Spongia Tosta - Modalities Etc

MODALITIES ETC

Aggravation

(Morning), Outward-pressive sensation in throat; after eating, cutting in upper abdomen; in bed, stitches through right thigh; on waking, itching, perspiration all over.

(Afternoon), Headache; pressure in pit of stomach; tearing in tibia; heat in forehead.

(Evening), Sticking in eyes; while eating, pain from left articulation of jaw to cheek; in bed, stitches from jaw into ear, outward-pressive sensation in throat; thirst for cold water; after eating, cutting in lower abdomen.

(Night), Cough; itching on back.

(Bending head backward), Tension in cervical muscles.

(Coughing), Pain in chest and bronchi.

(After eating), Sticking in throat; difficulty and fulness in abdomen.

(Entering warm room from open air), Headache in right half of brain.

(Expiration), Stitches in lower abdomen.

(Hawking), Dryness in larynx.

(Deep inspiration), Pain in left side of chest; stitches in left side of chest.

(Lying down), Headache in right parietal bone; jerking in right cervical muscles.

(During menses), Drawing in thighs and legs.

(Motion), Stitches in forehead and occiput; bristling of hair on vertex; stitches in elbow-joint.

(Moving eyes), Sticking pain in left external canthus.

(Moving hand), Pain in ball of left thumb.

(Pressure), Strangulated feeling in left side of abdomen.

(Sitting), Vertigo; pain in left side of forehead; contraction in left side below stomach; pain in abdominal rings; pain in upper abdomen; griping in abdomen; pain in left groin; tearing on sacrum; stitches on heels.

(Staring at a point), Headache and lachrymation.

(Before stool), Stitches in anus and rumbling in abdomen.

(Stooping), Heaviness and fulness in head; pain in upper abdomen; stitches in lower abdomen; stiffness of neck; cracking in nape of neck.

(Swallowing), Pain in goitre.

(Touch), Pressure above thyroid cartilage.

(Turning head), Stiffness of neck.

(Walking), Stitches in forehead; heaviness in occiput; pain in right groin; drawing stitches beneath second left rib; pain in small of back; stitches in upper part of thigh; pain in tendon of right popliteus; stitches in right calf; crawling in sole of foot; pain in left heel.

(Walking in open air), Pain in left ear.

Worse

Sitting entering a warm room after walking in open air, looking intently.

WORSE, ascending, wind, before midnight.

DRY, COLD Wind

Roused from sleep

Exertion

Raising arms

Before 12 PM

Amelioration

(Emission of flatus), Griping in abdomen.

(Resting in a horizontal position), Feels best.

(Rising from sitting), Pain in left side of forehead.

(Touch), Pain in left of external canthus.

Better

Lying horizontally, especially on back/

BETTER, descending, lying with head low.

Lying with head low

Eating a little

Desires and aversions

Insatiable appetite and thirst.

Position etc

Motion 28, 32. Walking 3, 8, 26. Exertion 26, 28. Turning neck 25. Bent forward 26. Bent backward 4, 27. Sitting 3. Must sit up 25. Cannot lie down 26, 27. Lying 3, 5, 26, 29; on back 3, 13, 17; on affected side 3; with head low 27, 29.

Morning 25, 27, 40. Afternoon 37. Evening 8, 40. Morning and evening 19. Night 2. Before midnight 27. After midnight 29.