Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
An acute respiratory affection accompanied by severe cough, high fever, difficult respiration and aches all over the body
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Belladonna | Active congestion, furious
excitement, perverted special senses, twitching, convulsions and pain.
Hot, red skin, flushed face, glaring eyes, throbbing carotids, excited mental state, hyperæsthesia of all senses Delirium, restless sleep, convulsive movements Dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water Neuralgic pains that come and go suddenly Heat, redness, throbbing and burning Great children's remedy Scarlet fever and also prophylactic No thirst, anxiety or fear Violence of attack and suddenness of onset Loss of appetite Averse to meat and milk Great thirst for cold water Abhorrence of liquids. Dread of drinking Drying in nose, fauces, larynx, and trachea Tickling, short, dry cough; worse at night Larynx feels sore Respiration oppressed, quick, unequal. Hoarse; loss of voice; painless hoarseness Cough with pain in left hip Barking cough, whooping cough, with pain in stomach before attack, with expectoration of blood Stitches in chest when coughing Larynx very painful; feels as if a foreign body were in it, with cough High, piping voice. Moaning at every breath Shooting pains along limbs Joints swollen, red, shining, with red streaks radiating Tottering gait Jerking limbs; spasms Involuntary limping Cold extremities Stiff neck Swelling of glands of neck Pain in nape, as if it would break Pressure on dorsal region most painful A high feverish state with comparative absence of toxæmia Burning, pungent, steaming, heat Feet icy cold Superficial blood-vessels, distended No thirst with fever Sleep restless, 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 |
| Nux Vomica | 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; or, again, he hopes to quiet his excitement Takes preferably rich and stimulating food Pre-eminently a male remedy An irritable, nervous system, hypersensitive and over-impressionable Zealous fiery temperament Easily chilled, avoid open air, etc Always seems to be out of tune; inharmonious spasmodic action Sour taste, and nausea in the morning, after eating Sour, bitter eructations Desire for stimulants Loves fats and tolerates them well Difficult belching of gas Frequent ineffectual desire for stools, or passing but small quantities at each attempt Catarrhal hoarseness, with scraping in throat Asthma, with fullness in stomach, morning or after eating Cough, with sensation as if something were torn loose in chest Shallow respiration Oppressed breathing Tight, dry hacking cough; at times with bloody expectoration Cough brings on bursting headache and bruised pain in epigastric region Backache in lumbar region Burning in spine; worse, 3 to 4 am Must sit up in order to turn in bed Bruised pain below scapulæ Sitting is painful Cannot sleep after 3 am until towards morning; awakes feeling wretchedly Drowsy after meals, and in early evening Dreams full of bustle and hurry Fever paroxysms anticipate in morning Excessive rigor, with blueness of finger-nails Aching in limbs and back, and gastric symptoms Chilly; must be covered in every stage of fever Chilliness on being uncovered, yet he does not allow being covered Dry heat of the body |
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. |
| Pulsatilla | Pre-eminently a female
remedy, especially for mild, gentle, yielding disposition
Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking; changeable, contradictory Patient seeks the open air; always feels better there, even though he is chilly Mucous membranes are all affected Discharges thick, bland, and yellowish-green Symptoms ever changing Thirstless, peevish, and chilly Great sensitiveness Wants the head high; feels uncomfortable with only one pillow Lies with hands above head Greasy taste Dry mouth, without thirst; wants it washed frequently Frequently licks the dry lips. Offensive odor from mouth Food, especially bread, tastes bitter Much sweet saliva Alternations of taste, bitter, bilious, greasy, salty, foul Loss of taste Desire for tonics Averse to fat food, warm food, and drink Eructations; taste of food remains a long time; after ices, fruits, pasty Flatulence Dislikes butter Heartburn No two stools alike Two or three normal stools daily Increased desire to urinate; worse when lying down Dry cough in evening and at night; must sit up in bed to get relief; and loose cough in the morning, with copious mucous expectoration Pressure upon the chest and soreness Great soreness of epigastrium Urine emitted with cough Pain as from ulcer in middle of chest Expectoration bland, thick, bitter, greenish 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 Shooting pain in the nape and back, between shoulders; in sacrum after sitting Drawing, tensive pain in thighs and legs, with restlessness, sleeplessness and chilliness Pain in limbs, shifting rapidly; tensive pain, letting up with a snap Legs feel heavy and weary 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 External heat is intolerable, veins are distended |
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 |
| Aconitum Napellus | A state of fear, anxiety;
anguish of mind and body
Physical and mental restlessness, fright Acute, sudden, and violent invasion, with fever Does not want to be touched Sudden and great sinking of strength Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration First remedy in inflammations, inflammatory fevers Serous membranes and muscular tissues affected markedly Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness Tension of arteries; emotional and physical mental tension explain many symptoms. No periodicity In the beginning of an acute disease and not to be continued after pathological change comes Thirst for cold water Bitter taste of everything except water Intense thirst Drinks, vomits, and declares he will die Urine scanty, red, hot, painful Constant pressure in left chest; oppressed breathing on least motion Hoarse, dry, croupy cough; loud, labored breathing Child grasps at throat every time he coughs Very sensitive to inspired air Shortness of breath Larynx sensitive Stitches through chest Cough, dry, short, hacking; worse at night and after midnight Hot feeling in lungs Blood comes up with hawking Tingling in chest after cough Back numb, stiff, painful; crawling and tingling, as if bruised Stiffness in nape of neck Bruised pain between scapulæ Numbness and tingling; shooting pains; icy coldness and insensibility of hands and feet Arms feel lame, bruised, heavy, numb Pain down left arm Hot hands and cold feet Hip joint and thigh feel lame, especially after lying down Knees unsteady; disposition of foot to turn Weak and lax ligaments of all joints Painless cracking of all joints Bright red hypothenar eminences on both hands Sensation as if drops of water trickled down the thigh Nightmare; nightly ravings Anxious dreams Sleeplessness, with restless and tossing about Starts up in sleep Long dreams, with anxiety in chest Cold stage most marked in fever; cold sweat and icy coldness of face; coldness and heat alternate Evening chilliness soon after going to bed; cold waves pass through him Thirst and restlessness always present Chilly if uncovered or touched Dry heat, red face Sweat drenching, on parts lain on; relieving all symptoms |
In
warm room
In evening and night Lying on affected side Music Tobacco-smoke Dry, cold winds |
In open air |
| Arnica | 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 Relaxed blood vessels, black and blue spots Tendency to hæmorrhage and low-fever states Sore, lame, bruised feeling Aversion to tobacco Longing for vinegar Distaste for milk and meat Canine hunger Raw, sore feeling in morning Dry cough, from tickling low down in trachea Bloody expectoration Dyspna with hæmoptysis All bones and cartilages of chest painful Great fear of being touched or approached Pain in back and limbs, as if bruised or beaten Sprained and dislocated feeling Everything on which he lies seems too hard Deathly coldness of forearm Cannot walk erect, on account of bruised pain in pelvic region Comatose drowsiness; awakens with hot head; dreams of death, mutilated bodies, anxious and terrible Horrors in the night Involuntary stools during sleep 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 |
| Bryonia | Aching in every muscle
The pain here produced is a stitching, tearing; worse by motion, better rest; found everywhere, but especially in the chest; worse pressure Mucous membranes are all dry Patient is irritable Has vertigo from raising the head, pressive headache Dry, parched lips, mouth Excessive thirst, bitter taste, sensitive epigastrium, and feeling of a stone in the stomach Stools large, dry, hard Dry cough Robust, firm fiber and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness and irritability Children dislike to be carried or raised. Physical weakness, all-pervading apathy Complaints apt to develop slowly Abnormal hunger, loss of taste Thirst for large draughts Vomiting of bile and water immediately after eating; worse, warm drinks, which are vomited Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty, hot Soreness in larynx and trachea Hoarseness; worse in open air Dry, hacking cough from irritation in upper trachea Cough, dry, at night; must sit up; worse after eating or drinking, with vomiting, with stitches in chest, and expectoration of rust-colored sputa Frequent desire to take a long breath; must expand lungs Difficult, quick respiration; worse every movement; caused by stitches in chest Cough, with feeling as if chest would fly to pieces; presses his head on sternum; must support chest Expectoration brick shade, tough, and falls like lumps of jelly Tough mucus in trachea, loosened only with much hawking Coming into warm room excites cough Heaviness beneath the sternum extending towards the right shoulder Cough worse by going into warm room Stitches in cardiac region Painful stiffness in nape of neck Stitches and stiffness in small of back Knees stiff and painful Hot swelling of feet Joints red, swollen, hot, with stitches and tearing; worse on least movement Every spot is painful on pressure Constant motion of left arm and leg Drowsy; starting when falling asleep Delirium; busy with business matters and what he had read Pulse full, hard, tense, and quick Chill with external coldness, dry cough, stitches Internal heat Sour sweat after slight exertion Easy, profuse perspiration |
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 |
Lying
on painful side
Pressure Rest Cold things |
| 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 Hungry, yet loose flesh Heartburn, with palpitation Unquenchable thirst Sweats while eating Craving for salt Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats Pain just after urinating Increased urination, involuntary when walking, coughing, etc Has to wait a long time for urine to pass if others are present Cough from a tickling in the pit of stomach, accompanied by stitches in liver and spurting of urine Stitches all over chest Cough, with bursting pain in head Shortness of breath, especially on going upstairs Pain in back, with desire for some firm support Every movement accelerates the circulation Palms hot and perspiring Arms and legs, but especially knees, feel weak Dryness and cracking about finger-nails Numbness and tingling in fingers and lower extremities Ankles weak and turn easily Painful contraction of hamstrings Cracking in joints on motion Coldness of legs with congestion to head, chest, and stomach Sleepy in forenoon Nervous jerking during sleep Dreams of robbers Chill between 9 and 11 am Heat; violent thirst, increases with fever Coldness of the body, and continued chilliness very marked Sweats on every exertion |
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 |
| Rhus Tox | Pains and stiffness
Tearing asunder pains Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better for a time from a change of position Septic conditions Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst Bitter taste Nausea, vertigo, and bloated abdomen after eating Desire for milk Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat Drowsy after eating Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Tickling behind upper sternum Dry, teasing cough from midnight until morning, during a chill, or when putting hands out of bed Oppression of the chest, cannot get breath with sticking pains Pain between shoulders on swallowing Pain and stiffness in small of back; better, motion, or lying on something hard; worse, while sitting Stiffness of the nape of the neck Hot, painful swelling of joints Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments, and fasciæ Limbs stiff paralyzed The cold fresh air is not tolerated; it makes the skin painful Pain along ulnar nerve Tearing down thighs Tenderness about knee-joint Loss of power in forearm and fingers; crawling sensation in the tips of fingers Tingling in feet During heat, urticaria Chilly, as if cold water were poured over him, followed by heat and inclination to stretch the limbs Dreams of great exertion Heavy sleep, as from stupor Sleepless before midnight |
During
sleep
Cold, wet rainy weather 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 |
| Silicea | Increased
susceptibility to nervous stimuli and exaggerated reflexes
Suppurative processes 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 Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants Want of grit, moral or physical Disgust for meat and warm food On swallowing food, it easily gets into posterior nares Want of appetite; thirst excessive Sour eructations after eating Colds fail to yield; sputum persistently muco-purulent and profuse Cough and sore throat, with expectoration of little granules like shot, which, when broken, smell very offensive Cough with expectoration in day, bloody or purulent Stitches in chest through to back Violent cough when lying down, with thick, yellow lumpy expectoration; suppurative stage of expectoration Weak spine; very susceptible to draughts on back Pain in coccyx Sleeplessness, with great orgasm of blood and heat in head Frequent starts in sleep Anxious dreams Excessive gaping Cramp in calves and soles Loss of power in legs Tremulous hands when using them Paralytic weakness of forearm Icy cold and sweaty feet The parts lain on go to sleep Offensive sweat on feet, hands, and axillæ Pain in knee, as if tightly bound Calves tense and contracted Pain beneath toes Soles sore Soreness in feet from instep through to the sole Chilliness; very sensitive to cold air Creeping, shivering over the whole body Cold extremities, even in a warm room Sweat at night; worse towards morning Suffering parts feel cold |
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 |
| Lachesis | When
the system is thoroughly poisoned and the prostration is profound.
Sensation of tension in various parts Cannot bear anything tight anywhere Craving for alcohol, oysters Any food causes distress Hungry, cannot wait for food Empty swallowing more painful than swallowing solids Upper part of windpipe very susceptible to touch Sensation of suffocation and strangulation on lying down, particularly when anything is around throat; compels patient to spring from bed and rush for open window Spasm of glottis; feels as if something ran from neck to larynx Feels he must take a deep breath Cramp-like distress in præcordial region Cough; dry, suffocative fits, tickling; little secretion and much sensitiveness; worse, pressure on larynx, after sleep, open air Breathing almost stops on falling asleep Larynx painful to touch Sensation as of a plug which moves up and down, with a short cough Pain in neck, worse cervical region Sensation of threads stretched from back to arms, legs, eyes, etc Pain in tibia Patient sleeps into an aggravation Sudden starting when falling asleep Sleepiness, yet cannot sleep Wide-awake in evening. Chilly in back; feet icy cold; hot flushes and hot perspiration; paroxysm returns after acids |
After sleep
Sleeps into aggravation Left side In the spring Warm bath Pressure or constriction Hot drinks Closing |
Appearance of discharges
Warm applications |
| Lycopodium | Is
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 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. Intolerant of cold drinks; craves everything warm Best adapted to persons intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power 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 Tickling cough Dyspna Tensive, constrictive, burning pain in chest Cough worse going down hill Cough deep, hollow Expectorations gray, thick, bloody, purulent, salty Night cough, tickling as from Sulphur fumes Catarrh of the chest in infants, seems full of mucus rattling Burning between scapulæ as of hot coals Pain in small of back Numbness, also drawing and tearing in limbs, especially while at rest or at night Heaviness of arms Tearing in shoulder and elbow joints One foot hot, the other cold Profuse sweat of the feet Pain in heel on treading as from a pebble Painful callosities on soles; toes and fingers contracted. Cannot lie on painful side Hands and feet numb Right foot hot, left cold Cramps in calves and toes at night in bed Limbs go to sleep Twitching and jerking Chill between 3 and 4 pm, followed by sweat Icy coldness; feels as if lying on ice One chill is followed by another 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 |
| Mezereum | Bruised, weary feeling in
joints, with drawing and stiffness
Pains of various kinds, with chilliness and sensitiveness to cold air Bone pains Burning, darting sensation in the muscles Pains shoot upward and seem to draw patient up out of bed Semi-lateral complaints Patient is very sensitive to cold air Desire for ham-fat Mouth waters Red flakes float on top of urine Soreness and burning in bones of thorax Constriction across chest Cough; worse; eating, irritation lower than can be reached, on taking a warm drinks Pain in neck and back; worse, motion and at night; intolerant of all touch Pain and burning in tibia and long bones Legs and feet go to sleep Pain in hip and knee |
Cold air
Night Evening until midnight Warm food Touch Motion |
Open air |
| Dulcamara | Hot days and cold nights
towards the close of summer are especially favorable to the action of
Dulcamara
Icy coldness. Congestive headache, with neuralgia and dry nose 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 Cough worse cold, wet weather, with free expectoration, tickling in larynx Cough, hoarse, spasmodic Asthma with dyspna Loose, rattling cough; worse wet weather Must cough a long time to expel phlegm Pain in shin-bones Dry burning heat all over Chilliness towards evening, mostly in back Icy coldness, with pains Dry heat and burning of skin Chilliness with thirst |
At
night
From cold in general Damp, rainy weather |
From moving about
External warmth |
| Nitricum Acidum | Sticking pains
Acts best on the dark complexioned and past middle life Pains appear and disappear quickly All discharges very offensive, especially urine, feces, and perspiration 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 Hoarseness Soreness at lower end of sternum Short breath on going upstairs Cough during sleep |
Evening and night
Cold climate, and also hot weather |
While riding in carriage |
| Sangunaria | Affects chiefly the mucous
membranes, especially of the respiratory tract
Circumscribed redness of the cheeks, flashes of heat, determination of blood to head and chest, distention of temporal veins, burning in palms and soles Burning sensations, like from hot water Burning in various parts Aversion to butter Craving for piquant things Unquenchable thirst Trachea sore Heat and tension behind the sternum Cough of gastric origin; relieved by eructation Cough, with burning pain in chest; worse, right side Sputum tough, rust-colored, offensive, almost impossible to raise Tickling behind sternum, causes a constant hacking cough; worse at night on lying down; must sit up in bed Burning soreness in right chest, through to right shoulder Severe soreness under right nipple Severe dyspna and constriction of chest Offensive breath and purulent expectoration Burning in chest as of hot steam from chest to abdomen Burning in soles and palms |
Sweets
Right side Motion Touch |
Acids
Sleep Darkness |