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Colocynthis. – THE GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By CONSTANTINE HERING, M.D.

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[1] Mind.

[2]
Sensorium.

[3]
Inner head.

[4]
Outer head.

[5]
Sight and eyes.

[6]
Hearing and ears.

[7]
Smell and nose.

[8]
Upper face.

[9] Lower face.

[10]
Teeth and gums.

[11]
Taste, speech, tongue.

[12]
Inner mouth.

[13]
Palate and throat.

[14]
Appetite, thirst. Desires..

[15]
Eating and drinking.

[16]
Hiccough, belching, nausea..

[17] Scrobiculum and stomach.

[18]
Hypochondria.

[19]
Abdomen and loins.

[20]
Stools and rectum.

[21]
Urinary organs.

[22]
Male sexual organs.

[23]
Female sexual organs.

[24]
Pregnancy. Parturition..

[25] Voice and larynx. Trachea..

[26]
Respiration.

[27]
Cough.

[28]
Inner chest and lungs.

[29]
Heart, pulse and circulation.

[30] Outer chest.

[31]
Neck and back.

[32]
Upper limbs.

[33] Lower limbs.

[34]
Limbs in general.

[35]
Rest. Position. Motion.

[36]
Nerves.

[37]
Sleep.

[38]
Time.

[39]
Temperature and weather.

[40]
Fever.

[41]
Attacks, periodicity.

[42]
Locality and direction.

[43]
Sensations.

[44]
Tissues.

[45]
Touch. Injuries..

[46]
Skin.

[47]
Stage of life, constitution.

[48]
Relations.

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TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] [Coloc.]

Persistent, bitter, disgusting taste.

Bitter taste in mouth. θ Chronic diarrhœa.

Taste : bitter, of food and drink, less frequently offensive or metallic. θ Headache. θ Dysentery.

Tongue rough, as from sand, and feels scalded.

Burning on anterior surface of tongue.

Burning on tip of tongue.

Tongue feels burned and scalded.

Tongue : coated white or yellow ; rough.

   

INNER MOUTH. [12] [Coloc.]

Stinging in velum palati as from a beard of grain sticking in it.

Dryness of mouth, with thirst. θ Lumbago.

Offensive smell from mouth from decayed teeth. θ Ischias.

Burning of under lip.

   

PALATE AND THROAT. [13] [Coloc.]

Feeling of constriction in throat, with empty eructations and palpitation of heart.

Dryness, rawness, roughness, or scraping in throat.

   

APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] [Coloc.]

Canine hunger, with longing for bread and beer.

Diminished appetite, without thirst, yet great inclination to drink, succeeded by a putrid taste in mouth.

Appetite variable, mostly poor. θ Ovarian tumor.

Aversion to food, with scraping in throat.

Great emaciation, though appetite is good ; extreme thirst, drinking much, during night empties a pitcher of water and by morning fills a vessel with urine greater in quantity than amount of water consumed. θ Diabetes.

Violent thirst. θ Dysentery.

Thirst great, everything tastes bitter, complete loss of appetite. θ Headache.

Burning thirst. θ Peritonitis.

Thirsty, but can only take a spoonful of liquid at a time. θ Chronic diarrhœa.

   

EATING AND DRINKING. [15] [Coloc.]

Griping and flatulence after eating. θ Sciatica.

After least food or drink, diarrhœa.

Potatoes cause bellyache.

Colic from drinking while overheated.

Coffee relieves the colic.

Beer intoxicates easily.

Pains < from eating or drinking least amount.

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