Appendicitis
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Arsenicum Album | Gnawing, burning pains like coals of fire; relieved
by heat Abdomen swollen and painful Pain as from a wound in abdomen on coughing Cannot bear the sight or smell of food Great thirst; drinks much, but little at a time Nausea, retching, vomiting, after eating or drinking. Craves milk, acids and coffee. Dyspepsia from vinegar, acids, ice-cream, ice-water, tobacco 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 Septic infections and low vitality Great anguish and restlessness. Changes place continually Fears, of death, of being left alone; great fear, with cold sweat Thinks it useless to take medicine Suicidal Despair drives him from place to place Miserly, malicious, selfish, lacks courage General sensibility increased Sensitive to disorder and confusion Urine scanty, burning, involuntary Menses too profuse and too soon Leucorrhœa, acrid, burning, offensive, thin Must have head raised by pillows during sleep; suffocative fits during sleep; 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 | Abdomen distended, hot; transverse colon
protrudes like a pad; tender, swollen; pain as if clutched by a hand; worse,
jar, pressure Cutting pain across; stitches in left side of abdomen, when coughing, sneezing, or touching it; extreme sensitiveness to touch, bed-clothes, etc Loss of appetite Averse to meat and milk Nausea and vomiting; uncontrollable vomiting Furious excitement, perverted special senses, twitching, convulsions and pain Associated with hot, red skin, flushed face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids, excited mental state, hyperæsthesia of all senses, delirium, restless sleep, convulsive movements, dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water, neuralgic pains that come and go suddenly Heat, redness, throbbing and burning No thirst, anxiety or fear Violence of attack and suddenness of onset Sexual desire diminished Menses increased; bright red, too early, too profuse; very offensive and hot 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 |
| Bryonia | Liver region swollen, sore, tensive; burning pain,
stitches; worse, pressure, coughing, breathing; tenderness of
abdominal walls Nausea and faintness when rising up Abnormal hunger, loss of taste Thirst for large draughts Vomiting of bile and water immediately after eating The pain here produced is a stitching, tearing; worse by motion, better rest Mucous membranes are all dry Stools large, dry, hard Especially the constitution of a robust, firm fiber and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness and irritability Physical weakness, all-pervading apathy Complaints apt to develop slowly Exceedingly irritable; everything puts him out of humorCannot sit up; gets faint and sick Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot Menses too early, too profuse; worse from motion, with tearing pains in legs Drowsy; starting when falling asleep |
Warmth Any motion Morning Eating Hot weather Exertion Touch Warm drinks, which are vomited Right side Evening Open air Warm weather after cold days |
Lying on painful side Pressure Rest Cold things |
| Colocynthis | Agonizing cutting pain in abdomen causing
patient to bend over double, and pressing on the abdomen; sensation as
if stones were being ground together in the abdomen, and would burst Intestines feel as if bruised Each paroxysm is attended with general agitation and a chill over the cheeks, ascending from the hypogastrium Often indicated in the transition season when the air is cold, but the sun is still powerful enough to heat the blood Especially suitable for irritable persons easily angered Becomes angry when questioned Women with copious menstruation, and of sedentary habits Persons with a tendency to corpulency The neuralgic pains are nearly always relieved by pressure Urinous odor of perspiration Sensations; cutting, twisting, grinding, contracting and bruised; as if clamped with iron bands Canine hunger |
From anger and indignation | Doubling up Hard pressure Warmth Lying with head bent forward |
| Dioscorea Villosa | For many kinds of pain, especially colic,
and in severe, painful affections of abdominal and pelvic viscera Persons of feeble digestive powers; tea-drinkers, with much flatulence Pains suddenly shift to different parts; appear in remote localities, as fingers and toes Griping, cutting in hypogastric region, with intermittent cutting in stomach and small intestines Colic; better walking about; pains radiate from abdomen, to back, chest, arms; worse, bending forwards and while lying Sharp pains from liver, shooting upward to right nipple Hurried desire for stool Calls things by the wrong name No thirst |
Evening and night Lying down Doubling up |
Standing erect Motion in open air Pressure |
| Echinacea | Tired feeling Acts on vermiform appendix thus has been used for appendicitis, but remember it promotes suppuration and a neglected appendicitis with pus formation would probably rupture sooner under its use. Foul discharges with emaciation and great debility Confused, depressed Sour belching and heartburn. Nausea; better lying down Urine albuminous, scanty, frequent, and involuntary |
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| Lachesis | Sensation of tension in various parts; cannot bear
anything tight anywhere Great loquacity Amative Sad in the morning; no desire to mix with the world Restless and uneasy; does not wish to attend to business; wants to be off somewhere all the time Jealous Mental labor best performed at night Derangement of the time sense Liver region sensitive, cannot bear anything around waist Abdomen tympanitic, sensitive, painful Craving for alcohol, oysters Any food causes distress Hungry, cannot wait for food Empty swallowing more painful than swallowing solids Menses too short, too feeble; pains all relieved by the flow Intense excitement of sexual organs Breathing almost stops on falling asleep |
After sleep; sleeps into aggravation Left side In the spring Warm bath Pressure or constriction Hot drinks Closing eyes |
Appearance of discharges Warm applications |
| Mercurius Corrosivus | Bruised sensation in abdomen; cecal region and
transverse colon painful Abdomen bloated; very painful to least touch Salivation Taste salty and bitter Incessant, green, bilious vomiting Stool hot, bloody, slimy, offensive, with cutting pains and shreds of mucous membrane Perspiration after urinating |
Evening Night Acids |
While at rest |
| Nux Vomica | The typical Nux patient is rather thin, spare,
quick, active, nervous, and irritable; does a good deal of mental work; has
mental strains and leads a sedentary life, found in prolonged office work,
overstudy, and close application to business, with its cares and anxieties;
this indoor life and mental strain seeks stimulants, coffee, wine; takes
preferably rich and stimulating food Is pre-eminently a male remedy Irritable, nervous system, hypersensitive and over-impressionable Zealous fiery temperament Easily chilled, avoid open air, etc Always seems to be out of tune; inharmonious spasmodic action Very irritable: sensitive to all impressions Ugly, malicious Cannot bear noises, odors, light, etc Does not want to be touched Time passes too slowly Even the least ailment affects her greatly Disposed to reproach others; sullen, fault-finding Bruised soreness of abdominal walls; flatulent distension, with spasmodic colic Colic, with upward pressure, causing short breath, and desire for stool Weakness of abdominal ring region Sour taste, and nausea in the morning, after eating Sour, bitter eructations Nausea and vomiting, with much retching. Loves fats and tolerates them well Dyspepsia from drinking strong coffee Difficult belching of gas Wants to vomit, but cannot Frequent ineffectual desire, or passing but small quantities at each attempt Frequent calls to urinate; little and often Easily excited desire Menses too early, lasts too long; always irregular, blood black with faint spells Cannot sleep after 3 am until towards morning; awakes feeling wretchedly; drowsy after meals, and in early evening Dreams full of bustle and hurry |
Morning Mental exertion After eating Touch Spices Stimulants Narcotics Dry weather Cold |
From a nap, if allowed to finish it In evening While at rest In damp, wet weather Strong pressure |
| Rhus Tox | Tearing asunder pains Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better for a time from a change of position Septic conditions Listless, sad Thoughts of suicide Extreme restlessness, with continued change of position Sensorium becomes cloudy Great apprehension at night, cannot remain in bed Violent pains, relieved by lying on abdomen Pain in region of ascending colon Colic, compelling to walk bent Excessive distention after eating Rumbling of flatus on first rising, but disappears with continued motion Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst Bitter taste Nausea, vertigo, and bloated abdomen after eating Pressure as from a stone in stomach Drowsy after eating Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid 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 |
| Aconitum Napellus | A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body Physical and mental restlessness, fright Acute, sudden, and violent invasion, with fever Does not want to be touched Sudden and great sinking of strength Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot weather, Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness Tension of arteries; emotional and physical mental tension explain many symptoms Only functional disturbance, no evidence that it can produce tissue change--its action is brief and shows no periodicity Its sphere is in the beginning of an acute disease and not to be continued after pathological change comes Great fear, anxiety, and worry accompany every ailment, however trivial Forebodings and fears; fears death but believes that he will soon die; predicts the day; fears the future, a crowd, crossing the street Tendency to start Music is unbearable; makes her sad Abdomen hot, tense, tympanitic; sensitive to touch Abdominal colic, no position relieves; better after warm soup Vomiting, with fear, heat, profuse sweat and increased urination Thirst for cold water Bitter taste of everything except water Intense thirst; drinks, vomits, and declares he will die Vomiting, bilious mucous and bloody, greenish Menses too profuse, with nosebleed, too protracted, late Nightmare; nightly ravings; anxious dreams Sleeplessness, with restless and tossing about; starts up in sleep Long dreams, with anxiety in chest |
Lying on affected side From music From tobacco-smoke Dry, cold winds In warm room In evening and night
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In open air |
| Arnica | Especially suited to cases when any injury, however
remote, seems to have caused the present trouble; after traumatic
injuries, overuse of any organ, strains Acts best in plethoric, feebly in debilitated with impoverished blood, cardiac dropsy with dyspnœa Traumatism of grief, remorse or sudden realization of financial loss Limbs and body ache as if beaten; joints as if sprained; bed feels too hard Sore, lame, bruised feeling Neuralgias originating in disturbances of pneumo-gastric Aversion to tobacco Fears touch, or the approach of anyone Indifference; inability to perform continuous active work; morose, delirious Nervous; cannot bear pain; whole body oversensitive; says there is nothing the matter with him; wants to be let alone Stitches under false ribs Abdomen distended; offensive flatus Sharp thrusts through abdomen Longing for vinegar Distaste for milk and meat Canine hunger Vomiting of blood Oppressive gases pass upward and downward Fetid vomiting Dark brick-red sediment in urine Dreams of death, mutilated bodies, anxious and terrible Horrors in the night Involuntary stools during sleep |
Least touch Motion Rest Wine Damp cold |
Lying down, or with head low |
| Baptisia | Indescribable sick feeling Great muscular soreness and putrid phenomena always are present All the secretions are offensive-breath, stool, urine, sweat, etc Wild, wandering feeling Inability to think Mental confusion; ideas confused Illusion of divided personality; thinks he is broken or double, and tosses about the bed trying to get pieces together Right side of abdomen markedly affected; distended and rumbling; soreness over region of gall-bladder, with diarrhœa Stools very offensive, thin, dark, bloody Soreness of abdomen, in region of liver Can swallow only liquids, vomiting due to spasm of œsophagus No appetite Constant desire for water Menses too early, too profuse. Fears going to sleep on account of nightmare and sense of suffocation Sleepless and restless; nightmare and frightful dreams Cannot get herself together, feels scattered about bed Falls asleep while answering a question |
Humid heat Fog Indoors From Beer |
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| Cantharis | Over-sensitiveness of all parts Irritation Raw, burning pains Intolerable, constant urging to urinate Abdominal complaints that are aggravated by drinking coffee Anxious restlessness, ending in rage; crying, barking; worse touching larynx or drinking water Constantly attempts to do something, but accomplishes nothing Paroxysms of rage, crying, barking Disgust for everything-drink, food, tobacco Burning thirst, with aversion to all fluids; thirst unquenchable Vomiting of blood-streaked membrane and violent retching Great difficulty in swallowing liquids Strong sexual desire Menses too early and too profuse |
From touch, or approach Urinating Drinking cold water or coffee |
Rubbing |
| Carduus Marianus | Despondency; forgetful, apathetic Taste bitter Aversion to salt meat Appetite small; tongue furred; nausea; retching; vomiting of green, acid fluid Stitching pains in lower right ribs and front; worse, moving, walking, etc Pain in region of liver; left lobe very sensitive Fullness and soreness in abdomen, with moist skin Constipation; stools hard, difficult, knotty; alternates with diarrhœa Stools bright yellow Urine cloudy; golden-colored |
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| Colchicum | Tearing pains; worse, in the evening and at night
and from touch There is always great prostration, internal coldness, and tendency to collapse Shocks as from electricity through one half of body Dreams of mice Thirst Flatulence The smell of food causes nausea even to fainting, especially fish Profuse salivary secretion Vomiting of mucus, bile and food; worse, any motion; great coldness in stomach Craving for various things, but is averse to then when smelling them, seized them with nausea Burning or icy coldness in stomach and abdomen Thirst for effervescent, alcoholic beverages Pain in transverse colon Distention of abdomen, with gas, inability to stretch out legs Cæcum and ascending colon much distended Fullness and continuous rumbling in abdomen Urine dark, scanty or suppressed; bloody, brown, black, inky; contains clots of putrid decomposed blood, albumin, sugar |
Sundown to sunrise Motion Loss of sleep Smell of food in evening Mental exertion |
Stooping |
| Collinsonia Canadensis | Sense of weight and constriction Bitter taste Aching in anus and hypogastrium Alternate constipation and diarrhœa, and great flatulence Dry feces |
From the slightest mental emotion or excitement Cold |
Heat |
| Crotalus Horridus | Hæmorrhagic diathesis. Sleeps into his symptoms More right-sided in its action Weeping mood; clouded perception and memory; impatient Loquacious, with desire to escape Sadness Delusions of cerebral decay Intolerance of clothing around stomach Unable to retain anything; violent vomiting of food; bilious vomiting, vomiting of blood Constant nausea and vomiting every month, after menstruation Cannot lie on right side, without vomiting dark-green matter Black or coffee-grounds vomiting Intolerance of clothing about epigastrium Hungry, craves stimulants, sugar; averse to meat Abdomen distended, hot, and tender. Pain in region of liver Stool black, thin, offensive, like coffee-grounds Prolonged menses Urine albuminous, dark, bloody, scanty Dreams of the dead Starting in sleep Smothering sensation when awaking |
Right side Open air Evening and morning In spring Coming on of warm weather Yearly On awaking Damp and wet Jar |
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| Ferrum Phosphoricum | Is not full blooded and robust, but nervous,
sensitive, anæmic with the false plethora
Prostration marked Pulse soft and flowing; no anxious restlessness First stage of all febrile disturbances and inflammations before exudation sets in Aversion to meat and milk Desire for stimulants Vomiting of undigested food Vomiting of bright red blood Sour eructations Menses every three weeks, with bearing-down sensation and pain on top of head Restless and sleepless. Anxious dreams |
At night 4 to 6 pm Touch Jar Motion Right side |
Cold applications |
| Ginseng | Paralytic weakness Abdomen tense, painful, rumbling; pain in right side Loud gurgling in ileo-cæcal region Sexual excitement |
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| Hepar Sulph | Suits blondes with sluggish character and weak
muscles Great sensitiveness to all impressions Sweating patient pulling blanket around him Tendency to suppuration Chilliness, hypersensitiveness, splinter-like pains, craving for sour and strong things Feeling as if wind were blowing on some part The side of the body on which he lies at night becomes gradually insufferably painful; he must turn Anguish in the evening and night, with thoughts of suicide The slightest cause irritates him Dejected and sad Ferocious Hasty speech Longing for acids, wine, and strong-tasting food Aversion to fat food Frequent eructations, without taste or smell Stitching in region of liver when walking, coughing, breathing, or touching it Stool clay-colored and soft, sour, white, undigested, fetid Loss of power to expel even a soft stool Urine voided slowly, without force-drops vertically, bladder weak; seems as if some always remained Greasy pellicle on urine Menses late and scanty Extremely offensive leucorrhœa; smells like old cheese |
From dry cold winds Cool air Slightest draught From Mercury Touch Lying on painful side |
In damp weather From wrapping head up From warmth After eating |
| Iris Tenax | Dry mouth Deathly sensation at point of stomach Pain in ileo-cæcal region |
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| Kali Muriaticum | Sub-acute inflammatory states White or gray coating of base of tongue, and expectoration of thick, white phlegm, seem to be special guiding symptoms Imagines he must starve Fatty or rich food causes indigestion Vomiting of white, opaque mucus; water gathers in the mouth Abdominal tenderness and swelling Flatulence Leucorrhœa; discharge of milky-white mucus, thick, non-irritating, bland |
Rich food Fats Motion |
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| Lycopodium | Adapted more especially to ailments gradually
developing, functional power weakening, with failures of the digestive
powers Older persons, where the skin shows yellowish spots, earthy complexion, uric acid diathesis, etc; also precocious, weakly children Intolerant of cold drinks; craves everything warm Best adapted to persons intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power Deep-seated, progressive, chronic diseases 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 Melancholy; afraid to be alone Little things annoy, extremely sensitive Averse to undertaking new things Head strong and haughty when sick Loss of self-confidence Hurried when eating Constant fear of breaking down under stress; apprehensive Weak memory, confused thoughts; spells or writes wrong words and syllables Failing brain-power Cannot bear to see anything new Cannot read what he writes Sadness in morning on awaking Dyspepsia due to farinaceous and fermentable food, cabbage, beans, etc 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 Immediately after a light meal, abdomen is bloated, full Constant sense of fermentation in abdomen, like yeast working; upper left side Brown spots on abdomen Pain shooting across lower abdomen from right to left Polyuria during the night; heavy red sediment No erectile power; impotence; premature emission Menses too late; last too long, too profuse. Leucorrhœa, 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 Solubilis | Tremors everywhere Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion. All associated with a great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling Sensitive to heat and cold Parts are much swollen, with raw, sore feeling; the profuse, oily perspiration does not relieve Breath, excretions and body smell foul Slow in answering questions Memory weakened, and loss of will-power Weary of life Mistrustful Thinks he is losing his reason Great thirst, with moist mouth Putrid eructations Intense thirst for cold drinks Weak digestion, with continuous hunger Stabbing pain in abdomen, with chilliness Boring pain in right groin Menses profuse, with abdominal pains Leucorrhœa excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts |
At night Wet, damp weather Lying on right side Perspiring Warm room and warm bed Cold, rainy weather |
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| Opium | insensibility of the nervous system, the
depression, drowsy stupor, painlessness, and torpor, the general
sluggishness and lack of vital reaction Sopor Painless Heavy, stupid sleep, stertorous breathing Sweaty skin Dark, mahogany-brown face Patient wants nothing Complete loss of consciousness; apoplectic state Frightful fancies, daring, gay, bright Unable to understand or appreciate his sufferings Thinks he is not at home Vomiting, with colic and convulsions Fecal vomiting Hungry; no desire to eat Intense thirst Abdomen hard, bloated, tympanitic Great drowsiness Falls into a heavy stupid sleep Profound coma Loss of breath on falling asleep Pleasant, fantastic, amorous dreams |
Heat During and after sleep |
Cold things Constant walking |
| Plumbum | Excessive and rapid emaciation Contractions and boring pain Mental depression Fear of being assassinated Slow perception; loss of memory Intellectual apathy Memory impaired Constant vomiting Solids cannot be swallowed Excessive abdominal colic, radiating to all parts of body Abdominal wall feels drawn by a string to spine Pain causes desire to stretch Abdomen retracted Obstructed flatus, with intense colic Colic alternates with delirium and pain in atrophied limbs Urine scanty, albuminous; low specific gravity Loss of sexual power |
At night Motion |
Rubbing Hard pressure Physical exertion |
| Rhamnus Californica | Nervous, restless, irritable Lassitude; mentally dull and dazed; unable to concentrate mind on studies Profuse sweat Constipation with some flatus. Tenesmus and dry stool Sexual desire increased |
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| Silicea | Silica patient is cold, chilly, hugs the fire,
wants plenty warm clothing, hates drafts, hands and feet cold, worse in
winter Lack of vital heat Prostration of mind and body Great sensitiveness to taking cold Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants Want of grit, moral or physical Yielding, faint-hearted, anxious Nervous and excitable Sensitive to all impressions Disgust for meat and warm food Want of appetite; thirst excessive Sour eructations after eating Vomiting after drinking Pain or painful cold feeling in abdomen, better external heat Hard, bloated abdomen; colic; cutting pain, with constipation; yellow hands and blue nails Much rumbling in bowels Stool comes down with difficulty; when partly expelled, recedes again Night-walking; gets up while asleep Sleeplessness, with great orgasm of blood and heat in head Frequent starts in sleep Anxious dreams Excessive gaping |
New moon In morning From washing During menses Uncovering Lying down Damp Lying on, left side Cold |
Warmth Wrapping up head Summer In wet or humid weather |
| Sulphur | Ebullitions of heat, dislike of water, dry and
hard hair and skin, red orifices, sinking feeling at stomach about 11 am,
and cat-nap sleep; Aversion to being washed Complaints that relapse General offensive character of discharge and exhalations Very red lips and face, flushing easily Very forgetful Difficult thinking Busy all the time Childish peevishness in grown people Irritable Affections vitiated; very selfish, no regard for others Averse to business; loafs-too lazy to arouse himself Sulphur subjects are nearly always irritable, depressed, thin and weak, even with good appetite Putrid eructation Food tastes too salty Drinks much, eats little Milk disagrees Great desire for sweets Great acidity, sour eructation Very weak and faint about 11 am; must have something to eat Water fills the patient up Abdomen very sensitive to pressure; internal feeling of rawness and soreness; movements as of something alive Pain and soreness over liver Colic after drinking Must hurry, sudden call to urinate Great quantities of colorless urine Menses too late, short, scanty, and difficult; thick, black, acrid, making parts sore Leucorrhœa, burning, excoriating Talks, jerks, and twitches during sleep Vivid dreams. Wakes frequently, and becomes wide awake suddenly Catnaps; slightest noise awakens Cannot sleep between 2 an 5 am |
At rest When standing Warmth in bed Washing Bathing In morning 11 am Night From alcoholic stimulants Periodically |
Dry, warm weather Lying on right side From drawing up affected limbs |
| Veratrum Album | A perfect picture of collapse, with
extreme coldness, blueness, and weakness Cold perspiration on the forehead Vomiting, purging, and cramps in extremities Profuse, violent retching and vomiting is Excessive dryness of all mucous surfaces Voracious appetite Thirst for cold water, but is vomited as soon as swallowed Averse to warm food Copious vomiting and nausea; aggravated by drinking and least motion Craves fruit, juicy and cold things, ice, salt Abdomen sinking and empty feeling Cold feeling in stomach and abdomen Pain in abdomen preceding stool Cramps, knotting abdomen and legs Abdomen sensitive to pressure, swollen with terrible colic Menses too early; profuse and exhausting |
At night Wet, cold weather |
Walking Warmth |