Lachnanthes Tinctoria lachn.

Key-Notes to the Materia Medica

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General

We think of this remedy where the neck is drawn over to one side from diphtheria; sore throat; rheumatism in the neck, etc. Torticollis.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Spirit-weed (LACHNANTHES)

General

Head, chest and circulation are affected. Bridge of nose as if pinched. A remedy for torticollis, rheumatic symptoms about neck. Tuberculosis-light-complexioned people. Early stages, and established chest cases, with much coldness. Produces a desire to talk-a flow of language and the courage to make a speech.

Head

Right-sided pain, extending down to jaw; head feels enlarged; worse, least noise. Scalp painful. Sleepless. Circumscribed red cheeks; scalp feels sore, as if hair was standing on end; burning in palms and soles. Bridge of nose feels as if pinched.

Chest

Sensation of heat-bubbling and boiling around heart region rising to head.

Back

Chilliness between the shoulder-blades; pain and stiffness in back.

Neck

Drawn over to one side in sore throat. Rheumatism of the neck. Stiffness of neck. Pain in nape, as if dislocated.

Skin

Body icy cold; face yellow; tendency to sweat.

Relationship

Compare: Dulc; Bry; Puls; also Fel tauri (nape of neck pains, and great tension there).

Dose

Third potency. Tincture in phthisis, unit doses, once or twice a week, or three drops every four hours.

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Leaders

Stiffness of neck, head drawn to one side; torticollis.

Text Book of Materia Medica

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Mind and Disposition

Restlessness, tosses about (during perspiration). Great loquacity ; afterwards, stupid and irritable. Ill-humored and sleepy. Great hilarity (evening). Delirium, with circumscribed red cheeks (1 to 2 A.M.).

Head

Giddiness in the head, with sensation of heat in the chest and around the heart, and perspiration. Giddiness, with icy coldness of the forehead. Dull headache and pressing in the forehead. Head feels heavy. Sensation as if the vertex were enlarged and were driven upward. Headache pressing the eyes outward. The head feels enlarged, and as if split open with a wedge from the outside to within ; the body is icy cold ; she cannot get warm also for a long time under a feather bed ; the whole face becomes yellow ; she has to whine with the headache ; the head burns like fire, with much thirst ; during the cold sensation the skin is moist and clammy. Painful tearing in the forehead in the open air. Tearing in the (right) temple, extending to the cheek. Pricking headache (in the evening). Sensation as if the head were standing on end ; worse in the occiput. Tearing in the vertex. The scalp is very painful to the touch. On the forehead elevated red pimples. Wrinkles on the forehead, with longitudinal ridges from the interior corner of the eyebrows upwards.

Eyes

Obscuration of sight ; could not see in the evening ; as if a cloud were before the eyes. Pressing in the eyes as from dust ; with secretion of white mucus. Secretion of white mucus from the eyes (from the canthi). Twitching of the right canthus. Sensation of twitching in the upper eyelids, worse when closing them. In the morning, violent lachrymation and burning of the eyes, with sensation of dryness. The eyes feel heavy, as if they could not be kept open. Eyes dry. Eyes feel cold. The eyebrows and upper eyelids are drawn upwards ; he has his looks fixed.

Ears

Singing in the ear when walking in the open air. Tearing in the ears. Crawling and itching in the ears. Almost complete deafness (during fever).

Nose

The nose bleeds ; profusely ; the blood is pale.

Face

Face swollen, with redness and blueness under the eyes. Pale, sickly countenance ; face and lips light blue ; eyes dull, feel thick and cold. Circumscribed redness of the face (1 to 8 A.M.), with violent delirium and brilliant eyes. Redness of the face ; yellow face. Sensation as if something were crawling over the face.

Mouth and Throat

Pain in all the teeth when drinking coffee or eating soup (from warm things). All the teeth feel loose and too long ; worse in bed. Saliva of tough mucus. Swelling and tension of the lips. Lips red. Sensation as if the mouth were sore and thick. Great dryness in the throat, especially on awaking during the night, with much coughing. Sore throat, with short cough. When swallowing, itching (in a small spot) in the throat left side.

Stomach and Abdomen

Much thirst. Hiccough in bed. Sensation of qualmishness above the navel, when walking in the open air. In the pit of the stomach, beating as from a pulse, as if a hammer were beating on an ulcerated spot. Fulness in the pit of the stomach. Rolling of wind in the abdomen (left side), hears it but does not feel it. Fermentation and rumbling in the abdomen, and discharge of flatulency. Sensation of heat through the abdomen.

Stool and Anus

Frequent unsuccessful desire to evacuate. With the evacuation, discharge of much flatulence. Continuous stitch in the rectum.

Urinary Organs

Pressure on the bladder while urinating.

Sexual Organs

Men. Violent burning in the left half of the scrotum, drawing towards the right side. Tingling and itching of the scrotum. Perspiration and itching of the scrotum and penis. Women. Catamenia too early, blood viscid, mixed with mucus. During the catamenia, sensation of distention of the abdomen ; it feels as if it were boiling. Menstrual blood profuse, bright red.

Respiratory Organs and Heart

Burning in the right side of the larynx. Hoarseness (forenoon). Cough dry, as if it came from the larynx ; expectoration is streaked with blood, with severe pain in the chest (Pneumonia). Sensation of fulness in the chest ; is compelled to inhale deeply. Stitches in the (left side of the) chest. Stitches like knives in the right side of the chest. Cough worse in bed and after sleeping. Bubbling and boiling in the chest and the region of the heart ; it rises to the head and he becomes giddy ; he breaks out in a perspiration. Sensation of heat in the region of the heart. Stitches in the heart, with anxiety. Frequent violent pulsations of the heart, -each beat is double, one hard and full, the other soft and small. Trembling of the heart, with great debility. Feels ; hot and oppressed in the chest, with mild perspiration all over.

Back

Stiffness and pain in the neck extending over the whole head down to the nose, and sensation as if the nostrils were pinched together. Sensation of spraining in the neck when turning or moving the head backward. Stiff neck ; the head is drawn to one side (after Diphtheria, scarlet fever). Sensation as if a piece of ice were lying on the back, between the shoulders, followed by a chill, with goose-flesh all over. Sensation between the shoulder blades as if wet with cold perspiration, the skin being dry and cool. Burning in the region of the left kidney, extending towards the right side. Burning in the spine above the sacrum. Burning in the sacrum. Burning on the right shoulder-blade.

Extremities

Upper. Tearing from the shoulder, extending to the finger-joints. The thumb and index-finger feel as if sprained. Tearing in the elbow-joints. Tearing in the knuckles of the middle fingers of the right hand. Burning of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Lower. Tearing in the right ischium. Small pimples around the left gluteus muscle, which discharge a watery fluid when scratched open. Burning stinging in, above or below the left knee-pain. Tearing in the left knee. Tingling in both lower limbs and feet, worse in the heat. Burning in the feet (soles of the feet). Cramps in the feet (during the night).

Sleep

Sleepiness, with yawning, the eyes feel so heavy that she cannot keep them open. After waking and stretching a shock followed by chilliness and goose-flesh all over.

Fever

Continuous chilliness. Sensation as if a piece of ice were lying on the back between the shoulders ; then a shock, followed by coldness over the whole body with goose-flesh ; these attacks recur on moving and go off after going to bed. Feels hot, but the chills run all over her before the heat can develop itself. Icy coldness of the body. Flashes of heat, alternating with chilliness. Evening fever, worse from 6 P.M. to midnight. Fever with violent delirium, circumscribed redness of the cheeks and brilliant eyes (worse from 1 to 2 A.M.). Fever with somnolency. Perspiration after restless sleep (A.M.). The skin is cold, damp and clammy during the coldness. Icy cold perspiration, principally on the forehead.

Skin

Sensation in the skin as if an eruption would appear. The red pimples on the forehead suppurate. Itching and burning in the skin all night ; worse after scratching.

Conditions

Sensation of great weakness, as if from loss of fluids. Most symptoms are aggravated while lying down and are relieved by walking about. Aggravation of most symptoms in the afternoon, and the fever is worse from 1 to 2 A.M.

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General

Lachnanthes tinctoria. Red Root. N. O. Hæmodoraceæ. Tincture of whole plant.

Clinical

Cough. Diphtheria. Headache. Heart, heat in; pains in. Phthisis. Pneumonia, typhoid. Sore throat. Stiff-neck. Wry-neck.

Characteristics

Lachnan . is a herb, growing in sandy swamps near the coast. The root is red and fibrous; leaves sword-shaped; stem hairy; flowers yellow, woolly. It belongs to the same order as Aletris , and is allied to the Irises. The head, the chest, and the circulation seem most prominently affected by Lachn . There are headaches of great intensity; right-sided, as if split open with a wedge; with icy coldness of body; crying spells; < by vomiting. In the chest there are lancinating stitches, in quick succession in right side of chest below mamma. Stitches in heart with anxiety. A peculiar symptom is: Sensation of heat, bubbling and boiling in chest and region of heart, rising to head; giddy; breaks out into perspiration. Trembling of heart. There is also burning of palms and soles and burning under nail of left toe. On the other hand, there is much coldness and chilliness. Continued chilliness. Sensation as if a piece of ice was lying on back between shoulders, then a shock followed by coldness over whole body with gooseflesh. These attacks occur on moving, > after going to bed. Cannot get warm under a feather bed. A hot flat-iron > icy coldness of body. Lachn. has been largely used in cases of phthisis, often empirically, but sometimes on its indications. Arthur Dalzell reports these cases ( H. W ., xxv. 158): ( 1 ) Mrs. B., 43, fibroid phthisis of both lungs, collapse of right lower lobe. Great prostration; night-sweats; bowels alternately relaxed and confined; pain and stiffness in back ; bruised all over; dry cough; roughness of throat, heart-sounds weak. Sleep bad owing to cough. Lachn . Ø, three drops every four hours. In three days the prostration was diminished, and the cough was much better, night-sweats and bruised feeling gone. From this time an emulsion containing cod-liver oil, liquor pancreaticus, eggs, cream and hypophosphites, and oil of Eucalyptus were given in addition. The case went on to recovery. ( 2 ) Mrs. R., 45, in last stage of consumption. Right lung consolidated; left in cavities. Remittent fever. This patient had circumscribed flush on face; brilliant eyes; throat rough ; felt bruised all over . Skin dry, except at night, when she had profuse perspiration. Constant dry cough. Muco-purulent expectoration. Lachn . Ø, five drops every three hours, relieved all the symptoms and procured euthanasia, the patient dying quite easily twelve days later. ─ Toothache is < eating and drinking warm things. With fever there is loquacious delirium, brilliant eyes, and circumscribed red cheeks (there is also a blueness about face, blue under eyes, blue lips). During the cold sensation the skin is damp and clammy. The loquacity of Lachn . is remarkable. Hering says the Indians chew the plant when they meet the white man to give them a flow of language. Lachn . has been used with success in diphtheria, typhoid fever, typhoid pneumonia. A peculiar symptom is stiffness of the neck, the head being twisted to one (right) side. This occurring in connection with sore throat is a strong indication. There is much dryness of throat, which is < on waking in the night, with much coughing. Sensations are: As if head enlarged; as if split open with a wedge; vertex as if enlarged; as if hair standing on end. As if a cloud before eyes; pressing as from dust in eyes. As if something had closed ear. Bridge of nose as if pinched (confirmed by E. E. Case ─ H. P ., xiii. 76). As of something crawling over face. A curious observation is quoted in Brit. J. of H. (xxxix. 181), that the while pigs and sheep of Virginia lose their hoofs if they feed on Lachn ., while the black varieties eat it without inconvenience.

Relations

Compare: Aletris, the Irises and Veratrums (botan.); heat in heart (Croc., Op., Rho.); pain in lower right lung (Chel., K. ca., Sep. ─ right apex, Ars., Calc.; left apex, Ars.; left base, Oxal. ac., Sul.; right middle lobe, Sep.; right chest, Sang., Phell. aq., Zn.); cold between shoulders (Am. m.; ─ heat between shoulders, Lyc., Pho.); loquacity (Lach., Hyo.); brilliant eyes, red cheeks, delirium (Bell.). Compare also: Act. r., Æth., Agar., Can. ind., Cic., Crotal., Sele., Glo., Gymnoc., Plat., Stram.

Mind

Restlessness, tosses about (during perspiration). ─ Great loquacity; afterwards stupid and irritable. ─ Ill-humoured and sleepy. ─ Great hilarity (evening). ─ Became much excited over a trifle. ─ Loquacious delirium, with brilliant eyes and circumscribed red cheeks (1 to 2 a.m.).

Head

Giddiness in the head, with sensation of heat in chest and around heart, and perspiration. ─ Giddiness with icy coldness of the forehead. ─ Painful tearing in forehead in the open air. ─ Dull headache and pressing in forehead. ─ Tearing in forehead from l. to r. side. ─ On forehead elevated red pimples. ─ Wrinkles on forehead, with longitudinal ridges from interior corner of eyebrows upward. ─ Head feels heavy. ─ Sensation as if the vertex were enlarged and were driven upward. ─ Tearing in vertex. ─ Headache pressing eyes outward. ─ The head feels enlarged, and as if split open with a wedge from the outside to within; the body is icy cold; she cannot get warm also for a long time under a feather bed; the whole face becomes yellow; she has to whine with the headache; the head burns like fire, with much thirst; during the cold sensation the skin is moist and clammy. ─ Tearing in (r.) temple, extending to cheek. ─ Pricking headache (evening). ─ Sensation as if the hair were standing on end; < in the occiput. ─ Scalp very painful to touch.

Eyes

Obscuration of sight; could not see in evening; as if a cloud were before the eyes. ─ Pressing in eyes as from dust; with secretion of white mucus. ─ Secretion of white mucus from eyes (canthi). ─ Twitching of r. canthus. ─ Sensation of twitching in upper eyelids, < when closing them. ─ In morning, violent lachrymation and burning of eyes, with sensation of dryness. ─ The eyes feel heavy, as if they could not be kept open. ─ Eyes dry. ─ Eyes feel cold. ─ The eyebrows and upper eyelids are drawn upwards; looks with fixed eyes. ─ Yellow spots before eyes. ─ Bright, sparkling eyes with delirium.

Ears

Singing in ear when walking in open air. ─ Tearing in ears. ─ Crawling and itching in ears. ─ Itching or tingling in ears; > by boring with the finger, but immediately returning and feeling as if something had closed ear. ─ Almost complete deafness (during fever).

Nose

The nose bleeds profusely; the blood is pale. ─ Bridge of nose feels as if pinched.

Face

Face swollen, with redness and blueness under eyes. ─ Pale, sickly countenance; face and lips bluish; eyes dull, feel thick and cold. ─ Circumscribed redness of face (1 a.m. to 8 am.), with violent delirium and brilliant eyes. ─ Redness of face; yellow face. ─ Sensation as if something were crawling over face.

Teeth

Pain in all the teeth when eating or drinking warm things. ─ All the teeth feel loose and too long; < in bed.

Mouth

Saliva of tough mucus. ─ Swelling and tension of the lips. ─ Lips red. ─ Sensation as if the mouth were sore and thick.

Throat

Great dryness in throat, esp. on awaking during the night, with much coughing. ─ Sore throat, with short cough. ─ When swallowing, itching (in a small spot). ─ Sensation of swelling in pharynx, with stiffness of neck, and head drawn to one side (diphtheria).

Appetite

Aversion to meat. ─ Much thirst.

Stomach

Sensation of qualmishness above navel, when walking in open air. ─ In pit of stomach, beating as from a pulse, as if a hammer were beating on an ulcerated spot. ─ Fulness in pit of stomach.

Abdomen

Rolling of wind in abdomen, and discharge of flatulency. ─ Sensation of heat through abdomen.

Stool and Anus

Frequent stool; passes much wind. ─ Frequent unsuccessful desire to evacuate. ─ Continuous stitch in rectum.

Urinary Organs

Pressure on bladder while urinating.

Male Sexual Organs

Violent burning in l. half of the scrotum, drawing towards r. side. ─ Tingling and itching of scrotum. ─ Perspiration and itching of scrotum and penis.

Female Sexual Organs

Menses too early, blood viscid, mixed with mucus. ─ During menses, sensation of distension of abdomen; it feels as if it were boiling. ─ Menstrual blood profuse, bright red.

Respiratory Organs

Burning in r. side of larynx. ─ Hoarseness (forenoon). ─ Cough dry, as if it came from larynx (with sore throat); expectoration streaked with blood, with severe pain in chest (pneumonia). ─ Sensation of fulness in chest; is compelled to inhale deeply. ─ Stitches in l. side of chest. ─ Stitches (like knives) under r. breast and under clavicle. ─ Cough < in bed and after sleeping. ─ Feels hot and oppressed in chest, with gentle perspiration all over.

Heart

Bubbling and boiling in chest and region of heart; it rises to the head and he becomes giddy; he breaks out into a perspiration. ─ Sensation of heat in region of heart. ─ Stitches in heart, with anxiety. ─ Frequent violent pulsations of heart, each beat is double, one hard and full, the other soft and small. ─ Trembling of heart with great debility.

Neck and Back

Stiffness and pain in neck, extending over whole head down to the nose, and sensation as if nostrils were pinched together. ─ Sensation of spraining in neck when turning or moving head backward. ─ Stiff neck; the head is drawn to one side (after diphtheria, scarlet fever. ─ Burning on r. scapula. ─ Sensation as if a piece of ice were lying on back, between the shoulders, followed by a chill, with gooseflesh all over. ─ Sensation between the shoulder-blades as if wet with cold perspiration, the skin being dry and cool. ─ Burning in region of l. kidney, extending towards r. side. ─ Burning in spine above sacrum. ─ Burning in sacrum.

Upper Limbs

Tearing from the shoulder, extending to finger-joints. ─ Thumb and index-finger feel as if sprained. ─ Tearing in elbow-joints. ─ Tearing in knuckles of the middle fingers of the r. hand. ─ Burning of palms and soles.

Lower Limbs

Tearing in r. ischium. ─ Small pimples around l. gluteus muscle, which discharge a watery fluid when scratched open. ─ Burning stinging in, above, or below the knee-pan. ─ Tearing in l. knee. ─ Tingling in both lower limbs and feet, < in heat. ─ Burning in feet (soles). ─ Cramps in the feet (during night).

Generalities

Very restless; throws herself about; feels weak.

Skin

Sensation in skin as if an eruption would appear. ─ Pimples appear here and there, containing a watery fluid. ─ The red pimples on the forehead suppurate. ─ Itching and burning in the skin all night; < after scratching. ─ Stinging, itching, and tingling on thighs, legs, feet, arms, &c.

Sleep

Sleepiness with yawning, eyes feel so heavy that she cannot keep them open. ─ Sleepless, or restless sleep, with distressing dreams. ─ Cannot go to sleep easily. ─ After waking and stretching, a shock followed by chilliness and gooseflesh all over.

Fever

Flashes of heat alternating with chilliness. ─ Continuous chilliness. ─ Sensation as if a piece of ice were lying on back between shoulders, then a shock, followed by coldness over whole body with gooseflesh; these attacks recur on moving and go off after going to bed. ─ Feels hot, but the chills run all over her before the heat can develop itself. ─ Icy coldness of body. ─ Heat with redness of face; after heat circumscribed redness of both cheeks; < on r. side; fever with violent delirium and brilliant eyes ( < from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m.). ─ Fever with somnolency. ─ Perspires freely (after restless sleep), esp. after midnight. ─ The skin is cold, damp and clammy during the coldness. ─ Icy cold perspiration, principally on forehead.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Red Root. Hæmodoraceæ.
An herb growing in sandy swamps near the coast ; the root red, fibrous ; the leaves sword-shaped ; the stem hairy ; flowers yellow, woolly. The first specimen was sent in 1852 by Dr. Byron, from Monticello, Florida, to Hering, under whose direction it was proved by Raue, Lippe and Fincke. See Am. Hom. Rev., vol. 4, p. 458.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Headache , Lilienthal, Hom. Clin., vol. 1, p. 26 ; Dryness of throat , Lippe, Am. Hom. Rev., vol. 5, p. 488 ; Diphtheria , Hosfield, Parker, Org., vol. 3, p. 369 ; Stiff neck , Berridge, Hom. Clin., vol. 4, p. 108 ; Typhoid pneumonia , Duffield, Am. Hom. Rev., vol. 4, p. 489.

Mind

While dozing through day, sees images.
Loquacious delirium, brilliant eyes, circumscribed red cheeks, < from 1 to 2 A. M. θ Typhoid pneumonia.
Loquacity, afterwards stupid and irritable.
Excited over a trifle.
Restless while perspiring ; tosses about ; whining.
Great hilarity in evening.
Despondency, bitter crying spells. θ Headache.

Sensorium

Giddy : with sensation of heat in chest and around heart, boiling bubbling ; with icy coldness of forehead.

Inner head

Tearing : in forehead from left to right side ; in right temple, extending to cheek ; in temples.
Pain in forehead, with general heat, alternating with crampy pain in chest ; at last tearing in nose and shoulders.
Head feels enlarged and as if split open with a wedge from outside to within ; body icy cold, skin moist and sticky ; cannot get warm even under a feather bed, face yellow ; whines with pain ; head burns like fire, much thirst.
Vertex feels enlarged and extended upward ; tearing pain.
Headache : until 10 A. M. ; pressing eyes outward ; < toward noon, she becomes more giddy ; in evening, pricking headache.
Continuous stitch in left forehead from within to without, leaves after a few minutes a pressing pain, and extends over whole forehead, pressing from within outward.
Congestive and neuralgic headaches ; eyes much affected.
Violent pain in right side of head and temple ; a splitting, bursting pain, occasionally extending down to jaw, < moving head or body ; disposition to keep eyes closed ; great despondency ; bitter crying spells ; disturbed by least noise ; cannot bear even walking of persons over heavy carpet ; head feels enlarged, as if split open with a wedge ; tearing pains < from vomiting.

Outer head

Draws skin of forehead upward, < left side.
Sensation as if hair was standing on end, < on occiput.
Scalp very painful, even to touch.
Red pimples on forehead, become larger and suppurate.

Sight and eyes

Looking intensely, sees grey rings.
If he looks at a spot for some time, it becomes quite dark, also if he reads any length of time.
When reading or writing, small grey spot, as large as lentil, runs before left eye.
Moving head quickly, sight becomes obscure.
Obscuration of sight, as if a cloud were before eyes ; could not see in evening ; > walking about ; < sitting down.
Eyes brilliant, face red, pupils large, delirium. θ Pneumonia.
Lachrymation and burning, with sensation of dryness.
Compression of left eyeball, from below upward.
Pressing as from dust in eyes, discharge of white mucus.
Eyes feel heavy, as if they could not be kept open.
Eyes feel cold.
Eyebrows and lids drawn upward, looks with fixed eyes.
Twitching in upper eyelids, < when closing them.

Hearing and ears

Almost complete deafness during acute diseases.
Singing in right ear when walking in open air.
Tearing in ears.
Crawling in right ear while eating ; in left ear, > boring with finger, but immediately returning and feeling as if something had closed ear.
Itching in left ear and sore feeling in right.
Sensation of coldness in external ear.

Smell and nose

Burning on right side of root of nose.
Nose bleeds profusely, blood pale.

Upper face

Circumscribed red face, 1 to 2 A. M., violent delirium, eyes brilliant. θ Typhoid pneumonia.
Face swollen, with redness and blueness under eyes.
Pale, sickly, yellow countenance ; face and lips bluish.
Tearing in temples down into cheeks.
Tearing pressing in left cheek toward eyes.
Sensation as if something was crawling over face.

Lower face

Redness, swelling and tension of lips.

Teeth and gums

Upper incisors and eye teeth feel loose and sore, < touching with tongue and closing teeth.
Teeth feel loose and too long ; < in bed.
Teeth ache after eating or drinking warm things.

Inner mouth

Sensation as if mouth was sore and thick.
Saliva of tough mucus.

Palate and throat

Great dryness of throat, < on awaking during night, with much coughing.
Roughness of throat, with pricking when swallowing ; continuously increasing dryness of throat, with sleeplessness, followed by hoarseness.
Sensation of swelling in left side of throat ; when he swallows he feels an itching in spot.
Sore throat, with short cough.
Diphtheria, stiffness of neck ; head drawn to one side.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

Much thirst.
Aversion to meat.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Hiccough in bed.
Rising of sweetish water, with nausea ; qualmishness about navel when walking in open air.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Full feeling in stomach ; rolling of wind.
Beating in pit of stomach, as from a pulse, as if a hammer was beating on an ulcerated spot.

Abdomen and loins

Cutting in upper part of abdomen from left to right.
Twirling and twisting in upper part of abdomen, two inches above navel.
Fermentation and rumbling ; rolling of wind in abdomen, l. side, hears it but does not feel it.
Much flatulency. θ Typhoid pneumonia.
Sensation of heat through abdomen, feels as if bowels would be moved ; evacuation, > head.

Stools and rectum

Frequent desire to evacuate, without result.
Evacuation, with much flatulency and pressing.
Continuous stitch in anus, morning.

Urinary organs

Pressing on bladder when urinating.
During night, drops flow from urethra, coloring shirt red.

Male sexual organs

Violent burning in left half of scrotum, drawing toward right side.
Tingling and itching of scrotum and surrounding parts.
Sweat and itching of scrotum and penis.

Female sexual organs

Catamenia : too early, blood viscid, mixed with mucus ; profuse, bright red.
During catamenia, sensation of distension of abdomen, it feels as if it were boiling.

Voice and larynx. trachea and bronchia

Hoarseness ; dry cough from irritation of throat, < in bed.
Burning in right side of larynx.

Cough

Dry cough as from larynx ; sputa blood-streaked ; severe pain in chest. θ Typhoid pneumonia.
Cough < in bed, also from sleeping.

Inner chest and lungs

Stitches : like knives, in quick succession, in right side of chest below mamma, at rest and moving, in afternoon ; in left side of chest.
Severe pain in chest, with cough, circumscribed red cheeks, soreness over abdomen, with sensitiveness to touch ; pulse 110, small and wiry ; bowels costive ; between 1 and 2 A. M. delirium, at times great, wanted to be dressed and go out ; tongue coated yellowish brown and dry ; deafness ; bloody expectoration ; much harassed with flatulency. θ Typhoid pneumonia.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Stitches in heart, with anxiety.
Sensation of heat, bubbling and boiling in chest and region of heart, rising to head ; giddy ; breaks out in perspiration.
Frequent violent pulsations of heart, each beat double, one hard and full, the other soft and small.
While lying, feels beating of heart in his head.
Trembling of heart, with great debility.
Pulse : slow, irregular ; from 58 to 68 ; during coldness, 74, some beats fast, some slow ; 110, small, thin, hard (pneumonia).

Neck and back

Stiffness, wry neck.
Pain and stiffness in neck, going over whole head and down nose, then as if pinching nostrils together.
Torticollis ; neck stiff, head drawn to one side ; pain in nape as if dislocated, when turning neck or bending head backward. θ Diphtheria, scarlet fever, etc.
Right side of neck stiff, head drawn to right side.
Sensation as if a piece of ice was lying on back between shoulders, followed by a chill, with gooseflesh all over.
Sensation between shoulder blades as if wet with cold perspiration, skin being dry and cool.
Burning : on right shoulder blade ; in region of left kidney, deep, extending toward right side ; in spine, four inches above small of back ; in os sacrum, 4 P. M.

Upper limbs

Tearing : from shoulder, extending to finger joints ; in upper part of arm, beginning at elbow joint, where it pains most, extending into shoulder ; in elbow joints, at times upward and then downward ; in knuckles of middle fingers of right hand.
Left index finger drawn crooked.
Thumb and index finger feels as if sprained.

Lower limbs

Tearing : in right ischium ; in left knee, when walking ; in right tibia ; in right big toe, awakening from sleep.
Tingling : from knees to ankles ; legs and feet, < in heat.
Cramps : in calves lying in bed ; in feet during night.
Burning : in feet ; under nail of left toe.

Limbs in general

Tearing pains in limbs.
Burning of palms of hands and soles of feet.

Rest. position. motion

At rest : stitches in chest.
Lying : feels beating of heart in head ; in bed cramps in calves.
Sitting down : obscuration of sight <.
Bending head backward : torticollis.
Morning : stitches in chest ; attacks of coldness <.
Moving head quickly : sight becomes obscure.
Turning head : torticollis.
Moving head or body : pain <.
Walking : obscuration of sight > ; singing in right ear ; tearing in left knee.
Tosses about : while perspiring.

Nerves

Sensation of great weakness, as from loss of fluids.
Very restless, throws herself about.

Sleep

Somnolency during day, sees images.
Sleepiness, with yawning, eyes feel so heavy she cannot keep them open.
Sleepless : feverish, circumscribed red cheeks ; with increasing dryness of throat ; without feeling weak.
Restless sleep, followed by sweat.
Feverish, distressing dreams (following cramp in left foot during night).
Awakens : 2 A. M., with cramp in her breast, extending from right to left ; after awaking and stretching, a shock, followed by chilliness and gooseflesh all over.

Time

Morning : dryness of eyes ; stitch in anus ; sweat.
From 1 to 2 A. M. : loquacious delirium < ; circumscribed red face.
Noon : headache <.
After 12 P. M. : sweat.
In afternoon : stitches in chest.
At 2 A. M. : awakens with cramp in breast.
During day : somnolency.
At 4 P. M. : burning in os sacrum.
Evening : pricking headache ; could not see.
Night : dryness of throat ; drops flow from urethra, coloring shirt red ; cramps in feet ; skin burns and itches.

Temperature and weather

Heat : tingling in legs and feet <.
Hot flat irons : > icy coldness of body.
In bed : teeth feel loose and too long ; cough < ; attacks of coldness.
Cannot get warm under a feather bed.
Eating or drinking warm things : toothache.
Open air : when walking, singing in right ear ; qualmishness about navel.

Fever

Continuous chilliness.
Sensation as if piece of ice was lying on back, between shoulders, then a shock, followed by coldness over whole body with gooseflesh ; these attacks recur on moving and pass off after going to bed.
Body icy cold, hot flat irons relieve.
Flushes alternately with chilliness.
Feels hot, but chills run all over her before heat can develop.
Evening fever, < 6 to 12 P. M. ; face red, < upper part.
Dry heat, feet burn ; restless tossing ; rumbling in abdomen.
Burning heat, face red, < on right side ; followed by circumscribed redness of cheeks, also < right side.
Feverish, with somnolency.
General heat, with sweat on forehead.
Fever with delirium, circumscribed redness of cheeks and brilliant eyes. θ Pneumonia.
Sweat : with dizziness, boiling and bubbling in chest and region of heart ; after 12 P. M., after a restless sleep ; in morning ; icy cold, principally on forehead.
Skin cold, damp and clammy.

Attacks, periodicity

Alternately : flushes and chilliness.
From 6 to 12 P. M. : fever <.
For six weeks : dull toothache in second left upper molar.

Locality and direction

Right : tearing in temple ; violent pain in side of head and temple ; singing in ear ; crawling in ear ; sore feeling in ear ; burning in side of root of nose ; stitches in side of chest ; stiff neck ; tearing in ischium ; in tibia ; in big toe ; burning heat < side of face ; circumscribed redness of cheek.
Left : continuous stitch in forehead ; draws skin of forehead upward, < left side ; small spot before eye ; compression of eyeball ; singing in ear ; itching in ear ; tearing pressing in cheek towards eyes ; sensation of swelling in side of throat ; rolling of wind in abdomen on side ; violent burning in half of scrotum ; burning in region of kidney ; tearing in knee ; burning under big toe nail.
From right to left : cramp in breast.
From left to right : tearing in forehead ; cutting in upper part of abdomen ; burning in scrotum ; in kidney.
From outside to within : head as if split.
From within to without : stitches in forehead, pressing.
From below upward : compression of left eyeball.

Sensations

Head as if enlarged ; as if split open with a wedge ; vertex as if enlarged ; as if hair was standing on end ; as if a cloud was before his eyes ; pressing as from dust in eyes ; as if eyes could not be kept open ; as if something had closed ear ; as if something was crawling over face ; upper incisors and eye teeth as if loose and sore ; teeth as if too long ; as if mouth was sore and thick ; as if a hammer was beating on an ulcerated spot in stomach ; as if bowels would be moved ; abdomen feels as if it was boiling ; pain as if pinching nostrils together ; nape as if dislocated ; as if piece of ice was lying on back between shoulders ; as if back between shoulder blades was wet with cold perspiration ; thumb and index finger as if sprained ; weakness as from loss of fluids ; skin as if an eruption would appear.
Pain : in forehead ; in neck ; in nape.
Violent pain : in right side of head and temple.
Severe pain in chest.
Tearing : in forehead from left to right side ; in right temple, extending to cheek ; in temples ; in nose and shoulders ; in vertex ; in ears ; in temples down into cheeks ; from shoulder extending to finger joints ; in upper arm from elbow joint to shoulder ; in elbow joints ; in knuckles of middle fingers of right hand ; in right ischium ; in left knee ; in right tibia ; in right big toe ; in limbs.
Tearing pressing : in left cheek towards eyes.
Cutting : in upper part of abdomen.
Beating : in pit of stomach.
Splitting, bursting pain : down jaw.
Stitches : in side of chest ; in heart.
Continuous stitch : in left forehead ; in anus.
Neuralgia : in head.
Cramps : in calves ; in feet ; in left foot.
Crampy pain : in chest.
Violent burning : in left half of scrotum.
Pricking pain : in head ; in throat.
Pressing pain : in forehead.
Soreness : over abdomen.
Sore feeling : in right ear ; in throat.
Burning : in head ; in right side of root of nose ; in right side of larynx ; in shoulder blade ; in region of left kidney ; in spine ; in os sacrum ; in feet ; under nail of left toe ; in palms and soles ; in right side of face.
Heat : in chest.
Tingling : of scrotum and surrounding parts from knees to ankles ; in legs and feet.
Pressing : on bladder when urinating.
Twirling and twisting : in upper part of abdomen.
Dull pains : in teeth.
Boiling bubbling : around heart.
Feels beating of heart in head.
Trembling : of heart.
Full feeling : in stomach.
Tension : of lips.
Stiffness : of neck.
Crawling : in ears.
Twitching : in upper eyelids.
Dryness : of throat.
Itching : in left ear ; in spot in throat ; of scrotum ; of penis ; of skin.
Sensation of coldness : external ear.
Icy coldness : of forehead.

Tissues

Hemorrhages ; typhoid pneumonia.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

Touch : scalp very painful ; with tongue or closing teeth, soreness of teeth < ; soreness over abdomen.
Boring : with finger in ear, crawling >.
Scratching : burning and itching of skin <.

Skin

Skin itches and burns all night, < after scratching.
Red pimples ; pimples here and there containing a watery fluid.
Sensation in skin as if an eruption would appear.
Skin cold, damp and clammy.

Stage of life, constitution

Woman ; typhoid pneumonia.
Woman, æt. 37, married, nervo-sanguine ; headache.

Relations

Compare : Act. rac., Æthusa, Agar., Bellad., Cann. ind., Cicuta, Crotal, Gelsem., Glonoine, Gymnocladus, Hyosc., Laches, Opium, Platina, Phosphor., Sanguin., Stramon .

The Therapeutics of Fevers

H. C. Allen · The Therapeutics of Fevers · 1902 Library of Congress printing (Allen d. 1909; public domain)

Characteristic

Loquacious delirium, brilliant eyes, circumscribed red cheeks, < from 1 to 2 A. M. (Ars.).

Torticollis: neck stiff, head drawn to one side; pain in the nape as if dislocated, when turning the neck or bending the head backward.

Sensation: as if a piece of ice was lying on the back between the shoulders; of burning, in sacrum, in spine four inches above the small of back, of palms of hands and soles of feet.

Time

Evening fever; < from 6–12 P. M.

Chill

With thirst; body icy cold, relieved by hot flatirons, but not by external covering (Caps.); head burns like fire (Arn.).

Flushes alternate with chilliness. Feels hot, but chills run all over her before heat can develop.

Sensation as if a piece of ice were lying on back between scapulæ, then a shock followed by coldness over whole body with goose flesh; recur on moving.

Heat

Dry, feet burn; restless tossing about with rumbling in abdomen. Burning heat, red face, worse on right side; after heat, circumscribed dark redness of face, also worse on right side

(Chel., Sang.). Flushes of heat alternating with chilliness.

Evening fever without chill, worse from 6 to 12 P. M., with red cheeks and red face (worse on upper part of face). Fever with somnolency (Apis).

Sweat

After 12 P. M.; after a restless sleep. Morning sweat.

Skin cold, damp, clammy and sticky. Sweat with vertigo, boil- ing and bubbling in chest and region of heart. Icy cold, chiefly on forehead.