Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Arsenicum Album | All-prevailing
debility, exhaustion, and restlessness, with nightly aggravation
Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion Irritable weakness Burning pains Burning relieved by heat Fear fright and worry Complaints that return annually Anæmia and chlorosis Degenerative changes 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 food Great thirst; drinks much, but little at a time Craves acids and coffee Heartburn; gulping up of acid and bitter substances which seem to excoriate the throat Long-lasting eructations. Craves milk Stool small, offensive, dark, with much prostration Urine scanty, burning, involuntary, albuminous Menses too profuse and too soon Leucorrhœa, acrid, burning, offensive, thin Pulse more rapid in morning Trembling, twitching, spasms, weakness, heaviness, uneasiness Swelling of feet Paralysis of lower limbs with atrophy Disturbed, anxious, restless sleep Must have head raised by pillows Suffocative fits during sleep Sleeps with hands over head Dreams are full of care and fear Drowsy, sleeping sickness High temperature during fever Periodic fever marked with adynamia intermittent paroxysms incomplete, with marked exhaustion Cold sweats Great heat about 3 am |
Wet
weather
After midnight From cold, cold drinks, or food Seashore Right side |
From heat
From head elevated Warm drinks |
| Causticum | Tearing,
drawing pains in the muscular and fibrous tissues, with deformities about
the joints
Progressive loss of muscular strength, tendinous contractures Broken down seniles Esp indicated in dark-complexioned and rigid-fibered persons Restlessness at night, with tearing pains in joints and bones, and faint-like sinking of strength Skin of a Causticum person is of a dirty white sallow, with warts, especially on the face 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 Worse after eating fresh meat; smoked meat agrees Stool 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 delay, late Heaviness and weakness Tearing joints Contracted tendons Weak ankles; cannot walk without suffering Rheumatic tearing in limbs; better by warmth, especially heat of bed Burning in joints Unsteady walking and easily falling Restless legs at night Cracking and tension in knees; stiffness in hollow of knee 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 |
In
damp, wet weather
Warmth Heat of bed |
| Cimicifuga | Especially useful in
rheumatic, nervous subjects with ovarian irritation, uterine cramps and
heavy limbs
Agitation and pain Pains like electric shocks here and there Menses profuse, dark, coagulated, offensive with backache, nervousness; always irregular Irregular, slow, trembling pulse Stiffness and contraction in neck and backRheumatic pains in muscles of back and neck Pain in lumbar and sacral region, down thighs, and through hips Crick in back. Uneasy, restless feeling in limbsAching in limbs and muscular soreness Rheumatism affecting the belly of muscles, especially large muscles Stiffness in tendo-Achilles Heaviness in lower extremities Heavy, aching, tensive pain Sleeplessness |
Morning
Cold (except headache) During menses The more profuse the flow, the greater the suffering |
Warmth
Eating |
| Guaiacum | Especially
adapted to the arthritic diathesis, rheumatism, and tonsillitis
Free foul secretions Unclean odor from whole body Sensitiveness and aggravation from local heat. Contraction of limbs, stiffness and immobility Feeling that he must stretch Desire for apples and other fruits Aversion to milk Constant desire to urinate Aching in napeStiff neck and sore shoulders Stitches between scapula to occiput Contractive pain between scapula. Rheumatic pain in shoulders, arms and handsGrowing pains Immovable stiffness Ankle pain extending up the leg, causing lameness Joints swollen, painful, and intolerant of pressure; can bear no heat Stinging pain in limbs Arthritic lancinations followed by contraction of limbs A feeling of heat in the affected limbs |
From
motion
Heat Cold wet weather Pressure Touch From 6 pm to 4 am |
External pressure |
| Iodum | Rapid metabolism: Loss of
flesh great appetite
Hungry with much thirst 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. Acute exacerbation of chronic inflammationArthritis Deformans Acts prominently on connective tissue Sluggish vital reaction, hence chronicity in many of its aspects Rapid emaciation, notwithstanding good appetite Weakness and loss of breath going upstairs 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 Great weakness during menses Menstruation irregular Acrid leucorrhœa, thick, slimy, corroding the linen Joints inflamed and painful Rheumatism of nape and upper extremities Rheumatic pains, nightly pains in joints; constrictive sensations Flushes of heat all over body Marked fever, restlessness, red cheeks, apathetic Profuse sweat |
When quiet
In warm room Right side |
Walking about
In open air After eating. |
| Kali Iodatum | Acts prominently on fibrous
and connective tissues, producing infiltration, œdema, etc
Diffused sensitiveness Rheumatism in neck, back, feet, especially heels and soles; worse, cold and wet Saliva increased Much thirst Flatulence Menses late, profuse Corrosive leucorrhœa Rheumatism; pains at night and in damp weather Contraction of joints Rheumatism of knees with effusion Pain in small of back and coccyx Pain in hip, forcing limping |
Warm
clothing
Warm room At night Damp weather Cold food and drink, especially milk, |
Motion
Open air |
| 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 during sleep; 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 Heartburn Stool rumbling, watery; worse, night 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 Wide awake in the evening; first sleep restless Wakes languid, unrefreshed Irresistible sleepiness in afternoon Sleeps with hands over head Shooting pain in the nape and back, between shoulders; in sacrum after sitting Hip-joint painful Knees swollen, with tearing, drawing pains Boring pain in heels toward evening; suffering worse from letting the affected limb hang down 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 |
| Arnica | Conditions upon the system
quite similar to those resulting from injuries, falls, blows, contusions
Especially suited to cases when any injury, however remote, seems to have caused the present trouble Acts best in plethoric, feebly in debilitated with impoverished blood Limbs and body ache as if beaten; joints as if sprained Bed feels too hard Tendency to hæmorrhage and low-fever states Tendency to tissue degeneration, septic conditions, abscesses that do not mature Sore, lame, bruised feeling Rheumatism of muscular and tendinous tissue, especially of back and shoulders Aversion to tobacco Longing for vinegar Distaste for milk and meat Canine hunger Oppressive gases pass upward and downward Urine retained from over-exertion; dark brick-red sediment Pulse feeble and irregular Great fear of being touched or approached Sprained and dislocated feeling Everything on which he lies seems too hard Cannot walk erect, on account of bruised pain in pelvic region Rheumatism begins low down and works up Sleepless and restless when over tired Comatose drowsiness; awakens with hot head; dreams of death, mutilated bodies, anxious and terrible Horrors in the night Involuntary stools during sleep Febrile symptoms closely related to typhoid Shivering 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 |
| Colchicum | Affects markedly the muscular
tissues, periosteum, and synovial membranes of joints; seems to be more
beneficial in chronic affections of these parts
The parts are red, hot, swollen Tearing pains; worse, in the evening and at night and from touch; stubbing the toes hurts exceedingly Always great prostration Internal coldness Tendency to collapse Shocks as from electricity through one half of body Dreams of mice The smell of food causes nausea even to fainting, especially fish Profuse salivary secretion Great coldness in stomach Craving for various things, but is averse to then when smelling them, seized them with nausea Thirst for effervescent, alcoholic beverages Urine dark, scanty or suppressed; bloody, brown, black, inky; contains clots of putrid decomposed blood, albumin, sugar Sound of heart become weaker, pulse of low tension Tearing in limbs during warm weather, stinging during cold Pins and needles in hands and wrists, fingertips numb Pain in front of thigh Limbs, lame, weak, tingling Pain worse in evening and warm weather Joints stiff and feverish; shifting rheumatism; pains worse at night Inflammation of great toe, gout in heel, cannot bear to have it touched or moved Knees strike together, can hardly walk Œdematous swelling and coldness of legs and feet Aching in lumbar and lumbo-sacral region Backache, better, rest and pressure |
Sundown
to sunrise
Motion Loss of sleep Smell of food in evening Mental exertion |
Stooping |
| Mercurius Corrosivus | Urine hot, burning, scanty or
suppressed; bloody, greenish discharge; albuminous
Salivation. Taste salty and bitter Stool hot, bloody, slimy, offensive, with cutting pains and shreds of mucous membrane Pulse rapid and intermittent Chilly from slightest exposure Profuse perspiration; surface cold |
Evening
Night Acids |
While at rest |
| Sabina | Special action upon serous
and fibrous membranes
Pain from sacrum to the pubis Violent pulsations; wants windows open Heartburn Desire for lemonade Bitter taste Bloody urine; much urging Menses profuse, bright Sexual desire increased Leucorrhœa after menses, corrosive, offensive Paralytic pain in small back Shooting pain in heels and metatarsal bones Arthritic pain in joints Red, shining swelling |
From least motion
Heat Warm air |
In cool fresh air |
| Sulphur | Inertia and relaxation of
fiber; hence feebleness of tone
Ebullitions of heat Dislike of water Dry and hard hair and skin Red orifices Sinking feeling at stomach about 11 am Dirty, filthy people, prone to skin affections Aversion to being washed Complaints that relapse General offensive character of discharge and exhalations 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 Very weak and faint about 11 am; must have something to eat Frequent micturition, especially at night Mucus and pus in urine; parts sore over which it passes Must hurry, sudden call to urinate Great quantities of colorless urine Involuntary seminal emissions Much offensive perspiration Menses too late, short, scanty, and difficult; thick, black, acrid, making parts sore Leucorrhœa, burning, excoriating Drawing pain between shoulders Stiffness of nape Sensation as if vertebræ glided over each other Rheumatic pain in left shoulder Drawing and tearing in arms and hands Stiffness of knees and ankles Cannot walk erect; stoop-shouldered 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 Frequent flashes of heat Night sweat, on nape and occiput Perspiration of single parts Disgusting sweats Fever remits |
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 |
| Sulphur Terebinthinatum | For relieving the pains in Chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis | ||
| Arbutus Andrachne | Eczema associated with gouty and rheumatic symptoms
Arthritis; especially larger joints Urine rendered more clear Symptoms shift from skin to joints Vesical symptoms |
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| Benzoicum Acidum | Joints crack on motion
Tearing with stitches Pain in tendo Achilles Swelling of the wrist Pain and swelling in knees Tearing pain in great toe Pains suddenly change their locality Sweat while eating Stool frothy, offensive, liquid, light-colored, like soapsuds, bowel movements, mostly windy Urine of repulsive odor; changeable color; brown, acid Involuntary urination; dribbling, offensive urine of old men Excess of uric acid in urine |
In open air
By uncovering |
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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 Abscesses in deep muscles; polypi and exostoses Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence Take cold easily, with increased mucous secretions Great sensitiveness to cold Partial sweats Calcarea patient is fat, fair, flabby and perspiring and cold, damp and sour 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 Loss of appetite when overworked Heartburn and loud belching Ravenous hunger Thirst; longing for cold drinks 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, with vertigo, toothache and cold, damp feet; the least excitement causes their return Leucorrhœa, milky (Sepia) Pain as if sprained; can scarcely rise; from over lifting Pain between shoulder-blades, impeding breathing Rheumatism in lumbar region; weakness in small of back Nape of neck stiff and rigid Rheumatoid pains, as after exposure to wet Sharp sticking, as if parts were wrenched or sprained Swelling of joints, especially knee Arthritic nodosities 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 Chill at 2 pm begins internally in stomach region Fever with sweat Pulse full and frequent Chilliness and heat Night sweats, especially on head, neck and chest Sweat over head in children, so that pillow becomes wet |
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 |
| Caulophyllum | Has a special affinity for the smaller joints
Menses and leucorrhœa profuse Severe drawing, erratic pain and stiffness in small joints, fingers, toes, ankles, etc Aching in wrists Cutting pains on closing hands Erratic pains, changing place every few minutes |
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| Ferrum Iodatum | Body emaciated
Debility following drain upon vital forces Urine dark; sweet smelling Difficulty in retaining urine Leucorrhœa like boiled starch Menses suppressed or scanty |
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| Ferrum Picricum | Acts best in dark-haired
patients, plethoric, with sensitive livers
Frequent micturition at night, with full feeling and pressure in rectum Pain in right side of neck and down right arm |
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| Lacticum Acidum | Thirst; voracious hunger
Copious salivation and water-brash Hot, acrid eructation Rheumatic pain in joints and shoulders, wrists, knees, with much weakness Trembling of whole body while walking Large quantities of urine passed, frequently; saccharine in urine |
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| Ledum Pal | Affects especially the
rheumatic diathesis, going through all the changes, from functional pain
to altered secretions and deposits of solid, earthy matter in the tissues
Rheumatism begins in feet, and travels upward General lack of animal heat, and yet heat of bed is intolerable Gouty pains shoot all through the foot and limb, and in joints, but especially small joints; swollen, hot, pale Throbbing in right shoulder Pressure in shoulder, worse motion Cracking in joints; worse, warmth of bed Ball of great to swollen Ankles swollen Soles painful, can hardly step on them Easy spraining of ankle Sensation as of cold water over parts; general coldness with heat of face |
At night
From heat of bed |
From cold
Putting feet in cold water |
| Lycopodium | Adapted
more especially to ailments gradually developing, functional power
weakening, with failures of the digestive powers, where the function of
the liver is seriously disturbed
Atony Malnutrition Older persons, where the skin shows yellowish spots, earthy complexion, uric acid diathesis 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 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 Palpitation at night Cannot lie on left side Tearing in shoulder and elbow joints Painful callosities on soles; toes and fingers contracted 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 |
| Natrum Phos | Conditions
arising from excess of lactic acid, often resulting from too much sugar
Ailments, with excess of acidity Sour eructations and taste Sour vomiting Yellow, creamy coating at the back of the roof of mouth and tongue Flatulence, with sour risings Cracking of joints Seminal emissions without dreams, with weakness in back and trembling in limbs Sexual desire without erection Menses too early; pale, thin, watery Leucorrhœa; discharge creamy or honey-colored, or acid and watery Rheumatism of the knee-joint Weariness; aching in wrists and finger-joints Synovial crepitation |
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| Salicylicum Acidum | Flatulence; hot, sour
belching
Putrid fermentation Tongue purplish, leaden-colored; foul breath Knees swollen and painful Acute articular rheumatism; worse, touch and motion, profuse sweat Pain shifts |
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| Sepia | Weakness, yellow complexion,
bearing-down sensation, especially in women, upon whose organism it has
most pronounced effect
Pains extend down to back, chills easily Tendency to abortion Upward tendency of its symptoms Easy fainting "Ball" sensation in inner parts Acts best on brunettes All pains are from below up Feels cold even in warm room Everything tastes too salty Longing for vinegar, acids, and pickles Loathes fat Red, adhesive, sand in urine Involuntary urination, during first sleep Leucorrhœa yellow, greenish; with much itching Menses Too late and scanty, irregular; early and profuse; sharp clutching pains Violent, intermittent palpitation Tremulous feeling with flushes Weakness in small of back Pains extend into back Lower extremities lame and stiff, tension as if too short; heaviness and bruised feeling Frequent flushes of heat; sweat from least motion General lack of warmth of body Feet cold and wet Shivering, with thirst; worse, towards evening |
Forenoons and evenings
Washing Laundry-work Dampness Left side After sweat Cold air Before thunder-storm After milk, especially when boiled. |
By
exercise
Pressure Warmth of bed Hot applications Drawing limbs up Cold bathing After sleep |
| Thyroidinum | Emaciation
Muscular weakness Sweating, Tingling sensations Excessive obesity Acts better with pale patients, rather than those of high color Great weakness and hunger, yet loses flesh Involuntary urination at night Sensation of faintness and nausea Easy fatigue, Tendency to fainting Cold hands and feet Low blood pressure Chilliness and sensitive to cold Weak, frequent pulse, with inability to lie down. Palpitation from least exertion Desire for sweets and thirst for cold water Nausea worse riding in car Flatulence, much flatus in abdomen Increased urinary flow; polyuria; some albumen and sugar Urine smells of violets, burning along urethra, increase of uric acid Rheumatoid arthritis with tendency to obesity, coldness and cramps of extremities Aching pains |
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| China | Nervous erethism
Periodicity is most marked Sensitive to draughts Seldom indicated in the earlier stages of acute disease Pains in limbs and joints, as if sprained; worse, slight touch; hard pressure relieves Joints swollen; very sensitive, with dread or open air Great debility, trembling, with numb sensation Averse to exercise; sensitive to touch Weariness of joints; worse, mornings and when sitting 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, with much flatulence; difficult even when soft Excited lascivious fancy Frequent seminal emissions, followed by great weakness Menses too early; dark clots and abdominal distention Profuse menses with pain Sexual desire too strong Bloody leucorrhœa; seems to take the place of the usual menstrual discharge 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 Intermittent fever, paroxysms anticipate; return every week; all stages well marked; chill 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 |
| Dulcamara | Mucous
membranes secreting more profusely while
the skin is inactive
Rheumatic troubles induced by damp cold are aggravated by every cold change and somewhat relieved by moving about Complaints from sitting on cold, damp ground Icy coldness Patients living or working in damp, cold basements Aversion to food Burning thirst for cold drinks Must urinate when getting chilled Urine has thick, mucous, purulent sediment Stiff neck Pain in small of back, as after long stooping. Stiffness and lameness across neck and shoulders, after getting cold and wet Dry burning heat all over Chilliness towards evening, mostly in back Dry heat and burning of skin Chilliness with thirst |
At
night
From cold in general Damp, rainy weather |
From moving about
External warmth |
| Kali Bromatum | Nodular form of chronic gout
General failure of mental power Loss of memory Melancholia Urine profuse, with thirst Debility and impotence in males Exaggerated sexual desire in females Restless sleep Extreme drowsiness Sleeplessness due to worry and grief and sexual excess Night terrors Grinding teeth in sleep Horrible dreams |
When occupied mentally or physically | |
| Piper Methysticum | Silent
and drowsy character with incoherent dreams
Loss of muscular power. Arthritis DeformansUrine increased Pain in thumb-joint |
By
turning mind to another topic
Changing position | |
| Ammonium Phosphoricum | Nodosities
of the joints of the fingers and backs of
the hands
Pain in shoulder-joint Tightness around chest Heaviness of limbs, unsteady, tottering gait Coldness from least draft of air Rose-colored sediment |
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| Antimonium Crudum | Excessive irritability and
fretfulness
Thickly-coated white tongue, Cannot bear heat of sun Tendency to grow fat An absence of pain, where it could be expected, is noticeable Loss of appetite Desire for acids, pickles Thirst in evening and night Eructation tasting of the ingesta Heartburn, nausea, vomiting Constant belching Sweetish water brash Bloating after eating Urine frequent, with burning, and backache; turbid and foul odor Impotence Menses too early and profuse Leucorrhœa watery; acrid, lumpy Arthritic pain in fingers Feet very tender; covered with large horny places Pain in heels Chilly even in warm room Intermittent fever with disgust, nausea, vomiting, eructations, coated tongue, diarrhœa Hot sweat |
In
evening
From heat Acids Wine Water Washing Wet poultices Cold bathing |
In
open air
During rest Moist warmth |
| Calcarea Renalis | Arthritic nodosities
Tendency to accumulation of tartar on teeth Gravel and renal calculi |
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| Capsicum | Seems to suit especially
persons of lax fiber, weak; diminished vital heat; a relaxed plethoric
sluggish, cold remedy; not much reactive force
Fat Indolent Opposed to physical exertion Averse to go outside of their routine Get homesick easily General uncleanliness of body A sensation of constriction Burning pains and general chilliness Fear of slightest draught Much flatulence, especially in debilitated subjects Intense craving for stimulants Much thirst; but drinking causes shuddering Thirsty after stool, with shivering Pain from hips to feet Tensive pain in the knee Chill begins in back; better, heat; must have something hot to back; thirst before chill |
Open
air
Uncovering Draughts |
While eating
From heat |
| Kali Carbonica | Soft
pulse
Coldness General depression Very characteristic stitches, which may be felt in any part of the body, or in connection with any affection All pains are sharp and cutting; nearly all better by motion Absence of fever Sensitive to every atmospheric change, and intolerance of cold weather Fleshy aged people, with dropsical and paretic tendencies Sweat, backache, and weakness. Throbbing pains Tendency to dropsy Pains from within out, and of stinging character "Giving-out" sensation Flatulence Desire for sweets Sour eructations Constant feeling as if stomach were full of water Disgust for food Obliged to rise several times at night to urinate Involuntary urination when coughing, sneezing, etc Deficient sexual instinctExcessive seminal emissions, followed by weakness. Menses early, profuse or too late, pale and scanty, with soreness about genitals; pains from back pass down through gluteal muscles, with cutting in abdomenStiffness and paralytic feeling in back Pain in nates and thighs and hip-joint White swelling of knee Lacerating in wrist-joint. Soles very sensitive Itching of great toe, with pain Pain from hip to knee Pain in knees Drowsy after eating Wakes about two o'clock and cannot sleep again |
After
coition
In cold weather From soup and coffee In morning about three o'clock Lying on left and painful side |
In
warm weather, though moist
During day While moving about |
| Manganum Aceticum | Strongly exaggerated reflexes
and physical disturbances, evidenced by men making fun of each other's
gait
Inflammation of bones or joints, with nightly digging pains Chronic arthritis For speakers and singers Great accumulation of mucus Growing pains and weak ankles General soreness and aching; every part of the body feels sore when touched Menses too early and scanty Cannot walk backwards without falling; tending to fall forward Walks stooping forward Peculiar slapping gait, walks on metacarpo-phalangeal joint; walks backwards Ankles painful Shiny red swelling of joints Knees pain and itch Rheumatism of feet Burning spots about joints Suppuration of skin around joints Languor and sleepiness Vivid dreams Sleepy very early in evening |
Cold
wet weather
Change of weather |
Lying down (cough) |
| Methylenum Coeruleum | Tendency to tremor
Urine acquires a green color |
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| Natrum Bromatum | |||
| 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 Always feels best in warm, dry air Brown, bitter coating on tongue Yellow complexion Thirst for something cold Flatulency; wind colic in ascending colon; worse, before breakfast Stools involuntary, when passing flatus Great size of the fecal mass Urine loaded with bile; brisk-dust sediment, excessive secretion Violent pains in back of neck, and at base of brain Piercing pain between scapulæ Pain in hip-joints, worse left, worse, stooping Stiffness of knees, cracking of joints Rheumatism, worse in damp cold weather |
Music
(makes her sad)
Lying on left side Dampness of basement Damp weather Rainy weather Water in any form. |
Dry weather
Pressure Changing position |
| Piperazinum | Increased urea in urine | ||
| Radium Bromatum | Rheumatism and gout
Lowered blood pressure Severe aching pains all over, with restlessness, better moving about Chronic rheumatic arthritis Lateness in appearance of symptoms Great weakness Aversion to sweets, ice-cream. Increased elimination of solids in urine, particularly of chlorides Delayed and irregular menstruation and backache Aching in back of neck Pain and lameness in cervical vertebræ, worse dropping head forward, better standing, or sitting erect Lumbar and sacral backache, pain appears to be in bone, continued motion relieves Backache between shoulders and lumbar-sacral region, better after walking Severe pain in all the limbs, joints, especially in knee and ankles, sharp pains in shoulders, arms, hands and fingers Legs, arms and neck feel hard and brittle, as though they would break on moving. Cracking in shoulder Pain in toes, calves, hip-joint, popliteal spaces Arthritis, aching pains, worse at night Restless sleepSleepiness with lethargy Dreams vivid, busy; of fire. Cold sensation internally, with chattering of teeth until noonInternal chilliness followed by heat of the skin, associated with bowel movements and flatulence |
Getting up | Open air
Continued motion Hot bath Lying down Pressure |
| Rhododendron | Rheumatism in the hot season
Joints swollen Rheumatic tearing in all limbs, especially right side; worse, at rest and in stormy weather Stiffness of neck Pain in shoulders, arms, wrists; worse when at rest Cannot sleep unless legs are crossed |
Before
a storm
All symptoms reappear in rough weather Night Towards morning |
After the storm breaks
Warmth Eating |
| Thymus Gland Extract | Arthritis Deformans |