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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.)
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Menses :-

(See Lumbar
Region Menses
.)

Aching before :-

Brom.,
Caust.,
Gels.

Aching, every 2
weeks :-

Cann-i.

Aching, 2 days before,
heavy, with sharp pain across abdomen from hip to hip, followed by
expulsive pains, pain diminishes as flow commences, and stops with
it :-

Ust.

Aching, during :-

Aloe,
Calc-p., Graph.,
Ign.

Aching, when walking,
during :-

Kali-c.

Aching, after :-

Calc-p.

Bearing down,
during :-

Podo.

Pain, as if broken,
during :-

Phos.

Burning, before :-

Kreos.

Cramp, after :-

Bor.

Cutting, in small of,
during too early :-

Ol-an.

Griping, during :-

Calc.

Pains, as if coming
on :-

Cocc.

Pains, as if coming on,
worse early evening and in close room, better in open air and moving
about :-

Vib.

Pain, before :-

Bar-c.,
Berb., Hydr.,
Lyc., Puls., Spong.

Pain labor-like,
before :-

Dig.

Pains, before, commence
in and go around, ending in cramps in uterus :-

Vib.

Pains, before, scanty
and irregular

(cardialgia) :-
Zinc.

Pain, during :-

Bell.,
Caust., Croc.,
Crot-h., Hydr.,
Iod., Kalm.,
Thuj.

Pain, during, in
anæmia :-

Sulph.

Pain, during, in
asthenopia :-

Sep.

Pain, dreadful,
during :-

Sars.

Pains, like
labor-pains, during :-

Agar.,
Calc.,
Nit-ac., Sulph.

Pain, during, on rising
in morning, she was unable to move during :-

Lyc.

Pain, during, in
prolapsus uteri :-

Am-m.

Pains, with profuse, 5
months after delivery

(menorrhagia) :-
Sabin.

Pain, with
scanty :-

Lac-d.

Pain, from
suppressed :-

PULS.

Pain, every few minutes

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Ust.

Pain, during, worse
when walking :-

Mag-m.

Pressing from within
outward, during delivery :-

Nux-m.

Tearing, during :-

Caust.

Weakness,
during :-

Lyss.

Metastasis, pains from
other parts :-

Sep.

Nausea, aching with,
and tenesmus :-

Manc.

Aching causes, while
standing :-

Sep.

Neck, pain extending
into, with tension :-

Coloc.

Neuralgia :-

Corn.

Left, most on, side,
from below upward :-

Eup-pur.

Night and day,
constant :-

Zinc.

Right, to, hip :-

Pall.

Shoulders, between

(angina
pectoris) :- Sabad.

Acute, boring,
darting :-

Mag-p.

Tenderness, with, of
spinal column :-

Ran-s.

Thoracic, extends to,
and abdominal walls

(spinal
curvature after a fall) :-
Sulph.

Up, running,
particularly left side :-

Nit-ac.


Numbness :-

(See Lameness,
Tingling.)

Broken, as if, or
bruised :-

Ox-ac.

Chorea, in :-

Agar.

Cold, causing,
sensation

(angina
pectoris) :- Ox-ac.

Dead, as if :-

Sil.

Fever, in
intermittent :-

Cocc.

Lying, in side on which
he has been, after siesta :-

Calc.

Sensory nerves as if
paralyzed and numb, similar to pain in tooth when nerve is
dying :-

Phys.

Uneasiness,
with :-

Calc-p.

Wind, better by
expulsion of :-

Berb.


Œsophagus, pain in a
spot corresponding with about centre, worse eating and drinking,
food refuses to go further when it reaches this spot, can take only
fluids

(œsophagitis) :-
Rhus-t.

Pain

(undefined) :-
Apis, Bism.,
Brach.,
Cahin., Carb-an.,
Chr-ac., Dor.,
Euphor., Form.,
Gels.,
Gymno.,
Hydr.,
Hyper., Ign., Kali-c., Kalm., Merc-c., Murx., Nit-ac., Nit-s-d.,
Ol-j.,
Phos.,
Puls.,
Senec.,
Stram., Sulph.,
Tarent., Verat., Zinc.,
Zing.

Abdomen,
towards :-

Cann-s.

Abortion, in
threatened :-

Caul.

Awakes with :-

Myric.

Bed, gets out of, at 4
A.M., better from rising, and walking about

(pregnancy) :-
Nux-v.

Bend, makes him,
backward, with heat, evening, disappearing in morning :-

Eug.

Bending, especially on,
backward, or after short walk, with nausea and weariness :-

Con.

Bending, at times
better, forward, at others bending back, better from hard
pressure :-

Plb.

Breathing, prevents
deep :-

# Carb-an.

Burning, with, and
general heat :-

Kalm.

Cardialgia, in
chronic :-

Sulph.

Chilliness,
with :-

Elaps.

Chilliness, with
internal

(puerperal
fever) :- Plat.

Cold, from, air, and
after taking cold :-

Dulc.

Cold, after taking

(cystitis) :-
Sars.

Cold, after catching,
in nervous ailment :-

Mag-p.

Constant, down :-

Sep.

Constant, with cold
limbs :-

Pall.

Constant, worse when
lying

(enlargement
of liver) :- Ferr.

Coughing, on, ascending
stairs, stepping hard, jumping :-

# Carb-an.

Cramps, with abdominal,
and throbbing headache before menses :-

Lach.

Day, all :-

Camph.

Deep seated :-

Sarr.

Diabetes, in :-

Ph-ac.

Diarrhœa, with :-

Am-m.

Dinner, after :-

Agar.

Dysentery, in :-

Arn.

Evening, worse
in :-

Naja.

Evening, in, on
entering warm room, thirst :-

Gels.

Evening, in, and in
warm room, periodical pains, better cool open air :-

Kali-s.

Exertion, as after
excessive :-

Chel.

Fever, in intermittent,
during apyrexia :-

Ign.

Fever before or after
ague :-

Gels.

Fever, in
typhoid :-

Ign.

Front, extending to,
and down

(prolapsus) :-
Arg-m.

Groins, to, and down
limbs :-

Plat.

Hæmoptysis,
with :-

Dig.

Hæmorrhage, unusual,
in chronic passive, from kidneys :-

Ter.

Hæmorrhages, with
uterine :-

Tril.

Here, now, now
there :-

Zinc.

Hip, to right :-

Pall.

Humor, with ill, and
lassitude :-

Ran-b.

Influenza, in :-

Eup-per.,
Euphor.

Inspiration, in :-

Inul.

Intense :-

Staph.

Intolerable :-

Ign.

Irritation, depending
upon spinal :-

Ran-b.

Kidney, with,
disorders :-

Ipom.

Kidney, with severe
pain in left

(renal
calculus) :- Ipom.

Kidneys, region of,
worse after urinating

(secondary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Lameness, with :-

Helon.,
Meph.

Lame, with, feeling, in
diabetes :-

Helon.

Locomotor, in,
ataxia :-

Arg-n.

Loins, to, all over,
worse drawing a long breath :-

Cinnb.

Lower, in :-

Calc-s.

Lower, in, with
cough :-

Calc.

Lower, in, all
night :-

Lac-ac.

Lower, in, to uterus,
piercing drawing :-

Helon.

Lungs, to front of
both :-

Dios.

Mania, in puerperal,
when her violent paroxysms were off :-

Plat.

Meals, after :-

Daph.

Menses, during :-

Helon.

Mental, in,
derangement :-

Brom.

Morning, in :-

Calc-p.

Morning, worse at 4
A.M. and 4 P.M. :-

Nux-v.

Motion, move, does not
allow him to, or stand :-

Petr.

Motion, worse from,
better in rest

(chronic
otitis media) :-
Nat-c.

Motion, moving,
on :-

Cupr-s.

Motion, worse from
slightest, after a cold

(perimyelitis) :-
Sep.

Motion, on, in
rheumatism of muscles of thorax and back :-

Kalm.

Muscular, with loss of,
power

(constipation) :-
Ambr.

Muscles, upper, in, in
morning :-

Zinc.

Muscles, in :-

Lach.

Nape, from, to
sacrum :-

Chel.

Nausea, with, and
anxiety :-

Bell.

Neuralgia, with
ciliary, with acute conjunctivitis :-

Ter.

Night, at :-

Agar.,
Arg-n., ¤ Carb-an., Nat-m.

Night, worse at :-

Helon., Syph.

Night, at, worse
lying :-

Kreos.

Nursing, while :-

SIL.

Occasional, after
vaccination :-

Thuj.

Pain, with, through
ovarian region, constant, worse in left

(displacement
of uterus) :- Sep.

Periodically,
returning, about midnight and extending into head

(spinal
irritation) :- Chin-s.

Permit, did not, her to
lie, stand or sit quiet, must change position :-

Lach.

Power, as if all, were
going and back were turning to pulp :-

Colch.

Ptyalism, with,
pain :-

Cinnm.

Pubes, to, in
constipation :-

Sabin.

Rest, worse
during :-

Nux-m.

Restlessness, with,
with yawning and stretching or arms and legs :-

Lach.

Rhomboid muscle, in
right, when sewing or exercising, and in damp weather :-

Nat-c.

Ribs, under short,
worse from motion and deep inspiration :-

Lob-c.

Ride, unable to, in a
carriage :-

Ust.

Right, in, side :-

Op.

Right, in, side, before
sneezing :-

Anag.

Right, in, side, while
breathing :-

Brach.

Right, in, side, with
pain in occiput

(hepatitis) :-
Chel.

Right, in, side,
between 10th dorsal vertebra and side :-

Benz-ac.

Right side of spinal
column, middle, in, worse sitting :-

Chen-v.

Right, goes from, to
left, shoots down legs :-

Lob-c.

Rubbing, hard, with
hand, quick, better by :-

Puls.

Scapulæ,
between :-

Med.

Scapulæ, shoulder,
into, blade :-

Anag.

Scapulæ, in
left :-

Gels.

Scapulæ, under :-

Elat.

Scapulæ, under, worse
mornings :-

Apis.

Seat, after rising
from :-

Canth.

Sensitiveness, with, of
affected spot by leaning on it in afternoon, better after
rubbing :-

Plb.

Severe :-

Sil.,
Ter.

Sewing, worse
from :-

Sec.

Shifting, worse drawing
a long breath :-

Sang.

Shoulder, below right,
towards spine, after long sitting :-

All-c.

Shoulders, across
between, and waist, at 2 P.M. :-

Lyss.

Shoulders,
between :-

# Carb-v.,
Cob., Con., Eup-per.,
Ferr.,
Nux-m.,
Syph.,
Ther.

Shoulders, between, in
angina pectoris :-

Tab.

Shoulders, between,
with cough :-

Calc.

Shoulders, between,
pain during fever at night :-

Rhus-t.

Shoulders, between, in
hæmoptysis :-

Ferr.

Shoulders, itching
between :-

Gamb.

Shoulders, between, and
lower down in back :-

Phys.

Shoulders, between, in
morning :-

Podo.

Shoulders, between,
worse by movement or exertion

(cerebro-spinal
pains) :- Ox-ac.

Shoulders, between, to
sacrum :-

Zinc.

Sitting, after, or from
long stooping :-

PULS.

Sitting, returns after,
awhile :-

Cupr-ar.

Sitting, especially
while, with violent dry coryza all day :-

Zinc.

Spine, along :-

Iodof.

Spine, especially
near :-

Lyc.

Spine, terrible on
right side of :-

Vario.

Spot, small, low
down :-

Lach.

Stooping, as after
continual :-

Agar.

Stooping, as after, too
long, in left side :-

Bism.

Sweat, with :-

Corn.

Syphilis, in :-

Lyc.

Trapezius, in edge of,
at occipital and clavicular insertions, flabby weak feeling :-

Lac-ac.

Tympanitis, with

(typhoid) :-
Colch.

Upper, in, part :-

Naja.

Upward :-

Eup-pur.

Uterine, in,
disease :-

Calc-p.

Uvula, with
elongated :-

Lac-c.

Vagina, with irritation
of :-

Helon.

Violent, in
influenza :-

Chel.

Water, torture on
crossing ferry soon after eating, from noise which, made :-

Lyss.

Weakness, with :-

Phys.

Weakness, with, of
knees and legs :-

Nux-m.

Weakness, with attacks
of paralytic :-

COCC.

Paralysis :-

(See Spinal
Cord, Paralysis
.)

Of muscles to
neck :-

Cupr.

Difficulty of moving,
with paresis of limbs and numbness, in consequence of a
wetting :-

Rhus-t.

Piercing, only during
rest :-

Nat-s.

Pinching :-

Spine, over, directly
behind epigastrium :-

Ferr-i.

Middle, in :-

Cann-s.

Spots, in small :-

Zinc.


Pregnancy :-

(See
Pregnancy, Back, Chapter
24 :
Pregnancy, Parturition, Lactation
.)

Pressing :-

Berb., Kali-c.

Asunder feeling,
forcing, with pain in stomach through to back

(biliary
obstruction) :- Sulph.

Bearing down :-

KALI-C.,
Vib.

Bearing down, in
paroxysms

(labor) :-
Sep.

Bearing down, in
uterine hæmorrhage :-

Ham.

Bones, as if, would be
pressed asunder, relieved by expulsion of wind :-

Berb.

Cramp-like, under right
shoulder-blade :-

Lyss.

Dragging, heavy, on
exertion between menses, pain shoots up back from hip to
shoulder :-

Ust.

Dull, as from sitting
too long in a stiff position, afternoon :-

Pall.

Hard, as from
flatulence in sides of, morning in bed, worse walking, better after
stool and renewed when walking again :-

Zinc.

Heat, with :-

Lyss.

Hypochondrium, to left,
as from a swelling :-

Agar.

Muscles, in :-

Euphor.

Pain, sudden, as if a
broad body armed with points were pressing upward in dorsal muscles
of left side, broad, with many fine stitches :-

Spong.

Pain, outward, with
displaced uterus :-

Nux-v.

Painful, with profuse
menses :-

Agar.

Painful, as from a
sprain or as if he had stooped long :-

Mur-ac.

Painful, beneath
scapulæ, in evening :-

Sulph.

Painful, in dorsal
muscles, below scapulæ, wandering :-

Brom.

Painful, between
shoulders, felt as a throbbing :-

Ter.

Painful, between
shoulders, walking or sitting :-

Bell.

Painful, opposite pit
of stomach, with feeling as if no blood could circulate there

(diarrhœa) :-
Thuj.

Painful, when walking,
sitting or stooping :-

Bor.

Painful, as if a piece
of wood stretched across small of back, pressing from within
outward, before menses

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Nux-m.

Plug, as of a, had to
put pillow under it :-

Carb-v.

Point, 5 inches below,
of right shoulder, 1 inch from spine, has had some sensation during
each of her pregnancies, always right side, inward from lowest rib
to breast bone :-

Lyss.

Shoulder, below,
blades :-

Card-m.

Shoulder, below right,
blade :-

Lyss.

Shoulder, near right,
blade, with heat, draws into nape of neck, thence into muscles of
left upper arm :-

Lyss.

Shoulders,
between :-

Ars-h.

Shoulders, from
between, to occiput and across right ear, in morning :-

Lyss.

Side, right, better
bending backward :-

Chen-v.

Squeezing pains :-

Arg-n.

Tensive, upon a small
spot by border of right scapula :-

Zinc.

Thumb, as from a, and
tingling in it, which increases pain, worse on stooping, drawing
upward :-

Meny.

Walking, while :-

Canth.

Pricking :-

Aur-m.

Chest, into, in
evening :-

Bor.

Causing cold sensation

(angina
pectoris) :- Ox-ac.

Skin, in :-

Sil.


Rheumatism

(See Neuralgia,
Stiffness.) :-
Bell., BRY.,
Chr-ac., CIMIC.,
Colch.,
Com.,
Corn., Hep.,
NUX-V.,
Rhod., RHUS-T.

Chronic :-

Kali-i.,
Phyt.

Climacteric, during,
period :-

Ust.

Evening, towards, and
on rising from a seat :-

Ars.

Heat, after, is
relieved :-

Aur.

Left, in, suprascapular
muscles :-

Lycps.

Morning, worse
towards :-

Nux-v.

Morning, worse in,
before rising :-

Petr.,
Ruta.

Motion, worse
on :-

Vario.

Myalgia of great
muscles :-

Sang.

Shoulders,
between :-

Calad.,
Mag-s., Rhus-v.

Side, in right :-

Ambr.,
Cahin.

Stitching, pressing
pains after taking cold while sweating, pains worse at night and
during rest, better by motion :-

Dulc.

Tendon, in, of left
trapezium, on turning head :-

Bry.

Wandering :-

Lycps.


Riding, aching when
riding in a carriage :-

NUX-M.

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