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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
* D-L
* M-R * S-Z
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Decubitus :-

Merc-c.

Diphtheria, in :-

Aching :-

Lyc.,
Phyt.

Peculiar hard
ache :-

LACH.

Distress,
across :-

Lac-d.

Dragging, as before
menses, followed by slight show :-

Canth.

Drawing :-

Aster.,
Cham.,
Chin.,
Crot-h.,
Lyss., Nux-v.,
Op.

Aching, dull, between
shoulders at 6 P.M. :-

Zing.

Arms, as far as, in
paroxysms, and terminating in a stitch when sitting or lying :-

Nat-c.

Awaking, worse :-

Calc-p.

Backward

(functional
disturbance of heart) :-
Lil-t.

Burning, during sleep,
in morning :-

Zinc.

Down

(angina) :-
Merc.

Eruption, before
leprous :-

Ant-t.

Evening and morning,
worse in :-

Calc-p.

Gaping, with,
stretching and bending backward :-

Calc-p.

Hips, to, with urging
to urinate :-

Lach.

Lassitude, with, on
exercising in open air :-

Ter.

Liver affections, in

(hepatic
typhus) :- Chel.

Motion, worse
on :-

Colch.

Muscles, in :-

Card-m.,
Chel.

Pain extending towards
scapulæ, with nausea :-

Puls.

Pain, neck, into, with
headache in right hemisphere of brain

(chronic
catarrh) :- Sang.

Painful :-

Caps.,
Cocc., Lyc.

Painful, then
fatigue :-

CARD-M.

Painful, in paralytic
rheumatism :-

Phos.

Painful, on right side,
from shoulder-blade to lumbar region, changing locality :-

CARD-M.

Pulling, after sexual
excess :-

Ars.

Rheumatic, worse
stooping :-

Carb-v.

Rhomboid muscle,
following course of left :-

Ind.

Scapulæ,
between :-

Puls.

Sharp :-

Nat-m.

Short, as if too, to
allow stooping :-

Phys.

Shoulders, between,
during menses :-

Sil.

Sitting, when :-

Carb-v.

Sitting, while, in
evening :-

Ter.

Sitting, when, better
on motion :-

Bry.

Spasmodic, from behind,
into genitals and into thigh

(cancer
uteri) :- Kreos.

Stomach, as if, were
tightly drawn against spine, pain twisting :-

Verat-v.

Stool, after,
painful :-

Caps.

Stool, had to go to,
pain :-

Zing.

Urinate, with urging
to, extends to hips :-

Lach.

Dull
pain

(See Aching,
Soreness.) :-
Crot-h., Hydr.,
Ind.

Dysentery, in :-

Cub.

Constant, 3 or 4 times
an hour

(ovaritis) :-
Ust.

Side, on each, above
innominate, running into rectum, worse in wet weather :-

Aloe.

Side, worse, deep
inspirations :-

Cupr-ar.

Side, on each, about 6
inches above kidneys, to chest :-

Ferr-i.

Scapula, a little lower
down than inferior angle of right, but nearer the spine

(hemicrania,
asthma) :- CHEN-A.

Uteri, in
prolapsus :-

Podo.


Ears, pains ascending
to occiput, affecting ears :-

Gels.

Eating, pain
after :-

Kali-c.

Emaciation :-

Tab.

Muscles wasted :-

Calc.

Eructation, pain,
relieved by, belching :-

Sep.

Eruption :-

Stram.

Aching like a
sore :-

Bry.

Blotches, red :-

Asc-t.

Eczema capitis :-

Sil.

Elevation, hive
like :-

Lac-ac.

Herpes zoster, like a
girdle around abdomen :-

Merc.

Herpes, in, zoster,
unbearable pains, from external application of Rhus-t. :-

Lach.

Irritation, then
rash :-

Calc.

Itching
violently :-

Bry.

Itching acne :-

Carb-v.

Itch-like :-

Psor.

Maculæ

(secondary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Miliary spots :-

Sumb.

Miliaria, white, in
typhoid :-

Valer.

Moist, burning,
itching, eats into surrounding parts, large vesicles filled with
clear serum form, become turbid, burst and become confluent :-

Rhus-t.

Pimples :-

Dig.,
Hyper.

Pimples, red :-

Ph-ac.

Pimples, small :-

Kali-c.

Pimples, small, dry,
red :-

Iod.

Pimples, small red

(incipient
phthisis) :- Rumx.

Psoriasis, patches of,
size of a crown piece, and indolent :-

Kali-o.

Pustules :-

Bell.

Pustules, dark
red :-

Chim.

Pustules, in leucorrhœa :-

Aur-m-n.

Pustules, size of a pea
to a five-cent piece :-

Lach.

Pustules, contain thin,
yellow pus

(stomatitis) :-
Sulph.

Rash :-

Psor.

Rash, itching, always
worse and gnawing, after scratching and sticking, as from
needles :-

Mez.

Rash, red, with sweat
after dulness of senses and anxiety :-

Stram.

Red :-

Tab.

Scales, scurf like
fish :-

Mez.

Scarlatina, dark
blotches in, secondary :-

LYC.

Scarlatina, rash like,
simplex, flushing, bright red, disappears on pressure, returns
immediately after removal of pressure :-

Stram.

Spots from which scurf
comes off “like fish scales”, when scratched

(pityriasis
capitis) :- Mez.

Spots like
ringworms :-

All-s.

Suppressed, after,
aching :-

Psor.

Vesicles, of, itch in
evening :-

Kali-c.

Vesicular :-

Sep.

Vesicular, becoming
pustular, itching in evening :-

Iris.

Zoster, like :-

Cist.

Erysipelatous, broad
belt of erysipelatous inflammation across from point of right
shoulder to upper part of left arm :-

Apis.

Faint feeling, while
standing :-

Sep.

Feet, ache extending to
feet :-

Bor.

Fever :-

(See Burning,
Fever.)

Aching before and after
chill :-

Aran.,
Podo.

Aching with
chill :-

Ant-t.

Aching, with chill, 9
A.M. to 3 P.M.

(ague) :-
Ip.

Aching, in
intermittent :-

Cham.

Pain, during
chill :-

Ign.,
Lac-ac.

Pain, during heat

(intermittent) :-
Caps.

Pain, with sleepiness
and weakness during day :-

Corn.

Pain causes
fever :-

Carb-an.

Pains in
intermittent :-

Gels.,
Polyp.

Pain before and after
chill, in intermittent :-

Aran.

Pain, excruciating, in
intermittent :-

Caps.

Pains, violent, in
intermittent :-

Sulph.

Pains, violent, in
relapse of intermittent :-

Ars.

Pain, fever, from lower
part upward and through whole body, with drowsiness, 6 to 8
P.M. :-

Kali-i.

Pain, aching, in
prodrome :-

Ip.

Pain, violent, in
typhoid :-

Verat-v.

Pain in yellow :-

Sulph.

Flesh, sensation as if
flesh were loose on lower part :-

Lyc.

Fluttering, creeping
sensation between shoulders :-

Cupr-a.

Formication :-

Ph-ac.

Legs, to :-

Phos.

Worse in rest and
during rough weather :-

Rhod.

Tingling :-

Nat-c.

Fulness, after
eating :-

Cham.

Gimlet, pain like,
running into spine :-

Lyc.

Gnawing :-

Painful :-

Alumn.,
Am-c.

Below
shoulder-blades :-

Agar.

Walking, while :-

Canth.

Hammer, sudden pain as
if struck, when stooping, better pressing against something
hard :-

SEP.

Head :-

Dull aching to
occiput :-

Gels.

Dulness, aching with,
of head :-

Calc.

Pain, to crown of head

(convalescence
from yellow fever) :-
Calc.

Pain, with heaviness in
head :-

Gamb.

Pain starting up from
back into head, as if something were working at top of head, with a
sense of screwing from behind forward :-

Plb.


Headache :-

Backache with :-

Cina,
Kali-c.

Aching, with
sick :-

Phyt.

Heart, pain, caused by
audible beating of heart :-

Spig.

Heat

(See Burning.) :-
Glon.,
Nit-s-d.,
Verat-v.

Aching, with :-

Agar.

Burning :-

Dulc.

Burning, in locomotor
ataxia :-

Phos.

Flashes :-

Acon.,
Coca, Merl.

Flashes, down :-

Coff.

Flashes running up,
after stool :-

Podo.

Flashes, sudden :-

Mang.

Flashes in floods from

(heart
affection) :- Sumb.

Flashes up, after
stool :-

Podo.

Glow after
chilliness :-

Ars-h.

Hot, pain, as if a,
iron were thrust through lower vertebræ :-

Alumn.

Lower, in, part :-

Berb.

Œsophagus, in
stricture of, extending up :-

Phos.

Prickly heat :-

Apis.

Runs up :-

Hyos.

Shoulders, between,
follows sensation as if she were going to faint :-

Med.

Shoulder, between, into
limbs :-

Camph.

Shoulder, under,
blades :-

# Elat.

Tolerate, cannot, any
heat near, hot sponge on back causes him to wince

(caries
of vertebræ) :-
Phos.

Up, intense,
running :-

PHOS.

Up, running, with
menses :-

Phos.

Warm, worse, sensation
passes up into head :-

Sarr.

Warmth ascending neck,
after crackling in occiput :-

Calc.

Warmth, better by
expulsion of wind :-

Berb.

Water, sensation as if
hot, were creeping through, from below upward :-

Nit-s-d.


Heaviness :-

Lain, as if she had, in
a wrong position :-

Sep.

Lower part feels
heavy :-

Zing.

Morning, in, awaking as
if she could not turn or raise herself :-

Sep.

Pain in muscles :-

Chr-ac.

Pain, a, or ache in and
between both shoulders, lasting 2 hours :-

Lyss.

Painful :-

Hydr.

Rest, worse at, and
rough weather, heavy feeling of :-

Rhod.

Scapulæ, as if a load
were hanging between :-

Carbn-s.

Sleep, almost as if
gone to :-

Sep.

Soreness, with, of
muscles and joints :-

Pic-ac.

Weight :-

Hell.

Weight, with dyspnœa :-

Nat-m.

Weight, as from a,
pain, during menses :-

Kali-c.

Weight in, from womb
and ovaries

(uterine
polypi) :- Con.

Wind, better by
expulsion of :-

Berb.


Hæmorrhoids, with
pains

(gleet) :-
Sulph.

Hypertrophied, scaleni
muscles :-

Sars.

Injury :-

Bruises and
falls :-

Arn.

Acute pain, after a
fall, in dorsal region :-

Arg-n.

Sprained :-

Rhus-t.

Wrenched, feeling as
if :-

Calc.

Itching :-

Ant-c.,
Asc-t., Carb-ac., Caust.,
Cist.,
Daph., Nit-ac.,
Sep., Sil.,
Spong., Ther.

Biting when she feels
cold, rubbing makes spot red and vesicles arise, soon vanishing
again :-

Spong.

Chilliness,
with :-

Lyc.

Corrosive

(by
day) :- Guai.

Flea, as from,
bites :-

Thuj.

Fulness :-

Ail.

Insects, as from
crawling, worse evenings on going to bed :-

Osm.

Muscles, in :-

# Cupr.

Night, at :-

Ail.

Nocturnal, better by
scratching, but immediately returning on some other place :-

Mez.

Scratching, better by,
but soon appears in a place near the spot :-

Pall.

Skin, as if he had worn
a stout, woolen, flannel shirt :-

Ferr-s.

Spots :-

Zinc.

Tumors, in
tarsal :-

Zinc.

Undressing,
when :-

Nat-s.


Jerking :-

Electric, like,
shocks :-

Ang.

Painful :-

Calc-p.

Painful, with
inhalation :-

Calc-p.

Muscles, in, between
shoulders, better moving shoulders up and down

(irritability
of cerebro-spinal system) :-
Ran-b.

Vertigo, with :-

Aran.


Labor :-

Backache after :-

Hyper.

During, complains
of :-

Chlf.

Labor-like pain, during
menses :-

Cycl.

Pains, worse in
back :-

Nux-v.

Lacerating :-

Cocc.,
Nux-v., Op.

Lameness

(See Numbness.) :-
Berb.,
Fl-ac.,
Hyper., Zing.

Abdomen, with soreness
in lower

(prolapsus
uteri) :- Lyss.

Albuminuria, in :-

Nux-v.

Articulations, across
sacro-iliac, worse walking

(leucorrhœa) :-
ÆSC.

Emissions, nocturnal,
as after physical exertion :-

Vib.

Hæmorrhoids,
in :-

Æsc-g.

Liver, in region of, so
lame it is almost impossible to turn in bed, better by
motion :-

Dios.

Lower part, from
walking or standing :-

Zing.

Motion, worse from,
better in rest :-

Cupr-ar.

Nausea, with :-

Cupr-ar.

Night, in bed :-

Kalm.

Sit up, cannot, without
support :-

Dios.

Stiff feeling :-

Cupr.

Stitches, with :-

NAT-M.

Walking, worse

(prolapsus
uteri) :- Æsc.

Walking, a kind of,
after :-

Zing.


Laming pain :-

Chin.

Lancinating :-

(See Cutting,
Stabbing, Stitches.)

Constriction, with, of
anus during stool :-

Coloc.

Rhomboid muscle,
following course of left :-

Indg.

Running up, with
constriction of anus :-

Coloc.

Womb, from, and ovaries

(uterine
polypi) :- Con.

Legs :-

Backache, extends
into :-

Calc-ar.

Languid aching down

(incipient
typhoid) :- Gels.

Pain through to knees

(vicarious
menses) :- Dig.

Pain, shooting down
outside of left thigh, sometimes down sciatic nerve, on 1st moving,
or rising after sitting

(sciatic
rheumatism) :- Ruta.

Pain into :-

Camph.

Pains, frequent,
extending down into feet :-

Sep.

Pain, tearing
to :-

Phos.

Pain, extending into
thighs :-

Lyc.

Pain, severe, down
thighs through hips :-

Cimic.

Pain, acute, gradually
extending down thighs with great torture, seeks relief in change of
position :-

Ox-ac.

Weariness, backache
with, in :-

Brach.


Leucorrhœa :-

Backache, with :-

MUR-AC.,
PULS.

Backache, with,
alternating with catarrh :-

Kali-c.

Pains, with :-

Lyss.

Limbs :-

Pain, at same
time :-

Ip.

Tearing with backache

(typhoid
fever) :- RHUS-T.


Liver, pain, from
congestion :-

LYC.

Lying on :-

Apis.

Back, on, or side only
possible

(affection
of liver) :- Mag-m.

Back, can lie best,
on :-

LYC.

Back, aching worse in
horizontal position :-

Rhus-t.

Board, as if on a,
changes position, bed feels so hard, worse sacral region

(typhus) :-
Bapt.

Cannot, on account of
rush of blood to head

(nightmare) :-
Sulph.

Cannot lie for any
length of time :-

Hyper.

Cough,
aggravates :-

Eup-per.

Eyes, with
closed :-

Stram.

Eyes, open, with,
staring

(apoplexy) :-
Stram.

Fever, in gastric
nervous :-

Lach.

Lie upon, desires to,
with head elevated :-

Lyc.

Lie on, prefers to,
with head low :-

Dig.

Lie on, inclination to

(tuberculosis) :-
Ferr-i.

Lie on, inclination to,
knees, with, drawn up :-

Merc-c.

Leg, with one,
stretched and other drawn up

(pregnancy) :-
Stann.

Legs, with, drawn up

(typhoid) :-
Hell.

Legs turned on stomach

(typhoid) :-
Puls.

Limbs, with,
flexed :-

Tarent.

Mouth, with, open

(malignant
scarlatina) :- Lach.

Night, finds himself
in, lying on :-

SULPH.

Pain, something hard
relieves :-

Nat-m.

Pain at night allowing
to lie only on abdomen, worse coughing :-

Nit-ac.

Pain worse at each
motion, does not stir

(pneumonia) :-
Zinc.

Pain, could not lie
upon, or either side :-

Glon.

Pain, particularly in
places upon which she must lie :-

Ferr.

Pneumonia, in :-

Puls.

Pneumonia, in bilateral
croupous :-

Kali-i.

Relieves all symptoms

(catarrh
of bladder) :- Uva.

Rheumatism, in cardiac,
impossible :-

Phos.

Side, if moved to,
rolls on to back

(typhoid) :-
Lach.

Turn, not able to

(spinal
curvature) :- Cic.

Typhoid, in :-

Zinc.

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