Before Menses – Female Sexual Organs – Chapter 23 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Main

Pressure :-

Nux-m., Sep.,
Vesp.

Painful pressure
downward :-

Sabad.

Pains in lower,
severe :-

Sulph.

Rosacea, with
acne :-

Caust.

Sharp paroxysmal
pain, making her bend forward and press on painful part to get
relief, with nausea and vomiting, better by menses :-

Coloc.

Shooting :-

Kali-c.

Stitches :-

Brom.,
Con.

In side :-

Puls.

Tearing and pressure
in lower abdomen, deep into pelvis, worse 2 hours after beginning
of menses, better from warmth in bed

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Nux-v.

Straining :-

Cycl.

Swollen :-

Puls.

And bloated, with
labor-like pains :-

Cycl.

Looks, as if
pregnant :-

Kreos.

Tearing :-

Nat-m.

Tearing in
bowels :-

Cinnb.

Warmth :-

Cycl.

Weakness :-

Phos.

Air, desire for
open :-

Lach.

Appear, feeling as if
menses would, but do not :-

Mosch.,
Plat.,
Puls.

Appetite :-

Loss of :-

Am-c., Bell.,
Brom.,
Calc-p., Ign.

Canine hunger :-

Mag-c.

Arteries,
pulsation :-

Cupr.,
Thuj.

Axillæ :-

Itching in :-

Sang.

Pain :-

Calc.

Back :-

Aching :-

Acon.,
Am-c., Brom., Calc.,
Caust., Cinnb.,
Hyper., Kali-c., Lyc.,
Mag-c., Spong., Ust.

Aching, heavy, in
sacral region :-

Vib.

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

Ust.

Burning :-

Kreos.

Drawing, in
loins :-

Hyos.

Lumbar pains :-

Sulph.

Pain :-

Begin and go down,
ending in cramps in uterus :-

Vib.

Cramps, with abdominal,
and throbbing headache :-

Lach.

Kidneys, in

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Verat.

Low down, with
debility, pressure in stomach, waterbrash and pain in liver, menses
thick and black

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Nux-m.

Severe, in small
of :-

Sep.

Small, in, of :-

Am-c.,
Asar.,
Caul., Nit-ac.

Small, in of, as if a
piece of wood were stretched across there, were pressing from within
outward

(dysmenorrhagia) :-
Nux-m.

Undefined :-

Am-c.,
Bar-c., Berb., Cinnb., Cocc., Dig., Hydr.,
Kali-n.,
Lach., Mag-c., Nit-ac., Nux-v., Ol-an., Plat., Puls.,
Sang.,
Spong., Vib.

Rending in
spine :-

Cinnb.

Soreness in
sacrum :-

Spong.

Stitches from loins
into uterus :-

Nat-m.

Bearing down :-

(See
Abdomen.)

Breathing :-

Catching of
breath :-

Bor.

Draws long
breath :-

Sulph.

Obstructed by pain in
lumbar region :-

Asar.

Spasmodic dyspnœa :-

Cupr.

Bruised feeling,
general :-

Con.,
Lach.

Chest :-

Cramps :-

Cupr.,
Lach.

Congestion :-

Chin.,
Sang.

Crepitations

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Darting :-

Cupr.

Fulness, difficult
respiration :-

Brom.

Fulness, frequently
obliged to take a deep breath :-

Sulph.

Heaviness :-

Bor., Bry.

Intermittent
pains :-

Caul.

Oppression :-

Bor.,
Brom., Lach.

Râles

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Spasm :-

Bov.,
Cocc., Cupr., Lach.

Stitch in right
pectoral region :-

Bor.

Chill :-

Calc.,
Puls.

At night :-

Lyc.

Rigors with
discomfort and uneasiness :-

Lyc.

Shuddering all over
body :-

Sil.

Chilliness :-

Am-c.,
Calc., Kali-c.,
Kreos., Lyc., Mag-c., Nux-v.,
Sil., Vario.

Cold creeps

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Ant-c., Ant-t.

Frequent on day
before

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Sep.

Heat, alternating
with :-

Ign.

Shuddering, all over
body, whole day :-

Sep.

Special parts, in
paroxysms, of :-

Sil.

Yawning and
stretching, with :-

PULS.

Circulation,
symptoms :-

Spong.

Constipation :-

Am-c.,
Bry., Graph., Lach., Mag-c., Nat-s., Nux-v., SIL.,
Sulph.

Convulsions :-

Bell.,
Brom., Carb-v., Cimic., Cupr.,
Hyos.,
Plat., Puls.,
Sulph.

Cramp-like :-

Caust.

Epileptic :-

Bufo, Hyos.

Epileptic, appear
while asleep and awake, commence with a peculiar outcry :-

Œna.

Hysterical :-

Cimic.,
Cocc., Hyos.,
Mosch., Plat.

Limbs, and piercing
shrieks, of :-

Cupr.

Cough :-

Dry,
continuous :-

Lac-c.

Dyspepsia, in :-

Arg-n.

Evening, in :-

Sulph.

Fatiguing :-

Graph.

Hysterical :-

Plat.

Sitting up,
better :-

Hyos.,
Sulph.

Sitting up,
worse :-

Sulph.

Delirium :-

Bell.,
Hyos., Verat.

Weeping, with :-

Lyc.

Diarrhœa :-

Am-c.,
Bov., Cinnb., Cocc.,
Hyper., Sil.,
Verat.

Colic, with, a few
days :-

LACH.

Days, 3 :-

Hyper.

Lasting till flow is
established :-

Verat.

Straining, with
violent :-

Lach.

Dreams

(See Sleep.) :-
Alumn.,
Calc., Con., Kali-c.

Amorous :-

Calc.

Anxious :-

Canth., Caust.,
Con.

Distressing,
nightmare :-

Sul-ac.

Ears :-

Chronic otitis media,
worse :-

Nat-c.

Difficulty of
hearing :-

Ferr.,
Kreos.

Humming :-

Bor., Bry.,
Kreos.

Ringing :-

Ferr., Ign.

Rushing :-

Bor.

Epigastrium :-

Boiling
sensation :-

Petr.

Pain from, to small of
back :-

Bor.

Eructations :-

Bry.,
Chin., Kali-c.,
Kreos., Lach.,
Mag-c., Puls.

Foamy :-

Kreos.

Sour :-

Kali-c.

Sweetish, in
morning :-

Nat-m.

Eruption

(See Face.) :-
Apis,
Carb-v.

Rash :-

Dulc.

Nettle-rash :-

Kali-c.

Rash, a, with sexual
excitement during rest and menses :-

Dulc.

Eyes :-

Balls, as if, would
fall out :-

Brom.,
Nat-m.

Hemeralopia, every
day, toward sundown, increases as night comes on :-

Verat.

Inflamed :-

Zinc.

Pupils, dilated :-

Lyc.

Sensitive to
light :-

Ign.,
Nux-v.

Twitching of
lids :-

Nat-m.

Ulcers on
cornea :-

ARS.

Vision clouded :-

Agn., Bell.

Weakness :-

Cinnb.

Face :-

Blue under
eyes :-

Zing.

Bones, pains in :-

Stann.

Eruption :-

Graph.

Eruption worse :-

Mag-m.

Exhausted look :-

Zing.

Forehead, on :-

Sars.

Forehead, and,
eruption, pimples, and blotches worse :-

Mag-m.

Heat :-

Alumn.,
Thuj.

Hot on awaking :-

Alumn.

Neuralgia :-

Mag-c.,
Sulph.

Pale :-

Am-c.,
Ferr., Puls.,
Senec.

Rash :-

Dulc., Graph.

Redness :-

Acon.,
Bell., Gels., Nat-m., Thuj.

Redness, dark :-

Gels.

Scraping pain :-

Nat-m.

Swelling of
cheeks :-

Bar-c.,
Kali-c.

Fainting :-

Cimic.,
Cocc., Lach., Nux-m.,
Nux-v.,
Sep., Thuj.

Faintness :-

Lyc.,
Sep., Thuj.

Disposition to
faint :-

Nat-m.

Feet :-

Cold :-

Calc.,
Hyper., Lyc.

Cold and damp :-

Calc.

Fidgety :-

Zinc.

Heaviness :-

Bar-c.,
Cycl., Lyc.

Lassitude :-

Gels.,
Zinc.

Left, pain in,
worse :-

Coloc.

Numbness :-

Hyper.

Swelling :-

Bar-c., Lyc.

Gaping and
stretching :-

Puls.

Glands :-

Swelling :-

Bar-c.

Swelling of
axillary :-

Aur.

Hæmoptysis :-

Dig.

Hæmorrhoids :-

Cocc.,
Phos., Puls.

Hands,
heaviness :-

Bar-c.,
Kreos.

Head :-

Beating :-

Bor.

Buzzing :-

Kreos.

Congestion :-

Acon., Apis,
Bell., Bry.,
Cupr., Gels., Glon.,
Hep.,
Hyper., Manc., Merc., Tril.

Fulness :-

Brom.

Fulness, throbbing,
with or without redness of face and eyes, especially with throbbing,
sometimes excessive tearing throbbing pain :-

Glon.

Heaviness in :-

Ign.

Heat :-

Apis,
Bell., Calc.,
Con., Ign.,
Iod., Ip.,
Petr., Thuj.

Headache :-

Acon.,
Agn.,
Alumn., Asar.,
Bor., Bov., Brom., Bry., Calc., Calc-p.,
Carb-an., Carb-v., Cimic., Cinnb.,
Cupr.,
Ferr., Gels.,
Glon.,
Hep., Hydr.,
Hyper.,
Iod., Kali-br.,
Kreos., Lach., Lyc., Nat-c., Nat-m., Nit-ac.,
Nux-m., Nux-v.,
Plat., Puls.,
Sulph., Thuj.,
Verat., Vib.,
Zinc.

Boring in
temples :-

Ant-c.

Constricting :-

Hep.

Days, 3 to 7 :-

Calc-p.

Dysmenorrhœa, in :-

Verat-v.

Eye, especially over
left

(dysmenorrhœa),
day before :- XAN.

Face, with red,
nausea and vomiting :-

Nat-m.

Megrim :-

Calc.

Periodic sick
headache, with vomiting, diarrhœa and chilliness :-

Puls.

Pressing :-

Cimic., Nat-m.

Pressing in forehead

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Ign., Sil.

Pressing
forehead :-

Nux-v.

Pressure in vertex

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Nux-v.

Stinging :-

Ferr.

Stitching in left
side :-

Calc-p.

Tearing in
forehead :-

Cinnb.

Throbbing in :-

Bell., Bor.,
Glon., Lach., Petr.

Vertex, as if, would
come off :-

Xan.

Heart,
pain

(See Palpitation.) :-
Cact., Lach.,
Lith-c., Spong.

Heat :-

Carb-an.,
Con., Cupr., Iod., Kali-c., Lyc., Nit-ac., Puls., Thuj.

Dry, at night

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Sep.

Dry, with rush of
blood to head :-

Merc.

Flashes, with
palpitation :-

Iod.

Night, at :-

Lyc.

Hips :-

Aching :-

Lach.

Bruised feeling :-

Calc., Lach.

Pain :-

Calc.,
Cimic., Lach., Sars., Ust.

Hysteria :-

Cimic.,
Cocc., Con., Elaps., Hyos.,
Mosch., Nux-m., Plat.

Inguinal region :-

Pain :-

Ant-t., Bor.,
Sul-ac., Tab.

Pain and weight, region
of femoral ring, similar to that preceding femoral hernia,
worse :-

Cub.

Pressure :-

Carb-an., Chin.

Soreness in
right :-

Sars.

Larynx :-

Hoarseness :-

Graph.,
Mang.

Hoarse, almost complete
aphonia, day before :-

Syph.

Leucorrhœa :-

Alumn.,
Aur-m., Bar-c.,
Calc., Calc-p.,
Carb-v.,
Cocc., Ferr.,
GRAPH.,
Kreos., Nat-m.,
Nux-v., Ph-ac.,
Phos., Puls., Sep., Sulph., Thlas.,
Vib.

Acrid :-

Sep., Sil.

Bland, yellow

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Puls.

Cardialgia,
in :-

Mag-m.

Copious, smarting,
slimy, stiffening linen, leaving a greenish stain :-

Lach.

Jelly-like,
transparent, worse :-

Pall.

Mucus,
abundant :-

Alumn.

Mucus fortnight
before :-

Sulph.

Mucus, long pieces
of :-

Ferr.

Mucus, thick, 3 days
before :-

Zinc.

Vertigo, with :-

Calc-p.

Yellow :-

Ang.

Yellowish

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Tarent.

Legs :-

(See Feet,
Hips.)

Aching :-

Caul.

Coldness of feet and
legs :-

Lyc.

Cramps in
calves :-

Phos.

Drawing in
thighs :-

Cham.

Drawing in anterior
muscles of thighs :-

Vib.

Fidgety :-

Zinc.

Heaviness :-

Bar-c., Lyc.,
Merc.,
Nit-ac., Zinc.

Lameness :-

Nit-ac.

Paralysis of right,
until menses appeared

(sciatica) :-
Staph.

Trembling :-

Kali-c.

10, from, days to 2
weeks before, sharp pains from front of egress of right crural
nerve on thigh over inner surface of knee to great toe, in motion

(sciatica) :-
Staph.

Limbs, tearing
in :-

Berb.

Liver :-

Pain :-

Con.,
Nux-m., Podo., Puls.

Stitches :-

Con.

Mammæ :-

Engorgement, with
sensitiveness to touch :-

Lac-c.

Excitement :-

Kreos.

Hard :-

Con., Spong.

Painful :-

Calc., Con.,
Sang.

Pain and
swelling :-

Calc.

Pain, soreness and
swelling :-

Con.

Secrete a milk-like
fluid :-

Cycl.

Sensitive :-

Calc.

Soreness :-

Helon.

Sore, worse by least
jar or walking :-

Con.

Swelling, painful, of
right

(hydrops
ovarium) :-
Ferr-i.

Swollen and sore before
retarded :-

Merl.

Mental
condition :-

Anxiety :-

Acon.,
Carb-v., Con., Ign.,
Kali-bi.,
Nat-m.,
Nux-v., Stann.,
Sulph., Zinc.

Anguish, great :-

Graph.

Averse to
living :-

Berb.

Chagrin :-

Cham.

Cross, uncivil :-

Cham., Nux-v.

Depressed :-

Acon., Aur.,
Berb.,
Brom., Calc.,
Con., Ferr.,
Lyc., Nat-m.,
Puls., Stann.,
Vesp., Xan.

Dread of death :-

Acon., Plat.

Fear :-

Acon., Kali-bi.,
Plat., Sec.,
Sulph.,
Xan.

Excitement :-

Croc., Kreos.,
Mag-m., Nux-v.,
Thuj.

Frights, disposed
to :-

Calc.

Ill humor :-

Lyc.

Irritable :-

Nat-m.

Kiss, desire to,
everybody :-

Verat.

Kisses
everybody :-

Verat.

Loud, uninterrupted
laughing :-

Hyos.

Melancholy :-

Calc., Caust.,
Cycl., Lyc.,
Nat-m., Puls., Stann.

Nervous
distress :-

Lach.

Prostration :-

Cinnb.

Sad :-

Lyc., Murx.,
Nat-m., Nit-ac., Sep.

Sadness, deep, all her
symptoms gave her great concern, seemed to her she was hopelessly
ill, she gave up everything

(climaxis) :-
Murx.

Thoughts
vanishing :-

Nux-m.

Weep, inclination
to :-

Cact.,
Con., Lyc.,
Phos., Puls., Sep.,
Zinc.

Mouth :-

Breath
offensive :-

Sep.

Running of
water :-

Puls.

Swelling of
gums :-

Bar-c.,
Kali-c.

Sweetish
risings :-

Nat-m.

Nausea :-

Hyos.,
Ip., Lyc., Nat-m., Puls.

Dysmenorrhœa, in :-

Nicc.

With throbbing and
heat in left side of head :-

Crot-h.

Neck :-

Drawing in
nape :-

Nat-c.,
Nux-v.

Swelling and
tension :-

Iod.

Throbbing in nape and
small of back :-

Nit-ac.

Tension in nape :-

Nat-c.

Nose :-

Bleeding :-

Bar-c.,
Bry.,
Hydr., LACH.,
Nat-c., Nat-s.,
Sulph., Verat.,
Xan.

Coryza :-

Graph., Mag-c.

Obstructed
nostrils :-

Mag-c.,
Phos.

Pain deep in, worse
from panting or pressure :-

Con.

Sensitive to strong
odors :-

Nux-v.

Numbness, of leg and
little finger :-

Ang.

Ovaries :-

Congestive condition,
especially right, with soreness and sensitiveness, making every
motion and position, even breathing, painful :-

Lac-c.

Drawing in left,
towards stomach :-

Coloc.

Heaviness :-

Apis.

Inflammatory condition,
especially right, with soreness and sensitiveness, makes every
motion and position, even breathing, painful :-

Lac-c.

Pain :-

Podo.,
Zinc.

Pain in left :-

Lach., Thuj.,
Ust., Vib., Zinc.

Pain in right :-

Apis, Graph.,
Vib.

Pains, labor-like, in
left :-

Lach.

Region of,
swollen :-

Brom.

Sharp stinging :-

Apis.

Shooting in
right :-

Podo.

Sharp shooting makes
her so nervous she cannot sit still :-

Vib.

Tearing, grinding,
twisting pain in right :-

Graph.

Weight :-

Apis.

Pain :-

(See
Abdomen, Ovaries,
Uterus.)

Palpitation :-

Alumn., Cact.,
Cupr., Ign., Iod., Nat-m., Sep.,
SPONG.,
Tril.

Perineum,
soreness :-

Sep.

Rectum :-

Pressure :-

Puls.

Stitches :-

Ars.

Tenesmus :-

Thuj.

Restlessness :-

Acon.,
Con., Kali-c., Kreos.,
Nux-v., Sulph.

Nocturnal :-

Kali-c.

For several
days :-

Ang.

Saliva :-

Bloody :-

Nat-m.

Profuse flow :-

Cinnb.

Sexual
excitement :-

Followed by copious
flow :-

Calc-p.

Increased with sense of
thrill, as during embrace, especially awaking in morning :-

Kali-c.

Nymphomania :-

Calc-p., Phos.,
Stram., Verat.

Sickness :-

Apis.

Feels badly, a week
before :-

Kali-c.

Indescribable, queer,
ill feeling :-

Brom.

Indisposition :-

Calc.

Sleep :-

(See Dreams.)

Sleepless :-

Cycl.

Sleepless, from
rigors :-

Agar.

Sleepy during
day :-

Calc-p.

Night before,
restless, with starting and screaming

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Sep.

Spleen, cramp in
splenic region :-

Sulph.

Stomach :-

Cardialgia, sudden
attack of :-

Lach.

Cramp :-

Bell., Cupr.,
Lach., Puls.,
Sep.

Craving :-

Spong.

Emptiness, sense
of :-

Ign.,
Sep.,
Sulph.

Heartburn :-

Sulph.

Pressure :-

Nux-m.

Waterbrash :-

Nux-m.

Stool :-

Pressing like
labor-pains, during :-

Alumn.

Writhing,
during :-

Alumn.

Sweat :-

Hyos., Thuj.

Sweat, at night :-

Bell.,
Graph., Sulph.,
Verat.

Throat :-

Sore :-

Mag-c.

Sore, after
diphtheria, for several years :-

Lac-c.

Toothache :-

Agar.,
Am-c., Ant-c.,
Ars.,
Bar-c., Nat-m.,
Puls., Sulph.,
Thuj.

Decayed teeth,
in :-

BAR-C.

Hollow tooth, in
a :-

Zinc.

Trembling :-

Hyos.,
Kali-c., Lyc., Nat-m.

Ulcers :-

Worse :-

Calc.

Bleeding :-

Phos.

Unconsciousness :-

Nux-m.

Urination, frequent
desire :-

Alumn.,
Apis,
Asar., Kali-c., Kali-i., Nux-v., Phos., Puls.,
Sars., Sulph.

Urine :-

Copious :-

Cinnb.,
Hyos.

Mucous sediment :-

Lach.

Reddish :-

Nux-v.

Scanty :-

Apis.

Strong odor, of :-

Merc.

Whey or milk,
like :-

Ph-ac.

Uterus :-

(See Abdomen.)

Burning, and
vagina :-

Bufo,
Carb-an., Con., Nat-m.

Excruciating,
cramping, colicky pains :-

Vib.

Pain :-

Arund.

Spasm, constrictive,
abdomen sore :-

Brom.

Vagina :-

Burning :-

Bufo, Nat-m.,
Sulph.

Distended, as
if :-

Sep.

Itching :-

Elaps., Graph.

Vertigo :-

Acon.,
Agn., Bor., Bov., Bry., Calc., Caul., Con., Lach.,
Nux-m.,
Phos., Puls.,
Verat.

Eyes, with darkness
before

(acute
pulmonary catarrh) :-
Puls.

Excitement, from
mental :-

NUX-M.

Vomiting :-

Caul.,
Cham., Cupr., Gels., Kreos.,
Nux-v., Puls.

Lasting till flow is
established :-

Verat.

Mucus, of :-

Kreos.

Vulva :-

Burning :-

Carb-v., Sep.

Enlarged, feels as
if :-

Sep.

Enlarged, feels as
if, with soreness in perineum :-

Sil.

Itching :-

Bufo,
Carb-v., GRAPH.,
Kali-c., Lac-c.,
Lil-t., Merc.,
Sulph., Zinc.

Pustules, red, on
labia :-

Aur-m.

Soreness :-

Kali-c.

Weakness :-

Brom.,
Carb-ac., Cimic., Cinnb., Cocc.,
Ferr.,
Iod., Mag-c.,
Nux-m.,
Phel.

Extremities,
especially of :-

Ign.

Languid, aching in
back and limbs :-

Gels.

Lassitude :-

Nat-m.

Relaxation :-

Phos.

Tiredness :-

Bell., Nux-m.,
Sec.

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