Aurum Arsenicum - Extremities, Limbs symptoms

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Going to sleep, numbness and insensibility of the arms and legs, early on waking, more when lying still than in motion,

Shooting and drawing pains in arms and legs occasionally,

Under the axilla, tearing tension.

On the top of the shoulder fine stitches.

Pain on the top of the shoulders, as from soreness, even without touch and motion.

Extending down the left arm, a pain, incumbent on the bone, passing off on motion.

Pressure on the left upper arm, in the periosteum (aft. 48 h.).

Pressure on the lower surface and in the middle of the right upper arm.

Tearing pressure on the anterior surface of both upper arms (aft. 15 d.).

Fine tearing in the left upper arm, most severe on baring it (aft. 3 h.).

In the elbow-joint of the right arm, spasmodic tearing.

The fore-arms are heavy when at rest, but not when in motion (aft. 12 h.).

Pressure on the anterior surface of the right fore-arm.

Pressure on the external side of the right fore-arm (aft. 12 d.).

Intermittent, tearing pressure on the inside of the left forearm.

In the bones of the wrist, tearing (aft. 8 h.).

Tearing in the metacarpal bones.

Cramp-like tearing in the bones of the wrists of both hands, deep within, drawing from the lower row to the upper, chiefly at night, but also in daytime.

Cramp-like pain in the metacarpal bones of the left hand, especially of the thumb, without impeding motion.

Pricking, very rapid and almost stinging, between the thumb and index.

Itching on the hand, between the thumb and index.

In the finger-joints, drawing.

Tearing in the posterior joints of the right fingers (aft. 4 d.).

Tearing on the posterior joint of the left little finger.

Fine tearing in the fingers of the right hand.

Fine tearing in the anterior joint of the right thumb.

Dull tearing in the joins of the fingers of both hands, spreading often into the phalanges (aft. 5 d.).

In the hip-joint an extraordinary, paralytic pain, only when rising from a set and in walking; not when sitting.

Cramp-like pain in the region of the hip, on the inner brim of the pelvis, aggravated by rubbing (aft. 36 h.).

A fine stitch darts in a tortuous manner through the gluteal muscles downward, several times in succession (aft. 16 h.).

The thigh feels as if paralyzed and cannot the raised, on account of a stiffening pain above in the tendons of the psoas muscle.

Weakness of the thigh when walking.

Pain in the shaft of the right thigh, as if it were broken, when he throws the right thigh over the left.

When he is sitting and throws the left leg over the right, the muscles of the posterior side of the right thigh seems to be in a twitching motion.

Pressive, tensive pain in the muscles of the left thigh, when taking a walk, not relieved by touching or by standing or walking, but by sitting.

Cramp-like drawing in the tendons of the psoas-muscles, which bends the thigh, extending down into the thigh, when sitting; passing away in rising.

Tearing in the thigh, as from growing, merely when moving, not in sitting (aft. 24 h.).

A spot which pains as if excoriated, comes at night when lying down, on the outer side of the left thigh.

In the right knee, a simple pain, while walking.

Painful stiffness and paralyzed feeling in the knees, both in rest and in motion.

Pain in the knees, as if they were tightly bandaged, in sitting and walking.

The right knee becomes weak from walking, so that when the treads, and also after walking, in every position, a drawing pain is felt in it (aft. 24 h.).

Unsteadiness of the knees.

On the left tibia, a pressure on stretching the leg.

Dull, gnawing pain on both sides of the leg above the ankles, with single sharp stitch in the tendo Achillis during rest, passing off in motion (aft. 14 h.).

Little elevations on the leg and under the knee, from slight rubbing; these degenerate into thick, hard knots under the skin (5th, 8th d.).

Knots under the skin, like an insect-bite, on the leg, above the heel and behind the knees, with severe itching, so that it is almost intolerable while walking (11th d.).

Smaller and larger elevations on the legs and calves, which look like nettle-rash, burn severely and feel like hard knots, of dirty yellow color, at the same time transient, disappearing in a few hours, and appearing less in the room than in the open air.

Hard, red swelling of the leg from the ankle to the calf, from a little rubbing of the boot, passing off again after a short rest.

On the foot, on the hollow of the sole, pressure, as from something hard.

Tensive pressure beside the inner side of the right ankle (aft. 5 d.).

Drawing pain on the feet.

Severe drawing in both heels, in the evening on going to sleep.

Paralytic drawing in the metacarpal bone of the big toe, as far as the extremity of the toe.

Tearing pain on the back part of the sole of the right foot (aft. 30 h.).

Violent stitches on the dorsum of the foot, behind the toes.

The heels pain as if festering within, or as if suffused with blood.

Itching on the ankle-joints and on the soles of the feet.

Itching on the ankle-joints, especially when walking (7th d.).

In a former chilblain, a burrowing pain (aft. 1 h.).

In the big toe, in the posterior joint, pain, as if bruised and sprained, when walking.

Drawing in the joints of the toes.

Paralytic drawing in the toes of the right foot.

Fine tearing in the toes of the right foot.

All the joints feel as if beaten, in the morning and in the whole forenoon.

Upper extremities

Fatigue in the arms,

Difficult movement of the arms,

Burning, stitching, and pricking in the arms,

Heat in the axillae,

Tearing tension under the axilla,

Boring in left shoulder,

Boring in left shoulder, when sitting,

Stitching in left axilla,

Fine stitches upon the shoulder,

Soreness of the shoulders, even when not touched or moved,

Burning in skin of right upper arm,

Drawing in skin of left upper arm,

Drawing pain down the left arm, on the bone, going off by motion,

Pressure on the upper surface and in the middle of the right upper arm,

Pressure in the left upper arm, near the periosteum (after forty-eight days),

Tearing pressure in the anterior surface of both upper arms (after fifteen days),

Fine tearings in the left upper arm, most severe on uncovering it (after three hours),

Severe bone-pains in the right elbow (200th),

Boring in right elbow-joints,

Cramplike tearing in the right elbow-joint,

The forearms feel heavy when at rest, but not in motion (after twelve hours),

Boring in right forearm,

Pressure on the external side of the right forearm (after twelve days),

Pressure on the anterior surface of the forearm,

Intermittent tearing pressure on the inner side of the left forearm,

Tearing in the bones of the wrist-joint (after eight hours),

Cramplike tearing in the bones of both wrists, deep in the interior, from the upper to the lower row of the carpus, especially at night, but also by day,

Stitching and pressure in wrists,

Cramplike pain in the metacarpal bones of the left hand, especially the thumb, without interfering with motion,

Tearing in the metacarpal bones,

Tension in roots of right fingers,

Boring in finger-joints,

Drawing in the finger-joints,

Pressure in the last joint of the left little finger, and in the right thumb-joint, during rest,

Dull tearing in the joints of all the fingers, often spreading into the phalanges (after five days),

Fine tearing in the right fingers,

Fine tearing in the anterior joint of the right thumb,

Tearing in the last joint of the left little finger,

Tearing in the lowest joints of the right fingers (after four days),

Acute pain in the finger-joints,

Lower extremities

All the blood appeared to rush from her head into the lower extremities; they feel paralyzed and she has to sit down immediately,

Uncommon paralytic pain in the hip-joint, only when rising from a seat and walking, not when sitting,

Cramplike pain in the region of the hip, on the inner brim of the pelvis, increased by rubbing (after thirty-six hours),

In the glutei muscles, a fine stitch, several times repeated; winds downwards (after sixteen hours),

Weakness of the thigh when walking,

The thigh feels paralyzed, and the tendon of the lumbar muscles is so painfully stiff, that the thigh cannot be raised,

Pain in the right femur, as if broken, on laying the right thigh across the left,

Cramplike drawing in the tendon of the psoas muscle, down into the thigh when sitting, going off when rising,

Pressive and tensive pain in the muscles of the left thigh when walking in the open air, relieved when sitting, but not when standing or walking, or by touching the parts,

Tearing in the thigh as from growing, only during motion, not when sitting (after twenty-four hours),

At night, when lying down, a sore place forms on the external surface of the left thigh,

When sitting, or laying the left limb across the right, the posterior muscles of the right thigh appear to be twitching,

Tottering of the knees,

Painful stiffness and sense of paralysis of the knees, both when at rest and in motion,

Simple pain, when walking, in the right knee,

Boring in left knee,

Pain in the knees as if firmly bandaged, when sitting and walking,

The right knee becomes weak from walking, so that a drawing pain is felt in it when walking, and setting the foot upon the floor (after twenty-four hours),

Pressure in left knee,

Stitching and pressure in knees,

Hard, red swelling of the leg, from the malleolus to the calf, occasioned by the rubbing of the boots; going off again after a short rest,

Boring in right tibia,

Violent boring in centre of left tibia,

Dull, gnawing pain in both sides of the legs, over the malleoli, together with a few sharp stitches in the tendo Achillis when at rest; they pass off during motion (after fourteen hours),

Pressure on the left tibia, when stretching the leg,

Burning in calves,

Pressure in right ankle,

Boring in left ankle,

Tensive pressure near the right internal malleolus (after five days),

Swelling of the feet; walking is difficult,

Boring in back of right foot, toward the ankle,

Boring in back of left foot,

Drawing pain in the feet,

The heels are painful, as from ulceration or extravasation of blood,

Severe drawing in both heels, in the evening when going to sleep,

Violent stitches on the dorsum of the foot behind the toes,

Pressure in the hollow of the sole of the foot, as from something hard,

Tearing pain in the posterior part of the right sole (after thirty hours),

Redness and burning of the toes,

Drawing in the toe-joints,

Paralytic drawing in the metatarsal bones of the big toe, as far as the tip,

Fine tearing in the right toes,

Violent stitching in right toes,

Pain as from a bruise or sprain in the last joint of the big toe when walking,

Grinding pain in old chilblains (after one hour),