Calcarea Acetica

Calcium acetate, CaC2H302.

Preparation, Triturations.

Authorities. 1, Hahnemann (Chr. Kr., 2); 2, Fr., ibid.; 3, Htn., ibid.; 4, Lgh., ibid.; 5, Stf., ibid. ; 6, Sol., ibid.; 7, Gr., ibid.

Mind

Disinclined to talk without being morose (after six and a half hours)

He is lively and desirous to be with people and to talk with those about him (after ten hours)

Sadness, almost to weeping, with solicitous care for the present and future

Anxious disposition, as though something evil were impending or to be dreaded in the future, with constant inclination to work

Anxious thoughts, which came and went, before going to sleep in the evening; with which the objects seemed like different objects ; he dreaded the dark, and made an effort to look at the light ; all of which was relieved after the passage of flatus

Anxiety about the present and future, with deep thought, with indifference to objects about him, though not without inclination to work

Apprehensive, sad mood, as though he were awaiting some depressing news

As soon as he was quiet and thoughtful, he became fretful and sleepy, and averse to everything

Very fretful and disinclined to talk; as soon as he went into the open air he felt better, but it returned in the room with increased headache

Fretful, peevish, and very irritable, and completely indifferent to the most important objects ; he performed all his work with aversion and as if compelled to do so

Anxious the first part of the day ; during the last part of the day lively and contented with himself

Fretful and peevish the whole day ; in the evening good-humored and talkative

Loss of will-power, although he feels strong (seventh day)

Head

Vertigo. Slight impending vertigo (after a quarter of an hour)

Vertigo as if his body did not stand firmly (after six hours)

Vertigo on walking in the open air (after twenty-six days)

Vertigo on walking in the open air, as if he would fall to the right side (after two hours)

An attack of stupefying vertigo ; the head inclined forward to the left side, during rest and motion (after three-quarters of an hour)

Sensations. Shattering in the brain, on stepping, like an echo in the head

Stupid feeling in the head, as if he had turned in a circle for a long time, 3 to 4 p.m.,4.

Great heaviness in the head, with severe jerks in both temples, and painfulness in the whole head, which disappeared on rising up (after nine and a half hours)

Drawing pain in the right side of the forehead, above the eye, and in the occiput, on exerting the mind (second day)

Drawing and pressive headache in the left supraorbital region, or in the temporal bone

Pressive pain in the whole head, especially in the temples (after nine hours)

Drawing, pressive, at times, also, tearing, headache, now in the forehead, now in the occiput, now in the temples, which disappears on pressing upon the parts or on exerting the mind (third day)

Forehead. Pressive headache, in the right frontal eminence, which extended to the right eye, and compelled him to involuntarily close it (after one and a half hours)

Pressive headache in the forehead, especially above the left eyebrow, on walking in the open air

Stupefying pressive pain in the right side of the forehead, especially increased on stooping (after fifty hours)

Stupefying pressive pain in the whole forehead in the morning after rising from bed, as though he had not slept enough, or had been dissipating through the night (after twenty-four hours)

Stupefying pressive pain in the forehead with confusion of the senses and obscuration of the whole head while reading ; he was obliged to stop while reading and did not know where he was

Boring-sticking pain in the left side of the forehead, when sitting, which immediately disappeared on walking, standing, and on touch (after twelve hours)

Intermitting needle stitches in the left side of the forehead, during rest or motion

Boring stitches in the middle of the forehead, extending into the brain (after three hours)

Dull pressive stitches on walking, which especially affect the left side of the forehead, but disappear after continuing to walk

Temples. Cramplike pain in the right temple (after six hours)

Cramplike pain in the left temple (after eight and fourteen hours )

Pressure in the left temporal bone, as if it were pressed in, internally and at the same time externally (after seven and a half hours)

Pressure in the right temple, close to the eye, as if something hard pressed upon it (after five and a half hours)

Pressing-out pain in the left temporal region, and on the whole left side of the head, as also on the right side of the occiput

Drawing-pressive pain in the right temporal muscle, also in the evening, at times with pressure on the upper row of teeth ; on pressing upon the temple the pain changes into a pressive headache in the forehead

The drawing-pressive headache about the temple was always increased after eating, and even while eating, with great sensitiveness of the teeth when chewing, as though they were loose and would be bent over

Digging stitches in the left temple, near the eyebrow, on moving the lower jaw (after five hours)

Dull pressive stitches inward from both temples (after twenty-four hours)

Rhythmical intermitting, boring, knifelike stitches extending upward into the left temporal region, which disappear on touch and when sitting

Vertex. Pressure on the vertex, extending into the eye

Fine stitches in the vertex externally (after seven hours)

Severe throbbing in the upper part of the head in the region of the vertex as from an artery, with cutting shocks extending outward

Parietals. Feeling on stooping, every time, as if headache would commence in the right side of the head

Violent jerklike stitches in the whole right half of the brain, which often return and leave behind a pressive, bursting sensation

Pulsating stitches in the left parietal bone (immediately)

Occiput. A feeling in the occiput as if it would be pressed asunder

Pressive pain, suddenly shooting through the occiput, which only gradually disappeared

Jerklike pressing from within outward, in the left side of the occiput, which extends down into the neck (after fourteen hours)

Drawing-pressive headache in the left side of the occiput, with stiff feeling in the neck

Sore pain on the occiput, when touched, as if the place were suppurating

External. Tickling-itching on the scalp, which causes scratching, with painfulness of the roots of the hairs on touch

Crawling and itching on the scalp, not relieved by rubbing (after ten hours)

The whole scalp is painfully sensitive on moving the frontal muscles back and forth (after one and a half hours)

Eyes p. 345

Violent inflammation of the eyes; the white of the eye is entirely red, with much matter in the eyes, especially in the external canthi the whole day ; the external canthi are sore and ulcerated for fourteen days (second day)

Violent tearing-stitching in the right eye, as though it would become inflamed

Severe itching of the eyes

Orbit. Boring-stitching on the upper margin of the orbit (after five hours)

Fine twitching in the upper margin of the orbit, extending down to the nose

Lids. Hardened matter in the canthi for two days (after ten hours)

Agglutination of the eyes in the morning, on waking from sleep (after twenty-four hours)

Stickiness of the lids on moving them, with pressure in the canthi, especially in the external one (after fifty-five hours)

Burning in the left upper lid, extending to the inner canthus (after six hours)

Sticking in the outer and inner canthi

Itching-stitching in the inner canthi, which disappeared on rubbing (immediately)

Itching in both corners of the eyes

Tickling-itching in the right external canthus, which compelled rubbing (after twenty-five hours)

Pupil . Pupils at first dilated, then contracted

Vision. Farsightedness in one naturally nearsighted ; he could distinguish all objects at a distance, the whole day

Ears p. 346

Twitching in the cartilage of the ear (after forty-eight hours)

A feeling in the right ear as if something was put before the drum, without diminished hearing (after fifteen hours)

Cramplike feeling on the back of the concha (after nine hours)

Stitches in the ears

Hearing. Sensitiveness to noise, in the evening on falling asleep

Slight whizzing in both ears, with confusion of the whole head, immediately (after half an hour)

Nose p. 346

Objective. Pimples in both nostrils, with scabs

Frequent sneezing, without coryza

Coryza, with painful sensitiveness of the nose, and internal heat in the head (after seventy-two hours)

Fluent coryza, with much sneezing (after twenty-seven hours)

Fluent coryza, with headache (immediately removed by camphor), (after five days)

Stopped coryza, with frequent sneezing (after seventy-two hours)

Subjective. Gnawing pain at the root of the nose (after one hour)

Face p. 346

Yellow face

Cheeks. A feeling of tension in the right cheek, as if it were swollen (after second day)

Dull pain in the muscles of the left cheek (after two hours)

Pulsating throbbing on the cheek-bones (after two hours)

Pressive pain in the right upper jaw, when chewing (after three hours)

Violent tearing in the right upper jaw (after nine hours)

Lips. Much moist scurf below the right angle of the mouth

Roughness and dryness of the lips, especially of the upper, as if it would crack (after forty-nine hours)

Mouth p. 346

Teeth. Gnawing toothache in the upper back teeth, as though they would be hollow; in all positions (after six hours)

Stitches in the teeth

Throbbing toothache, with sensitiveness of the teeth to touch, and swelling of the gum, which pained when touched (after seven days)

Gums. Boring in the gum of the right side of the upper jaw, followed by swelling, with pressive-drawing in the right temporal muscles

Fine stitches in the gum of the whole upper jaw (after two hours)

Blisters on the tongue, with burning pain and heat in the mouth

Tongue. Dry sensation on the tongue (after five days)

A feeling of rawness and soreness in the tongue, which is coated white

Rawness and scraping on the back of the tongue, which provokes cough, but does not disappear after coughing (after twelve days)

Saliva. Dryness in the mouth, as from chalk

Accumulation of much mucus in the mouth ; he could not swallow it fast enough (after one and a half hours)

Taste. Food, especially meat, has little taste

Throat p. 346

Throat hoarse and rough, for three days (after twenty-four hours)

Sensation of much mucus in the fauces on swallowing, with dryness in the mouth (after one and a half hours)

Violent sticking on the right side of the upper part of the oesophagus, when not swallowing (after three-quarters of an hour)

Swelling of the submaxillary glands, with pressive sensation in them

Stomach p. 347

Thirst. Thirst, with dryness of the throat

Thirst in the morning

Severe thirst, with desire for cold drinks, especially for water ; he was obliged to drink a great deal, for eight hours (eighth to fiftyfifth day)

Eructations and Hiccough. Frequent empty eructations

Constant sour eructations

Sour, offensive eructations

Frequent hiccough

Much hiccough, for a quarter of an hour (after five hours)

Nausea. Nausea, with eructations and accumulation of water in the mouth, with a kind of vertigo in the head (immediately)

After drinking milk in the morning, nausea arose from the stomach, as from a foul stomach

Nausea, with cough and a kind of heartburn, awoke him at midnight

Dull pinching-retching just below the pit of the stomach (immediately)

Stomach. Anxiety the pit of the stomach (aftersix hours)

Anxiety, as if it arose from the pit of the stomach, when sitting, with immediate burning in the abdomen, which soon disappeared when walking or standing (after twenty-six hours)

Abdomen p. 347

Hypochondria. Violent pinching in the hypochondriac region and chest, which here and there ends in small stitches (after half an hour)

Tensive pinching pain in the whole hypochondrium, and in the pit of the stomach (after ten hours)

Griping in the hypochondriac region below the pit of the stomach, with chilliness over the whole body

Griping-twinging sensation in the whole hypochondriac region, extending to beneath the breast-bone, where it becomes sticking, and causes eructations (after three-quarters of an hour)

Umbilical. Griping in a small spot below the navel, which becomes a gurgling, on rubbing with the finger (after half an hour)

General Abdomen. Audible rumbling in the right side of the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would follow

Frequent audible rumbling and crawling, extending outward in the right side of the abdomen, as from flatulence, which is passed

Loud rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, as from emptiness

Pinching, almost cramplike pain in the walls of the abdomen, in the right groin, in a small spot, only when speaking ; also painful to pressure with the finger (after eight hours)

Cutting pain in the abdomen every morning, also in the evening and night ; it ceased after eating, and left behind a gurgling in the abdomen

Tearing in the abdominal muscles, increased by inspiration

Hypogastrium and Iliac Meg ions. Griping deep in the lower abdomen, as if in the region of the bladder, frequently repeated, and always associated with passage of flatus

Pressure in the lower portion of the abdomen, which causes confusion of the head

Pressive tension in the left groin (after eight hours)

Sore pain in both groins, as if the glands would become swollen, especially felt when walking ; on touch there seems to be slight enlargement of the glands (after ten hours)

Swelling of the glands of the left groin (after twenty-two days)

Tearing in the inguinal glands, when sitting and walking (after nine hours)

Pinching on the crest of the ilium

Rectum and Anus p. 347

Twinging in the end of the rectum when at stool, with loud rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen

Pressure in the anus

Severe itching in the anus

Stool p. 347

Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, not exhausting, two, three, or four times a day, for several days (after second day)

Frequent stools, the first is solid, afterwards pasty, then thin, with difficulty ; constipation the two following days

During the day three soft stools

Const ipation. Constipation for two days (seventh day)

No stool (second day)

Urinary Organs p. 348

Urethra. Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty discharge (after twenty-six hours)

Frequent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge

Urine. The urine becomes turbid after standing, like gruel

Sexual Organs p. 348

Male

Penis and- Testicles. Ticklingitching on the prepuce, which caused rubbing (after nine hours)

Tickling-itching at the end of the glans, compelling rubbing (after ten hours)

The left testicle is drawn spasmodically up to the abdomen, and is painful to touch, with painful pressure and pain in the left groin

Emissions. Frequent emissions

Emissions at night

Two emissions the first night, with voluptuous dreams

Two emissions in one night, without voluptuous dreams

Female. Discharge of blood from the uterus of an old woman who had not menstruated for several years ; in the last quarter of the moon (after seven days)

Itching of the pudenda

The usual leucorrhcea was increased

Respiratory Organs p. 348

Loud rattling in the air-passages on expiration, as from much mucus in the chest (after thirty-seven hours)

Tickling irritation in the air-passages, which provokes cough

The cough became loose, and large pieces, like purulent matter, were expectorated

Difficult breathing, which was relieved by bending the shoulders backward

Chest p. 348

Anxiety in the chest, as if it were too narrow, with short breath, especially when sitting, with pressive pain in the chest, especially on inspiration ; the heart beat anxiously and trembling

Constrictive, anxious sensation the whole day, as if there was not room enough in the chest to breathe, with stoppage of the nose (after thirteen days)

Very anxious constriction of the chest and difficult breathing, like a tension in the lower portion of the chest ; the breathing was affected for almost an hour almost to suffocation, both on motion and when sitting (after thirty hours)

Cutting pain from within outward in the lowest ribs, aggravated by inspiration

Broad stitches in the pectoral muscles on every beat of the heart

Itching stitches in the chest, worse on expiration, disappearing on rubbing (after forty-eight hours)

Sides. Long stitches in the right side beneath the ribs (after thirteen hours)

Sharp stitches in the right side of the chest from within outward, without affecting breathing (after seven hours)

Sharp stitches in the left side beneath the axilla, from within outward, worse on inspiration (after two hours)

Heart p. 348

Sticking-drawing pain in the precordial region (after nine and a half hours)

Back p. 348

Dorsal. Sharp pain on the inner side of the shoulder-blade

Severe stitches from the thoracic cavity out through the spine, between the shoulder-blades

Dull jerks from the posterior wall of the thorax to between the shoulder-blades, synchronous with the beat of the heart, with great anxiety (after eight hours)

Lumbar. Severe needlelike stitches in the middle of the spine, almost cause crying out, on walking in the open air, somewhat relieved when standing

Cutting, pressingout pain in the right lumbar region, which only transiently disappears on touch

Sacral. Sticking in a place above the sacrum, on touch

Sharp stitching in the sacrum, and at the same time in the leg above the ankle (after two hours)

Superior Extremities p. 348

Shoulders. Pain in both shoulders

Severe stitches in both axillee (after four days)

Aml. Pinching pain (with tearing) in the muscles of the upper arm (on walking in the open air)

Tearing-stitching in the muscles of the left upper arm, when sitting

Fine jerkings in the left upper arm

Tearing-jerking in the upper arm (after seven hours)

Forearm, Cramplike tearing in the muscles of the left forearm (after forty hours)

Cramplike pain in the forearm, in front of the elbow-joint (after one hour)

Cramplike pain in the outer side of the left forearm near the wrist (after one, thirteen, and twenty-nine hours)

Tearing pressure in the muscles of the left forearm during rest and motion (after three hours)

Fine tearing and boring stitches in the muscles of the left forearm

Wrist. Pain as if sprained just above the wrist, worse in rest than on motion

Sharp stitches in the external condyle at the wrist

Crawling and sticking in the wrist

Inferior Extremities p. 349

Hip. Drawing, sprained-like pain in the hip-joint, when walking

Cutting in the socket of the hipjoint, when sitting (after three hours)

Tearing in the hip-joint and about the anterior crest of the ilium, extending into the groin, on motion

Pinching-jerking on the posterior side of the hip-joint, worse in rest than on motion

Thigh. Pressive-sticking on the inner side of the left thigh, when sitting (after three hours)

Cramplike stitches in the muscles of the right thigh, when standing and walking, disappearing when sitting

Sharp stitches on the outer side of the thigh above the left knee (after three hours)

Tearing stitches on the inner side of the thigh above the knee, when sitting (after twelve hours)

Tearing pain on the inner side of the thigh, on motion

Bruised pain in the muscles of the thighs, when walking

Soreness between the nates, when walking

Knee. An inflamed swelling below the patella

Pain in the left knee-joint, evening during rest

Pain in the knees, when turning or touching them

Drawing cramplike pain on the knee-cap (after second day )

Pain as if sprained in the left knee-cap, when sitting, disappearing when walking and standing (after twelve hours)

Sharp stitches in the right knee-joint (after four hours)

Bruised pain just below the patella, on walking in the open air (after thirteen hours)

Ley. Drawing in the legs, extending to the tips of the toes

Bruised pain in the leg, especially in the lower leg, when lying

Bruised pain in the leg, as if wearied ; he was obliged to change frequently from one place to another

Tearing-jerking in the forepart of the leg below the knee, during rest

Cramplike pain close to the tibia, when sitting

Pressive pain in the left tibia near the ankle, when walking in the open air (after fifty-two hours)

Intermitting pressive pain in the calf

Ankle. Swelling of the left external malleolus

Foot. Cramplike pain in the left sole (after five hours)

Cramp in the soles after walking, which became better on continuing to walk, and disappeared when sitting

Cramp in the soles and toes at night, and on drawing on the boots, during the day (eleventh day)

Toes. Severe stitching in the left little toe, as if outside of it (after fourteen hours)

Intermitting, cramplike, needle stitches in the right toes when sitting and standing, but disappearing when walking (after half an hour)

Sharp stitches in the last joint of the great toe, during rest (after twentyfour hours)

Generalities p. 349

Very weary from want of sleep, during the day ; he is, however, unable to sleep

Skin p. 349

Eruptions, Dry. A pimple beneath the lobule of the ear, on account of which there is tensive pain in the joint of the jaw, on chewing

Pimples in the middle of the cheek that became moist after scratching, and were followed by greenish crusts (after forty-eight hours)

Pustular. A pustule above the left eyebrow/.

An ulcer on the cheek, with sticking pain

Sensations. Fine crawling in the face beneath the eye and on the side of the nose

Itching-crawling on the upper lid, which after rubbing immediately appears on another spot, near by (after one hour)

Itching-tickling on the border of the left hand, with irritation to scratch

Itching-sticking tickling, in the right palm, provoking scratching

Itching returned in a spot where there had been a tetter, several years previous (after five days)

Itching beloiv both calves

Tickling-itching on the index finger, with irritation to scratch

Sleep and Dreams p. 350

Sleepiness. Frequent yawning, as if he had not slept enough (after fifty-six hours)

Great sleepiness and fretfulness, in the evening

Great sleepiness in the morning with fretfulness and pressive headache in the whole forehead (after two days)

Sleeplessness. Restless sleep, with talking in it, and frequent waking

die was unable to sleep nearly the whole night; tossed about, and sweated over the whole body (after ten hours)

Frequent waking from sleep, as though he had slept enough

Frequent waking from sleep, as from some disturbance

He frequently awoke from sleep, on account of tossing about, and thinking ; he thought he was lying turned around in bed

Drea ins. Dreams vivid, confused, not recollected

Very vivid dreams of previous transactions, with long deep morning sleep

Dreams vivid, full of strife and anger

Frightful, shuddering dreams

-Dreams of sick people, and dead people, with violent weeping in the sleep (in one who never dreamt)

Fever p. 350

Chilliness. Frequent chilliness with yellow color of the skin

Shivering over the whole body, as though he had taken cold, with frequent yawning

Shivering over the whole back (after twenty-four hours)

Shivering over the whole body, with warmth or heat of the forehead and face, and cold hands (after three, forty-eight hours)

Heat. External heat, with internal chilliness, even on lying clown (after seventy-two hours)

Glowing heat and redness of the face, with hot forehead, cold hands, and great thirst, for several hours

Sweat. Exhausting sweat, day and night, for three days

Siveat every morning (after seven days)

Conditions p. 350

Aggravation.

(Morning), After rising from bed, pain in forehead ; thirst; after drinking milk, nausea; sleepiness, etc.

(Evening), Before going to sleep, anxious thoughts, etc. ; on falling asleep, sensitiveness to noise; during rest, pain in knee-joint; sleepiness, etc.

(Night), Cramp in the soles, etc.

(Walking in open air), Vertigo; headache in forehead ; stitches in spine ; pain in muscles of arm ; pain below patella ; pain in left tibia.

( When drawing on the boots), Cramp in the soles, etc.

(Eating), Headache about temples.

(Expiration), Stitches in the chest.

(Inspiration), Pain in chest ; pain in ribs.

( When lying), Pain in leg.

(On exerting the mind), Pain in side of forehead, etc.

(On motion ), Tearing in hip-joint ; pain in inner side of thigh.

(While reading), Pain in the forehead.

(Rest), Pain above the wrist; jerking in side of hip-joint ; jerking in leg ; stitches in great toe.

( When sitting), Pain in left forehead ; anxiety; tearing in inguinal glands; anxiety in chest; stitches in muscles of upper arm ; cutting in hip-joint ; sticking on inner side of thigh ; stitches on inner side of thigh ; pain in knee-cap; pinching close to tibia; stitches in toes.

(When speaking), Pain in walls of abdomen.

(When standing ), Stitches in muscles of thigh ; stitches in toes.

(On stepping), Shattering in the brain.

(During stool), Pinching in rectum, etc.

(Stooping), Pain in right forehead ; feeling in head.

(On touch), Sticking above the sacrum ; pain in knees.

(When turning the parts), Pain in the knees.

(On walking), Stitches in head ; sore pain in groins ; tearing in inguinal glands ; pain in hip-joint; stitches in muscles of thigh ; pain in muscles of thigh.

( After walking), Cramp in the soles.

( Water), After working and washing in, the symptoms are aggravated or renewed

Amelioration p. 351

(Evening), Good-humored, etc.

(Open air), Fretful, etc.

(Bending shoulders backward), Difficult breathing.

(After eating), Pain in abdomen ceases.

(Passage of flatus), Anxious thoughts, etc.

(Inspiration), Tearing in abdominal muscles.

(Exerting mind), Headache.

(Pressure), Headache.

(On rising up), Heaviness in head, etc., disappears.

(On rubbing), Stitches in chest.

( When sitting), Stitches in left temporal region disappear; stitches in muscles of thigh disappear; cramp in soles disappears.

(Standing), Pain in left forehead ; burning in abdomen ; stitches in middle of spine ; pain in left knee-cap.

( Touch), Pain in left forehead ; stitches into temporal region.

( Walking), Pain in left forehead ; burning in abdomen ; pain in left knee-cap.

(After continuing to walk), Stitches in head; cramp in soles.