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Back – Neck and Back – Chapter 31 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 31.
NECK AND BACK.

Back
* Coccyx * Lumbar
Region
(Loins,
Small of Back) *
Neck * Sacrum
* Scapulæ * Spinal
Cord
* Spine

Back.

(See Lumbar
region.)
A-C
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Abdomen :-

Aching, to hypogastric
region

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Tarent.

Pain, with labor-like
colic :-

Kali-c.

Pain, as from
incarcerated flatulence :-

Coch.

Pain to front into
genitals

(threatened
miscarriage) :- Cham.

Pain, extending
over :-

Cimx.

Pain, down both sides
to groins :-

Petr.

Puffed, with,
backache :-

Cimx.

Wind pressing
against :-

Cupr-s.


Aching

(backache)
(See Bruised
feeling
, Dull pain,
Pain.) :-
All-s.,
Ars., Ars-s-f., Aur-m., Bapt., Bism.,
BRY.,
Graph.,
Ind.,
IP.,
Kali-br.,
Kalm., Lac-c.,
Lyss., Med.,
Nat-c., NAT-M.,
NUX-V.,
Petr.,
PULS.,
Rhus-t., SEP.,
Sil.,
Tril.,
Vac.

Languid, 4 to 5 P.M.,
every day :-

Gels.

Arm, into :-

Calc-ar.

Anus, with urging and
burning in :-

Merc.,
Per.

Bed, confines him
to :-

Ars-s-f.

Bilious attacks :-

NUX-V.

Break, as if it
would :-

BELL.

Bones were broken, as
if, in influenza and ague :-

EUP-PER.

Chilliness,
with :-

Dios.

Constant for several
years :-

Sulph.

Constant, dull,
scarcely able to walk, rise, or stoop :-

Æsc.

Constipation,
with :-

Psor.

Coccyx, especially
in :-

Caust.

Day, all :-

Lyss.

Diarrhœa, with :-

Casc.

Distress :-

Ptel.

Dull :-

Polyp.

Dull, distress in whole
dorsal region :-

Erig.

Dull, every morning on
waking :-

Ptel.

Dysentery, in :-

Lil-t.

Eating, after :-

Ant-t.

Excessive :-

Psor.

Fever, in
inflammatory :-

Gels.

Flooding, with :-

Bry.

Gleet, in :-

Calad.

Intense :-

EUP-PER.

Intolerable :-

Calc.

Inwardly along last
dorsal and 1st lumbar vertebræ :-

Asaf.

Kidney affections,
in :-

Ter.

Languor, with :-

Polyp.

Laughter, with :-

Cann-i.

Left side, down, into
hip :-

Kali-bi.

Legs and knees, also
in :-

Æsc.

Liver, in functional
derangement of :-

Sep.

Lumbar region, worse
in, extends around waist :-

Vac.

Lower part, in :-

Clem.

Lying in bed late,
worse

(nervous
debility) :- Cur.

Menses, during :-

Inul.

Miscarriage, with
threatened :-

Vib.

Morning, for 1 hour
in :-

Ptel.

Muscles, in, of both
sides :-

Calc.

Nausea, with, after
suppressed itch :-

Psor.

Night, especially at

(prolapsus
uteri) :- Arg-n.

Night, worse at :-

Am-m.

Pressing, at lower
border of scapula :-

Rumx.

Pressure, better from,
and lying on back :-

Nat-m.

Pressed, wants back,
violent :-

KALI-C.

Pressure, worse from,
aching :-

Verb.

Scarlatina, after

(diphtheria) :-
Lyc.

Scapula, from, down
back or kidneys :-

Rumx.

Shoulders,
between :-

Ail.

Shoulders, between,
with soreness all over or in centre of chest :-

Ol-j.

Shoulders, between,
extends into left lung, worse on expiration :-

Sep.

Shoulders and sacrum,
between :-

Calc-ar.

Sides, and in :-

Kali-bi.

Sit up, must, or turn
in bed :-

NUX-V.

Sitting, better, but
too weak to sit long, better by cloths dipped in warm milk :-

Ars-h.

Sitting or lying,
worse, mostly morning, when awaking :-

Berb.

Sleep,
preventing :-

Aran.

Sleeplessness,
with :-

Lac-ac.

Smallpox, in :-

Ant-c.

Spine, length
of :-

Lac-ac.

Sternum, with stitches
in :-

Psor.

Stooping, after :-

Bov.

Stooping, worse, from
walking and after coffee :-

Cham.

Straightening out and
bending backward, better :-

Æth.

Supper, after :-

Agar.

Tired, lower part, with
restlessness :-

Calc-f.

Trapezius, along top of
right, after dislocation :-

Phyt.

Uteri, in
prolapsus :-

Aloe.

Violent :-

Ind.,
Inul., Lyss.

Walking, while, feels
as if she could lie down on street to obtain rest and relief :-

Kali-c.

Walking, when, with
stitches in sternum :-

Psor.

Walking, after,
violent :-

Nat-c.

Weakness, as from,
better sitting and leaning against something :-

Zing.

Work, cannot :-

Asaf.

Work, after hard

(rheumatism) :-
Ars.

Air, diseases brought
on by exposure to draught :-

Sil.

Bearing down :-

(See
Pressive.)

Beaten :-

(See
Bruised feeling.)

Biting :-

Agar.

Chilliness,
with :-

Lyc.


Boils :-

Phyt.,
Thuj.

Blood boils :-

Caust.,
Graph., Sul-ac.,
Thuj.

Blood boils,
small :-

Iris.

Blood boil on right,
near spine :-

Kali-bi.

1/2 an inch in
diameter, near spine, with violent burning, throbbing pain :-

Lach.

Small suppurating,
often leave scars :-

KALI-I.

Boring :-

Bism.,
Cocc.

Aching :-

Ham.

Breaking, as if :-

Alumn., Kali-c.,
Nat-m.,
Vario.

Aching, as if bones
were broken

(intermittent
fever) :- EUP-PER.

Hips, and

(hæmorrhoids) :-
Æsc.

Hard floor, better
lying on, or with pillow under back :-

Rhus-t.

Night, at, in
bed :-

Ferr-i.

Night, at, dysmenorrhœa,
in :-

Xan.

Night, at,
hæmorrhoids, in :-

Bell.

Night, at :-

Mag-c.

Retinitis, with
nephritic :-

Kalm.

Stool, before :-

Nux-v.

Bruised
feeling

(See
Aching, Soreness.) :-
ARN.,
Asar.,
Corn., EUP-PER.,
Lyss., Merc.,
Nux-v.,
Rhus-t.,
Ruta,
Sabad.

Awaking, on :-

Grat.

Beaten, as if :-

Agar.,
Alumn.,
Ang., Arn., Berb.,
Rhus-t., Zinc.

Beaten on motion, as
if :-

Stram.

Beaten, as if, with
stitches :-

NAT-M.

Blow or fall, as from
a :-

Ruta.

Colic, with, awakes her
at 2 A.M., better lying on side :-

Nat-s.

Dorsal region, lower,
especially left :-

Apis.

Leucorrhœa, with thick :-

Mag-s.

Lying still in bed,
while, better rising and walking about :-

Puls.

Morning, in :-

Calad.,
Dros.

Morning, 3 or 4 A.M.,
worse at :-

NUX-V.

Muscles, in :-

Cham.

Muscles, in, tired,
from points of scapulæ to ilium on each side of spine, better from
pressure :-

Vib.

Night, at :-

Nat-c.

Pressive, early on
rising, worse turning trunk and standing, better walking :-

Thuj.

Pounded all over, as
if, with prostration :-

Phyt.

Rest, during :-

Kali-c.

Ribs, in region of
short :-

Ran-b.

Rising, early on,
better from motion :-

Rat.

Shoulders,
between :-

Acon.,
Ars.

Stitches, with :-

NAT-M.

Stooping, after
prolonged, while straightening :-

Nat-m.

Stooping, worse, and
when touched :-

Stront-c.

Straighten,
cannot :-

Psor.

Touch, with
sensitiveness of parts to, above and in small of, also during
menses :-

Mag-m.

Upper part, as if
beaten :-

Anac.

Violent, while walking
in open air, with weakness :-

Zinc.


Bubbling sensation,
muscles :-

Petr.

Burning

(See Heat.) :-
Agar.,
Ant-t., Apis, ARS.,
Aur-m.,
Bar-c., Berb., Bism.,
Chel.,
Com., Daph., Kali-c.,
Kreos., Nux-v.

Afternoon, in, pain as
if in posterior wall of stomach :-

Lob.

Accompanies and follows
stinging, almost itching in left chest, below nipple :-

Rumx.

Coition, after :-

Mag-m.

Constant

(gastric
disorder) :- Atrop-s.

Drawing :-

Zinc.

Coccyx, beginning at,
as if under skin, along :-

Mur-ac.

Emission, after

(spermatorrhœa) :-
Merc.

Headache, with
congestive :-

Glon.

Lying quietly on it,
while

(ovaritis) :-
Ars.

Ribs, near last, right
side, like heartburn :-

Lyss.

Scapulæ, mostly
between lower half of :-

Helon.

Shoulders, between, in
cerebro-spinal meningitis :-

Lyc.

Shoulders, between,
with irritable spine :-

Ph-ac.

Shoulders, between,
with weak, gone feeling :-

Phos.

Small spots, pain
in :-

Zinc.

Stove, as if he were
sitting by a hot, in skin :-

Dulc.

Superficial about
middle of dorsal spine :-

Chr-ac.

Walking, while, in open
air and becoming warm :-

Sil.

Women, in :-

Pic-ac.

Carbuncle :-

Interscapular anthrax,
with severe burning pain, cannot sleep :-

Tarent.

In left side, extending
from upper border of scapula downward about 6 inches, surrounded by
small pustules, pus offensive and scanty, pain deprives of
sleep :-

Hep.

Dorsal region to right
of spine, 6 inches in diameter, with rigors, nocturnal sweat, fever
and prostration

(after
bite of a cat) :-
Lach.

9 inches long, 5 at
greatest breadth, sloughing discharge of ichorous, terribly smelling
pus, blood-poisoning by absorption of pus

(pyæmia) :-
Ant.


Catching pain, with
gasping :-

Petr.

Chest, stitching
through, during inspiration :-

Berb.

Chill

(See Chilliness,
Coldness.) :-
All-c.,
Ant-c., Aphis, Asim., Bell., Berb., Calen., Carb-v., Cham.,
Dig., KALM.,
Led.,
Spong.

Arms, to :-

Calc-ar.

Begins, in
intermittent :-

CAPS.

Begins, in
evening :-

Puls.

Cold, as from an icy,
wet handkerchief, extends to hips :-

Berb.

Crawls from 10 A.M. to
2 P.M. :-

Chlor.

Creeps, cold, evening
and night :-

Ars.,
Thuj.

Creeps, running
up :-

Gels.

Creeps, ascending, when
they reached neck a general shudder ensued :-

Merc-sul.

Creeps, cold, evening
and night :-

PULS.

Currents of cold air
down :-

Coff.

Delirium tremens,
in :-

Stram.

Diphtheria, in, in
evening :-

Bapt.

Down, runs :-

Bell.,
Chel., Coff.,
Colch., Croc.,
Lob., Samb.,
Staph.,
Vac.

Down, runs, in
dysentery :-

Colch.

Down, runs, in
evening :-

Cocc.

Down, chase each other,
after running pin into foot :-

Hyper.

Evening, in :-

Rhus-t.,
Stann.

Feverish :-

Guai.

Fugitive :-

Chin.

Lower part, across,
beginning in spine just above sacrum :-

Ox-ac.

Morning, 8.30 to 9
A.M. :-

Asaf.

Pain before and
during :-

Eup-per.

Pain during :-

Ign.

Pain during, and when
coming in contact with bed

(ague) :-
Samb.

Rigor and formication,
with heat of head and face, in forenoon

(chronic
bronchial catarrh) :-
Puls.

Shiverings, worse in
afternoon :-

Asaf.

Shivering after nervous
attack :-

Calc.

Shivering during
stool :-

Trom.

Shivering, worse in
evening, in bed :-

Sang.

Shivering, with glowing
cheeks and cold hands :-

Euphr.

Shivering, in quotidian
ague :-

Sep.

Shivering, extending
into hypochondria and especially into anterior portion of arms and
thighs, with coldness of limbs and a feeling as if they would fall
asleep about 4 P.M. :-

Puls.

Shivering, with warm
feet :-

Kali-m.

Shivering, better from
warmth of stove :-

Nicc.

Shivering, with
external heat after lying down :-

Coff.

Shivering, with
internal chill, afternoons and evenings :-

Cocc.

Shoulders, begins
across :-

Lach.

Shoulders, scapulæ,
creeps along between :-

Lac-del.

Shoulder-blades,
commencing between :-

Polyp.

Shuddering :-

Cast.,
Guai., Spong.

Shuddering, in
albuminuria :-

Calc-ar.

Shuddering, in
evening :-

Ars-h.

Shuddering, in evening,
in scarlet fever :-

Dulc.

Shuddering, with heat
in face, and chest symptoms :-

Seneg.

Shuddering, into feet
and arms :-

Calc-ar.

Shuddering, sitting,
while, by a fire in forenoon :-

Bapt.

Shuddering in
cephalalgia periostitica :-

Mez.

Shuddering, over single
parts :-

Ars-h.

Shuddering, with spasm
of sphincter during or independent of stool :-

Colch.

Shuddering, before
vomiting :-

Raph.

Spreads from :-

Arg-m.

Stool, during :-

Trom.

Streams, like, of ice
water running down between scapulæ and to sacral region :-

Vario.

Run up :-

Am-m.,
EUP-PER.,
Gels., Puls.,
Sulph.

Run up, in whooping
cough :-

All-c.

Run up, in intermittent
fever :-

Gels.

Run up to head :-

Lach.

Run up, from movement

(diphtheria) :-
Sulph.

Run up, with chattering
of teeth and shaking :-

Nat-s.

Run up, even when warm
in a warm room :-

Rhus-v.

Run up and down :-

Med.

Run up and down, then
fever with drowsiness :-

Gels.

Run up and down, with
thirst

(ague) :-
Ip.

Walking up and down
room :-

Ang.

Water, as if cold, were
running down, leaning back in chair :-

Agar.

Water, run down like
streams of cold, causing shivering and chattering of teeth, at
commencement of fever :-

Vario.

Water, as from cold,
evening in bed :-

Berb.

Zigzag, running
down :-

Med.


Chilliness

(See Chill,
Coldness, Crawling.) :-
Ang., Camph.,
Cham., Crot-t.,
Dig., Dulc.,
Ham.,
Lept.,
Nat-m., Nit-s-d.,
PULS.,
Raph.,
Sec.,
Spong.

Afternoon, in :-

Guai.,
Stram.

Air, as if cool, were
blowing :-

Benz-ac.,
Camph.

Afternoon, 3 P.M., at,
worse in evening after lying down, lasting a 1/4 of an hour, with
cold feet :-

Lyc.

Air, in open,
especially in draught :-

Dulc.

Anæmia of brain,
in :-

Con.

Down :-

All-c.,
All-c., Bry.,
Cean., Gels.,
Sil.

Down, when changing
position ever so little :-

Eup-pur.

Down, in immediate
region of spine, in damp weather

(posterior
spinal sclerosis) :-
Pic-ac.

Eating, after, in
chronic hepatitis :-

Sil.

Evening, every :-

Dulc.

Evening, in, after a
severe cold

(perimyelitis) :-
Sep.

Evening, in, for an
hour, with subsequent heat :-

Sulph.

Evening, in, after
lying down :-

Nux-v.

Evening, with dry heat
in, after lying down :-

Coff.

Face, with heat
of :-

Sulph.

Face and head, with
heat of :-

Jatr.,
Nit-s-d.

Forehead, with stitches
in :-

Sil.

Hands, with cold, and
blue nails :-

Con.

Ice, as if a piece of,
were lying between shoulders, gooseflesh all over :-

Lachn.

Influenza, in, in
morning, with painfulness of skin, as if it had been frozen :-

Nux-v.

Pain abates,
when :-

Asc-s.

Spreading from :-

Dulc.

Trembling, and, as if
cold water were poured down :-

Stram.

Tuberculous
consumption, in :-

Spong.

Upper, chilliness in,
worse at night and in cold air :-

Stront-c.

Up, extending :-

Æsc.

Up, running, with
yawning and depression of spirits :-

Merc-sul.

Up, running, and
down :-

Aphis.

Warm place, seeks
a :-

Kali-bi.

Water, like
cold :-

Stram.

Water, as if cold, were
poured down :-

PULS.,
Zinc.

Water, as if cold, were
dropping down, during chill, in intermittent :-

Caps.

Water, as if cold, were
poured down, with headache :-

Alumn.

Water, as if cold, were
spurted upon, at 6 P.M. :-

Lyc.

Coldness :-

Brach., Cact.,
Calc., Camph.,
Croc.,
Elaps., Lac-d.,
Lact., Op.,
Sec.,
Sulph.,
VERAT.

Chill, with, in
evening :-

Mur-ac.

Fever subjective, in
intermittent, sensation :-

Ars.

Night, at :-

Arum-t.

Shoulders, coldness
between, followed by general coldness, convulsive twitchings of
right side and difficult respiration :-

Sep.

Shoulders, between, not
better by feather or wool covering, followed by itching

(pulmonary
affections) :- Am-m.

Transient :-

Sulph.


Constriction :-

Guai.

Painful :-

Cham.

Painful dorsal muscles
while sitting, better bending back, worse bending forward :-

Rhus-t.

Painful, as if in
muscles

(myelitis) :-
Dulc.

Phthisis, in :-

Cetr.

Contraction :-

Backward, as if it
would contract :-

Brach.

Coldness, with, griping
and sore feeling :-

Con.

Cramp-like :-

Mez.

Muscles :-

Brach.

Muscles, drawing head
back on shoulders

(cerebro-spinal
disease) :- Verat-v.

Painful :-

Graph.

Cough :-

(See
During Cough, Back,
Chapter 27 :
Cough and Expectoration
.)

Cramp :-

Lyss.

Brain affection,
in :-

Hell.

Hypochondriasis,
in :-

Arg-n.

Pain,
cramp-like :-

Euphr.

Shoulders, between,
while walking :-

Calad.


Crawling

(creeping) :-
Agar., All-c.,
Ars-h.,
Ars-met., Berb., Calen., Cham.

Afternoon :-

Asaf.

Creeping, gentle, as if
soft air were blowing through it :-

Sec.

Drinking, after, slight

(intermittent) :-
Ars.

Morning, in :-

Ars-met.

Evening, in :-

Lyc.

Fleas, as of :-

Pall.

Flushes run up, creeps
and

(meningitis) :-
Gels.

Mouse running up, as of
a, before a fit :-

Sulph.

Parts, on :-

Ars-h.

Smallpox, in :-

Vario.

Upward :-

Ang.

Up and down :-

Crot-h.

Crick

(See Stitches.) :-
Calc-p., Ferr-p.

Sacrum to nape of
neck :-

Agar.

Caused by sudden strain
when lifting, worse on 1st attempt to move, better by continued
motion, hurts in riding, or from a jar or misstep :-

Sep.


Cutting

(See Lancinating,
Stabbing, Stitches.) :-
Arg-n.,
Aur-m.,
Calc-p., Eup-pur.,
Gels., Guare.,
NAT-M.

Running up, with
constriction of arms :-

Coloc.

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