Chronic Vaginitis
An chronic inflammation of the vaginal tissues
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Calcarea Carbonica | Burning and
itching of parts before and after menstruation; in little girls
Increased sexual desire; easy conception Increased local and general perspiration Gets out of breath easily A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence Persons of scrofulous type, who take cold easily, with increased mucous secretions, children who grow fat, are large-bellied, with large head, pale skin, chalky look, the so-called leuco-phlegmatic temperament; affections caused by working in water Great sensitiveness to cold; partial sweats Children crave eggs and eat dirt and other indigestible things; are prone to diarrhœa Calcarea patient is fat, fair, flabby and perspiring and cold, damp and sour Persistent sour taste Aversion to meat, boiled things Craving for indigestible things-chalk, coal, pencils; also for eggs, salt and sweets Milk disagrees Frequent sour eructations; sour vomiting Dislike of fat. Loss of appetite when overworked Heartburn and loud belching Ravenous hunger Repugnance to hot food Thirst; longing for cold drinks Menses too early, too profuse, too long, with vertigo, toothache and cold, damp feet; the least excitement causes their return. Leucorrhœa, milky Ideas crowding in her mind prevent sleep; horrid visions when opening eyes Starts at every noise; fears that she will go crazy Drowsy in early part of evening Frequent waking at night Same disagreeable idea always arouses from light slumber Night terrors Dreams of the dead |
From exertion,
mental or physical
Ascending Cold in every form Water, washing, moist air, wet weather During full moon Standing While eating |
Dry climate and weather
Lying on painful side |
| Kreosotum | Pulsations all
over the body
Excoriating, burning, and offensive discharges Overgrown, poorly developed children Putrid odor and bitter taste Urine offensive Violent itching of vulva and vagina, worse when urinating Can urinate only when lying; cannot get out of bed quick enough during first sleep Dreams of urinating Must hurry when desire comes to urinate Corrosive itching within vulva, burning and swelling of labia; violent itching between labia and thighs During menses, difficult hearing; buzzing and roaring; eruption after Burning and soreness in external and internal parts Leucorrhœa, yellow, acrid; odor of green corn; worse between periods Menses too early, prolonged; menstrual flow intermits; ceases on sitting or walking; reappears on lying down Sleep disturbed with tossing; paralytic sensation in limbs on waking Anxious dreams of pursuit, fire, erections, etc |
In
open air
Cold rest When lying After menstruation |
From
warmth
Motion Warm diet |
| Mercurius Solubilis | Tremors
everywhere
Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion Complaints increase with the sweat and rest; all associated with a great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling A human "thermometer" 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 Tendency to formation of pus, which is thin, greenish, putrid; streaked with thin blood Sweetish metallic taste Salivary secretions greatly increased; bloody and viscid Saliva fetid, coppery Speech difficult on account of trembling tongue Fetid odor from mouth, can smell it all over room. Great thirst, with moist mo Constant desire to swallow Putrid eructations Intense thirst for cold drinks Weak digestion, with continuous hunger Frequent urging to urinate Greenish discharge from urethra; burning in urethra on beginning to urinate Urine dark, scanty, bloody, albuminous Menses profuse, with abdominal pains Leucorrhœa excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts Itching and burning; worse, after urinating; better, washing with cold water |
At night
Wet, damp weather Lying on right side Perspiring Warm room Warm bed Damp, cold, rainy weather |
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| Pulsatilla | Pre-eminently a
female remedy, especially for mild, gentle, yielding disposition
Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking; changeable, contradictory The patient seeks the open air; always feels better there, even though he is chilly Mucous membranes are all affected Discharges thick, bland, and yellowish-green Often indicated after abuse of Iron tonics, and after badly-managed measles 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 Greasy taste Dry mouth, without thirst; wants it washed frequently Frequently licks the dry lips Offensive odor from mouth Food, especially bread, tastes bitter Much sweet saliva Alternations of taste, bitter, bilious, greasy, salty, foul Loss of taste Desire for tonics 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 Heartburn Gnawing, hungry feeling No two stools alike Two or three normal stools daily Increased desire to urinate; worse when lying down Burning in orifice of urethra during and after micturition Tardy menses; too late, scanty, thick, dark, clotted, changeable, intermittent Leucorrhœa acrid, burning, cream 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 Cold drinks, though not thirsty |
| Sepia | Weariness
and misery
Weakness, yellow complexion, bearing-down sensation, especially in women, upon whose organism it has most pronounced effect Tendency to abortion Hot flashes at menopause with weakness and perspiration Upward tendency of its symptoms Easy fainting "Ball" sensation in inner parts Sepia acts best on brunettes Feels cold even in warm room Taste salty, putrid Everything tastes too salty Longing for vinegar, acids, and pickles Loathes fat Red, adhesive, sand in urine Involuntary urination, during first sleep Bearing-down sensation as if everything would escape through vulva; must cross limbs to prevent protrusion, or press against vulva Leucorrhœa yellow, greenish; with much itching Menses Too late and scanty, irregular; early and profuse; sharp clutching pains Violent stitches upward in the vagina, from uterus to umbilicus Vagina painful, especially on coition |
Forenoons
Evenings Washing Laundry-work Dampness Left side After sweat Cold air Before thunder-storm After milk, especially when boiled |
By
exercise
Pressure Warmth of bed Hot applications Drawing limbs up Cold bathing After sleep |
| 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 Green discharges Septic infections and low vitality Metallic taste Great thirst; drinks much, but little at a time. Craves acids and coffee Heartburn; gulping up of acid and bitter substances which seem to excoriate the throat Long-lasting eructations Craves milk Stool small, offensive, dark, with much prostration Urine scanty, burning, involuntary, albuminous Menses too profuse and too soon Leucorrhœa, acrid, burning, offensive, thin Disturbed, anxious, restless sleep; must have head raised by pillows 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 |
| Borax | Dread of downward
motion
Very sensitive to slightest noise; not so much disturbed by louder ones Taste bitter; of "cellar mould" Hot, smarting pain in orifice; pungent smell; child afraid to urinate, screams before urinating Leucorrhœa like white of eggs, with sensation as if warm water was flowing Menses too soon, profuse, with griping, nausea and pain in stomach extending into small of back Sensation of distention in clitoris with sticking Pruritis of vulva and eczema Voluptuous dreams Cannot sleep on account of heat, especially in head Cries out of sleep as if frightened |
Downward motion
Noise Smoking Warm weather After menses |
Pressure
Evening Cold weather |
| Grindelia | Smothering
after falling asleep
Sugar in urine |
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| Hydrastis | Acts especially
on mucous membranes, relaxing them and producing a thick, yellowish,
ropy secretion
Especially active 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 and prostration Peppery taste Weak digestion Bitter taste Cannot eat bread or vegetables Urine smells decomposed Leucorrhœa, worse after menses; acrid and corroding, shreddy, tenacious Pruritus vulvæ, with profuse leucorrhœa Sexual excitement |
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| Iodatum | Rapid metabolism:
Loss of flesh great appetite
Hungry with much thirst Great debility, the slightest effort induces perspiration Exceedingly thin, dark complexioned, with enlarged lymphatic glands, has voracious appetite but gets thin Tremor Craves cold air Acts prominently on connective tissue Sluggish vital reaction, hence chronicity in many of its aspects. Is warm, and wants cool surroundings Weakness and loss of breath going upstairs Offensive odor from mouth Ravenous hunger and much thirst Empty eructations, as if every particle of food were turned into gas Anxious and worried if he does not eat Loss flesh, yet hungry and eating well Urine frequent and copious, dark yellow-green, thick, acrid with cuticle on surface Great weakness during menses Menstruation irregular Acrid leucorrhœa, thick, slimy, corroding the linen |
When quiet
In warm room Night side |
Walking about
In open air After eating |
| Kali Muriaticum | Great
value in catarrhal affections, in sub-acute inflammatory states, fibrinous
exudations, and glandular swellings
White or gray coating of base of tongue, and expectoration of thick, white phlegm Fatty or rich food causes indigestion Flatulence Leucorrhœa; discharge of milky-white mucus, thick, non-irritating, bland |
Rich food
Fats Motion |
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| Nitricum Acidum | Acts best on the
dark complexioned and past middle life
Pains appear and disappear quickly Putrid breath Salivation Great hunger, with sweetish taste Longing for indigestible things-chalk, earth, etc Loves fat and salt Urine scanty, dark, offensive; smells like horse's urine; cold on passing; burning and stinging Urine bloody and albuminous Leucorrhœa brown, flesh-colored, watery, or stringy, offensive Menses early, profuse, like muddy water, with pain in back, hips and thighs Stitches through vagina |
Evening
Night Cold climate And also hot weather |
While riding in carriage |
| Sulphur | 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 Dirty, filthy people, prone to skin affections Aversion to being washed When carefully-selected remedies fail to act, especially in acute diseases Complaints that relapse General offensive character of discharge and exhalations Very red lips and face, flushing easily Often great use in beginning the treatment of chronic cases and in finishing acute ones Complete loss of, or excessive 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 Frequent micturition, especially at night Burning in urethra during micturition, lasts long after Mucus and pus in urine; parts sore over which it passes Must hurry, sudden call to urinate Great quantities of colorless urine Pudenda itches Vagina burns Much offensive perspiration 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 up singing 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 |