Lycopersicum esculentum
Tomato
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 596
Marked symptoms of rheumatism and influenza. Severe aching pains all over body. Pains left after influenza. Head always shows signs of acute congestion. Hay-fever, with marked aggravation from breathing the least dust. Frequent urination and profuse watery diarrhœa.
Head p. 597
Bursting pain, beginning in occiput and spreading all over. Whole head and scalp feels sore, bruised, after pain has ceased.
Eyes p. 597
Dull, heavy; pupils contracted; eyeballs feel contracted; aching in and around eyes. Eyes suffused.
Nose p. 597
Profuse, watery coryza; drops down throat. Itching in anterior chamber; worse, breathing any dust; better, indoors.
Heart p. 597
Decided decrease in pulse rate with anxiety and apprehensiveness.
Respiratory p. 597
Voice husky. Pain in chest, extending to head. Hoarseness; constant desire to clear throat. Expulsive cough, deep and harsh. Chest oppressed; dry, hacking cough coming on at night and keeping one awake.
Urine p. 597
Constant dribbling in open air. Must rise at night to urinate.
Extremities p. 597
Aching through back. Dull pain in lumbar region. Sharp pain in right deltoid and pectoralis muscles. Pain deep in middle of right arm. Rheumatic pain in right elbow and wrist, and hands of both sides. Intense aching in lower limbs. Right crural neuralgia. Tingling along right ulnar nerve.
Modalities p. 597
Worse, right side, open air, continued motion, jars, noises. Better, warm room, tobacco.
Relationship p. 597
Compare: Bellad. (follows well); Hup. perf.; Rhus; Sanguin.; Caps.
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