Crohn's Disease
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Argentum Nitricum | Inco-ordination,
loss of control and want of balance everywhere, mentally and physically
Trembling in affected parts Marked gastro-enteritis Great desire for sweets Splinter-like pains Sensation as if a part were expanding and other errors of perception Withered up and dried constitutions Unusual or long continued mental exertion. Pains increase and decrease gradually Flatulent state and prematurely aged look Explosive belching especially in neurotics Upper abdominal affections brought on by undue mental exertion Intolerance of heat Sensation of a sudden pinch Belching accompanies most gastric ailmentsNausea, retching, vomiting of glairy mucus Flatulence; painful swelling of pit Painful spot over stomach that radiates to all parts of the abdomen Gnawing ulcerating pain; burning and constriction Ineffectual effort at eructation Ulcerative pain in left side under ribs Trembling and throbbing in stomach Enormous distention Ulceration of stomach, with radiating pain Desire for cheese and salt. Abdominal colic, with much flatulent distentionStools watery, noisy, flatulent; green, like chopped spinach, with shreddy mucus and enormous distention of abdomen; very offensive Diarrhœa immediately after eating or drinking Fluids go right through him; after sweets; after any emotion with flatulence Urine scanty and dark Emission of a few drops after having finished urination Divided stream while urinating Impotence Erection fails when coition is attempted Desire wanting Leucorrhœa profuse, with erosion of cervix bleeding easily Sleepless, from fancies before his imaginationHorrible dreams of snakes, and of sexual gratification Chills with nauseaChilly when uncovered, yet feels smothered if wrapped up |
Warmth
in any form
At night From cold food; sweets After eating At menstrual period From emotions Left side |
From
eructation
Fresh air Cold Pressure |
| Arsenicum Album | All-prevailing
debility, exhaustion, and restlessness
Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion Irritable weakness Burning pains Burning relieved by heat Fear fright and worry Gradual loss of weight from impaired nutrition Maintains the system under the stress of malignancy regardless of location Septic infections and low vitality Cannot bear the sight or smell of foodGreat thirst; drinks much, but little at a time Nausea, retching, vomiting, after eating or drinking Anxiety in pit of stomach Craves milk, acids and coffee Heartburn; gulping up of acid and bitter substances which seem to excoriate the throat Long-lasting eructations Vomiting of blood, bile, green mucus, or brown-black mixed with blood Stomach extremely irritable; seems raw, as if torn Pain in stomach from slightest food or drink Terrible fear and dyspnœa, with gastralgia; also faintness, icy coldness, great exhaustion Malignant symptoms Everything swallowed seems to lodge in the œsophagus, which seems as if closed and nothing would pass Gnawing, burning pains like coals of fire in the abdomen; relieved by heatAbdomen swollen and painful Pain as from a wound in abdomen on coughing. Stools small, offensive, dark, with much prostration.Body cold as ice Urine scanty, burning, involuntary; albuminousMenses too profuse and too soon Leucorrhœa, acrid, burning, offensive, thin Disturbed, anxious, restless sleepMust have head raised by pillows to sleep Suffocative fits during sleep Sleeps with hands over head Dreams are full of care and fear Drowsy, sleeping sickness. High temperature in fever; periodicity marked with adynamia; paroxysms incomplete, with marked exhaustionCold sweats Delirium in fever; worse after midnight Great restlessness during fever Great heat about 3 am |
Wet
weather
After midnight From cold, cold drinks, or food Seashore Right side At night After eating and drinking From chilling stomach Alcoholic abuse |
From heat
From head elevated Warm drinks |
| China | Debility from exhausting
discharges, from loss of vital fluids, together with a nervous erethism
Periodicity is most marked Sensitive to draughts Seldom indicated in the earlier stages of acute disease Stomach tender, coldVomiting of undigested food Slow digestion Weight after eating Hungry without appetite Flat taste Darting pain crosswise in hypogastric region Milk disagrees Hungry longing for food, which lies undigested Flatulence; belching of bitter fluid or regurgitation of food gives no relief; worse eating fruit Bloatedness better by movement. Much flatulent abdominal colic; better bending doubleTympanitic abdomen Pain in right hypochondrium Internal coldness of stomach and abdomen Gastro-duodenal catarrh. Stools undigested, frothy, yellow; painless; worse at night, after meals, during hot weather, from fruit, milk, beerVery weakening from stools, with much flatulence Stools difficult even when soft Excited lascivious fancy in malesFrequent emissions, followed by great weakness Menses too earlyProfuse menses with pain Desire too strong in females Bloody leucorrhœa Drowsiness; unrefreshing or constant stuporWakens early Protracted sleeplessness Anxious, frightful dreams with confused consciousness on waking, so that the dream cannot be rid of and fear of dream remains Fever intermittent, paroxysms anticipate; return every weekChill generally in forenoon, commencing in breast; thirst before chill, and little and often Debilitating night-sweats Free perspiration caused by every little exertion, especially on single parts |
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 |
| Cuprum Aceticum | Violent spasmodic pains in stomach and abdomen
Vomiting Slimy brown diarrhœa Violent tenesmus in abdomen |
Mental emotions
Touch |
Chewing
Pressure Night Lying on affected side Warmth |
| Calcarea Phosphoricum | Peevish
Flabby Has cold extremities and feeble digestion Numbness and crawling Tendency to perspiration Craving for bacon, ham, salted or smoked meatsMuch flatulence Great hunger with thirst flatulence temporarily relieved by sour eructations Heartburn At every attempt to eat, colicky pain in abdomen Sunken and flabby abdomen Colic, soreness and burning around navel Diarrhœa from juicy fruits or cider; during dentition; green, slimy, hot, sputtering, undigested, with fetid flatusMenses too early, excessive, and bright in girls If late, blood is dark; sometimes, first bright, then dark, with violent backache Leucorrhœa, like white of egg; worse morning |
Exposure to damp, cold
weather
Change of weather Melting snow |
In summer
Warm, dry atmosphere |
| Gambogia | Feeling of coldness at edge
of teeth
Great irritability of the stomach; burning, smarting, and dryness of the tongue and throat Pain in the stomach after food Tenderness in epigastrium Pain and distention of abdomen from flatulence, after stool Rumbling and rolling in abdomen Diarrhœa, with sudden and forcible ejection of bilious stools Tenesmus after stools, with burning at anus Ileo-cæcal region sensitive to pressure Profuse, watery diarrhœa in hot weather, particularly old people |
Towards evening and at night | |
| Ipecacuanha | Spasmodic irritation in chest
and stomach
Persistent nausea and vomiting, Especially indicated in fat children and adults, who are feeble and catch cold in relaxing atmosphere; warm, moist weather Spasmodic affections Tongue usually cleanMouth, moist; much saliva Constant nausea and vomiting, with pale, twitching of face Vomits food, bile, blood, mucus Stomach feels relaxed, as if hanging down Cutting, clutching pain in abdomen; worse, around the navelBody rigid; stretched out stiff. Stools pitch-like green as grass, like frothy molasses, with griping at navelMenses too early and too profuse Intermittent fever, irregular cases, after Quinine Slightest chill with much heat, nausea, vomiting, and dyspnœa Fever relapses from improper diet Sleeps with eyes half openShocks in all limbs on going to sleep |
Periodically
From veal Moist warm wind Lying down |
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| Mercurius | Tremors
everywhere
Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion Great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling Sensitive to heat and cold Parts are much swollen, with raw, sore feeling 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 Putrid eructationsIntense thirst for cold drinks Weak digestion, with continuous hunger Stomach sensitive to touch Stabbing pain in abdomen, with chillinessBoring pain in right groin Flatulent distention, with pain Stools greenish, bloody and slimy, worse at night, with pain and tenesmus; never-get-done feelingStools accompanied by chilliness, sick stomach, cutting colic, and tenesmus Whitish-gray stools. Urine dark, scanty, bloody, albuminousMenses profuse, with abdominal pains Leucorrhœa excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts Fever with profuse nightly perspiration; debility, slow and lingering Heat and shuddering alternately Yellow perspiration Creeping chilliness, worse in the evening and into night Alternate flashes of heat in single parts |
At night
Wet, damp weather Lying on right side Perspiring Warm room and warm bed Rest |
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| Natrum Sulphuricum | Complaints are such as are
due to living in damp houses, basements, cellars
Feels every change from dry to wet; cannot even eat plants growing near water, nor fish Vomits sourBrown, bitter coating on tongue Thirst for something cold Bilious vomiting, acid dyspepsia, with heartburn and flatulence Duodenal catarrh, with sharp, stitching pains; cannot bear tight clothing around waist, worse, lying on left side Flatulency; wind colic in ascending colon; worse, before breakfast Burning in abdomen and anus Diarrhœa yellow, watery stools Loose morning stools, worse, after spell of wet weather Stools involuntary, when passing flatus Great size of the fecal mass Urine loaded with bile; brisk-dust sedimentMenses acrid and profuse Leucorrhœa yellowish-green, following gonorrhœa in female Leucorrhœa with hoarseness |
Music
(makes her sad)
Lying on left side Dampness of basement, damp weather Rainy weather Water in any form |
Dry
weather
Pressure Changing position In warm, dry air |
| Podophyllum | Inflammation of the bowels
with colicky pain and bilious vomiting
Stool is watery with jelly-like mucus, painless, profuse; gushing and offensive Hot, sour belching; nausea and vomitingThirst for large quantities of cold water Vomiting of hot, frothy mucus Heartburn; gagging or empty retching Vomiting of milk Abdomen distended; heat and emptinessSensation of weakness or sinking in abdomen Can lie comfortably only on stomach Rumbling and shifting of flatus in ascending colon. Diarrhœa of long standing; early in morning; during teething, with hot, glowing cheeks while being bathed or washed; in hot weather after acid fruitsMorning, painless diarrhœa when not due to venous stasis or intestinal ulceration Green, watery, fetid, profuse, gushing stools Chill at 7 am, with pain in hypochondria, and knees, ankles, wrists Great loquacity during fever Profuse sweat |
In early morning
In hot weather During dentition |
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| 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 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 Averse to fat food, warm food, and drinkEructations; taste of food remains a long time; after ices, fruits, pasty Bitter taste, diminished taste of all food Pain in stomach as from subcutaneous ulceration Flatulence Dislikes butter Heartburn Dyspepsia, with great tightness after a meal; must loosen clothing Vomiting of food eaten long before Pain in stomach an hour after eating Weight as from a stone, especially in morning on awakening Gnawing, hungry feeling in stomach Perceptible pulsation in pit of stomach Water brash, with foul taste in the morning. Abdomen painful, distended; loud rumblingPressure in abdomen as from a stone Abdominal colic, with chilliness in evening Stools rumbling, watery; worse, nightNo two stools alike Two or three normal stools daily. Increased desire to urinate; worse when lying down Tardy menses; too late, scanty, thick, dark, clotted, changeable, intermittent. Leucorrhœa acrid, burning, creamy Wide awake in the evening; first sleep restless Wakes languid, unrefreshed Irresistible sleepiness in afternoon Chilliness, even in warm room, without thirst Chilly with pains, in spots, worse evening Chill about 4 pm Intolerable burning heat at night, with distended veins; heat in parts of body, coldness in other One-sided sweat; pains during sweat External heat is intolerable, veins are distended During apyrexia, headache, diarrhœa, loss of appetite, nausea |
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 and drinks, though not thirsty |
| Rhus Tox | Typhoid type of fever
Pains and stiffness Tearing asunder pains Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better for a time from a change of position Ailments from strains, over lifting, getting wet while perspiring Septic conditions Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirstBitter taste Nausea, vertigo, and bloated abdomen after eating Desire for milk Pressure in abdomen as from a stone Drowsy after eating. Violent pains in abdomen, relieved by lying on abdomenPain in region of ascending colon Abdominal colic, compelling to walk bent Rumbling of flatus on first rising, but disappears with continued motion. Diarrhœa of blood, slime, and reddish mucusStools of cadaverous odor Frothy, painless stools. Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid Adynamic fever; restless, trembling Intermittent; chill, with dry cough and restlessness During heat, urticaria Chilly, as if cold water were poured over him, followed by heat and inclination to stretch the limbs Dreams of great exertion Heavy sleep, as from stupor Sleepless before midnight |
During
sleep
Cold, wet rainy weather 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 |
| Lycopodium | Adapted more especially to
ailments gradually developing, functional power weakening, with failures
of the digestive powers
Atony Malnutrition 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 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 Dyspepsia due to farinaceous and fermentable food, cabbage, beans, etcExcessive hunger Aversion to bread, etc Desire for sweet things Food tastes sour Sour eructations Great weakness of digestion After eating, pressure in stomach, with bitter taste in mouth 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 Sinking sensation in stomach; worse night Immediately after a light meal, abdomen is bloated, fullConstant sense of fermentation in abdomen, like yeast working; upper left side Pain shooting across lower abdomen from right to left. Inactive intestinal canalIneffectual urging. Stool hard, difficult, small, incomplete Polyuria during the nightHeavy red sediment in urine No erectile power; impotencePremature emission Menses too late; last too long, too profuse Leucorrhœa, acrid, with burning in vagina Chill between 3 and 4 pm, followed by sweat. Icy coldnessFeels as if lying on ice One chill is followed by another Drowsy during dayStarting in sleep Dreams of accidents. Offensive secretions; viscid and offensive perspiration, especially of feet and axillae |
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 |
| Aloe | Bad effects from sedentary
life or habits
Especially suitable to lymphatic and hypochondriacal patients Adapted to weary people, the aged, and phlegmatic, old beer-drinkers Dissatisfied and angry about himself, alternating with lumbago Heat internally and externally Aversion to meatLonging for juicy things After eating, flatulence, pulsation in rectum and sexual irritation Nausea, with headache Pain in pit of stomach when making false step. Pain around navel, worse pressureAbdomen feels full, heavy, hot, bloated Pulsating pain around navel Weak feeling, as if diarrhœa would come on Great accumulation of flatus, pressing downwards, causing distress in lower bowels Colic before and during stool Burning, copious flatus. Stool passes without effort, almost unnoticedLumpy, watery stool. Jelly-like stools, with soreness in rectum after stool Diarrhœa from beer. Scanty and high colored urine Menses too early and too profuse |
Early morning
Summer; heat In hot, dry weather After eating or drinking |
From cold
Open air |
| Arnica | Bed feels too hard
Relaxed blood vessels, black and blue spots Tendency to hæmorrhage and low-fever states Sore, lame, bruised feeling Neuralgias originating in disturbances of pneumo-gastric Aversion to tobacco Longing for vinegarDistaste for milk and meat Canine hunger Vomiting of blood Pain in stomach during eating Oppressive gases pass upward and downward Pressure in stomach as from a stone Feeling as if stomach were passing against spine Fetid vomiting. Stitches under false ribsAbdomen distended; offensive flatus Sharp thrusts through abdomen. Straining of tenesmus in diarrhœaOffensive, brown, bloody, putrid, involuntary stools; looks like brown yeast Must lie down after every stool Urine retained from over-exertion; dark brick-red sedimentSleepless and restless when over tired Dreams of death, mutilated bodies, anxious and terrible Horrors in the night Involuntary stools during sleep. Febrile symptoms closely related to typhoidShivering over whole body Heat and redness of head, with coolness of rest of body Internal heat; feet and hands cold Nightly sour sweats. |
Least touch
Motion Rest Wine Damp cold |
Lying down, or with head low. |
| Croton Tiglium | Feels tight all over
Copious watery stools, with much urging; always forcibly shot out, with gurgling in intestines; worse, drinking the least quantity, or even while eating Constant urging to stool, followed by sudden evacuation Swashing sensation in intestines. Night urine foaming; dark orange color; turbid on standing; greasy particles floating on topDay urine is pale, with white sediment |
Least food or drink
During summer Touch Night and morning Washing |
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| Thuja | Complaints from moonlight
Rapid exhaustion and emaciation Left-sided and chilly complaints Complete loss of appetiteDislike for fresh meat and potatoes Rancid eructations after fat food Cutting pain in epigastrium Cannot eat onions Flatulence; pain after food; sinking sensation in epigastrium before food Thirst Abdomen Distended; indurations in abdomenChronic diarrhœa, worse after breakfast Stools forcibly expelled; gurgling sound Flatulence and distension; protruding here and there Abdominal rumbling and colic Movements as of something living in abdomen, without pain. Urinary stream split and smallSensation of trickling after urinating Desire sudden and urgent, but cannot be controlled Profuse leucorrhœa; thick, greenish Menses scanty, retarded Profuse perspiration before menses Persistent insomniaChill, beginning in thighs Sweat only on uncovered parts, or all over except head, when sleeping; profuse, sour, smelling like honey |
At
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 |