Digitalis purpurea
autorstwa H. A. Roberts — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Digitalis is a remedy of great value where the heart is involved and is giving serious trouble.
When the heart symptoms are present—either in endocardial rheumatism or in the effects of rheumatism on the valves of the heart—Digitalis may be of great value.
Nux vomica is a useful antidote.
HEART
OPPRESSION WITH FAINTNESS, FEEBLE AND SPASMODIC PULSE.
STRONG PULSATIONS OF HEART WITH AN INDISTINCT AND MUFFLED SOUND, RAPID RESPIRATION.
VIOLENT BUT NOT VERY RAPID BEATING OF HEART.
SUDDEN VIOLENT BEATING WITH FEELING OF IMPENDING DEATH.
SUDDEN SENSATION AS IF THE HEART STOOD STILL, WITH GREAT ANXIETY.
HEART HAS LOST ITS TONE—INTERMITTENT, IRREGULAR.
SUDDEN ATTACKS OF ANGINA PECTORIS BROUGHT ON BY MOTION.
RHEUMATIC ENDOCARDITIS, RHYTHM OF HEART IRREGULAR.
IRREGULAR PULSE IN RHEUMATIC TROUBLES.
PULSE SLOW AND WEAK.
NECK AND BACK
Tearing, sharp stitches, aching, sharp cutting pains in nape of neck.
Drawing and pressing pain in nape of neck.
Stiffness of neck and sides of neck.
Cutting pains in small of back.
Sharp stitches in small of back.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Sharp pain in left shoulder and arm, tingling in arm and fingers.
HEAVINESS AND PARALYTIC WEAKNESS OF LEFT ARM.
FINGERS GO TO SLEEP EASILY.
ARTHRITIC NODES IN FINGER JOINTS.
Gout in hands.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Pain in hip joint.
Paralytic pain in limbs.
Swelling of the knees with stinging pains.
SWELLING OF FEET.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Prickling pain in muscles of extremities.
ŒDEMA OF LIMBS WITH SENSE OF TENSION ON MOVING THEM.
CONCOMITANTS
GREAT LOSS OF STRENGTH.
FAINTING AND SINKING SENSATION AS IF LIFE WERE ABOUT EXTINCT.
RESPIRATION IRREGULAR.
SENSATION AS IF THE HEART STOOD STILL, WITH GREAT ANXIETY.