Arsenicum Album

▲   GENERAL

General

A profoundly acting remedy on every organ and tissue. Arsenicum Album's clear-cut characteristic symptoms and correspondence to many severe types of disease make its homeopathic employment constant and certain. Arsenicum Album's general symptoms often alone lead to its successful application. Among these the all-prevailing debility, exhaustion, and Restlessness, with nightly aggravation are most important. Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion. This, with the peculiar irritability of fibre, gives the characteristic Irritable weakness. burning pains. Unquenchable thirst. Burning relieved by heat. Seaside complaints (Nat Mur ^Nat-mur.; Aqua Marina ^{Aqua Marina}). Injurious effects of fruits, especially more watery ones. Gives quiet and ease to the last moments of life when given in high potency. Fear fright and worry. Green discharges. Infantile Kala-azar ( Dr. Neatby). Arsenicum Album. should be thought of in ailments from alcoholism, Ptomaine poisoning, stings, dissecting wounds, chewing tobacco; ill effects from decayed food or animal matter; odor of discharges is PUTRID; in complaints that return annually. Anaemia and chlorosis. Degenerative changes. Gradual loss of weight from impaired nutrition. Reduces the refractive index of blood serum (also China ^China and Ferrum Met ^Ferr. Phosphorus ^Phos.). Maintains the system under the stress of malignancy regardless of location. Malarial cachexia. Septic infections and low vitality.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, wet weather, after midnight; from cold, cold drinks, or food. Seashore. Right side.

Better

BETTER from heat; from head elevated; warm drinks.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Complementary

Complementary: Rhus Tox ^Rhus; Carboneum Oxygenisatum ^Carbo; Phosphorus ^Phos.; Thuja ^Thuja; Secale Cornutum ^Secale.

Antidotes

Antidotes: Opium; Carboneum Oxygenisatum ^Carbo; China ^China; Hep Sulph Calc ^Hepar; Nux Vomica ^Nux.

Antidotal to

Antidotal to lead poison.

Chemical antidotes

Chemical antidotes: Carbo Veg ^Charcoal; Hydrated Peroxide of Ferrum Met ^Iron; Lime Water.

▲   MIND

Mind

Great anguish and restlessness

changes place continually

fears, of death, of being left alone

Great fear, with cold sweat

Thinks it useless to take medicine

Suicidal

Hallucinations of smell and sight

Despair drives him from place to place

Miserly, malicious, selfish, lacks courage

General sensibility increased (Hep Sulph Calc ^Hep.) Sensitive to disorder and confusion.

Behaviour; attempts to escape; change beds

Dazed; when walking

Delirium

night

violent

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

creatures and animals; insects

about self; circumstances; being watched

Desires, wants

to be carried; fast

company

while alone

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anguish

anguish; forcing from place to place

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

with anxiety

boredom, dissatisfaction (see loathing of life); weary of life (see boredom, dissatisfaction, loathing, etc.)

greed

cannot bear to be looked at

loathing; life (see desires, death)

mildness

reproaches; others

suspicious

unhappy; despair

during chill

while perspiring

of recovery

religious (of salvation etc.)

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

when alone

during chill

during the heat

Insanity

mania, madness

wants to be held

from drinking (delirium tremors)

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; morning

anxiety; evening

in bed

anxiety; night

after midnight

after midnight; 3 a.m.

anxiety; when alone

anxiety; in bed

anxiety; during chill

anxiety; of conscience (as if guilty of a crime)

anxiety; with fear

anxiety; during fever

anxiety; about salvation

anxiety; during sleep (see dreams)

anxiety; on waking

fear; of being alone (see company)

fear; of death

when alone

fear; of robbers

frightened easily

night; wakens at 3 a.m.

starting, startled

starting, startled; evening; on falling asleep

starting, startled; on falling asleep

Memory; weakness of memory

Perception; senses; acute

Restlessness, nervousness

night

after midnight

anxious, etc.

forcing rapid walking

forcing out of bed

wants to go from one bed to another

tossing about in bed

during chill

during heat

internal

Talking, conversation

critical

of others

Unconsciousness

frequent spells

on least movement

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Evening

▲   HEAD

Head

Sensitive head in open air

Delirium tremens; cursing and raving; vicious

Head is in constant motion

Hot

Headache

Headaches relieved by cold, other symptoms worse

Periodical burning pains, with Restlessness; with cold skin

Heaviness (see pain

pressing); open air

pressing); warm room

Pain, headache

from cold (including cold parts)

from cold air

while lying down; lies with head high

recurring headache

from being in vaults, cellars, etc.

walking; in open air

in forehead

above eyes; warm applications

above root of nose; pulsating

burning; forehead; over eyes

night

Scalp

Hemicrania, with icy feeling of scalp and great weakness

Scalp ITCHES intolerably; circular patches of bare spots; rough, dirty, sensitive, and covered with dry scales; nightly burning and itching; dandruff

Scalp very sensitive; cannot brush hair.

Skin and scalp

out-break on skin

out-break on skin; crusts, scabs

out-break on skin; eczema

out-break on skin; pimples

▲   EYES

Eyes

Burning in eyes, with acrid lachrymation

Lids red, ulcerated, scabby, scaly, granulated

Oedema around eyes

External inflammation, with extreme painfulness; Burning, hot, and excoriating lachrymation

Corneal ulceration

Intense photophobia; better external warmth

Ciliary neuralgia, with fine burning pain.

Lids

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)

granular lids

opening eyes difficult

spasmodic closure

Discoloration

redness

redness; lids; spots; edges of

Dryness

Inflammation

infants

glandular swellings

wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye)

Pain

warmth

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

night

on opening the eyes

margins of lids

margins of lids; evening

as from something in eye; like sand in eye

stitching, sudden, sharp; on opening the eyes

Paralysis; iris

Intolerance of light (photophobia)

daylight

from snow

Skin around eyes (see face); corner excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)

Swellings

lids

lids; from fluid accumulation

lids; under the lids

Tears; acrid smell (strong and sharp)

Ulceration; lids; under surfaces

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes; colours; green

Foggy

Sees only halves of objects (hemiopia); horizontal

▲   EARS

Ear

Skin within, raw and burning

Thin, excoriating, offensive otorrhoea

Roaring in ears, during a paroxysm of pain.

Discharges from ear; greenish pus

Itching; in ear; burning

Noises in ear

with perspiration

buzzing; while perspiring

▲   FACE

Face

Swollen, pale, yellow, Cachetic, sunken, cold, and covered with sweat ( Aceticum Acidum ^{Acetic Acid}.) Expression of agony

Tearing, Needle-like pains; burning

Lips black, livid

Angry, circumscribed flush of cheeks.

Abscess; parotid glands (glands in front and below ear lobe)

Bloated (see swelling, congestion)

Coldness

Expression

anxious

distressed

haggard

sickly

suffering

Appearance as if dead (see sunken)

Inflammation; parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe); suppurating (producing pus)

Lips

deposits from illness on the lips

discoloration; black

discoloration; pale

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)

out-breaks on lips

ulcers

Pain

cold air

rheumatic

warmth

burning (see heat)

like hot needles

pulling

warmth

stinging

sudden, sharp; burning needles

Perspiration; cold

Skin

discoloration; iron deficiency anaemia (greenish-yellow discoloration)

discoloration; bluish

from oxygen starvation

circles around eyes

discoloration; pale

discoloration; sickly colour

discoloration; yellow

drawn, pulled

dryness (see skin)

out-breaks on skin; crusty, scabby

out-breaks on skin; dry

out-breaks on skin; eczema

out-breaks on skin; cold sores, herpes; mealy

out-breaks on skin; red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); gangrenous

out-breaks on skin; powdery flaking skin

lips

out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash

shiny skin; waxy

ulcers

wart-like

Sunken

Swelling

morning

fluid accumulation

under eyes

Twitching; lips; on falling asleep

▲   NOSE

Nose

Thin, watery, excoriating discharge

Nose feels Stopped up

BURNING and bleeding

Acne of nose

Lupus.

Catarrh

Discharge from nose

blood

copious

wearing away skin

thick

watery

Dryness; inside

Pain

burning, smarting

burning, smarting; with running nose

rawness; with running nose

Pulsation

Skin or lining of nose; small swellings

Smell; acute, over sensitive; sensitive to the odour of food

Swelling

knotty

Discharge

Sneezing without relief

Hay-fever and coryza; worse in open air; better indoors

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

blocked

sensation as if blocked

with watery discharge

at root

right

from becoming chilled, while overheated

running, wet

violent attacks

Sneezing

frequent

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Gangrenous; in children

Growths, blisters, swellings

blisters

ulcers

malignant

Odour (halitosis, bad breath)

cadaverous, like dead body

offensive

putrid

Pain; burning, raw and smarting

Thrush (whitish flakes)

bluish in colour

Lips

Epithelioma of lips

Gums and teeth

Unhealthy easily-bleeding gums

Neuralgia of teeth; feel long and very sore; worse after midnight; better warmth

Bleeding; gums; scurvy

Pain

gums

sore; gums

Swelling; gums

Gums; teeth detached from gums; scurvy-like

Teeth

bites tumbler when drinking

grinding; during sleep

pain; heat; heat of heater

pain; winter

pain; tearing; while lying on painful side

pain; tearing; warmth

deposits on teeth during illness (see mucus)

Saliva

Ulceration of mouth with dryness and burning heat

Bloody saliva

Gulping up burning water.

Dryness

Tongue

Tongue dry, clean, and red; stitching and burning pain in tongue, ulcerated with blue color

Cracked; tongue

Discoloration

tongue; blue

tongue; brown

tongue; red

edges

tip

tongue; white

as if painted

silvery, all over

Dryness; tongue

Growths, blisters, swellings; blisters; tongue

Pain

burning, raw and smarting; tongue

as if burnt; tongue

Swelling; tongue; base, externally and internally

Tongue; jagged edge of tongue

Taste

Metallic taste

Taste

bitter

bitter; after eating

putrid; morning

Tongue; taste buds; enlarged; at tip

▲   THROAT

Throat

Swollen, oedematous, constricted, burning; unable to swallow

Diphtheritic membrane, looks dry and wrinkled.

Larynx (voice box); sensation of smoke

Catarrh

sudden

Choking, constricting; trachea (wind pipe)

Sensation of something in throat

as from dust

sulphur vapour

Gangrene

Inflammation; gullet

Irritation; trachea (wind pipe)

Membrane, exudation, diphtheria, etc.

wrinkled

Pain

swallowing; on swallowing

warmth; warm drinks

burning

gullet; when swallowing

rawness; larynx

Paralysis

gullet

sensation of

throat

after diphtheria

Sounds; gullet gurgling; when drinking

Spasms, convulsions etc.; closing gullet

Tickling in the air passages; larynx

Ulcers

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; Palpitation, pain, dyspnoea, faintness

Irritable heart in smokers and tobacco-chewers

Pulse more rapid in morning ( Sulphur ^Sulph.) Dilatation

Cyanosis

Fatty degeneration

Angina pectoris, with pain in neck and occiput.

Anxiety

region of heart

night

Catarrh

Coldness

internal

Constriction, tension

when ascending stairs or hill

while walking

heart

Heart

angina pectoris

fluid build up around heart

fatty degeneration of heart

accumulation of fluid, pulmonary

palpitations

night; 3 a.m.

anxiety

on climbing steps

from exertion

during fever

irregular

after stool

Inflammation

bronchial tubes (bronchitis)

heart; endocardium

heart; pericardium

lungs

lung lining; neglected

Lungs

empyema

fluid build up in chest cavity (pulmonary oedema)

gangrene of lungs

haemorrhage (see expectoration)

Movements in and of chest; convulsions

Oppressed feeling

from ascending stairs or hill

when weather changes to cold

clothing

on rapid movement

during stormy weather

while walking

quickly

weather changes to cold

heart

Pain

night

sides

right; top of right lung

lungs; top; right

heart

burning

cutting (sudden sharp pain); heart

pressing; breast bone

pressing; heart

stitching, sudden, sharp; collar bone; under; right

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; right

top

stitching, sudden, sharp; breast bone

tearing; arm pit

Skin; out-breaks on skin

Respiration

Unable to lie down; fears suffocation

Air-passages constricted

Asthma worse midnight

Burning in chest

Suffocative catarrh

Cough worse after midnight; worse lying on back

Expectoration scanty, Frothy

darting pain through upper third of right lung

Wheezing respiration

Hemoptysis with pain between shoulders; burning heat all over

Cough dry, as from Sulphur fumes; After drinking.

Accelerated

Respiratory allergies (including hayfever)

open air

Asthma attack

night

after midnight

after midnight

must spring out of bed

2 a.m.

in aged people

periodic

spasmodic

Deep; impossible

Difficult (dyspnea)

night

in bed

midnight

after midnight

after midnight

2 a.m.

ascending

with cough

from dust

after exertion; physical exertion

lying down impossible

while lying down

from mucus in the wind pipe

when turning in bed

while walking

Interrupted; coughing

Rattling

Wheezing

Hiccup

Stomach

hiccup

hiccup; during fever; at the time when the fever ought to come

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

Evening

in bed

Night

In cold air

In open air

when walking in open air

Asthmatic

With or after chill or fever; during fever

On becoming cold

Drinking

after drinking

cold drinks

warm drinks or soup

Dry cough

night

Exhausting cough

Hacking cough

from tickling in larynx

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

Loose

during fever

While lying down

evening

evening; must sit up

Sensation of sulphur fumes or vapour

Tickling; larynx

Tormenting

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Daytime only

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

streaked with blood

Copious

Frothy

Mucous

bloody

Noticeable smell; offensive smell

Noticeable taste; salty

▲   SKIN

Skin

Itching, burning, swellings; oedema; eruption, papular, Dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching

Malignant pustules

Ulcers with offensive discharge

Anthrax

Poisoned wounds

Urticaria, with burning and restlessness

Psoriasis

Scirrhus

Icy coldness of body

Epithelioma of the skin

Gangrenous inflammations.

Blisters

black

filled with blood

bluish

whitish

Coldness

Discoloration

blackish

red; spots

white

spots

Dry

burning

inability to perspire (see inactivity)

Gangrene

from burns or gangrenous sores

cold

Abnormal growths

cauliflower-like fungus; haematodes

ulcer like lesions, leaving scars, spread over body

ulcers

black

black; base

bleeding

bleeding; edges

bluish

burning

burning; in margins

as if burnt

deep

discharges; bloody

discharges; corrosive

discharges; greenish

discharges; offensive

discharges; offensive; putrid

with elevated, hardened margins

fungus

gangrenous

painless, slow developing

hardened; margins

inflamed

painful

phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

red with red circle

like eczema

sensitive; margins

shooting

spongy

spongy; margins

stinging, sudden, sharp

stinging, sudden, sharp; margins

generating pus

syphilitic

warts; waxy

Inflammation; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); gangrenous

Hard; like parchment

Itching

burning

without visible out-break on skin

must scratch

until it bleeds

scratching

Out-breaks on skin

blackish

boils

painful boil, shedding skin and tissues (carbuncle)

boils; periodical

burning

from becoming cold

crusty

moist

dry

eczema

herpetic

burning

itching

mealy

itching

mealy

small, purple spot

pimples

burning

pocks; burning

pus-filled pimples

malignant

rash (see granular)

white

suppurating (producing pus), which dries to blackish crusts

scabies

scaly

scaly; bran-like

small-pox; black

like nettle rash

Pain; burning

Swelling

bluish-black

burning

fluid in tissues

spongy

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Pain; neck

Back

Weakness in small of back

Drawing in of shoulders

Pain and burning in back ( Oxalicum Acidum ^Oxal-ac.)

Pain

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between

burning

spine

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine)

lumbar (lower half of back)

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

great thirsts; drinks much, but little at a time

Anxiety in pit of stomach

Burning pain

Craves acids and Coffea Cruda ^Coffee

Heartburn; gulping up of acid and bitter substances which seem to excoriate the throat

Stomach extremely irritable; seems raw, as if torn

Dyspepsia from vinegar, acids, ice-cream, ice-water, tobacco

Terrible fear and dyspnoea, with gastralgia; also faintness, icy coldness, great exhaustion

Malignant symptoms

Everything swallowed seems to lodge in the oesophagus, which seems as if closed and nothing would pass

Ill effects of vegetable diet, melons, and watery fruits generally

Craves milk.

Gnawing, burning pains like coals of fire; relieved by heat

Liver and spleen enlarged and painful

Ascites and anasarca

Abdomen swollen and painful

Pain as from a wound in abdomen on coughing.

Anxiety

after stool

Bloated

painful

trapped wind

Gangrene

Hard; liver

Inflammation

liver

Pain

aching, dull pain (see boring, pulling, distress, digging, gnawing, biting, pressing, etc.)

from becoming cold

during the heat of fever

in women; during period; heat

warmth

lower part of abdomen

navel; region of navel; night; after midnight

burning

after eating ice cream

cramping, griping; after eating ice cream

cutting

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); spleen

tearing

Restlessness, uneasiness, etc.

Complaints of spleen

Skin; ulcers

Swelling; from watery fluid; abdominal cavity

Bladder

fullness; without desire to urinate

paralysis

in aged people

after childbirth, no desire to urinate

retention of urine (see urination delayed)

after confinement

dysentery

urge to urinate, but producing nothing

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); absent

with swollen bladder

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual

while perspiring

urination; painful or difficult urination

urination; frequent; during chill

urination; involuntary, incontinence

daytime; and night

night, bed wetting

after labour

during pregnancy

urination; unsatisfactory (see incomplete and fullness, after urinating)

urination; weakness; after childbirth

Kidneys

suppression of urine

suppression of urine; in cholera

Stomach

anxiety

anxiety; night, on rising up

appetite; increased (hunger in general)

during chill

appetite; ravenous, excessive

appetite; lacking, no appetite

coldness

chilliness in pit of stomach

contraction

desires, cravings; alcoholic drinks

desires, cravings; cold drinks

desires, cravings; warm drinks

during chill

disordered

after fruit

ice cream

burping, belching; empty

burping, belching; clear, salty liquid from stomach in mouth (waterbrash)

heat, flushes

inflammation

indurated stomach walls (hard from inflammation)

sensation of lump; stone

pain

after drinking; cold drinks

after eating

after eating; ice cream

heat

during heat

yawning

burning

cramping, griping, constricting

cramping, griping, constricting; after cold drinks

pressing

scraping

sore, bruised, beaten (tenderness)

sudden, sharp

thirst

before chill

after chill

extreme

during heat

for large quantities

for small quantities

for small quantities; often

unquenchable

Eating

Cannot bear the sight or smell of food

Gastralgia from slightest food or drink

Pain; after eating (including certain foods); after eating ice cream

Stomach

aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food

desires, cravings; warm food

loathing of food (see nausea)

vomiting; food

Eructation

Long-lasting eructations

Flatus

Flatulence

Nausea

Stomach

nausea

nausea; late morning; 11 a.m.

nausea; afternoon; 3 p.m.

nausea; after fever

Vomiting

Nausea, retching, vomiting, after eating or drinking

Vomiting of blood, bile, green mucus, or brown-black mixed with blood

Pain; with vomiting, blood and mucus in stool (intussusception)

Stomach

vomiting

vomiting; during diarrhoea

vomiting; after drinking

immediately after

smallest quantity

vomiting; in alcoholics

vomiting; easy

vomiting; after eating

ice cream

vomiting; frequent

vomiting; on movement

vomiting; comes on suddenly

vomiting; while perspiring

vomiting; violent

vomiting; bile

vomiting; black

vomiting; everything

vomiting; green

vomiting; offensive smelling

vomiting; water

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Painful, spasmodic protrusion of rectum

Tenesmus

BURNING pain and pressure in rectum and anus.

Constipation

Diarrhoea

night

after midnight

aged people

after certain foods or drinks

from drinking water

after certain foods or drinks; fruit

after certain foods or drinks; after eating game

after certain foods or drinks; ice cream

after cold drinks

after eating

cold food

from septic conditions

Dysentery

Flatulence; offensive

Haemorrhage from anus

Haemorrhoids

internal

Pain

during stool

burning; during stool

burning; after stool

cutting; during diarrhoea

stinging; night, lying down

sudden, sharp

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

Stool

Small, offensive, dark, with much prostration

worse at night, and after eating and drinking; from chilling stomach, alcoholic abuse, spoiled meat

Dysentery dark, bloody, very offensive

Cholera, with intense agony, prostration, and burning thirst

Body cold as ice ( Veratrum Album ^Verat.) Hemorrhoids burn like fire; relieved by heat

Skin excoriated about anus.

Strong and sharp (acrid), corrosive, wearing away skin

Black

Bloody

Copious

Frequent

Grey

Food appears to be passed undigested (lientery)

Light-coloured

Mucous, slimy

brown

green

Odour

like a dead body

offensive

putrid

Small (see long and narrow)

Thin, liquid; black

Watery

black

brown

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Scanty, burning, involuntary

Bladder as if paralyzed

Albuminous

Epithelial cells; cylindrical clots of fibrin and globules of pus and blood

After urinating, feeling of weakness in abdomen

Bright’s disease

Albuminous (white, thick)

after alcohol abuse

Bloody

Burning (includes hot)

Ejecting lumps; epithelial

Colour

brown

brown; like cow-dung with water

brown; while perspiring

Scanty

Sediment; sand; red (brick-dust)

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); pain; burning

Male

Male

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); scrotum

inflammation; penis; foreskin; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

swelling; scrotum; fluid accumulation

ulcers; penis; at tip; phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

ulcers; penis; lesion with wavy margin

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

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

vaginal discharge; instead of period

vaginal discharge; thick

vaginal discharge; yellow

Womb

inflammation; womb

Genitals

Burning in ovarian region

Leucorrhoea, acrid, burning, offensive, thin

Pain as from red-hot wires; worse least exertion; causes great fatigue; better in warm room

Menorrhagia

Stitching pain in pelvis extending down the thigh.

Male

ulcers; burning

ulcers; spreading

Female

fluid build up (see swelling); ovaries

inflammation

pain; burning; ovaries

moving feet

pain; pulling; ovaries; movement

pain; pulling; ovaries; from sitting bent

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; ovaries; right

swollen

Menses

Menses too profuse and too soon

period; copious

period; frequent

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Trembling, twitching, spasms, weakness, heaviness, uneasiness

Cramps in calves

Swelling of feet

Sciatica

Burning pains

Peripheral neuritis

Diabetic gangrene

Ulcers on heel (Allium Cepa ^Cepa; Lamium) Paralysis of lower limbs with atrophy.

Coldness

with diarrhoea

upper limbs

hands

lower limbs; knee

lower limbs; foot

Gangrene

upper limbs

Hands and feet

hardness; skin of soles

thick skin of soles

Heaviness

tired limbs

foot

Inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); soles

Injuries; fingers; dissecting wounds

Movements and positions

jerking; falling asleep

trembling

in alcoholics

twitching; night; in bed

twitching; on falling asleep

twitching; fingers; tips

Numbness (see tingling); foot

Pain

night

after midnight

from cold air

during chill

on becoming cold

neuralgic (pain along nerves)

rheumatic

warmth

of bed

joints; warmth

upper limbs; lying on it

upper limbs; warmth

lower limbs; during chill

lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); warmth

hip

burning; leg

pulling; elbow

extending to arm pit

scraping; leg, bones

shooting (see stitching, sudden, sharp); hip

shooting (see stitching, sudden, sharp); thigh

sore, bruised; knee

stitching, sudden, sharp; burning

stitching, sudden, sharp; hot, in paralysed parts

stitching, sudden, sharp; hip

stitching, sudden, sharp; thigh

burning

tearing; during chill

tearing; lying on painful side

tearing; one side

tearing; upper arm

extending to other parts; upward

tearing; elbow

night

tearing; wrist; night

in bed

tearing; lower limbs

night; when lying upon it

lying on painful side

tearing; thigh

tearing; foot

Paralysis; lower limbs; after diphtheria

Perspiration

hand

thigh

Restlessness

evening

in bed

night; before going to bed

lower limbs

night

before going to sleep

leg

leg; before sleep

Shocks

on going to sleep

lower limbs; during sleep

Skin

painful boils, shedding skin and tissues (carbuncle)

discoloration; hand; bruise-like black and blue

discoloration; fingers; nails; blueness; during chill

itching; lower limbs

out-break on skin

blisters; containing fluid

burning

pimples

upper limbs

upper limbs; pimples

upper limbs; scales

fingers; tips of; blisters; filled with blood

lower limbs

lower limbs; blisters

knee; hollow of knee

knee; hollow of knee; herpes

knee; hollow of knee; itching

leg; eczema

foot; blisters; black

foot; sole of; blisters; spreading

foot; sole of; blisters; ulcerating

ulcers; nails

ulcers; fingers; under nails

ulcers; fingers; tips

burning

ulcers; lower limbs

black base

bluish with red circle

burning

deep

gangrenous

ulcers; leg

burning

gangrenous

painful

ulcers; foot

sole; from blisters

Stiffness

joints

Swollen

fluid in tissues

hand; gangrenous

fingers; from dissecting wound

lower limbs; fluid in tissues

leg

foot

fluid accumulation

shining

Weakness

after least exertion

upper limbs

when taking hold of something

forearm

hand; paralytic

fingers

when grasping

paralytic

lower limbs

foot

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

High temperature

Periodically marked with adynamia

Septic fevers

Intermittent

paroxysms incomplete, with marked exhaustion

hay fever

Cold sweats

Complete exhaustion

Delirium; worse after midnight

Great restlessness

Great heat about 3 a.m

Sordes.

Late morning

Afternoon

Night; after midnight

In the open air

while walking

Drinking

When drinking; the chill increases and causes vomiting

After eating

External

Icy coldness of the body

Internal

as if coldness in blood vessels

After movement

Periodic, recurring

attacks recurring earlier each time

recurring daily

recurring every third day

twice

every fourth day

every fourteenth day

irregular

With fever, but chill predominating; afternoon

Shaking, shivering, rigors

afternoon

evening

while walking in open air

night; in the open air

At certain time of day or night

from 1 a.m.

from 2 a.m.

from 12 a.m.; to 2 p.m.

from 1 p.m.

to 2 p.m.

from 2 p.m.

from 3 p.m.

Warmth

warm room

external warmth

Morning; with chilliness

Night

dry burning heat

dry burning heat; without thirst

dry burning heat; with anxiety

midnight

after midnight

Alternating with chills

Localised; stomach (gastric fever)

Burning heat

night

midnight

after midnight

heat, outside, cold inside

mostly internal, blood seems to burn

in the veins

with thirst for cold drinks; with unquenchable thirst

Fever without chill

afternoon

1 to 2 p.m.

night

midnight

after midnight

12 to 2 a.m.

12 to 2 a.m.

to 3 a.m.

1 to 2 a.m.

2 a.m.

With chill

Continued fever

night

after midnight

small, purple spots; putrid, foul, cadaverous smell to stool, brown, dry, leathery-looking tongue, extreme exhaustion

Dry heat

night

with delirium

External heat

with chilliness

Hectic fever

Infectious fevers

Intense heat

with delirium

Intermittent, chronic

Internal heat

burning

in the blood vessels

with external chill

Irregular stages

Fever from irritation

slow (see continued fever)

Comes on suddenly

irregular

irregular; one stage missing

No perspiration

Remittent

afternoon

night

Septic fever (see infectious, continued, from childbirth, etc.)

Stages of chill, heat and sweat

chill followed by heat, then sweat

heat alternating with chill, then with sweat

Yellow fever

▲   INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

Injuries and accidents

Burns

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Disturbed, anxious, restless

Must have head raised by pillows

Suffocative fits during sleep

Sleeps with hands over head

Dreams are full of care and fear

Drowsy, sleeping sickness.

Dreams

accidents

anxious

of dead people

difficulties

frightful

Falling asleep; from the least mental exertion

Restless

night; after 3 a.m.

Sleepiness, tiredness

from mental exertion

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night

from before midnight

night; after midnight

night; from anxiety

night; after mental exertion

night; from shocks

night; from thoughts; from activity of mind

night; twitching of the limbs

after waking

from weariness

Yawning

Convulsions

Convulsions

Perspiration

Night

During anxiety

night

Clammy

Cold

From coughing

With difficulty breathing

After the fever

Odour; sour

Profuse

While sitting

On beginning to sleep

Other symptoms worse while perspiring

Walking (see exertion); in open air

Generalities

Night

before midnight

after midnight

1 a.m.

Abscesses; burning

Affects of alcohol

Anaemia

as from iron deficiency - greenish yellow skin

General physical anxiety

Walking up stairs or hill

Change of temperature

Blackness of external parts

Blood vessels

septicaemia (blood poisoning - chills, fever, must lie down, inflammed lungs, liver, kidneys and other organs)

varicose veins; burning

night

Collapse

after diarrhoea

sudden

after vomiting

Physical exertion

Eating and food

after eating

cold food

fruit

bad meat

rotten sausages

warm drinks

Emaciated (extremely thin)

children (marasmus)

Faintness, fainting

morning

frequent

on moving

after vomiting

Flabby feeling

Fluid build up

external

internal

Inflammation

externally

internally

gangrenous

blood vessels

thin, watery membranes

Jerking; on going to sleep

Lying down

inclination to lie down

lying down

after lying down

Movement; after

Aversion to movement

Pain

burning externally

burning externally; internally

burning externally; blood vessels

burning externally; glands

pressing; internally

sudden, sharp; internally; burning

sudden, sharp; muscles; burning in muscles; like hot needles

Periodic, recurring

fourteenth day

Perspiration gives no relief

Pulse

abnormal

frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid

and small

irregular

small

weak

Running

Electric-like shocks

on going to sleep

Symptoms not symmetrical; right

While sitting

Must sit up in bed with knees pulled up, resting head and arms upon knees

Before sleep

At beginning of sleep

During sleep

Stretching

Swelling

in general

inflammatory

puffy

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature)

cold feeling; blood vessels

cold feeling; lack of vital heat

hot feeling; flushes of heat; like warm water; poured over

hot feeling; sensation of heat; in blood vessels

cold in general

cold air

from becoming cold

after becoming cold

entering a cold place

cold, wet weather

warm bed

warm heater

Tobacco

chewing

Trembling

externally

from anxiety

Twitching; on going to sleep

Ulcers, at glands (see skin)

Uncovering

After undressing

Vaults, cellars, etc.

Vomiting

On waking

Warm bed

Warm heater

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

morning

from diarrhoea

after eating

from slight exertion

during fever

from movement

from pain

paralytic

rapid

on rising

after stool

sudden

trembling

after stool

walking

Weariness (see weakness); after eating

Wet weather

Wine

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