Lycopodium Clavatum

▲   GENERAL

General

Lycopodium Clavatum is inert until the spores are crushed. Lycopodium Clavatum's wonderful medicinal properties are only disclosed by trituration and succussion.

In nearly all cases where Lycopodium Clavatum is the remedy, some evidence of urinary or digestive disturbance will be found. Corresponds to Grauvogle’s carbo-nitrogenoid constitution, the non-eliminative lithemic. Lycopodium is adapted more especially to ailments gradually developing, functional power weakening, with failures of the digestive powers, where the function of the liver is seriously disturbed. Atony. malnutrition. Mild temperaments of lymphatic constitutions, with catarrhal tendencies; older persons, where the skin shows yellowish spots, earthy complexion, uric acid diathesis, etc.; also precocious, weakly children. Symptoms characteristically run from right to left, acts especially on RIGHT side of body, and are worse from about 4 to 8 P.M. In kidney affections, Red sand in urine, backache, in renal region; worse before urination. Intolerant of cold drinks; Craves everything warm. Best adapted to persons intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power. Deep-seated, progressive, chronic diseases. Carcinoma. Emaciation. Debility in morning. Marked regulating influence upon the glandular (sebaceous) secretions. Pre-senility. Ascites, in liver disease. Lycopodium patient is thin, withered, full of gas and dry. Lacks vital heat; has poor circulation, cold extremities. Pains come and go suddenly. Sensitive to noise and odors.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, right side, from right to left, from above downward, 4 to 8 p.m.; from heat or warm room, hot air, bed. Warm applications

Better

Throat and stomach are better from warm drinks.

Better, by motion, after midnight, from warm food and drink, on getting cold, from being uncovered.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Carbo-nitrogenoid Constitution: Sulphur; Rhus Tox ^Rhus; Urtica Urens ^Urtica; Merc Viv ^Mercur.; Hep Sulph Calc ^Hepar. Alumina ^Alumina ( Lycopodium ^Lycop. is the only vegetable that takes up aluminum. T. F. Allen.) Ant. c.; Nat Mur ^Nat-m.; Bryonia ^Bry.; Nux Vomica ^Nux; Bothrops Lanceolatus ^Bothrops (Day-blindness; can scarcely see after sunrise; pain in right great toe). Plumbago Littoralis - A Brazilian plant - (Costive with red urine, pain in kidneys and joints and body generally; milky saliva, ulcerated mouth). Hydrastis Canadensis ^Hydrast. follows Lycopodium Clavatum. in indigestion.

Complementary

Complementary: Lycopodium ^Lycop. acts with special benefit After calcar. and Sulphur. Iodium ^Iod.; Graphites ^Graphites; Lachesis ^Lach.; Chelidonium Majus ^Chelidon.

Antidotes

Antidotes: Camphora ^Camph.; Pulsatilla ^Puls.; Causticum ^Caust.

▲   MIND

Mind

Melancholy, afraid to be alone

Little things annoy

Extremely sensitive

Averse to undertaking new things

Headstrong and haughty when sick

Loss of self-confidence

Hurried when eating

Constant fear of breaking down under stress

Apprehensive

Weak memory, confused thoughts; Spells or writes wrong words and syllables

Failing brain-power ( Anacardium ^Anac.; Phosphorus ^Phos.; Baryt.) Cannot bear to see anything new

Cannot read what he writes

Sadness in morning on awaking.

Aversions, dislikes; being approached

Behaviour

shrieking

shrieking; during sleep

shrieking; before urinating

Delirium

raging, raving

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; desire for open air

Desires, wants

company

to kill; on waking

Symptoms follow intense emotions; fright

Mental exertion

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); evening

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); with silent grief

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); from contradiction

cowardice

haughty

irritability

morning; on waking

during chill

on waking

laughing; during sleep

loathing; life (see desires, death); morning

mood; alternating mood

mood; changeable, variable mood

rage, fury (see insanity, mania, delirium)

rudeness

insolent

sensitive, oversensitive

suspicious

unhappy; lamenting, regretting

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

afternoon; 4 to 8 p.m.

aloud

during the chill

while perspiring

when thanked

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating

impaired thinking; confusion; while walking; walking in open air

impaired thinking; confusion; in a warm room

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

in open air

walking in open air

impaired thinking; imbecility

impaired thinking; mistakes; speaking; wrong syllables

impaired thinking; mistakes; in writing

impaired thinking; mistakes; using wrong words

impaired thinking; weakness of mind

ideas; deficiency of ideas

Insanity

mania, madness

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; in house

anxiety; while walking; in open air

fear

of being alone (see company)

of people

of people; men

frightened easily

starting, startled; on falling asleep

timidity

Memory

forgetful

weakness of memory

Ailments after death of part of body

Restlessness, nervousness

night

in a room

while sitting

walking in open air

Mental symptoms from sexual excesses

Talking, conversation

intolerant of contradiction

speech; wandering

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Headaches over eyes in severe colds; Better, uncovering ( Sulphur ^Sulph.) Vertigo in morning on rising

Morning

Morning

on rising

after rising

Movements of head; shaking the head, involuntarily, so gets dizzy

▲   HEAD

Head

Shakes head without apparent cause

Twists face and mouth

Eczema; moist oozing behind ears

Deep furrows on forehead

Brain

paralysis of brain; early stages

pulsating in brain; on leaning head back

Congestion (see pulsation)

Pulled

sideways

sideways; to right

sideways; before epilepsy

Pulsating

bending head backward

from coughing

on leaning head backward

Warm coverings on head

Headache

Pressing headache on vertex; worse from 4 to 8 P.M

and from lying down or stooping, if not eating regularly ( Cactus Grandiflorus ^Cact.) Throbbing headache after every paroxysm of coughing

Pain in temples, as if they were screwed toward each other

Tearing pain in occiput; better, fresh air

Pain, headache

afternoon; 4 to 8 p.m.

night

air; open (see walking in open air)

eyes and vision (affecting or affected by); from straining eyes

with running or blocked nose

from emotions; from becoming heated

from exertion; mental exertion

in women; during period

pulsating

walking; while

walking

walking; in open air

from warmth; in warm bed

from wrapping up head

in forehead; hammering in forehead

in forehead; pulsating

in forehead; middle; hammering

temples

on coughing

during period

pressing (see bursting, pulling); when indoors

pressing (see bursting, pulling); temples

during period

as with screws

pressing (see bursting, pulling); top of head (vertex)

afternoon; 4 to 8 p.m.

stitching, sudden, sharp; temples

tearing, rending

forehead

Shocks, blows, jerks, etc. (see jerking pain, pulsation, plug, nail); temples

temples; during cough

Scalp

Great falling out of hair

Premature baldness and gray hair.

Hair

falling

falling; after childbirth

becomes grey

Skin and scalp

out-break on skin; eczema

itching

when warm from exercise

▲   EYES

Eyes

Styes on lids near internal canthus

Day-blindness ( Bothrops Lanceolatus ^Bothrops.) Night-blindness more characteristic

Sees only one-half of an object

Ulceration and redness of lids

Eyes half open during sleep.

Lids

granular lids

eyes open; eyes permanently open

stuck together

night

Discoloration; redness; lids

Discharges of mucus or pus; from out-breaks on skin

Dryness

Growth, tumour; sty

Eye feels hot

Inflammation

arthritic (gouty and rheumatic)

wounds; lids

Pain

afternoon

4 p.m.

afternoon; 4 to 8 p.m.

during heat

pressing

stitching, sudden, sharp; evening

when looking at light

stitching, sudden, sharp; when looking at anything white or red, or at the sun

Intolerance of light (photophobia)

Skin around eyes (see face); cracks in corner

Staring

Tears

Ulceration; lids

Vision

Dazzling

trembling objects (see dazzling); evening by light

trembling objects (see dazzling); in artificial light

Dim

Exertion of vision

Feathery

Lost vision, blindness

evening; caused by light

evening; twilight

night

▲   EARS

Ear

Thick, yellow, offensive discharge

Eczema about and behind ears

Otorrhoea and deafness with or without tinnitus; after scarlatina

Humming and roaring with hardness of hearing; every noise causes peculiar echo in ear.

Discharges from ear

greenish pus

offensive smelling

pus

after scarlet fever

Heat; flushes of heat

Inflammation

inside

media

Noises in ear

buzzing

humming

reverberating, echoes

ringing

roaring

afternoon

4 p.m.

rushing

whizzing

Pain

tearing in

Skin

out-breaks on skin; powdery flaking skin

out-breaks on skin; behind ears

eczema

scabby

out-breaks on skin; in ear canal; powdery flaking skin

Stopped sensation

Hearing

Impaired

after scarlet fever

Lost, deafness

after scarlet fever

Too sensitive; to noises

▲   FACE

Face

Grayish-yellow color of face, with blue circles around eyes

Withered, shriveled, and emaciated; copper-colored eruption

Expression

confused

sickly

Freckles

Heat; hot flashes

Inflammation; parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe); right; then left

Motions of jaw; dropping of jaw

Lips; discoloration; bluish

Pain

afternoon; 4 to 8 p.m.

burning (see heat)

tearing

cheek bones

Perspiration

Skin

discoloration; iron deficiency anaemia (greenish-yellow discoloration)

discoloration; bluish; circles around eyes

discoloration; dirty looking

discoloration; greyish

yellow

discoloration; pale

discoloration; red; within definite boundaries

discoloration; sickly colour

discoloration; yellow

drawn, pulled

out-breaks on skin; eczema; moist

out-breaks on skin; moist

out-breaks on skin; pimples

wrinkled; forehead; with chest symptoms

Swelling

fluid accumulation

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe); right; then left

submaxillary gland (gland under jaw, by throat)

Twitching

▲   NOSE

Nose

Sense of smell very acute

Feeling of dryness posteriorly

Scanty excoriating, discharge anteriorly

Ulcerated nostrils

Crusts and elastic plugs ( Kal)

Nose stopped up

Snuffles; child starts from sleep rubbing nose

Fan-like motion of alae nasi (kali)

Bromium ^Brom.; Phosphorus ^Phos.)

Catarrh

extending to frontal sinuses (lower forehead)

Discharge from nose

grey

containing pus

yellow

Dryness

inside

behind nostrils

Liquids come out through nose on attempting to swallow

Movement of wings of nose

fanning

fanning; in pneumonia

Smell

acute, over sensitive

acute, over sensitive; sensitive to strong odours

Snuffles (see obstruction)

in new-born infants

Swelling

Discharge

b., tenc.) Fluent coryza

Running or blocked nose (coryza); blocked

blocked

night

blocked; breast feeding infants

blocked; with pus; night

blocked; during sleep

violent attacks

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Bad odor from mouth.

Open

Gums and teeth

Teeth excessively painful to touch

Toothache, with swelling of cheeks; relieved by warm application

Teeth

pain; night

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp, stinging

Saliva

Mouth waters

Dryness

Tongue

Dryness of mouth and tongue, without thirst

Tongue dry, black, cracked, swollen; oscillates to and from

Blisters on tongue

Growths, blisters, swellings

blisters; tongue

blisters; tongue; burning

blisters; tongue; tip

ulcers; tongue; under

Paralysis; tongue

Taste

Taste

bitter; night

sour

▲   THROAT

Throat

Dryness of throat, without thirst

Food and drink regurgitates through nose

Inflammation of throat, with stitches on swallowing; Better, warm drinks

Swelling and suppuration of tonsils

Ulceration of tonsils, Beginning on right side

Diphtheria; Deposits spread from right to left; worse, cold drinks

Ulceration of vocal bands

Tubercular laryngitis, especially when ulceration commences.

Choking, constricting

on swallowing (compare stomach; retching)

Discoloration; redness

Dryness

Sensation of something in throat

as from dust

lump; rising sensation

sulphur vapour

Hawks often

Inflammation

right

Irritation

larynx

trachea (wind pipe)

Liquids drunk are forced into nose

Membrane, exudation, diphtheria, etc.

right

extending to left

tonsils

Mucus

in the air passages

larynx

trachea (wind pipe)

Pain

right

swallowing; on swallowing

warmth; warm drinks

burning

rawness

trachea (wind pipe, see chest)

sore

right

right; extending to left

Swelling

tonsils

tonsils; from fluid build-up

Tickling in the air passages

evening

larynx

External throat

swelling

swelling; cervical glands (on side of neck)

contracted neck muscles

pulled to left

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; Aneurism ( Baryta Carb ^{Baryta Carb}.) Aortic disease

Palpitation at night

Cannot lie on left side.

Catarrh

Constriction, tension

Heart

fluid build up around heart

gouty heart

palpitations

evening; in bed

during digestion

after eating

Inflammation

bronchial tubes (bronchitis)

lungs

neglected

Jerks

shocks

shocks; with cough

Lungs

fluid build up in chest cavity (pulmonary oedema)

tuberculosis

early stages

last stage

full of mucus

containing pus and ulcerative

damp weather or sea air

Oppressed feeling; burping, belching

Pain

during a cough

after inflammation of lungs

sides

afternoon; 4 p.m.

rawness

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; night

Paralysis; lung

Perspiration; offensive

Skin; discoloration; spots; liver

Respiration

Tickling cough

Dyspnoea

Tensive, constrictive, burning pain in chest

Cough worse going down hill

Cough deep, hollow

Expectorations gray, thick, bloody, purulent, Salty ( Arsenicum Album ^Ars.; Phosphorus ^Phos.; Pulsatilla ^Puls.) Night cough, tickling as from Sulphur fumes

Catarrh of the chest in infants, seems full of mucus rattling

Neglected pneumonia, with great dyspnoea, flying of alae nasei and presence of mucous rales.

Accelerated

Difficult (dyspnea)

after exertion

physical exertion

while lying; lying on the back

as if inhaled fumes of sulphur

Gasping

Interrupted; night

Rattling

aged people

▲   COUGH

Cough

Evening

in bed

on going to sleep

Night

Constant

Drinking; warm drinks or soup

Dry cough

evening

chronic, dry cough; in grieving boys

in extremely thin boys

from tickling in larynx

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

from irritation in air passages

in wind pipe

overpowering, as if larynx were tickled by a feather in evening before sleep

While lying down

disturbs sleep; preventing sleep

on going to sleep

In children; dry cough; in grieving boys

Sensation of sulphur fumes or vapour

Tickling

larynx

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Greyish

Greenish

Rusty

White

Yellow

Copious

Mucous

Noticeable smell; offensive smell

Containing pus

Noticeable taste; salty

▲   SKIN

Skin

Ulcerates

Abscesses beneath skin; worse warm applications

Hives; worse, warmth

Violent itching; fissured eruptions

ACNE

Chronic eczema associated with urinary, gastric and hepatic disorders; bleeds easily

Skin becomes thick and indurated

Varicose veins, naevi, erectile tumors

Brown spots, freckles worse on left side of face and nose

DRY, shrunken, especially palms; hair becomes prematurely gray

Dropsies

Offensive secretions; Viscid and offensive perspiration, especially of feet and axilla

Psoriasis.

Discoloration

brown, liver spots

freckles

pale

yellow, jaundice, etc.

Dry

burning

Abnormal growths

ulcer like lesions, leaving scars, spread over body

ulcers

black

bleeding

burning

burning

in margins

crusty

discharges; greenish

discharges; offensive

with elevated, hardened margins

with deep hole (fistula)

flat (see superficial)

gangrenous

painless, slow developing

hardened

hardened; margins

itching

painless

phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

sensitive

shooting

superficial

swollen

with tearing pain

varicose

Inactivity

Inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation), nodules, etc.

Like insects crawling on skin

Itching

burning

crawling

Moisture

after scratching

Out-breaks on skin

boils

crusty

moist

after scratching

discharging, moist

after scratching

herpetic

crusty

moist

patches

tearing

painless

psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales)

scarlet fever

after scratching

generating pus

with tearing pain

Pain

gnawing, biting; eating at skin

burning

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)

Prickling

Sticking

Swelling

burning

pale

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Stiffness; neck

Back

BURNING between scapulae as of hot coals

Pain in small of back.

Curvature of spine (scoliosis); in pain

Heat; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

Pain

from lifting

when beginning to move

after urinating

lumbar (lower half of back); passing flatulence

lumbar (lower half of back); urinating

sacrum (base of spine)

rising from sitting

aching

urinating

aching; lumbar (lower half of back); after urinating

as though the back would break; lumbar (lower half of back)

as if broken; lumbar (lower half of back)

during stool

burning; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between them

pressing; lumbar (lower half of back); from obstructed flatulence

pressing; lumbar (lower half of back); extending to below the short ribs

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting

Strained easily

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Excessive hunger

Aversion to bread, etc

Desire for sweet things

Great weakness of digestion

Bulimia, with much bloating

After eating, pressure in stomach, with bitter taste in mouth

Eating ever so little creates fullness

Cannot eat oysters

Hiccough

Incomplete burning eructations rise only to pharynx, there burn for hours

Sinking sensation; worse night.

Constant sense of fermentation in abdomen, like yeast working; upper left side

Hernia, right side

Liver sensitive

Brown spots on abdomen

Dropsy, due to hepatic disease

Hepatitis, atrophic form of Nux Moschata ^Nutmeg liver

Pain shooting across lower abdomen from right to left.

Sensitive to clothing

Constriction; behind lower ribs

Bloated

after eating

after stool

trapped wind

Enlarged; liver

Heaviness

sides

left

as if something heavy on left side of abdomen

Hernia; groin

Inflammation

liver

chronic

As if something were in abdomen (movements, lumps, etc.); movements in abdomen; up and down

Noises from abdomen

rumbling; fermentation

rumbling; fermentation; during period

Pain

afternoon

afternoon; 4 p.m.

behind lower ribs; right

after eating until full

extending to back

behind lower ribs; afternoon

behind lower ribs; on breathing

behind lower ribs; after dancing

behind lower ribs; on breathing in

behind lower ribs; jarring

behind lower ribs; extending to other parts; backward

lower part of abdomen; before period

liver

colic, gall-stones

after eating; to full

when touched

extending to other parts; back

cramping, griping; afternoon; 4 p.m.

pressing; sides; right

cutting; extending from right to left

pressing

behind lower ribs; right

behind lower ribs; on breathing

lower part of abdomen

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; behind lower ribs

right

Skin

discoloration; brown spots

discoloration; yellow; brown spots

sensitive skin

Swelling

from watery fluid; abdominal cavity

liver

Tension

Bladder

catarrh mucous-pus (see urine, sediment containing pus)

gall stones

inflammation

pain; pressing, pressure

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); night

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); painful; in children; child cries

urination; dribbling (by drops); afternoon; 4 p.m.

urination; frequent; while perspiring

urination; delayed, difficult; must wait for urine to start

Kidneys

pain; afternoon; 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

pain; after urination

pain; ureters (tubes between kidneys and bladder); right side

pain; aching; while urinating

pain; cutting; ureters (tubes between kidneys and bladder)

pain; sudden, sharp, stinging, sticking; extending to other parts; down ureters (tubes between kidneys and bladder)

suppression of urine

Stomach

anxiety; after stress

appetite; easily satisfied

appetite; increased (hunger in general); night

appetite; increased (hunger in general); eating increases the hunger

appetite; increased (hunger in general); after eating

appetite; insatiable

appetite; ravenous, excessive; eating increases the hunger

soon after eating

clothing disturbs

desires, cravings; sweets

distended (swollen from inner pressure); after eating

disordered

oysters

not relieved by eating

burping, belching

strong and sharp (acrid)

bitter; after eating

fullness; after eating

very little

heaviness, weight, oppression (see fullness); afternoon

heaviness, weight, oppression (see fullness); after eating

indigestion

after onions

inflammation

pain; afternoon

pain; from coughing

pain; while sitting; sitting bent over

pain; pressing; evening; in bed

pain; pressing; after eating

small amount

pain; sore, bruised, beaten (tenderness); clothing

tension

thirst; noon

thirst; after perspiring

thirst; for small quantities

ulcers

Eating

Dyspepsia due to farinaceous and fermentable food, cabbage, beans, etc

Food tastes sour

Likes to take food and drink hot

Immediately after a light meal, abdomen is Bloated, full

Stomach

appetite; ravenous, excessive; without enjoying food (see aversion to food); until begins to eat

aversion to certain foods or drinks; all food; until tasted, then ravenous

burping, belching; bitter; food comes up

burping, belching; food (regurgitation); bitter tasting

Eructation

Sour eructations

Flatus

Rolling of flatulence ( Chin.; carb.) Wakes at night feeling hungry

Bloated; passing flatulence

Flatulence

after eating

here and there

before stool

after stool

behind lower ribs

Noises from abdomen; rumbling; passing flatulence

Nausea

Stomach

nausea; open air

nausea; while fasting

nausea; in a warm room

Vomiting

Pain; with vomiting, blood and mucus in stool (intussusception); pain in region of liver

Stomach

vomiting; sour

vomiting; sour; during chill

vomiting; sour; during fever

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constriction, contraction, closure, etc.

preventing stool

Diarrhoea; after eating

Flatulence

Haemorrhage from anus

Pain

while sitting down

during stool

pressing (pressure); during stool

soreness

Prolapse; during stool

Skin and lining

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); must rub anus until raw

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); perineum (between rectum and genitals)

Stool

Diarrhoea

Inactive intestinal canal

Ineffectual urging

Stool Hard, difficult, small, incomplete

Hemorrhoids; very painful to touch, aching ( Muriaticum Acidum ^Mur-ac.)

Brown

Dry

Hard

first hard, then fluid

Knotty, nodular, lumpy

Light-coloured

Lumpy and liquid (see knotty)

Mucous, slimy; red

Thin, liquid

formed then thin afterwards

lumpy and liquid

Yellow

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Pain in back before urinating; ceases after flow; Slow in coming, must strain

Retention

Polyuria during the night

heavy red sediment

Child cries before urinating ( Borax ^Bor.)

Albuminous (white, thick)

after scarlet fever

Cloudy; when standing up

Copious

evening

night

relieving pain in back

Frothy

Milky

Sediment

kidney stones

sand

gravel (small stones forming in body)

red (brick-dust)

Sugar in urine

Male

Male

withered; penis

coldness; penis

erections; impotency; penis relaxed when excited; small and cold

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); between scrotum, and thighs

soft (flaccid); penis

itching; penis; underside

pain; sore; scrotum; between scrotum and thigh

thick emission from penis

testes and scrotum (balls); relaxed, scrotum

ulcers; penis; at tip; elevated margins

Female

Vagina dry

Leucorrhoea, acrid, with burning in vagina

Female

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

vaginal discharge; gushing

flatulence from vagina

Womb

fluid build up (see swelling); womb

inflammation; womb

Genitals

Male; No erectile power; Impotence

Premature emission ( Caladium Seguinum ^Calad.; Selenium ^Sel.; Agnus Castus ^Agn.) Enlarged prostate

Condylomata.

Coition painful

Right ovarian pain

Varicose veins of pudenda

Discharge of blood from genitals during stool.

Male

aversion to sexual intercourse

erections; incomplete

during sexual intercourse

erections; impotency

ejaculation; too soon, premature

sexual passion; diminished

sexual passion; increased

without erection

shrivelled

Female

fluid build up (see swelling); ovaries

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); perineum (between rectum and genitals)

inflammation; ovaries

right

pain; ovaries

right

right; to left

pain; boring; ovaries

right

swollen; enlarged; ovaries; right

tumours

ovaries

ovaries; right

Menses

Menses too late; last too long, too profuse

period; amenorrhoea (suppression or absence of period)

period; late

period; protracted

period; suppressed

sexual intercourse; desire increased; during period

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Numbness, also drawing and tearing in limbs, especially while at rest or at night

Heaviness of arms

Tearing in shoulder and elbow joints

One foot hot, the other cold

Chronic gout, with chalky deposits in joints

Profuse sweat of the feet

Pain in heel on treading as from a pebble

Painful callosities on soles; toes and fingers contracted

Sciatica, worse right side

cannot lie on painful side

Hands and feet numb

Right foot hot, left cold

Cramps in calves and toes at night in bed

Limbs go to sleep

Twitching and jerking.

Arthritic nodules

finger joints

with stiffness

Bones; decay of bone

Coldness

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs; foot

one cold, the other hot

Constriction; lower limbs

Contraction of muscles and tendons

Cramps

calf

night

Dryness; hands

Hands and feet

corns

corns; pressing

corns; sore

corns; tearing

withered skin of hands

Heat

hand

foot; one foot hot, coldness of the other

foot; sole

Movements and positions; stretched out; arms; alternately flexed and extended

Numbness (see tingling)

during heat

upper limbs

hand

fingers

leg

foot

Pain

right then left

during chill

on beginning to move

rheumatic

right to left

joints

gouty

joints; rheumatic

upper limbs; bones

fingers; joints; gouty

lower limbs; movement

lower limbs; beginning to move

lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); lying on painful side

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

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

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

of bed

lower limbs; while sitting

lower limbs; warmth; warmth of bed

hip; walking

thigh; while sitting

thigh; walking

knee; movement

knee; walking

lower leg; walking

toes; first toe (large toe); joints; gouty

burning; foot; sole

pulling; upper arm

pressing; fingers

sore, bruised; foot

from perspiration

sole; while walking

stitching, sudden, sharp; hip; night

tearing; during chill

tearing; during fever

tearing; joints

tearing; shoulder

tearing; elbow

tearing; fingers; joints of fingers

tearing; lower limbs

warmth

tearing; thigh

while sitting

walking

warmth of bed

tearing; knee

evening

night

tearing; leg; while walking

tearing; leg; warm clothing

tearing; leg; warmth of bed

Paralysis

painless

upper limbs; right

Perspiration

foot

foot; cold

foot; offensive smelling

foot; profuse

Restlessness

Sensitive

foot

foot; sole

Shocks

Skin

chicken pox (see swelling); lower limbs

chicken pox (see swelling); leg

itching; like insects crawling on skin

fingers

itching; lower limbs

oozing, from fluid accumulation in legs

out-break on skin

upper limbs

hand

hand; rash

lower limbs; herpes

ulcers; lower limbs

black base

burning

gangrenous

itching

ulcers; leg

Stiffness

joints

fingers

knee

Swollen

fingers; joints; gouty

lower limbs; fluid in tissues

knee

leg

foot

fluid accumulation

sole

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness)

lower limbs

Water sensation; as if water were oozing from the legs

Weakness

joints

foot; afternoon; 4 p.m.

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chill between 3 and 4 p.m., followed by sweat

Icy coldness

Feels as if lying on ice

One chill is followed by another ( Calc Carb ^Calc.; Silicea ^Sil.; Hep Sulph Calc ^Hep.)

Noon

Afternoon

Evening

In bed

Chilliness (see also whole body

temperature)

temperature); before period

In women; before period

Periodic, recurring; every fourth day

With perspiration; after chill

With fever, but chill predominating; afternoon

Shaking, shivering, rigors

evening

Sides, one-sided

left

At certain time of day or night

from 4 p.m.

from 4 p.m.; to 8 p.m.

from 5 p.m.

Evening

Evening; 6 p.m.; to 8 p.m.

Burning heat

afternoon; 4 p.m., lasting several hours

evening

Fever without chill; afternoon; 4 p.m.

Continued fever; evening

Fever with skin out-break; scarlet fever

Hectic fever

Infectious fevers

Intermittent, chronic

Remittent; evening

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

One-sided

left

Stages of chill, heat and sweat

chill followed by heat

chill then sweat, without intervening heat

In women; from childbirth

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Drowsy during day

Starting in sleep

Dreams of accidents.

Dreams

anxious

frightful

of misfortune

vivid

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness; after dinner

Sleeplessness, insomnia; night; from before midnight

Waking

as from fright

from hunger

Convulsions

Convulsions; right side of body

Perspiration

Daytime

Clammy

Cold

During slight exertion (see walking)

Odour

offensive

sour

Profuse

Uncovering

Generalities

Late morning

Afternoon

4 p.m.

4 to 8 p.m.

Evening

Night

before midnight

after midnight

Desire for open air

Anaemia; as from iron deficiency - greenish yellow skin

Blood vessels; excited, rapid blood flow

Bones; decay of bone

Loosening clothing

Eating and food

after eating

when eating to satiety

beans and peas

cabbage

cold food

foods which cause flatulence

onions

Emaciated (extremely thin)

from dehydration

aged people

grieving boys

Flabby feeling

Fluid build up; excess of blood, or other fluids

Inflammation; thin, watery membranes

Insensitive to pain (see irritability)

Lying down

lying down

after lying down

lying in bed

lying on side

Movement; at beginning of movement

Movement

Mucous secretions increased

Numbness

externally

internally; in single parts

Pain

glands

cutting; internally

pinching; internally

pressing; internally

tearing; externally

tearing; internally

tearing; downward

tearing; muscles

Paralysis; painless

In women; symptoms before period

In aged people

Pressure

Pulse; frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid; after eating

Rising

Sensitive

to pain

intolerance of clothing

Symptoms after sexual intercourse; symptoms after sexual excesses

Symptoms not symmetrical

symptoms on one side

right

then left

While sitting

Swelling; glands

Tension; internally

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

hot feeling

sensation of heat

cold in general

cold air

from becoming cold

becoming cold

tendency to catch cold

warmth; warm room

warmth; becoming warm in open air

warm bed

Touch

Uncovering

Walking

beginning of walk

in open air

Warmth

warm room

becoming warm in open air

Warm bed

Wraps

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness); morning

after emission

Weariness (see weakness)

From wind

Wine

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