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Rhus Tox

Toxicodendron Radicans, Poison-ivy, Rhus, Rus tox, Rhustox, Rustox, Rhus Toxicodendron, Rhus Toxicodedron, Rhus-t.
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Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Rhus Tox in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.

  GENERAL

Dose

Sixth to thirtieth potency. The 200th and higher are antidotal to poisoning with the plant and tincture.

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  MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, during sleep, cold, wet rainy weather and after rain; at night, During rest, drenching, when lying on back or right side.

Better

BETTER, warm, dry weather, motion; walking, change of position, rubbing, warm applications, from stretching out limbs.

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  RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Rhus Radicans (almost identical action); characteristics are, burning in tongue, tip feels sore, pains are often semilateral and in various parts, often remote and successive. Many symptoms are better after a storm has thoroughly set in, especially after an electric storm. Has pronounced YEARLY worse ( Lachesis Laches.) Rhus Toxicodendron Radicans has headache in OCCIPUT even pain in nape of neck and from there pains draw over the head Forwards). Rhus Diversiloba - California Poison-oak (antidote to Rhus; violent skin symptoms, with frightful itching; much swelling of face, hands and genitals; skin very sensitive; eczema and erysipelas, great nervous weakness, tired from least effort; goes to sleep from sheer exhaustion); Xerophyllum Asphodeloides Xerophyllum (dysmenorrhoea and skin symptoms).

Compare, also: Arnica Arn.; Baptisia Tinctoria Bapt.; Lachesis Lach.; Arsenicum Album Ars.; Hyoscyamus Niger Hyos.; Op ( stupefactions more profound). Mimosa - Sensitive Plant - (rheumatism, knee stiff, lancinating pains in back and limbs. Swelling of ankles. Legs tremble).

Complementary

Complementary: Bryonia Bry.; Calcarea Fluorata Calc. Fluor. Phytolacca Decandra Phytol ( Rheumatism). In urticaria follow with Bovista Bovista.

Antidotes

Antidotes: Bathing with milk and Grindelia Robusta Grindelia lotion very effective. Ampelopsis trifolia - Three-leaf Woodbine - (Toxic dermatitis due to vegetable poisons - 30 and 200. Very similar to Rhus Toxicodendron poisoning. Desensitizing against Ivy poisoning by the use of ascending doses of the tincture by mouth or by hypodermic injections is recommended by old school authorities, but is not as effective as the homeopathic remedies especially RHUS 30 and 200 and Anacardium Occidentale Anacard., etc. Anacard.; Croton.; Grindelia; Mezereum Mezer.; Cypripedium Pubescens Cyp RIP.; Plumbago (eczema of vulva); Graphites Graph.

Inimical

Inimical: Apis Mel Apis.

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  MIND

Mind

Listless, sad

Thoughts of suicide

Extreme restlessness, with continued change of position

Delirium, with fear of being poisoned ( Hyoscyamus Niger Hyos.) Sensorium becomes cloudy

great apprehension at night, cannot remain in bed.

Dazed

Delirium

Desires, wants; to kill; walking in open air

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

irritability

irritability; night

irritability; walking in open air

mildness

suspicious

unhappy; dwells on past disagreeable occurrences; night; after midnight

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

causeless, groundless, with no reason; without knowing why

involuntary

Intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; in bed

anxiety; in house

fear; night

fear; of people

timidity; night

Restlessness, nervousness

night

forcing out of bed

tossing about in bed

during heat

internal

Talking, conversation; speech; incoherent

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  VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Vertigo when rising

Morning; on rising

Tendency to fall over

rising from bed

falling backward

falling forward

On rising

from a seat

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  HEAD

Feels as if a board were strapped on the forehead

HEAVY head

Brain feels loose and as if struck against skull on walking or rising

Brain; brain feels loose; on stepping

Coldness

Movements in head; making a step

Uncovering head

Headache

Headache in occiput (Rhus Toxicodendron Rad.); painful to touch

Pain in forehead and proceeds thence backward

Pain, headache

from cold (including cold parts); from cold air

from exertion; physical exertion; from lifting

certain movements; movement in general

rheumatic

walking; stepping heavily

walking; while walking

from changes of weather

cloudy weather

cold weather

damp

from getting wet

from exposure to wind; cold wind

from exposure to wind; cycling in cold wind

from exposure to wind; horse-riding in cold wind

wrapping up head

back of head (occiput); wrapping up warm

stunning; movement

Scalp

Scalp sensitive; worse on side lain on

Humid eruptions on scalp; itching greatly.

Skin and scalp

out-break on skin

perspiration; scalp; except the head

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  EYES

Eyes

Swollen, red, edematous; Orbital cellulitis

pustular inflammations

Photophobia; profuse flow of yellow pus

Oedema of lids, suppurative iritis

Lids inflamed, agglutinated, swollen

Old injured eyes

Circumscribed corneal injection

Intensive ulceration of the cornea

Iritis, after exposure to cold and dampness, and of rheumatic origin

Eye painful on turning it or pressing, can hardly move it, as in acute retrobulbar neuritis

Profuse gush of hot, scalding tears upon opening lids.

Lids

eyes closed

stuck together; morning

Conjunctiva (external lining of eye); swelling

Hair falling from eye-lashes

Heaviness; lids

Inflammation

arthritic (gouty and rheumatic)

cold

wet weather

erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour, see face)

wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye)

wounds; iris

rheumatic

wounds; lids

Itching; lids

Pain

on movement of eyes

sore, bruised, tender

moving the eyes

stitching, sudden, sharp

in inflamation of the iris (iritis)

extending inward

Paralysis; lids; upper

Intolerance of light (photophobia)

Swellings

lids

from fluid accumulation

Tears

burning

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  EARS

Ear

Pain in ears, with sensation as if something were in them

Lobules swollen

Discharge of bloody pus.

Itching; external ear

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  FACE

Face

Jaws crack when chewing

Easy dislocation of jaw ( Ignatia Ign.; Petroleum Petrol.) Swollen face, erysipelas

Cheek bones sensitive to touch

Parotitis

Facial neuralgia, with chilliness; worse, evening

Crusta lactea ( Calc Carb Calc.; Viol)

trich.)

Enlarged gland; submaxillary gland (gland by neck, under jaw)

Inflammation

indurated (hard from inflammation); parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

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

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe); suppurating (producing pus)

submaxillary gland (gland by neck, under jaw)

Motions of jaw; cracking in jaw; when chewing

Lips

dryness

out-breaks on lips

cold sores, herpes; around lips

Pain

cold air

cold applications

affected by movement (for better or worse); movement

burning (see heat)

tearing; movement

tearing; warmth

Skin

discoloration; bluish; circles around eyes

discoloration; red

erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

out-breaks on skin

cheeks

chin

forehead

nose; around nose

acne; chronic, especially nose and cheeks

acne; forehead

crusty, scabby

eczema

cold sores, herpes

itching

moist

pus-filled pimples

rash

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); left; to right

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); burning inflammation, beneath skin

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); of blisters

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); around eye

blisters

blisters; yellow

blisters; nose

spots (see outbreaks)

ulcers; corners of mouth

Stiffness, muscles; lower jaw

Swelling

around eyes

glands in general

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

left

submaxillary gland (gland under jaw, by throat)

hard

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  NOSE

Nose

Tip of nose red, sore, ulcerated

Swelling of nose

Nosebleed on stooping.

Nose bleed

clotted, coagulated blood

Catarrh

Discharge

Sneezing; coryza from getting wet

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

Sneezing

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  MOUTH

Mouth

Corners of mouth ulcerated; fever-blisters around mouth and chin ( Nat Mur Nat-mur.) Pain in maxillary joint.

Gums and teeth

Teeth feel loose and long; gums sore

Teeth

pain; during chill

pain; from cold; from anything cold

pain; from cold; from cold drinks

pain; from working in damp places

pain; damp weather

pain; heat; external warmth

pain; winter

deposits on teeth during illness (see mucus)

Saliva

Dryness

Saliva; mucus, slime; thick and sticky

Tongue

Tongue red and cracked; Coated, except red triangular space at the tip; dry and red at edges

Cracked; tongue

Discoloration

tongue; brown

tongue; brown; morning

tongue; red

tip

tip; triangular

tongue; white; sides; one

tongue; yellow

white

white; base

Dryness

tongue

tongue; on waking

Growths, blisters, swellings; blisters; tongue

Pain; sore; tongue; tip

Tongue; jagged edge of tongue

Taste

Taste

bitter-sweet; when coughing

metallic

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  THROAT

Throat

Sore, with Swollen glands

Sticking pain on swallowing

Parotitis, left side.

Larynx (voice box); scraping, clearing

Dryness

Inflammation; gullet

Membrane, exudation, diphtheria, etc.

Pain

sore; after straining throat

Roughness; larynx

Spasms, convulsions etc.; stiffness

Swallowing; difficult

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

Voice

hoarseness; overuse of the voice

hoarseness; from talking

External throat

perspiration

swelling

cervical glands (on side of neck)

sides

uncovering throat

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  CHEST

Chest

Heart; Hypertrophy from over exertion

Pulse quick, weak, irregular, intermittent, with numbness of left arm

Trembling and palpitation when sitting still.

Congestion

Heart

angina pectoris

hypertrophy of heart; with numbness and tingling of left arm and fingers

hypertrophy of heart; from over-exertion

Inflammation; lungs

Lungs; haemorrhage (see expectoration); coagulated

Murmurs

Pain

rheumatic

heart

stitching, sudden, sharp; during movement

Skin; abscess; arm pit

Sticking sensation

Weakness; feels weak around the heart; after entering cool room from a walk in hot sun

Respiration

Tickling behind upper sternum

Dry, teasing cough from midnight until morning, During a chill, or when putting hands out of bed

Hemoptysis from over exertion; blood bright red

Influenza, with aching in all bones ( Eupatorium Perfoliatum per">Eup)

Perf.) Hoarseness from overstraining voice ( Arnica Arn.) Oppression of the chest, cannot get breath with sticking pains

Bronchial coughs in old people, worse on awaking and with expectoration of small plugs of mucus.

Difficult (dyspnea); evening; 6 p.m.

Hot breath; during chill

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  COUGH

Cough

Bathing

With or after chill or fever

before chill

during chill

On becoming cold

arm or hand

other single part

uncovering

hands

Drinking; warm drinks or soup

Dry cough; before chill

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

Short

Tickling; in wind pipe

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  SKIN

Skin

Red, swollen; Itching intense

Vesicles, herpes; Urticaria; pemphigus; erysipelas; vesicular suppurative forms

Glands swollen

Cellulitis

Burning eczematous eruptions with tendency to scale formation.

Blisters

after scratching

surrounded by red skin, from excessive perspiring

yellow

winter

Chapping

Coldness

Contraction

Discoloration

red

red; after scratching

Abnormal growths

ulcers; burning

ulcers; with crawling sensation

ulcers; crusty

ulcers; discharges; corrosive

ulcers; discharges; greenish

ulcers; generating pus

ulcers; swollen

Inflammation

skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

after scratching

with swelling

blisters

indurated (hard from inflammation), nodules, etc.

Like insects crawling on skin

Hard; with thickening

Itching

burning

crawling

scratching

stinging

Loss of feeling

Moisture

after scratching

Out-breaks on skin

blisters

boils

burning

night

from cold air

crusty

moist

after scratching

discharging, moist

after scratching

eczema

on hairy parts

herpetic

burning

crusty

itching

jerking with pain

moist

generating pus

zoster, zona

itching

with jerking pain

small, purple spot

pimples

pus-filled pimples

after scratching

rash (see granular)

scarlet fever

after scratching

small-pox

black

generating pus

with swelling

tense

like nettle rash

during chill

in cold air

during fever

nodular

nodular

rosy (erythema)

while perspiring

during rheumatism

after scratching

from becoming wet

Pain

burning

burning; after scratching

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)

ulcerative pain

after scratching

Prickling

Sticking

after scratching

Swelling

of parts affected with symptoms

crawling

hard

Swollen sensation

Skin becomes thick after scratching (see hard)

Generally unhealthy

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  BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain

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

sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back); while lying down

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

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

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

sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back); sacrum (base of spine)

when lying still on the back

moving

while sitting

Neck

Stiffness of the nape of the neck.

Heaviness, weight; neck

Pain

neck; from a draft of air

neck; rheumatic

pressing; neck; as from weight; after walking

Stiffness

neck

neck; from draft of air

neck; after catching cold

neck; from lifting

neck; from washing

Back

Pain between shoulders on swallowing

Pain and stiffness in small of back; better, motion, or lying on something hard; worse, while sitting

Heaviness, weight

lumbar (lower half of back)

sacrum (base of spine); while sitting

Injuries of the spine; from lifting

Pain

damp weather

from lifting

while lying down

forcing to move, constantly in bed

while lying down; compels to turn in bed

when beginning to move

when reaching up

rheumatic

rising from sitting

when sitting long, almost impossible to get up

while sitting

walking

external warmth

extending to other parts; lower extremities

lumbar (lower half of back)

from catching cold

while lying down

while lying down; on back

lying on something hard

during movement

movement

rheumatic pains

on rising from a seat

while sitting

sacrum (base of spine); during movement

sacrum (base of spine); while sitting

aching; lumbar (lower half of back); morning

aching; lumbar (lower half of back); on movement

aching; lumbar (lower half of back); while sitting

pulling; movement

pulling; while sitting

pulling; walking

with rigidness; from sitting a long while, or lifting

with rigidness; lumbar (lower half of back)

with rigidness; sacrum (base of spine); as from straining or lifting

pressing; lumbar (lower half of back); sitting

as if sprained

lumbar (lower half of back)

Perspiration; night; 3 a.m.

Stiffness

from a draft

when moving

on beginning to move

moving

painful

rising; from a seat

after sitting

walking

wet weather

Strained easily

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine); lumbar (lower half of back)

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  ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Desire for milk

Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat

Pressure as from a stone ( Bryonia Bry.; Arsenicum Album Ars.) Drowsy after eating.

Violent pains, relieved by lying on abdomen

Swelling of inguinal glands

Pain in region of ascending colon

Colic, compelling to walk bent

Excessive distention after eating

Bloated; painful

Inflammation

neck of large intestine (right side, between hip and ribs. typhlitis)

Pain

during the heat of fever

warmth

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

side lain on

Bladder

retention of urine (see urination delayed); after exertion

urination; frequent; daytime

urination; frequent; while perspiring

urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting

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

Stomach

desires, cravings; milk

pain; after drinking; cold drinks

Eating

Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst

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

Flatus

Rumbling of flatus on first rising, but disappears with continued motion.

Nausea

Bitter taste ( Cuprum Metallicum Cupr.) Nausea, vertigo, and bloated abdomen after eating

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  RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Diarrhoea of blood, slime, and reddish mucus

Dysentery, with tearing pains down thighs

Stools of cadaverous odor

Frothy, painless stools

Will often abort a beginning suppurative process near the rectum

Dysentery.

Urinary Organs.

Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment

Dysuria, with loss of blood.

Diarrhoea

after getting wet

after getting wet; after getting feet

Dysentery

Involuntary stool

Pain

stool

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; stool

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

Stool

Mushy

Watery

bloody

bloody; like meat washings

Yellow

normal consistency

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  GENITALS ETC

Urine

Albuminous (white, thick)

Copious

with perspiration

Sediment; white

Male

Male

Swelling of glands and prepuce - dark-red erysipelatous; scrotum thick, swollen, Odematous

out-breaks on skin; scrotum; moist; between scrotum, and thigh

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); scrotum

inflammation; penis; foreskin; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

inflammation; scrotum; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

inflammation; testes

itching; penis; foreskin

itching; scrotum

swelling; penis; fluid accumulation

swelling; penis; head (glans)

swelling; penis; foreskin

swelling; scrotum

fluid accumulation

Female

Female; Swelling, with intense itching of vulva

Lochia thin, protracted, offensive diminished ( Pulsatilla Puls.; Secale Cornutum Secale), With shooting upwards in vagina ( Sepia Sep)

Womb

Female; prolapse; womb

Genitals

itching intense.

Pelvic articulations stiff when beginning to move

Male

out-breaks on skin

out-breaks on skin; itching

out-breaks on skin; moist

out-breaks on skin; blisters

swelling

Female

out-breaks on skin

out-breaks on skin; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

out-breaks on skin; blisters

inflammation

erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

irritation; itching

pain; pains after giving birth

swollen

Menses

Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid

Female

period; clotted

period; copious

period; frequent

period; protracted

period; suppressed; from getting feet wet

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); between the menstrual periods

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  EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Hot, painful swelling of joints

Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments, and fascia

Rheumatic pains spread over a large surface at nape of neck, loins, and extremities; better motion ( Agaricus Muscarius Agaric.) Soreness of condyles of bones

Limbs stiff, paralyzed

the cold fresh air is not tolerated; it makes the skin painful

Pain along ulnar nerve

Tearing down thighs

Sciatica; worse, cold, damp weather, at night

Numbness and formication, after overwork and exposure

Paralysis; trembling after exertion

Tenderness about knee-joint

Loss of power in forearm and fingers; crawling sensation in the tips of fingers

Tingling in feet.

Coldness

in paralysed limb

lower limbs; leg

Cracking noise in joints

Cramps

calf; in bed

calf; while sitting

after walking

calf; after walking

Pulling up limbs

Hands and feet

chapped hand (see roughness)

chilblains; of blisters

corns; stinging

Heat

wrist

hand; back of hand

Heaviness

during fever

lower limbs

after exertion

leg

foot; while sitting

Inflammation

upper limbs; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

knee; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

Movements and positions

lameness; joints (see rheumatic pain)

lameness; joints (see rheumatic pain); after a sprain

lameness; upper limbs; cold wet weather

lameness; upper limbs; rheumatic

lameness; wrist; after a sprain

lameness; lower limbs; from suppressed perspiration

trembling

after exertion

upper limbs; after moderate physical exertion

upper limbs; movement

lower limbs; movement

twitching

followed by numbness

Inflammed veins in legs of breast feeding women

Numbness (see tingling)

while lying down

on limbs

upper limbs

left; in heart disease

while lying on it

fingers

leg

Pain

during chill

on becoming cold

movement

continued

on beginning to move

rheumatic

acute

when becoming cold

in cold weather

walking

warmth

of bed

wet weather

joints

after exposure to cold

from catching cold

gouty

movement

rheumatic

upper limbs

left

left

with heart symptoms

night

movement

rheumatic

stormy weather

taking hold of anything

shoulder

on becoming cold

damp weather

as of dislocation

movement

rheumatic

walking

external warmth

upper arm; left

upper arm; afternoon; 2 p.m.

upper arm; afternoon; 3 p.m.

upper arm; on bending arms; bending arms backwards

upper arm; movement

upper arm; rheumatic

upper arm; biceps; after lifting

elbow; movement

elbow; warmth

forearm; movement

forearm; warm application

wrist

grasping anything

movement

rheumatic

hand

rheumatic

lower limbs

morning; on rising

night

becoming cold

from exertion

movement

beginning to move

comes on suddenly

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh)

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); cold

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); cold; applications

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

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); movement

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); on beginning to move

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

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

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); washing in cold water

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); wet weather

walking

warmth; warmth of bed

hip

morning

after exertion

when lying on hip

when lying on hip; side

rheumatic

when stepping

thigh; movement

thigh; stretching and turning limb from side to side

thigh; walking

knee

rheumatic

rising from sitting

while sitting

after sitting

lower leg

with fever

movement

comes on suddenly

walking

shin bone

shin bone; night

shin bone; night; in bed

shin bone; when crossing limbs

foot

morning

morning; on rising

from exertion

on movement

paralytic

while sitting

walking; while walking

aching

movement

while walking

upper arm

forearm; movement

forearm; while sitting

lower limbs

lower limbs; during chill

lower limbs; during fever

lower limbs; movement

lower limbs; thigh

lower limbs; thigh; movement

lower limbs; knee

lower limbs; knee; movement

lower limbs; knee; while sitting

leg

leg; during chill

leg; during fever

leg; movement

leg; while sitting

leg; while walking

ankles; movement

ankles; while sitting

pulling

evening; 6 p.m.

night

during chill

while lying down

movement

paralytic

upper limbs

upper limbs; left

upper limbs; night

upper limbs; movement

upper limbs; paralytic

forearm

forearm; movement

forearm; rheumatic

forearm; warmth applied

wrist

wrist; movement

wrist; rheumatic

wrist; tearing

hand

hand; rheumatic

fingers

fingers; while sitting

fingers; joints; movement

lower limbs

lower limbs; movement

lower limbs; walking

hip; movement

hip; while sitting

thigh

thigh; movement

thigh; rheumatic

thigh; while sitting

thigh; tearing

thigh; walking

knee; while sitting

knee; while walking

leg

leg; movement

leg; while walking

foot

foot; paralytic

foot; while sitting

foot; warmth of bed

pressing; hip

on stepping

scraping

leg, bones

sore, bruised

after exertion

movement

movement; continued

warmth

joints

joints; on movement

lower limbs

thigh

thigh; on beginning to walk

as if sprained

joint

shoulder

wrist

wrist; when grasping anything

hip

knee

ankle

foot

foot; morning

stitching, sudden, sharp

during fever

movement

joints

joints; during fever

upper limbs

upper limbs; extending downward

shoulder; while lying down

shoulder; movement

shoulder; moving arm

shoulder; walking

upper arm; movement

fingers; palm side

fingers; tips of fingers

fingers; tips of fingers; when grasping anything

lower limbs

lower limbs; walking

tearing

night

during chill

movement

rheumatic

after getting wet

joints

joints; during chill

joints; during fever

joints; jerking

upper limbs

upper limbs; movement

upper limbs; walking

shoulder; becoming cold

shoulder; movement

shoulder; rheumatic

shoulder; wet, cold weather

upper arm; from exertion

elbow

elbow; movement

elbow; rheumatic

elbow; warmth

elbow; extending to wrist

wrist

wrist; pulling

wrist; moving wrist

wrist; twitching

wrist; warmth of bed

lower limbs

lower limbs; during chill

lower limbs; movement

lower limbs; while walking

hip; movement

thigh; pulling

thigh; movement

thigh; walking

knee

knee; on becoming cold

knee; on movement

knee; rheumatic

knee; while walking

leg

leg; movement

leg; rheumatic

leg; while walking

ankle

ankle; movement

Paralysis

on one side of body (hemiplegia)

left

painless

sensation of paralysis

while walking

upper limbs

night

forearm; sensation of paralysis

lower limbs

painless

after childbirth

becoming wet

Restlessness

night

lower limbs

night

in bed

movement

while sitting

leg

leg; night; in bed

leg; during heat

feet

Skin

discoloration; red; joints

discoloration; fingers; nails; blueness; during chill

itching; like insects crawling on skin

itching; lower limbs

night

itching; leg; night

out-break on skin

blisters; containing fluid

burning

pimples

joints

joints; blisters

upper limbs

upper limbs; boils

upper limbs; burning

upper limbs; desquamating (peeling in scales)

upper limbs; itching

upper limbs; pimples

upper limbs; blisters

wrists; pimples

hand; back of hand; blisters

hand; between index finger and thumb; blisters

lower limbs

lower limbs; blisters

leg; boils

leg; blisters

Stiffness

morning

in bed

after exertion

on beginning to move

on rising

after sleep

after walking

joints

rheumatic

on rising

upper limbs; after manual labour

shoulder

forearm; painful

wrist

wet, cold weather

hand; rheumatic

fingers

after exertion

lower limbs

morning

after sitting

after walking

after walking; in open air

hip; on beginning to move

knee

on beginning to move

rheumatic

after sitting

after walking

foot

Swollen

upper limbs

wrist

hand; skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

fingers

knee

fluid in tissues

Tension, tightness

knee; rising from a seat

knee; hollow of knee

rising from a seat

foot; while sitting

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness)

upper limbs; side lain on

Uncovering

Weakness

afternoon

4 p.m.

movement

tottering

joints

forearm

fingers

lower limbs

after exertion

after walking

leg

while sitting

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  FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Adynamic; restless, trembling

Intermittent; chill, with dry cough and restlessness

During heat, urticaria

Hydroa

Chilly, as if cold water were poured over him, followed by heat and inclination to stretch the limbs.

Evening

Evening; 7 p.m., as though dashed with ice-cold water, or as if the blood were running cold when he moves, increased by eating and drinking

In bed; putting hand out of bed

From environment

during rains

from becoming wet

when over-heated

After exposure

Internal; as if coldness in blood vessels

During movement

After movement

Periodic, recurring; recurring every third day; twice

With fever, but chill predominating; evening

Shaking, shivering, rigors

on putting hand out of bed

Sides, one-sided

right

At certain time of day or night; from 7 p.m.

When uncovering, undressing

Warmth; external warmth

Sensation of cold water; dashed over him

From getting wet

Late morning; 10 a.m., as if dashed with hot water, or hot water running through the blood vessels

Evening

Night

dry burning heat

with perspiration

Alternating with chills

Localised; front of body

Burning heat

evening

mostly internal, blood seems to burn; in the veins

Fever without chill

evening

night

With chill

Continued fever

evening

night

after midnight

abdominal

with skin out-break

Dry heat

night

night; with delirium

Fever with skin out-break; scarlet fever

External heat

Infectious fevers

Inflammatory fever

Intense heat

Internal heat

burning; in the blood vessels

Movement brings on chilliness

Remittent

evening

night

One-sided

left

left; with coldness of right

Stages of chill, heat and sweat

chill followed by heat

chill followed by heat, with sweat

heat alternating with chill, then with sweat

Aversion to uncovering

Chilliness from uncovering

uncovering during any stage of attack

In women; from childbirth

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  INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

Injuries and accidents

Injuries in general

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  GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams of great exertion

Heavy sleep, as from stupor

Sleepless before midnight.

Dreams

anxious

of business

roaming over fields

vivid

While perspiring (see perspiration during sleep)

Position; on back

Restless

night; feeling comes on after midnight

Sleepiness, tiredness; afternoon

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; from before midnight

Yawning

without sleepiness

spasmodic

Perspiration

On parts affected with other conditions

Getting out of bed

During slight exertion (see walking)

General sweat everywhere except the head

While lying

Movement

During sleep

From suppressed complaints

Other symptoms worse while perspiring

Other symptoms relieved while perspiring

Aversion to uncovering

Generalities

Morning

Afternoon

Night

after midnight

Draft

Autumn

Dread of bathing

Bathing

Cold bathing

Change of weather

Cloudy weather

Constriction

externally

of orifices

Contractions, closing, stenoses, after inflammation

Physical exertion

Foggy weather

Eating and food

cold drinks

cold food

warm drinks

Formication (like insects crawling around); external parts

internally

Full feeling; internally

Heaviness

externally

internally

Inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation)

Jar, stepping

Straining of muscles and tendons, from lifting

Lying down

lying down

after lying down

lying on side

Movement

at beginning of movement

after

movement of affected part

Movement

of affected part

continued movement

Numbness

internally; parts lain on

internally; in single parts

Pain

burning externally

burning externally; internally

burning externally; blood vessels

jerking; externally

pressing; externally

pressing; internally

pressing; as from load

as if scraped; around the bone

sore, bruised

externally

after heated walk and rapid cooling

sudden, sharp; externally

sudden, sharp; downward

sudden, sharp; muscles

burning in muscles

tearing; away

tearing; downward

ulcerative; externally

Paralysis

in chronic indigestion

one-sided; left

painless

Perspiration gives no relief

Perspiration; after perspiration

Symptoms from suppression of perspiration

Pulse

abnormal

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

Rising

Symptoms not symmetrical; crosswise, left upper and right lower

While sitting

Before sleep

Stretching

Swelling

in general

of affected parts

glands

hard

swollen sensation

Tension; externally

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); becoming cold; hand out of bed

cold feeling

blood vessels

cold feeling; lack of vital heat

hot feeling; sensation of heat; in blood vessels

cold in general

cold air

from becoming cold

after becoming cold

having a cold part of body

cold, wet weather

warm bed

warm heater

Touch

Illusions of touch

Trembling

externally

internally

Touching cold things

Uncovering

single part

After undressing

Walking

beginning of walk

in open air

Warm bed

Warm heater

From getting wet

wet applications

while perspiring

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

from slight exertion

sitting

walking

in open air

Wet weather

In winter

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