Abrotanum

▲   GENERAL

General

A very useful remedy in Marasmus, especially of lower extremities only, yet with good appetite. Metastasis. Rheumatism following checked diarrhoea. Ill effects of suppressed conditions especially in gouty subjects. Tuberculous peritonitis. Exudative pleurisy and other exudative processes. After operation upon the chest for hydrothorax or empyema, a pressing sensation remains. worse of hemorrhoids when rheumatism improves. Nosebleed and hydrocele in boys.

Great weakness after influenza (Kali Phosphoricum ^Kali-p.)

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, cold air, checked secretions.

Better

BETTER, motion.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Scrophularia; Bryonia ^Bryonia; Stellaria Media ^Stellaria; Benzoic Acid. ^{Benzoic Acid}, in gout. Iodium ^Iodine, Nat Mur ^Nat-m. in marasmus.

▲   MIND

Mind

Cross, irritable, anxious, depressed.

Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work

Behaviour; cruelty (see moral feeling, malicious)

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

hears sounds; voices

hears sounds; voices; in bed, ceases when listening intently

about self; body; health, hypochondria; has softening brain

Excitement

Mental exertion

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

cheerful, happy

irritability

in children

malicious

mood; agreeable, good mood

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

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

impaired thinking; weakness of mind

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

fear; of softening of brain

frightened easily; starting, startled; during sleep; starting from sleep

Memory

forgetful

weakness of memory

Restlessness, nervousness

night

Talking, conversation

dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn

talkative

▲   HEAD

Head

Coldness

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness

Headache

Pain, headache

alternating with other symptoms

haemorrhoids

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure

Scalp

Skin and scalp; itching

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids

unable to open eyes

eyes closed; unable to open eyes

Discoloration; redness

Dullness

▲   EARS

Ear

Sensation of air; wind; passing out of ears

Noises in ear

buzzing

humming

rushing

sound of wind

▲   FACE

Face

Wrinkled, cold, dry, pale

Blue rings around dull-looking eyes

Comedones, with emaciation

Nosebleed

Angioma of the face.

Coldness

Expression; old looking

Pain

pulling

Skin

discoloration; bluish; circles around eyes

out-breaks on skin; black head

wrinkled

▲   NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed

Discharge from nose; watery

Dryness; inside

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Heat; morning

Pain; sore

Gums and teeth

Teeth

decay, hollow

pain; pulling

pulling-tearing

pain; tearing

Tongue

Pain; sore; tongue

Taste

Taste

slimy

sour

▲   THROAT

Throat

Scraping

Voice

hoarseness; sudden

weak

External throat; pain; sides

▲   CHEST

Chest

Inflammation

heart; endocardium

lung lining

Pain

movement

rheumatic

sides; right

heart

rheumatic

burning; sides; right

cutting (sudden sharp pain); heart

pulling

from movement

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; right

stitching, sudden, sharp; heart

Respiration

Raw feeling

Impeded respiration

Dry cough following diarrhoea

Pain in lumbar region extending along spermatic cord

Pain in sacrum, with hemorrhoids.

Difficult (dyspnea)

rheumatic pain of heart

Impeded, obstructed

▲   SKIN

Skin

Eruptions come out on face; are suppressed, and the skin becomes purplish

Skin flabby and loose

Furuncles

Falling out of hair

Itching chilblains.

Out-breaks on skin; boils

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Pain

neck

Back

afternoon

on waking

lumbar (lower half of back); extending to other parts; testes

sacrum (base of spine)

aching

afternoon

with rigidness

on waking

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine)

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Slimy taste

Appetite good, but emaciation progresses

Pain in stomach; worse at night; cutting, gnawing pain

Stomach feels as if swimming in water; feels cold

Gnawing hunger and whining

Hard lumps in abdomen

Distended

Alternate diarrhoea and constipation

Hemorrhoids; frequent urging; bloody stools; worse as rheumatic pains abate

Ascarides

Oozing from umbilicus

Sensation as if bowels were sinking down.

Bloated

Heat

Abdominal muscles

twitching and jerking; groin region

twitching and jerking; groin region; extending to back

Navel; discharge from navel

Pain

night

behind lower ribs

cramping, griping

pulling

Retraction; sensation of

Complaints of spleen

Skin; discharge from navel

Bladder

fullness

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); after stool

urination; incomplete (see unsatisfactory); bladder full, urging to urinate but scanty urine

Kidneys

pain; region of

pain; shooting (see sudden, sharp); region of kidneys

Stomach

appetite; gnawing, biting

appetite; increased (hunger in general)

appetite; ravenous, excessive

yet becoming extremely thin

appetite; lacking, no appetite

coldness

desires, cravings; bread

boiled in milk

desires, cravings; milk; boiled

distended (swollen from inner pressure)

emptiness, weak feeling, faintness, hungry feeling

burping, belching; evening

burping, belching; empty; evening

burping, belching; sour

sensation of stomach hanging down, relaxed

heat, flushes

indigestion

pain

night

burning

burning; evening

burning; night

cramping, griping, constricting

cramping, griping, constricting; night

cutting

cutting; night

gnawing, biting

gnawing, biting; night

sore, bruised, beaten (tenderness); evening

sudden, sharp

sinking (see emptiness)

Eating

Food passes undigested

Stomach; appetite; ravenous, excessive; with severe wasting (food not absorbed)

Vomiting

Indigestion, with vomiting of large quantities of offensive fluid.

Pain; with vomiting, blood and mucus in stool (intussusception); pain in region of liver

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constipation

alternating with diarrhoea

Diarrhoea; night

Haemorrhoids

external

after rheumatism decreases

as soon as the rheumatism is better

touch

Urging, desire to stool (see pain

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing)

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); frequent

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); during stool

Worm; worms

Stool

Food appears to be passed undigested (lientery)

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Scanty

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); ulceration; passage

Male

Male

pain; testes

swelling; testes; from mumps

testes and scrotum (balls); scrotum swollen by fluid accumulation

of boys

after suppressed out-break on skin

Genitals

spread of malignant tumour (see swelling)

Female

pain; ovaries; left

pain; ovaries; extending to other parts; back

pain; burning; ovaries

left

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; ovaries

left

pain; tearing; ovaries

Menses

period; painful; and difficult (dysmenorrhea)

period; suppressed

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Pain in shoulders, arms, WRISTS, and Ankles

Pricking and coldness in fingers and feet

LEGS greatly emaciated

Joints stiff and lame

Painful contraction of limbs ( Ammonium Muriaticum ^Am-m.)

Arthritic nodules

Awkwardness

hands; drops things

hands; drops things; small, light things

Coldness

upper limbs; fingers; tips

lower limbs; foot

Constriction; upper limbs; sensation as if upper limbs were tied

Emaciated, extremely thin

lower limbs

leg

Hands and feet

chilblains

chilblains; feet

Movements and positions

lameness

lameness; morning, on waking

lameness; joints (see rheumatic pain)

lameness; upper limbs

morning; on waking

on waking

lameness; shoulder

morning, on waking

lameness; upper arm

while riding

lameness; hand

10 a.m.

lameness; hip

lameness; knee

morning

lameness; ankles

lameness; foot

Numbness (see tingling)

upper limbs

hand

fingers

foot

Pain

rheumatic

alternating with haemorrhoids

diarrhoea stopped

from suppressed haemorrhoids

joints

gouty

joints; rheumatic

upper limbs

movement

rheumatic

on waking

shoulder

night

on waking

extending to other parts; elbow

upper arm

afternoon

elbow

late morning

hand

evening

lower limbs

hip

afternoon

rheumatic

thigh

knee

morning

afternoon

lower leg

waking

ankle

outer side

foot

on movement

on waking

aching; shoulder

extending to elbow

aching; upper arm

while riding

aching; fingers

first finger

burning

joints

pulling; ankles

sore, bruised

joints

joints; morning; on waking

shoulder

shoulder; morning; on waking

hand

hip

hip; extending to knees

knee; evening

stitching, sudden, sharp

upper arm

fingers; tips of fingers

ankle

Paralysis

sensation of paralysis

upper limbs

sensation of paralysis

lower limbs

right

ankles

Restlessness; upper limbs; night; during sleep

Skin; itching

Stiffness

joints

Swollen; joints

Weakness

upper limbs

knee

leg

evening

ankle

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chilliness (see also whole body; temperature)

Hectic fever

Intense heat

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

animals, insects, beasts; dogs

animals, insects, beasts; dogs; mad dog

anxious

frightful

Sleepiness, tiredness

Sleeplessness, insomnia

Not refreshing

Perspiration

Profuse

Generalities

Morning

Evening

Night

Open air

Change of weather

Constriction; externally

Emaciated (extremely thin)

children (marasmus)

upwards

Spread of malignant tumour

Movement

of affected part

Numbness; externally

Pain

pressing; externally

sudden, sharp; externally

sudden, sharp; internally

Prickling; internally

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold air

Trembling

externally

on waking

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

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