Alumina - Face symptoms - T.F. Allen

FACE

Face

Sullen, low-spirited look,

Paleness of the face,

Paleness and redness of the face alternating in quick succession,

Skin of the face rough, especially on the forehead,

Itching pimples on the forehead, the right side of the nose, and the left angle of the mouth; upon being pressed they run together (six to nine days),

Every day flushes of heat in the face,

Heat and tension in the left side of the face, in the evening (first day),

His face seems to him larger or swollen, and the eyes smaller, so that his sight is impeded; after dinner (first day),

The skin of the face is tense, even around the eyes, as if the white of an egg had dried upon it; after dinner, when walking in the open air (fifth day),

Formication in the right side of the face, with stinging pain in the hollow of the ear, and tearing in the right knee,

Violent itching in the face,

Itching, with a violent desire to scratch, in the face and under the chin; succeeded by small pimples like rash (fourth day),

Itching of the forehead, cheeks, around the eyes, and of the chin,

The cheeks look as red as Cuprum Metallicum ^copper, as in brandy drinkers,

A painful red spot upon the right cheek,

Small, red, painless pimples upon the right cheek, which feel rough (twelfth day),

Upon the right cheek a pimple, which is painful to the touch like a sore,

Pimples on the left cheek and forehead (tenth day),

One boil after the other on the left cheek,

Drawing and tearing in the left cheek and gums; in the afternoon (after thirtieth day),

Crawling on the internal surface of the cheeks (after three hours),

Itching of the cheeks, with burning after scratching,

Itching of the left angle of the mouth, and the zygoma; it disappears on being scratched,

Tearing in the sides of the face, especially in the right side, in the zygoma; upon rubbing the part it passes off it sometimes attended with tearing pain in the teeth of this side,

The vermilion border of the lips is bluish (during and after the fever),

Swelling of the lower lip,

On the internal surface of the lip a bright vesicle as large as a pea (second day),

Swelling of the lips with vesicles upon them,

Chapped (dry) lips,

Both his lips appear to him larger and swollen,

The lips peel off (fourth day),

Crusty eruptions on the lower lip,

Small pimples on the chin, which pass off again next morning (after eighth and thirteenth day),

Sensation around the chin, as if it were covered with cobweb,

The jaws are firmly set against each other (one hour),

Remarkable shortening of the lower jaw; the upper teeth project over the lower for three days,

The jaw is so swollen that he cannot open the mouth without pain; there are stitches going up to the malar bone and the temple,

Tension and drawing in the jaws and cheeks, with increased secretion of saliva (second day),

Painful tension in the articulation of the jaws, when chewing or opening the mouth,

Itching formication on the right side of the lower jaws,