Condensed Materia Medica

Mancinella (Hippomanes) manc.

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Mind

Sudden vanishing of thought, forgets from one moment to the next what she wishes to do.
Reluctant answering.
Everything becomes irksome.
Aversion to work.
Fear of getting crazy.

Sensorium

Stupefying vertigo.

Inner Head

Sharp stitches, particularly in the temples.
Headache, with impatience.
Headache, caused by candle-light.

Outer Head

Itching of the scalp.
Hair falls out.

Ears

Burning in the eyes from candle-light.
Burning of eyelids, only when closing them.

Eyes

Redness and heat of the ears.

Face

Heat rising to the face, and soon thereafter painful itching, stitching and burning, continuing the whole day; next morning face swollen; towards noon vesicles, size of small pin-head, and filled with a yellow fluid, from; next day they remove through desquamation.
Pale, yellowish face.
Bashful appearance.

Lower Face

Large number of small vesicles on the chin.

Tongue, etc

Very bitter taste in the mouth.
Tongue coated white, except several sharply defined clean spots.

Mouth

Unendurable burning and prickling in the mouth, not relieved by cold water.
Whole mouth and tongued covered with small vesicles.
Increased flow of saliva.
Offensive yellow saliva.
Offensive smell of the mouth.
Blister, size of a hazel-nut, on the palate.

Throat

Great elongation of the uvula.
Heat in pharynx and down the œsophagus, without thirst.
Great dryness of the throat.
Choking sensation rises in the throat when speaking.
Angina following scarlet fever.
Periodical thrust (as if electric) in upper part of the throat, waking from sleep.
Yellowish-white ulcers on the tonsils, with violent burning pain.
Tonsils swollen.
Great swelling and suppuration of the tonsils, with danger of suffocation; whistling breathing.

Desires and Aversions

Thirst for cold water, but is prevented from drinking by the choking sensation rising from stomach.

Eating and Drinking

Can only take liquid food, on account of soreness of the mouth.
From drinking water, aggravation of the bloatedness and painfulness of the region of stomach.
Cold water: 12. Drinking water: 19.

Nausea and Vomiting

Ineffectual desire to eructate.
Inclination to gagging, with nausea.
Excessive nausea.
Continual choking sensation, rising from the stomach as from pressure of wind, with weakness and palpitation of heart.
Repeated green vomit.
Sour, greasy vomit, with aversion to water; on the vomit floats a white mass like coagulated fat.
Vomiting of food, followed by severe colic and profuse diarrhœa.

Stomach

Pain in region of stomach.
Bloatedness and painfulness of region of stomach, with nervous fever.
Sensation as of flames rising from the stomach.
Sensation as if the stomach drew together in a lump, and then suddenly opened again.
Swelling in pit of stomach.

Hypochondria

Pains in the left hypochondrium.
Rumbling in the left side when bending to the right.

Abdomen

Pains in the abdomen through the bowels, after drinking water.
Intestinal colic: with fainting; with constipation and diarrhœa in alternation.

Stool, etc

Fulness of the rectum, with a hollow feeling in stomach.
Profuse diarrhœa, with colic and vertigo.
Many bloody stools, with colic, inclination to sleep and vertigo.
Greenish stools, without blood.
Diarrhœa, with burning in the abdomen and anus.
Diarrhœa in alternation with constipation.

Urine

Tired feeling in region of kidneys, with inclination to rub the parts, and with frequent stretching backward of body.
Sensation of weakness and as if bruised, in region of the kidneys.
Urine: brown; whitish clouded, on standing.

Male Sexual Organs

Increased sexual desire.

Female Sexual Organs

Pale menstrual flow.

Larynx

Nasal tone.

Breathing

Whistling breathing.
During breathing: rattling in left chest; loud rumbling in abdomen; severe pain in middle of sternum worse from pressure.

Cough

Violent cough and painful stitches in trachea from slightest exertion.
Cough, worse at night.
Expectoration relieves the oppression of chest.

Lungs

Oppression of the chest.
Rattling in the left chest.

Heart and Pulse

Palpitation of the heart and weakness.
Pulse weak and somewhat accelerated.

Outer Chest

Stitches in the middle of the sternum.

Neck and Back

Painful stiffness in the neck, especially after sleep, could scarcely move the neck.
Painful stiffness of small of back.

Upper Limbs

Painful stiffness of the finger-joints.
Hands as if too thick, "asleep", and heavy.
Clumsiness of the hands.
Hands icy-cold.

Lower limbs

Quivering and jerking in the legs in the attacks.
Trembling of the legs.
Stitches under the heel, from without inward.
Burning and dry feeling in the soles.
Desquamation of the soles, at the end of the fever.
Large vesicles, especially on the soles.

Position, etc

Slight exertion: 26. Bending to the right: 18. Frequent stretching backward: 21.
Must lie down; the pulse is irregular, limbs cold, great anxiety.
Must lie down on account of the (moderate) fever and violent headache.

Sleep

When awaking, hands "asleep" and heavy, and feel as if too thick.
After sleep: bitterness in mouth; great dryness in throat; could scarcely move the neck.

Time

Noon: 8. Night: 27. All day: 8.

Temperature and Weather

Throws off covering: 40. Wants to cover: 40.

Chill, Fever and Sweat

Chilly, icy-cold hands and feet.
Flushes of heat, with sensation as if flames rose from out region of stomach, on account of which threw off the covering.
Burning heat with inclination to cover himself, in bed.
Burning heat, with thirst.
Cold sweat.

Sides

Left: 18, 26, 28. Below upward: 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 40. Without inward: 33.

Sensations

Unnatural lightness, as if flying in the air.
Stitches in various parts of the body.

Contact, Injuries, etc

Pressure: 26.