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

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Fingers :-

(See Fingers
Spasm, Chapter 32 :
Upper Limbs.)

Spread apart :-

Sec.

Spread apart,
especially left :-

Glon.

Head :-

Persons, require
several strong, to prevent her from injuring herself, attempts to
pull hair out of back of head :-

Lach.

Pillow, jerked from,
falls back again

(hydrocephalus) :-
Stram.

Moves, mostly to
right :-

Stram.

Rolls anxiously from
side to side :-

Zinc.

Rolling, from side to
side, and moaning :-

Tub.

Rush of blood :-

Bell.,
Chin., Glon.

Headache :-

Convulsion,
after :-

Caust.

Convulsion,
before :-

Caust.

Hysterical :-

Mosch.

Occipital :-

Petr.

Heat :-

(See Fever ;
also Heat
Convulsions, Chapter 40 :
Fever.)

Body, of,
before :-

Zinc.

Burning, preceded
by :-

Ars.

Exposure, from, after
being struck by lightning :-

Morph.

Hæmorrhage :-

From loss of
blood :-

Chin.

With hæmoptysis or
metrorrhagia :-

Hyos.

Metrorrhagia,
with :-

CHIN.

Hiccough :-

HYOS.

Spasm, before :-

Cupr.

Mixture of hyperæmia
and spasm in consequence of affection of spine and diaphragm :-

Stram.

Hydrophobia,
in

(See Light ;
also Hydrophobia,
Chapter 1 : Mind
and Disposition.) :-
Bell., Canth.,
Cur., Gels.,
Stram.

Pain commencing in
cicatrix of bitten thumb, producing slight spasm, and still greater
disposition to snap and bite and grind teeth, which were entirely
beyond his control, causing him to fall on floor :-

Lyss.

When thinking of fluids
of any kind, even blood :-

Lyss.

Hysteric :-

Acet-ac., Apis,
Ars., Bry.,
Calc., Caust., Chlf.,
Cic.,
Cimic., Cocc., Con., Hydr-ac.,
IGN.,
Ip., Mill.,
Mosch., Nat-m.,
Plat., Sec.,
Sep., Sumb.,
Valer.,
Verat., Verat-v.

Day and night :-

Mag-m.

Day, coming on several
times a, gradually growing worse :-

Ip.

Fear, shrinks back
with, on seeing any one :-

Stram.

Glottis, with spasms
of :-

Gels.

Limbs, body and, hard
as wood :-

Cic.

Laughing, with
alternate, and crying :-

Aur.

Laughter, with
involuntary :-

Ign.

Laughing and
weeping :-

Alumn.

Laughing,
during :-

Graph.

Laughing, from, or
crying :-

Bell.

Laughter,
spasmodic :-

Caust.

Laughter, tonic and
clonic, with :-

Plat.

Menses, before :-

Hyos.

Menses, during
dysmenorrhœa :-

Caul.

Œsophagus, affecting :-

Asaf.

Pain, with, in abdomen
and diaphragm :-

Stann.

Sighing, comes out of
with deep :-

Ign.

Sudden :-

Gels.

Uterine irritation,
from :-

Vib.

Injuries,
from

(traumatic)
(See Tetanic.) :-
Ang., Arn.,
Cic., Hyper., Puls.,
Rhus-t., Sulph.

Bite, after dog :-

Cur.

Blows, from, upon head
or concussions :-

Arn.,
Hyper., Nat-s.

Caused by pressure on
brain during delivery :-

Hep.

Commencing, produced by
pain, in cicatrix of bitten thumb :-

Lyss.

Following, from
splinter :-

Cic.

Fragment, from a, of
glass in hand :-

Phys.

Hit, caused by being,
on injured back :-

Zinc.

Violent, after a
burn :-

Aml-ns.

Slight, after :-

Valer.

Slight, after, in
children :-

Hyper.

Internal :-

Nux-v.

Larynx :-

In spasm of
glottis :-

Meph.

In laryngismus
stridulus :-

Chlor.,
KALI-BR.

Legs

(See Limbs ;
also Legs
Convulsions, Chapter 33 :
Lower Limbs.) :-
Cocc.

Agitation in muscles
during night, precursor of apoplexy :-

Aster.

Coldness of
feet :-

Caust.

Feet, ushered in by
fidgety :-

Zinc.

Feet turned outward
during :-

Cupr.

Toes, commencing in,
followed by distortion of eyes towards right and upward :-

Hydr-ac.

Violent,
particularly :-

Lach.

Limbs :-

(See Limbs
Convulsions, Chapter 33 :
Lower Limbs.)

Affected :-

Amyg.,
Merc., NUX-V.

Alternate of upper and
lower :-

Hyos.

Beginning,
particularly, in fingers and toes, spreading over body :-

Cupr.

Begin in legs, fingers
or toes :-

Cupr-a.

Body tossed up by
spasms of arms and legs :-

Ip.

Brain, in softening
of :-

Bufo.

Cramps, commence with,
in fingers and toes :-

Cupr.

Crawling :-

Bell.,
Caust., Ign.,
Plb., Rhus-t.,
Sec.

Distorting :-

Acon.

Drawing in, before
spasms :-

Art.

Flexed, bent, body is
tossed upward :-

Hyos.

Tonic, in flexed
fingers and toes :-

Chel.

Movement,
violent :-

Caust.

Numbness, with :-

Ferr.

Pain :-

Bell.,
Caust., Cham., Cina, Plb., Sec.

Spreads fingers and
toes apart :-

Glon.

Twisting, in
cholera :-

Camph.

Lungs :-

Following
pneumonia :-

Nux-v.

Threatened, in
pneumonia :-

Bell.

Measles :-

(See
Eruption,
Measles, Chapter 46 :
Skin.)

Menses :-

(See During
Menses, Convulsions, Chapter 23 :
Female Sexual Organs.)

Amenorrhœa :-

Caul.,
Graph.

Before :-

Carb-v.,
Puls.

Clonic, before :-

Puls.

Cramp-like,
before :-

Caust.

Checking, from
sudden :-

Cocc.

During :-

KALI-BR.,
Nux-v., Œna.,
Puls., Sec.,
Stram.

During, last several
hours :-

Zinc.

Dysmenorrhœa, in :-

Apis, Coll.,
Ign., Nat-m., Puls.

Return, tonic, at time
for :-

Phys.

Severe at each period,
one :-

Kali-br.

Sudden, from
non-appearance :-

Cocc.

Suppression :-

PULS.

Worse and better with
flow

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Tarent.

Mental
condition :-

Accused, after being
unjustly :-

Staph.

Anger, from :-

Cham.,
NUX-V.

Anxiety, with :-

Verat.

Effort, after mental or
physical :-

Glon.

Emotion, from :-

Acon.,
Bell., Cham., Cimic., Coff., Cupr.,
Gels., HYOS.,
IGN., KALI-BR., Nux-v.,
OP.,
Plat., Puls., Tarent.

Ends with making fun

(chorea) :-
Cupr.

Excitability,
from :-

COFF.

Fright, after :-

Caust.,
CUPR.,
Gels., IGN.,
Kali-p.,
Lyss., OP.,
Stram.

Fright, from, after
operation :-

Cupr.

Grief over
insults :-

Op.

Illusions and
hallucinations :-

Lyss.

Laughing, brought on by
excessive, and playing in weakly, excitable children :-

Coff.

Mania, with, from
mental excitement :-

Zinc.

Mania, in
pregnancy :-

Verat-v.

Punishment, children,
consequent on being put to sleep soon after :-

Ign.

Rage, alternate
with :-

STRAM.

Religious
excitement :-

Verat.

Solicitude,
from :-

Lach.

Strangers, from
approach of

(children) :-
OP.

Swallowing, brought on
by mere thought of, or fluids of any kind :-

Lyss.

Vexation, after :-

CUPR.

Morning, in :-

Calc.,
Caust., Kalm.,
Mag-p., Nux-v.,
Plat., Sep.

Mouth,
foaming

(See
Outer Mouth Foaming,
Chapter 9 :
Lower Face.) :-
Art., Bell.,
Canth., Cina,
Cupr.,
Glon., Hyos., Ign.,
Lach., Laur., Lyc., Lyss., Op., Plb., Sil.

Movements :-

Agitation in head and
arms :-

Bufo.

Carditis, in
rheumatic :-

Spig.

Circular :-

Camph.

Convulsive :-

NUX-M.

Convulsive, towards
close of attack

(laryngismus
stridulus) :- Chlor.

Contorted, body :-

Ferr-m.

Contortions and
jactitations fearful when awake :-

Laur.

Contractions :-

Merc-c.

Hurried, before
attack :-

Zinc.

Irregular, of whole
body :-

Sec.

Least, brought on by,
moving fingers or eyes, or touching lips with spoon

(Strychnia
poisoning) :- NUX-V.

Lifeless state, with
apparently, followed by greenish vomiting

(shock
from injury) :- Phos.

Nervous, every night

(typhoid
in a child) :- Gels.

Partial

(hydrocephaloid) :-
Carb-ac.

Parts, of
single :-

Ign.

Starts, lies on
back :-

Calc-p.

Throws himself wildly
about and tumbles out of bed :-

Ign.

Throws itself about
unconsciously, child

(scarlatina) :-
Hep.

Trembling of whole
body :-

Verat-v.

Trembling alternates
with concussive starting :-

Hyos.

Twisting :-

Cupr.

Writhing, caused by
pains in abdomen :-

Jatr.

Muscular

(See Jerking,
Starting, Twitching ;
also Muscles Cramp, Chapter
44 : Tissues.) :-
Ambr., Atrop.

Back, when muscles of,
face and jaws are principally affected :-

Hydr-ac.

Contraction of almost
all :-

Lil-t.

Contractions appear
with various degrees of intensity from slightest convulsions to
those of severe and clonic form :-

Lyss.

Different parts,
in :-

Atrop-s.,
Lac-ac.

Direction, all in a
certain, either from above downward or in opposite direction :-

Mosch.

Distortion,
violent :-

Bell.

Face, in, and upper
part of body, induced by almost any peripheral irritation,
swallowing fluids, attempt to try open mouth or moving patient, long
continued violent contractions involving whole muscular system

(traumatic
tetanus) :- Nux-v.

Flexors, especially
of :-

Bell.

Pertussis, in :-

Cupr.

Increasing in intensity
and frequency, preceded by spells of gaping and irregular breathing,
then muscular contortions of all kinds, fixed look, worse at
menses :-

Tarent.

Muscles, of
individual :-

Lyss.

Single, jerks of

(intermittent) :-
Chin-s.

Tremulous, recurring
constantly, vibratory movements, short and

(scarlatina) :-
Lach.

Twitching, set in with,
of hands, then general convulsed movements of body and limbs :-

Sulph.

Twitches, right
side :-

Zinc.

Twitching, ushered in
by, of single :-

Zinc.

Twitching of
tendons :-

Lyss.

Worms, in :-

Valer.

Neck, throbbing
carotids :-

BELL.,
Chin., Glon.

Neuralgic :-

Mag-p.

Night, at :-

Calc.,
Caust.,
Cic., Cina, Cupr.,
HYOS.,
Kalm.,
Lyc., Merc.,
OP.,
Sec., SIL.,
Stram., Sulph.

Frequently at
midnight :-

Cocc.,
Zinc.

Nose, from strong
odors :-

Lyss.

Œsophagus :-

(See
Œsophagus Spasm, Chapter
13 : Throat.)

Opisthotonos,
with :-

Absin.,
Acon., Amyg.,
Ars., CIC.,
# Cupr.,
Hyper., Ign.,
Ip., Kali-br., Lyss.,
Med., Nux-m.,
Phyt., Stram., Verat-v.

Anthrax, in :-

Anthraci.

Arterial, with,
excitement :-

Verat-v.

Brain, congestion of,
and spine :-

Verat-v.

Backward, throwing, so
suddenly as to force child from nurse’s lap :-

Cina.

Cerebro-spinal disease,
in :-

Verat-v.

Child rigid as a board,
dazzling objects bright, from, a lighted candle, a mirror and
touch :-

STRAM.

Cholera, in :-

Camph.

Cholera infantum,
with :-

Med.

Consciousness,
with :-

NUX-V.

Consciousness, with
loss of :-

Verat-v.

Consciousness, with
loss of, for a moment

(tetanus) :-
Lach.

Cough, previous
to :-

Led.

Cough, in
whooping :-

Ars.,
Ip.

Crying out, and :-

Lach.

Dentition, in :-

Cham.

Epigastrium, caused by
sudden shock in

(tetanus) :-
CIC.

Epilepsy, in :-

Stann.

Feet and hands
cold :-

Verat-v.

Head, with congestion
to :-

Stram.

Head drawn back :-

Amyg., CIC.,
Ign.

Head, retraction of,
and syncope

(spotted
fever) :- Dig.

Labor, during :-

Cupr.

Labor, alternating with
convulsive action during :-

Plat.

Puerperal :-

Sec.

Rolling, with,
laterally :-

OP.

Scarlatina, from
suppressed :-

Camph.

Shocks on limbs :-

Verat-v.

Tetanus, after a
burn :-

Aml-ns.

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