnemann.]
Loss of appetite, 13 ; (after one to seven hours), 1 ; (sixth day), 12.
Loss of appetite for food, smoke, and drink, immediately, 1.
Complete loss of desire for tobacco, food, and drink, with frequent accumulation of saliva in the mouth, though without aversion to these substances, and without bad taste (after eight hours), 1.
If he smokes in the afternoon it seems as though he had become so satisfied thereby that he could eat nothing in the evening, 1.
Aversion to warm food and meat, desires only bread, butter, and cheese (after ninety-six hours), 1. [310.]
Aversion to meat and desire for acid fruit, whortleberries (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Aversion to fruit; it does not agree with him (after three hours), .
ABDOMEN
Hypochondria.
Great distension of the hypochondria, especially in the sides, pit of the stomach and small of the back; on account of the tension and fulness under the ribs she was unable to breathe ; with constant anxiety; she was obliged to loosen the clothes, 18.
A constrictive sensation in the hypochondria, as in constipation, with onesided headache, as though a nail were pressed into the brain, in the morning (after twenty hours), 1 . [Our ancestors called this kind of headache clavus. This kind of pain is characteristic of Ignatia; a pressure as from a sharp-pointed instrument, which is also seen in other symptoms, as in 449, 567, 586, where also, "pressure as with a hard substance" seems to belong as in 84, 608. -Hahnemann.]
Pain in the spleen , extending from the stomach and thence to the vertebral column; after an hour this sensation changed into stitches, which extended up into the thorax, but did not seem to affect the thoracic viscera; an hour later there were again sticking and burning in the region of the spleen, and this was repeated several times during the day, 1a.
Painful pressure in the region of the spleen and pit of the stomach , which, after half an hour, intermitted and continued to recur in intermitting paroxysms till toward noon (third day), 9a.*
Umbilical and Flanks.
A sensation in the abdomen, in the region of the umbilicus, as if from something alive (after eight hours), 1. [370.]
A painful pressure near the left side of the umbilicus, 3.
A painful pressure in a small spot, near the right side of the umbilicus, which is aggravated by deep breathing and voluntary distension of the abdomen, obliging him to retract the navel, which relieves; with rumbling in the abdomen, 19.
Griping colic exactly in the umbilical region, whereupon the pain, consisting of pinching and fine sticking, extended into the left side of the chest, 1.
Cutting pain in the umbilical region (after 18 drops), 11 ; (sixth day), 10a.
Sharp sticking, above and to the left of the umbilicus, 3.
Fine sticking colic beneath the umbilicus (after one and two hours), .
RECTUM AND ANUS
Objective.
Blind piles, with pain composed of pressure and soreness (in the anus and rectum); painful while sitting and standing, less while walking, though renewed and worse after taking the fresh air, 1 . [Alternation with 445. -Hahnemann.]*
Itching pimple in the anus, which is not painful during stool, but causes a pressure while sitting, 1.
Swelling of the margin of the anus all about, as from a distended vein, 1.
*Prolapsus of the rectum, from moderate exertion at stool, 1.
(Discharge of blood from the anus, with itching of the perineum and anus), 1.
Threadworms crawl out of the anus (after sixteen hours), 1.
Subjective. [440.]
Spasmodic tension in the rectum the whole day, 1.*
Pain as from blind piles, a pressive and sore sensation, after exerting the mind in thought, soon after a stool (after thirty-six hours), 1.
*Pain in the rectum, as from hæmorrhoids, constrictive and smarting, as from touching a sore spot (after three hours), 3.
*Pain in the rectum as from blind piles, consisting of contraction and soreness (lasting from one to two hours after a stool) , (after two and thirty-six hours), 1.
Pain in the anus, as from blind piles, with a feeling of sore pain , soon or immediately after a soft stool, 1.*
Contraction of the anus (in the evening); it returns the next day at the same hour, is painful when walking, but especially when standing, is not painful while sitting, with accumulation of stringy saliva in the mouth (after four, twelve, and thirty-six hours), 1.
Painless contraction of the anus , a kind of stricture, for several days (after twelve hours), 1.
Drawing downward toward the anus, .
STOOL
Diarrhœa. [470.]
Diarrhœa-like stool at 6 P.M. (second day); four times repeated (third day); the same symptom appeared in a subsequent proving, 9.
Frequent evacuations from the bowels, small and rather thin, 16a.
Three evacuations from the bowels, during the afternoon and evening, with scanty discharge at times of rather soft fæces, 16a.
Three pasty evacuations (repeated in a subsequent proving), (fourth day), 13.
Two evacuations from the bowels, in the evening (third day), 17.
Two copious evacuations of the bowels, in the evening, quite unusual (fourth day), 10a.
Stool twice during the day, preceded by cutting pains in the abdomen; stool like diarrhœa (tenth day), 10.
Thin fæces pass involuntarily with the flatus (after fifty hours), 1.
Stool at first hard, and then afterwards thin, 1 . [The easy and satisfactory evacuation of the fæces is for the most part only primary, occurring after half an hour or an hour. -Hahnemann.] [480.]
Stool whitish-yellow, very large, and difficult to pass through the rectum and anus, 1.
Stool very large and difficult to pass (after twelve hours), 1.
After sudden and great desire there is a difficult evacuation, not accomplished without great exertion of the abdominal muscles (almost as though the peristaltic motion of the intestines was wanting), of an insufficient quantity of tenacious, clay-colored, not hard fæces (after three days), 1.
URINARY ORGANS
Bladder.
Sharp pressure upon the bladder, as from incarcerated flatus, after supper, 1.
Scraping, pressing pain in the region of the neck of the bladder, especially when walking and after eating, when not urinating, which latter is without pain, 1. [490.]
Burning itching in the neck of the bladder, with flatulent distension of the abdomen, which causes sexual desire, 1.
Urethra.
While urging at stool much mucus (prostatic fluid) from the urethra (after five days), 1.
Biting burning in the forepart of the urethra, while urinating, 1.
A stitch in the forepart of the urethra, which ends in a tearing, soon after dinner, 1.
Coarse stitches in the urethra, while walking (after five hours), 1.
Scraping-tearing pain in the middle of the urethra, in the evening, while sitting (after one hour), 1.
Scraping, scratching, and scratching-tearing pain in the middle of the urethra, in the evening while lying in bed (after five hours), 1.
Crawling and burning in the urethra, especially on urinating, 15.
Itching in the forepart of the urethra (after two hours), 1.
Micturition.
Urine passes more frequently than usual, 15.* [500.]
*Frequent discharge of much watery urine (after two, six, and twenty hours), 1.
Burning micturition, in the morning (after twelve hours), 1.
Urine.
Lemon-yellow urine with white sediment (after sixteen hours), 1.
Painful urging and pressure over a large surface about the penis (mons veneris), with violent erection, ending with an emission, 20.
Violent, pulling, tearing, pressive pain in successive paroxysms in the root of the penis, especially while walking, disappearing while leaning against the small of the back, when standing, 1.
(Every shock of the cough shoots with a painful sensation into the penis, like a sudden forcing of blood.), 1.
Soreness and ulcerative pain, combined with itching on the margin of the prepuce (after three and twenty-seven hours), (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Sore pain, as if excoriated, on the frænum of the prepuce (after one hour), 1.
Biting and itching on the glans penis (after four and twenty hours), 1.
Biting-itching pain on the inner surface of the prepuce (after twelve hours), 1.
Swelling of the scrotum, in the evening (after five hours), 1.
Itching sticking in the scrotum, as from numberless fleas, especially when at rest, 1. [520.]
Violent, strangulated sensation in the testicles, in the evening after lying down in bed, 1.
Irresistible desire for an emission, with relaxed penis (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Lasciviousness, with impotency (after ten and twenty hours), 1.
Lascivious, amorous fancies and sudden sexual excitement with weakness of the genitals and impotency, with external unpleasant warmth of the body, 1.
Complete loss of sexual desire, . [I have seen this condition, an alternation of the lascivious symptoms, 522, 528, 524, 529 last a long time as a secondary effect; Cocculus removed it. -Hahnemann.]
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
Larynx.
Scratching in the upper part of the larynx, as from heartburn (in the evening, after eight hours), 1.
Uninterrupted provocation to a hacking cough in the larynx (not tickling), in the evening after lying down; it does not disappear on coughing, but only suppressing the cough (after five hours), 1.*
Desire to cough, in the evening after lying down, on falling asleep (after six hours), 1.
Very short, frequently very dry cough, the provocation to which is in the pit of the throat, as from inspired feathery dust, not relieved by coughing; but more excited the more he allows himself to cough; especially worse towards evening, 1.*
Hollow dry cough, in the morning on waking, 1. [540.]
Slow inspiration; he is obliged to draw it deeply from the abdomen (after one hour), 1.
Slow inspiration, rapid expiration (after three hours), 1.
*(Is frequently obliged to take a deep breath, which momentarily relieves the pressure upon the chest), 1.
Short breath, during sleep, with slow expiration, 1 . [546 is the alternate action of 543, 545. -Hahnemann.]
Short respiration alternates with long, light with violent (after two hours), 1.
All kinds of respiration alternate during sleep, short and slow, deep and light, intermitting and snoring, 1.
Inspiration is impeded, as from a load lying upon the chest; expiration is just so much easier, . [550.]
CHEST
Catarrhal symptoms in the chest; the air-passages seem to be covered with mucus (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
A sensation of anxiety and pressure in the chest awoke him at night; he was frequently obliged to take a deep breath, and was only able to sleep after an hour (sixth day), 9a.
Pain in the forepart of the chest, on stooping, at both sides of the sternum, as if the approximated ribs rubbed against each other painfully (after fifteen hours), 1.
Pain upon the sternum as if beaten, even caused by touch (after fourteen hours), 1.
Tensive pain in the forepart of the chest, if while sitting he straightens himself up (after sixteen hours), 1.
Pressure in the chest just behind the sternum, in the evening (second day), 17.
Pressure in the region of the middle of the sternum, as with a sharp instrument (after twenty hours), 1 . [See note to S. 366. -Hahnemann.]
Pressure in the middle of the sternum, soon after eating (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Oppression of the chest, with pressure in the pit of the stomach, aggravated by inspiration and suddenly changing to a sticking in the pit of the stomach (after two hours), 1.
Sides. [570.]
Stitches in the left side (after a quarter and three hours), 1.
Frequent stitches in the side of the chest in the region of the last rib, when not breathing, rhythmical with the pulse, .
HEART AND PULSE
Præcordium.
Sticking in the præcordial region on expiration (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
Tearing pain in the nape of the neck, on moving the neck, as from a strain of the neck (after twelve hours), 1.
Sticking-tearing pain in the nape of the neck (after two hours and a half), 1. [590.]
Pain as if beaten, at night, when lying upon either side, in the joints of the neck, back, shoulders, only disappearing when lying upon the back (after twelve hours), 1.
Back.
Dull sticking near the left side of the spine, at the point where the true ribs are divided from the false, 3.
Pressive sticking pain in the spine, when walking in the open air, 1.
Deep tearing pain in the middle of the spine, somewhat towards the left side, 3.
Dorsal.
A simple pain in the scapula, aggravated by moving the arm or by letting it hand down (after twenty hours), 1.
Lumbar.
(Tensive pain in the small of the back (and in the chest), on standing erect), (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Drawing pains in the left lumbar region (first day), 11.
Peculiar, violent pain in the small of the back, like a clawing, sticking, drawing, and working altogether, 18.
Stitches in the small of the back (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Pressive, bruised pain in the small of the back, while lying upon the back, in the morning in bed, 1.
Sacral. [600.]
Pain in the sacrum, even while lying upon the back, in the morning in bed, 1 . [599, 600, are alternate effects of the symptoms relieved by lying upon the back, viz., 73, 91, 124, 131, 590, 608. -Hahnemann.]
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Objective.
Jerkings and isolated twitchings in the limbs (after ten and twelve hours), 1.
*Single jerkings of the limbs, on falling asleep (after three hours), 1.
Clonic cramp of all the limbs, like a stiffness, 1.
A transient pressure as with a hard substance, painful as a bruise, here and there in the periosteum of the middle of the long bones (not in the joints), during the day, but especially while lying upon either side, in the evening in bed, disappearing on lying upon the back (after twenty and thirty-six hours), 1 . [Compare 590, 608 with 73, 91, 124, 131, in which the pain only disappears when lying upon the back; they form a third alternation with 614, 615, 628, 629. -Hahnemann.]
Pain as from a sprain or dislocation of the shoulder, hip, and knee-joints (after eight hours), 1. [610.]
Crawling, asleep sensation in the limbs , several times (after four hours), 1.
Constant sticking pain about the joints or somewhat above them, 1.
Burning-sticking pain, together with itching, in the external prominent portions of the joints (after one hour), 1.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
The arm of the side upon which he lies falls asleep (after eight hours), 1.
Intolerable (indescribable) pain in the bones and joints of the arm upon which he lies, in the morning in bed; it only disappears on lying on the other painless side (after twenty hours), 1 . [614, 628, (and apparently also 631), are the alternate action of 615, 629; both are primary effects; their variety seems to depend upon the different times of day at which they occur, evening and morning; even the character of the pain seems to vary in each of these two alternating conditions. Compare also 608, 590. -Hahnemann.]
Intolerable (indescribable) pain in the bones and joints of the arm upon which he is not lying, in the evening in bed; it only disappears on lying upon the painful arm (after twelve hours), 1.
Pulsating drawing, extending from the upper arm to the wrist and fingers, 1.
Shoulder.
Twitching jerking in the deltoid muscle (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Rheumatic pain in the shoulder-joint, or a feeling as if bruised, while walking in the open air (after ten hours), 1.
Griping, pulling, kneading, in part drawing pain in the shoulder-joint, during rest (on motion it becomes a sticking), 1. [620.]
(Some stitches in the tip of the shoulder-blade, in the morning), 1.
Pain in the shoulder, as if dislocated (after ten hours), 1.
Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if dislocated, on moving the arm, 1.
Pain in the shoulder-joint on bending the arm back, as after violent exertion, or as if bruised, 1.
Arm.
Simple pain in the biceps, on turning the arm inwards (after two hours), 1.
Tearing in the right arm and right side of the head, from the cold air (taking cold?), (after twelve hours), 1.
Pain, as if bruised, in the muscles of the humerus, if the arm hangs down or if it is raised, 1.
Pain, as if bruised, in the head of the humerus of the side upon which he lies, in the morning in bed; it disappears on lying upon the other side or upon the back (after twenty-four hours), 1.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Objective.
Totters while walking, falls easily, and stumbles over the slightest objects that are in his way, 1.
Paralytic stiffness of the lower limbs, with involuntary jerking in them, 23.
Almost paralytic immobility of the lower limbs, with some jerkings in them, 1.
Subjective.
Painful drawing in the whole left leg, in bed before falling asleep; it disappears after awhile but returns with increased violence, 3.
Hip.
Intermitting deep internal pressure above the left hip, 3.
Sticking in the hip-joint (after twenty-four hours), 1. [650.]
Sticking pain in the hip-joint and in the knee, when walking, on moving the foot, from 4 to 8 A.M. (after eight hours), 1.
Thigh.
The thigh and leg fall asleep, while sitting after eating (after five hours), 1.
Tension of the lower leg, extending above the knee, with heaviness of the limbs, 1.
Deep violent pressure in the middle of the left thigh, 3.
Pain in the posterior muscles of the thigh, as if bruised, while sitting (after five hours), 1.
Knee.
Cracking and creaking in the knees (after two hours), 1.
He was unable to walk, but was obliged to remain sitting, because when walking the knee was involuntarily drawn upward (after half an hour), 2.
Trembling of the whole body, for three hours, with itching and frightful convulsive jerkings, so that he was scarcely able to remain upon his legs; these were most violent in the jaws, so that the mouth was distorted as in laughing, immediately, 5 . [From a scruple. -Hahnemann.]
Seized with a trembling all over his body that continued three hours (immediately); together with twitching and spasms, 26.
Constant motion (agitation) of the body, 6 . [From a drachm. -Hahnemann.]
Terrible spasms, so violent that he was not able to stand upon his feet; they were most violent and troublesome in his jaws, so as to cause risus sardonicus; yet there was not alteration in his pulse, no vomiting, or any other symptoms attending them, 26.
*Jerkings and twitchings through the whole body, in the evening on falling asleep (after ninety-six hours), 1.
Jerkings and twitchings in various parts of the muscles , here and there over the whole body (after lying down), (after two hours), 1.*
So relaxed that he has no desire to make any exertion or to go out; he has no desire for anything, but prefers to lie down (after four hours), 1.
Lassitude and weariness after dinner; he felt unable to perform his usual work, and very sleepy over it, contrary to his habit; this exhaustion and sleepiness were most marked from 2 to 4 P.M., though they continued late, and even on the next day he had not regained his usual activity (third day), 10a.
Itching here and there over the body, if he became somewhat heated on walking in the open air, 1.
Itching, here and there, easily relieved by scratching, in the evening after lying down in bed, 1 . [ It is characteristic of Ignatia that the itching is easily relieved by slight scratching, and disappears from that spot . -Hahnemann.]
*Excessive yawning in the morning (and especially after the midday nap), as if the lower jaw would be dislocated, 1.
Excessively frequent yawning (after a quarter of an hour), 1.*
Excessive, convulsive yawning, so that the eyes overflow with water, in the evening before going to sleep, and in the morning after rising from bed (after twenty-eight and thirty-eight hours), 1.
Sleepiness, so that he falls asleep while sitting, but if he lies down he remains half awake, in a dreamy doze (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
So great sleepiness that he was obliged to go to bed by 9 o'clock and slept soundly the whole night, yet in the morning he was very tired and apathetic, which condition continued the whole day (seventh day), 10a.
Coldness and chilliness, especially in the posterior portions of the body; they are, however, relieved immediately in a warm room, or by a warm stove (after six hours), 1 . [The febrile coldness, relieved by external warmth, is characteristic of Ignatia. -Hahnemann.]*
Coldness and chilliness; the pupils are very little dilated, 1.
Fever; at first chilliness in the arms, especially the upper arms, then heat and redness of the cheeks, and heat of the hands and feet without thirst, while lying upon the back, 1.
Chilliness on the back and over the arms (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
Chilliness over the upper arms, with heat of the ears, 1.*
Chilliness about the knees, which are not cold externally, 1.*
Shivering chilliness in the face and on the arms, with chattering of the teeth and goose-flesh, 1.
While eating (in the evening) the feet became chilly, the abdomen was distended (and he had become quite hoarse), 1.
Coldness of the feet and legs, as far up as above the knees, 1.
Shivering and goose-flesh on the thigh and forearm; afterwards also on the cheeks, immediately, 1.
CONDITIONS
Aggravation.
( Morning ), Immediately after waking, pains renewed; on waking, confusion, etc., of head; on waking, heaviness of head; in bed, on waking, aggravated after eating, pressive headache; on waking, bruised headache; in bed, while lying upon either side, headache at temples; on waking, pressure in and above eyes; on reading, biting on margins of lids; on waking, mucus in mouth; in bed, when lying upon side, pain in upper abdomen; on waking, hollow cough; while lying on back in bed; pain in small of back; pain in sacrum; pain in wrist; while slumbering in bed; pain in thumb-joint; on rising, stiffness of knee, etc.; very early, in bed, disappearing on stretching the limb out, or pressing against it, cramps in calves; on waking, pain in ankle-bones; while walking, pain in ankle; stiffness of the feet; very early, stitches in heel; in bed, pain in ball of heel; on waking, shuddering; in bed, heat, etc.; from 2 to 5 o'clock, heat; about 2 o'clock, external heat; on falling asleep a second time, perspiration.
( Forenoon ), Dullness in forehead; bitter eructations; nausea, etc.
( Afternoon ), Pressure, etc., in head; pain in occiput; towards evening, dry cough; heat of body; *fever.
( Evening ), Before and after lying down, fixed ideas; immediately after lying down, pains renewed; pressure in the head; while lying in bed, pain in groin; pressure in chest; in bed, while lying upon either side, pressure in long bones; after lying down, jerking in muscles of forearm; after lying down, motion in finger; after lying down in bed, itching; itching about the genitals, etc .; at sunset, chilly; in bed, orgasm of blood; perspiration on the hands.
( Night ), Itching here and there; anxiety etc.; heat; anxious heat.
( Walking in open air ), Submaxillary glands painful; colic in intestines; pinching in lower abdomen; pain in spine; anxiety.
( Taking fresh air ), Pain in hæmorrhoids.
( Ascending steps ), Jerking pain in head; pain in forehead; stiffness in knee-joint.
( In bed ), Stitches here and there.
( Breathing ), Tearing in larynx.
( When not breathing ), Stitches in side of chest; coarse stitches in side of chest, etc.
*Incredible changes of mood; at one time he jokes and makes merry, at another he is lachrymose, alternating every three or four hours, 1.
He jokes a few hours after he has been angry (after six hours), 1.
*Indifferent to everything; he seemed to live without his usual good humor (fifth day), 10a.
Intellectual.
Very busy mood; he does now this, now that, in a restless way, 1. [40.]
*Hurry of mind, after exerting the brain, especially in the morning; he is unable to talk, write, or do anything else as rapidly as he wishes; whereupon there occur anxious behavior, mistakes in talking and writing, and awkward actions requiring constant corrections (after twenty hours), 1.
Dulness of sense, with inclination to hurry; while hurrying, the blood rushes into the face (after six hours), 1.
He is scarcely able to keep his thoughts fixed for a moment, 12.
Thought was impeded and very difficult on account of the affection of the head (sixth day), 10a.
He walks about quite perplexed, disconcerted, and stupid, 6.
*Memory weak and untrustworthy (after eighth and ten hours), 1.
Beer rises easily to the head and causes intoxication (after three hours), 1.
A strange sensation in the head, a kind of intoxication as from brandy, with burning in the eyes, immediately, 2.
General Head.
He inclines the head forward, 1 . [Symptoms 67, 68, 73, 124, are alternates action with 77, 78, 79, both of equal value. -Hahnemann.]
Heaviness of the head, as if it were filled with blood (as after stooping to a low), with tearing pains in the occiput, which were relieved by lying upon the back, aggravated on sitting erect, but most relieved by bending the head low forward while sitting, 1.
Headache, especially in the frontal region, just above the eyes, at 2 P.M. (after four hours, first day), 17.
Headache aggravated by stooping (after one hour), 1.*
Headache coming on immediately after stooping low, disappearing at once on becoming erect (after eighteen hours), 1.
Violent headache in the morning in bed on waking and opening the eyes, which disappears after rising (after forty hours), 1. [80.]
It seems as though the head was too full of blood; and the nose internally is very sensitive to external air, as in impending nosebleed, 1.
Headache immediately after the midday nap; a general pressure through the whole brain, as if there was too much brain or blood in the head, gradually aggravated by reading and writing (after twenty hours), 1.
Headache is brought on by talking or speaking loud, as if the head would burst; it disappears entirely while sitting still, reading, and writing (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Pressure and heaviness in the head during the afternoon and evening, 16a.
Headache, like a pressure from something hard upon the surface of the brain, by paroxysms (after six hours), 1 . [This and almost all the other headaches of Ignatia were speedily removed by coffee. -Hahnemann.]*
Sudden pressure in the head, now in one place, now in another, in the evening (sixth day); this continued through the night, but did not prevent sleep; the next morning he was not refreshed, and the pressure in the head continued and increased to a real pain, which lasted till 3 P.M., 17.*
Painful pressure extending from the forehead to different places in the head, returning in the evening, more violent than in the morning, and lasting till he went to sleep; on waking in the morning he was quite well (third day), 17.
Pressive pains in the head, especially in the forehead, 16.
Pressive headache in the morning, aggravated after eating (seventh day), 12.
Dull pressive headache, extending over the whole head (after a few minutes), 15. [90.]
Stitches shoot through the head (soon after forty drops), 12.
Tearing headache after midnight, while lying on the side, disappearing while lying on the back, 1.
Headache in the morning on waking, as if the brain were beaten and bruised; on rising it disappears and a toothache takes its place, as if the nerve of the tooth were shattered and crushed, then it changes to a similar pain in the small of the back; the headache is always renewed on thinking, 1.*
Throbbing headache, 1 . [This kind of headache was frequently noticed in one side of the occiput, a few hours after a dose. -Hahnemann.]
Headache in the region of the forehead, which extended at times more to the right, at other times more towards the left eyeball, and was aggravated by motion of the body, from 2 P.M. till evening (after 8 drops), 11.
Dull headache, confined to the right half of the forehead and involving the right eye, which was very sensitive to the light ; the pain in the right eye was aggravated by moving it; the pain disappeared towards evening, both from the eye and the forehead (after 45 drops), 11.*
Cramplike headache above the root of the nose, in the region of the inner canthus (after three hours), 1.
Raging headache, a constant digging beneath the right frontal eminence and on the right side of the frontal bone, 3.
Pressure in the frontal region, extending to different places in the head, not lasting long in any place (third day), 17.
*Pressure in the right frontal region, above the eyebrow (after two hours, first day), 10a.
Dull pressure in the forehead, extending into the nasal cavities, and every ten minutes a sensation as though violent coryza would develop; when after ten minutes, the sensation in the nose was better it extended to other parts of the head, and so alternated for an hour, when it entirely disappeared, but returned again after an hour with great violence, lasting an hour and a half, when it entirely vanished (fifth day), 17.
A stupefying intermitting pressure beneath the left frontal eminence, 3. [110.]
Pressive pain in the frontal region (soon, first day), 11 ; (second day), 17.
Pressive pain in the forehead, with pressure in both eyes, towards noon, lasting till 2.30 P.M. (eighth day), 8.
Pressive pain extending from the forehead downward on either the right or left side, but not involving the eyes, 16a.
Pressive pain deep beneath the right side of the frontal bone, 3.
Slight pressive pain in the frontal region, aggravated by the bright sunlight (after 36 drops), 11.
Pressive headache in the forehead above the root of the nose, which compels him to bend the head forward, followed by qualmishness (after five hours), 11 . [The relief from stooping in this symptom, as also in S. 73, is in contrast to S. 77, 78, 120, which are aggravated by stooping; the latter, however, seems to deserve precedence for homœopathic cures in which it is more frequent and more pronounced. -Hahnemann.]*
Pressive headache in the right side of the forehead, extending thence to the left side, and afterwards over the whole head (sixth day), 9a.
Pressive headache in the right half of the forehead, which after an hour extended to the left side (fifth day), 9a.
Pressive headache in the right side of the forehead, extending down into the right eye; it seemed as though the eyeball would be pressed out; at the same time there were burning in the eyes and increased lachrymation, with much mucus, 16a.*
Violent pressive headache in the frontal region and around the orbits; this pain increased hour by hour, and distressed him till going to sleep in the evening; on waking he was quite well (after 36 drops), 10. [120.]
A pressive and somewhat drawing headache above the right orbit at the root of the nose, renewed by stooping low down (after ten hours), 1.*
Sticking pain in the forehead, and extending to the temples, 18.
Sticking pains in the whole forehead, and on the right side of the occiput; in the latter place they were rather pressive than sticking (third day), 10a.
Sticking pain in the forehead, especially above the eyebrows (fifth day), 10a.
Tearing headache in the forehead and behind the left ear, which was tolerable while lying on the back, but aggravated by raising the head; with heat and redness of the cheeks, and hot hands (after five hours), 1.
A pressure in the temples, at times associated with deep sleep, 1.
Excessive pressure in both temples, especially in the right, 3.
Pressive headache in both temples, lasting not over thirty minutes (after one hour, first day), 9.
Violent pressive headache in the temples, 9. [130.]
Headache as if the temples were being pressed outward, 1 . [The headache forcing and pressing out at the temples, 82, 130, 131, as also the pain as if the head would burst, is related to the bursting sensation in the intestines, 415, and even to the pain in the throat, 273, and also to 287 and 366, since the internal sensation of compression and constriction alternates with the sensation of pressing asunder; at least, the pressing asunder sensation is a frequent direct alternate effect of constriction in the hollow viscera, 445, 446, 527, 263, 557, 560, 561. -Hahnemann.]
Raging headache in the morning in bed, while lying upon either side, as if it would press out at the temples, relieved by lying upon the back (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Deep stitches in the right temple (after three-quarters of an hour), 3.
Vertex.
Pressive contractive pain in the region of the vertex, which extended to the forehead, where it remained till 4 P.M. (soon, first day), 8.
Parietals.
Pressive pain in the right side of the head, in the forenoon (fourth day), 9a.
Pressive headache in one-half of the brain, while walking in the open air, aggravated by talking or reflecting (after two hours), 1.
Occiput.
Pain in the occiput just above the mastoid process, at times involving the auditory apparatus, when the hearing seemed to be blundered, in the afternoon (second day), 17.
Pressure and pressing pain in the right half of the occiput, lasting till he fell asleep (sixteenth day), 10.
Pressive pain in the occiput, more on the right side (sixth day), 10a.
Pressive headache in the right half of the occiput, lasting the whole day, but disappearing after a night's sleep (tenth day), 10. [140.]
Pain as if the occipital bone was pressed inward, 3.
External Head.
(The hair of the head falls out), (after thirty-six hours), 1.
Pupils at first contracted, 1 . [165, 166, 167, 169, are alternate effects; contraction seems to have precedence in point of time and so also in rank. -Hahnemann.]
Vision. [170.]
Dimness of vision of the right eye, as if a veil had been drawn in front of it; after the midday nap (after six hours), 1.
Is unable to endure the glare of light (after eight hours), 1.
The glare of light is intolerable (after ten hours), 1.
Objects seem to move before the eyes (after 40 drops), 12.
It becomes dim before one eye in the evening, while reading, as if tears were in it which he should wipe away; there is, however, no water in it, 1.
Zigzag and serpentine, white flickering at one side of the field of vision (soon after dinner), (after thirty hours), 1.*
A circle of white glittering, flickering zigzags about the point of vision; therewith the letters to which one directs the eye became invisible, but those next to them were distinct (after sixteen hours), 1 . [175, 176, are two alternate effects, which approximate very nearly to Hertz's so-called false vertigo. -Hahnemann.)
On reading, the letters to which the eyes were directed became invisible, but those in the immediate vicinity seemed more distinct than ever; it seemed as if the middle of the word was marked with chalk, while the beginning and end of a long word, or the first and last letters of a monosyllabic word, had become more distinct, lasting about an hour, 29.
Copious secretion of saliva, 14 ; (sixth day), 12.*
Secretion of a large quantity of saliva for twelve hours (fourth days), 13.
Very great accumulation of saliva (soon after 5 grains); this continued to recur during the forenoon, and was accompanied by very distressing nausea (sixth day), 9a.
Tobacco-smoke tastes bitter (after five hours), 1.
While eating, drinking, and smoking, the good taste of these things suddenly disappears as soon as the actual need is satisfied, or it changes to an unpleasant taste, and one is unable to take the least particle more of them, though there remains a kind of hunger and thirst, 1.
Speech.
Avoids opening the mouth and talking; taciturn (after one to four hours), 1.
Sore throat; sticking in it when not swallowing, and even somewhat while swallowing; the more he swallows however the more it disappears; if he swallows anything solid, like bread, it seems as though the sticking entirely disappeared, 1.
Sore throat; tearing pain in the larynx, much aggravated by swallowing, breathing, and coughing (after one hour and a half), 1.
Tonsils.
Ignatia seems to have irritated the tonsils and salivary glands; there was increased turgescence of the former (second day), 8.
Pharynx.
Crawling in the pharynx (after one and two hours), 1.
Swallowing.
On eating, there was some difficulty in swallowing food or drink, 8.
He was unable to swallow bread, it seemed too dry, 1.* [280.]
Food seems to reach as far up as the throat, in the evening before falling asleep, and in the morning (after two and fifteen hours), 1.
After eating (dinner) it seems as though the food remained sticking above the cardiac orifice of the stomach, and could not go down into the stomach, 1.
External Throat.
Tendency to swelling of the cervical glands, persisting after the proving, 1.
Pain in the glands beneath the angles of the lower jaw, on motion of the throat (after eighteen hours), 1.
The submaxillary glands are painful after walking in the open air, 1.
Pain in the anterior submaxillary glands, as if they were externally compressed, 1 . [During motion of the throat and at other times, see also note to 130. -Hahnemann.]
Drawing pain in the submaxillary glands, which extends into the jaws, after which the glands become swollen (after five hours), 1.
Pressive pain in the cervical glands (submaxillary glands), 1.
Pain, at first pressive, afterwards drawing, in the submaxillary glands (after four hours), 1.
Sticking in one side of the throat, in the parotid gland, when not swallowing (after twenty hours), 1. [290.]
Pain in the throat when touched, as if the glands were swollen, 1.
Aversion to milk (previously his favorite drink); while drinking it goes against him, though it has a perfectly natural and not at all nauseous taste, 1.
After drinking with relish boiled milk (his favorite drink), and his extreme necessity is assuaged, there comes a sudden aversion to the remainder, without, however, any nauseous taste and without real nausea, 1.
Empty eructations, simply of air (after two hours), 1.
(Suppressed, ineffectual eructations, in the morning in bed, which cause pressive pain in the orifice of the stomach, and in the œsophagus as far up as the pharynx), (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Eructations of food into the mouth, 1 . [Herewith is associated a symptom which has not been incorporated into the text, "the taste of milk which has been taken in the morning cannot be removed from the mouth for a long time (after twenty-one hours)". -Hahnemann.]
Moist, musty, mouldy eructations (in the evening), 1.
Weakness and emptiness in the pit of the stomach, 18.*
Violent anxiety about the pit of the stomach, with vertigo, faintness, and very cold sweat, 5 . [Effects of a whole bean. -Hahnemann.]
*A feeling in the stomach as from fasting, with physical exhaustion, 1.
Sensation in the stomach as if one had fasted a long time, like an emptiness , with flat taste in the mouth, and weakness in all the limbs, 1 . [Alternate action with 400, 401, 402. -Hahnemann.]*
*Feeling of flabbiness in the stomach; the stomach and intestines seem to hang down relaxed (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Flatulent colic above the umbilicus, alternating with profuse accumulation of saliva in the mouth (after one hour), 1.
Cutting pain in the right side of the abdomen (third day), 11.
Colic, at first griping, then sticking, in one side of the abdomen (after two and ten hours), 1. [380.]
Pressure in both sides of the upper abdomen or in the hypochondria, 1.
Violent pressure in the left side of the abdomen, 3.
General Abdomen.
Distension of the abdomen, especially in the umbilical region (sixth day), 10a.
Distension of the abdomen, with pressure in the umbilical region (fourth day), 10a.
Flatulent distension, immediately after eating, 1 . [Alternate action with 396. -Hahnemann.]
Pinching distension in the whole abdomen, immediately after eating, only on standing, worse on walking, and increasing on continuing to walk until it becomes intolerable, without, however, seeming to be caused by flatulence; while sitting quietly it soon disappears without the emission of flatulence (after four hours), 1.
Rumbling in the abdomen, 7 ; (after 18 drops), 11.
Rumbling in the abdomen, in the afternoon (third day), 9a.
Rumbling in the abdomen, as when fasting (after one hour), 1.
Rumbling in the abdomen, followed by urging to stool, without an evacuation during the forenoon; but during the afternoon there were several evacuations of normal fæces (fifth day), 17.
A kind of anxiety rises from the abdomen after breakfast (after twenty hours), 1.
Emission of much flatus, at night, even during sleep, with constant collection of it, so that everything in the abdomen seems to turn to gas, 1.
Profuse emission of flatulence immediately after eating (after twenty-six hours), 1.
Easy discharge of flatus (after half an hour), 1 . [The reverse is usually the secondary action. -Hahnemann.]
Unsatisfactory, short, and abrupt emission of flatus, having, an offensive odor, not without exertion of the abdominal muscles (after twenty-four and thirty hours), 1.*
*A peculiar sensation of weakness in the region of the upper abdomen and pit of the stomach (after two hours), 1 . [Compare 411, 721; this sensation of weakness in the region of the pit of the stomach is a characteristic symptoms of Ignatia. -Hahnemann.] [400.]
Anxious painful fulness in the abdomen after eating (in the evening, after thirty-six hours), 1.
Abdomen becomes tense after eating, mouth dry and bitter, without thirst; one cheek is red (in the evening), 1.
Peculiar tensive pain, not in the stomach; but in the upper abdomen; it seemed as though the walls of the abdomen were pushed downward and the diaphragm upward; this pain seemed worse in the region of the spleen, whence it extended backward towards the vertebral column; it was alternately worse in different places; this pain disappeared entirely for four hours but returned at 3 P.M., and became quite violent towards evening, when it extended upward into the chest, where it at times became an acute burning, which, however, was worse in the vertebral column in the region of the ganglion cœliacum; during these attacks there were frequent eructations of air, always, followed by transient relief of the pain, 16a.
Tormented by flatulence, which even presses upon the bladder (after ninety-six hours), 1.
A kind of colic, a contractive pain from both sides just beneath the ribs (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
Griping colic, in the open air, as if diarrhœa would ensue, 1.
Pinching colic in all the intestines, even sometimes after eating, when walking in the open air, 1.
Pressive pinching in the abdomen, after the least fruit, especially when standing and walking, which disappears while sitting, 1. [410.]
Spasmodic flatulent colic in the upper abdomen, in the evening on falling asleep, and in the morning on waking (after eight hours), 1.
Drawing and griping in the abdomen; in the rectum it occurred like a pressure, with qualmishness and weakness in the pit of the stomach, and paleness of the face (after forty-eight hours, two days before menstruation), 1.
Flatulent colic in the evening in bed; a kind of pressure appearing here and there in the abdomen, always returning on waking at night, 1.
Painful sensation in the upper abdomen, as if something pressed upward toward the chest, at 6 P.M., 16a.
Coliclike pain, as if the intestines would burst, in the upper abdomen, like a cardialgia, which extends up into the throat, in the morning in bed, when lying upon the side; it disappears when lying upon the back (after forty hours), 1 . [See note to S. 608. -Hahnemann.]
Slow successive sticking-jerking pains in the region of the upper abdomen and pit of the stomach (after half an hour), 1.
Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.
Constant pinching in a small spot in the right side of the lower abdomen, in the region of the cæcum, especially when walking (in the open air), (after four hours), 1.
Pressure in the lower abdomen (after a quarter of an hour), 3.
Painful pressure in the left side of the lower abdomen, 3.
Cutting and contracting pains in the lower abdomen, 16a. [430.]
Sticking in the left side of the lower abdomen, 3.
Flatulent colic in the lower abdomen, in the morning, which causes stitches extending to the chest and into the sides, 1.
A sensation in the left groin as though a hernia would protrude, 1.
Sticking-jerking pain in the left groin, in the evening while lying in bed, 1.
*Sharp, pressive pain in the rectum (proctalgia), lasting two hours, in the evening after lying down, without relief in any position, which disappears of itself without emission of flatus (after thirty-six hours), 1.
Sharp pressive pain deep in the rectum , after the stool, as from incarcerated flatus (such as follows a hurried evacuation, a kind of proctalgia), (after two hours), 1 . [Compare note to 366. -Hahnemann.]* [450.]
Frequent cutting somewhat deep in the rectum (after twenty hours), 1.*
*A coarse stitch extending from the anus deep into the rectum, 1.
Coarse stitches in the anus (after two hours), 1.*
Hæmorrhoidal symptoms, with soft stool (after five hours), 1.
*Sore pain in the anus, without reference to the stool (after one hour), 1.
Violent itching in the rectum, in the evening, in bed, 1.* [460.]
Itching in the perineum, especially when walking, 1.
*Anxious desire for stool, with inactivity of the rectum; he is unable to evacuate the fæces without danger of eversion and prolapsus of the rectum, 1.
Ineffectual desire for stool in the rectum, not in the anus (after one hour and a half), 1.
Excessive desire for stool, more in the upper intestines and upper abdomen; it causes great urging, nevertheless the stool is insufficient, though soft ; the urging continues long after the stool (after twenty hours), 1.*
Frequent, almost ineffectual desire for stool, with colic, tenesmus, and tendency to prolapsus of the rectum (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Urging to stool, with a feeling in the abdomen generally as though he had taken a purgative; this sensation was followed by several natural evacuations during the day (sixth day), 17.
Urging to stool, with evacuation of soft, thin fæces, preceded by cutting in the abdomen, 16a.
Lasciviousness, with unusual prominence of the clitoris, weakness and relaxation of the rest of the genitals, and cool temperature of the body (after forty hours), 1. [530.]
It promotes menstruation, 4 . [Omit Hahnemann's note Bergius simply says that Ignatia is "emmenagoges." No mention of dose. -Hughes.]*
Menstruation delayed for some days, 1 . [This seems to be an infrequent alternate action, not a real secondary effect; at least, with me, Ignatia seems to have caused the opposite in very many cases, viz., very early menstruation is its primary effect, and therefore it relieves too early (and too profuse), menstruation in cases where the other symptoms correspond. -Hahnemann.]
Breath fails him while walking, and if he stands still he is attacked by cough, 1.
A sudden (not tickling) interruption of breathing in the upper part of the trachea, above the pit of the throat, which irresistibly provokes a short forcible cough, in the evening (after one hour), 1.
(Sudden dyspnœa, at 5 P.M.), 17 . [Not an unusual symptom with this prover.]
Pain, as if bruised, in the head of the left humerus, when lying upon the right side in the evening in bed; the pain disappears if he lies upon the painful arm (after twelve hours), 1.
Elbow. [630.]
Painful drawing just above the right elbow (after thirty-six hours), 3.
Forearm.
Jerking, as if a mouse were crawling under the skin, in one part of the muscles of the forearm, in the evening after lying down (after thirty-six hours), 1.*
Wrist.
Stiffness of the right wrist and a feeling as if asleep, 1.
Paralytic pain in the styloid process of the left wrist, as if the hand had been injured or sprained, 1.
Tearing pain in the styloid process of the wrist, in the morning after waking, 1.
Hand.
Transient yellowness of the hands, as in jaundice, 1.
Drawing in the carpal bones of the right hand (after thirty-six hours), 3.
Piercing fine stitch, as from as splinter, on touching a hair on the hand, 1 . [Compare 209. -Hahnemann.]
Tearing pain in the styloid process of the hands and in the fingers, 1.
Fingers.
Spasmodic motion of the index finger back and forth, in the evening after lying down, 1. [640.]
Cramp, extending to the middle finger, while exerting the fingers (it can be relieved by shooting it), 1.
Pain in the metacarpal phalanx of the index finger, as if it had been sprained, on motion, 1.
Some stitches in the last joint of the thumb (after ten hours), 1.
Tearing pain in the joint of the thumb, as if it had been sprained, in the morning while slumbering in bed, 1.
The leg falls asleep as far up as above the knee, in the evening while sitting, 1.
Paralytic pain in the whole left leg, caused by walking, and continuing after sitting, 3.
Pressive pain in the tibia, while walking (after two hours), 1.
An undulating, like a grasping and kneading, tearing-pressing pain in the anterior tibial muscles, especially on motion, 1.
Tension in the calves, on stretching out the legs or on walking, 1 . [A kind of cramp, or at least the commencement of it. -Hahnemann.]
Cramp in the calves, very early in the morning in bed on bending the leg; it disappears on stretching it out or on pressing against it (after eight hours), 1.
Cramp in the calves, while walking, disappearing while standing and during rest (after four hours), 1. [670.]
Attacks of cramp in the calves, while sitting during dinner, 1.
Tearing pain in the backs of both legs, especially in the tendo Achillis and calf, as though the parts would be cut off; it becomes especially violent when he remains standing or walking (also when he exerts the muscles), 21.
Ankle.
Tearing-burning pain in the bones of the heel, in the morning on waking (after eight hours), 1.
Pressure in the left ankle (with an internal tickling), which obliges him to make a tremulous motion of the left foot in order to relieve it, 1.
Intermitting pressure above the external malleolus of the right foot, 3.
Pain while walking, as from internal soreness of the ball of the heel, or rather in the periosteum of the os calcis (after four hours), 1.
In the ball of the heel, or rather in the periosteum of the astragalus, a pain as if bruised, or as after jumping from a great height (after three hours), 1.
Itching-jerking pain internally in the ball of the heel, especially in the morning in bed, 1.
Debility, as from weakness about the pit of the stomach; he feels qualmish and is obliged to lie down, 1.
Great weakness and weariness, it seemed as though he had walked a long distance, he was frequently obliged to yawn, though he did not sleep (seventh day), 17.
Great weakness of the whole body; on waking it seems as though his breath would fail, he becomes qualmish in the pit of the stomach, and then coughs, 1.*
Peculiar exhaustion and lassitude during the afternoon, he was unable to perform his work, and about 2 P.M. was overpowered by sleepiness, and slept soundly for two hours, but was not refreshed thereby, on the contrary he felt much exhausted all the rest of the day (fourth day), 10a.
In the morning at the moment of waking he feels a weight, accumulation, congestion, and orgasm of blood in the whole body, with melancholy, 1.
A simple violent pain here and there in a small spot, as for example, on the ribs, only noticed on touch, 1.
A deeply sticking, burning pain in various parts of the body (as for example, in the corner of the mouth, under the first joint of the thumb, etc.), without itching, 1.
Tingling pain, and the like, especially in the head, 28.
Crawling as if internally in the bones of the whole body, 1.
Dreamed at night that he had fallen into the water and cried, 1.
Dreamed of being buried alive, for a month or more, 24.
Wakes in the morning from frightful dreams (after eighteen hours), 1.
Wakes from the afternoon nap from frightful dreams (for example, of drowning), (after twenty-four hours), 1.
(She dreams that she was standing, but not firmly; awoke and examined her bed to see if she was lying safely; also that she had bent herself quite double in order to be sure not to fall, therewith she was always in a perspiration all over), 1.
Talks as if weeping and complaining in sleep; inspiration is snoring, with widely opened mouth, sometimes one eye and sometimes the other is partly open (after ten hours), 1. [790.]
Whimpering prattling in sleep; he tosses about the bed (after two and five hours), 1.
Groaning, grunting, and sighing in sleep (after four hours), 1.
He is suddenly frightened in sleep, cries and expression of complaining, steps and stamps with the feet, wherewith the face and hands are pale and cold, 1.
Frightful shuddering on falling asleep, on account of monstrous, fantasies, which appear to him and are still present after waking, 1.
She moves the muscles of her open mouth in all directions, almost convulsively, during sleep, wherewith the hands jerk inwards (after two hours), 1.
Stamps with the feet in sleep (after four hours), 1.
Wakes with a friendly expression (after twenty hours), 1.
On waking she stands up suddenly and talks disconnectedly before she collects herself (after four hours), 1.
In the morning he is lying upon the back with the arm over the head so that the palm of the hand is under the occiput or on the neck, 1.
Heat.
Attacked with heat and palpitation, in the morning in bed, 1. [820.]
Sensation of general heat, in the morning in bed, with thirst, whereby he does not wish to be uncovered, 1.
Heat from 2 to 5 A.M. (while fully awake) all over, especially on the hands and soles of the feet, without perspiration, thirst, or feeling of dryness, 1.
He woke at 3 A.M. hot all over, and vomited the food that had been eaten in the evening, 1.
*Heat of the whole body, in the afternoon, without thirst, with sensation of dryness of the skin, though with some perspiration on the face (after eight hours), 1.
Nightly heat, wherewith he desires to uncover himself, and remains uncovered, 1.
*External heat and redness without internal heat, 1 . [The heat of Ignatia is almost always wholly external; also, there is very seldom thirst with this heat even when it exhibits the character of intermittent fever; hence Ignatia is able to cure homœopathically and permanently in the smallest dose, intermittent fever, which presents thirst during chill, but not during heat . -Hahnemann.]
Sighing on account of external heat, about 2 A.M.; he wishes to be lightly covered (after fifteen hours), 1.
General anxious heat, with slight perspiration about the nose, at night; there is the most heat in the hands and feet, which however, he does not uncover, but constantly wishes to keep them covered , with cold thighs, palpitation, short breath, and lascivious dreams; mostly when lying upon one or the other side, less when lying upon the back, 1. [830.]
Heat of the face and coldness of the hands and feet, 1 . [803, 813, 835, 837, show the alternations of leading symptoms, viz.; heat of certain parts, with coldness, chilliness, or shivering over other parts. -Hahnemann.]
Heat and burning externally in the nape or upon one side of the neck, 1.
Heat of the hands, with shivering over the body, and anxiety developing into weeping, 1.
Hot knees, with cold nose (with tickling itching of one knee), (after three hours), 1.*
Feeling as if perspiration would break out (an anxious sensation of flushing heat), (after one hour and a half), 1.
Feeling as though perspiration would break out at once over the whole body, which even in part takes place, in the forenoon, 1.
Sudden sensation as though perspiration would break out over the whole body, which in part was really the case, 16a.
He perspires every morning, if he falls asleep a second time; and if he then rises he is so weary and exhausted that he would rather lie down again, 1.
Warm perspiration on the inner surface of the hands (after thirty-six hours), 1.
Warm perspiration on the inner surface of the hands and fingers (after sixteen hours), 1.
Profuse warm perspiration on the hands, in the evening (after eight hours), 1.
( Coffee ), *The symptoms.
( Coughing ), Tearing in larynx.
( After dinner ), Immediately, pains renewed; palpitation.
( After eating ), Immediately, only on standing; aggravated on waking, pinching tympanites in abdomen; fulness in abdomen; chilliness.
( After eating and drinking ), Hiccough.
( Expiration ), Sticking in præcordial region.
( Violent exertion ), Pain in forehead.
( After fruit ), Especially when standing or walking, pinching in abdomen.
( Inspiration ), Pressure in sternum, etc.; stitches in nipple.
( Bright sunlight ), Pain in frontal region.
( Lying on side ), Tearing headache; pain in neck, etc.; general heat, etc.
( Motion ), Dull headache; pain in tibial muscles.
( Unpleasant news ), Condition aggravated.
( Raising eyes ), Jerking headache.
( Reading ), Pressure in brain; headache; pain in anterior molars.
( Rest ), Sticking in scrotum; pain in shoulder-joint; itching pain in back of foot.
( Sitting ), Pain in hæmorrhoids; cramp in soles, etc.
( Sitting erect ), Pains in occiput.
( After midday sleep ), Immediately, headache; palpitation.
( Speaking ), Confusion of head, etc.; headache.
( Speaking loud ), Headache.
( Standing ), Pain in hæmorrhoids.
( Standing erect ), Pain in small of back.
( Standing still ), Cough; during a walk, pain in backs of legs.
( Stooping ), Headache.
( Stooping low down ), Headache above orbit.
( Swallowing ), Tearing in larynx.
( When not swallowing ), Constrictive sensation in middle of throat; sticking in throat; sensation of plug in throat; stitches in throat; sticking in parotid gland.
( Talking ), While walking in open air, headache in half the brain.
( Thinking ), Confusion of head, etc.; while walking in open air, headache in half the brain; deeply, palpitation.
( Thinking of it ), Bruised headache.
( Tobacco ), *The symptoms.
( Walking ), Pain in root of penis; knee drawn upward; pain in left leg; pain in tibia, cramp in calves; stiffness of soles of feet.
( Writing ), Pressure in brain.
Amelioration.
( Morning ), On rising, headache disappears.
( Bending head forward while sitting ), *Pains in occiput.
( Eating ), Efforts to vomit.
( Lying on back ), *Tearing headache ; tearing headache in forehead; headache at temples; pains in occiput.
( Scratching ), Itching.
( Sitting still ), Reading or writing, headache; pinching tympanites in abdomen.
( Stooping ), Headache in forehead.
( Swallowing ), *Stitches in throat; sticking in throat.
