Argentum Nitricum - Chest symptoms - T.F. Allen

CHEST

Chest

Accumulation of mucus in the chest (1st potency),

Nightly pain in the chest (2d potency, first day),

Burning in the chest,

Sensation of warmth between the scapulae and the sternum, which, after awhile, changed to a pressure in the epigastric region (1/2 grain),

Warmth between shoulder-blades and sternum, afterward changing to a slight pressure in epigastric region, with frequent tasteless eructations,

A violent pain in the middle of the upper part of the chest, as if it would burst, after going upstairs; she must hold the chest with both hands,

Aching tensive pain in the chest, in various places of the chest, of the size of half a dollar (2d potency),

Sense of pressure on the chest, without palpitation of the heart, with need of deep inspiration, lasting half an hour; disappears on walking; returns in an hour, also when walking, but lasts only a short time (after six and a half hours),

Sighing, owing to oppression of the chest (30th potency, first day),

Fulness and anxiousness in the chest, with disposition to sigh (1st potency, first day),

Heaviness in the cavity of the chest, with desire to sigh,

Oppression of the chest, accompanied with a clawing sensation moving through the chest (6th potency),

Stitches in the chest (2d potency),

Stitches in the breasts (1st potency, fifth day),

The outer chest is painful to the touch (1st potency),

A violent pain in the left external breast (in the evening, when drawing on the boots), followed by a persistent severe sore pain in both pectoral muscles which are very sensitive if the arms are stretched to draw on to the chest; worse near the left nipple,

Sticking in the left side of the chest (1st potency, fifth day),

Pressure and weight, as of a stone, in the middle of the sternum, in a spot of the size of a hand (30th potency, fifth day),

Anxiety in the praecordia, after dinner (30th potency, second day),

Pain in the praecordia (30th potency, second day),

Constant sensation of fulness in the praecordial region,

Around armpit

Itching of the chest and axillae (30th potency, third day),

The mammary glands of the right side are painful, as if ulcerated, towards the axilla, especially when touching the part; when stretching the arm and turning the trunk speedily to one side, and oblong rounded protrusion is distinctly felt (30th potency, fifth day),

Respiration

When walking, sensation of pressure in the region of the heart, without palpitation or cough; was not forced to stop walking, but only to breathe deeper; the feeling lasted some time after keeping quiet in the room (after seven hours),

On walking, a sensation, several times, as if the heart were beating once or twice stronger, but without impediment from walking, and without oppression of breath,

When lying down, after dinner, he perceives a whizzing and whistling in the larynx (in the throat and the bronchial tubes), occurring regularly as the pulse; the noise did not seem to be occasioned by accumulation of mucus, but by the movement of the blood; it was heard only when lying on the left ear (30th potency, second day),

Balls of soaplike mucus accumulate in the larynx, occasioning slight turns of cough, by means of which they are expelled (6th potency),

Internal soreness of the larynx and pit of the throat; worse in the morning,

2 P.M., much tickling in the larynx, without cough (second day),

Scratchy sensation in larynx provokes hawking and cough,

Irritation and titillation in the larynx, followed by accumulation of mucus in the larynx, occasioning a slight rattling and whizzing breathing, until the mucus is thrown off in small lumps (30th potency, fourth day),

Dry tickling in the larynx, occasioning a cough, in the daytime (1st potency),

3 P.M., continued tickling in larynx, rather lessened on inspiration, followed by short, dry, shaking cough, almost wholly ceasing on sitting (first day),

Hoarseness, with roughness in the throat (2d potency),

Nightly hoarseness, with turns of dry cough, after which she throws off blood-tinged mucus mixed with saliva (30th potency, seventh day),

Suddenly, while lying quietly in bed, at night, sense of pressure in throat, and violent, short, dry cough, without tickling in larynx (second day),

Night-cough, occasioned by a titillation in the larynx (2d potency),

Cough, occasioned by a titillation in the throat (2d potency),

Violent titillation in the throat, obliging him to cough, before dinner, recurring at the same hour for several days (2d potency),

Dry, fatiguing cough, occasioned by a violent, almost burning, titillation in the throat, before retiring in the evening (2d potency),

Dry and hacking cough, several times a day (1st potency),

Occasional cough in bed, at night (30th potency, third day),

Paroxysms of dry cough at night, sometimes so violent as to induce vomiting (1st potency),

Nightly cough and sweat (1st potency),

Evening, cough, which makes the accustomed tobacco-smoke intolerable to him (2d potency, fifth day),

Cough after dinner, impeding speech,

Suffocative cough, for several days, at noon,

Dyspnoea,

Difficulty of breathing,

Excessive suffocative oppression of breathing,

Heart and pulse

*Heart's action irregular, sometimes intermitting, with an unpleasant sensation in the chest,

Action of heart irregular, sometimes intermits, with a plainly unpleasant sensation in chest; on attention to it, the irregularity is more severe; almost disappears on motion in open air,

Palpitation,

Palpitation of the heart, and sensation of restlessness in it, several times (first day),

Sensitive palpitation, like a sudden falling from above toward the middle; goes away just as quickly, with pain in the middle of the upper part of chest, as if it would burst (30),

Palpitation of the heart, at night (1st potency),

Violent palpitation of the heart, accompanied with a faintish nausea, of which she had three paroxysms in one afternoon (1st potency, third day),

Throbbing of the heart,

Frequent palpitation of the heart on slight excitement, and also from rapid movement (first day),

Palpitation, caused by any sudden muscular exertion or emotional excitement,

Toward evening, twice, palpitation of the heart on motion of the body (first day),

Palpitation caused by sudden violent exertion or mental excitement; and in horizontal position, especially evenings, in bed, the unpleasant sensations in chest are worse,

The irregular action of the heart was worse when noticing it; better when moving freely about,

Pulse 70; full and natural,