Hura Braziliensis

▲   GENERAL

General

Used in leprosy, when skin feels as if it were hide bound. Tense vesicles; sensation of splinter under thumb-nails. Skin of forehead feels drawn tight. Stiff neck, pain in back. Throbbing in finger tips. Itching, pimples on all projecting portions of bone, malar bones, etc.

Dose

Sixth potency.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare Calotropis Gigantea ^Calotropis or Madura album - (Leprosy; livid and gangrenous tubercles; thickening of the skin).

▲   MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work

Behaviour

biting

biting; hands

biting; himself

destructive

Death; thoughts of death

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

death

sees dead persons

environment and surroundings; thinks is lost

floating in air (see vertigo, dizziness)

delusions about other people; friends; about to lose a friend

delusions about other people; friends; has lost the affection of a friend

delusions about other people; friends; his friends have lost all confidence in him

delusions about other people; thinks is disowned by relatives

about self; circumstances; is alone; in the world

about self; circumstances; has lost affection of friends

about self; circumstances; is despised

about self; circumstances; deserted, forsaken

about self; circumstances; that he is unfortunate

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; sees persons hanging; three feet from the ground, on falling asleep

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; spectres, ghosts, spirits

Desires, wants

death

to break things

Excitement

night

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); from contradiction

boredom, dissatisfaction (see loathing of life)

cheerful, happy

morning

morning; 8 a.m.

forsaken feeling

sensation of isolation

impatience

from pain

indifference, apathy, etc.

to pleasure

laughing

morning

followed by chills

every sudden attack of pain excites a nervous laugh

love; affectionate

pessimistic; feels unfortunate

reproaches; himself

excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear)

sensitive, oversensitive; to noise

sulky

unhappy; despair

of recovery

religious (of salvation etc.)

unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.

with everything

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

morning

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

in open air

causeless, groundless, with no reason

when singing

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful)

impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; from mental exertion

impaired thinking; mistakes; localities, places

impaired thinking; mistakes; in time

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; evening

anxiety; during chill

anxiety; about salvation

fear; during fever, while chilly; on going to bed

fear; of misfortune

afternoon

afternoon; 2 p.m.

fear; from noise

frightened easily; starting, startled

in bed

easily

from noise

during sleep

at things of little importance

Restlessness, nervousness; night

Sighing (see respiration)

Talking, conversation

intolerant of contradiction

obstinate

Thinking of complaints

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Afternoon

While walking

While walking; sensation of gliding in the air, as if feet did not touch the ground, while walking

▲   HEAD

Head

Coldness

Congestion (see pulsation)

Pulled; sideways

Hot

with heat in face

temples

Movements in head

rolling

sensation of ball in head; rolling in brain

Sensation of numbness

sides

Pulsating

afternoon

night

forehead; night

back of head (occiput)

extending to top of head (vertex)

side

left

afternoon; 3 p.m.

temples

top of head (vertex)

Headache

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); morning; on rising

pressing); on rising

pressing); forehead

Pain, headache

afternoon

3 p.m.

with other pains; pain in neck

walking; while

in forehead

afternoon; 3 p.m.

evening

night

above eyes

above eyes; afternoon; 3 p.m.

back of head (occiput)

extending to other parts; top of head (vertex)

sides; pulsating

temples

and forehead

top of head (vertex)

afternoon

from walking

forehead and top of head (vertex)

cutting, darting, stabbing

sides

temples

piercing, stabbing (see cutting)

sides

sides; extending to eye, ear, temples and lower jaw

temples

as from a nail; top of head (vertex)

pressing (see bursting, pulling); pressing downward

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead

pressing (see bursting, pulling); temples

shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.)

top of head (vertex)

Scalp

Skin and scalp

itching

itching; forehead

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids; eyes closed; eyes close involuntary

Coldness; lids

Discoloration

redness

redness; lids; spots; edges of

Inflammation; wounds; hardening of tissue

Itching

Pain

afternoon; 4 p.m.

extending to other parts; to forehead

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; evening

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting; margins of lids

cutting; morning

sore, bruised, tender

as from foreign body

stitching, sudden, sharp; around the eyes

Swellings

Weak

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes

sparks; while sitting

sparks; while walking

Dim

Lost vision, blindness

Weak (see eyes, weak)

▲   EARS

Ear

Itching; behind ear

Noises in ear

late morning

9 a.m.

bubbling

ringing

whistling

late morning

late morning

9 a.m.

whizzing

Pain

right

extending to other parts

extending to eye

left

above ear

behind ear

pulsating

piercing, stabbing

pressing; above the ear

stitching, sudden, sharp

Stopped sensation

Swelling; below

▲   FACE

Face

Bloated (see swelling, congestion)

morning; on waking

Emaciated (thin, drawn, see whole body)

Expression

sickly

dazed

Heat

evening

9 p.m.

after dinner

Numbness; jaw

Pain

Perspiration

evening

cold

Pulsation

Skin

discoloration; bluish; spots

discoloration; bluish; circles around eyes

discoloration; dark

discoloration; pale

afternoon

discoloration; red

during fever

spots (see skin)

on waking

forehead

discoloration; yellow

out-breaks on skin; forehead

out-breaks on skin; like millet seeds

out-breaks on skin; pimples

forehead

Swelling

on waking

▲   NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed; when lying down

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Teeth; pain; while eating; from chewing

Tongue

Growths, blisters, swellings; pimples; tongue; edges

Pain; tongue

Taste

Taste; bitter-sweet; during sexual intercourse

▲   THROAT

Throat

Choking, constricting

Dryness; larynx

Feels hot

Irritation

Pain

on breathing in

larynx

on moving head

burning

tearing

on breathing in

Scraping

External throat

pain; cervical glands (on side of neck)

pulsation; sides

stiffness of sides

left

contracted neck muscles

▲   CHEST

Chest

Breast; sensation of ball, under left breast

Heat; afternoon; 2 p.m.

Movements in and of chest; spasms of chest; cramp; arm pit

Oppressed feeling

evening; 9 p.m.

Pain

afternoon

3 p.m.

breast; under breast; right

sides

breast bone

burning; breast bone

cutting (sudden sharp pain); breast

cutting (sudden sharp pain); sides

stitching, sudden, sharp; arm pit; evening

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; left

tearing

Pulsation

Skin

out-breaks on skin; pimples

itching; arm pit

Respiration

Difficult (dyspnea)

noon

Impeded, obstructed; noon

Sighing

morning; 9-30 a.m.

Hiccup

Stomach; hiccup; after eating

▲   COUGH

Cough

Dry cough

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage); after talking

Yellow

Frothy

Noticeable smell; offensive smell

Thick

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain; sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back)

Neck

Numbness; neck

Stiffness; neck

Back

Heat

lumbar (lower half of back)

lumbar (lower half of back); after travelling

Heaviness, weight

sacrum (base of spine)

sacrum (base of spine); while sitting

Pain

bending backward

while sitting

when stooping

dorsal (shoulder level)

sitting down; on first sitting

shoulder blades; between

lumbar (lower half of back)

bending backward

leaning forward

while sitting

extending to other parts; along coccyx (bottom tip of spine)

sacrum (base of spine); during movement

spine

aching; lumbar (lower half of back)

morning

afternoon; while sitting, 2 p.m.

afternoon; evening

while sitting

when stooping

aching; base of spine / lower back

pulling; lumbar (lower half of back)

bending backward

leaning forward

gnawing, biting; lumbar (lower half of back)

piercing, stabbing; dorsal (shoulder level)

piercing, stabbing; lumbar (lower half of back); 9 p.m.

piercing, stabbing; lumbar (lower half of back); extending to coccyx (bottom tip of spine)

pressing; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting

dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades; spine

tearing; dorsal (shoulder level); on sitting down

tearing; lumbar (lower half of back)

Pulsating

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between

lumbar (lower half of back)

during fever

Skin

out-breaks on skin; pimples

out-breaks on skin; blisters

itching

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine)

lumbar (lower half of back)

lumbar (lower half of back); morning

lumbar (lower half of back); evening

lumbar (lower half of back); during fever

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Pain

afternoon

afternoon; 3 p.m.

afternoon; 5 p.m.

evening

during stool; during diarrhoea

groin region

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); right side, above point of hip bone

walking

twisting

Pulsation; sides

Skin; itching; sides

Bladder; urination; feeble stream (slow)

Stomach

appetite; reduced

appetite; increased (hunger in general); late morning; 11 a.m.

appetite; increased (hunger in general); after eating

heaviness, weight, oppression (see fullness); from standing for a long time

pain; while fasting

pain; when hungry

pain; pressing; after eating

pulsation

tension

evening

Nausea

nausea; late morning; 11 a.m.

nausea; afternoon; 1 p.m.

nausea; afternoon; 2 p.m.

nausea; while travelling; before breakfast

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constriction, contraction, closure, etc.

Diarrhoea

morning

movement

Urging, desire to stool (see pain; urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); frequent

Stool

Odour; offensive

Scanty

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); pain; cutting

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

pain; piercing, stabbing; vagina

Womb

pain; piercing, stabbing; womb

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; womb

Genitals

Male; heaviness

Menses

Female

period; copious

period; frequent

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness

upper limbs; hands

upper limbs; hands; with pain in sacrum (base of spine)

lower limbs; thigh

lower limbs; leg

morning

morning; 7 a.m.

lower limbs; foot

morning

morning; 5 a.m.

late morning

late morning; 8 a.m.

noon; while the other one burns

afternoon; with hot face

hip

Cracking noise in joints

knee

knee; when climbing stairs

knee; when descending stairs

knee; while walking

Cramps

upper limbs

wrist

right

fingers; second

fingers; third

toes

Heat

hand

hand; morning

hand; afternoon; 3 p.m. during cold sweat

hand; during cold perspiration

fingers; nails

fingers; tips

foot; afternoon

foot; in bed

foot; with cold sweat of hands

foot; after cold perspiration

toes

Heaviness; upper limbs

Movements and positions; shuddering; leg, shivering

Numbness (see tingling)

upper limbs

upper arm

elbow; bend of elbow

wrist

fingers; first finger

fingers; thumb

Pain

upper limbs

upper limbs; when extending them

upper limbs; extending to other parts; to little finger

shoulder

elbow; at bend of elbow

on movement

extending to fingers

forearm

wrist

morning

hand

late morning

fingers; first finger

fingers; second finger

hip

afternoon; 1 p.m.

buttock region

thigh

left

knee

ankle; ankle bone; internal

foot

morning; 11 a.m.

toes

nails

first toe (large toe)

fifth toe

aching; shoulder

burning; upper arm

burning; hand

during fever

burning; fingers; first

burning; foot; noon

left foot burning while right is cold

gnawing, biting; buttocks, as if gnawed by dogs

sore, bruised; forearm

sore, bruised; hand; back of hand

sore, bruised; thumb; ball of

sore, bruised; hip

buttock muscles

sore, bruised; knee

sore, bruised; leg

stitching, sudden, sharp; shoulder

morning

stitching, sudden, sharp; elbow

stitching, sudden, sharp; wrist

stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers; first finger

evening; 8 p.m.

joints of; small finger

stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers; third finger

stitching, sudden, sharp; thumb

ball of

ball of; as if stung

stitching, sudden, sharp; knee

stitching, sudden, sharp; foot

sole

sole; evening; 10-30 p.m.

stitching, sudden, sharp; toes; first toe (large toe)

stitching, sudden, sharp; toes; fifth toe

tearing; toes; nails

Perspiration

hand

foot

night; 11 p.m.

cold

Pulling sensation; upper limbs

Pulsation, throbbing

upper limbs

shoulder

elbow

forearm

wrist

fingers

first finger

first finger; tip of

second finger

fourth finger

thumb

Skin

discoloration; blotches

discoloration; forearm; blotches

red

discoloration; hand; back of hand; red; spots

itching

like insects crawling on skin; foot; sole of foot

upper limbs

upper limbs; evening

shoulder; evening

forearm

hand; between thumb and index finger

hand; fingers; first finger

lower limbs

lower limbs; night

knee

leg

leg; night

leg; calf

foot

out-break on skin; blisters; containing fluid

out-break on skin; blotches

out-break on skin; pimples

out-break on skin; joints

out-break on skin; upper limbs; blotches

out-break on skin; upper limbs; pimples

itching

red

out-break on skin; upper limbs; blisters

out-break on skin; shoulder; pimples

itching

red

out-break on skin; elbow; bend of elbow; painful

out-break on skin; elbow; bend of elbow; pimples

out-break on skin; forearm; blisters

out-break on skin; wrists; pimples

weeping water

out-break on skin; lower limbs; pimples

out-break on skin; buttocks; pimples

out-break on skin; knee; pimples

out-break on skin; leg; blotches

out-break on skin; leg; pimples

out-break on skin; calf; pimples

Twisting sensation; shoulder

Weakness

upper limbs

wrist

fingers

thigh

knee

when climbing stairs

when descending stairs

leg

morning

on rising

afternoon

when climbing stairs

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

At certain time of day or night

from 6 a.m.

from 6-30 a.m.

from 7 a.m.

from 8 to 9 a.m.

from 10-30 a.m.

from 5 p.m.

Afternoon; 1 p.m.

Night

Alternating with chills; night

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

amorous

animals, insects, beasts; animals

burials

of business

about children

crimes

cutting

of dead people; dead bodies

feasting

graves

hunting

journey

murder

mutilation

tombs; of putting candles on tombs

water

sailing

swimming

yellow

Interrupted

Prolonged sleep

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

morning

on waking

noon

afternoon; 2 p.m.

evening

after dinner

Sleeplessness, insomnia

Waking

early

frequent

Yawning

evening

Perspiration

Night

Cold

evening

Generalities

Faintness, fainting

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); hot feeling; flushes of heat

Trembling

from fright

from noise

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

from diarrhoea

from pain

on waking

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