Breast Cancer
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Argentum Nitricum | Great desire of sweets, cheese and salt
Splinter like pains Sensation as if parts were expanding Withered and dried up constitution Pains increase and decrease gradually Flatulent state and prematurely aged look Intolerance of heat Intense spasm of chest muscles Dreams of snakes and sexual gratification |
Warmth in any form
At night From cold food Sweets After eating During menses From emotions Left side |
From eructations
Fresh air Cold Pressure |
| Arsenicum Iodatum | Cancer of breast after ulceration has set in
Shotty pulse Profound prostration Great emaciation Intense thirst Drenching night sweats |
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| Arsenicum Album | All pervading debility
Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion Restlessness Irritable weakness Burning pains Unquenchable thirst; drinks much but little at a time Green discharges Gradual loss of weight from impaired nutrition Malignancy regardless of location Septic infections and low vitality Craves acids, coffee, milk Urine albuminous Menses too soon and profuse Leucorrhoea acrid, thin, burning, offensive Pain as from red hot wires; worse least exertion; causes great fatigue; better in warm room Dreams full of care and fear |
Night
Sea side Wet weather After midnight From cold, cold drinks or food Right side |
From heat
From head elevated Warm drinks |
| Asterias Rubens | Cancer of breast even in ulcerative stage
Indicated for flabby, lymphatic constitution Flabby with red face Lancinating pains Excitement in both sexes Swelling and pain in breasts; worse left; ulceration in breasts with sharp pains, piercing to scapulae, pains down left arm to fingers, worse motion Nodes and indurations of mammary gland, dull aching, neuralgic pains Breast swollen, indurated Left breast feels as if pulled inwards and pain extends inner arm to end of little finger Axillary glands swollen hard and knotted Stools like olives |
Coffee
Night Cold, damp weather Left side |
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| Badiaga | Soreness of muscles and integuments; worse motion
and friction of clothes, with sensitiveness to cold
Glands swollen General paresis Much thirst Cancer of breast |
By cold | By heat |
| Baptisia |
Low fevers Septic conditions of blood Extreme prostration Indescribable sick feeling Great muscular soreness and putrid phenomena All secretions offensive Besotted look Constant desire for water Sinking feeling in stomach Stools very offensive, thin, dark, bloody Menses too early, too profuse Can not get herself together, feels scattered about bed |
Beer Humid heat Fog Indoors |
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| Baryta Iodata | Acts on lymphatic system, increased leucocytosis
Indurated glands in breasts |
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| Bromum | Indicated for blondes
Tendency to spasmodic attacks Sense of suffocation Excoriating discharges Profuse sweat Great weakness Glands become hard but seldom suppurate Cold sensation when inspiring Menses too early, too profuse with membranous shreds Tumor in breast, with stitching pains; worse left; pains extend from breast to axillae Sharp shooting pains in left breast, worse pressure |
Heat
From evening until midnight When sitting in warm room Warm, damp weather When at rest Lying on left side |
From any motion
Exercise At sea |
| Bryonia | Stitching, tearing pains; worse by motion, better
rest
Dry mucus membranes; dry parched lips and mouth Irritable Excessive thirst; thirst for large draughts Bitter taste Sensitive epigastrium and feeling of stone in the stomach Stools dry, hard and large Esp for patients of the constitution of a robust, firm fiber and dark complexion with tendency of leanness Physical w3eakness All pervading apathy Complaints develop slowly Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot Menses too early, too profuse Pain in breast during menses Breasts hot, tender and painful, hard Abscess of breasts |
Right side
Evenings Open air Warm weather after cold days Warmth Any motion Morning Eating Hot weather Exertion Touch |
Lying on the painful side
Pressure Rest Cold things |
| Calcarea Iodatum | Enlarged glands
Profuse and yellow secretions Easy perspiration Swelling of glands Nodular tumors in breasts; moveable, tender to touch, painful on moving arms |
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| Carbo Animalis | Old people
Feeble circulation and lowered vitality Glands are indurated, veins distended, skin blue Easily strains from lifting Ulceration and decomposition Offensive secretions Flatulence Repugnance to fat food Menses too early, frequent, long lasting, followed by great exhaustion, so weak, can hardly speak Menses flow only in morning Darting in breast; painful indurations in breast, esp right Glands in neck, axillae, groin and breast indurated, swollen and painful; pains lancinating, cutting, burning |
After shaving
Loss of animal fluids |
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| Carcinosin | History of cancer or symptoms of cancer.
Cancer of mammary glands with great pain and indurations of glands Cancer of uterus with offensive discharge and haemorrhage Indigestion and accumulation of gas in stomach and bowels |
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| Cicuta Virosa | Painful tumors in breasts
Burning pain in nipples Violent, strange desires Sensation of internal chill Moaning and howling Does absurd things Thirst Desire for unnatural things, like coal Back bent backwards like an arch |
From touch
Draughts Concussions Tobacco smoke |
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| Clematis Erecta | Acts esp on glands
Neuralgic pains in various parts; better by perspiration Muscles relaxed or twitching Great emaciation Great sleepiness Distant pulsation in whole body Glandular indurations and tumors in breasts |
At night
Warmth of bed Washing in cold water New moon |
In open air |
| Condurango | Painful cracks in corner of mouth
Cancer originating in epithelial structures Cancer of the breast; nipple so retracted as to be invisible; hard tumor of the size of an egg on the outer side of nipple Lancinating pains in breast; whole breast very tender to touch Urine scanty, high colored, loaded with phosphates |
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| Conium | Difficult gait
Trembling Sudden loss of strength while walking Painful stiffness of legs Indicated at change of life, old maids Debility; great debility in the morning in bed Hypochondriasis Weakened memory Sexual dysfunction General feeling as if bruised by blows Cancerous diathesis Enlarged glands Tremulous weakness after every stool Breasts lax, shrunken, hard, painful to touch Stitches in nipples Wants to press breast hard with hand Breasts enlarge and become painful before menses. Menses delayed and scanty |
Lying down
Turning or rising in bed Celibacy Before and during menses From taking cold Bodily or mental exertion
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While fasting
In the dark From letting limbs hang down Motion Pressure |
| Galium Aparine | Cancer
Gravel and stone in urinary tracts Ulcers |
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| Graphites | Esp indicated for patients who are rather stout, of
fair complexion
Tendency to constipation Chilly, costive Delayed menstrual history Takes cold easily Gushing leucorrhoea Hears better in noise Aversion to meat Sweets nauseate Hot drinks disagree Urine turbid, with sediment, sour smelling Menses too late, pale, scanty Leucorrhoea pale, thin, profuse, white, excoriating Breast swollen and hard Nipples sore, cracked and blistered |
Warmth
At night During and after menses |
In dark
From wrapping up |
| Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum | Inclination to eruptions and glandular swellings
Blondes with sluggish character and weak muscles Great sensitiveness to all impressions Sweating patient pulls blanket around him Tendency to suppuration Chilliness Splinter like pains Cravings for wine, sour and strong things Feeling as if wind were blowing on some part Side on the body on which he lies at night becomes gradually insufferably painful; he must turn Aversion to fat food Stools clay colored and soft; sour, white, undigested, fetid Menses late and scanty Extremely offensive leucorrhoea; smells like old cheese Itching in nipples during menses |
From dry cold winds
Cool air Slightest air From mercury Touch Lying on painful side |
In damp weather
From wrapping head up From warmth After eating |
| Hoang Nan | Exhaustion with vertigo
Cancer of glandular structures Numbness and tingling in hands and feet |
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| Hydrastis | Esp indicated in old, easily tired people,
cachectic individuals, with great debility
Feels his wits sharpened, head cleared, facile expression Weak muscular power, poor digestion and obstinate constipation Emaciation Prostration Cancer and cancerous state, before ulceration, when pain is the principle symptom Bitter taste Can not eat bread or vegetables Urine smells decomposed Leucorrhoea acrid, shreddy and tenacious Tumor of breast; nipple retracted |
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| Kali Iodatum | Glandular swellings; enlarged and indurated
Diffused sensitiveness Loss of weight Much thirst Menses late and profuse Corrosive leucorrhoea |
Cold food and drink, esp milk
Warm clothings Warm room At night Damp weather |
Motion
Open air |
| Kreosotum | Pulsations all over the body
Excoriating, burning and offensive discharges Haemorrhages, ulcerations and cancerous affections Esp indicated for overgrown, poorly developed children Urine offensive Dreams of urinating, pursuits, fires, erections Leucorrhoea yellow, acrid, odor of green corn Menses too early, prolonged, intermits; ceases on sitting or walking, reappears on lying down |
Open air
Cold Rest When lying After menses |
From warmth
Motion Warm diet |
| Lachesis | Hemorrhagic tendency
Indicated during climacteric and for melancholic patients Sensation of tension in various parts Can not bear anything tight anywhere Craving for alcohol, oysters Constipated, offensive stools Menses too short, too feeble; pains all relieved by the flow Breast inflamed and bluish |
After sleep
Left side In the spring Warm bath Pressure or constriction Hot drinks Closing eyes |
Appearance of discharges
Warm applications |
| Phosphorus | Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, with thin
transparent skin
Great nervous debility Emaciation Amative tendencies Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunderstorms Suddenness of symptoms Sees better by shading eyes with hand Hearing difficult esp of human voice Thirst for very cold water Stools long and hard, like dogs' Urine turbid, brown with red sediment Menses too early, scanty, but too long lasting Stitching pains in breasts Suppuration of breasts; burning, watery, offensive discharge Leucorrhoea profuse, smarting, corrosive Dreams lascivious; of fire; of haemorrhages |
Touch
Physical or mental exertion Twilight Warm food or drink Change of weather Evening Lying on left or painful side During a thunderstorm Ascending stairs |
In dark
Lying on right side Cold food Cold Open air Washing with cold water Sleep |
| Plumbum Iodatum | Indurations of the glands of breasts, esp when a
tendency to become inflamed appears; sore and painful
Very dry skin Indurations of great hardness Lancinating pains |
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| Psorinum | Wants the head kept warm, warm clothing even in
summer
Extreme sensitiveness to cold Debility Lack of reaction Offensive discharges Profuse sweating Cardiac weakness Very hungry always; must have something to eat in the middle of the night Leucorrhoea fetid, lumpy Breasts swollen and painful; enlarged glands Dread of least cold air or draft |
Coffee
Changes of weather In hot sunshine From cold |
Heat
Warm clothing, even in summer |
| Sangunaria | Circumscribed redness of cheeks
Flashes of heat Burning in palms and soles Burning sensations, like from hot water Aversion to butter Craving for piquant things Unquenchable thirst Leucorrhoea fetid, corrosive Menses offensive, profuse Soreness of breasts |
Right side
Sweets Motion Touch |
Acids
Sleep Darkness |
| Scirrhinum | A tremendous sinking at the navel
Breast tumors |
5 to 6 pm
Irregularly on through the night |
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| Sempervivum Tectorum | Cancerous tumors
Mammary carcinoma Tongue bleeds easily Warts on skin Haemorrhoids |
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| Silicea | Suppurative processes; ailments attended with pus
formation
Patient is cold, chilly, hugs the fire, wants plenty of warm clothes Hates draft Hand and feet cold Lack of vital heat Prostration of body and mind Great sensitiveness to taking cold Intolerance to alcoholic stimulants Want of grit, moral or physical Disgust for warm food and meat Milky, acrid leucorrhoea Nipples very sore; ulcerated easily; drawn in Fistulous ulcers in breasts Hard lumps in breasts Anxious dreams |
Winter
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 | Inertia and feebleness of fiber
Ebullition of heat Dislike of water; aversion to being washed Dry and hard hair and skin Red orifices Sinking feeling at stomach at about 11 am Cat nap sleep Complaints that relapse Offensive discharges and exhalations Milk disagrees Great desire for sweets Great quantity of colorless urine Menses too late, short, scanty, thick, acrid, making parts sore Leucorrhoea burning, excoriating Nipples cracked; smart and burn Can not walk erect; stoop shouldered |
Standing
Rest Warmth of bed Washing Bathing In mroning 11 am Night From alcoholic stimulants Periodically |
Dry, warm weather
Lying on right side From drawing affected limbs |
| Tarentula Cubensis | Septic conditions
Most severe type of inflammations and pains Early and persistent prostration Various forms of malignant suppurations Purplish hue and burning, stinging pains Restless feet Can not hold urine on coughing Scirrhus of breast |
Night | Smoking |
| Thuja | Excess of venosity
Ill effects of vaccinations Rapid exhaustion and emaciation Left sided and chilly patients Dislike of fresh meat and potatoes Rancid eructation after fat food Can not eat onions Profuse leucorrhoea; thick, greenish Menses scanty, retarded Glandular enlargements Sarcoma |
Moonlight
Night From 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 |