Ahumada Del Castillo Syndrome
Ahumada Del Castillo is a rare endocrine disorder affecting adult females and is characterized by impairment in the function of the pituitary and hypothalamus glands. Symptoms may include the production of breast milk (lactation) not associated with nursing and the absence of menstrual periods (amenorrhea) due to the lack of monthly ovulation (anovulation). The exact cause of Ahumada Del Castillo is not known although some research suggests that small tumors in the pituitary and/or hypothalamus gland may be responsible for some cases of this disorder.
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Pulsatilla | Especially for mild, gentle, yielding disposition Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking; changeable, contradictory Seeks the open air; always feels better there, even though he is chilly Discharges thick, bland, and yellowish-green. Symptoms ever changing Thirstless, peevish, and chilly When first serious impairment of health is referred to age of puberty Great sensitiveness Wants the head high; feels uncomfortable with only one pillow Lies with hands above head Averse to fat food, warm food, and drink Eructations; taste of food remains a long time; after ices, fruits, pasty Bitter taste, diminished taste of all food Flatulence Dislikes butter Two or three normal stools daily; no two stools alike Increased desire to urinate; worse when lying down Involuntary micturition at night, while coughing or passing flatus Amenorrha Leucorrha acrid, burning, creamy Wide awake in the evening; first sleep restless; wakes languid, unrefreshed; irresistible sleepiness in afternoon |
From heat Rich fat food After eating Towards evening Warm room Lying on left or on painless side When allowing feet to hang down |
Open air Motion Cold applications Cold food and drinks, though not thirsty |
| Tuberculinum | Especially adapted to the light-complexioned,
narrow-chested subjects Lax fiber, low recuperative powers, and very susceptible to changes in the weather Always tired; motion causes intense fatigue; aversion to work; wants constant changes When symptoms are constantly changing and well-selected remedies fail to improve, and cold is taken from the slightest exposure Rapid emaciation. Very sensitive, mentally and physically General exhaustion Nervous weakness Trembling Averse to meat All-gone, hungry sensation Desire for cold milk Sleep poor; wakes early; overpowering sleepiness in daytime Dreams vivid and distressing |
Motion Music Before a storm Standing Dampness From draught Early morning After sleep |
Open air |
| Cyclamen | Sleepiness, moroseness, and lassitude Salty taste; hiccough-like eructation worse, fat food Satiety after a few mouthful Disgust for meat, especially pork Desire for lemonade No thirst all day After menses, swelling of breasts, with milky secretion |
open air, evenings, sitting, standing, and cold water | During menstrual flow By moving about Rubbing parts In warm room Lemonade |
| Lycopodium | Especially to ailments gradually developing,
functional power weakening, with failures of the digestive powers Mild temperaments of lymphatic constitution, with catarrhal tendencies; older persons, where the skin shows yellowish spots, earthy complexion, uric acid diathesis Symptoms characteristically run from right to left, acts especially on right side of body, and are worse from about 4 to 8 pm Intolerant of cold drinks; craves everything warm Best adapted to persons intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power Deep-seated, progressive, chronic disease Emaciation Debility in morning Pre-senility Patient is thin, withered, full of gas and dry Lacks vital heat; has poor circulation, cold extremities Pains come and go suddenly Sensitive to noise and odors Excessive hunger Aversion to bread, etc Desire for sweet things Food tastes sour Sour eructations Eating ever so little creates fullness Cannot eat oysters Rolling of flatulence Wakes at night feeling hungry Incomplete burning eructations rise only to pharynx there burn for hours Likes to take food and drink hot Leucorrha, acrid, with burning in vagina Drowsy during day Starting in sleep Dreams of accidents |
Right side From right to left From above downward 4 to 8 pm From heat or warm room Hot air, bed Warm applications, except throat and stomach which are better from warm drinks |
By motion After midnight From warm food and drink On getting cold From being uncovered |
| Mercurius | Mammæ painful and full of milk at menses Tremors everywhere Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion All associated with a great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling A human "thermometer" Sensitive to heat and cold Breath, excretions and body smell foul Tendency to formation of pus, which is thin, greenish, putrid; streaked with thin blood Great thirst, with moist mouth Putrid eructations Intense thirst for cold drinks Weak digestion, with continuous hunger Frequent urging to urinate Urine dark, scanty, bloody, albuminous Leucorrha excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts |
At night Wet, damp weather Lying on right side Perspiring Warm room Warm bed |
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| Arsenicum Album | All-prevailing debility, exhaustion, and
restlessness, with nightly aggravation, Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion Irritable weakness Burning pains Burning relieved by heat Fear fright and worry Cannot bear the sight or smell of food Great thirst; drinks much, but little at a time Craves milk, acids and coffee Long-lasting eructations Small, offensive, dark, with much prostration; worse at night, and after eating and drinking; from chilling stomach, alcoholic abuse, spoiled meat Urine scanty, burning, involuntary; albuminous Leucorrha, acrid, burning, offensive, thin Sleep disturbed, anxious, restless; must have head raised by pillows Sleeps with hands over head Dreams are full of care and fear |
Wet weather After midnight From cold, cold drinks, or food Seashore Right side |
From heat From head elevated Warm drinks |
| Belladonna | Hot, red skin, flushed face, glaring eyes,
throbbing carotids, excited mental state, hyperæsthesia of all senses Dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water Heat, redness, throbbing and burning No thirst, anxiety or fear Violence of attack and suddenness of onset Breasts feel heavy; are hard and red Sleep restless, crying out, gritting of teeth Kept awake by pulsation of blood-vessels Screams out in sleep Sleeplessness, with drowsiness Starting when closing the eyes or during sleep Sleeps with hands under head |
Touch Jar Noise Draught After noon Lying down |
Semi-erect. |
| Borax | Dread of downward motion Galactorrha Leucorrha like white of eggs, with sensation as if warm water was flowing Urine hot, smarting pain in orifice; pungent smell Voluptuous dreams Cannot sleep on account of heat, especially in head Cries out of sleep as if frightened |
Downward motion Noise Smoking Warm weather |
Pressure Evening Cold weather |
| Phosphorus | Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, with thin,
transparent skin, weakened by loss of animal fluids, with great nervous
debility, emaciation, amative tendencies, Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunder-storms Suddenness of symptoms, sudden prostration, faints, sweats Thirst for very cold water Hunger soon after eating Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal Belching large quantities of wind, after eating Very fetid stools and flatus; long, narrow, hard, like a dog's; difficult to expel. Great weakness after stool Leucorrha profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead of menses Amenorrha, with vicarious menstruation Great drowsiness, especially after meals Vivid dreams of fire; of hæmorrhage Lascivious dreams Goes to sleep late and awakens weak Short naps and frequent wakings |
Touch Physical or mental exertion Twilight Warm food or drink Change of weather From getting wet in hot weather Evening Lying on left or painful side During a thunder-storm Ascending stairs |
In dark lying on right side Cold food Cold Open air Washing with cold water Sleep. |
| Rhus Tox | Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and
hence he feels better for a time from a change of position Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst Bitter taste Desire for milk Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat Drowsy after eating Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Dreams of great exertion Heavy sleep, as from stupor Sleepless before midnight |
During sleep Cold, wet rainy weather and after rain At night During rest Drenching When lying on back or right side |
Warm, dry weather Motion Walking Change of position Rubbing Warm applications From stretching out limbs |