Convulsions – Nerves – Chapter 36 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Epileptic

(See Before,
During, After,
Between Attacks, and Epileptiform.) :-
Absin., Æth.,
Agar., Alumn.,
¤ Am-br., Am-c.,
¤ Ambr.,
Aml-ns.,
Anac., ¤ Anag.,
ARG-M.,
ARG-N., Ars.,
ART.,
Aster.,
Atrop-s., BAR-M.,
Bell., BUFO,
Caj., Calc.,
Calc-ar., Calc-p., Camph., Cann-i., Carb-an., Carb-v.,
¤ Cast., ¤ Cast-eq., CAUST.,
Cedr., Chin-ar.,
Chlol., CIC.,
Cimic., Cinnm.,
Cocc.,
Crot-h., CUPR.,
Cupr-a.,
Cupr-ar., Cypr., Dros.,
Form., Gels.,
Glon.,
Hydr-ac., Hyos., Hyper.,
¤ Ictod., Ign.,
INDG.,
KALI-BR., Kali-c.,
Kali-p., Lach.,
Laur., Mag-c., Mag-p., Mosch.,
Naja, Nat-s., Nit-ac., Nux-m.,
NUX-V.,
Œna., Op., Petr.,
Phos., Plat.,
Plb., Puls., Ran-b.,
Sec., SIL.,
Sin-a.,
Sin-n., Stann.,
Staph., Stram.,
Sulph., Syph.,
Tarent.,
Ter., Ziz.

Abdominal ganglia,
originating in solar plexus :-

Bufo,
Calc., Indg.,
Nux-v.,
Sil.

Addison’s disease,
in :-

Calc.,
Iod.

Anæmia, with :-

Camph.

Appears like an
epileptic, with full consciousness

(induration
of pancreas) :- Bar-m.

Asleep, while, at
night :-

Sec.

Attacks, far
apart :-

Chin.

Attacks, almost
daily :-

Hyos.

Attacks every 7
days :-

Agar.

Attack, every 7 days,
of short duration :-

Chin-s.

Attacks, 50, during 15
hours, complete unconsciousness :-

Bufo.

Attacks, as many as 5 a
day, with at times 2 hours of unconsciousness, worse during
menses :-

Sulph.

Attacks increase
of :-

Art.

Attacks, increase at
1st and lessen gradually :-

Agar.

Attacks, last some
minutes, with only slight remissions :-

Sulph.

Attacks, often
repeated :-

ART.

Attacks, severe, in
rapid succession :-

Sulph.

Attacks, often
repeated :-

Art.

Attacks,
spasmodic :-

Kali-p.

Attacks, come
suddenly :-

Indg.

Attacks, sudden, with
screams, afterwards drowsy :-

Stram.

Attacks, for 6 days, as
many as 23 in 1 night :-

Sulph.

Attacks, several times
a week :-

Bufo.

Attacks, 2 or 3 every
week :-

Cupr.

Attacks, 2 or 3 a week,
after suppression of tinea capitis :-

Agar.

Attacks, every 3
weeks :-

Op.

Aura, with :-

Glon.

Aura, like a mouse
running :-

Bell.,
Calc., Ign., Nit-ac., Sil., Sulph.

Aura from solar
plexus :-

Bufo,
Indg., Nux-v., Sil.

Aura from
stomach :-

Bell.

Aura, from abdomen to
head, with heat :-

Indg.

Aura, like cold air
over spine and body :-

Agar.

Aura, from toes and
fingers :-

Cupr.

Aura, from
heart :-

Calc-ar.,
Lach., Naja.

Aura, knows attack is
coming, feels a dread :-

Aml-ns.,
Arg-n., Cupr., Nat-m.

Ball, drew herself up
like a, in bed, screams at slightest touch, tried to prevent feeling
pulse :-

Cupr.

Brain, attended or
caused by congestion of :-

Kali-br.

Brain, with softening
of :-

Caust.

Brain, dependent upon
pressure of a tumor or other coarse organic lesion of :-

Kali-br.

Cardiac anguish,
with :-

Lyc.

Cerebral :-

Zinc.

Cerebral irritation,
from violent :-

Am-c.

Chagrin, from, or
fear :-

Calc.

Children, of :-

Ambr.,
Art., Cham., Ip.

Children, during
dentition or from retrocession of exanthema :-

Cupr.

Chronic :-

Bufo,
Caust., Kali-bi.,
Œna., Plb.,
Tarent.

Chronic, with earthy
color of face, stupor and debility :-

Plb.

Climacteric period,
during :-

Lach.

Clonic, left
side :-

Calc-p.

Clonic, paroxysms last
5 minutes, every 9 or 10 days :-

Indg.

Coitus, during :-

Bufo.

Cold, from :-

Indg.

Comprehension,
difficult, or stupor :-

Cupr.

Congenital :-

Hell.,
Kali-br., Verat.

Congestion, with, to
head and heart :-

GLON.

Consciousness,
with :-

Nat-m.

Consciousness, with
loss of :-

Glon.

Constipation,
with :-

Hyos.

Convulsed all
over :-

Indg.

Dancing, after being
overheated by :-

ART.

Delayed the more
violent, attacks after fright, the longer :-

Ign.

Dementia, with :-

¤ Ferr-i.

Dentition, during, with
symptoms of worms :-

Stann.

Diarrhœa, with :-

Calc-p.

Dizziness, begin
with :-

Indg.

Drinking, from :-

Hyos.

Drinking, better by,
cold water as soon as pressure in stomach commences :-

Caust.

Drunken tumble, after
a, into water :-

Art.

Eating, after :-

Calc-p.

Eczema, with or after
suppression of :-

Kali-m.

From fright and
suppressed grief, especially in children, recent cases :-

Ign.

Eruptions, from
checked :-

Agar.

Eruption, from
suppressed :-

Agar.,
Caust.

Evening, in :-

Stann.

Exhaustion, from, of
nervous forces :-

Cypr.

Face, with pale,
twitching of hands and eyes :-

Stann.

Falling :-

Ars.

Fall, childbirth,
after, brought on by a, immediately before delivery :-

Rhus-t.

Falling, after, upon
head :-

Cupr.

Falls, and lies almost
motionless :-

Agar.

Falling, with a
scream :-

Stram.

Falls forward, sleeps
afterwards :-

Calc-p.

Fell down
suddenly :-

Verat.

Falls suddenly
forward :-

Sumb.

Falls unconscious, with
blood-curdling cry :-

Bufo.

Falling unconscious,
without a scream :-

Cupr.

Fell suddenly sideways,
while standing at his work, unconscious, with outstretched arms,
then heat and sweat :-

Calc.

Feet, with coldness
of :-

Cupr.

Fever, from protracted
intermittent :-

CALC.

Frequent :-

Psor.

Fright, from :-

Agar.,
Bufo, CALC.,
Caust., Cupr.,
Ign., Indg., Stram.

Fright, after, attacks
last 1/2 an hour, recur every 4 to 7 days :-

Ign.

Fright, from, and
suppressed grief, especially in children, recent cases :-

Ign.

Fright, from, during
menses :-

Arg-n.

Ginger, brought on
by :-

Zing.

Girl, in a, æt.
16 :-

Œna.

Goitre, following
suppression of :-

Iod.

Grand mal rather than
petit mal :-

Kali-br.

Grief, from, after
emotion :-

Hyos.

Hands cold :-

Cupr.

Head, bending,
backward :-

NUX-V.

Head, with congestion
to :-

Ferr-p.

Head, after falling
from a ladder upon back of, fits repeat at intervals from 5 days to
6 weeks :-

Sulph.

Headache :-

Atrop.,
Calc.

Headache, before and
after :-

Cina.

Heart, from valvular
diseases of :-

CALC-AR.

Hereditary :-

Kali-br.

Hysterical :-

Cann-i.,
Caust.,
Cocc., Ign., Nux-m., Plat.,
Puls., Stram., Tarent.

Hysterical, after
suppressed menses, lasting 1 hour or 2, asphyxia seemed
inevitable :-

Gels.

Idiopathic cases, with
no organic lesions, worse about new moon :-

Cupr.

Increase 2 days, and
are gone the 4th :-

Merc-i-r.

Infancy, since, attacks
occur in periods varying from 3 to 6 months :-

Sulph.

Insanity, in :-

Hyos.

Intermittent, during
hot stage of :-

Stram.

Irritation, from local,
of nerves :-

Mag-p.

Itch, after
suppressed :-

Caust.

Jealousy, caused
by :-

Lach.

Lasting several
minutes, repeated at intervals during sleepless night

(after
wound on head) :-
Led.

Lasts 2 or 3 minutes,
followed by dejection and dizziness for 24 hours :-

Tarent.

Last 10 to 30
minutes :-

Op.

Left side, began in,
and went to right, now they are more frequently reversed :-

Sulph.

Leucorrhœa, with :-

Caust., Lach.

Lewdness, after :-

Lach.

Limbs, with tossing
of :-

Stann.

Limbs, confined to
upper, and trunk :-

Sulph.

Love, following
disappointed :-

Hyos.

Lying down,
better :-

Calc-ar.

Meal, occur at
commencement of last :-

Aster.

Melancholia,
with :-

Sulph.

Menses, after :-

Syph.

Menses, before :-

Bufo,
Hyos.

Menses, during :-

Caust.,
Kali-br., Lach.

Menses, shortly before
and during, appear while asleep and awake and commence with a
peculiar outcry :-

Œna.

Menses, at 1st seldom
and irregular but soon regularly and coincident with, attacks
lasting for hours, followed by drowsiness and lassitude :-

Plb.

Menses, with
suppressed :-

Mill.,
Puls.

Menses, scanty :-

Caust.

Menstrual :-

Cedr.

Menstrual, nervous
symptoms :-

Kali-br.

Menstrual disturbance,
with :-

Arg-n.,
ART.,
Calc., Caust., Cedr.,
Cimic., Cupr.,
Ign., Zinc.

Mental disturbance,
from :-

Nux-v.

Mental excitement,
after :-

Cupr.

Moon, at new :-

Bufo,
Cupr., Sil.

Moon, attacks at new,
at 2 A.M. :-

Kali-br.

Moon, worse during
new :-

Caust.

Morning, mostly
in :-

Art.

Morning, mostly in, 1
or 2 hours after rising :-

Sulph.

Morning, between 9 and
10 A.M. for 3 years, usually preceded for a few days by twitching of
arms and legs :-

Nat-m.

Muscular
contractions :-

Mag-p.

Nocturnal :-

Ars.,
Art., Aur.,
Calc., Calc-ar., Cina, Cupr., Merc., Nit-ac., Sil.

Night, worse at, after
abstinence, in drunkards, begin with strong palpitation, rush of
blood to head, loss of speech, and unconsciousness :-

Calc-ar.

Night, worse at, during
solstice and full moon :-

CALC.

Onanism, caused :-

Stram.

Onanism, after :-

Bufo,
Calc., Dig.,
Lach., Nux-v.,
Plat., Plb.,
Sep.

Opisthotonos,
with :-

Stann.

Ovarian irritation,
from :-

Atrop-s.,
Kali-br.

Periodical :-

Agar.,
Ars., Cedr., Chin., Chin-s., Cupr., Ign., Lach., Nux-v., Plb., Sec.,
Stram.

Periodical, in uterine
diseases :-

Cimic.

Pharyngeal spasms,
followed by desire to swallow :-

Calc.

Pneumogastric nerve,
secondary, when its starting place is :-

Ip.

Protracted, a, case,
cured by the extract :-

Polyg.

Psoric taint, chronic
cases of :-

Sulph.

Puberty, during time
of :-

Caust.

Puerperal :-

Atrop-s.

Quick, in, succession,
violent :-

Lyss.

Recent :-

Bell.,
Calc., Cupr., Glon., Hydr-ac.,
Ign.,
Kali-br., Nux-v., Sulph.

Reflex, from, nervous
irritation :-

Cypr.

Riding, better by, in a
carriage :-

Nit-ac.

Rigidity, with :-

Dros.

Scrofulous subjects,
in :-

¤ Calc-p.,
Caust.

Semen, from frequent
emission of :-

Lach.

Sensibility, with loss
of :-

Cupr.

Septic, at onset of, or
zymotic disease :-

Crot-h.

7 in 5 months,
attacks :-

¤ Cur.

Sexual, from,
abuse :-

Kali-br.,
Phos.

Sexual, with,
complications :-

Stann.

Sexual organs, after
morbid excitement of :-

Lach.

Shocks,
electric :-

Cocc.

Shock, electric, makes
insensible :-

Art.

Sitting, while,
suddenly puts head upon pillow, gently shakes head from side to
side, 60 times to minute :-

Cupr.

Sleep, during :-

Lach.,
Op.

Smell, loss of :-

Plb.

Solar plexus, begins
in :-

Bufo.

Solar plexus, spread
from, to brain :-

Sil.

Spine, burning
in :-

Ars.

Spine would be broken,
so violent, that it seemed as if joints of :-

Hyos.

Splanchnic system,
proceeding from :-

PLB.

Stiff, grows :-

Sulph.

Stiff, whole body
becomes, sometimes falls down :-

Cupr.

Strabismus,
causes :-

Stram.

Suffocative
attacks :-

Cupr.

Syphilitic :-

Aur.,
Iod., Kali-br.,
KALI-I.,
Merc-c.,
Mez., Nit-ac.

Testicular :-

Clem.,
Cocc.,
Nit-ac., Nux-v., Puls.,
Rhod., Ter.,
Thuj., Zinc.

Tetanus, with,
opisthotonos :-

Ang.

Thumbs, with clenching
of :-

Stann.

Traumatic :-

Arn.,
Cic., Hyper., Nat-s.,
Op.

Trembled, staggered,
fell unconscious, without crying :-

Cupr.

Tuberculosis,
from :-

Kali-br.

Twitching, with, of
limbs :-

Dros.

Unconsciousness,
without convulsions :-

CALC.

Unconsciousness, linked
together by, later one commences as soon as the other ends :-

Aml-ns.

Urination,
involuntary :-

Caust.

Urination,
frequent :-

Cupr.

Urine, turbid :-

Cupr.

Uterine :-

Arg-n.,
Cimic.,
Ign., Nux-v.,
Plat.,
Puls., Sabin.,
Sulph.

Vertigo, with :-

Ars.,
CALC.,
Camph.,
Cann-i., Carb-an., Caust., Cedr., Hyos., Ind., Kali-br., Kali-i.,
Lach., Sec., Sil.,
Tarent.

Vexation, from :-

CALC.,
Camph.

Wet, after
getting :-

Cupr.

Years’ standing, of
more than 3 :-

Zinc.

Years’ standing, of 3,
8 to 10 fits daily, worse from 4 A.M. to 4 P.M. :-

Calc.

Years’ standing, of
5 :-

Sulph.

Years, for 10 :-

Gels.

Young persons,
with :-

Alet.,
¤ Calc-p.