Autism
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Aconite | Acute, sudden, and violent invasion
A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body Forebodings and fears. Fears death but believes that he will soon die; predicts the day. Fears the future, a crowd, crossing the street Imagination acute, clairvoyance Pains are intolerable; they drive him crazy Music is unbearable; makes her sad Thinks his thoughts come from the stomach--that parts of his body are abnormally thick Feels as if what had just been done was a dream Physical and mental restlessness Does not want to be touched Sudden and great sinking of strength Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness Thirst for cold water Urine scanty, red, hot, painful Menses too profuse, too protracted, late Anxious dreams |
Dry, cold weather
Draught of cold air Checked perspiration Very hot weather In warm room In evening and night Lying on affected side From music From tobacco-smoke Dry, cold winds |
Open air |
| Ambra Grisea | Best indicated in excitable, nervous children and
thin, nervous patients; also thin, scrawny women
Dread of people, and desire to be alone Cannot do anything in presence of others Intensely shy, blushes easily; bashful Music causes weeping Despair, loathing of life Fantastic illusions Restless, excited, very loquacious Time passes slowly Thinking, difficult in the morning with old people Dwells upon unpleasant things Extreme nervous hypersensitiveness External numbness of whole body in the morning and weakness Weakened by age or overwork Great remedy for the aged, with impairment of all functions, weakness, coldness and numbness, usually of single parts, fingers, arms Ebullitions and pulsations after walking in open air Urine turbid, even during emission forming a brown sediment Menses too early; discharge of blood between periods, at every little accident Profuse, bluish leucorrhœa |
Music
Presence of strangers From any unusual thing Morning Warm room |
Slow motion in open air
Lying on painful part Cold drinks |
| Anacardium | Impaired memory
Depression, and irritability Diminution of senses (smell, sight, hearing) Fear of examination in students Aversion to work; lacks self-confidence Irresistible desire to swear and curse Hallucinations; thinks he is possessed of two persons or wills Anxiety when walking, as if pursued Profound melancholy and hypochondriasis, with tendency to use violent language Brain-fag Absent mindedness Very easily offended Malicious; seems bent on wickedness. Suspicious Clairaudient, hears voices far away or of the dead Absence of all moral restraint. Empty feeling in stomach; eating temporarily relieves all discomfort Objects appear too far off Menses scanty Leucorrhœa, with soreness and itching |
On application of hot water | From eating
When lying on side From rubbing |
| Anantherum Muricatum | Blunted intellect and loss of memory
Gay humor with disposition to laugh and sing Urine turbid, thick, full of mucus Offensive foot-sweat |
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| Antimonium Crudum | Excessive irritability and fretfulness
Much concerned about his fate Cross and contradictive; whatever is done fails to give satisfaction Sulky; does not wish to speak Peevish; vexed without cause Angry at every little attention Sentimental mood. Thickly-coated white tongue Cannot bear heat of sun Tendency to grow fat Loss of appetite Desire for acids, pickles Menses too early and profuse Leucorrhœa watery; acrid, lumpy |
Heat
Cold bathing In evening Acids Wine Water Washing |
Open air
During rest Moist warmth |
| Aurum Metallicum | Feeling of self-condemnation and utter
worthlessness
Profound despondency, with increased blood pressure, with thorough disgust of life, and thoughts of suicide Talks of committing suicide Great fear of death Peevish and vehement at least contradiction Fear of people Constant rapid questioning without waiting for reply Cannot do things fast enough Over sensitiveness to noise, excitement, confusion Stools hard and knotty Urine turbid, like buttermilk, with thick sediment |
Cold weather
When getting cold Sunset to sunrise |
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| Baryta Carbonica | Best indicated in children, especially if they are
backward mentally and physically, are dwarfish, do not grow and develop
takes cold easily, and then always have swollen tonsils Very sensitive to cold Offensive foot-sweats Very weak and weary Must sit or lie down or lean on something Very averse to meeting strangers; bashful Loss of memory Mental weakness Irresolute Lost confidence in himself Confusion Childish; grief over trifles Constipation, with hard, knotty stools Menses scanty |
Warm food
While thinking of symptoms From washing Lying on painful side |
Walking in open air |
| Belladonna | Lives in a world of his own, engrossed by specters
and visions and oblivious to surrounding realities
Visual hallucinations throng about him and come to him from within; crazed by a flood of subjective visual impressions and fantastic illusions Sees monsters, hideous faces Furious; rages, bites, strikes; desire to escape Disinclined to talk Perversity, with tears Hot, red skin, flushed face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids Excited mental state Hyperæsthesia of all senses Restless sleep Dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water Pains come and go suddenly Great children's remedy No thirst, anxiety or fear Violence of attack and suddenness of onset Averse to meat and milk Menses increased; bright red, too early, too profuse; very offensive and hot Sleeps with hands under head |
Touch
Jar Noise Draught After noon Lying down
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Semi-erect |
| Bryonia | Best indicated in patients with robust, firm fiber
and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness and irritability
Exceedingly irritable; everything puts him out of humor Wants to go home Talks of business Dislike to be carried or raised Physical weakness, all-pervading apathy Complaints develop slowly Has vertigo from raising the head Pressive headache Dry, parched lips, mouth Excessive thirst; thirst for large draughts Bitter taste Sensitive epigastrium, and feeling of a stone in the stomach Stools large, dry, hard Mucous membranes are all dry Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot Menses too early, too profuse |
Right side
Evening Open air Warm weather after cold days Warm drinks Warmth Any motion Morning Eating Hot weather Exertion Touch |
Lying on painful side
Pressure Rest Cold things |
| Calcarea Carbonica | Apprehensive; worse towards evening; fears loss of
reason, misfortune, contagious diseases
Forgetful, confused, low-spirited Anxiety with palpitation Obstinacy; slight mental effort produces hot head A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork Averse to work or exertion Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence Gets out of breath easily Increased local and general perspiration Great sensitiveness to cold; partial sweats Best indicated in fat, fair, flabby and perspiring and cold, damp and sour Aversion to fat, meat, boiled things; craving for indigestible things-chalk, coal, pencils; also for eggs, salt, and sweets Milk disagrees Thirst; longing for cold drinks Menses too early, too profuse, too long Leucorrhœa, milky Increased sexual desire Longing for fresh air Dreams of the dead |
From exertion, mental or physical
Ascending Cold in every form Water Washing Moist air Wet weather During full moon Standing |
Dry climate and weather
Lying on painful side |
| Calcarea Sulphurica | Menses late, long-lasting | ||
| Cannabis Indica | Subconscious or dual nature state
Apparently under the control of the second self, but, the original self, prevents the performance of acts which are under the domination of the second self Exaggeration of the duration of time and extent of space Time seems too long; seconds seem ages; a few rods an immense distance Extremely happy and contented, nothing troubles Excessive loquacity; exuberance of spirits Constantly theorizing Ideas crowd upon each other Very forgetful; cannot finish sentence Is lost in delicious thought Uncontrollable laughter Clairvoyance Emotional excitement; rapid change of mood Cannot realize her identity Urine loaded with slimy mucus Menses profuse, dark, painful, without clots Dreams of dead bodies; prophetic |
Morning
From coffee Liquor and tobacco Lying on right side |
From fresh air
Cold water Rest |
| Carbo Animalis | Desire to be alone, sad and reflective, avoids
conversation
Anxiety at night, with orgasm of blood Feeble circulation and lowered vitality All secretions are offensive Hearing confused; cannot tell direction of sound Weak digestion Flatulence Repugnance to fat food Menses too early, frequent, long lasting, followed by great exhaustion, so weak, can hardly speak, flow only in morning |
After shaving
Loss of animal fluids |
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| Carbo Vegetabilis | Best indicated in sluggish, fat and lazy patients
Tendency to chronicity Aversion to darkness Fear of ghosts Sudden loss of memory Blood seems to stagnate in the capillaries, causing blueness, coldness, and ecchymosis Body becomes blue, icy-cold Head is hot Coldness, breath cool Pulse imperceptible Oppressed and quickened respiration, and must have air, must be fanned hard, must have all the windows open faints easily, is worn out Persons who have never fully recovered from the effects of some previous illness Aversion to milk, meat, and fat things The simplest food distresses Cannot bear tight clothing around waist and abdomen Premature and too copious menses; pale blood Leucorrhœa before menses, thick, greenish, milky, excoriating |
Evening
Night Open air Cold Fat food Butter Coffee Milk Warm damp weather Wine |
From eructation
From fanning Cold |
| Cicuta Virosa | Violent, strange desires
Sensation of internal chill Moaning and howling Does absurd things Confounds present with the past; feels like a child Stupid feeling Melancholy, with indifference Mistrustful Desire for unnatural things, like coal |
Touch
Draughts Concussion Tobacco smoke |
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| Cimicifuga Racemosa | Agitation and pain
Pains like electric shocks here and there Sensation of a cloud enveloping her Great depression, with dream of impending evil Fears riding in a closed carriage, of being obliged to jump out Incessant talking Visions of rats, mice, etc Menses profuse, dark, coagulated |
Morning
Cold (except headache) During menses; the more profuse the flow, the greater the suffering |
Warmth
Eating |
| Cinchona | Apathetic, indifferent
Disobedient Taciturn Despondent Ideas crowd in mind; prevent sleep Disposition to hurt other people's feelings Sudden crying and tossing about Sensitive to draughts Food tastes too salty Milk disagrees Menses too early, dark clots and abdominal distention, profuse Averse to exercise; sensitive to touch |
Slightest touch
Draught of air Every other day Loss of vital fluids At night After eating Bending over |
Bending double
Hard pressure Open air Warmth |
| Conium | General feeling as if bruised by blows
Great debility in the morning in bed Weakness of body and mind, trembling, and palpitation Excitement causes mental depression Depressed, timid, averse to society, and afraid of being alone No inclination for business or study; takes no interest in anything Memory weak; unable to sustain 'any mental effort Tremulous weakness after every stool Menses delayed and scanty Sweat as soon as one sleeps, or even when closing eyes |
Lying down
Turning or rising in bed Celibacy Before and during menses From taking cold Bodily or mental exertion |
While fasting
In the dark From letting limbs hang down Motion Pressure |
| Elaps Corallinus | Depressed
Imagines he hears someone talking Dreads to be left alone Fear of rain Can speak, but cannot understand speech Cold things disagree Desire for sweetened buttermilk Cold feeling in stomach Discharge of black blood between menses Dreams about dead persons |
Eating fruit
Cold drinks Wet weather |
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| Fluoricum Acidum | Compelled to move about energetically
Indifference towards those loved best Inability to realize responsibility Buoyancy Mentally elated and gay Averse to coffee Desire for fancy dishes, highly seasoned food, cold water Warm drinks produce diarrhœa Urine scanty, dark Menses copious, frequent, too long Copious and excoriating leucorrhœa Profuse, sour, offensive perspiration |
Warmth
Morning Warm drinks |
Cold
While walking. |
| Helleborus | Sensorial depression
Sees, hears, tastes imperfectly, and general muscular weakness Sinking sensation Slow in answering Thoughtless; staring Involuntary sighing Complete unconsciousness Picks lips and clothes Horrible smell from mouth Stool jelly-like, white mucus; involuntary Urine suppressed; scanty, dark; coffee-grounds sediment Sudden screams in sleep |
4 to 8 pm
Evening until morning Uncovering |
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| Hyoscyamus | As if some diabolical force took possession of the
brain and prevented its functions
Inclined to be unseemly and immodest in acts, gestures and expressions Very talkative, and persists in stripping herself, or uncovering genitals Jealous, afraid of being poisoned Very suspicious Foolish Great hilarity; inclined to laugh at everything Low, muttering speech |
At night
During menses After eating When lying down |
Stooping |
| Ignatia | Hyperæsthesia of all the senses
Best indicated in the nervous temperament-women of sensitive, easily excited nature, dark, mild disposition, quick to perceive, rapid in execution Great contradictions Alert, nervous, apprehensive, rigid, trembling patients who suffer acutely in mind or body Cannot bear tobacco Changeable mood Introspective; silently brooding. Melancholic, sad, tearful Not communicative Sighing and sobbing Averse to ordinary diet Longs for great variety of indigestible articles; craving for acid things Urine profuse, watery Menses, black, too early |
Morning
Open air After meals Coffee Smoking Liquids External warmth |
While eating
Change of position |
| Iodum | Rapid metabolism; loss of flesh great appetite
Great debility, the slightest effort induces perspiration Best indicated in exceedingly thin, dark complexioned patients Tremor Craves cold air Sluggish vital reaction, hence chronicity Weakness and loss of breath going upstairs Anxiety when quiet Present anxiety and depression, no reference to the future Sudden impulse to run and do violence Forgetful Must be busy Fear of people, shuns every one Empty eructations, as if every particle of food were turned into gas Anxious and worried if he does not eat Urine frequent and copious, dark yellow-green, thick, acrid with cuticle on surface Acrid leucorrhœa, thick, slimy, corroding the linen |
When quiet
In warm room Right side |
After eating
Walking about Open air |
| Kali Phosphoricum | Prostration
Weak and tired Especially adapted to the young Want of nerve power Mental and physical depression Anxiety, nervous dread, lethargy Indisposition to meet people Extreme lassitude and depression Very nervous, starts easily, irritable Brain-fag; hysteria; night terrors Loss of memory Slightest labor seems a heavy task Great despondency about business Shyness; disinclined to converse Humming and buzzing in the ears Very yellow urine Short breath on going upstairs |
Excitement
Worry Mental and physical exertion Eating Cold Early morning |
Warmth
Rest Nourishment |
| 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 Suspicious Nightly delusion of fire Derangement of the time sense Craving for alcohol, oysters Constipated, offensive stool Menses too short, too feeble; pains all relieved by the flow Breathing almost stops on falling asleep |
After sleep; sleeps into aggravation
Left side Spring Warm bath Pressure or constriction Hot drinks Closing eyes |
Appearance of discharges
Warm applications |
| Ledum | General lack of animal heat, and yet heat of bed is
intolerable
Anxiety Timidity Tendency to anger and rage Vehement angry mood Dissatisfied; hated his fellow beings Desire for solitude Morose and peevish humor Violent thirst for cold water |
At night
Heat of bed Warmth |
Cold
Putting feet in cold water |
| Lycopodium | Ailments gradually developing
Functional power weakening Failures of the digestive powers Best indicated in older persons, where the skin shows yellowish spots, earthy complexion, uric acid diathesis, etc; also precocious, weakly children; to persons intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power Thin, withered patient, full of gas and dry Lacks vital heat; has poor circulation, cold extremities 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 Cannot bear to see anything new Cannot read what he writes Sadness in morning on awaking Pains come and go suddenly Sensitive to noise and odors Red sand in urine Intolerant of cold drinks; craves everything warm Emaciation Debility in morning Humming and roaring with hardness of hearing Dryness of mouth and tongue, without thirst Aversion to bread, etc Desire for sweet things Cannot eat oysters Likes to take food and drink hot Menses too late; last too long, too profuse Leucorrhœa, acrid, with burning in vagina Cannot lie on left side 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 |
| Magnesium Muriaticum | Anxious, restless
Uneasiness and lachrymose humor Peevishness and chagrin Aversion to conversation; prefers solitude Nervous excitability with tendency to weep readily Excited; unhappy; fitful; emotional While reading, feels as if some one was reading after her, and she must keep reading faster and faster Sensitive to noise Cannot digest milk Urine can be passed only by pressing abdominal muscles Stools knotty, like sheep's dung, crumbling at verge of anus Menses black, clotted Leucorrhœa with every stool and after exercise |
Immediately after eating
Lying on right side From sea bathing Mental exertion |
Pressure
Motion Open air |
| Natrum Phos | Imagines, on waking at night, that pieces of
furniture are persons; that the hears footsteps in next room.
Fears bad news Desires strong tasting things, eggs, fried fish, beer Aversion to bread and butter Sour eructations and taste Yellow, creamy coating at the back of the roof of mouth and tongue Menses too early; pale, thin, watery Leucorrhœa; discharge creamy or honey-colored, or acid and watery |
Walking, esp up stairs
Coitus |
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| Nux Vomica | 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, over study, and close application to business, with its cares and anxieties Seeks stimulants, coffee, wine Takes preferably rich and stimulating food Pre-eminently a male remedy Hypersensitive and over-impressionable Zealous fiery temperament Easily chilled, avoids open air 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 Loves fats and tolerates them well Constipation, with frequent ineffectual urging, incomplete and unsatisfactory; feeling as if part remained unexpelled Frequent calls to urinate; little and often Menses too early, lasts too long; always irregular Sexual desire too strong Cannot sleep after 3 am until towards morning; awakes feeling wretchedly 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 |
| Petroleum | Loses his way in streets
Thinks he is double, or some one else lying alongside Feels that death is near, and must hurry to settle affairs Irritable, easily offended, vexed at everything Low-spirited, with dimness of sight Strong aversion to fat food, meat Must rise at night and eat Leucorrhœa, profuse, albuminous |
During the winter season
Riding in cars, carriages, or ships Mental emotions Eating cabbage Dampness Before and during a thunder-storm Passive motion |
Warm air
Lying with head high Dry weather |
| Phosphorus | Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, with thin,
transparent skin, weakened by loss of animal fluids
Great nervous debility Emaciation Amative tendencies Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunder-storms Suddenness of symptoms Great lowness of spirits Easily vexed Fearfulness, as if something were creeping out of every corner Clairvoyant state Great tendency to start. Loss of memory Dread of death when alone Brain feels tired Excitable, produces heat all over Restless, fidgety Hypo-sensitive, indifferent Hearing difficult, especially to human voice Thirst for very cold water Stools long, narrow, hard, like a dog's Urine turbid, brown, with red sediment Menses too early and scanty-not profuse, but last too long Leucorrhœa profuse, smarting, corrosive Vivid dreams of fire; of hæmorrhage; lascivious dreams |
Touch
Physical or mental exertion Twilight Warm food or drink Change of weather 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 |
| Platina | Pre-eminently a woman's remedy
Pains increase and decrease gradually Tremulousness Irresistible impulse to kill Self-exaltation; contempt for others Arrogant, proud Weary of everything Every thing seems changed Objects look smaller than they are Stool retarded; feces scanty; evacuated with difficulty; sticky stools Menses too early, too profuse, dark-clotted Abnormal sexual appetite Sleeps with legs far apart |
Sitting
Standing Evening |
Walking |
| Psorinum | Hopeless; despairs of recovery
Melancholy, deep and persistent; religious Suicidal tendency Wants the head kept warm, wants warm clothing even in summer Extreme sensitiveness to cold Lack of reaction, i.e., phagocytes defective; when well-chosen remedies fail to act Secretions have a filthy smell Profuse sweating Cardiac weakness Easy perspiration when walking Very hungry always; must have something to eat in the middle of the night Eructations like bad eggs Leucorrhœa fetid, lumpy, with much backache and debility Dread of least cold air or draft |
Coffee; does not improve while using coffee
Changes of weather In hot sunshine From cold
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Heat
Warm clothing, even in summer |
| Pulsatilla | Pre-eminently a female remedy, 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 Chilly Great sensitiveness Wants the head high; feels uncomfortable with only one pillow Lies with hands above head Timid, irresolute Fears in evening to be alone, dark, ghost Likes sympathy Children like fuss and caresses Easily discouraged Morbid dread of the opposite sex Religious melancholy Given to extremes of pleasure and pain Highly emotional Mentally, an April day Desire for tonics Averse to fat food, warm food, and drink Dislikes butter Two or three normal stools daily; no two stools alike Tardy menses; too late, scanty, thick, dark, clotted, changeable, intermittent Leucorrhœa acrid, burning, creamy Wide awake in the evening; first sleep restless |
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 |
| Rhus Tox | Listless, sad
Thoughts of suicide Extreme restlessness, with continued change of position Sensorium becomes cloudy Great apprehension at night, cannot remain in bed Desire for milk Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat Stools of cadaverous odor Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid Dreams of great exertion |
During sleep
Cold, wet rainy weather and after rain At night During rest Drenching When lying on back or right side |
For a time, from a change of position
Warm, dry weather Motion Walking Rubbing Warm applications From stretching out limbs |
| Secale Cornutum | A constringent feeling throughout the whole body
Esp indicated for old people with shriveled skin-thin, scrawny old women Whole body is pervaded by a sense of great heat Debility, anxiety, emaciation, though appetite and thirst may be excessive Craves acids Brownish, offensive leucorrhœa Menses irregular, copious, dark; continuous oozing of watery blood until next period Great aversion to heat |
Heat
Warm covering |
Cold
Uncovering Rubbing Stretching out limbs |
| Sepia | Weakness, yellow complexion, bearing-down
sensation, especially in women, upon whose organism it has most pronounced
effect
Upward tendency of its symptoms Easy fainting "Ball" sensation in inner parts Sepia acts best on brunettes Feels cold even in warm room Indifferent to those loved best Averse to occupation, to family Irritable; easily offended Dreads to be alone Very sad Weeps when telling symptoms Miserly Anxious toward evening; indolent Everything tastes too salty Longing for vinegar, acids, and pickles Worse, after milk, especially when boiled Loathes fat Red, adhesive, sand in urine Leucorrhœa yellow, greenish; with much itching |
Forenoons and evenings
Washing Laundry-work Dampness Left side After sweat Cold air Before thunder-storm |
By exercise
Pressure Warmth of bed Hot applications Drawing limbs up Cold bathing After sleep |
| Stannum | Talking causes a very weak feeling in the throat
and chest
Pains that come and go gradually Sad, anxious Discouraged Dread of seeing people Smell of cooking causes vomiting Menses early and profuse Leucorrhœa, with great debility Sleeps with one leg drawn up, the other stretched out Dizziness and weakness when descending |
Using voice (i.e, laughing, talking, singing)
Lying on right side Warm drinks |
Coughing or expectorating
Hard pressure |
| Sulphur | Very forgetful
Difficult thinking Busy all the time Childish peevishness in grown people Irritable Affections vitiated; very selfish, no regard for others Religious melancholy Averse to business; loafs-too lazy to arouse himself Imagining giving wrong things to people, causing their death Depressed Thin and weak, even with good appetite Heat and burning, with itching; made worse by heat of bed Inertia and relaxation of fiber; hence feebleness of tone Ebullitions of heat Dislike of water Dry and hard hair and skin Red orifices Sinking feeling at stomach about 11 am Cat-nap sleep Aversion to being washed Complaints that relapse General offensive character of discharge and exhalations Very red lips and face, flushing easily Milk disagrees Great desire for sweets Great quantities of colorless urine Menses too late, short, scanty, and difficult; thick, black, acrid, making parts sore Leucorrhœa, burning, excoriating Cannot walk erect; stoop-shouldered Cannot sleep between 2 an 5 am |
At rest
When standing Warmth in bed Washing Bathing Morning 11 am Night From alcoholic stimulants Periodically |
Dry, warm weather
Lying on right side From drawing up affected limbs |
| Tarentula Hispanica | Sudden alteration of mood
Foxy Destructive impulses; moral relaxation Must constantly busy herself or walk Sensitive to music Averse to company, but wants some one present Ungrateful, discontented Guided by whims Constriction sensations Formication; Extreme restlessness; must keep in constant motion even though walking aggravates Intense sexual excitement Profuse menstruation, with frequent erotic spasms |
Motion
Contact Noise Seeming others in trouble |
Open air
Music Bright colors Rubbing affected parts |
| Thuja | Fixed ideas, as if a strange person were at his
side; as if soul and body were separated; as if something alive in
abdomen
Emotional sensitiveness; music causes weeping and trembling Complaints from moonlight Rapid exhaustion and emaciation Left-sided and chilly medicine Dislike for fresh meat and potatoes Rancid eructations after fat food Cannot eat onions Profuse leucorrhœa; thick, greenish Menses scanty, retarded Perspiration sweetish, and strong |
Night
Heat of bed At 3 am and 3 pm From cold, damp air After breakfast Fat Coffee Vaccination |
Left side
While drawing up a limb |
| Veratrum Album | Extreme coldness, blueness, and weakness
Cold perspiration on the forehead Excessive dryness of all mucous surfaces Coprophagia; desire to eat feces Violent mania alternates with silence and refusal to talk Melancholy, with stupor and mania Sits in a stupid manner; notices nothing; Sullen indifference Frenzy of excitement; shrieks, curses Aimless wandering from home Mania, with desire to cut and tear things Cursing, howling all night Thirst for cold water, but is vomited as soon as swallowed Averse to warm food Craves fruit, juicy and cold things, ice, salt Stools large, with much straining until exhausted, with cold sweat Menses too early; profuse and exhausting |
At night
Wet, cold weather |
Walking
Warmth |