Alumina

Alumina
The following are the indications of Alumina, as it relates to this part. Strongest indications are in bold, the next strongest are in italics, and the remaining indications are in a plain typeface.

MIND

Low-spirited, fears loss of reason

Confused as to personal identity

Hasty, hurried

Time passes slowly

Variable mood

Better as day advances

Suicidal tendency when seeing knife or blood.

mind, aversions, dislikes, cannot look at blood, or a knife;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, irritability;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, mood, alternating mood;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, sadness, mental depression, morning, on waking;

mind, intellectual faculties, impaired thinking, confusion, as to own identity;

mind, intellectual faculties, impaired thinking, weakness of mind, after period;

mind, insecure, uncertain, scared, anxiety, of conscience (as if guilty of a crime);

mind, insecure, uncertain, scared, fear, of evil, evening;

mind, talking, conversation, contrary (see obstinate, irritable);

mind, talking, conversation, obstinate;

VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Stitching, burning pain in head, with vertigo, worse in morning, but relieved by food

Vertigo, with nausea, better after breakfast

HEAD

Pressure in forehead as from a tight hat

Inability to walk except with eyes open

Throbbing headache, with constipation

head, pain, headache, affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated), after eating;

head, pain, headache, recurring headache;

head, pain, headache, sides, one side;

head, pain, headache, pressing (see bursting, pulling), forehead, while standing;

head, pain, headache, stitching, sudden, sharp, brain;

Falling out of hair, scalp itches and is numb.

EYES

Objects look yellow

Eyes feel cold

Lids dry, burn, smart, thickened, aggravated in morning, chronic conjunctivitis

Ptosis

Strabismus.

eye, lids, thickening of lids;

eye, lids, stuck together, night;

eye, dryness;

eye, inflammation, wounds, conjunctiva (external lining of eye);

eye, itching, corner;

eye, itching, inner;

eye, pain, burning, smarting, gnawing, biting;

eye, tears, daytime only;

eye, ulceration, conjunctiva (external lining of eye);

vision, colours and shapes in front of eyes, colours, yellow, halo around the light;

EARS

Humming, roaring

Eustachian tube feels plugged.

FACE

Feels as if albuminous substance had dried on it

Blood-boils and pimples

Twitching of lower jaw

Rush of blood to face after eating.

face, lips, chapped;

NOSE

Pain at root of nose

Sense of smell diminished

Point of nose Cracked, nostrils sore, RED, worse touch

Scabs with thick yellow mucus

Tettery redness

Oxaena atrophica sicca

Membranes distended and boggy.

nose, discharge from nose, blood;

nose, skin or lining of nose, cracks, tip;

nose, skin or lining of nose, discoloration, redness;

Fluent coryza

MOUTH

Sore

Bad odor from it

Tensive pain in articulation of jaw when opening mouth or chewing.

Teeth covered with sordes

Gums sore, bleeding

THROAT

DRY, sore, food cannot pass, oesophagus contracted

Feels as if splinter or plug were in throat

Irritable, and relaxed throat

Looks parched and glazed

Clergyman’s sore throat in thin subjects

Thick, tenacious mucus drops from posterior nares

Constant inclination to clear the throat.

throat, dryness, evening;

throat, pain, swallowing, on swallowing;

throat, scraping, evening;

throat, scraping, from dryness;

throat, external throat, itching;

CHEST

chest, oppressed feeling, bending head forward;

chest, pain, night;

chest, pain, pressing, night;

Cough soon after waking in the morning

Hoarse, aphonia, tickling in larynx, wheezing, rattling respiration

Cough on talking or singing, In the morning

Chest feels constricted

Condiments produce cough

Talking aggravates soreness of chest.

respiration, difficult (dyspnea), with cough;

respiration, interrupted, coughing;

COUGH

cough, morning;

cough, choking;

cough, constant;

cough, dry cough;

cough, dry cough, almost constant;

cough, hacking cough;

cough, suffocating;

SKIN

Chapped and dry tettery

Brittle nails

Intolerable itching when getting warm in bed

Must scratch until it bleeds, then becomes painful

Brittle skin on fingers.

skin, itching, without visible out-break on skin;

BACK AND NECK

back, pain, sore, bruised, beaten;

back, pain, sore, bruised, beaten, lumbar (lower half of back), sacrum (base of spine);

back, skin, itching, neck;

back, tension, neck (see spasmodic pulling);

Stitches

Gnawing pain, as if from hot Iron

Pain along cord, with paralytic weakness.

back, pain;

back, pain, dorsal (shoulder level), spine;

back, pain, tearing, lumbar (lower half of back);

ABDOMEN

Heartburn, feels constricted

Aversion to meat ( Graph., Arn., Puls.) Potatoes disagree

No desire to eat

Can swallow but small morsels at a time

Constriction of oesophagus.

Colic, like painter’s colic

Pressing in both groins toward sexual organs

Left-sided abdominal complaints.

abdomen, pain, from lead poisoning;

abdomen, bladder, urination, feeble stream (slow);

abdomen, bladder, urination, feeble stream (slow), morning on waking;

abdomen, bladder, urination, delayed, difficult, must press, a long time before able to start;

abdomen, bladder, urination, delayed, difficult, must press, morning;

abdomen, stomach, appetite, reduced;

abdomen, stomach, indigestion;

abdomen, stomach, indigestion, after potatoes;

Stomach, Abnormal cravings - chalk, Charcoal, dry food, tea-grounds

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, on coughing;

RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

rectum, constipation;

rectum, constipation, difficult stool;

rectum, constipation, difficult stool, soft stool;

rectum, constipation, inactivity of rectum;

rectum, diarrhoea, urinating;

rectum, pain, burning, during stool;

rectum, pain, cutting;

rectum, pain, soreness, during stool;

Hard, dry, knotty, no desire

Rectum sore, dry, inflamed, bleeding

Itching and burning at anus

Even a soft is passed with difficulty

great straining

Constipation of infants (Collins., Psor., Paraf.) and old people from inactive rectum, and in women of very sedentary habit

Diarrhoea on urinating

Evacuation preceded by painful urging long before stool, and then straining at stool.

stool, like balls;

stool, like balls, like sheep dung;

stool, bloody;

stool, dark;

stool, hard;

stool, knotty, nodular, lumpy;

stool, small (see long and narrow);

stool, soft;

stool, thin, liquid;

GENITALS ETC

Muscles of bladder paretic, Must strain at stool in order to urinate

Pain in kidneys, with mental confusion

Frequent desire to urinate in old people

Difficult starting.

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), discharge, sharp mucous or pus;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), discharge, yellow;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), discharge, yellow, chronic;

genitals, female, vaginal discharge;

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

Male, Excessive desire

Involuntary emissions when straining at stool

Prostatic discharge.

(Carb)

Relieved by washing with cold water.

Female, Menses too early, short, Scanty, pale, followed by great exhaustion

an., Coccul.) Leucorrhoea Acrid, profuse, transparent, ROPY, with burning, worse during daytime, and after menses

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Pain in arms and fingers, as if hot Iron penetrated

Arms feel paralyzed

Legs feel asleep, Especially when sitting with legs crossed

staggers on walking

heels feel numb

Soles tender, on stepping, feel soft and swollen

Pain in shoulder and upper arm

Gnawing beneath finger nails

Brittle nails

Inability to walk, except when eyes are open or in daytime

Spinal degeneration and paralysis of lower limbs.

extremities, limbs, hands and feet, corns, stinging;

extremities, limbs, heaviness, lower limbs;

extremities, limbs, heaviness, lower limbs, while sitting;

extremities, limbs, heaviness, leg;

extremities, limbs, heaviness, leg, while sitting;

extremities, limbs, heaviness, foot;

extremities, limbs, movements and positions, incoordination;

extremities, limbs, movements and positions, incoordination, ataxia;

extremities, limbs, pain, fingers, nails, under the nails;

extremities, limbs, pain, gnawing, biting, fingers, under nails;

extremities, limbs, pain, sore, bruised, foot, sole;

extremities, limbs, pain, sore, bruised, foot, sole, while walking;

extremities, limbs, pain, as if sprained, shoulder;

extremities, limbs, pain, as if sprained, shoulder, raising the arm;

extremities, limbs, pain, stitching, sudden, sharp, shoulder;

extremities, limbs, pain, stitching, sudden, sharp, hip;

extremities, limbs, pain, stitching, sudden, sharp, knee;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, lower limbs;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, thigh;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, knee;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, knee, extending to other parts, downward;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, knee, knee cap;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, leg;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, leg, extending to toes;

extremities, limbs, paralysis;

extremities, limbs, skin, skin cracks at bends of joints, hands (see chapping);

extremities, limbs, skin, itching, toes, toes that had been frozen;

extremities, limbs, skin, out-break on skin, foot, herpes;

extremities, limbs, weakness, tottering;

extremities, limbs, weakness, lower limbs;

FEVER AND CHILL

chill, evening;

chill, evening, in bed;

chill, in bed;

chill, after sleep;

chill, on waking;

fever, perspiration with heat;

fever, one-sided;

fever, one-sided, right;

GENERALITIES

generalities, lethargic, tired;

Restless, anxious and confused dreams

Sleepy in morning.

sleep, dreams, anxious;

sleep, dreams, robbers;

sleep, sleepiness, tiredness;

sleep, waking, frequent;

generalities, evening;

generalities, physical exertion;

generalities, faintness, fainting, while standing;

generalities, lying down, inclination to lie down;

generalities, pain, pressing, together;

generalities, periodic, recurring;

generalities, pulsation, internally;

generalities, symptoms not symmetrical, symptoms on one side;

generalities, temperature (felt and effects of temperature), tendency to catch cold;

generalities, temperature (felt and effects of temperature), warmth;

generalities, walking, in open air;

generalities, warmth;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), from talking;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), walking;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), walking, in open air;

generalities, weariness (see weakness);

generalities, weariness (see weakness), after talking;