Osmium

▲   GENERAL

General

Irritation and catarrh of respiratory organs. Eczema. Albuminuria. Pain in trachea. Increases and gives odor to local perspiration. Causes Adhesion of the nail fold.

Dose

Sixth potency.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Argent.; Iridium; Selenium ^Selen.; Manganum Aceticum ^Mangan.

▲   MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

impatience

from itching

irritability

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); during coughing

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; mistakes; speaking

impaired thinking; mistakes; words; misplacing

impaired thinking; mistakes; words; reverses

Restlessness, nervousness

night

Thoughts (see preoccupied); persistent (see delusions)

▲   HEAD

Head

Feels as if a band around head

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness

fullness

afternoon

fullness; bending head backwards

fullness; back of head (occiput)

fullness; top of head (vertex)

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing); like band or hoop

forehead

Headache

Heaviness (see pain; pressing)

Pain, headache

evening

9 p.m.

from certain movements; while bending head backward

in forehead

right side

evening

extending to other parts; ears

above eyes

back of head (occiput)

afternoon

night

bending head backward

temples

top of head (vertex); afternoon

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

as if by band

forehead

forehead; above eyebrows

temples

Scalp

Falling off of hair ( Kali Carb ^Kali-carb.; Fluor-ac.)

Hair; falling

▲   EYES

Eyes

Glaucoma; with iridescent vision

Violent supra and infra-orbital neuralgia; violent pains and lachrymation

Green colors surround candle-light

Conjunctivitis

Increase in intraocular tension, dim sight, photophobia.

Lids; spasmodic closure

Discoloration; redness

Itching

inner

Pain

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

Tears

during headache

when looking steadily

Weak

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes

colours; halo of colours; around the light

colours; yellow; circle around light

large flame of light

Dim

Foggy

around candlelight

in a room

Merging together; letters

▲   EARS

Ear

Itching; like insects crawling on skin

Noises in ear

ringing

right

Pain

aching

▲   FACE

Face

left

affected by movement (for better or worse); while eating; when chewing (see movement)

▲   NOSE

Nose

Nose and larynx sensitive to air

Small lumps of phlegm from posterior nares.

Sensitive to breathing in air

Catarrh

Discharge from nose

watery

behind nostrils (see catarrh)

Pain; on breathing in

Discharge

Coryza, with full feeling in nose

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

running, wet

Sneezing

difficult to sneeze

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Swelling; gums

Tongue

Discoloration

tongue; red; stripe down centre

tongue; red; stripe down centre; sore

Growths, blisters, swellings; pimples; tongue; edges

Pain; sore; tongue

Roughness; tongue; edges

Sensitive

tongue

tongue; even to soft food

Taste

Taste

strong and sharp (acrid)

bitter-sweet; bloody

burning

sweetish

▲   THROAT

Throat

Catarrh; larynx

Choking, constricting; when clearing the throat (see retching)

Dryness

larynx

larynx; on coughing

Irritation

from cold air

in air passages

larynx

cold air

Mucus

pulled from behind nostrils

in the air passages

larynx

trachea (wind pipe)

Pain

larynx

larynx; on coughing

larynx; while talking

trachea (wind pipe); on coughing

rawness; larynx

from coughing

from smoking

rawness; trachea (wind pipe, see chest)

sore; larynx

sore; trachea (wind pipe); on coughing

Scraping; from tobacco

Sensitive; larynx; to cold air

Tickling in the air passages; in trachea (wind pipe)

Voice

hoarseness

hoarseness; while riding in open air

hoarseness; from singing

hoarseness; walking in open air

low

weak

▲   CHEST

Chest

Constriction, tension

Dry; chest

Heart

palpitations

palpitations; anxiety

Heat

Lungs; gangrene of lungs

Pain

breast bone; when coughing

sore, bruised; breast bone

sore, bruised; under breast bone; on coughing

tearing; breast bone

with cough

Perspiration

arm pit; offensive

arm pit; like garlic

Respiration

Acute laryngitis; cough and expectoration of tough, stringy mucus

Convulsive cough; feels as though membrane were torn from larynx

Noisy, Dry, hard, cough, in violent short bursts, coming from low down, shaking the whole body

Talking causes pain in larynx

Hoarse; Pain in larynx; sore sternum

Twitching of fingers, with spasmodic cough.

Deep; deep breathing relieves other symptoms

Difficult (dyspnea)

Whistling

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

after rising

Night; before midnight

In cold air

In open air

when walking in open air

Dry cough

from scraping in larynx

Hacking cough

open air

movement

Hard cough

Hollow

Irresistible, short, hawking

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

from irritation in air passages

in larynx

scraping; from larynx

Movement

From mucus; larynx

Racking

On rising

Short

Smoking

Sneezing

with sneezing

Intermittent

Tickling; larynx

Sounds as if coughed in a tube

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Difficult

Hawked up; mucus

Lumpy

Mucous

Must swallow what has been loosened

▲   SKIN

Skin

Eczema, with pruritus

Irritated skin

Itching pimples

Bromidrosis, sweat in axilla smelling of Garlic, worse evening and night

Fold remains attached to growing nail

Blisters

Cracks

Itching; on going to sleep

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

Pain

lumbar (lower half of back)

lumbar (lower half of back); extending to other parts; testes; on coughing

aching

lumbar (lower half of back)

pressing; lumbar (lower half of back)

extending to testes on coughing

Skin

like insects crawling on skin

like insects crawling on skin; evening

itching

evening; while undressing

Shivering

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Bloated

afternoon

evening

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

Pain

during stool

after stool

cramping, griping; night

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; afternoon

Skin; itching; around hip

Kidneys; suppression of urine

Stomach

anxiety; after eating

anxiety; after eating; small quantity

constriction; late morning

contraction

after eating

after stimulants

distended (swollen from inner pressure); evening

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

sensation of lump; stone

retching; when hawking mucus from throat at back of mouth

uneasiness

Eating

aversion to certain foods or drinks; chocolate

aversion to certain foods or drinks; coffee

Nausea

nausea; when burping, belching

nausea; when hawking

Vomiting

vomiting; comes on suddenly

vomiting; green; blackish

vomiting; sour

vomiting; clinging

vomiting; water

vomiting; yellow

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Diarrhoea

morning

after certain foods or drinks; coffee

Flatulence

afternoon

during stool

while urging for stool, but only flatulence is passed

Pain

burning; during stool

burning; after stool

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

Stool

Bilious

Dry

Pasty, mushy

Small (see long and narrow)

Soft

Thin, liquid

normal consistency

Watery

Yellow; orange

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Albuminous (white, thick)

Containing bile

Colour; brown; dark

Odour

like violets

like violets; evening

Scanty

Sediment; red; bright

Male

Male

pain; penis

pain; penis; head (glans)

pain; penis; foreskin

pain; penis; tip

pain; spermatic cords; extending into testes

pain; testes

right

night

on coughing

pain; pinching; penis

pain; pressing; testes; extending to lumbar region on coughing (lower half of back)

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; penis

pulsation; penis; left side

Genitals

erections; troublesome; morning

erections; night

erections; delayed

erections; violent

pain; spermatic cords

extending upward

ejaculation; larger and continues longer

ulcers; from chicken pox

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Fullness; leg

Heat

thigh; pricking

ankles

Heaviness

tired limbs

lower limbs

Movements and positions; twitching; fingers

Pain

upper arm

bone

elbow

forearm

thumb side; in bone

when letting arm hang

wrist

morning

after stool

fingers; first finger; between knuckle and first joint

fingers; second finger

thumb; joints

knee; wandering pain

lower leg; ulcerative

ankle

foot

joints in foot

heel

aching

wrist; morning; after stool

thumb; joints

lower limbs; knee

burning; forearm

outside

outside; right

back part

burning; fingers; third

knuckles; on inner border of nail

cutting; foot

pulling; forearm

pulling; knee

pinching; upper arm

pinching; forearm

pinching; ankle, right

pressing; forearm

shooting (see stitching, sudden, sharp); ankle

sore, bruised; leg

stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers; tips of fingers

stitching, sudden, sharp; ankle

tearing

Restlessness; lower limbs; leg

Skin

discoloration; hand; back of hand; red; spots

itching

like insects crawling on skin; shoulder

like insects crawling on skin; shoulder; evening, in bed

upper limbs

shoulder

shoulder; evening

shoulder; evening; on lying down

hand

lower limbs

lower limbs; in spots

hip

hip; in spots

thigh

leg

ankle

out-break on skin; pimples

out-break on skin; upper limbs; pimples

out-break on skin; forearm; pimples

out-break on skin; hip

out-break on skin; thigh

rash

out-break on skin; ankle

rash

Weakness

forearm

knee

leg

calf

while walking

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

busy

previous events

fire

Sleepiness, tiredness

Generalities

Evening

Night; before midnight

Open air

Movement

Pain

burning externally; internally

burning externally; as from being burnt

cutting; externally

cutting; in long bones

pinching; externally

pinching; bones

pressing; internally

pressing; glands

as if scraped

Prickling; internally

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

Rising

Rubbing

Sensitive; internally

Symptoms not symmetrical; left

Tension; internally

Sensation of threads

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold air

Tobacco

Touch

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

morning

on rising

Wine

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