PLATINUM.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
An element.
Preparation , Trituration of the metal precipitated on a steel rod, from a solution in Aqua regia.
Authorities.
Hahnemann's Chr. Krn.; 1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Gross; 3 , Dr. Musits, proving on a woman in perfect health, with one dose of the 200th dil. (MSS. to editor).
MIND
- Illusions of fantasy on entering the house, after walking an hour as if everything about her were very small, and all persons physically and mentally inferior, but she herself physically large and superior; the room seemed gloomy and unpleasant, with apprehensive, sad, fretful mood , whirling vertigo, and discontent with the surroundings of which she was usually food; everything always disappears in the open-air sunshine, 2.*
- It seems to her as if she does not belong in her own family; after a short absence everything seems entirely changed, 2.*
- She could not think what was the matter with her, 3.
- She thinks she is left wholly to herself, and stands alone in the world, 2.*
- At first very lively for two days, everything seems joyous, she could laugh at the saddest thing, then on the third day great sadness, in the morning, and evening, with weeping even at joyous and laughable things, also if she is spoken to, 2.*
- Very lively mood, so that she could have danced, half an hour after weeping, 2.*
- Involuntary inclination to whistle and sing, 2.
- Sensation of increased vigor, mental quiet, and inclination to think, 2.
- Very earnest and taciturn the first day, on the next day she made jokes and laughed, at everything, 2. [10.]
- *Arrogant, proud feeling, 2.
- *Contemptuous, pitiful looking down upon people usually venerated, with a kind of casting them off, in paroxysms, against her will, 2.
- Reserved, cold, absent-minded in the company of friends, in the open air; she only answers, when spoken to, in a semi-conscious way; only after having answered does she reflect whether the answer was suitable; she is constantly absent-minded, without knowing where her thoughts are, 2.*
- Silence, with involuntary weeping , even after the most friendly conversation, so that she was very much vexed with herself, 2.*
- Weeping, sad mood, especially in the evening, 2.*
- Weeping mood and sadness, worse in the house, better in the open air, 2.*
- Repeated crying spells, with sticky tears, 3.
- Weeping and laughing; yawning, again weeping, aversion to everything, 3.
- Weeping mood, and crying after being mildly reproached, 2.*
- Very lachrymose and fretful; she often wept involuntarily , which relieved her, 2.* [20.]
- *Very lachrymose, and much too easily disturbed by slight causes, 1.
- Sad and fretful the first morning, on the next indescribably happy, especially in the open air, so that she would embrace anything, and laugh at the saddest things, 2.
- Very restless disposition, so that she could not remain anywhere, with sadness, so that the most joyful things distressed her; she thought that she had no place in the world, life was wearisome, but she had great dread of death, which she believed near at hand, 2.*
- *Feeling as if he would die soon, with shuddering at the thought, 2.
- Feeling as if she would soon die, with very lachrymose mood and actual weeping, 2.*
- She sits alone, sad and morose, without talking ; she cannot keep awake; followed by inconsolable weeping, especially when spoken to, 2.*
- Depressed, quiet, sad, 2.
- Sudden great depression, 3.
- Morose and discontented, 2.*
- Deathly anxiety, as if her senses would vanish, with trembling of all the limbs, oppression of the breath, and violent palpitation, 2.* [30.]
- Anxiety and apprehension about the heart, and fretful all day, 2.
- Frequent sudden feeling of anxiety through the whole body, 2.
- Great anxiety, with violent palpitation, when attempting to talk in company, so that talking was difficult, 2.
- Anxiety, with palpitation, especially on walking, 1.
- Anxiety, 3.
- Anxiety, with trembling of the hands and flushes of heat over the whole body, 2.*
- Out of sorts with the whole world, everything seems too narrow, with weeping mood, 2.*
- Quarrelsome, 3.
- Sensitive mood, 1.*
- Very peevish and easily excited, he could have beaten any one without provocation, 2.* [40.]
- Very peevish and irritable about innocent things and words, so that she could have beaten herself and friends, at times, 2.*
- Ill-humored for a long time, from a slight vexation; spoke only when obliged to, extremely unfriendly, abrupt, quarrelsome, 2.
- Very ill-humored and indolent, in the morning (after forty-eight hours), 2.
- Vacillating mood, 2.
- Indifference, he does not seem to care whether his absent wife dies or not, 2.
- Disgust for everything, no desire for anything, 3.
- Disinclination for mental work, 2.
- Absent-minded, she hears a conversation, but after it is finished knows nothing of it, 2.
- Memory deficient, 3.
- Very absent-minded and forgetful , she does not hear what is addressed to her when repeated several times, 2.
HEAD
- Confusion and Vertigo. [50.]
- Confusion in the head, 2.
- Dull, tensive confusion, like a board in front of the head, frequently, 2.
- Vertigo, especially on sitting down or going downstairs, 3.
- Transient paroxysms of vertigo in quick succession, as if he would lose consciousness, in the evening, while standing, 2.
- Great vertigo, so that she did not dare to move the eyes, more during the day than at night, mostly with palpitation, 1.
- General Head.
- Pressive headache, as if water were in the head, woke her about midnight, with great dryness and a sensitive scraping in the throat, great ill-humor and general perspiration, especially on the face, in large drops, 2.
- Headache, as if tense , painful dull, 2.*
- Headache, as if torn and lacerated, after the vertigo, 1.
- Dull headache, 3.
- Painful drawing in various parts of the head, 2. [60.]
- Head very much affected, especially in the afternoon and evening, 2.
- Forehead.
- Dull, painful confusion in the forehead, 2.
- Dulness, especially in the forehead, 2.
- Violent pressure in the forehead, as if everything would come out, with a feeling of a weight upon the head that presses the eyes together and forces tears out of them, aggravated by stooping and on the slightest motion of the head; before the attack great anxiety about the heart, followed by a stupid sensation, so that she could not talk; with increased anxiety, burning heat, great redness of the face and excessive thirst, headache increasing till 10 P.M.; it returns several days at the same hour, 2.
- Pressive, dull burrowing in the left side of the forehead, after dinner, while walking in the open air, and afterwards continuing in the house, 2.
- Pressure beneath the right frontal eminence, increasing and decreasing at intervals, 2.
- Dull pressure inward suddenly in the left side of the forehead (after three hours), 2.
- Compression in the forehead at intervals, .
EYE
- Cornea red and very much inflamed, 3. [100.]
- Sensation of burning heat in the eyes, with sleepiness, as if they would close; less pain on closing them; on looking sharply at anything a sensation as if they would water; more in the house than in the open air, 2.
- Sleepy pressure in the eyes, in the forenoon, without inclination to sleep (after two hours), 2.
- Pain in the eyes in the evening by the light, and on exerting the vision, at first an itching so that she was obliged to rub them, then they began to maturate, became very painful, with shimmering and trembling before the vision, so that she could see nothing, and was obliged to close the eyes, whereupon she fell asleep, 2.
- Feeling as if a grain of sand were in the right eye; she was obliged to wink, 2.
- Painless drawing about the left eye, with dimness of vision, as through a veil, and a feeling as if the eye were tightly agglutinated, 2.
- Smarting and a feeling of coldness in the right eye, 2.
- Brow and Orbit.
- Pain as from a blow on the arch of the right eyebrow, 2.
- Wavelike benumbing pressure above the right orbit, 2.*
- Intermitting cramplike pain near the outer margin of the right orbit, 2.*
- Sore biting , as if denuded, on the upper margin of the orbit, 2. [110.]
- Tensive pain in the upper margins of the orbits and in the eyeballs, as if pressed together, 2.
- Lid.
- Twitching of the lids, 2.*
- Frequent crawling in the right canthus; he was obliged to rub it, 2.
EAR
- Dull sticking jerking in the right outer ear, with numbness and a feeling of coldness extending through the cheeks to the lips, 2.
- Corroding biting in the lobule of the left ear, was obliged to rub it, 2.
- Burning warmth in the ears, even perceptible externally, with redness, 2.
- Burning in the right, and jerklike drawing in the left ear, 2.
- A feeling as if cold air entered the right ear, 2.
- Cramplike pain in both ears, 2.
- Thundering jerks, like distant cannonade, in the right ear, 2. [120.]
- Tearing drawing and dull stitches in the right ear, a kind of earache, 2.
- Dull stitches in the right meatus, at intervals, 2.
- Biting crawling in the right meatus (after an hour), 2.
- Hearing.
- Roaring and dull rolling in the ear , every morning and afterwards, also every evening after lying down; for several weeks, at the same hour, 2.
- Roaring in the ears , with stitches in the head, 1.
- Roaring in the right ear, as from the fluttering of a large bird, 2.
- Roaring in the right ear and cramplike pressive dulness in the head, 2.
- Roaring in the right ear, 2.
- Violent ringing and crawling in the right ear, lasting a long time, 2.
- Ringing in the ears, 1. [130.]
- Ringing in the ears, followed by tearing in them, 2.
- A sound of wind in the ears, as if they were stopped, aggravated by the slightest noise, so that it was difficult to understand what was spoken, 1.
NOSE
- Increased discharge of mucus from the nose, 2.
- Stopped catarrh in one nostril, afterwards, on walking in the open air, profuse fluent catarrh, with sneezing, followed by stoppage of the other nostril, and subsequently again fluent coryza, 2.
- Crawling in the nose, with ineffectual attempts to sneeze and lachrymation; he was obliged to rub it, 2.
- A pulling above the left wing of the nose, as if it were pulled by a hair, followed by a sensation of numbness, as if a hair had been pulled out, 2.
- Cramplike pain in the right side of the nasal bone, with a feeling of numbness, 2.
- Cramplike jerking in the left wing of the nose, at rhythmical intervals, 2.
- Biting on the nose, as from something acrid, 1.
FACE
- Face pale, sunken, 2. [140.]
- Pale suffering expression, for several days, 2.
- Cheek and Lips.
- Dull stupefying pressure in the right malar bone and whole half of the nose, 2.
- Sharp neuralgic pain in left malar bone, 3.
- *Painful cramplike sensation of numbness in the left malar bone, 2.
- Biting on the cheeks, disappearing after scratching, which it provokes, soon recurring, 2.
- Sore biting about the mouth, provoking scratching, as after shaving with a dull razor, 2.
- A fine burning stitch in the left cheek; he was obliged to scratch, 2.
- Desquamation and bleeding of the lips, for many days, with violent pain, smarting in the open air, 2.
- A vesicle on the inner margin of the upper lip, with violent sticking pain, only when touched, 2.
- Upper lip dry as if burnt, 2. [150.]
- Great dryness and roughness of the lips, 2.
- Intermitting cramplike jerkings in the upper lip, in the morning in bed, 2.
- Smarting of the inner surface of the lip, with a painful feeling of looseness of the upper teeth, 2.
- Smarting of the inner surface of the lower lip, and in the gums of both jaws, 2.
- Smarting of the lower lip just below the red, as if denuded, 2.
- Chin and Jaw.
- Small bluish veins on the chin, like varicose veins, without pain, for several days, 2.
- Slow, intermitting, dull shocks beneath the chin, 2.
- Dull painful sensation of coldness on the chin beneath the corner of the mouth, 2.
- Dull jerkings in the chin, as if it had been knocked up, 2.
- Sore, corrosive biting on the chin, was obliged to rub it, 2. [160.]
- Tense, numb sensation in the chin, as if screwed in, 2.
- Cramplike pain on the lower margin of the lower jaw, not affected by motion, .
MOUTH
- Continuous burrowing drawing in a hollow, and in a sound tooth (incisors), 2.
- Drawing and throbbing in a molar, first upper, then lower, as if hollow, 2.
- Numb pain in the left lower teeth, in the morning after rising, 2.*
- Transient toothache, a cramplike drawing through the upper and lower teeth, 2.
- Feeling on the tongue as if burnt , very much aggravated by rubbing it against the teeth, 2.*
- Burning beneath the tongue, and also on the right side, 2.
- Crawling on the tongue, 2.* [170.]
- The mouth is glutinous and slimy all day, especially after eating, also in the morning, with great ill-humor, 2.
- Smarting, as if raw, and sore on the right half of the palate, with crawling in the left nostril, 2.
- Collection of water in the mouth at times, 2.
- Sweet taste on the tip of the tongue, 2.
THROAT
- Mucus in the throat, from time to time, with scraping; she was obliged to hawk, 2.
- Painful sensation of rawness in the throat, as if a piece of skin were hanging down, on empty swallowing and at other times, 2.
- Throat scraped, as if raw, in the evening after lying down, and on the next day, at times provoking a short cough, 2.
- Scraping in the throat, as in catarrh, or as from biting food; she was frequently obliged to hawk, that caused sticking pain, 2.
- Pressure on the throat, as if it were constricted, 2.
- Cramplike drawing in the throat about the hyoid bone, as if everything were constricted, 2. [180.]
- Slight pain in the throat, extends suddenly through the head as a drawing, heavy sensation, 2.
- Slight aching and tickling in the goitre, especially on touch (immediately), 2.
- Sensation as if the uvula were elongated, 2.
- Painful swelling of the right tonsil, 1.
STOMACH
- Appetite and Thirst.
- Almost always hungry, 1.
- She is immediately satiated, in the evening, on account of great sadness; afterwards she eats, 2.
- The first morsels are relished, but there is speedy fulness and satiety, 2.
- Loss of appetite, 2.
- During the contemptuous mood suddenly ravenous hunger, and greedy, hasty eating ; then at the usual mealtime she has no appetite and eats without desire, 2.*
- She is averse to eating, with a weeping mood, 2. [190.]
- Though longing for tobacco, he does not relish it, soon becomes averse to it, 2.
- No thirst, 3.
- Thirst immediately after supper, so that she drank a great deal, which quenched her thirst, 2.
- Frequent thirst for water, and frequent drinking, 2.
- Eructations.
- Loud eructations of air, when fasting and after eating, 2.*
- Frequent eructations, at any time, 2.
- Empty eructations in the morning fasting, 2.*
- Empty eructations, with a hungry stomach (after three-quarters of an hour), 2.
- Eructations like hiccough and emission of flatus, after eating, 2.
- Sudden eructations of a bitter-sweet liquid, during which he choked, so that he was obliged to cough, with long subsequent scraping in the throat; also even after dinner, 2.
- Nausea. [200.]
- Constant nausea, with great weakness, anxiety, and tremulous sensation through the whole body, in the forenoon, 2.*
- Nausea, with appetite for food (that has a natural taste), 2.
- Nauseous sensation in the epigastric region, 2.
- Qualmish sensation in the epigastric region, in the morning, 2.
- Qualmish nausea, without vomiting, increased at intervals, with great inclination to vomit, and weariness of the extremities, .
ABDOMEN
- Umbilicus and Sides.
- Griping in the umbilical region as in diarrhœa, 2.
- Griping in the umbilical region as in diarrhœa, after eating, 2.
- Cutting and griping about the umbilicus as from flatulence, that extended downward, with desire to pass stool and flatus, 2.
- Twisting about the umbilicus, with oppression of breath and tremulous sensation through the whole body, 2. [230.]
- Slight burning about the umbilicus, 2.
- Jerklike griping in both sides of the abdomen, relieved by emission of flatus, 2.
- Jerklike drawing in the right side of the abdomen, with some arrest of breath, 2.
- Fine sticking in the right side of the abdomen, when lying down it extends forward into the umbilical region and into the left side, aggravated by lying on the left side, 2.
- Sudden burning shooting from above downward in the right side of the abdomen, 2.
- A burning sensation in a small spot in the left side of the abdomen, at intervals, 2.
- General Abdomen.
- Abdomen very much distended, in the evening, 1.
- Cramplike distension of the abdomen in several places, like large blisters; in other parts the abdomen is spasmodically retracted, causing depression, 1.
- Abdomen tense, after dinner, 2.
- Emission of much flatus during the day, 1. [240.]
- Frequent emission of odorless flatus, 2.*
- Short, abrupt emission of flatus, not easily without exertion of the abdominal muscles, 2.
- Only a little flatus is passed with difficulty, and always associated with desire for stool, 2.
- Flatus is passed with a sensation as if diarrhœa would follow, 2.
- Rumbling in the upper abdomen, in the morning fasting (after half an hour), 2.
- Gurgling as from a liquid, in the abdomen, in the morning fasting, with a griping uneasiness in the intestines (seventh day), 2.
- Movement in the abdomen like accumulation of flatus, 2.
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Violent dull stitches in the forepart of the rectum that made her cry out, 2.
- Burning in the rectum, during a stool, followed by violent itching, 1. [270.]
- Transient sensation, as in diarrhœa, extending up the rectum, disappearing after the emission of flatus, 2.
- Violent pressure in the rectum, without stool, 2.
- Painful pressing-downwards towards the genitals, as during menstruation , at times with desire for stool, extending through the groin, above the hips, towards the small of the back, where it continued to pain for a long time, 2.
- With the stool, that was not hard, there was great pressure, and it was always followed by a violent stitch in the anus, with subsequent spasmodic constriction of the nates, extending towards the small of the back; she was obliged to stop pressing on account of the pain, 2.
- Frequent urging, with scanty stool, that is passed only in pieces, after great pressure, with a painful sensation of weakness, and a tight sensation in the abdominal muscles, 2.
- Constant desire for stool, 2.
- Ineffectual urging to stool, 2.
- Stool difficult, with much cutting, burning, and protrusion of hæmorrhoids, 1.
- Discharge of much blood from the anus, 2.
- Crawling tenesmus in the anus, as in diarrhœa, every evening, before going to sleep , about the same time, 2. [280.]
- Crawling and itching in the anus, as from threadworms, in the evening, for three weeks, 2.
STOOL
- Stool forcible, with great noise, after dinner; at first thin, then hard, with increased urging, in pieces, each one of which he was obliged to press out, dry, so that it almost crumbled, followed by shivering and shaking, especially in the upper part of the body; and after rising from stool, slight pain and a feeling of weakness about the umbilicus, 2.
- Stool thinner than usual, passed suddenly and forcibly, 2.
- Stool rather thin, preceded and followed by slight tenesmus in the anus, 2.
- Stool, in the evening, pasty, with threadworms, 1.
- Stool, in the morning, pasty, partly digested and somewhat bloody, followed by increased tension in the left hypochondrium and small of the back, 1.
- Scanty evacuation of tenacious, glutinous, connected stool, with long pressure and exertion of the abdominal muscles (after two hours), 2.
- Stool indurated, as if burnt , preceded and followed by slight pressure, 2.*
- A piece of tapeworm is passed, with desire for stool, 1.
- Stool every two days, with much pressure and at times with blood, 1. [290.]
- Constipation , even for several days, 2.*
URINARY ORGANS
- Urine very red , with white clouds, 1.
- The urine became turbid and caused a red color on the sides of the vessel, 1.
- The urine flows slowly, but he is frequently obliged to urinate, 1.
- Urine, in the morning, pale-yellow; in the afternoon, as clear as water, 2.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- *Voluptuous crawling in the genitals and abdomen, with anxious oppression and palpitation, followed by painless pressure downward in the genitals, with exhaustion, and stitches in the sinciput, 2.
- *Painful sensitiveness and constant pressure in the mons veneris and genitals, with internal, almost constant, shaking chill and externally perceptible coldness (except of the face), 2.
- Sore biting, as if denuded, about the genitals, 2.
- Male.
- Constant erections, at night, without emissions or lascivious dreams, 2.
- Erections, always in sleep, with amorous dreams (after six days), 2.* [300.]
- Erections, towards morning, 2.
- Frequently a sore biting, as if denuded, on the scrotum, so that he was frequently obliged to change its position, even while lying in bed, for several days, 2.
- Coition, with very little satisfaction, and very short, 1.
- Female.
- Cramp and stitches in the indurated uterus, 1.
- Stitches (severe) in the right ovary region, 3.
- The painful urging to menses disappears immediately, in the evening, in bed, but returns in the morning immediately, on rising, 2.
- *Emission of much clotted blood during the first day of the menses, 1.
- Leucorrhœa, like the white of an egg, without sensation, only during the day, in part after the emission of urine, and partly after rising from a seat, 1.
- *Menses about fourteen days too early and very profuse, 2.
- *Menses six days too early (coming on immediately, in the evening), and lasting eight days, with drawing pain in the abdomen the first day, 2. [310.]
- Menses six days too early, with diarrhœa, 1.
- The menses, that had long been absent, appeared (after eleven days), .
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- A constrictive feeling in the trachea at the point of bronchial bifurcation, 3.
- Deep breathing, caused by a sensation as if a weight were lying upon the chest, 2.*
- Frequent deep breathing, without apprehension or oppression of the chest, 2.
- Oppression of breath, with warm uprisings, from the pit of the stomach to the pit of the throat; she was obliged to take a deep breath; with a hoarse voice that disappeared after the oppression, 2.
- Sudden arrest of breath, in the throat, as on walking against a strong wind, 2.
- Want of breath, if she walks a little, 2.
- Dyspnœa, as if she were too tightly laced, with heavy slow respiration, 2.
CHEST
- Great oppression and anxiety in the chest, with frequent warm uprisings from the pit of the stomach to the pit of the throat, 2. [320.]
- Dull pressure, in a small spot, in the upper part of the chest, 2.
- Dull pressure on the left short ribs; after pressing upon it, painful, as from a blow or fall, 2.
- Pressive pain in the chest, as after a strain, 2.
- Intermitting cramplike pressure in the chest, beneath the right clavicle, 2.
- Weakness in the chest, as if respiration failed her; she breathed deeply, but could not breathe deeply enough; prevented by weakness of the respiratory organs, 2.*
- Beating, like dull thrusts, on a lower true rib, 2.
- Sharp neuralgic pain in the clavicular region, 3.
- Sensation of fasting in the chest, as after rising too early in the morning, lasting a long time after rising, gradually increasing, with nausea; disappearing towards noon, 2.
- Painful constrictive griping beneath the left short ribs, 2.
- Burning between two left ribs, at rhythmical intervals, 2. [330.]
- Dull shocks of pressure in the left half of the chest , partly beneath the axilla, partly in the middle of the chest, not affecting respiration (after three hours, and the eighth day), 2.*
- Cramplike pain in the left side of the chest , gently increasing and decreasing, 2.
- Dull thrusts in a costal cartilage, in the lower portion of the left side, near the sternum, 2.
- Cutting thrusts in the right half of the chest, extending from below upward, 2.
- Frequent dull cutting stitches in the right side of the chest, especially on inspiration (after five hours), 2.
- Sudden stitch in the left side of the chest, beneath the shoulder, making him start, 2.
- Jerking prickling, in a small spot, on the right side of the chest, soon disappearing after scratching, 2.
HEART
- Burning and sticking low down by the heart, 1.
- A dull pressure in the region of the apex of the heart, 3.
NECK AND BACK
- Weakness in the nape of the neck; the head sinks forward, 1. [340.]
- Weakness in the nape of the neck, as if he could not hold up the head, 2.
- A tense numb sensation in the nape, close to the occiput, as if tightly bound (after three hours), 2.*
- Cramplike pain in the side of the neck, on turning it toward the shoulder, 2.
- Cramp in the cervical muscles, as from a hard bed, worse on motion, 2.
- Sore denuded sensation in the left side of the back, while sitting, with burning dull intermitting stitches, 2.
- Dull pressure, and slowly intermitting dull thrusts, in the middle and left side of the back, 2.
- Dull pressure, as if caused by a plug, in the right side, near the middle of the spine; on pressure, a pain, like that in a sore wound, lasting a long time, 2.
- An intermitting, pressive sore sensation on the outer margin of the right scapula (after three-quarters of an hour), 2.
- Pressure, with a cool sensation, in the lower extremity of the left scapula, 2.
- Jerklike drawing in the right scapula, extending through the whole arm to the hand, 2. [350.]
- Smarting stitches, as with needles, in the right half of the back (seventh day), 2.
- Pain in the back and small of the back, as if broken , after a walk of an hour, 2.*
- Pain in the small of the back, as if broken, especially noticed on bending backward, 2.
- *While sitting, a sensation of numbness in the coccyx, as after a blow, 2.
EXTREMITIES
- Cramplike jerkings, here and there, in the extremities, like throbbing jerks, 2.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Shoulder.
- Great weakness in the shoulders, 1.
- Cramplike pain close to the shoulder, as if in the chest, as if everything were tightly constricted, 1.*
- Pressive pain on the top of the right shoulder, as if he had carried a great weight upon it, 1.
- Pain, as from a blow, on the top of the left shoulder, beginning gently, gradually increasing and gently decreasing, 2.
- Sharp stitches in the shoulder, so that it jerked the arm and almost made him sink down, 2.
- Arm. [360.]
- Both arms relaxed , as if she had carried a heavy weight; relieved by moving back and forth, though it immediately returned during rest, with drawing, as by a thread, from the shoulder to the hand, 2.
- Heaviness of the arms, 1.
- Sudden paralysis, as from a blow, in a small spot, now in the right, now in the left arm, 2.
- Paralyzed sensation in the left arm , so that she was obliged to let it hang down; much worse when leaning the arm on a chair, while sitting; also only when leaning against the shoulder, 2.
- Weakness and weariness in the left arm, with drawing in it, 2.
- Pain in the arm, as if beaten and bruised, 1.
- Pain, just above the elbow-joint, as if bruised or beaten, increasing and decreasing in waves (after ten minutes), 2.
- Pain in left arm, as if the flesh was torn off, 3.
- Dull pain, as from a blow, in the upper arm, most acute when moving or stretching it out, 2.
- Burning in the right arm, extending from the shoulder to the wrist, 2.
- Elbow. [370.]
- Pain in the right elbow, as if in the periosteum, 2.
- Sore burning on the elbow, as if scraped or rubbed by woollen, 2.
- Forearm.
- Paralyzed feeling in the right forearm, extending from above downward, 2.
- Wavelike beating pain, in spots, on the forearm and leg, .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Staggering, while standing, as if there was no steadiness in the extremities (after two hours), 2.
- Muscular twitches in the lower extremities, especially in the legs, after walking, 2.
- Inclined to uncover the lower extremities, at night, though they were not warm, 2.
- Crawling, as if asleep, in the lower extremities, on rising one over the other, while sitting, 2.
- Hip and Thigh.
- Cramplike tensive pain, as from a blow, in the hip, just above the joint, increasing and decreasing at intervals, 2.
- Sensation of weakness, with tremulous uneasiness, in the thighs, especially towards the knees, as from fatigue after walking; only noticed while sitting, 2.
- Sensation of weakness in the thighs (and whole lower extremities), as if beaten, with tremulous uneasiness in them, while sitting and standing (after two hours), 2.
- *Tightness of the thighs, as if too tightly wrapped, with a feeling of weakness in them , while sitting, 2. [400.]
- Jerklike drawing in the thighs, above the knees, 2.
- Drawing in the upper part of the left thigh, so violent on stepping upon it that she sank down, 2.
- Dull pain, as after a fall, in the upper part of the left thigh, while sitting (sixth day), 2.
- Pain, as if broken, in the thighs, while sitting with the legs stretched out, with undulating cramplike shooting through the extremities on drawing them up, 2.
- Cramplike pain, at pulsating intervals, in the middle of the thigh, while sitting, 2.
- Cramplike pain on the inner side of the right thigh, 2.
- Cramplike pain on the posterior portion of the thigh, while sitting, 2.
- Cramplike numb sensation, as after a blow, on the anterior surface of the right thigh, 2.
- Bruised pain in the middle of the thighs, more while sitting than while walking, 2.
- Bruised pain in the thighs, 2. [410.]
- Bruised pain above the left knee, 2.
- Knee.
GENERALITIES
- In the morning, on waking, he lies with the legs spread out , the right hand under the head, the left on the pit of the stomach, that is uncovered, with inclination to uncover the legs and body, though without heat, 2.
- In the morning, on waking, lies with the legs stretched out , or with the legs drawn up and the knees spread far apart, or with both hands above the head; always on the back, with great inclination to uncover the legs, and always with erections, 2.
- Weariness of the whole body, even to falling down; she staggered while standing, 2.
- Weariness in the open air, even to sleeping, 2. [460.]
- Weary, relaxed, prostrated, 2.*
- Sensation of great weakness in the whole body, as if she had slept but little, 2.
- Weakness, especially while sitting; the feet seem tired out; full of tremulous restlessness, 2.*
- Weakness, with a sensation as if cold sweat would break out on the face, 9.
- In the morning very tired, weak, with excessive sexual desire, so that she covered her face and wept hard, in bed, 3.
- Extreme exhaustion and sleepiness, immediately after dinner, 2.
- At first a tremulous sensation in the hands and feet, followed by chilliness and violent trembling of the whole body, as in excessive shaking chill, with chattering of the teeth; therewith the face was warm, the hands cold, 2.
- Tremulous sensation at times through the whole body, 2.*
- Painful tremulousness of the whole body, with throbbing in the veins, 1.*
- Bruised pain here and there, that, however, suddenly disappears, 2. [470.]
- *Great numbness, 2.
- *Painful numb sensation, as from a blow, here and there, especially on the head, always in small spots, 2.
- Drawing in various parts of the body in succession, in the side of the chest, in the occiput, abdomen, shoulders, etc., .
SKIN
- Vesicles about the outer margin of the lower lip, with biting pain (after six hours), 2.
- A small blue painless spot on the left upper arm, soon becoming smaller and darker red, 2.
- Burning here and there in the extremities, 2.
- At one time burning, at another prickling itching, here and there, so that he was obliged to scratch (after half an hour), 2.
- Burning prickling here and there on the body, suddenly disappearing of itself (after one hour and a half), 2.
- Burning pricking, as from nettles provoking violent scratching, 2.
- A sensation of formication, or of the blowing of a cool air, on the hand, 2.
- Formication and tickling in the left finger tips, 3.
- Itching biting, sticking pricking, and burning tickling here and there, especially in the arms, hands, and scrotum, so that he could not scratch enough; more violent, in the evening, on getting into bed, 2. [490.]
- Itching sticking over the whole body, as from vermin, not relieved by scratching, 2.
- Violent itching over the whole body, at night, 1.
- Itching in the epigastric region, disappearing on rubbing, 2.
- Itching and biting on the right wrist, so that he could not scratch it enough, 2.
- An itching stitch, as from a splinter, in the skin of the cheek, disappearing immediately on rubbing, 2.
- Itching prickling on the backs of both hands, disappearing after scratching, 2.
- Itching (tingling) in the left index finger, provoking scratching, 2.
- Crawling on the inner side of the right thumb, 2.
- Smarting externally above the ankle, 2.
- Sore biting and smarting about the malleoli, painful to the touch of the clothes, as if raw and denuded, 2. [500.]
- Itching crawling on the right great toe, so that she was constantly obliged to scratch, 2.
SLEEP
- Sleepiness.
- Great inclination to violent, almost spasmodic, yawning, 2.*
- Constant yawning, 3.
- Violent yawning after eating, that makes the cervical muscles painful, 2.
- Frequent yawning, in the afternoon, so violent that it strains the eyes, 2.
- Yawning, 3.
- Yawning, in the morning, on rising, though the sleep had been long and refreshing, 2.
- Yawning, in the afternoon, without sleepiness, 2.
- Great sleepiness, in the evening; she fell asleep, while reading, woke frequently, and asked "What?" because she indistinctly noticed the conversation of those about her; afterwards she slept soundly, at night, without being awakened by noise, 2.
- Great sleepiness, in the evening; as soon as she closes the eyes she dreams of distant strange things, but immediately wakes, 2. [510.]
- Unusual exhaustion and sleepiness, in the evening, 2.
- Very sleepy, in the evening; she fell asleep while talking, 2.
- She cannot follow her own thoughts for sleepiness, 3.
- Still sleepy, in the morning, after a long sound sleep, 2.
- Unusually long sleep, in the morning, 2.
- Good sleep, with pleasant dreams, that could be remembered, 2.
- Starting up, in the evening, on falling asleep while sitting, 2.
- She woke at 3 A.M. without any pain, and fell asleep again, several nights, 2.
- Sleeplessness.
- Sleepless after 3 o'clock; no position was comfortable, 7.
- Cannot fall asleep before midnight, sleep then short, with constant dreaming, 1. [520.]
- Falling asleep late, only after midnight, with tearing in the balls of the toes, 2.
- He woke about midnight with despondent thoughts and great thirst, but fell asleep after an hour, 2.
- Woke at midnight with fixed ideas, to which he anxiously clung; no sleep till in the morning, 2.
FEVER
- Chilliness.
- Frequent chilliness, extending from above downward over the arms and whole body, as if he would have gooseflesh, 2.
- Trembling chill, in the evening, 2.
- Shaking chill creeps over her on going from the house into the open air, 2.
- Chilliness, in the forenoon, with sleepiness, 2.
- Chilliness all over, shuddering, 3.
- Chilliness, with shivering, mingled with flushes of heat, wherewith he is fretful and taciturn, in the open air; afterwards pleasant warmth through the whole body with return of cheerfulness, 2. [540.]
- Shaking chill over the whole body, extending down to the feet, 2.
- Chilliness, in the evening, before going to bed, also somewhat cold in the bed, with uneasy sleep, and frequent waking with anxiety. A tremulous sensation through the whole body, nausea, and headache, 2.
- Chilliness, on undressing, in the evening, with chattering of the teeth, 1.
- Febrile shivering creeps through the whole body after yawning, 2.
- Shuddering after passing stool and urine, with shivering over the head, chest, and arms (after two hours), 2.
- Sudden shivering in the head, chest, and arms, after going into a warm room, 2.
- *Sensation of coldness, crawling and numbness in the whole right side of the face, 2.
- Cold creeping over the back, 2.
- Constant sensation as if he would be chilly, with frequent shivering running down the lower extremities, especially in the open, even warm air, 2.
- Constant sensation of shivering through the body, especially through the lower extremities, 2.
- Heat and Sweat. [550.]
- She suddenly became very hot and thought that she was looking very red, though her color was the same as usual, 1.*
- Great heat in the face , great burning and itching in the eyes, 1.
- Burning heat in the face, with glowing redness , great dryness in the mouth and excessive thirst, pressive headache and vibrations before the eyes, causing vertigo, lachrymation; several evenings, from 5 to 9, .
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), Ill-humored; in bed, jerking in upper lip; after rising, pain in left lower teeth; mouth glutinous and slimy; fasting, empty eructations; qualmishness in epigastric region; fasting, fulness in stomach and abdomen; gnawing and twisting in abdomen and stomach, with ravenous hunger; fasting, rumbling in upper abdomen; gurgling in abdomen; stitches in abdomen; urine pale yellow; on rising, urging to menses; numb sensation and trembling of right thumb; weakness, with sexual desire; yawning; long sleep.
- ( Forenoon ), Sleepy, pressure in eyes; nausea, with weakness, etc.; chilliness, with sleepiness.
- ( Afternoon ), Head symptoms; pain in right temple; clear urine; yawning.
- ( Evening ), Weeping, sad mood; while standing, paroxysms of vertigo; head symptoms; in bed, stitches in left side of head; by light, pain in eyes; after lying down, roaring and rolling in ears; abdomen distended; before going to sleep, tenesmus in the anus; when sitting, jerks down legs; numbness and rigidity of legs; after lying down, stitches in balls of both feet; before going to sleep, the symptoms; on getting into bed, itching-biting; sleepiness; trembling chill; chilliness; 5 to 9, heat of face, etc.
- ( Night ), Pain in parietes; uneasiness in abdomen; erections; inclination to uncover lower extremities; on rising, cramp and flexion in soles of feet; tearing in balls of feet; burning pain in the toes; itching over body; waking at 3 A.M.; about midnight, woke with headache.
- ( Open air ), Smarting of lips; weariness.
- ( Walking in open air ), Catarrh and sneezing; qualmishness.
- ( After walking in open air ), Tension in hollow of knees.
- ( Ascending steps ), Weakness of knee-joints.
- ( Bending backward ), Pain in small of back.
- ( Descending stairs ), Vertigo.
- ( After dinner ), Abdomen tense; exhaustion and sleepiness.
- ( Drawing up parts ), Shooting through extremities.
- ( After eating ), Mouth glutinous and slimy; bread and butter, pressure in pit of stomach; eructations of air; eructations like hiccough, with emission of flatus; griping in umbilical region; yawning.