Boenninghausen's Characteristics: Materia Medica
Angustura Vera ang.
Mind
Extraordinary distraction. Great crowding of thought like a waking dream in afternoon. Disheartened and want of self - confidence. Over - sensitive to offences. Extraordinary agitation and cheerfulness.
Head
In evening (pressing) head pains with hot face. Cramp - like headache. Tensive pain in temporal muscles when opening jaws.
Eyes
Tension and pressure in, as from too strong a light. The lids stand spasmodically wide open. Short sight.
Ears
Cramping pain in. Diminished hearing.
Face
Hot and bluish red. Tension in muscles of. Cramp - like pain in zygomae and in masseter muscles. Trismus: Lock jaw with widely retracted lips, exposing teeth. For a while after attacks, lips and cheeks remain blue. Periostitis of lower jaw.
Throat
Cramped feeling in, compelling clearing it, but no expectoration.
Stomach
Cutting, smarting pain in. Cramping pain in pit.
Appetite: Entire loss of, for solid food, he desires only coffee. Aversion to pork. Thirsty without desire to drink. Irresistible longing for coffee.
Taste: Bitter, in mouth after eating and smoking.
Abdomen
Cramping pain in. Cutting in, after drinking milk.
Stool
Mucus. Diarrhoea with cutting in abdomen.
Sexual Organs
Violent itching of.
Respiration
Intermittent, spasmodic. Oppressive tightness of chest when running and ascending.
Cough
Dry, with scratching and rattling in chest.
Trachea, etc. - Tenacious mucus in, which is not easily dislodged. Hoarseness from mucus in. Faint, soft voice.
Chest
A cutting ache in both sides of, at first only on inspiration, afterwards increased to cutting shocks which continue, even when patient holds his breath. Painful spasm in muscles of. Bruised pain in muscles of, when moving arms. Violent palpitation with anxiety.
Back
Painful stiffness between scapulae and in nape. Violent itching along back. Opisthotonos. Bruised pain in lumbar region, early in morning.
Upper Extremities
Cramp - like drawing through arms into fingers.
Lower Extremities
Cramping pain and bruised feeling in legs. When stepping, pain on inner side of ankles, necessitating limping.
Generalities
Tonic spasm excited by slightest touch, drinking and noise. Stiffness and stretching out of limbs. Spasmodic twitchings. Paralyses.
Bones
Caries and very painful ulcers which affect the bones and extend into the marrow.
Sleep
Sleepiness early in evening, followed by great vivacity until after midnight.
Fever
Pulse: Accelerated, spasmodic irregular and sometimes intermittent. Chill: Early in morning in bed and in forenoon, after previous thirst. Violent internal, every afternoon (3 o'clock). Repeated shivering chill over diseased parts. Shivering chill over back in forenoon (9 o'clock). Heat: In evening moist in face, after entering a room and after supper. After midnight (3 o'clock) which disturbs sleep, soon followed by shuddering, Sweat: Only in early morning, and on forehead.
Relationship
Allied Remedies: Bry., Calc-c., Lyc., Rhus-t., Verbas. Tab.