Mephitis putorius
H. A. Roberts tarafından — 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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Mephitis has shifting rheumatic pains with urgent desire to urinate, occasionally with pains as if struck by a shock of electricity; great dejection and lassitude during which the muscles are painful when touched or on exercise.
With this symptom picture we might well consider this remedy more frequently in rheumatic states.
LIVER
Rheumatic pain in region of liver.
Pain under the short ribs.
Rheumatic colic pain from cold, > near warm stove.
NECK AND BACK
Stitches in back.
Rheumatic pains in back with frequent passing of clear urine.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Rheumatic pains in right arm over deltoid muscle > by motion.
Left arm very restless with acute sensitiveness.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Rheumatic pains from hips to feet.
Arthritic pain in heel.
LEGS BECOME RESTLESS, AS IF INSENSIBLE.
Pain in great toe as if it were being pinched.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Rheumatic wandering pains in limbs associated with much pressure and urging to urinate.
Marked lameness with all pains.
CONCOMITANTS
“ FIDGETS “ IN LEGS AND ARMS.
EXTREMELY SLEEPY DURING DAY, EVEN IN COMPANY.
CHOKING WHILE EATING OR DRINKING.
RUSH OF WARMTH TO VARIOUS PARTS.