Constitution – Stage of Life and Constitution – Chapter 47 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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Dyspeptic

(See
Stomach Dyspepsia,
Chapter 17 :
Scrobiculum and Stomach.) :-
Aran., Nux-v.

Old or young,
flatulence after meals, in stomach or bowels, but unattended with
any hepatic derangement or irregularity of bowels, these persons,
from excess in eating, or from fasting or from some error in diet,
as eating old uncooked fruit, pastry, etc., especially if they are
great tea-drinkers, may be suddenly seized with violent
colic :-

Dios.

Fibre :-

(See Lymphatic.)

Lax :-

Agar.,
Bor., Calc.,
Caps., Cinnm.,
Hep., KALI-C.,
MAG-C., Op.,
Sabad., Sil.,
Spong.

Lax, abortion :-

Ust.

Lax, in blonde
persons :-

Bell.,
Brom.,
Calc., Caps., Cham.,
Clem., Cocc., Con., Dig., Graph.,
Hyos., Kali-bi.,
Lach., Lyc.,
Merc., Rhus-t.,
Sil., Sulph.

Lax, flooding, with
fainting :-

Tril.

Lax, light-haired
children :-

Thuj.

Lax,
hæmorrhages :-

Merc.

Lax, hepatitis :-

Merc.

Lax, too frequent and
copious menses :-

Thlas.

Lax, indolent
enlargement of tonsils :-

Kali-bi.

Lax, women :-

Sec.

Rigid :-

ACON.,
Coff-t., NIT-AC.,
NUX-V., SEP.

Rigid, cancerous and
scrofulous people :-

Con.

Rigid, in dark
persons :-

Acon.,
Anac., Arn., Ars., Bry.,
Caust., Kalm.,
Nat-m., Nit-ac.,
Nux-v., Plat., Sep., Staph.,
Sulph.

Gouty

(See Joints
Gout, Chapter 34 :
Limbs in General.) :-
Apis, Aspar.,
BENZ-AC.,
Calc., Calc-p.,
Caps., Carbn-s., Cham., Colch., Crot-h.,
Guai., LED.,
LITH-C., LYC., Mag-c.,
Meny., Sabin.,
Urt-u.

Bronchitis,
chronic :-

Sulph.

Deafness,
paralytic :-

Petr.

Drunkards :-

NUX-V.

Headache, intermittent,
pains semi-lateral, tearing, drawing, crampy :-

Coloc.

Hæmorrhage, protracted
uterine :-

Sabin.

Indigestion,
flatulent :-

LYC.

Iritis :-

RHUS-T.

Neck, hard lumps on,
extend to left side :-

Sil.

Neuralgia :-

Coloc.

Ophthalmia, after
catching cold :-

Bell.

Renal colic :-

Pareir.

Serous effusion in
chest in arthritic pleurisy :-

Colch.

Ulcers,
mercurial :-

LYC.

Uric acid
diathesis :-

COLCH.,
LITH-C., LYC.

Urine,
glycosuria :-

Phos.

Urine, fetid :-

Benz-ac.

Urine viscous,
fetid :-

Form.

Vesical
irritability :-

Colch.

Hæmorrhagic

(bleeders)
(See Blood
Hæmorrhage, Chapter 29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation.) :-
Aran., Chlol.,
Crot-h.,
FERR.,
Ham., LACH.,
PHOS., Ter.

Apoplexy :-

Crot-h.

Atonic :-

Mill.

Fluidity and
dissolution, from, of red blood corpuscles :-

Am-c.

Hæmorrhoids :-

Crot-h.,
Nux-v.,
Sulph.

Ovaritis :-

Crot-h.

Nervi-sanguine
temperament :-

Ham.

Slight wounds bleed
much :-

PHOS.

Slightest wound causes
bleeding for weeks, discharge of sanious liquid, tendency to
putrescence, tingling in limbs and great debility, weakness is not
caused by previous loss of fluids :-

Sec.

Hæmorrhoidal

(See Hæmorrhoids,
Chapter 20 :
Stool and Rectum.) :-
Æsc., CALC.,
Caps., Caust., Crot-h.,
Graph.,
Ham., Mur-ac., Plat.

Constipation :-

Æsc.,
Hydr., Nat-m., Nit-ac., NUX-V.,
Sulph.

Deafness :-

Sil.

Hæmoptysis :-

MILL.

Herpetic

(See Eruption,
Herpes, Chapter 46 :
Skin.) :- Bov.,
Calc., GRAPH.,
Lyc.

Chronic
bronchitis :-

Sulph.

Tumors, with :-

Sil.

Hydrogenoid

(See Weather
Wet Aggravation, Chapter 39 :
Temperature and Weather.) :-
Ant-c.,
Ant-t., Aran.,
Arn., Ars.,
Caust., Dulc.,
NAT-S.,
Nit-ac., Rhus-t.,
Thuj.

Attacks at regular
hours :-

Aran.

Feels every change from
dry to wet, cannot tolerate sea air, nor eat plants that thrive near
the water, feels best on a dry day, a constitution in which the
gonorrhœal poison is most pernicious :-

NAT-S.

Lymphatic

(flabby,
relaxed, torpid) (See
Temperament
Lymphatic.) :-
Am-c., Apis,
Arn., Ars.,
Aster., Aur-m., Bapt., Bar-c.,
Bar-m., BELL.,
CALC., Calc-ar.,
Cann-i.,
Carb-v., Chin., Dulc., FERR.,
GRAPH., Hep.,
Kalm., Lyc.,
Merc., Murx.,
Nat-m., Nit-ac.,
Petr., Phos.,
Puls.,
Rhus-t., Sep., Sil., Sulph., Thuj.

Agalactia :-

Agn.

Apoplexy, prophylactic
in :-

Merc.

Bronchitis :-

Caust.

Exudations, tendency to
mucous and serous :-

Seneg.

Flabby :-

Aster.

Glandular swellings,
liable to :-

Bell.

Light hair and
complexion, slow to act, muscles soft and flabby :-

Hep.

Reaction, weak and
defective :-

Phel.

Scrofulous and
tuberculous

(after
Conium) :- Calc-ar.

Skin, light, blue eyes,
feeble

(ascites) :-
Apis.

Venous, disposed to
hæmorrhoids, constipation or morning diarrhœa, scrofulous diseases
seem to get almost well when they return, diseases caused especially
by suppressed eruptions, peevishness, sudden and frequent flushes of
heat all over body, followed by perspiration, hot palms, soles and
vertex, faintness in epigastrium, at 10 or 11 A.M. :-

Sulph.

Phthisical :-

(See Tuberculous.)

Plethoric :-

ACON.,
Aur., BELL.,
Cact., Calc.,
Glon., Nux-v., Op., Ruta,
Sec., Seneg., Verat-v.

Adults, headaches with
congestion, giddiness, flushed face and constipation :-

Nux-v.

Apoplectic, subject to
paralysis :-

Con.

Constipation :-

Op.

Ebullitions :-

(See
Blood Ebullition, Chapter
29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation.)

Inflammations,
phlegmonous :-

Bell.

Nervous persons,
spasms :-

KALI-BR.

Robust :-

Nux-v.,
Ruta.

Seemingly
plethoric :-

FERR.,
Glon.

Strong,
sedentary :-

Con.,
Nux-v.

Veta :-

Coca.

Vigorous, gout :-

COLCH.

Psoric

(See Eruptions,
Chapter 46 :
Skin.) :- Ars-i.,
Calc., Graph., Hep., Kreos.,
PSOR.,
SULPH.

Chronic diarrhœa :-

Mez.

Impetigo, especially
after abuse of mercury :-

Clem.

Patient emits a
disagreeable odor :-

Psor.

Remedies fail to
impress, lack of reaction after disease :-

PSOR.

Rachitic

(See Bones
Rachitis, Chapter 44 :
Tissues.) :-
Calc., CALC-P.,
Rhus-t., Sil.

Relaxed :-

(See
Fibre.)

Rheumatic

(See Joints
and Limbs Rheumatism,
Chapter 34 :
Limbs in General.) :-
Acon., Act-sp.,
Bad., Benz-ac., Calc., CAUST.,
CHAM., CIMIC., COLCH., Crot-h.,
Form., Guai., Kali-i., Kali-m., Kalm., Lac-ac., LED.,
LYC., Med.,
Phyt., Rhod., RHUS-T.,
Sabin., Sal-ac.,
Spig., Sulph.,
Ter.

Abuse of
alcohol :-

LED.

Angina pectoris :-

Phyt.

Ataxia, progressive
locomotor :-

Nux-m.

Bronchitis,
chronic :-

Sulph.

Caries, with
tetter :-

Rhus-t.

Intermittent headache,
semi-lateral, tearing, drawing, crampy :-

Coloc.

Neuralgia :-

Coloc.

Periosteal and fibrous
tissues affected :-

Phyt.

Prosopalgia :-

Phyt.

Renal colic :-

Pareir.

Serous effusion in
chest with arthritic pleurisy :-

Colch.

Sclerotitis :-

Kalm.

Sweats, night, tearing,
lancinating, sensation of cold in affected parts worse at night

(neuralgia) :-
Merc.

Syphilitic or gonorrhœal
patients :-

Benz-ac.

Syphilitic and
mercurial patients, especially in :-

Guai.

Urinæ, ardor :-

Sabin.

Women :-

Phyt.

Scorbutic

(See Cachexia
mercurial ; also Gums
Scorbutic, Chapter 10 :
Teeth and Gums.) :-
Aran., Carb-v.,
Kali-m., Merc., Nat-m., Nit-ac., Sul-ac.

Caries of teeth :-

Ph-ac.

Granular vegetations in
vagina :-

Staph.

Scrofulous

(strumous)
(See Glands
Indurated, Swelling,
Chapter 44 :
Tissues.) :-
Agar.,
Alumin., Alumn.,
Ant-t., ¤ Anthro.,
Apis, ARS.,
ARS-I., ¤ Arum-m.,
Asaf.,
Asc-t., AUR.,
Aur-m., Aur-m-n.,
BAD.,
Bar-c., BAR-M.,
Bell., Brom., Bufo,
CALC.,
Calc-ar., Calc-p.,
¤ Calen.,
Caps., Caust., Chim.,
CIST.,
Coca, CON.,
Cor-r., Corn.,
Cund., Dulc.,
Ferr., Ferr-i.,
Ferr-m., Ferr-p.,
Ferr-s., Graph.,
HEP.,
¤ Hippoz.,
Hydr., IOD.,
Iris, KALI-BI.,
Kali-c.,
Kali-i., Kreos., Lac-c., Lach., Lap-a., Lith-c., LYC.,
Mag-c., MERC.,
Mez., Nat-c.,
Nat-m., Nat-p.,
NIT-AC.,
Nux-m., Nux-v.,
Phyt., Rhus-t., Rumx.,
Sars., Sep.,
SIL.,
Spong., Staph.,
Still., SULPH.,
Ther., Thuj.

Air, sensitiveness to
cold :-

Cist.,
Hep., Merc.

Albuminuria :-

Calc-ar.

Bronchitis,
chronic :-

Sulph.

Chancre, soft :-

Nit-ac.

Cough,
suffocating :-

Con.

Debilitated :-

Hep.

Difficult
dentition :-

SIL.

Discharge, offensive,
unhealthy

(ciliary
blepharitis) :- Psor.

Dysmenorrhœa :-

Senec.

Emaciation :-

IOD.

Excoriation in throat
and nose :-

Mez.

Eye troubles :-

Con.

Face, pale, rather fair
complexion and disposition to corpulence :-

Calc.

Glands,
enlarged :-

BAD.,
Bar-c., Bar-m.,
Bell., Brom.,
CARB-V.,
CON., Dig.,
Graph.,
Merc., Ther.

Light-haired, sanguine
temperament, ruddy complexion :-

Aur.

Herpes on face, with
dry, croupy cough :-

Spong.

Hydrocele :-

SIL.

Hypopion :-

Seneg.

Joints, diseases
of :-

Caust.,
Kali-c., Ol-j.,
Sil., SULPH.

Liver complaint :-

Sil.

Lymphatic œdema,
blonde hair, pale face, low spirits :-

Graph.

Nervous, restless,
easily startled :-

Psor.

Ophthalmia :-

(See
Ophthalmia
Scrofulous, Chapter 5 :
Eyes.)

Ophthalmus :-

Sec.

Palati, ulceration of
velum :-

Kali-i.

Pale, thin,
cachectic :-

Ol-j.

Phthisis,
incipient :-

Still.

Pleurisy, with croupous
exudation :-

Hep.

Protracted, ill-treated
cases with hectic and profuse fetid suppuration :-

Petr.

Ruddy
complexion :-

Aur.

Slender, lean figure,
thin, transparent skin, frequent pulse, great excitability of
nervous system, urine of high specific gravity :-

Ol-j.

Syphilis :-

Cinnb.

Suppurating
fistula :-

Sil.

Syphilis :-

Cinnb.,
Ph-ac.

Syphilis,
secondary :-

Kali-i.

Syphilis or
mercurialization is added, especially if :-

KALI-I.

Sycosis, with :-

Cinnb.

Varicosis :-

Carb-an.

Venous congestions,
especially of portal system :-

SULPH.

Young persons :-

Carb-an.

Sycotic

(See Sycosis,
Chapter 22 :
Male Sexual Organs ; also Skin,
Warts, Chapter 46 :
Skin.) :- Aran.,
Aster.,
Med., Nat-p., NAT-S.,
Nit-ac., Sars.,
THUJ.

A kind of phthisis, not
true tuberculosis :-

Nat-s.

Syphilitic

(See Syphilis,
Chapter 22 :
Male Sexual Organs.) :-
Ars., Asc-t., AUR.,
Benz-ac.,
Clem., Cor-r., Crot-h., Cund.,
Euphor., Ferr-i., Fl-ac.,
Guai., Kali-bi., KALI-I.,
MERC., Merc-c.,
Merc-d., Merc-i-r., Mez., NIT-AC.,
Petr., Ph-ac.,
Phos., Phyt., Sars., Sil., Still., Sulph., SYPH.,
Thuj.

Hereditary, keratitis
parenchymatosa :-

Merc.

Hereditary, in a girl
æt. 13 :-

Sulph.

Hypopion, with
sloughing ulcer :-

Sil.

Mercurial :-

AUR-M-N.,
Daph., KALI-I.,
Lach.

Mercurial-scrofulous :-

Apis.

Mercury, large doses of

(deafness
of left ear) :- Petr.

Mothers, to prevent
disease in offspring :-

Aur-m-n.

Prosopalgia :-

Phyt.

Torpid, cachectic
swelling and induration of glandular system :-

Clem.

Tuberculous

(See Lungs
Consumption, Chapter 28 :
Inner Chest and Lungs ; also Tubercles,
Chapter 44 :
Tissues.) :-
ACET-AC.,
Agar., Ars.,
Ars-i., Arum-t., Brom., CALC.,
Calc-ar., Calc-p.,
Hep., Iod., Kali-c., Kali-i., Lach., Lyc., Mang., Merc.,
Nat-m., Nat-s.,
PHOS.,
Pix, Psor., Rhus-t.,
Sep., Sil., SPONG.,
STANN., Stram.,
Sulph., TUB.

Aphonia :-

Phos.

Chest, oppression of,
with constant irritation to cough and expectoration, causing evening
fever, with hot hands and cheeks :-

Kali-n.

Cough, chronic :-

Nat-m.

Cough, slight
hacking :-

Tub.

Expectoration, bloody,
shortness of breath, no pain in chest, palpitation :-

Ferr.

Hæmoptysis :-

Myrt-c.

Hyperæmia :-

Kali-i.

Sputa, bloody or
purulent, alternately :-

Plb.

Venous

(See Hæmorrhoidal.) :-
Carb-an.,
Carb-v., Ham., Lach., Nux-v.,
Sul-ac., Sulph.

Weakly :-

Ars.,
Calc., Calc-p., Carb-v., Chin., Chin-s., Cocc.,
Colch.,
Ferr., Fl-ac.,
Hep., Lach.,
Merc., Nat-m., Nux-v., PH-AC.,
Phos., Sec.,
Sep., Sil., Spig.,
SULPH.,
Verat.

Assimilation
imperfect :-

Sil.

Asthma :-

Carb-v.

Blood, by loss
of :-

Chin.,
Chin-s.

Bookworms, sensitive
romantic girls, onanists, rakes and drunkards :-

Cocc.

Broken down :-

CROT-H.,
NIT-AC.

Broken down,
mania-a-potu :-

Op.

Broken down, with
neuralgia :-

PHOS.

Broken down, caries
following syphilitic nodes :-

Staph.

Broken down,
intemperate, abdominal and renal dropsies :-

Chim.

Broken down by
continued influence of syphilis and mercury :-

AUR.

Cachectic, profound
debility and great emaciation :-

IOD.

Cachectic, diarrhœa
and colliquative sweats, glandular affections :-

Phos.

Chancre, soft :-

Nit-ac.

Chorea :-

Stram.

Delicate
persons :-

Ign.

Delicate

(chorea) :-
Nat-m.

Dysmenorrhœa :-

Graph.

Emaciated :-

Alet.

Erysipelas phlegmonous,
phlyctenous or œdematous :-

Crot-h.

Fever,
intermittent :-

Phel.

Florid, sanguine and
nervous :-

Chin-s.

Fluids and excesses,
loss of, violent acute diseases, chagrin, or a long succession of
emotions :-

Ph-ac.

Fluids or of vitality,
after loss of, especially in anæmia :-

KALI-C.

Headache, with
congestion :-

Ferr.

Heart, intermittent
action of, with obstruction to hepatic circulation :-

Verat.

Heat, diminished
animal :-

Alumin.

Hectic fever, worse
after meals :-

Sil.

Hernia and prolapsus,
abdominal :-

Kali-p.

Irritable, lymphatic,
weak, and defective reaction :-

Phel.

Merge, melancholy,
chlorotic, sickly complexion, hot flushes, burning vertex,
headaches, pain in back, or hot flushes by day and cold flushes by
night, insomnia :-

Lach.

Menopause :-

Crot-h.

Mucous discharges,
subjects with :-

Hydr.

Muscular development
feeble, intellect keen :-

Lyc.

Nervous cough :-

Phos.

Nervous, cold
sweat :-

Act-sp.

Nervous, fat, or
plethoric persons and such as have disease of heart and lungs,
suffer from veta :-

Coca.

Nourished
imperfectly :-

Sil.

Nourished, poorly

(scrofulous
ozæna) :- Merc-c.

Paraplegia :-

Cocc.

Sallow,
emaciated :-

Fl-ac.

Skin, fine, pale face,
light complexion, lax muscles :-

Sil.

Starving
persons :-

Ign.

Stomach, pain in, after
eating :-

Mang.

Uteri,
prolapsus :-

Calc-p.

Varix, large, from
slight cause :-

Sulph.

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