Depression
|
Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Lachesis | For patients of a melancholic
disposition
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 Derangement of the time sense Craving for alcohol, oysters Any food causes distress Hungry, cannot wait for food Constipated, offensive stool Menses too short, too feeble; pains all relieved by the flow Intense excitement of sexual organs Patient sleeps into an aggravation Sudden starting when falling asleep Sleepiness, yet cannot sleep Wide-awake in evening |
After
sleep
Sleeps into aggravation; ailments that come on during sleep Left side In the spring Warm bath Pressure or constriction Hot drinks Closing eyes |
Appearance of discharges
Warm applications |
| Lycopodium | Adapted
more especially to ailments gradually developing, functional power
weakening, with failures of the digestive powers,
Mild temperaments of lymphatic constitution, with catarrhal tendencies; older persons, where the skin shows yellowish spots, earthy complexion, uric acid diathesis, etc 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 Patient is 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 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 Failing brain-power Cannot bear to see anything new Cannot read what he writes Sadness in morning on awaking Excessive hunger Aversion to bread, etc Desire for sweet things Food tastes sour Sour eructations Great weakness of digestion 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 Polyuria during the night Heavy red sediment in urine No erectile power; impotence Premature seminal emission Menses too late; last too long, too profuse Coition painful Leucorrhœa, acrid, with burning in vagina Drowsy during day Starting in sleep 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 |
| Causticum | Sad, hopeless
Intensely sympathetic Ailments from long-lasting grief, sudden emotions Emaciation due to disease, worry, etc, and of long standing Burning, rawness, and soreness Greasy taste Aversion to sweets Feels as if lime were burned in stomach Stools soft and small, size of goose-quill or hard, tough, covered with mucus; shines like grease; small-shaped; expelled with much straining, or only on standing up Urine involuntary when coughing, sneezing; expelled very slowly, and sometimes retained Involuntary urination during first sleep at night; also from slightest excitement Loss of sensibility on passing urine Menses cease at night; flow only during day Leucorrhœa at night, with great weakness Menses delayed, late Very drowsy; can hardly keep awake Nocturnal sleeplessness, with dry heat, inquietude |
Dry, cold winds
In clear fine weather Cold air From motion of carriage After eating fresh meat; smoked meat agrees |
In damp, wet weather
Warmth Heat of bed |
| Natrum Muriaticum | Great debility; most weakness
felt in the morning in bed
Coldness Emaciation most notable in neck Great liability to take cold Dry mucous membranes Constrictive sensation throughout the body Great weakness and weariness Oversensitive to all sorts of influences Psychic causes of disease; ill effects of grief, fright, anger, etc Depressed, particularly in chronic diseases Irritable; gets into a passion about trifles Awkward, hasty Wants to be alone to cry Tears with laughter Hungry, yet loose flesh Heartburn, with palpitation Unquenchable thirst Sweats while eating Craving for salt Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats Urination increased, involuntary when walking, coughing, etc Has to wait a long time for it to pass urine if others are present Emission, even after coitusImpotence with retarded emission. Menses irregular; usually profuseLeucorrhœa acrid, watery Tachycardia Sensation of coldness of heart Heart and chest feel constricted Fluttering, palpitating; intermittent pulse Heart's pulsations shake body Pulse intermits on lying down Sleepy in forenoonNervous jerking during sleep Dreams of robbers Sleepless from grief. Skin greasy, oily, especially on hairy parts |
Noise
Music Warm room Lying down About 10 a m At seashore Mental exertion Consolation Heat Talking |
Open air
Cold bathing Going without regular meals Lying on right side Pressure against back Tight clothing |
| Nitricum Acidum | Irritable,
hateful, vindictive, headstrong
Hopeless despair Sensitive to noise, pain, touch, jar Fear of death Acts best on the dark complexioned and past middle life All discharges very offensive, especially urine, feces, and perspiration Takes cold easily and disposed to diarrhœa Excessive physical irritability 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 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 Short breath on going upstairs |
Evening and night
Cold climate, and also hot weather |
While riding in carriage |
| Pulsatilla | Weeps easily
Timid, irresolute Fears in evening to be alone, dark, ghost Likes sympathy Easily discouraged Morbid dread of the opposite sex Religious melancholy Given to extremes of pleasure and pain Highly emotional Mentally, an April day 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 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 drink Eructations; taste of food remains a long time; after ices, fruits, pasty Bitter taste, diminished taste of all food Flatulence Dislikes butter No two stools alike Two or three normal stools daily Increased desire to urinate; worse when lying down Involuntary micturition at night, while coughing or passing flatus Tardy menses; too late, scanty, thick, dark, clotted, changeable, intermittent Leucorrhœa acrid, burning, creamy Short breath, anxiety, and palpitation when lying on left side Smothering sensation on lying down Wide awake in the evening; first sleep restless Wakes languid, unrefreshed Irresistible sleepiness in afternoon Sleeps with hands over head |
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 |
| Sulphur | Ebullitions of heat
Dislike of water Dry and hard hair and skin Red orifices Sinking feeling at stomach about 11 am Cat-nap sleep Prone to skin affections Aversion to being washed Complaints that relapse General offensive character of discharge and exhalations Very red lips and face, flushing easily 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 Nearly always irritable, depressed, thin and weak, even with good appetite 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 Frequent urination, especially at night Must hurry, sudden call to urinate Great quantities of colorless urine Much offensive perspiration Menses too late, short, scanty, and difficult; thick, black, acrid, making parts sore Leucorrhœa, burning, excoriating Pulse more rapid in morning than in evening 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 |
| China | Apathetic, indifferent,
disobedient, taciturn, despondent
Ideas crowd in mind; prevent sleep Disposition to hurt other people's feelings Sudden crying and tossing about 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 Vomiting of undigested food Slow digestion Weight after eating Hungry without appetite Flat taste Milk disagrees Hungry longing for food, which lies undigested Flatulence; belching of bitter fluid or regurgitation of food gives no relief; worse eating fruit Stool undigested, frothy, yellow; painless; worse at night, after meals, during hot weather, from fruit, milk, beer Very weakening stools, with much flatulence; difficult even when soft Excited lascivious fancy Frequent emissions, followed by great weakness Menses too early; dark clots and abdominal distention Profuse menses with pain Desire too strong Bloody leucorrhœa; seems to take the place of the usual menstrual discharge Irregular with weak rapid beats followed by strong, hard beats Drowsiness Unrefreshing sleep or constant stupor Wakens early Protracted sleeplessness Anxious, frightful dreams with confused consciousness on waking, so that the dream cannot be rid of and fear of dream remains |
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 |
| Nux Vomica | Pre-eminently the remedy for
many of the conditions incident to modern life
Patient is 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, possibly in excess Takes preferably rich and stimulating food Pre-eminently a male remedy Zealous fiery temperament Easily chilled, avoid open air, etc 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 Sour taste, and nausea in the morning, after eating. Flatulence Sour, bitter eructations Nausea and vomiting, with much retching Desire for stimulants Loves fats and tolerates them well Difficult belching of gas Wants to vomit, but cannot Frequent calls to urinate; little and often Frequent small evacuations Scanty stool, with much urging Easily excited desire Emissions from high living Menses too early, lasts too long; always irregular, blood black with faint spells Sexual desire too strong Cannot sleep after 3 am until towards morning; awakes feeling wretchedly Drowsy after meals, and in early evening 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 |
| Carbo Vegetabilis | Patient is sluggish, fat and
lazy and has a tendency to chronicity in his complaints
Blood seems to stagnate in the capillaries, causing blueness, coldness, and ecchymosis Body becomes blue, icy-cold A lowered vital power from loss of fluids, after drugging; after other diseases; in old people with venous congestionsColdness 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, and must have fresh air Very debilitated Seems to be too weak to hold out Persons who have never fully recovered from the effects of some previous illness General venous stasis, bluish skin, limbs cold Aversion to darknessFear of ghosts Eructations, heaviness, fullness, and sleepiness; tense from flatulence, with pain; worse lying down Eructations after eating and drinking Temporary relief from belching Rancid, sour, or putrid eructations Waterbrash, asthmatic breathing from flatulence. Digestion slow; food putrefies before it digests. Aversion to milk, meat, and fat things The simplest food distresses Premature and too copious menses; pale blood. Leucorrhœa before menses, thick, greenish, milky, excoriating |
Evening
Night and open air Cold From fat food, butter, coffee, milk Warm damp weather Wine |
From eructation
From fanning Cold |
| Ignatia | Marked hyperæsthesia of all
the senses
Mentally, the emotional element is uppermost, and co-ordination of function is interfered with Especially adapted to the nervous temperament-women of sensitive, easily excited nature, dark, mild disposition, quick to perceive, rapid in execution Rapid change of mental and physical condition, opposite to each other Great contradictions Alert, nervous, apprehensive, rigid, trembling patients who suffer acutely in mind or body, at the same time made worse by drinking coffee Superficial and erratic character of its symptoms Effects of grief and worry Cannot bear tobacco Changeable mood; introspective; silently brooding Melancholic, sad, tearful Not communicative Sighing and sobbing After shocks, grief, disappointment Sour eructation Much flatulence Averse to ordinary diet; longs for great variety of indigestible articles Craving for acid things Urine profuse, watery Menses, black, too early, too profuse, or scanty Feminine sexual frigidity Sleep very light Jerking of limbs on going to sleep Sleepless from grief, cares, with itching of arms and violent yawning Dreams continuing a long time; troubling him |
In
the morning
Open air After meals Coffee Smoking Liquids External warmth |
While
eating
Change of position |
| Mercurius | Tremors
everywhere
Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion Great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling A human "thermometer" Sensitive to heat and cold Profuse, oily perspiration does not relieve Breath, excretions and body smell foul Slow in answering questions Memory weakened, and loss of will-power Weary of life Mistrustful Thinks he is losing his reason Putrid eructations Intense thirst for cold drinks Weak digestion, with continuous hunger Frequent urging to urinate Urine dark, scanty, bloody, albuminous Menses profuse, with abdominal pains Leucorrhœa excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts |
At
night
Wet, damp weather Lying on right side Perspiring Warm room and warm bed From damp, cold, rainy weather |
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| Natrum Carbonicum | Unable to think; difficult,
slow comprehension
Mental weakness and depression Worries Very sensitive to noise; colds, change of weather Anxious and restless during thunderstorm Marked gayety Sensitive to presence of certain individuals Water-brash Hungry at 5 am Very weak digestion, caused by slightest error of diet Averse to milk Depressed after eating. Bitter taste Sudden call to stool Escapes with haste and noise Yellow substance like pulp of orange in discharge Diarrhœa from milk Menses late, scanty like meat-washings Leucorrhœal discharge, offensive, irritating preceded by colic Wakes too early in morning Amorous dreams Drowsy during day |
Sitting
From music Summer heat Mental exertion Thunderstorm Least draught Changes of weather Sun
|
By moving
By boring in ears and nose
|
| Alumina | Old people, with lack of
vital heat, or prematurely old, with debility
Sluggish functions, heaviness, numbness, and staggering Disposition to colds in the head, and eructations in spare, dry, thin subjects Low-spirited; fears loss of reason Confused as to personal identity Hasty, hurried Time passes slowly Variable mood Suicidal tendency when seeing knife or blood Abnormal cravings-chalk, charcoal, dry food, tea-grounds Heartburn; feels constricted Aversion to meat Potatoes disagree No desire to eat Can swallow but small morsels at a time Must strain at stool in order to urinate Excessive sexual desire Involuntary seminal emissions when straining at stool Menses too early, short, scanty, pale, followed by great exhaustion Leucorrhœa acrid, profuse transparent, ropy, with burning; worse during daytime, and after menses Restless; anxious and confused dreams Sleepy in morning |
Periodically
In afternoon From potatoes In morning on awaking Warm room |
In
open air
From cold washing In evening and on alternate days Damp weather As day advances. |
| Iodum | 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 Melancholy Suicidal tendency Rapid metabolism: Loss of flesh great appetite Great debility, the slightest effort induces perspiration Is exceedingly thin, dark complexioned, with enlarged lymphatic glands, has voracious appetite but gets thin Craves cold air Sluggish vital reaction, hence chronicity in many of its aspects Rapid emaciation, notwithstanding good appetite Weakness and loss of breath going upstairs 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 Right side |
Walking about
In open air After eating |
| 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 Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better for a time from a change of position Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst Bitter taste Desire for milk Drowsy after eating Urinary 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 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 |
| Stramonium | Devout, earnest,
beseeching and ceaseless talking
Loquacious, garrulous, laughing, singing, swearing, praying, rhyming. Rapid changes from joy to sadness Violent and lewd. Cannot bear solitude or darkness; must have light and company Suppressed secretions and excretions Sensation as if limbs were separated from body Absence of pain and muscular mobility especially of muscles of expression and of locomotion Gyratory and graceful motions Food tastes like straw Violent thirst Aversion to water Awaken terrified; screams with fright Deep snoring sleep Sleepy, but cannot sleep |
In dark room
When alone Looking at bright or shining objects After sleep On swallowing |
From
bright light
Company Warmth |
| Bryonia | Exceedingly irritable;
everything puts him out of humor
Dry, parched lips, mouth Bitter taste Feeling of a stone in the stomach Stools large, dry, hard Especially for the constitution of a robust, firm fiber and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness and irritability Physical weakness, all-pervading apathy Complaints apt to develop slowly Nausea and faintness when rising up Abnormal hunger, loss of taste Thirst for large draughts Vomiting of bile and water immediately after eating. Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot. Menses too early, too profuse; worse from motion, with tearing pains in legs; suppressed, with vicarious discharge or splitting headacheDrowsy; starting when falling asleep |
Warmth
Any motion Morning Eating Hot weather Exertion Touch Cannot sit up; gets faint and sick Right side Evening Open air Warm weather after cold days Warm drinks |
Lying
on painful side
Pressure Rest Cold things |
| Hyoscyamus | Very suspicious
Talkative Obscene, uncovers body Jealous, foolish Great hilarity; inclined to laugh at everything Great restlessness; every muscle twitches Will not be covered Inclined to be unseemly and immodest in acts, gestures and expressions Persists in stripping herself, or uncovering genitals Afraid of being poisoned, etc Weakness and nervous agitation Involuntary urination Has no will to urinate ImpotenceLascivious; exposes his person Excited sexual desireIntense sleeplessness Sopor, with convulsions Starts up frightened |
At
night
During menses After eating When lying down. |
Stooping |
| Belladonna | Hot, red skin
Flushed face Glaring eyes Throbbing carotids Excited mental state Hyperæsthesia of all senses Dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water Heat, redness, throbbing and burning Great children's remedy No thirst, anxiety or fear Stands for violence of attack and suddenness of onset Furious; rages, bites, strikes Desire to escape Disinclined to talk Perversity, with tears Changeableness Loss of appetite Averse to meat and milk Great thirst for cold water Empty retching Abhorrence of liquids. Dread of drinking Sexual desire diminished Menses increased; bright red, too early, too profuse Rapid but weakened pulse Restless sleep, crying out, gritting of teeth Kept awake by pulsation of blood-vessels Screams out in sleep Sleeplessness, with drowsiness Starting when closing the eyes or during sleep Sleeps with hands under head |
Touch
Jar Noise Draught After noon Lying down |
Semi-erect |
| Verbascum | Constant dribbling of urine
Involuntary urination Burning urination |
Change of temperature
Talking Sneezing From 9 am to 4 pm |
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| Graphites | Especially active in patients
who are rather stout, of fair complexion
Tendency to skin affections and constipation Fat, chilly, and costive Delayed menstrual history Take cold easily Tendency to obesity Great tendency to start Timid Want of disposition to work Fidgety while sitting at work Music makes her weep Apprehensive, despondency, indecision Aversion to meat Sweets nauseate Hot drinks disagree Eructation difficult Flatulence Urine turbid, with sediment; sour smelling Menses too late Leucorrhœa gushing, pale, thin, profuse, white, excoriating, with great weakness in back Sexual debility, with increased desire; aversion to coition; too early or no ejaculation |
Warmth
At night During and after menstruation |
In the dark
From wrapping up |
| Aurum Metallicum | Hopeless, despondent, and great
desire to commit suicide
Every opportunity is sought for self-destruction Palpitation and congestions 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 Constant rapid questioning without waiting for reply Cannot do things fast enough Over sensitiveness; to noise, excitement, confusion Appetite and thirst increased, with qualmishness Hot eructations Urine turbid, like buttermilk, with thick sediment Violent erections Palpitation. Pulse rapid, feeble, irregular Sleepless Sobs aloud in sleep Frightful dreams |
In
cold weather when getting cold
Many complaints come on only in winter From sunset to sunrise |
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| Calcarea Carbonica | Increased local and general
perspiration
Acidity and dislike of fat Gets out of breath easily A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence Take cold easily Children who grow fat, are large-bellied, with large head, pale skin, chalky look, the so-called leuco-phlegmatic temperament Great sensitiveness to cold Partial sweats Is fat, fair, flabby and perspiring and cold, damp and sour 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 Averse to work or exertion 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 Stool large and hard; whitish, watery, sour Urine dark, brown, sour, fetid, abundant, with white sediment, bloody Frequent seminal emissions Increased sexual desire Semen emitted too soon Coition followed by weakness and irritability Menses too early, too profuse, too long; 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 |
Dry climate and weather
Lying on painful side |
| Anacardium | Impaired memory,
depression, and irritability
Diminution of senses (smell, sight, hearing) Intermittency of symptoms Aversion to work Lacks self-confidence Irresistible desire to swear and curse Sensation of a plug in various parts-eyes, rectum, bladder, etc; also of a band Anxiety when walking, as if pursued Profound melancholy and hypochondriasis, with tendency to use violent language Absent mindedness Very easily offended Malicious; seems bent on wickedness Lack of confidence in himself or others Suspicious Absence of all moral restraint Weak digestion, with fullness and distention Eructation, nausea, vomiting Apt to choke when eating or drinking Swallows food and drinks hastily Increased sexual desire; seminal emissions without dreams Leucorrhœa, with soreness and itching Menses scanty Spells of sleeplessness lasting for several nights Anxious dreams |
On application of hot water | From eating
When lying on side From rubbing |
| Baryta Carbonica | Specially indicated in infancy
and old age
Scrofulous children, especially if they are backward mentally and physically, are dwarfish, do not grow and develop Take 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 Loss of memory, mental weakness Irresolute Lost confidence in himself Confusion Bashful Childish; grief over trifles Hungry, but refuses food Diminished desire and premature impotence Menses scanty Palpitation when lying on left side, when thinking of it especially Pulse full and hard Talking in sleep Awakens frequently; feels too hot Twitching during sleep |
While thinking of symptoms
From washing; lying on painful side After warm food |
Walking in open air |
| Phosphorus | Great lowness of spirits
Easily vexed Fearfulness, as if something were creeping out of every corner Great tendency to start Over-sensitive to external impressions Loss of memory Ecstasy Dread of death when alone Excitable, produces heat all over Restless, fidgety Hypo-sensitive, indifferent Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, with thin, transparent skin, weakened by loss of animal fluids, with great nervous debility Emaciation Amative tendencies Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunder-storms Suddenness of symptoms, sudden prostration, faints, sweats, shooting pains, etc Hunger soon after eating Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal Belching large quantities of wind, after eating Throws up ingesta by the mouthfuls Vomiting; water is thrown up as soon as it gets warm in the stomach Stool very fetid stools and flatus; long, narrow, hard, like a dog's; difficult to expel Desire for stool on lying on, left side Great weakness after stool Urine turbid, brown, with red sediment. Lack of sexual power in males Irresistible desire; involuntary emissions, with lascivious dreams Menses too early and scanty-not profuse, but last too long Weeps before menses Leucorrhœa profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead of menses Violent palpitation with anxiety, while lying on left side Pulse rapid, small, and soft |
Touch
Physical or mental exertion Twilight Warm food or drink Change of weather From getting wet in hot weather Evening Lying on left or painful side During a thunder-storm Ascending stairs
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In dark
Lying on right side Cold food Cold Open air Washing with cold water Sleep
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| Arsenicum Album | Great anguish and
restlessness; changes place continually
Fears, of death, of being left alone Great fear, with cold sweat Thinks it useless to take medicine Suicidal Despair drives him from place to place Miserly, malicious, selfish, lacks courage General sensibility increased Sensitive to disorder and confusion All-prevailing debility, exhaustion, and restlessness Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion. Irritable weakness Burning relieved by heat Fear fright and worry Gradual loss of weight from impaired nutrition Cannot bear the sight or smell of food Great thirst; drinks much, but little at a time Nausea, retching, vomiting, after eating or drinking 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 Stool small, offensive, dark, with much prostration Urine scanty, burning, involuntary, albuminous Menses too profuse and too soon Leucorrhœa, acrid, burning, offensive, thin Palpitation, pain, dyspnœa, faintness Pulse more rapid in morning Disturbed, anxious, restless sleep Must have head raised by pillows during sleep 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
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From heat
From head elevated Warm drinks
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| Thuja | Hydrogenoid constitutions,
whose blood is morbidly hydroscopic, so that damp air and water are
inimical
Complaints from moonlight Rapid exhaustion and emaciation Left-sided and chilly medicine Emotional sensitiveness; music causes weeping and trembling Complete loss of appetite Dislike for fresh meat and potatoes Rancid eructations after fat food Cannot eat onions Flatulence Thirst Urinary stream split and small Sensation of trickling after urinating Severe cutting after urination Frequent micturition accompanying pains Desire sudden and urgent, but cannot be controlled Profuse leucorrhœa; thick, greenish Menses scanty, retarded |
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 |
| Cocculus | Specially
for light-haired females, unmarried and childless women, sensitive
and romantic girls, etc
Sensation of hollowness, or emptiness, as if parts had gone to sleep Feels too weak to talk loud Capricious Heavy and stupid Time passes too quickly; absorbed in reveries Inclination to sing irresistible Slow of comprehension Mind benumbed Profound sadness Cannot bear contradiction Speaks hastily Very anxious about the health of others Nausea from riding in cars, boat, etc, or looking at boat in motion; worse on becoming cold or taking cold Aversion to food, drink, tobacco Metallic taste Loss of appetite Desire for cold drinks, especially beer Smell of food disgusts Too early menses, clotted, with spasmodic colic Purulent, gushing leucorrhœa between menses; very weakening, can scarcely speak So weak during menstruation, scarcely able to stand Constant drowsiness |
Eating
After loss of sleep Open air Smoking Riding Swimming Touch Noise Jar Afternoon Menstrual period After emotional disturbance |
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| Argentum Nitricum | Symptoms of in co-ordination,
loss of control and want of balance everywhere, mentally and physically
Trembling Great desire for sweets Sensation as if a part were expanding and other errors of perception Withered up and dried constitutions, especially when associated with unusual or long continued mental exertion Pains increase and decrease gradually Flatulent state and prematurely aged look Explosive belching especially in neurotics Intolerance of heat Sensation of a sudden pinch Thinks his understanding will and must fail Fearful and nervous Impulse to jump out of window Faintish and tremulous Melancholic; apprehensive of serious disease Time passes slowly Impulsive; wants to do things in a hurry Peculiar mental impulses Fears and anxieties and hidden irrational motives for actions Flatulence Ineffectual effort at eructation Great craving for sweets Desire for cheese and salt Watery, noisy, flatulent; green, like chopped spinach, with shreddy mucus and enormous distention of abdomen; very offensive Fluids go right through him; after sweets Urine passes unconsciously, day and night Urine scanty and dark Emission of a few drops after having finished urinating Divided urinary stream Impotence; erection fails when coition is attempted Sexual desire wanting Coition painful Leucorrhœa profuse, with erosion of cervix bleeding easily Sleepless, from fancies before his imagination Horrible dreams of snakes, and of sexual gratification Drowsy stupor |
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 |
| Silicea | Yielding, faint-hearted,
anxious
Nervous and excitable Sensitive to all impressions Cold, chilly, hugs the fire, wants plenty warm clothing, hates drafts, hands and feet cold, worse in winter Lack of vital heat Prostration of mind and body Great sensitiveness to taking cold Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants Want of grit, moral or physical Disgust for meat and warm food Want of appetite; thirst excessive Sour eructations after eating Stool comes down with difficulty; when partly expelled, recedes again A milky, acrid leucorrhœa, during urination. Discharge of blood between menstrual periods Increased menses, with paroxysms of icy coldness over whole body Night-walking; gets up while asleep Sleeplessness, with great orgasm of blood and heat in head Frequent starts in sleep Anxious dreams |
New moon
In morning From washing During menses Uncovering Lying down Damp Lying on Left side Cold
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Warmth
Wrapping up head Summer In wet or humid weather
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| Ammonium Carbonica | Forgetful, ill-humored,
gloomy during stormy weather
Uncleanliness Talking and hearing others talk affects greatly Sad, weepy, unreasonable Rather stout women who are always tired and weary, take cold easily, suffer from cholera-like symptoms before menses, lead a sedentary life, have a slow reaction generally, and are disposed to frequent use of the smelling-bottle Too frequent and profuse menses Fat patients with weak heart, wheezing, feel suffocated Very sensitive to cold air Great aversion to water; cannot bear to touch it Heaviness in all organs Acid secretions Prostration from trifles Great appetite, but easily satisfied Stools difficult, hard, and knotty Frequent desire to urinate; involuntary at night Urine white, sandy, bloody, copious, turbid and fetid Erection without desireSeminal emissions. Leucorrhœa burning, acrid, wateryAversion to the other sex Menses too frequent, profuse, early, copious, clotted, black Audible palpitation with fear, cold sweat, lachrymation, inability to speak, loud breathing and trembling hands Sleepiness during the day Starts from sleep strangling |
Evenings
From cold, wet weather Wet applications Washing During 3 to 4 am During menses
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Lying on painful side and on stomach
In dry weather
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| Cantharis | Anxious restlessness, ending
in rage
Crying, barking; worse touching larynx or drinking water Constantly attempts to do something, but accomplishes nothing Amorous frenzy; fiery sexual desire Paroxysms of rage, crying, barking Over sensitiveness of all parts Irritation Intolerable, constant urging to urinate Disgust for everything-drink, food, tobacco Burning thirst, with aversion to all fluids Very sensitive, violent burning Vomiting of blood-streaked membrane and violent retching Aggravation from drinking coffee; drinking the smallest quantity increases pain in bladder, and is vomited Thirst unquenchable Bloody urine, by drops Urine scalds him, and is passed drop by drop Constant desire to urinate Urine jelly-like, shreddy Strong sexual desire; painful erections Menses too early and too profuse; black swelling of vulva with irritation Palpitation; pulse feeble, irregular; tendency to syncope |
From touch, or approach
Urinating Drinking cold water or coffee
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Rubbing |
| Tabacum | Death-like pallor
Icy coldness Sweat Intermittent pulse Complete prostration of the entire muscular system. Cold, but wants abdomen uncovered Pallor, breathlessness, hard-cordlike pulse Sensation of excessive wretchedness Very despondent Forgetful Discontented Palpitation when lying on left side Pulse intermits, feeble, imperceptible |
Opening
eyes
Evening Extremes of heat and cold |
Uncovering
Open fresh air |
| Petroleum | Long-lasting complaints
follow mental states-fright, vexation, etc
Loses his way in streets Feels that death is near, and must hurry to settle affairs Irritable, easily offended, vexed at everything Low-spirited, with dimness of sight Heartburn; hot, sharp, sour eructation Feeling of great emptiness Strong aversion to fat food, meat; worse, eating cabbage Hunger, immediately after stool. Ravenous hunger, must rise at night and eat Odor of garlic Before menses, throbbing in head Leucorrhœa, profuse, albuminous Sensation of coldness |
Dampness
Before and during a thunder-storm From riding in cars Passive motion In winter Eating From mental states |
Warm air
Lying with head high Dry weather |
| Opium | Insensibility of the nervous
system
Depression Drowsy stupor Painlessness Torpor General sluggishness Lack of vital reaction Sopor; heavy, stupid sleep, stertorous breathing Sweaty skin Dark, mahogany-brown face Patient wants nothing Complete loss of consciousness; apoplectic state Frightful fancies, daring, gay, bright Unable to understand or appreciate his sufferings Hungry; no desire to eat Stools involuntary, black, offensive, frothy Slow to start; feeble stream Retained or involuntary, after fright Loss of breath on falling asleep Very sleepy, but cannot go to sleep Distant noise, cocks crowing, etc, keep him awake Bed feels so hot cannot lie on it Pleasant, fantastic, amorous dreams. Pulse full and slow |
Heat
During and after sleep |
Cold things
Constant walking |