Filariasis
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Anacardium | Impaired memory, depression, irritability
Diminution of senses Objects appear too far off Intermittent symptoms Aversion to work; lacks self confidence; irresistible desire to swear and curse Sensation of plug or band in parts Empty feeling in stomach; temporarily relieved by eating Menses scanty Anxious dreams Intense itching eczema; vesicular eruptions; swelling of skin |
On application of hot water | Eating
When lying on side From rubbing |
| Arsenicum Album | Restlessness
Great exhaustion after slightest exertion Irritable weakness Burning pains Unquenchable thirst; drinks often and little at a time Fear, fright and worry Green discharges Putrid discharges Gradual loss of weight Septic infection and low vitality Craving for coffee, acids and milk Urine scanty, albuminous Menses too soon, too profuse Leucorrhoea thin, acrid, offensive and burning Skin itching, burning, swelling, Oedematous, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold weather and scratching Dreams full of care and fear |
Wet weather
After mid night From cold from cold food or drink Seashore Right side |
Warmth
Warm drinks From head elevated |
| Calotropis | Elephantiasis, leprosy
Weak, tired feeling Coldness Urine dark red, like homebrewed beer, strong smell but no deposits Ulcers and blotches of skin Heat in stomach Obesity |
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| Cardus Marianus | Debility
Taste bitter Aversion to salt meat Urine cloudy; golden colored Itching of skin on lying down at night Varicose ulcers Pain in hip joint, spreading through buttocks and down thighs; worse stooping |
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| Elaeis Guineensis | Swelling and hardening of skin
Swelling of parts; mostly on lower extremities and skin White urine Foul eructations Sensation as if a peg stuck in false ribs Colic after a cold drink |
From breathing | Rest |
| Graphites |
Stout patients of fair complexion Tendency of constipation and skin affections Fat, chilly, costive Delayed menstrual history Takes cold easily Swollen genitalia Leucorrhoea gushing, pale, thin, white, excoriating Aversion to meat Sweets nauseate Hot drinks disagree Urine turbid with sediments, sour smelling Menses too late, pale and scanty Oedema of lower limbs Toe nails crippled Stiffness and contraction of toes Offensive perspiration of feet Rough, hard, dryness of part of skin unaffected by eczema; oozing out of sticky exudation from the eruptions |
Warmth
At night During and after menstruation
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In dark
From wrapping up |
| Hamamelis | Bruised soreness of affected parts
Thirst Menses dark, profuse Profuse leucorrhoea Testicles enlarged, hot and painful Chilliness in back and hips, extending down legs |
Warm, moist air | |
| Hydrocotyle | Interstitial inflammations and cellular
proliferation in any part
Difficulty in maintaining upright posture Very copious perspiration Profuse leucorrhoea Dry eruptions on skin Great thickening of epidermal layer and exfoliation of scales Intolerable itching of soles |
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| Iodum | Rapid metabolism; loss of flesh with great appetite
Great debility, the slightest effort induces perspiration Exceedingly thin, dark patients Tremor Craves cold air Capillary congestion followed by Oedema, ecchymosis Sluggish vital reaction Loss of breath on going upstairs Anxious and worries, if he does not eat Urine copious, dark yellow green, thick, acrid with cuticles on surface Menses irregular Leucorrhoea thick, acrid, slimy, corroding the linen Acrid sweat of feet Joints inflamed and painful Skin hot, dry, yellow, withered |
When quiet
In warm room Right side |
After eating
Walking about In open air |
| Lycopodium | Ailments gradually developing
Functions of liver seriously disturbed Older persons Earthy complexions Uric diathesis Red sand in urine Intolerance of cold drinks; craves everything warm Patients intellectually keen, but of weak muscular power Deep seated progressive diseases Debility in mroning 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 Humming and roaring with hardness of hearing Aversion to bread Desire for sweets Can not eat oysters Menses too late, too profuse, lasts too long Leucorrhoea acrid Profuse sweat of feet Painful callosities on soles; toes and fingers contracted Dreams of accidents |
Right side
From right to left From above downwards Warmth Warm room 4 to 8 pm Hot air Heat of bed Warm applications |
Motion
After midnight From warm food and drinks On getting cold From being uncovered |
| Myristica Sebiferra | Inflammation of skin, cellular tissues and
periosteum
Coppery taste Tongue white and cracked Carbuncles Thirst Urine scanty though he drinks much; reddish yellow Stools mixed with yellow mucus |
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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 drafts Hands 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 Roaring in ears Sensation of hair on tongue Disgust for meat and warm food Milky, acrid leucorrhoea Sciatica, pains through hips, legs and feet Loss of power in legs Ingrowing toe nail Icy cold and sweaty feet Pain in knee as if tightly bound Calves tense and contracted Soreness in feet from instep to the sore Rose colored blotches on skin Eruptions itch only in day time and evening |
Winter
New moon In mroning From washing During menses Uncovering Lying down Damp Lying on left side Cold |
Warmth
Wrapping up the head Summer Wet or humid weather |