Chamomilla - Extremities, Limbs symptoms - T.F. Allen

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Objective.

Convulsive single jerkings of the limbs, when just falling asleep,

Cracking of the joints, especially of the lower limbs, with pain in them as if bruised, with, however, no corresponding weariness (after eight hours),

The hands and feet became easily stiffened in the cold, as if they would be frozen (after five hours),

Subjective.

Weariness and weakness in the limbs,

Great weariness of the limbs,

Slight sensation of weariness in the limbs, especially in the knees (walking relieved all the symptoms), (fifth hour after 5 drops),

Sudden sensation of exhaustion in the limbs (after five minutes),

The characteristic sensation of exhaustion and loss of power in the limbs reappeared again, though no so marked as after taking the drug, and was to-day noticed only in the morning (third day),

Heaviness of all the limbs,

Heaviness in all the limbs (thirty minutes after 5 drops),

Forenoons, painful heaviness in all the limbs, with twisting-tearing pains in right upper arm, left leg, and back in temporal muscles, finally seated in the teeth on left side,

Heaviness of the limbs, with yawning and sleepiness the whole day,

Heaviness of the limbs and general sensation of weakness, on waking (second day),

Painful heaviness and tired feeling in the limbs repeated, especially lower extremities so tired and heavy that he desired to sit rather than walk,

The limbs go to sleep, while sitting (thirty minutes after 10 drops),

Pain in the periosteum of the limbs, with paralytic weakness,

Pain in left forearm and right lower leg (seventeenth day),

Slight pains in the knees and elbows (nineteenth day after 60 drops),

Paralytic-like pains in the volar surface of the metatarsus, or in the dorsal surface of the metacarpus, or the lower half of the bones of the forearm and lower leg, especially on their dorsal surface (second day after 60 drops),

Simple pains in all the joints on motion, as if they were stiff and would break (after six hours),

Drawing pain, now in the fibula, now in the ulna, always extending from the joint above into the bone, and repeated after indefinite intervals,

Drawing in the joints, jumping from one to another, in the morning (after 5 drops),

Drawing and digging in the articular extremities of the long bones (three hours after 5 drops),

In forenoon, some drawing pains in shoulders and ankles, with an unusual weak and heavy feeling in limbs, but especially painful, weak sensation, and restlessness in arms, as from great exertion; worse in rest; relieved and disappearing on motion and going in open air,

Severe drawing and tearing in the limbs, especially along the right forearm into the wrist, together with a sensation in the forearm as from a strong pressure upon the nerves (eighth day after 60 drops),

Very slight, transient, paralytic drawing pains in various joints, in the elbows, wrists, knees, and extending thence along the bones, soon followed by sensation of most extreme exhaustion,

The drawing pains and dull stitches about the joints seem intolerable, and make him peevish (third day after 5 drops),

Sticking or drawing pains in right, then left, lower leg, extending into ankles and dorsa of feet, then again in right shoulder, on hips, or left half of head,

Transient stitches in the joints, especially in the right knee-joint,

Frequent stitches in the joints, extending into the bones (twelfth day after 60 drops),

Tearing pain in the limbs, which can only be relieved by constant tossing about in bed,

Bruised sensation, even in the bones, with dull stitches in the ulna and tibia, which seem to start from the joints (second day),

Bruised sensation in the joints, especially in the right wrist, at 7 P.M. (second day after 5 drops),

Bruised pains in the limbs, with stitches along the bones and in the joints, especially in the knees (fifth day after 60 drops),

All the joints are sore, as if bruised and tired out; there is no power in the hands and feet, though without corresponding weariness,

Single, seldom, drawing-tearing jerks in the long bones of the limbs, or in the tendons,

Upper extremities

Very severe paralytic-like pain in the muscles of the upper and forearm, especially in the flexors; also paralytic-like pains, extending along the nerves of the whole arm into the hand, alternately in both arms, at one time in the median, at another time in either the ulnar or radial nerve (ninth day after 60 drops),

Paralytic-like pressive sensation along the nerves of the arm, extending to the tips of the fingers (twelfth day after 60 drops),

The pressive and tearing pains in the nerves of the arms and (as the prover again expresses it) along the vessels return (tenth day after 60 drops),

Severe stitches in the arms along the bones, especially in the forearms, and also in the metacarpal bones; pains in the elbows, as after carrying a heavy weight with the arms bent, aggravated by extending the arms; these sensations, as all others, are worse on the right side (eighth day after 60 drops),

Tearing pains appear in the muscles of the arms, especially in the flexors of the forearm, in the morning soon after waking (tenth day after 60 drops),

The tearing pains in the arms are increased on the appearance of the cool evening air (ninth day after 60 drops),

A crawling-tearing in the bones of the arm, extending into the fingers, as if the arm were numb or asleep, or had no sensation,

Waked at night, with pricking numb sensation in right arm, transient (second day),

Stitches extending through the right arm to the shoulder (twenty-eighth day),

Left arm goes to sleep without having lain upon it,

Shoulder.

Transient pain in the right shoulder-joint, and at times in its vicinity, in the afternoon,

Jerking stitches like electric sparks frequently in the left shoulder, and extending into the cervical muscles,

Slight stitches beneath the right axilla two or three times (third day),

Arm.

Pain in the right upper arm and in the shoulder-joint (tenth day),

Bruised pain in the right upper arm along the biceps and brachialis anticus, increased by pressure (second day after 60 drops),

Elbow.

Drawing and paralytic pain in the elbows and hands,

Pain in the elbow-joints below the internal condyle, just as if one had compressed the ulnar nerve,

Pain in the right elbow (thirty-sixth day),

Paralytic sensation in the right elbow-joint, as from hard pressure upon the ulnar nerve (fourth hour after 20 drops),

Paralytic pressive sensation in the right elbow, in the region of the head of the radius and of the tendon of the biceps, extending thence to the middle of the upper arm (second hour after 5 drops),

Stitches in the right elbow,

Violent, rather persistent stitches and jerking-biting in the right elbow and along the whole ulnar side of the right forearm, during the whole forenoon (thirty-fourth day),

Transient sticking in the left elbow-joint, at noon (fourth day),

Stitches in the left elbow (twelfth and thirtieth days),

Repeated stitches on the outer side of the left elbow, in the afternoon (fourth day),

Forearm.

The arms immediately go to sleep if she grasps anything firmly; she is obliged to left them sink down,

Sensation along the ulnar arteries, right and left, as if they were too short, together with a pain, apparently in the ulnar artery, on bending the hand backward (second day after 5 drops),

Frequent attacks of paralytic-like sensation, with pains in the forearms, as from firm pressure upon the ulnar nerve (eighth day after 60 drops),

Paralytic-like pains in both forearms, extending to the palms of the hands, as from pressure upon the radial nerves (thirty minutes after 10 drops),

Stiffness of the arm, as if it would go to sleep, when one grasps anything with the hand,

Sensation in the "arteries" of the forearm, as if they were too short, with a spasmodic pain in them; this sensation was referred by the prover with a decided confidence to the arteries, and it seemed to him most severe in the radial arteries, and was noticed even in the smaller branches (thirty minutes after 20 drops),

Paralytic-like pain extending along the ulna to the tip of the little finger (thirty minutes after 5 drops),

Drawing pain, late in the evening, in the inner portion of the arm, from the elbow to the tips of the fingers (after one hour),

Dull sticking and drawing in the ulna, along the anterior and inner side of the forearm (ten minutes after 20 drops),

Sensation in the right forearm, as if it were too short, and on bending the hand backward a pain, especially below the styloid process of the radius (this sensation the prover located in the arteries on the flexor surface of the arm); while sitting, a similar sensation in the popliteal artery (soon after 5 drops),

Paralytic-like pain along the right radial nerve, especially noticed in the lower half of the forearm (fifty minutes after 5 drops),

Sticking through the middle of the dorsal surface of the right forearm (second day),

Stitches on the outer side of the upper half of the right forearm (sixth day),

Stitches, with paralytic-like pains, extending from the right wrist to the middle of the forearm (fifteen minutes after 10 drops),

Spasmodic sensation of the flexors of the left forearm, with a sensation as if they had gone to sleep,

Pain in the left forearm just above the wrist (forty-seventh day),

Wrist.

Some pain in the right, and in a slight degree also in the left wrist (tenth day),

Drawing pain in the wrist,

Stitches near the left wrist, and also in a slight degree in the right wrist (fourth day),

Dull drawing stitches in the wrists, extending in part along the metacarpal bones into the hand, and in part along the inner surface of the radius (five hours after 60 drops),

Stitches in the left wrist (twenty-first and twenty-fifth days),

Hand.

Veins on the back of the hand very much swollen,

Drawing and dull stitches along the metacarpal bones of both hands, as well on the dorsal as on the volar surface, especially felt on the interosseous surface of these bones (thirty minutes after 10 drops),

Stitches and paralytic sensation in the metacarpal bones (mostly of the right hand, and especially in the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones on the dorsal surface), (forty-five minutes after 40 drops),

Stitches on the dorsal surface of the left hand, and a minute afterwards on the right also (seventh day),

Burning pain in the hand, in the afternoon (after seventy-two hours),

Stitches in the dorsal surface of the right hand (twenty-fourth day),

Pain in the left hand (fifth day),

Sticking in the ball of the left hand (second day),

Stitches in the ball of the left hand, at 10 P.M. (thirty-fourth day),

Stitches on the inner margin of the left hand (thirteenth and fourteenth days),

Stitches on the dorsal surface of the left hand between the thumb and index finger (fifth day),

Fingers.

The fingers go to sleep in the morning (after twelve hours),

Pain in the thumb and index finger, as from a sprain or a strain, or from too great exertion, or as if it were broken; felt when moving it,

Sticking in the flexor surface of the second phalanx of the right thumb (second day),

Stitches in the right thumb (fifth and twenty-second days),

Stitches in the metacarpal bone of the thumb,

Stitches about the first joint of the right thumb, in the afternoon,

Stitches in the first joint of the right thumb (third and twelfth days),

Severe stitches in the first phalanx of the right thumb, extending from the upper joint forward (third day after 60 drops),

Moderate sticking-jerking in the first joint of the right thumb (fourth day),

Stitches in the left thumb (twenty-third day),

Stitches in the right index finger (twenty-fourth day),

Stitches in the third joint of the right index finger (twenty-first day),

Stitches in the third phalanx of the right index finger (twelfth day),

Stitches between the left index finger and thumb, on the dorsal surface (fourth day),

Pain in the tip of the left ring finger (sixth day),

Sticking in the right little finger (seventh day),

Stitches in the left little finger (forty-fifth day),

Rather sensitive stitches on the dorsal surface of the left little finger (twenty-first day),

Lower extremities

He was obliged to stretch out the legs from time to time in order to get rested,

Feeling of weakness and weariness in the legs (second day after 60 drops),

Great weakness and weariness in the legs, especially in the knees,

Drawing and tension in the joints of the lower extremities, especially in the knees, with great weariness in them (second day),

Tearing pain in the upper and lower legs,

Hip.

Pain in the hips,

Pain in the hip-joint, as if sprained, on walking after sitting (in the evening), (after five hours),

Thigh.

Paralytic stiffness, with weariness of the thigh, like a bruise,

Pain on the posterior surface of the right thigh, when walking (eighteenth day),

Pain on the posterior portion of the right thigh, always when walking (while extending the leg), though in a slight degree, and more to the inner side (twentieth day),

An indescribable pain in the thigh if one rises after sitting, and when lying, if the thigh is stretched out,

(A kind of fierce labor-pain), extending from the sacrum into the thigh, a drawing paralytic pain (after one and two hours),

Tensive pain in the right thigh, while bearing the weight upon the leg with the knee somewhat bent, similar to a pain in the muscles caused by overexertion of the legs,

Sticking in the outer side of the lower half of the right thigh, while bending the leg (third day),

Sticking above the right gluteus maximus (sixth day),

Stitches in the right nates (fifty-second day),

Stitches in the lower half of the right thigh,

Stitches on the outer side of the lower half of the right thigh (twelfth day),

Stitches on the outer side of the left thigh, with difficulty in walking, in the evening (thirtieth day),

Stitches in the forepart of the lower half of the left thigh (twelfth day),

Stitches in the left upper thigh from below upward,

Stitches deep in the left nates (fourteenth day),

Slight stitches in the outer side of the thigh just below the nates,

Bruised pain on the anterior surface of the thigh, with great weakness and weariness, on walking (fifty minutes after 10 drops),

Transient bruised pain in the thighs (after a quarter of an hour),

Knee.

Creaking and cracking in the knee, on motion (after three hours),

Weakness of the knees (second day),

Sensation of great weariness in the knee-joints, with a sensation as if the articular surfaces would be separated from each other (thirty-five minutes after 20 drops),

Sensation in the right and afterwards also in the left knee, as if the articular surfaces were drawn away from each other,

Sensation in the knees, while walking, as if the articular surfaces were separated from each other (second day after 5 drops),

Pain in the right knee (fifth, forty-seventh, and seventy-first days),

Pain in the left knee (fifth day),

Tension in the knees,

Spasmodic contraction in the muscles of the knees, as after a very fatiguing walk (thirty-five minutes after 20 drops),

Sticking in the right knee (second day),

Sticking in the right knee and hip (twelfth day),

Rather severe sticking in the anterior surface of the right knee, while bending it (second day),

Stitches in the right knee, and also some in the left knee (second day),

Stitches in the knee-joints (thirty-five minutes after 20 drops),

Stitches in the knee-joints deep under the patella (second day after 60 drops),

Stitches in the right knee,

Stitches on the inner side of the right knee (seventh day),

Stitches on the outer side of the right knee (twelfth day),

Stitches below the left knee on the outer side, while walking (fifty-eighth day),

Stitches about the knee-joint, now in the left, now in the right, now in both knees, and also pain in the hollow of the knee (the prover again referred this sensation to the popliteal artery, as if the artery were too short), (soon after 60 drops),

Stitches in the whole of the right knee-joint and in the left ankle (twentieth day),

Stitches in the outer side of the left knee-joint and in the neighboring portions of the thigh (forty-seventh day),

Some stitches on the outer side of the right knee (second morning),

Repeated stitches in the right knee (twelfth day),

Slight stitches in the left knee (fifth day),

Sensation on the inner side of the patella, as if a blunt plug had been forced under it; this sensation was especially severe on the right side,

Stitches in the inner side of the patella, and also in several places in the joints (three hours after 40 drops),

Stitches in the left patella (twenty-fifth day),

Sensation in the hollow of the knee, as if the artery were swollen and painful (fifth hour after 60 drops),

Sensation of spasmodic contracting pain in the right popliteus, as after a fatiguing march; this sensation was again referred to the popliteal artery (second day after 60 drops),

Tensive pain in the hollow of the knee, on stretching out the knee (fifth day after 60 drops),

Leg.

Great weakness and weariness in the lower legs, as after a fatiguing march (thirty-five minutes after 20 drops),

Sensation in the legs as if they would fall asleep,

Sensation in the lower legs as after a long march, relieved by motion and when walking (thirty minutes after 10 drops),

Sensation as if the lower leg were enveloped by a broad bandage, especially noticed while sitting, also accompanied by great heaviness (thirty minutes after 5 drops),

Pain in both lower legs, as from an exhausting climb,

Paralytic-like pains on the outer side of the right lower leg (thirty minutes after 10 drops),

Paralytic pain on the anterior and inner side of the lower leg (soon after 60 drops),

Cramp in the legs (after ten hours),

Drawing pain, extending from the knee through the lower leg, late in the evening,

Drawing-tearing pain, extending from the knee to the ankle,

Stitches in the middle of the forepart of the right lower leg (second day),

Stitches along the whole course of the left lower leg (third day),

Bruised pain in the muscles of the lower legs (twenty minutes after 20 drops),

Sensation of great weariness in the muscles of the calves of both legs, as after a fatiguing march (second morning after 40 drops),

Heaviness in the muscles of the calves, while sitting, with tingling-crawling in them (thirty minutes after 5 drops),

Heaviness in the muscles of the calves with dull crawling in them (thirty-five minutes after 20 drops),

Heaviness and a sensation of weariness in the muscles of the calf, very severe (third hour after 5 drops),

Heaviness and dull crawling in the muscles of the calves, with inclination of the feet to go to sleep (ninth day after 60 drops),

Heaviness and dull crawling in the muscles of the calf, just as after a fatiguing march (thirty minutes after 10 drops),

Great heaviness in the muscles of the calves, with dull crawling in then (forty-five minutes after 40 drops),

She was obliged to draw up the feet on account of pain in the calves and in the knees; if she stretched them out they fell asleep,

Tension from the feet along the calves,

Special inclination to cramp in the calves,

Tensive cramplike pains in the calves, on moving the feet (after eight hours),

Cramps in calves (ether. oil),

At night in bed, when stretching out the feet, as if he would push them against something, he is taken with a cramp in the calves, which is relieved on bending the knee (after eight hours),

Stitches on the outer side of the right calf, extending thence downward into the lower leg (forty-seventh day),

Crawling and heaviness of the calves,

Crawling, gone-to-sleep sensation in the left calf,

Crawling and weakness in the left calf, with a weakness of the knees,

Dull prickling, with very fine stitches and sensation of weariness and heaviness in the muscles of the calves (third day after 60 drops),

Pressure below the head of the fibula, as from pressure upon a nerve (five hours after 60 drops),

Sensation as of severe pressure below the head of the fibula (forty-five minutes after 40 drops),

Paralytic, pressive sensation beneath the head of the right fibula, and extending downward (second hour after 5 drops),

At 5 P.M., a painful sensation below the head of the fibula, extending thence downward, and especially noticed in the lower half of the right lower limb, similar to the sensation produced by pressing strongly upon the ulnar nerve at the elbow (fifth day),

Stitches below the head of the fibula, especially on the right side (twenty minutes after 20 drops),

Dull stitches below the head of the fibula (soon after 60 drops),

Dull stitches, especially below the head of the right fibula,

Sensation, as from overexertion in the peroneal muscles (a paralytic-like pain, with a bruised sensation), (second hour after 5 drops),

Bruised sensation in both legs along the peroneal muscles, with a sensation as after a fatiguing mountain climb (soon after 60 drops),

The bruised pain in the peroneal muscles continues, with pain in the heel, as after standing a very long time, and as if the os calcis would push through the skin (seventh hour after 60 drops),

Sensation of severe pressure upon the peroneal nerve below the head of the fibula (thirty-five minutes after 20 drops),

Pain, as from pressure, with crawling along the whole course of the nerv. peronaeus (second day),

Sensation as of constriction with a broad band above the ankle (soon after 60 drops),

Sensation of constriction, as with a tight band, in both ankles (second day),

Severe constrictive sensation in the ankles,

Sensation above the malleoli at the ankle, as from compression of the extensors by means of a broad band (thirty minutes after 10 drops),

Sensation as of very strong compression by means of a broad band about the ankle,

Stitches in the left ankle and in the right knee,

Dull stitches in the ankles, knees, and wrists, extending from the joints outwards and downwards into the neighboring long bones (second day after 60 drops),

In rest, tearing pains in ankles,

Foot.

Sudden swelling of one foot, and of the sole,

The feet go to sleep easily (third day after 60 drops),

The feet go to sleep, while sitting (thirty-five minutes after 20 drops),

The left foot goes to sleep while sitting, without any cause from the position of the leg,

The feet seem paralyzed,

Nightly paralytic loss of power in the feet; they have no power; he is unable to step on them, and if he rises, sinks to the ground, with drawing pains in the legs and ankles, and a pithy sensation in the soles,

Burning and itching of the feet, as if they had been frozen (after three hours),

Stitches on the outer margin of the left foot (fifteenth day),

Tearing pain in the feet; he cannot allow them to be covered in bed,

Transient pain in the middle of the sole of the left foot,

Spasmodic contraction of the soles of the feet, just as also had been observed after Cham. 12th, but no attention had been paid to it; this spasmodic contraction appeared several times during the day,

Slight spasmodic sensation in the muscles of the soles of the feet and in the bones, as if sprained, like that of the previous day; this latter sensation was most marked in the ankle-joints (second day),

Pain, as if sprained in the soles of the feet, while lying down,

Drawing in the left sole,

Severe stitches in the sole of left foot along the first and second metatarsal bones,

Dull stitches along the metatarsal bones of the soles of the feet (twenty minutes after 20 drops),

Itching pain internally in the side of the heel (after three hours),

Toes.

It seems as though the toes would bend up and would go to sleep, while sitting, especially the great toe (after one hour),

Spasmodic contraction of the toes, with tearing pains in the limbs,

Stitches in the left second toe (twelfth day),

A bruised sensation in the bellies of the muscles in the long flexors of the toes, as from excessive exertion from walking (second day after 60 drops),