Bryonia - Generalities symptoms - T.F. Allen

GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Fatigue.

Very tired and prostrated,

He became fatigued very soon on walking in the open air; especially troublesome was ascending steps; he was obliged to rest frequently (second day),

On walking in the open air she was not tired, but when she walked in the room she became so tired that she was obliged to sit or lie down,

Weak, indolent, weary, and sleepy,

The feeling of weakness becomes very great, especially great fatigue after a long walk,

Sleep and dreams

Sleepiness.

Very much inclined to yawn; frequent yawning the whole day,

Yawning,

Yawning almost all day,

Frequent yawning, ,

Frequent yawning towards noon (second day),

Frequent yawning, sneezing,

Sudden yawning before dinner, with much thirst,

Continual inclination to sleep for three days,

Sleepiness,

Sleepiness, immediately after eating,

Sleepiness on waking was almost irresistible (second morning),

Great sleepiness, even in the daytime, for several days in succession,

Great sleepiness during the day, with great inclination to a midday sleep; on waking, all the limbs were asleep,

Great sleepiness and constant yawning, though he had slept well the previous night,

Great sleepiness in the afternoon,

Much sleepiness during the day when alone,

So sleepy that he wishes to sleep the whole day, for thirteen days in succession,

She slept the whole day, with excessively dry heat, without eating or drinking, with twitching in the face; she let the stool pass six times involuntarily, which was brown and very offensive,

Very sound sleep during the night (perhaps owing to sitting up late for two or more nights), (second day),

He slept soundly the whole night, and continued sleepy through the whole day; the next night he slept uneasily, and the day after was lively,

Difficult to wake from sleep in the morning,

In the morning he cannot rise from bed, and wishes to lie a long time (without being weak),

Three hours sleep after eating (contrary to custom), and very vivid dreams; after waking dull stitches and pressure in the chest near the sternum, in the region of the fifth rib,

In former years, when young, a sensation of invigoration, not only after awaking, but even during sleep; a certain feeling of comfort; this sensation had disappeared during my residence in Vienna (for three years), but it returned again very marked for six nights, from massive doses of Bryonia,

Sleeplessness.

Sleeplessness on account of uneasiness in the blood and anxiety (was obliged to rise from bed); the thoughts crowded upon one another without heat, sweat, or thirst,

(Tired, and yet cannot sleep; when he tries to sleep he loses his breath),

Loss of sleep at night, on account of uneasiness in the blood; tossed about the bed,

Loss of sleep, before midnight,

Restless sleep, full of thoughts,

Loss of sleep before midnight, with frequent urinating (second day),

Restless sleep, with confused dreams; tossed from side to side,

Night restless; he could scarcely sleep for half an hour, and during his slumbering was continually busy with what he had read the evening previous (first night),

Night very restless,

The night was very restless; anxious dreams; about three o'clock she cried out in the sleep,

Night very restless, disturbed by frightful dreams; frequent waking and falling asleep (second and third day),

Very restless sleep at night, with much sweat,

The night's rest disturbed; she only slept towards morning,

Uneasy sleep and frequent waking, in consequence of troublesome dreams (third night),

At night uneasiness in the blood; he slept late and not soundly,

He was unable to sleep several nights on account of heat; the bed covers seemed too hot, and on uncovering he felt too cool; still without thirst and almost without sweat,

*He could not sleep well; a warmth and anxiety in the blood prevented it until 12 o'clock,

The child was unable to sleep in the evening; could not get quiet; it rose again from bed,

He could not sleep before midnight on account of a frequent shivering sensation, which crept over one arm or foot, followed by some sweat,

He was unable to sleep before 2 o'clock; he was obliged to turn back and forth in the bed like a child that had been deprived of its rest; in the morning after waking he was still very sleepy,

He slept only before midnight, then not again; remained quite wide awake; felt great weariness when lying, which increased in the legs on rising, but soon afterwards disappeared,

She only slept at four in the morning, and then dreamed of dead persons,

She tosses about the bed until 1 o'clock; she cannot sleep on account of anxious heat, yet has no perceptible external heat,

Waking early in the night,

She woke every hour all night and remembered her dreams, and when she fell asleep again she dreamed again just as vivid, and remembered it just as well after waking,

In the evening, in bed, she awoke after a short sleep with a twisting sensation in the pit of the stomach, which caused nausea, threatened to suffocate her, so that she was obliged to sit up in bed,

He woke suddenly before 3 A.M., and broke out into a slight perspiration, which lasted till morning, wherewith he lay most comfortably on the back, and only slumbered a little, with dryness of the forepart of the mouth and lips, without thirst (after eight hours),

He started from an anxious dream and screamed out,

Sleep did not refresh him; in the morning on waking he was still very tired; the weariness disappeared on rising and dressing,

Startings in sleep, which wake her,

In the evening, before falling asleep, she starts up in fright,

Startings on falling asleep every evening in bed,

He talked irrationally when waking from sleep,

Moaning in the sleep, about 3 A.M.,

(He makes motions with his mouth in his sleep as if he were chewing),

Towards evening while asleep she drew her mouth back and forth, opened the eyes, distorted them, and talked irrationally, as if she were wide awake; she spoke distinctly, but hastily, as if she fancied that many other persons were about her; looked freely about, talked with absent children, and desired to go home,

Somnambulistic condition,

She rose at night from her bed in her dream, and went to the door as if she would go out,

Dreams.

During sleep much dreaming,

Sleep disturbed by dreams for several days,

Frequently awakened from sleep by dreams,

Pleasant dreams during the night (second day),

Very vivid dreams, so that he remembered everything after waking (sixth and seventh nights),

Very vivid remembered dreams after midnight,

Night disturbed by vivid dreams; awakened frequently, and every time had a feeling of chilliness in the toes,

In his dreams he was busy about his household affairs,

The night was disturbed by restless dreams (first night),

Frequently awakened by restless dreams, or by involuntary motion of the legs, which caused immediately great pain (second night),

Many confused and indistinct dreams, in which he was very active,

Night disturbed by confused and anxious dreams,

Anxious dreams,

Very vivid dreams the whole night of anxiety and care about his business,

Frequently awakened by unpleasant dreams and obliged to urinate (second and third night),

Dreams of dispute and vexation,

He dreamed while awake that he tried to toss some one out of the window,

Numerous indistinct dreams of battles in which the prover took part, during the night (from 3d dil.),

On waking he could not free himself from his dream; he still continued to dream waking,

Perspiration

Profuse sweat six nights in succession,

Profuse sweat while walking, which runs in streams from the face,

Profuse sweat after moderate exercise in the open air; it continued afterwards while at rest, and after changing the linen the sweat flowed in streams from the face and the whole body; together with so great acceleration of respiration that he could only speak in broken and jerklike words,

Profuse sweat of the whole body, also of the head, while lying in bed,

Profuse night-sweat after 3 A.M., for twenty nights in succession,

He is obliged to go to bed early (by 9 A.M.); after a time a copious sweat breaks out, after which the previous symptoms disappear in the same order in which they appeared, only vertigo continued somewhat longer, lasting half an hour,

Sweat in the morning,

Sweat towards morning, especially in the feet,

Some sweat towards morning after waking,

General sweat on waking,

He sweats while eating,

He sweats on the slightest exertion,

Sweat breaks out easily on the slightest exertion, also at night,

He sweats all over when walking in the cold air,

An anxious sweat prevents sleep,

Slight perspiration in bed from evening till morning, with which he only slept from 12 till 3,

Transpiration suppressed,

Very profuse warm sweat over the whole body, even dropping from the hair,

Sweat which seems like oil when washing, day and night,

Sweat sour (sometimes towards midnight),

*Sour-smelling, profuse sweat, during a good night's sleep,

Sweat in the axillae,

Warm sweat in the palms,

Generalities

Objective.

On walking, he was obliged to bend considerably forward (second day),

When the pain disappears, the part trembles and the face becomes cold,

When walking, especially after rising from sitting, and when beginning to walk, unsteadiness of all parts of the body, as if all the muscles had lost their power; on continuing to walk it became better (after forty-eight hours),

Restlessness.

Restlessness,

Nervous excitement in the middle of the day,

At night she tosses the hands and feet about until 10 o'clock, as in anxiety; she lies, as in consequence, with cold sweat on the forehead, and sighs; followed by weakness,

Feel lazy and indisposed to work (sixth and seventh days),

Intolerance and general discomfort (after one hour),

Weariness,

Great weariness in the morning,

Great weariness in the afternoon,

Great weariness and sweat over the whole body after a slight exertion (after three hours),

Weariness in the afternoon, followed by two liquid stools without tenesmus,

Weariness when sitting, less when walking,

Great weariness, when waking from sleep,

Weariness, prostration, in the whole body,

Uncommonly wearied and prostrated (after four hours),

After a heated walk and rapid cooling, the same weariness, chilliness, bruised sensation, and wandering pains in the whole body that are felt after taking cold,

General weakness,

She is weak; the arms and feet ache; if she does any work the arms sink down; if she goes upstairs she can scarcely get along,

Great weakness and exhaustion,

Weakness very great,

She feels weakest when walking in the open air,

Great weakness when walking (eleventh day),

Unusual weakness and prostration towards evening,

Unusually weak and heavy in the morning, after rising (second day),

The symptoms disappeared after a short rest while quiet in bed, except the weakness and the very depressed mood, which continued the whole day,

Loss of strength on the slightest exertion,

On rising, great exhaustion and weakness, which increased during the forenoon while walking, so that he had to drag himself about; on going upstairs there was excessive weakness in the knees and legs (second day),

General prostration (forenoon of second day),

General prostration (after half an hour),

The general prostration was relieved after a short rest,

Great prostration and uneasiness,

Great prostration and weariness, with slight feeling of anxiety,

On rising from bed, he was attacked by faintness, with cold sweat and rumbling in the abdomen,

Sensibility, Acute.

Painful sensitiveness here and there in the body, in the left knee, in the left hip, in the loins, though only noticed when walking,

Sensitiveness of the skin,