Appetite, Thirst, Desires, Aversions

Pennsylvania, Repertory to Hering's Condensed Materia Medica, 1889, p. 165 · Remedy abbreviations · grades: bold 3, italic 2, roman 1

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COMPILED BY EDWARD CRANCH, ERIE: Senn.
Appetite, craving: Abies-c., Abrot., Acon., All-c., Am-c., Arg-m., Ars., Aur., Bry., Cann-i., Caps., Carb-an., Caul., Chin., Cimic., Cimx., Coff., Coloc., Crot-h., Eup-per., Fl-ac., Graph., Iod., Kreas., Lyc., Merc., Mur-ac., Myric., Nat-ar., Nat-m., Nux-m., Nux-v., Oxal-ac., Petr., Ph-ac., Phos., Plat., Plb., Podo., Psor., Ptel., Sabad., Secale, Sep., Sil., Spig., Spong., Squil., Stann., Staph., Sulph., Tabac., Ustil., Valer., Verat., Zinc.
Appetite
- in children: Sulph.
- in infants: Calc-p.
- small amount suffices: Am-c., Bry.
- with emaciation progressing: Abrot., Chin., Iod.
- morning: Calc-c., Hep., Hyper., Nat-c.
- noon: Abies-n., Carb-v., Mezer.
- afternoon
  - 4 p.m., Calcarea phos: Guai.
- evening: Abies-n., Benz-ac., Guai., Hyper., Ign., Kali-n., Mezer., Nat-m.
- diminished: Acon., Agn., Ailan., Ant-t., Arn., Cob., Coloc., Cycl., Erig., Ferr., Gels., Helon., Kali-i., Mezer., Oxal-ac., Ptel., Sulph., Verat.
- diminished, but eats as usual: Ailan.
- lost: Acon., All-c., Am-m., Ant-cr., Apis, Arg-m., Arg-n., Arn., Ars., Arum-t., Asaf., Asar., Bapt., Bry., Calad., Calc-c., Camph., Canth., Carb-an., Carb-v., Cham., Chel., Chin., Colch., Con., Cupr., Dig., Eup-per., Eup-pur., Glon., Guai., Helon., Ip., Kali-bi., Kali-c., Kali-n., Kreas., Lach., Laur., Lil-t., Lobel., Mag-m., Mang., Merc., Merc-c., Nat-m., Nat-s., Nit-ac., Petr., Ph-ac., Phos., Phyt., Plat., Psor., Rhus, Sars., Sep., Sil., Spig., Tabac., Urt-u., Ustil., Xanth.
- variable: Ailan., All-c., Anac., Berb., Caps., Chin., Cimic., Cina, Ferr., Graph., Iod., Merc-i-fl., Phos., Podo., Sabad., Stann., Stram., Thuj., Ustil.
- without hunger: Calad., Caust., Clem., Rheum
Appetite, craving, night: Chin., Psor., Selen.
Appetite, lost
- but relish comes with eating: Calc-c., Sabad.
- morning: Abies-n., Agar., Benz-ac., Bov., Cycl., Ham.
- noon: Cimic., Lobel.
- evening: Canth., Cob., Cycl., Stann.
- from depressed mood: Plat., Selen., Zinc.
Eats hurriedly: Coff., Plat., Puls., Zinc.
Eats slowly: Acon.
Hunger during chill: Phos.
Hunger after the heat: Cimx., Dulc.
Hunger
- in evening, prevents sleep: Ign.
- immediately on the cessation of pain: Canth.
- causing suffering, anxious and worried if not eating every few hours: Iod.
- causing headache if not relieved: Lyc.
- not relieved by eating: Ant-cr., Arg-m., Bov., Cina, Merc., Par., Phyt., Staph.
- on walking: Ant-cr.
- twenty-four hours or so before a spell of dyspepsia: Nux-v.
- but food is suddenly expelled from pharynx, by reason of nausea, caused by a lump of mucus in throat: Myric.
- without appetite: Agar., Ant-cr., Bar-c., Cocc., Dulc., Hell., Ign., Kali-n., Mag-m., Myric., Olnd., Op., Puls., Rhus, Sang., Ther.
Hunger immediately
- after stool: Petr.
- after vomiting: Verat.
Satiety, feeling of: Chin., Clem., Ill., Lyc., Mang., Myric., Podo., Rhodo.
Thirst: Absin., Acet-ac., Acon., Æth., Agar., Ailan., Aloe, Alum., Am-c., Am-m., Anac., Ant-cr., Ant-t., Apis, Apoc., Arg-n., Arn., Ars., Aur., Bapt., Bar-c., Bell., Benz-ac., Berb., Bism., Bor., Bov., Bry., Calad., Calc-p., Camph., Cann-i., Cann-s., Chin-s., Cic., Cimx., Cina, Cist., Cocc., Coff., Colch., Con., Croc., Crot-h., Cupr., Cycl., Dulc., Eup-per., Eup-pur., Ferr., Fl-ac., Gamb., Glon., Graph., Guai., Ham., Hell., Hep., Hyos., Hyper., Iod., Ip., Kali-bi., Kali-br., Kali-c., Kali-i., Kali-n., Kreas., Lach., Lachn., Laur., Led., Lil-t., Lobel., Lyc., Mag-c., Mag-m., Manc., Mang., Merc., Merc-i-fl., Mezer., Mill., Mur-ac., Myric., Nat-ar., Nat-c., Nat-m., Nat-s., Nicc., Nit-ac., Olnd., Op., Oxal-ac., Petr., Ph-ac., Phos., Phyt., Plat., Plb., Podo., Psor., Ptel., Ran-sc., Rhus, Ruta, Sabad., Samb., Secale, Sep., Sil., Spig., Spong., Squil., Stann., Stram., Sulph., Tabac., Tarax., Tereb., Ther., Thuj., Valer., Verat., Zinc., Zing.
- noon: Am-c., Ant-cr., Bell.
- afternoon: Bov., Calc-p., Gamb., Ham., Kali-i., Nat-c., Ruta, Sil.
- evening: Am-m., Bell., Benz-ac., Bism., Gamb., Ham., Kali-c., Mag-c., Mag-m., Nat-m., Nat-s., Nicc., Sil.
- night: Aloe, Coff., Lyc., Mag-c., Mag-m., Ran-sc., Rhus, Sil., Thuj.
- before chill: Chin., Cimx., Eup-per., Eup-pur., Lobel.
- during chill or coldness: Alum., Apis, Bov., Bry., Cann-s., Eup-per., Eup-pur., Ferr., Kali-c., Kali-i., Led., Mezer., Mur-ac., Nat-m., Nat-s., Plb., Psor., Ruta, Sep., Stann., Sulph.
- after chill: Chin., Cimx., Hep., Kreas.
- before coma: Calad.
- before severe symptoms: Lil-t.
- while sweating: Chin., Chin-s., Coff., Mag-c., Mag-m., Merc., Ph-ac., Tarax.
- only while sweating: Ph-ac., Tarax.
- with heat in palms: Zinc.
- without fever: Arn.
- with dread of water: Cann-i., Hyos.
- in dropsy: Apoc.
- with dry mouth: Aloe, Ars., Bar-c., Berb., Calc-p., Crot-h., Cycl., Glon., Ham., Kali-br., Laur., Mill., Myric., Petr., Rhus, Zing.
Thirst, morning: Arn., Merc., Nit-ac., Sep.
- 3 a.m: Mag-m.
Thirst, night
- wakening one up: Aloe, Coff.
Thirst while sleepy: Benz-ac.
Thirst without
- desire to drink: Ars., Hell., Lach., Lyc., Verat.
- relief from drink: Bar-c., Camph., Myric., Nat-ar., Samb.
Thirst with
- aversion to drink: Cocc.
- inability to swallow: Bell., Cic.
- inability to swallow hot drinks: Phyt.
- inability or fear to move, to get a drink: Cimx.
- frequent stops while drinking, from loss of breath: Anac., Kali-n., Squil.
- frequent stops while drinking, choking sensation rising from stomach: Manc.
- nausea, Aurum: Verat.
- distress from cold water: Ars., Nat-ar.
- dinner: Am-c.
Drinks much at a time: Arn., Ars., Bry., Cact., Camph., Lil-t., Podo.
Drinks much
- and often: Ars., Lil-t.
- and seldom: Bry.
Drinks
- little at a time: Act-sp., Anac., Ant-t., Apis, Ars., Arum-t., Chin., Ham., Hyos., Lyc., Merc., Nat-ar., Puls., Rhus
- rapidly: Kreas., Verat.
Drinks little
- and often: Ant-t., Apis, Ars., Chin., Lyc., Nat-ar., Puls., Rhus, Verat.
Drinks slowly: Anac.
Thirstlessness: Acet-ac., Act-sp., Agn., Ambr., Aur., Berb., Brom., Bry., Calad., Camph.
- phora, Cimex, Cinchona, Cocculus, Colocynthis: Cycl., Lyc., Mang., Mur-ac., Nit-ac., Nux-m., Nux-v., Op., Par., Ph-ac., Plat., Ptel., Puls., Rheum, Rhodo., Rhus, Ruta, Sabad., Sabin., Samb., Sars., Sep., Staph., Stram., Toxi-p.
- morning: Puls.
- forenoon: Arg-m.
- night: Ant-cr.
- with dry mouth: Apis, Bry., Cocc., Lyc., Nux-m., Nux-v., Op., Puls., Sabin., Samb.
- with fever: Acet-ac., Apis, Arg-m., Asaf., Chin., Cycl., Dulc., Hyos., Ign., Kali-c., Mur-ac., Nit-ac., Nux-m., Nux-v., Ph-ac., Rheum, Rhus, Ruta, Samb.
- with sweat: Apis
- in dropsy: Apis
- with desire to drink: Cimx., Coloc.
Desires alcoholic drinks: Acon., Arn., Ars., Asar., Chin., Lach., Mur-ac., Nux-v., Olnd., Op., Puls., Selen., Spig., Staph., Sul-ac., Sulph., Ther.
Desires
- apples: Aloe, Ant-t., Guai.
- acids: Ant-t.
- beer: Acon., Ant-cr., Caust., Cocc., Coloc., Kali-bi., Merc., Nux-v., Petr., Ph-ac., Puls., Rhus, Sulph.
- brandy: Acon., Arn., Ars., Chin., Nux-v., Olnd., Op., Staph., Sul-ac., Sulph., Ther.
- bread: Am-c., Bov., Cina, Coloc., Ferr., Ign., Mag-c., Sabad., Staph.
- chalk: Alum., Nit-ac., Nux-v.
- charcoal: Alum., Cic.
- cheese (strong): Arg-n.
- cloves: Alum.
- coarse food: Abies-c.
- coffee: Ars., Aur., Bry., Caps., Lach., Mezer.
- coffee-grounds: Alum.
- cold drinks (see also "Thirst"): Acon., Ailan., Ant-cr., Arn., Bell., Bism., Bov., Bry., Cann-i., Caust., Cham., Chin., Cimic., Cocc., Croc., Cupr., Dulc., Eup-per., Fl-ac., Glon., Graph., Hell., Manc., Merc., Nat-c., Nat-s., Olnd., Phos., Podo., Rhus, Ruta, Sil., Squil., Ther., Thuj., Verat.
- earth: Nit-ac.
- eggs: Calc-c.
- fish: Nat-m., Nit-ac., Puls.
- food, fatty: Ars., Mezer., Nit-ac., Nux-v.
- unusual: Alum., Chel., Cina, Ign.
- highly seasoned: Chin., Hep., Rhus, Sang.
- salty: Calc-c., Carb-v., Con., Meph., Merc-i-r., Nat-c., Nit-ac., Puls., Verat.
- vegetables: Alum.
- fruit: Aloe, Alum., Ant-t., Cist., Guai., Sul-ac., Verat.
- ham-fat: Mezer.
- herring: Nit-ac., Puls.
- ice: Nat-s.
- ice-cream: Eup-per., Phos.
- indigestible articles: Alum., Nit-ac.
- juicy food: Aloe, Chin., Merc., Ph-ac., Verat.
- lard: Ars.
- lemonade: Bell., Bor., Cham., Chin., Eup-pur., Secale
- lemons: Bell.
- lime: Nit-ac.
- meat: Abies-c., Kreas., Lil-t., Mag-c.
- milk: Apis, Ars., Aur., Bry., Chel., Merc., Nat-m., Ph-ac.
- pickles: Abies-c., Ant-cr., Cist., Hep., Hyper., Sep.
- rags, clean, white: Alum.
- rice, dry: Alum.
- smoked meat and fish: Kreas., Nit-ac., Puls.
- soup: Staph.
- sour things: Abies-c., Alum., Ant-cr., Ant-t., Apis, Arn., Ars., Bor., Brom., Carb-v., Cham., Chel., Chin., Cist., Con., Hep., Ign., Kali-bi., Kali-c., Mag-c., Merc-i-fl., Ptel., Puls., Sabin., Secale, Sep., Squil., Ther.
- sweet things: Am-c., Arg-n., Bry., Calc-c., Carb-v., Chin., Ip., Kali-c., Lyc., Mag-m., Merc., Rhus, Sabad., Sil., Sulph.
- sugar: Arg-n.
- tea-grounds: Alum.
- tobacco-smoke: Glon., Staph.
- warm drinks: Calad., Hyper., Sabad.
- wine: Acon., Æth., Arg-m., Arn., Asaf., Aur., Bry., Calc-c., Chel., Fl-ac., Hep.
Desires bitter drinks: Acon., Nat-m.
Desires bread
- rye: Ign.
- boiled in milk: Abrot., Staph.
Desires coffee-grounds
- roasted: Chin., Sabin.
Desires cold
- food: Am-c., Bov., Phos., Sil., Thuj., Verat.
Desires food
- coarse: Abies-c.
- liquid: Staph.
- juicy: Aloe, Chin., Merc., Phos., Verat.
- warm: Ph-ac.
Desires food cold: Am-c., Bov., Phos., Sil., Thuj., Verat.
Desires meat
- smoked: Kreas., Nit-ac., Puls.
Desires starch: Alum.
Desires warm
- food: Ph-ac.
Aversion to acids: Bell., Cocc., Ferr., Sabad.
Aversion
- alcoholic drinks: Ign., Merc., Ph-ac., Rhus
- beer: Alum., Bell., Cham., Chin., Clem., Cocc., Ferr., Ph-ac., Stann.
  - tastes slimy: Asaf.
- bread: Chin., Lil-t., Nat-m., Nat-s., Nit-ac., Nux-v., Puls.
- broth: Arn.
- butter: Ars., Chin., Cycl., Ptel.
- cold water: Brom., Calad., Ham., Hyos., Nux-v.
- camphor: Bell.
- coffee: Bell., Cham., Coff., Fl-ac., Lil-t., Lyc., Merc., Nat-m., Nux-v., Ph-ac., Sabad.
- cheese: Chel.
- drinks of all kinds: Bell., Berb., Cann-i., Canth., Caust., Cocc., Hell., Lach., Laur., Lyc., Sabad.
- sion to drinks, alcoholic: Ign., Merc., Ph-ac., Rhus
- fish: Graph., Zinc.
- food, all: Acon., Ant-cr., Arg-m., Arn., Ars., Asaf., Asar., Canth., Caps., Chin., Colch., Coloc., Cycl., Eup-per., Guai., Hell., Ip., Kali-c., Mang., Nat-ar., Op., Sabin., Sars., Secale, Sep., Tabac.
- meat: Aloe, Alum., Arn., Aur., Calc-c., Carb-v., Chel., Chin., Ferr., Graph., Ign., Kali-bi., Kreas., Lachn., Lyc., Merc., Mur-ac., Nicc., Nit-ac., Petr., Phos., Ptel., Puls., Rhus, Sabad., Secale, Sep., Sil., Sulph., Zinc.
- milk: Arn., Bry., Carb-v., Guai., Nat-c., Puls.
- pork: Dros., Psor., Puls.
- puddings, rich: Ptel.
- salt: Graph., Selen.
- sour things: Bell., Cocc., Ferr., Sabad.
- sweets: Caust., Phos., Sang., Zinc.
- tobacco-smoke: Ant-t., Arg-m., Arn., Bor., Brom., Calc-c., Ign., Lyc., Nux-v., Zing.
- food: Chin., Ferr., Graph., Ign., Lyc., Petr., Sil., Verat., Zinc.
- wine: Merc., Ph-ac., Sabad.
Aversion bread
- rye: Kali-c., Lyc.
- with butter: Cycl.
Aversion rsion
- warm: Cham.
Aversion food
- salted: Graph., Selen.
- sight of: Colch., Merc-i-fl.
- smell of: Colch.
- rich: Ptel.
- fatty: Carb-an., Carb-v., Chin., Cycl., Dros., Hep., Merc., Petr., Psor., Ptel., Puls., Secale
- sweet: Caust., Phos., Sang., Zinc.
- warm: Chin., Ferr., Graph., Ign., Lyc., Petr., Sil., Verat., Zinc.
- acid: Bell., Cocc., Ferr., Sabad.
- formerly enjoyed: Nat-m., Ptel.
Aversion to warm drinks: Cham.
•Child refuses mother's milk: Stann.