Chamomilla

▲   GENERAL

General

The chief guiding symptoms belong to the mental and emotional group, which lead to Chamomilla in many forms of disease. Especially of frequent employment in diseases of children, where peevishness, restlessness, and colic give the needful indications. A disposition that is mild, calm and gentle; sluggish and constipated bowels contraindicate Chamomilla.

Chamomilla is Sensitive, irritable, thirsty, hot, and numb. Oversensitiveness from abuse of Coffea Cruda ^Coffee and narcotics. Pains unendurable, associated with numbness. Night-sweats.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, by HEAT, anger, open air, wind, Night.

Better

BETTER, from being carried, warm wet weather.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Cypriped; Anthemis; Aconite ^Aconite; Pulsatilla ^Puls.; Coffea Tosta ^Coffea; Belladonna ^Bellad.; Staphysagria ^Staphis.; gnat. Follows Belladonna ^Belladonna in diseases of children and abuse of Opium. Rubus villosus - Blackberry - (diarrhoea of infancy; stools watery and clay colored).

Complementary

Complementary: Belladonna ^Bell.; Mag. C.

Antidotes

Antidotes: Camphora ^Camph.; Nux Vomica ^Nux; Pulsatilla ^Puls.

▲   MIND

Mind

Whining restlessness

Child wants many things which he refuses again

Piteous moaning because he cannot have what he wants

Child can only be quieted when carried about and petted constantly

Impatient, intolerant of being spoken to or interrupted; extremely sensitive to every pain; always complaining

Spiteful, Snappish

Complaints from ANGER and vexation

Mental calmness contraindicate Chamomilla

Aversions, dislikes

open air

company

being touched

to being spoken to

Behaviour

shrieking; with the pain

striking; in children

Desires, wants; to be carried

Symptoms follow intense emotions

anger

scorn

Excitement

during chill

while perspiring

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); violent

impatience

impulsive; capriciousness

irritability

in children

sends doctor home, says is not sick

sends nurse out of the room

when spoken to

rage, fury (see insanity, mania, delirium); violent, intense feeling; from pain

sensitive, oversensitive; after drinking coffee

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); when carried

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); during the chill

Intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful)

Quiet, peace (or lack of); quiet only by being carried

Talking, conversation; obstinate

▲   HEAD

Head

Inclined to bend head backward

Headache

Throbbing headache in one-half of the brain

Pain, headache

from cold (including cold parts); becoming cold

pressing (see bursting, pulling); temples; thinking of the pain

pressing (see bursting, pulling); top of head (vertex); thinking about it

Scalp

Hot, clammy sweat on forehead and scalp.

Skin and scalp; perspiration; scalp

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids smart

Yellow sclerotic

Spasmodic closing of lids.

Lids; stuck together

Eye feels hot

sensation of heat steaming out of eye

Pain

pressing

Swellings; morning

▲   EARS

Ear

Ringing in ears

Earache, with soreness; Swelling and heat driving patient frantic

Stitching pain

Ears feel stopped.

Sensitive to open air, about ears

sensitive to wind

Inflammation

inside

media

Noises in ear; rushing; as of water

Pain

inside (in ear canal)

aching

pressing

stitching, sudden, sharp

when stooping

tearing in

Hearing

Too sensitive; while perspiring

▲   FACE

Face

One cheek red and hot; the other pale and cold

Stitches in jaw extending to inner ear and teeth

Teeth ache worse after warm drink; worse, Coffea Cruda ^Coffee, at night

Drives to distraction

Jerking of tongue and facial muscles

Distress of teething children ( Calc Carb ^Calc)

Phosphorus ^Phos.; Terebinthina ^Terebinth.)

Heat

during chill

cold one side, the other hot

after drinking

after eating

Pain; with numbness

Perspiration; after eating

Skin

discoloration; red

discoloration; red; during chill

discoloration; red; one-sided; one pale the other red

discoloration; red; with toothache

Swelling

toothache

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

submaxillary gland (gland under jaw, by throat)

▲   NOSE

Nose

Sensitive to all smells

Nose bleed; clotted, coagulated blood

Discharge from nose

thick and sticky, tough

watery

Discharge

Coryza, with inability to sleep.

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Heat

Odour (halitosis, bad breath); offensive

putrid

Gums and teeth

Toothache, if anything warm is taken, from Coffea Cruda ^Coffee, during pregnancy

Teeth

teething; difficult

sensation of elongated teeth

pain

lower teeth

left

night

in cold air

in children

from certain foods or drinks; from drinking coffee

while eating; from chewing

from heat; from warm drinks

from heat; from warm food

from heat; from warm things

heat; warm bed

in nervous patients

pressure

pulsating

pulling

jerking

Saliva

Nightly salivation.

Dryness

Tongue

tongue

Taste

Saliva; sweet (see taste)

Taste; bitter; morning

Palate

Discoloration; palate (roof of mouth); red

▲   THROAT

Throat

Parotid and submaxillary glands swollen

Constriction and pain as from a plug.

Larynx (voice box); scraping, clearing

Choking, constricting

Discoloration; redness; dark red

Irritation; in air passages

Pain; rawness; larynx

Spasms, convulsions etc.

Swelling; tonsils

Tickling in the air passages

in throat-pit

Voice; hoarseness

▲   CHEST

Chest

Breast

indurated (hard from inflammation)

milk; bad

Lungs; haemorrhage (see expectoration); coagulated

Pain

sore, bruised; breast

stitching, sudden, sharp

Respiration

Hoarseness, hawking, RAWNESS of Larynx

irritable, dry tickling cough; suffocative tightness of chest, with bitter expectoration in daytime

Rattling of mucus in child’s chest.

Asthma attack

after anger

in children

Difficult (dyspnea); after anger

from suppressed measles

Loud

▲   COUGH

Cough

Night

Dry cough; during sleep

From emotions; after stress

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); from irritation in air passages

from irritation in air passages; in larynx

While lying down; during sleep

Tickling

in throat-pit

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Daytime only

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage); dark

Noticeable taste; bitter

▲   SKIN

Skin

Dry

Inflammation

tendency to inflame

Out-breaks on skin

phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

rash (see granular)

generating pus

Becomes sore when lying down; in a child

Generally unhealthy

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Stiffness of neck muscles.

Back

Insupportable pain in loins and hips

Lumbago

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Sweats after eating or drinking

Aversion to warm drinks

Tongue yellow; tastes bitter

Pressive gastralgia, as from a stone ( Bryonia ^Bry.; Abies Nigra ^{Abies N}.)

Distended

Griping in region of navel, and pain in small of back

Flatulent colic, after anger, With red cheeks and hot perspiration

Hepatic colic

Acute duodenitis ( Kali Bich ^Kali-bich ( chronic).)

Bloated; trapped wind

Pain

from catching cold

during diarrhoea (colic)

periodical

warmth

tearing

Bladder; urination; painful or difficult urination; while perspiring

Stomach

desires, cravings; cold drinks

disordered; after stress

burping, belching

painful

indigestion; after stress

pain; after drinking; coffee

pain; after excitement

thirst; with the pains

Eating

Acid rising; regurgitation of food

Eructation

Stomach; Eructations foul

Nausea

Nausea after Coffea Cruda ^Coffee

Vomiting

Bilious vomiting

Bitter, bilious vomiting

Stomach

vomiting; after anger

vomiting; easy

vomiting; after opium

vomiting; bile; while perspiring

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constipation; inactivity of rectum

Diarrhoea

in children

while teething

Haemorrhoids; internal

Skin and lining

splits in lining of rectum

ulceration

Stool

Hot, GREEN, watery, fetid, SLIMY, with colic

Chopped white and yellow mucus like chopped eggs and spinach

Soreness of anus

Diarrhoea during dentition

Hemorrhoids, with painful fissures.

Frequent

Green

Hot

Mucous, slimy; green

Odour; like rotten eggs

Watery

green

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Cloudy

when standing up

Female

Female

vaginal discharge; strong and sharp (acrid), wearing away skin

vaginal discharge; yellow

Womb

Uterine Hemorrhages

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); after anger

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); comes on suddenly

pain; bearing down; womb, and region of womb (see labour-like pains, also pains in abdomen)

pain; cramping; womb

after anger

rigidity of neck of womb during labour

Genitals

Profuse discharge of clotted, Dark blood, with labor-like pains

Labor pains spasmodic; press upward ( Gelsemium Sempervirens ^Gels.) Patient intolerant of pain ( Caulophyllum Thalictroides ^Caul.; Causticum ^Caust.; Gels.; Hyoscyamus Niger ^Hyos.; Pulsatilla ^Puls.) Nipples in

Infants’ breasts tender

Yellow, acrid leucorrhoea ( Arsenicum Album ^Ars.; Sepia ^Sep.; Sulphur ^Sulph.)

Female

miscarriage

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); after anger

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); clotted

pain; pains after giving birth

pain; labour-like

pain; labour pains; distressing

pain; labour pains; excessive

pain; labour pains; spasmodic

pain; labour pains; running upward

Menses

period; clotted

period; dark

period; frequent

period; membranous

period; painful; and difficult (dysmenorrhea)

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); between the menstrual periods

pain; cramping; womb; before period

pain; cramping; womb; during period

pain; labour-like; during period

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Violent rheumatic pains drive him out of bed at night; compelled to walk about

Burning of soles at night ( Sulphur ^Sulph.) Ankles give way in the afternoon Nightly paralytic loss of power in the feet, unable to step on them.

Cramps

leg

calf

Heat

foot

foot; sole; uncovers them

Movements and positions

jerking

limbs spread; lies with limbs spread

Numbness (see tingling); upper limbs; when grasping anything firmly

forearm; grasping anything

Pain

night

night; drives out of bed

movement; continued

rheumatic

driven out of bed by pains

burning; foot; sole; night

burning; foot; sole; when in bed

tearing; paralytic

tearing; paralysed parts

Inclination to uncover; feet

Weakness; sudden

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

With perspiration

When uncovering, undressing

Late morning

with chilliness

9 a.m.

Attack brought on by anger

Localised; back of body

Burning heat; late morning; 9 to 12 a.m.

Fever without chill

late morning; 9 to 12 a.m.

With chill

External heat

sensation of external heat without it being there

Long lasting heat

Remittent

infantile

with redness of one cheek, paleness of the other

Shuddering; with the heat

One-sided

Stages of chill, heat and sweat

chill followed by heat, with sweat

heat alternating with chill, then with sweat

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Drowsiness with moaning, weeping and wailing during sleep; anxious, frightened dreams, with half-open eyes.

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; with sleepiness

Convulsions

Convulsions

after anger

rapid muscle spasm

convulsive movements

while teething

with falling

Perspiration

Strong and sharp (acrid)

During anxiety

Clammy

Hot

Profuse; on covered parts

During sleep

From suppressed complaints

Other symptoms worse while perspiring

Uncovering

Generalities

Morning

Evening

Night

before midnight

Aversion to open air

General physical anxiety

Blood vessels

excited, rapid blood flow; after emotions

excited, rapid blood flow; after stress

Eating and food

after breakfast

coffee

Faintness, fainting

Lying down

inclination to lie down

lying down

lying on side; on painless side

Movement; movement of affected part

Narcotics

Numbness; internally; of suffering parts

Pain; benumbing

In women; symptoms during period

Perspiration gives no relief

Perspiration; after perspiration

Symptoms from suppression of perspiration

Pulse; frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid; after stress

Sensitive; to pain

After scarlet fever

During sleep

Stretching

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); after becoming cold

tendency to catch cold

warmth; warm bed

Touch

Touching anything

Warmth; warm bed

From getting wet; wet applications

From wind

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