Beriberi
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Elaterium Officinarum | Violent vomiting and purging, especially if the
evacuations are copious and watery. It is a Certain forms of dropsy Much yawning and stretching Beriberi Irresistible desire to wander from home at night Effects of damp weather Watery, copious, forceful. Squirting diarrhœa; frothy, olive green, with cutting in abdomen Sharp pains in fingers and thumbs, knees, toes, and instep Gouty pain in great toes Pain extends down extremities; pain in hip-joints with diarrhœa Skin smarts, stings, and burns; dropsical Skin, orange color |
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| Lathyrus | Reflexes always increased Beriberi Much weakness and heaviness, slow recovery of nerve power Sleepy, constant yawning Tips of fingers numb Tremulous, tottering gait Excessive rigidity of legs; spastic gait Knees knock against each other when walking Cramps in legs worse cold, and cold fee Cannot extend or cross legs when sitting Gluteal muscles and lower limbs emaciated Legs blue; swollen, if hanging down Stiffness and lameness of ankles and knees, toe do not leave the floor, heels do not touch floor, Muscles of calves very tense Patient sits bent forward, straightens with difficulty Increased bladder reflex; frequent urging, must hurry, else voided involuntarily |
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| 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 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 Diarrhœa of blood, slime, and reddish mucus Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid Pulse quick, weak, irregular, intermittent, with numbness of left arm Trembling and palpitation when sitting still Hot, painful swelling of joints Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments, and fasciæ. Soreness of condyles of bones Limbs stiff paralyzed The cold fresh air is not tolerated; it makes the skin painful Pain along ulnar nerve Tearing down thighs Numbness and formication, after overwork and exposure Paralysis; trembling after exertion Tenderness about knee-joint Loss of power in forearm and fingers; crawling sensation in the tips of fingers Tingling in feet 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 |