Cinnabaris

Mind and Disposition

Indisposition for mental labor.

Sensation of fulness of the head from mental application.

Forgetfulness (forgets things he has to do).

Fretful, easily provoked.

Desire to be alone.

Head

Giddiness in the morning after rising, when stooping, with nausea.

Fulness in the head; the eyes are reddened.

Congested sensation over the whole head, principally the forehead.

Congestion of blood to the head, particularly to the vertex; worse after eating.

Intense headache; he cannot raise his head from the pillow; relieved by external pressure.

Dull pain in the forehead, which is cold; relieved by heat.

Sensation as if touched by a cold metallic body, on a small space over the root of the nose.

In the morning, after waking, pain in the forehead and top of the head; worse when lying on the left side and back; better and going off, when turning on the right side, and after rising.

Shooting pain in the left side of the head, with increase of saliva and great flow of urine.

Sensitiveness of the head to the touch -even the hairs are sore.

Eyes

Shooting pains in the inner canthus of the right eye, with burning and itching.

Inflammation of the right eye; itching, pressing and pricking at the inner angle and lower lid; constant lachrymation on looking steadily, with profuse discharge of mucus from the nose.

Flow of tears.

Sticking pain about the punctum lachrymale of the upper eyelid.

Redness of the whole eye, with swelling of the face.

Ears

Roaring in the ears, with swelling of the face (after eating).

Scurfy eruption in the right external ear.

Itching in the right ear.

Nose

Itching of the nose, with bleeding (very dark blood) after blowing it.

Coryza, with lameness of the thighs and aching pain in the small of the back; lumps of dirty yellow mucus are discharged from the posterior nares.

Face

Heat of the face, which is much swollen, mostly about the eyes.

Mouth and Throat

Both corners of the mouth are chapped.

Tongue coated white in the morning.

A small ulcer on the roof of the mouth, on the right side of the tip of the tongue; on the tip of the tongue.

Soreness in the roof of the mouth.

Dryness in the mouth and throat at night, which causes him to drink often.

Inflammation, with great dryness of the throat and mouth; worse at night.

Dryness and irritation of the throat (posterior nares, tonsils, fauces) at night, with soreness during the day; in the morning, secretion of tenacious mucus also, in lumps, from the posterior nares.

Contracting pain in the throat during empty deglutition.

Fulness in the throat, causing a constant desire for swallowing.

Taste bitter (in the morning).

Increased flow of saliva (and of urine).

Salivation.

Scanty, tenacious, frothy saliva in the mouth, without thirst; better after drinking.

Dryness and putrid taste in the mouth.

Stomach and Abdomen

Appetite increased.

Soreness in the stomach with dizziness and lightness in the head and tightness in the temples.

Nausea, alleviated by eructations.

Nausea, with water-brash (in the evening).

Flashes of heat confined to the abdomen, with great flatulence (worse in the forenoon).

Stool and Anus

Soft, scanty stools twice a day, preceded by pinching; less afterwards.

Bloody dysentery.

Sensation of formication in the anus, as if from a large worm.

Little pimples around the anus, with burning and itching; thin stools and tenesmus.

Urinary Organs

Frequent and increased emission of watery urine; also daring the night.

Pain, as if from a sore in the urethra when urinating; this pain wakes him up at night.

Genital Organs

Men. Swelling of the penis.

Redness and swelling of the prepuce, with painful itching.

Violent itching of the corona glandis, with profuse secretion of pus.

Small, shining red points on the glans penis.

Blennorrhœa of the glans penis.

Sycotic excrescences.

Violent erections in the evening.

Women. Leucorrhœa, causing, during its discharge, a pressing in the vagina.

Respiratory Organs

Hoarseness in the evening.

Chest oppressed, feels contracted; relieved by stretching himself.

Dyspnœa, with heat.

Pain running over the ensiform cartilage, from the seventh rib on the right side diagonally through the chest.

Cough from tickling in the throat.

Back

The muscles of the back part of the neck seem as if contracted.

Aching in the small of the back, as if bruised.

Pain all over the back down to the loins, aggravated on drawing a long breath.

Extremities

Upper. Pain in the left shoulder, between the clavicle and, scapula; interiorly.

Pain in the middle of the upper part of the right arm, as though it would break.

Periodical shooting pains in the arms.

Sensation of lameness in the right arm.

Numbness of the left arm, from the elbow to the end of the little finger.

It feels as if the "crazy-bone" was struck.

The joints of the fingers and knuckles are red (and hot).

Lower. Shooting, drawing and aching pains in the thighs, from the hip-joints nearly down to the condyles; worse at night.

Violent itching on the inside of the thighs, knees and legs; worse on the knees, especially at night.

Profuse perspiration between the thighs (when walking).

Rheumatic pain in the right knee-joint; worse when walking (ascending), better at rest.

Pain in the tendo Achilles and os calcis after walking.

Coldness in the joints.

Coldness of the feet, day and night.

Generalities

Sensation of lameness in all the limbs.

Weariness, languor, tired and prostrated worse before eating, better when riding in the open air.

General nervous, uneasy sensation.

Sleep

Sleepiness in the day-time and sleeplessness at night; unconquerable desire to sleep after dinner, early in the evening (during the day).

Restlessness and sleeplessness at night, from a constant flow of ideas changing from one thing to another.

Restless sleep, with vivid dreams and much talking.

Fever

Pulse slower in the forepart of the day, accelerated in the evening.

Coldness and chilliness in the warm room.

Internal and external heat of the body during the whole night.

Profuse perspiration between the thighs.

Perspiration most at noon.

Skin

Itching of the nose (bleeding after blowing it), of the eye-lids, canthi (outer), ears, face (left side), palms of the hands (right), thighs (inside), knees, legs, at the anus (at night), on the shoulders (evening).

Sensation as if pimples were coming out over the body.

Red papulous eruption, without itching, on both elbows.

Redness of the skin.

Conditions

The pains intermit in severity.

Aggravations in the evening and at night, except of the perspiration, which is worse at midday; after sleeping (headache).

Amelioration in the open air, and after dinner.