Remedy

Characteristics Symptoms

Patient Worse by

Patient Better by

Aconitum Napellus

Acute, sudden and violent invasion, with fever

Physical and mental restlessness

Does not want to be touched; abdomen sensitive to touch

Sudden and great sinking of strength

Thirst for cold water

Bitter taste for everything except water

Abdominal colic, no position relieves

Abdominal symptoms better after warm soup

Frequent, small stools with tenesmus; green, like chopped herbs

Scanty, red, hot urine

Lying on affected side

From music

From tobacco smoke

Dry cold winds

In warm room

In evening and night

In open air

Actea Spicata

Pulsations in the region of liver

Pains worse from touch and motion

Sudden lassitude after eating

Spasmodic retraction of abdomen 

Arsenicum Album

Debility; great exhaustion after slightest exertion

Restlessness, fear and worries

Burning pains in stomach and abdomen like coals of fire

Unquenchable thirst; drinks much, but little at a time

Liver and spleen enlarged and painful

Can not bear the sight or smell of food

Nausea, retching or vomiting after eating or drinking

Craves milk, acids and coffee

Heartburn; gulping up of acid and bitter substances which seems 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

 Wet weather

After midnight

From cold, cold drinks or food

Seashore

Right side

 From heat

From head elevated

Warm

Aurum Metallicum 

 Hopeless, despondent and great desire to commit suicide

Appetite and thirst increased with qualmishness

Burning at stomach and hot eructations

Right hypochondrium hot and painful

Incarcerated flatus

Urine turbid, like buttermilk, with thick sediment

Stools hard and knotty

In cold weather

From sunset to sunrise 

 Bryonia

Stitching & tearing pains; worse by motion, better rest

Excessive thirst; thirst for large draughts

Bitter taste

Feeling of stone in stomach after eating

Stools large, dry, hard

Complaints apt to develop slowly

Nausea and faintness when rising up

Abnormal hunger

Vomiting of bile and water immediately after eating

Stomach sensitive to touch

Liver region swollen, sore and tensive

Burning and stitching abdominal pains; worse pressure, coughing, breathing

Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot

Warmth

Any motion

Morning

Eating

Hot weather

Exertion

Touch

Lying on painful side

Pressure

Rest

Cold things

 Chamomilla

 Unendurable pains

Irritable, thirsty, hot and numb

Night sweats

Foul eructations

Nausea after coffee

Sweats after eating or drinking

Aversion to warm drinks

Tongue yellow; bitter taste

Bilious vomiting

Pressing pain in stomach, as from a stone

Distended abdomen

Griping in the region of navel

Hot, green, watery, fetid and slimy stools; chopped white and yellow mucus like chopped eggs and spinach

By heat

Anger

Open air

Wind

Night 

From being carried

Warm wet weather 

Chelidonium Majus

 Jaundiced skin

Constant pain under inferior angle of right scapulae

Great general lethargy

Indisposition to make any effort

Tongue yellow, with imprint of teeth; large and flabby

Taste bitter and pasty

Bad odor from mouth

Prefer hot food and drink

Nausea, vomiting; better very hot water

Pain through stomach to back and right shoulder

Distention of abdomen

Liver enlarged

Fermentation and sluggish bowels

Constriction across the abdomen, as by a string

Profuse, foaming, yellow urine, like beer

Stools hard, round balls, like sheep's dung

Right side

Motion

Touch

Change of weather

Very early in morning 

After dinner

From pressure

Cornus Circinata

Chronic hepatitis

Weakness in morning

Pain in pit of stomach, with distended abdomen

Loose, windy, dark stool, immediately after dinner

Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum

Chronic abdominal affections

Great sensitiveness to all impressions

Chilliness

Splinter like pains

Craving for sour, wine and strong tasting food

Aversion to fat food

The side of body on which he lies at night becomes gradually insufferably painful; he must turn

Frequent eructations without taste or smell

Distention of stomach and abdomen, compelling one to loosen the clothing

Burning in stomach

Heaviness or pressure in stomach after slight meal

Stitching in the region of liver when walking, coughing, breathing or touching

Stools clay colored, sour, white, undigested, fetid

Greasy pellicle on urine

From dry cold winds

Cool air

Slightest draft

Touch

Lying on painful side

In damp weather

From wrapping up head

From warmth

After eating

Iodum

Loss of flesh with great appetite

Hungry with much thirst

Great debility, slightest effort produces perspiration

Thin, dark complexioned

Tremor

Craves cold air

Acute exacerbation of chronic condition

Rapid emaciation

Weakness and loss of breath on going upstairs

Throbbing at pit of stomach

Empty eructations, as if every particle of food were turned into gas

Anxious and worried if he does not eat

Enlarged liver and spleen

Cutting pain in abdomen

Constipation alternating with diarrhea

Frequent, profuse, dark yellow-green, thick, acrid urine with cuticles on surface

When quiet

In warm room

Right side

After eating

Walking about

In open air

Kali Iodum

Loss of weight

Faintness at epigastrium

Much thirst

Throbbing, painful burning in stomach

Flatulence

Cold food and drink

Cold milk

Warm clothing

Warm room

At night

Damp weather

Motion

Open air

Lachesis

Profound prostration

Sensation of tension in parts; can not bear anything tight anywhere

Craving for alcohol, oysters

Any food causes distress; gnawing pressure in stomach made better by eating, but returning in a few hours

Pit of stomach painful to touch

Hungry, can not wait for food

Perceptible trembling movement in the epigastric region

Liver region sensitive, can not bear anything around waist

Abdomen tympanitic, sensitive, painful

Offensive stools

After sleep

Left side

In the spring

Warm bath

Pressure or constriction

Hot drinks

Closing eyes

Appearance of discharges

Warm applications

Mercurius Dulcis

Remittent bilious attacks

Pallor, flabby bloatedness and turgid flaccidity

Cirrhosis of liver, esp. in the hypertrophic form

Nausea and vomiting

Cyclical vomiting in infants

Stools scanty, bloody mucuous and with bile; dark green

Mercurius

Tremors

Sensitive to heat and cold

Profuse, oily perspiration

Breath, eructations, excretion and body smells foul

Intense thirst for cold drinks

Weak digestion with continuous hunger

Stomach sensitive to touch; feels replete and constricted

Hiccoughs and regurgitations

Stabbing pain in abdomen, with chilliness

Flatulent distention of abdomen, with pain

Liver enlarged; sore to touch, indurated

Bile secreted deficiently

Stools greenish, bloody and slimy

Urine dark, scanty, bloody, albuminous

At night

From warmth of bed

From damp, cold, rainy weather

During perspiration

Lying on right side

Warm room

Natrum Sulphuricum

Can not eat plants growing near water, fish

Sour, bilious vomiting

Brown, bitter coating on tongue

Yellow complexion

Thirst for something cold

Liver sore to touch, with sharp, stitching pains; can not bear tight clothing around wait; worse lying on left side

Urine loaded with bile, brick dust sediment and sugar

In rainy weather

Water in any form

Music

Lying on left side

Dampness in basement

In warm dry air

Dry weather

Pressure

Changing position

Phosphorus

Sub-acute hepatitis

Tall, slender, narrow chested persons with thin transparent skin

Great susceptibility to external impressions, light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunderstorms

Hunger soon after eating

Sour taste and eructation after each meal

Belching large quantities of wind after eating

Throws up ingesta by mouthfuls

Water is thrown up form stomach as soon as it becomes warm

Pain in stomach, relieved by cold food, ices.

Region of stomach painful to touch or on walking

Abdomen feels cold

Sharp cutting pains in abdomen

A very weak, empty, gone sensation in whole abdominal cavity

Liver congested

Psorinum

Extreme sensitivity to cold; wants warm clothing, even in summer

Dread of least cold air or draft

Lack of reaction

Secretions have filthy smell

Profuse sweating; easy perspiration when walking

Eructations like bad eggs

Very hungry always; must have something to eat in the middle of the night

Pain in abdomen after eating

Stools mucous, bloody, excessively fetid, dark, fluid

Coffee

Change of weather

In hot sunshine

From cold

Heat

Warm clothing, even in summer

Silicia

Great sensitiveness to cold, chilly, hugs the fire, wants plenty of warm clothings, hates drafts

Lack of vital heat

Prostration of body and mind

Intolerance to alcoholic stimulants

Disgust of meat and warm food

Want of appetite; thirst excessive

Sour eructations after eating

Vomiting after drinking

Pit of stomach painful to pressure

Abdomen hard, bloated

Urine bloody with red or yellow sediment

New moon

In morning

From washing

During menses

Uncovering

Lying down

Dampness

Lying on left side

Cold

Warmth

Wrapping up head

Summer

In wet or humid weather

Stellaria Media

Liver engorged, swollen with stitching pains and sensitive to pressure

Sluggishness of liver

Clay colored stools

Morning

Warmth

Tobacco

Evenings

Cold air

Motion

Sulphur

Dislike of water; aversion to being washed

Dry and hard skin and hair

Sinking feeling at stomach about 11 am; must have something to eat

Cat nap sleep

Relapses

Offensive discharges and exhalations

Putrid eructations

Food tastes too salty

Drinks much; eats little

Great desire for sweets

Great acidity, sour eructations

Stomach burning, painful, weight like pressure

Abdomen very sensitive to pressure; internal feeling of rawness and soreness.

Movement as if something alive in abdomen

Pain and soreness over liver

Stools hard, knotty

Great quantity of colorless urine

When standing

Milk

At rest

Warmth of bed

Washing

Bathing

In morning

11 am

night

from alcoholic stimulants

periodically

Dry, warm weather

Lying on right side

From drawing up affected limbs