Ambra
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. I, p. 238
Ambra grisea. Found in some marine animals, and frequently obtained floating on the Southern seas. Preparation, Triturations.
Anihoriiies. (Hahnemann's M. M. Pura) ; 1, Hahnemann ; 2, Gersdorff.
Mind p. 239
Distorted images, grimaces, diabolical faces crowd upon his fancy; he cannot get rid of them/.
Lewd fancies, even when dreaming; the mind and the sexual organs, however, do not feel excited by them (first twenty-four hours)
She is excited, loquacious; talking fatigues her; she was unable to sleep at night; got a headache, as if she carried a large load upon her head ; she felt oppressed at the chest ; had to sit up in bed, and was attacked with anguish and sweat all over
Uncommonly long excitement
Great equanimity (reaction of the organism)
Great sadness (after seventy-two hour-s)
Despair (after forty-eight hours)
Great depression of spirits (after six days)
He is overwhelmed with sad thoughts, and feels a sort of qualmishness about the heart; he feels sad for a long time
Indifferent to joy or grief; more depressed, however, than composed
Anxiety after dinner
Anxious thoughts arise in his mind
The mind feels uneasy and agitated
Uneasiness the whole day, the chest feeling oppressed
Anguish and tremor (after eight days)
the evening one feels a sort of anguish
Irritated mood, as if one had weak nerves and were impatient
Talking irritates her; she is attacked with trembling through the whole body, especially in the lower extremities, and has to be alone for some time in order to rest herself
Immediately, whining mood, followed by peevishness and quarrelsomeness, for two hours; he feels easily roused to indignation
Constant alternation of depression of spirits and vehemence of temper; this prevents him from having a calm mood
He is always as if he were in a dream
He was not able to reflect upon anything properly ; he feels stupid (first twenty-four hours)
Bad memory ; his thoughts are weak; he has to read everything three or four times, and, after all, he does not seize the meaning of what he reads
Head p. 239
Oppressive confusion of the head, immediately after eating, especially during motion
Compressing confusion of the iiead,l
Headache every morning; the head feels muddled, as if she had been revelling the whole night
Violent vertigo
Uncommon, even dangerous, vertigo
Vertigo, when walking in the open air in the fore and afternoon
* She had to lie down on acco nut of vertigo and feeling of weakness in stomach (in afternoon, after seventy-two hours)
Great weakness in his head, xvith vertigo (after forty-eight hours)
Weakness in the head, with a sort of chilliness of the head
Congestion of blood to the head for two days
Music causes the blood to rush to the head
Tension in the head, which makes one feel stupid
Compressing headache, starting from both temples
Pressive drawing ascending from the nape of the neck, and extending through the head towards the forehead, considerable pressure remaining behind in the lower part of the occiput
Drawings and tearings in the head, to and fro
Pressure and stitches in the head
Oppressive and tearing headache, especially over and ou the top of the head
Shootings through the head.l
When making an exertion, he experiences a lancinating and cutting headache ; he feels it at every step ; easier when lying down
(Twitchings in the head)
Headache as if a cold would come on, at times increasing, at times decreasing, and continual
Headache when blowing the nose
External headache ; also in the nape of the neck and in the neck ; pain as from straining the parts in lifting, painful to the touch, the whole day (after twelve days)
Painful pimple ou the forehead
Red pimple on the middle of the forehead, close to the hair ; it feels sore when touched, but does not suppurate
Sensation in the forehead and eyes as when a cold is about breaking out
Oppressive headache in the forehead
Pressure in the forehead, with apprehension of becoming crazy (after forty-eight hours)/.
Downward pressing pain in the forehead and the top of the head, every other day, accompanied by heat in the head and burning in the eyes, paleness of the face, beginning early in the morning, increasing only in the afternoon
Short violent pressure, just over the nose, in the forehead, in frequent paroxysms; it becomes tearing, and leaves behind a confusion of the occiput
Tearing headache in the forehead, as far as the upper part of the face
Pressive pain in the left frontal eraiuence
Tearing in left temple, as high up as the vertex; also in the right frontal eminence, and behind the left ear
Humming around the temples
Stitch in the head, over the left temple (after three hours )
Painless feeling of pressure on top of head, and heaviness of the head, in the evening (alter thirty-six hours)
Extremehj painful tearing on the top of the head, and apparently in the whole upper half of the brain, with paleness of the face and coldness of the left hand
On the right side of the head there is a place where the hairs pain when touched, as if sore
Confusion of the occiput
Pressing pain in the occiput and nape of neck
Pressive pain in a small place of the occiput
Tearing pressure in the whole occiput, extending as far as the top and the forehead
Tearing on the left side of the occiput towards the nape of the neck and behind the ear
In the evening, several very severe stitches ascending towards the occiput
* Falling off of the hair (after twenty -four hours)
Eyes p. 240
Distended veins of the white of the eye,l
Pressure and biting of the eye, as from dust which had got in,l
Pressure upon the eyes, which can only be opened with difficulty ; pain in the eyes, as if they had been closed too firmly, especially early in the morning
Pressure upon the eyes, as if they were deep in the orbits, with tearing headache, extending downward from the forehead, or from the ear through the occiput (after three hours),l
Burning pain in the right eye (after ten hours)
Tearing, in short jerks, in and around the right eye,l
Burning in the eyelids
Itching of the eyelid, as if a stye would form there
Pressure on left eyebrow,l
Biting and lachrymation of the eyes
Intolerably itching titillation around the eyes
Turbid sight, as through a mist (after some hours)
Very dim vision (after three days)
After a meal, shootings, first around the left, then around the right eye,l
Ears p. 240
Violent tearing pain in the lobule and behind it,l
Tearing in right ear early in morning, and frequently at other times
Crawling in ears (after forty-eight hours)
Itching and tickling in the ears
Hearing decreases every day, five days in succession (after six days
* Deafness of one ear
Roaring and whistling in the ear, in the afternoon (alter four days)
(Snapping, as of a spark from the electric machine, and noise, as when winding up a watch)
Nose p. 240
* Dried blood gathers in the nose (after sixteen hours,)
* Bleeding at the nose, early in the mor)ung
(Great dryness of the inside of the nose, although air passes through easily)
Cramp of the right wing of the nose, toward the malar bone
Obstruction of the nose, which feels sore internally
Great dryness of the nose, which continues a long time, accompanied by a good deal of irritation in the nose, as if one would sneeze
Occasional sneezing, the nose being dry
Tingling in the nose, as if one would sneeze
Frequent attempts to sneeze
She sneezes almost every day ; this never happened before
Dry coryza
Face p. 241
Flushes of heat in the face
Jaundice-colored face,K
Spasmodic tremblings of the muscles of the face/.
Spasmodic twitchings of the face in the evening, when in bed/.
Gnawing and tingling-itching in the face/.
Tearing in the upper part of the face, especially near the right wing of the nose
Red spot on the cheek, without any sensation/.
Pimples and itching in the whiskers
Tension of the cheek, as from swelling
[HO.] Painless swelling of the cheek on the upper jaw, with throbbing in the gums (after a few hours)
Stitching, pressive pain in the jaws
Pain in the jaws, as if they were being screwed together or asunder
Hot lips/.
Spasm of the lower lip, and sensation as if it were being pressed against the gums and torn away
Mouth p. 241
Bleeding of the teeth
Unusually copious bleeding from the lower teeth of the right side,l
Drawing pain, at times in one, at times in another tooth ; the pain, increased by warmth, was suppressed by cold, for a few moments ; did not become \TOrse by chewing, and went off after a meal; the gums on the inner side were swollen
Pain in the hollow tooth, in the evening
Pain in the hollow tooth, especially in the open air, as if the nerve were being touched/.
After dinner, pain in a hollow tooth, more lancinating than tearing ; for half an hour (after five hours)
Prickling, drawing in the upper right molar teeth, I
Pressive, burrowing pain, apparently under the left lower molar teeth ; in the evening when in bed/.
Drawing pain, sometimes in the teeth of the right, sometimes in those of the left side, by day, and for several nights
Drawing in the incisor tooth, as if a current of air rushed into the tooth, causing a stitch there
Considerably swollen and painful gums
The tongue is coated gray-yellow,l
Tuberculous growths under the tongue, which feel sore
Tongue, mouth, and lips feel quite numb and dry ; early, on waking
Fetid odor from the mouthy.
Badly smelling breath, early after waking
Blisters in the mouth, which pain as if the place were burnt
Great dryness of the mouth, early on waking, accompanied by a total want of thirst, for several days
Smarting, and sensation of excoriation in the interior of the mouth ; pain prevented her from eating anything acrid
Feeling of contraction in the salivary glands during a meal, especially when swallowing the first mouthfuls
(Bitter taste in the mouth, early when waking)
Sourish taste in the mouth, after drinking milk/.
Throat p. 241
Secretion of niucns in the throat, with roughness and rawness
Accumulation of grayish phlegm in the throat, xohich is difficult to hawk up, accompanied by rawness of the throat
Hawking up of mucus early in the morning
Choking and vomiting can hardly be avoided when hawking up phlegm from the fauces
Rawness of the throat
Rawness of the throat, as in a cold
Rawness of the throat, as in a cold, for some days
Sensation in the throat as if she had something lodged in it
After dinner, pressure in the pit of the throat, as if food were lodged there which will not go down
Tearing in the interior of the throat, and in the upper back part of the fauces
Tearing in the back part of the throat, and on the left side of the palate, during dinner
Sore throat, as if something impeded deglutition (after eight days),l
(Sore throat, not when swallowing food, but during an empty deglutition, and on pressure from without, ac-. companied by tension of the cervical glands, as if they were swollen) (after four days)
(*;Sore </(roa^, after a draught of air; there are stitches shooting from the neck into the right ear ; the parts are especially painful when nioving the tongue)
Tickling in the throat, which induces coughing
Tickling in the throat and the thyroid body, during the act of coughing/.
Sensation during the act of coughing, as of a sore place in the throat/.
Pain of a submaxillary gland, which looked swollen (after three days)
Tearing pain of the palate as far as into the left ear,l
* Sedation of rawness in the region of the velum pendulum palate
Sense as of biting in the back part of the fauces, between the acts of swallowing
Pressive, biting pain in the back part of the fauces, from time to time
Stomach p. 242
Somewhat insipid eructations, frequently in the afternoon
Frequent empty eructations (after three and one-half hours)
Violent eructations after dinner
Frequently sour eructations (after forty-eight and seventy-two hours)
Audible eructations, tasting bitter
Heartburn, with suppressed eructations, when walking in the open air
Every evening, sense as of a spoiled stomach, and regurgitation of acrid substances as high up as the larynx, like heartburn
(Nausea, after breakfast) (after seventy-two hours)
(Nausea, turning the stomach) (after twenty-four hours)
Qualmishness about the stomach
Burning in the stomach (after three hours)
Burning in the region of the stomach and higher up,l
Cramp of the stomach
She had to lie down in the afternoon, on account of a feeling of weakness in the stomach, and vertigo (after seventy-two hours)
Tension and pressure in the region of the stomach
Stitches and pressure in the region of the stomach
Pressure and burning below the pit of the stomach ; this symptom goes off by an eructation
(After every evacuation a weakness about the pit of the stomach)
Abdomen p. 242
Aching in the region of the Liver
Aching in a small place in the rigid side of the abdomen, in the region of the liver ; the pain is not felt when touching the parts
Pressure in the umbilical region, with heartburn; this goes off by an eructation
Stitching pain around the navel, when moving the abdomen, especially when drawing the abdomen in
Pressure on the side of the abdomen, over the right hip
Pressure in the epigastrium, hands and feet being cold
Continual pressure in the epigastrium, diminishing by walking in the open air, returning when sitting down,l
Stitches over the hips for two days (after five days)
Sharp pressure, or dull stitch, over the right hip
Tension and inflation of the abdomen, after every meal, even every time he drinks
Distended abdomen (after a few hours)
Distended abdomen (after five hours)
Soon after midnight he wakes with a considerably distended abdomen, especially a distended hypogastrium, owing to incarcerated flatulence exciting a colic, or, at any rate, a violent pressure downwards; this accumulation of flatulence disappears during the subsequent sleep, without any emission of flatus, the abdomen becoming easy
Twitchings in the abdominal muscles, in the evening
Fermentation and audible rumbling in the abdomen, which, however, is not felt,l
(Burning in the abdomen)
=^'Sense of coldness in the abdomen
* Coldness of one side of the abdomen for two days (after forty-eight hours)
Violent cramps in the belly
First pinching pain in the belly, then a little cutting in the epigastrium, which goes off by an eructation
The abdomen feels compressed
Compressive weight in the abdomen, early in the morning
Weight in the abdomen, and sensation as if the parts had been sprained, and were suffering a pressure, coming from the spinal marrow
Pressure in the abdomen is followed by the emission of inodorous flatulence
Trouble caused by incarcerated flatulence, occasioning a pain, especially in the left side of the abdomen
Violent cutting colic, in the evening
Cutting colic, when in bed, after midnight, even during a general sweat
Cutting colic, with a soft stool, early in the morning, on two mornings in succession (after five days)
Violent cutting colic, with diarrhoea occurring three times, three days in succession (after five days)
Sense as of pinching in the hypogastrium, with violent fermentation and gurgling, especially in the epigastrium, when lying in bed early in the morning ; diminished by rising, renewed by lying down again, especially when lying upon the back :
When drawing the abdomen in, violent prickings in the hypogastrium, which may also be excited by pressing the parts from without
Pressure below the pit of the stomach and in the hypogastrium, from time to time, also at night
After ineffectual urging, a pinching pain in the hypogastrium, especially of the right side (after some days),l
L^IO.] Pressure deep in the hypogastrium, after the evacuation
Stool and Anus p. 243
Tenesmus in the abdomen, remaining after the stool (he feels as if he had not yet done), upwards of a minute
Tenesmus of the rectum
(Drawing in the rectum)
Stitches of the rectum
Tickling of the rectum
Itching and biting of the rectum, which go off by rubbing
Itching of the anus
Itching of the anus (after son)e hours)
* Frequent %urging, no stool; this gives her a good deal of anxiety; during this time the neighborhood of other people was intolerable to her
Four ordinary evacuations within the space of a few hours (after a few hours)
Copious, soft, light-brown stools (after eight days)
(Ambra grisea appears to improve stools, which had been delaying heretofore) (after ten and fifteen days)
Scanty stools (after twenty-four hours)
* Constipation (after four days)
A quantity of blood is passed with the soft stool (after seven days)
Urinary Organs p. 243
Pain in the bladder, and simultaneously in the rectum (after five days)
Sensation as if a few drops passed out of the urethra
Burning in the orifice of the urethra (after six days)
Burning in the orifice of the urethra and the rectum
(Twitchings in the urethra) (after twelve days)
Urgent desire to urinate, early after rising, for two hours ; he often cannot retain his urine
Frequent micturition at nighty.
The urine he emits is three times the quantity of what he drinks, especially early in the morning; afterwards, a dull pain in the region of the kidneys
Copious, bright-colored, cloudless urine (after four days)
Diminished secretion of urine (the first three days)
Little urine, which, in a few hours, deposits a reddish sediment
A little urine, with a reddish cloud, without any thirst,l
Brown urine
Whitish, flocculent urine
The urine is of a lemon-yellow color, almost inodorous, a little flocculent
The urine is dark-brown and a little turbid, even while being emitted (after twenty hours)
* The urine is turbid, even while being emitted; yellow-brown ; %t formed a brown sediment, while the clear urine above it was yellow
Urine with a reddish cloud
The urine has a penetrating odor after standing awhile
Bloody urine (after seven day?)
Sexual Organs p. 243
An itching pimple on the male parts of generation
Burning in the genital organs, with a few drops of blood being emitted, especially after a walk and hard stool
Vehement, voluptuously delightful feeling in the interior of the genital organs, without any considerable erection or irritation of the external organs; that feeling continues for hours (after four days)
Violent erections, early on waking, without any voluptuous desire, the parts being externally numb ; when the erection subsides there is a tingling-tearing in the forepart of the urethra
The erections subside (reaction)
Pain in the glans, as from ulceration
Tearing in the glans/.
Itching of the glans, which continues when sitting, lying, standing ()walking
Violent itching of the pudendum (less frequently of the anus) ; she has to rub the parts
Soreness and itching of the pudendum, even when she does not urinate
* Shivering, soreness, and itching of the labia pudendi
Hemorrhage from the uterus (after two hours)
(Discharge of bluish-white clots of mucus from the vagina)
(Profuse leucorrhoea at night)
Leucorrhoea, consisting of thick mucus, increa.'^ing from day to day, each discharge being preceded by a stitch in the vagina
* The menses occur three days before the time (after fourth day)
* The menses appear four days before the time (after twenty days)
Sensation in the abdomen as if the menses would come on, although they had appeared twenty-one days ago (after two hours)
During the menses the left leg becomes blue from distended veins, with a pressive pain
Respiratory Organs p. 244
Burning and itching titillation extending from the larynx down to the abdomen
Cough only at night, produced by an excessive irritation in the throat; there is no cough by day
Cough excited by rawness of the throat
* Cough, every evening, with pain wider the left ribs, as if something were torn loose there
* Nightly cough, owing to an excessive irritation in the throat
Occasionally considerable paroxysms of cough
* Violent, convulsive cough, accompanied by frequent eructations arid hoarseness
* A kind of hooping-cough (after forty-eight hours)
* Deep, dry cough, with accumulation of water in the mouth, and subsequent rawness in the throat
When coughing there is a pressure in the umbilical regiwu
* Very saltish expectoration when coughing
Roughness and hoarseness of the voice ; tenacious mucus collects in the throat
Hoarseness; rough, deep voice, alternating with thick phlegm in the larynx ; he easily throws it up when clearing the throat, or by a slight cough (after ten and twenty -four hours)
Chest p. 244
Burning in the chest
Burning in the external parts of the chest
Burning ache near one of the ribs of the right side; it is aggravated by external pressure ; afterwards a similar pain in the left mamma
* Sense of rawness in the chest
Stitch in the chest, extending to the back (after a few hours)
Violent, dull stitch in the right mamma, interrupting respiration
* Wheezing in the chest
Oppression at the chest,l
Oppression in the back, through the chest
Oppression of the chest and back, between the scapulae; it subsides for a short time after eating
Oppression of the chest, with much uneasiness the whole day (after third day)
Tightness of the chest ; she cannot breathe deeply, nor yawn fully
Feeling of pressure deep in the right half of the chest, during a strong expiration ; the pressure is most painful at a small place
Pressure in the superior part of the chest, in paroxysms, for five minutes
Pressure on the upper part of the chest,l
Pressure below (in ?) the left half of the chest
Pressure in the precordial region,l
Aching in the chest, over the pit of the stomach, as if the parts had been beaten ; relieved by eructations
Pain of the right lowermost true ribs, as if the parts had been bruised ; more towards the back
Rheumatic pain in the right side of the chest, below the arm,l
* Tearing pressure in the left side of the chest
Heart and J*Misc.-^Palpitation of the heart, when walking in the open air, with paleness of the face
Violent palpitation of the heart, with pressure in the chest, as if a lump were lodged there, or as if the chest were obstructed
He perceives the pulse in the body ; it feels like the tick of a watch
Neck and Back p. 245
Drawing ache in the nape of the neck
Rheumatic pain in the right scapu]a,l
Burning in the left scapula/.
Stitches in left scapula (first day )/.
Pain in the back, as if the intestines were being compressed, with a heaviness in the back, as if he were not able to right himself
Rheumatic pains in the back, on the right side
Stitches in the small of the back, when sitting (after eight or nine days)
Single, violent, sharp stitches in the small of the back, increased by the slightest motion,l
Violent pressure in the lower part of the small of the back
Painful tension in the muscles of the loins/.
Extremities in General p. 245
Twitchings in the limbs
Uncommon twitching in all the limbs, and coldness of the body at night (after fifth day)
Uneasiness in all the limbs, like a tingling, accompanied by a sort of anguish, only by day/.
Upper Extremities p. 245
The arms easily go to sleep, when lying on them
At night the right arm frequently feels numb, and goes to sleep
The left arm often goes to sleep during the day, when at rest
Tearing in both shoulders
Tearing in lie left shoulder-jointj
In the evening there is drawing in the shoulder; it feels sprained and paralyzed
Violent, dull stitch in the right shoulder (after two hours)
Sense as of clucking in the arm/.
Twitchings in the arm/.
Tearing in the right arm, early, for five minutes/.
(Paralysis of the right upper arm)/.
Tearing in the right elbow and forearm
Drawing ache in the right forearm as far as the elbow
Cramp in the hands (after some hours)
Paralysis of the hand, for a few minutes (after sixth day)
Icy cold hands for a long time (after one hour)
Painful coldness of the hands for a long time
Icy coldness of the hands, in the evening; the hands feel chilly
Tearing in the interior of the middle portion of the right hand
Stingings in the hands and fingers, as of flies
Itching in the palms of the hands/.
Stitches, at times, in the right index; at times in the right thumb
Rheumatic pain extending from the lowest joint of the thumb, through the metacarpal bone, as far as the wrist-joint
Tearing in the muscles of the thumb
Trembling in the thumb, in the evening, in repeated short paroxysms
Tearing in the lowest joint of the left indexfinger/.
(The lowest joints of the fingers become stiff in the evening, and the lowest joint of the thumb becomes swollen, and is then painful on being bent; this symptom is worse when she did not exercise her fingers during the day)
Tearing in the right index-finger
Tearing in the last two fingers, in the evening, before falling asleep
Drawing in the fingers and the thumb
Tearing in tip of the little finger
Tearing under the nail of the right middle finger
The skin of the tips of the fingers becomes wrinkled early in the morning
The wart on the finger feels sore
Itching of the tips of the fingers
There arises an itching little tetter between the thumb and the index-finger/.
Lancinating pain in the tip of the left thumb; when touched only slightly, the part feels as if a splinter had been thrust under the nail; this feeling decreases when the part is pressed upon
Tingling in the tip of the thumb, as if it had gone to sleep; this symptom passes off, for some time, by pressing upon the parts
Lower Extremities p. 245
Stretching and relaxation in the lower extremities/.
Feeling in the lower extremities as if they had gone to sleep; he has no firm step (after eighth day)
Tearing in the left, and afterwards in the right, hip
Tearing ache in front, just below the left hip
Sense as of a clucking tearing behind, under the left half of the nates
Tearing iu the right half of the nates
Heaviness of the legs
Great lassitude in the legs, early iu the morning
Rheumatic tearing in the right leg
Tearing in the left leg, early iu the morning
Tension in the thigh, as if the tendons were too short, especially when walking
Tearing in the right knee
Drawing iu the knees and the malleoli
Paralysis of the knee for a few minutes (after six days)
Pain as from a sprain, above the knee, especially after having been seated (after five days)
Itching of the knees
Stiffness of the bend of the knee, early in the morning (the first day
Soreness of the bends of the knees, which is most painful iu the evening
Tearing under the left knee, in the upper part of the tibia.l
The legs, from the knee down, especially the feet, are very much swollen (after third day)
There is more sensation of coldness in the legs than perceptible coldness
Itching of the legs, over the malleoli, in the evening, when lying down; after rubbing the parts they feel sore and as if bruised
During the menses the left leg becomes blue from distended veins, with a pressive pain
The right leg, especially the knee, is very cold
Tearing iu the lower part of the left leg,l
Cramp in the legs, and, almost every night, cramp in the calves
Intermittent tearing in the left calf!
Sense as of grumbling in the calves and feet
Painful spots on both shins (after twenty-eighth day)
Itching of the legs over the malleoli, in the evening, when lying down ; after rubbing the parts they feel sore, and as if bruised
Tearing of the malleoli
Itching of the malleoli
Cold feet
Very cold feet,l
Weakness of the feet; they feel insensible (after forty-eight hours)
Stiffness of the feet ; they feel weary and exhausted (after sixth day j
Tingling in the feet; they feel numb; after rising he felt like fainting; it became dark before his eyes; he could not remain up; had to vomit and lie down again
Aethi-tic pain in the articulations of the foot
When walking, pain in the articulation of the left foot
Tension in left foot (at noon)
Tearing and stitches in the left foot (after twenty-six days)
Occasional stitches iu the left foot
Tearing in the external border of the left foot
Violent burning of the soles of the feet
Itching of the inside of the soles of the feet, which cannot be removed by scratching
Pain in the heel when walking
Stitches iu the heel
Itching of the toes
Tearing in the middle toes of the left foot
Stitch in the ball of the big toe
Arthritic pain in the ball of the big toe
Intolerable tickling of the tip of the big toe
Pain of the corns; they feel sore
Generalities p. 246
When walking in the open air an uneasiness in the blood and more rapid circulation, accompanied by greater weakness of the body
Early in the morning (in a room which was extremely heated) he suddenly felt so weak that he was not able to walk alone, hands and forehead being covered with a cold sweat
Weakness, early in the morning, when in bed,l
Weariness, with painful soreness of all the limbs
Lassitude, which disappears by walking (after fifth day)
Heaviness iu the body; he feels weary and exhausted (after fifth day)
Failing of strength ; the knees give way (after three hours)
Very uneasy by day
The symptoms decrease by walking in the open air, but they return when sitting
Skill p. 246
The eruption is reproduced upon the skin, with a good deal of itching
His tetters are reproduced
Burning in several places of the skin
Early, on waking, the skin feels numb, and is insensible as far as the knees, without being cold ; the hands have but an indistinct sensation ; the skin seems to have gone to sleep, but there is uo tingling
Itching almost all over, even on the abdomen
Painful pimple on the forehead
Red pimple on middle of forehead, close to the hair; it feels sore when touched, but does not suppurate
Pimples and itching iu the whiskers
Pimples on the face, without sensation
An itching pimple on the male parts of generation
Violent itching of the pudendum (icAS frequently of the anus) ; she has to rub the parts
The skin of the tips of the fingers becomes wrinkled, early in the morning
The wart on the finger feels sore
There arises an itching little tetter between the thumb and the index finger
Itching of the inside of the soles of the feet, which cannot be removed by scratching
Pain of the corns; they feel sore
Fever p. 247
Internal chilliness at night, which prevents him from falling asleep, or which rouses him from sleep at night ; he did not get warm
Chilliness and weariness, which gives him an inclination to go to sleep, four forenoons in succession ; this symptom went off by taking some dinner (after seventy-two hours)
Chilliness, sleepiness, weariness, and dull headache, ever since the morning; the headache disappeared when walking in the open air
Chilliness, weariness, and headache, after two diarrhoea-like evacuations
Slight chills before dinner (first day)
(Cold skin over the Avhole body, except face, neck, and genital organs)
Heat, two evenings in succession, from 7 to 8 oclock (after twelve days)
Heat in the face, and over the whole body, every quarter of an hour (after five or six days)
Night sweat, two nights in succession (after six or seven days)
Profuse night-sweat; two nights in succession (after five days)
General perspiration, after midnight, for many nights
Profuse moisture, every night, almost like sweat
Moderate night-sweat, over and over, the whole body being very warm
Sweat every morning, worse on the affected side
Sleep and Dreams p. 247
Disposition to stretch
(Sleepiness by day)
Sleeplessness before midnight
He cannot sleep at night, he knows not why
Sleeplessness for several nights ; slumber eaily iu the morning, which is full of fantasies
Frequent waking during the night
Frequent waking ; about 2 oclock in the night, a long-lasting uneasiness in the whole body, especially in the occiput
Falling asleep late; afterwards uneasy}' sleep, owing to a pressure in the epigastrium, especially on the right side
Pain over the eyes, with nausea, for several nights in succession, always after midnight, and lasting until 7 or 8 oclock
Pressive tearing from the occiput to the forehead, in the evening when in bed, late after having fallen asleep
Heat in the head, the fust half hour
Uneasiness in the occiput, after midnight
He wakes up at night with a headache; this goes off by rising from the bed
When waking up, he feels weak, his mouth is dry, there is a good deal of pressure in the epigastrium, which increases when lying upon the abdomen ; when the pressure has disappeared, he feels a tearing in the small of the back, which disappears in its turn by lying upon the back
On waking, about midnight, there are the following symptoms: weakness, nausea, violent pressure in the pit of the stomach and in the abdomen, violent erections without any voluptuous sensation, dryness in the mouth, and insensibility of the surface of the body,l
Waking early; this is followed by a frequently interrupted, but very deep sleep, the eyes being tightly closed,l
Early in the morning, after waking, when in bed, he feels very weary, especially in the upper part of the body ; there is confusion in the head, and a sensation as if the eyes had been tightly closed, accompanied by a little nausea in the pit of the stomach; he can scarcely prevail upon himself to rise/.
Weariness, early in the morning when in bed, with a sensation in the eyes as if they had been closed too tightly
At night, when asleep, he lies upon his back, with bent knees, the occiput being supported by both his hands ; with very vivid dreams
Startings, as with fright, in the evening when falling asleep; he imagines that there is too much light in the room ; he jumps out of his bed with a sort of anguish (after some hours)
Uneasy sleep at night, owing to coldness of the body, and twitchings in all the limbs (after live days)
Uneasiness for three nights in succession, with many dreams (after hve days)
Vivid, uneasy dreams come on the moment he falls asleep ; they almost prevent him from sleeping (after eight days)
The child's sleep is uneasy; it talks while asleep, and desires to drink
Uneasy sleep with anxious dreams (after five days j
Uneasy dreams at night ; they fill him with anguish
He falls asleep late ; afterwards, he has anxious dreams, as if he were abused and too weak to defend himself; on waking, he feels a great weakness in the upper part of the body, accompanied by a pinching pressure under the pit of the stomach, nausea ; these symptoms appear when lying down and falling asleep again, and are then accompanied by pressure in the left side of the abdomen ; the symptoms, however, disappear when one is wide awake, sits up, and moves about ; they terminate with the emission of flatulence, fermentation in the abdomen, and eructation
Tea;m anxious dreams, and talking while asleep, for eight days (immediately)
Dreams full of work
Conditions p. 248
Aggravation.
(Morning), Headache ; sweat
(Early in morning). Fain in eyes, etc.; tearing in right ear, etc.; bleeding at the nose; hawking of mucus ; weight in abdomen ; increased urine ; tearing in right arm ; skin of finger-tips wrinkled ; great lassitude in legs ; tearing in left leg; stiffness of bend of knee; great weakness, etc.
(Early on waking). Tongue, etc., numb and dry ; dryness of mouth ; bitter taste in mouth ; violent erections.
(Early after waking). Badly smelling breath ; skin feels numb, etc.; very weary, etc.
(Early, in bed), Sense of pinching in hypogastrium, etc. ; weakness; weariness.
(Early after rising). Urgent desire to urinate.
(Forenoon), Vertigo ; chilliness, etc.
(Noon), Tension in left foot.
(Afternoon), Vertigo; vertigo, etc.; roaring in the ear; insipid eructations ; had to lie down, etc.
(Evening), Sort of anguish; pressure on top of head, etc. ; stitches towards occiput ; twitchings of face, etc. ; pain in hollow tooth ; sense as of spoiled stomach, etc. ; twitchings in abdominal muscles; cutting colic ; cough, etc.; drawing in shoulder, etc. ; coldness of hands ; trembling in the thumb ; stiffness of finger-joints ; soreness of bends of knees; heat.
(Evening before falling asleep). Tearing in fingers.
(Evening, in bed). Pain in molar teeth ; itching of legs ; pressive tearing from occiput to forehead.
(Night), Pressure below pit of stomach ; frequent micturition; profuse leucorrhoea ; cough; twitching in all the limbs, etc.; right arm numb, etc. ; cramp in the calves ; internal chilliness ; sweat; profuse moisture; cannot sleep; headache; uneasiness; anxious dreams.
(Before midnight), Sleepiness.
(After midnight). General perspiration ; pain over eyes; uneasiness in the occiput.
(On ivaking about midnight). Weakness; nausea, etc.
(Soon after midnight). Wakes with distended abdomen, etc.
(After midnight, in bed), Cutting colic.
(2 a.m.), Longlasting uneasiness, etc.
(Every other day). Downward pressing pain in forehead.
(In open air). Pain in hollow tooth.
( Walking in open air). Vertigo ; heartburn, etc. ; palpitation of heart, etc. ; uneasiness in the blood, etc.
(After draught of air), Sore throat.
(After breakfast), Nausea.
(Bloiving nose), Headache.
(Coughing), Tickling in throat, etc.
(Before dinner), Slight chills.
(During dinner), Tearing in back part of throat, etc.
(After dimmer). Anxiety ; pain in hollow tooth ; pressure in pit of throat ; violent eructations.
(Empty deglutition). Sore throat.
(Braiving abdomen in), Stitching pain around navel ; prickings in hypogastrium.
(Drinking), Tension and inflation of abdomen.
(After eating), Confusion of head.
(After eructation). Weakness about pit of stomach.
(After evacuation). Pressure deep in hypogastrium.
(After two diarrhoea-like evacuations'^. Chilliness.
(Exertion), Lancinating and cutting headache.
( When not exercising the parts), Stiffness of finger-joints, etc.
(During strong expiration). Pressure in right chest.
(Lying on abdomen), Pressure in epigastrium.
(Lying on back), Sense as of pinching in hypogastrium, etc.
(Daring a meal), Feeling of contraction in salivary glands, etc.
(After a meal), Shootings, etc. ; tension and inflation of abdomen.
(During menses), Left leg becomes blue, etc.
(il/o^/oyj). Confusion of the head ; stitches in small of back.
(Moving tongue). Pain in throat.
(Music), Rush of blood to head.
(Pressure from without), Sore throat; prickings in hypogastrium
(After rising). Feels like fainting.
(After rubbing the parts), Soreness of legs, etc.
(Sitting), Stitches in small of back ; the symptoms.
(Sitting down). Pressure in epigastrium.
(After having been seated). Pain above knees.
(After hard stool). Burning in genital organs.
(Slight touch). Pain in tip of left thumb.
(After ineffectual urging), Pinching pain in hypogastrium.
( ir/(eu ii'a//:('»_(7), Tension in thigh; pain in articulation of left foot ; pain in heel.
(After a walk), Burning in genital organs.
Amelioration p. 249
( Walking in open air). Pressure on epigastrium ; the symptoms; headache.
(Taking dinner), Chilliness, etc.
(After eating), Oppression of chest, etc.
(Eructation), Pressure and burning below pit of stomach ; cutting in epigastrium ; aching in chest.
(After lying down), Headache.
(Lying upon back). Tearing in small of back.
(After a meal), Drawing pain in teeth.
(Pressure), Pain in tip of left thumb ; tingling in tip of thumb.
(Rising from bed). Sense of pinching in hypogastrium, etc.
(Rubbing) , Itching and biting of the rectum.
(During sleep), Accumulation of flatus, etc.
(Touch), Pain in region of liver.
( Walking), Lassitude.