Elephantiasis
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
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Arsenicum Album |
Skin itching, burning, swellings; œdema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching Swelling of feet All-prevailing debility, exhaustion, and restlessness, with nightly aggravation Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion. Irritable weakness Burning pains Unquenchable thirst Burning relieved by heat Fear fright and worry Green discharges 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. Hallucinations of smell and sight Despair drives him from place to place Miserly, malicious, selfish, lacks courage General sensibility increased; sensitive to disorder and confusion. Craves acids and coffee; milk Stool small, offensive, dark, with much
prostration; worse at night, and after eating and drinking Urine scanty, burning, involuntary; albuminous; after urinating, feeling of weakness in abdomen Sleep disturbed, anxious, restless; must have head raised by pillows; 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. |
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Elaterium Officinarum |
Much yawning and stretching Irresistible desire to wander from home at night Effects of damp weather. Skin smarts, stings, and burns; dropsical; turns orange in color |
From exposure on damp ground. |
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Hydrocotyle Asiatica |
Interstitial inflammation and cellular proliferation in any part Hypertrophy and induration of connective tissue Difficulty in maintaining the upright posture Very copious perspiration Great thickening of epidermoid layer and exfoliation of
scale Intolerable itching, especially of soles. |
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Myristica Sebiferra |
Inflammation of skin, cellular tissue and periosteum Coppery taste and burning in throat Tongue white and cracked |
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Anacardium Orientale |
Intense itching Swelling Weakening of all senses, sight, hearing, etc 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 Empty feeling in stomach; eating temporarily relieves all discomfort. Swallows food and drinks hastily Voluptuous itching; increased desire; seminal emissions without dreams Leucorrhea, 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 |
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Calotropis Gigantea |
Heat in stomach |
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Carduus Marianus |
Taste bitter Aversion to salt meat Appetite small Stools hard, difficult, knotty Urine cloudy; golden-colored. |
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Graphites |
Especially active in patients who are rather stout, of fair complexion, with tendency to skin affections and constipation, fat, chilly, and costive, with delayed menstrual history, take cold easily Tendency to obesity Swollen genitals Induration of tissue 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 Urine turbid, with sediment; sour smelling. Skin rough, hard, persistent dryness of portions of skin unaffected by eczema. Swelling of feet |
Warmth At night During and after menstruation |
In the dark From wrapping up |
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Hamamelis Virginiana |
Bruised soreness of affected parts, Passive venous hemorrhages from any part Wants "the respect due to me" shown Menses dark, profuse, with soreness in abdomen Milk-leg, hemorrhoids, and sore nipples, after confinement |
Warm, moist air. |
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Iodum |
Rapid metabolism: Loss of flesh great appetite Hungry with much thirst Great debility, the slightest effort induces
perspiration Individual is exceedingly thin, dark complexioned, with enlarged lymphatic glands, has voracious appetite but gets thin Tremor Craves cold air 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 Empty eructations, as if every particle of food were turned into gas Anxious and worried if he does not eat Urine frequent and copious, dark yellow-green, thick, acrid with cuticle on surface Testicles swollen and indurated Great weakness during menses Menstruation irregular |
When quiet In warm room Right side |
Walking about In open air After eating |
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Lycopodium |
Mild temperaments of lymphatic constitution, with catarrhal tendencies; older persons, where the skin shows yellowish spots, earthy complexion, uric acid diathesis, etc; also precocious, weakly children Symptoms characteristically run from right to left, acts especially on right side of body, and are worse from about 4 to 8 pm Intolerant of cold drinks; craves everything warm Best adapted to persons intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power Emaciation Debility in morning. Lycopodium 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; cannot bear to see anything new 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 read what he writes Sadness in morning on awaking Aversion to bread, etc Desire for sweet things Food tastes sour Sour eructations Eating ever so little creates fullness Cannot eat oysters Incomplete burning eructations rise only to pharynx
there burn for hours Likes to take food and drink hot Stool hard, difficult, small, incomplete Heavy red sediment in urine No erectile power; impotence Menses too late; last too long, too profuse Leucorrhea, acrid, with burning in vagina Drowsy during day Starting in sleep Dreams of accidents Skin becomes thick and indurated |
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. |
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Silicea |
Suppurative processes Silica patient is 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 Ailments attended with pus formation Want of grit, moral or physical Yielding, faint-hearted, anxious Nervous and excitable Sensitive to all impressions Disgust for meat and warm food Want of appetite; thirst excessive Elephantiasis of scrotum A milky, acrid leucorrhea, during urination Discharge of blood between menstrual periods Increased menses, with paroxysms of icy coldness over
whole body Frequent starts in sleep Anxious dreams |
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 |