Zincum Metallicum - Face symptoms - T.F. Allen

FACE

Face

Cachectic look, complexion bluish white,

Expression vacant and apathetic, or irritable,

A peculiarly cadaverous, pinched, unnatural expression of the face,

Face earthy, as after a long illness,

Face pale, ,

Face flushed,

Spasmodic twitching of the musculi risores, with constant inclination to laugh,

Contraction and spasmodic twitching of the muscles of the face, with constant nausea and incessant vomiting,

Bruised pain in the bones of the face and orbit (after a few hours),

Jerklike stitches as from needles in the face,

Cheek.

Swelling and itching of the left cheek,

Pressing pain in the upper jaw, near the left wing of the nose,

Tearing in the malar bone, extending into the upper jaw (after half an hour),

Tearing in the left cheek,

Tearing in the right malar bone, with bruised pain in that spot on pressure,

A sudden pressing stitch from the right zygoma to the upper margin of the orbit, deep in the bone, followed by great sensitiveness of the spot, in the evening,

Lip.

Swelling of the lips,

Swelling of the upper lip (after a few hours),

Thick glutinous moisture on the lips, without odor or taste (sixth day),

Lips dry, cracked,

Dryness of the lips,

Violent muscular twitches in the left side of the upper lip,

Upper lip sore, ulcerating in the middle,

Pain in the lips, a jerking tearing in the right side of the upper lip,

Tensive painful smarting on the lower lip,

A transient stitch in the upper lip (after twenty minutes),

Fine stitches in the upper lip (after a quarter of an hour),

Burning smarting on the inner surface of the lower lip,

Chin.

Cramplike tearing here and there in the lower jaw, especially in the chin (third day),

Tearing stitches, which pass into one another, in the chin and on the throat (sixth day),

Sticking pain in the articulation of the jaw, beneath and in front of the left ear, on moving the jaw backward and biting strongly, and on pressing the finger upon the joint,