Drowsiness – Sleep – Chapter 37 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Main

Breathing :-

Asphyxia :-

ANT-T.

Difficult :-

Eup-per.

Short :-

Ant-c.,
Cham.

Children :-

All-s.,
Podo.

Chill, with :-

Ant-c.,
Ant-t.,
Hell., Iris,
Nux-m.

Chill, before :-

Nicc.,
Sabad.

Chill, after :-

Gels.

Chills, between :-

Nux-m.

Shivering :-

Aster.

Chilliness,
with :-

Cycl.

With obscuration of
sight :-

Sabin.

Cholera infantum,
in :-

Arn.

Drowsy after

(impending
hydrocephaloid) :-
Chin.

Colds, in
summer :-

Gels.

Constitution :-

Persons addicted to
spirituous liquors, or oppressed by care or grief :-

Op.

In students or persons
of sedentary habits, especially in hot weather :-

Gels.

Convulsions :-

Before and after,
especially in hysterical women who easily faint and suffer from
languor in back and knees :-

Nux-m.

Epilepsy, in :-

Op.

Epileptic fit,
after :-

¤ Cur.,
Stram.

Epileptiform :-

Hydr-ac.

Epileptoid :-

TARENT.

Falls to floor, and,
sudden, sleep lasts 1 or 2 minutes, when he rises and goes about his
work

(epilepsy) :-
Nux-v.

Puerperal :-

Nux-v.

Cough, with :-

Ant-c.,
ANT-T.,
Ip., Kreos.

Cough, after :-

Anac.,
Ant-t., Ign.

After whooping
cough :-

Ant-t.,
Caust.

Day, during :-

Drops asleep in chair,
if roused falls to sleep again :-

Kali-br.

Worse towards
evening :-

Hep.

Yawning, with :-

Nat-c.

Delirium, with :-

Bell.,
Crot-h., OP.

Diarrhœa, in :-

ANT-T.,
Asim., Nux-m.

Children, of :-

Ant-t.

Chronic :-

Calc.

Dark and bilious, or
watery and mucous stools :-

Corn.

Diphtheria, in :-

Lac-c.,
Merc.,
Nat-m., Sul-ac.

Dreams :-

Guare.

Broken :-

Cadm-s.

Drinking :-

After alcoholic
stimulants :-

Glon.

Too much water, with
slimy stool :-

Nux-m.

Wine, after :-

Ail.

Dropsy, in :-

Hell.

Dysentery, in :-

Child sleeps on vessel
as soon as tenesmus ceases :-

Colch.

Tenesmus, after :-

SULPH.

Ears, singing :-

Calc-p.

Eating :-

Calad.,
Calc-p.

During :-

Calc-p.,
Kali-c., Sarr.

During, or
after :-

Agar.,
Bov.

Eating, after :-

AGAR.,
All-s.,
Ant-c., Apis,
Arum-m.,
Aur., Berb., Bufo, Calc., Calc-p.,
Caps., Carb-v.,
Chel., Chin.,
Chin-s., Cic.,
Croc.,
Cycl., Graph.,
Kali-c., Lach.,
LYC.,
Lyss., Mur-ac.,
Nat-m., Nux-m., Nux-v., Phos., Rhus-t., Sil.,
Still., Tarax.,
Tell.,
Verb., Vib., Zinc.

Afternoon, in :-

Chin-b.

Breakfast,
after :-

Calad.

Cerebral congestion,
with passive, in patients predisposed to apoplexy :-

Op.

Coryza, with :-

Phos.

Dinner, after, and
early in evening :-

Cinnb.

Dinner, especially
after, and in evening :-

Laur.

Dinner, after, on lying
down, could sleep but few minutes, more tired and lame after
nap :-

Dios.

Hot stage,
during :-

Chin.

Supper, after :-

Calc., Chim-m.

Tabes mesenterica,
in :-

Petr.

Vaginismus, in :-

Ign.

Weariness, with :-

LYC.

Eruption,
urticaria :-

Cop.

Evening, in :-

Agar.,
Asaf., Calc-p.,
Camph., Carb-v.,
Pall., Sil., Sulph.

Bedtime, an hour
before :-

Chr-ac.

Distressing :-

Cob.

Early :-

Apis,
Arn., Ars-i.,
Berb., Bov., Calad., Cast-eq., Glon., Ictod., Kali-c.,
Lil-t.,
Mang., Sep.

Eyelids fall shut,
better after candlelight :-

Am-m.

8 P.M. :-

Trom.

8 P.M., in quotidian
ague :-

Tarax.

9 P.M. :-

Lyss.

Cannot go to sleep
after going to bed :-

Carb-v.

Eyelids, with spasmodic
closing of :-

Con.

Lie down, must,
immediately after supper and sleeps till morning :-

Hep.

Midnight, before,
sleepless after midnight :-

Rhod.

Room, in a warm :-

Ind.

Sitting, while, hours
before bedtime, and wakes at 3 or 4 A.M. :-

Nux-v.

Sleep quietly through
night, but unable to

(spermatorrhœa) :-
Sars.

Sundown, after :-

Arum-t.,
Dros.

Tea, after, and heavily
all night :-

Chin-ar.

Thirst, with :-

Benz-ac.

Warmth, worse
in :-

Ant-t.

Eyes :-

Burning :-

Arund.,
Rhod.

Closed, child :-

Acon.

Closed, sleepless at
night

(keratitis
pustulosa) :- Merc.

Dimness :-

Mag-s.

Distorted and rolled
upward

(inflammation
of brain) :- Puls.

Dim, as if sensitive to
light

(coryza) :-
All-c.

Half closed :-

Bry.

Half open

(gastromalacia) :-
Kreos.

Images, sees :-

Lachn.

Languid

(gastric
fever) :- Puls.

Lids will close :-

Viol-o.

Lids, drooping :-

Lach.

Lids, heavy :-

CON.

Obscuration of sight

(vertigo) :-
Kali-n.

Open, can
scarcely :-

Ars-h.

Pain over right :-

Nux-m.

Vision dim :-

Kali-br.

Face :-

Heat of pale :-

Glon.

Mournful expression

(hydrocephaloid) :-
Merc.

Faintness, with, and
dizziness worse in open air :-

Crot-t.

Fever,
in :-

Lachn.,
Puls.

Before, in quartan
ague :-

Puls.

Back, from lower part
of, upward and through whole body, 6 to 8 P.M. :-

Kali-i.

Heat, with :-

Ant-c.,
Apis, Aran.,
Ph-ac.,
Phos., Sabad.

Heat, with, in
measles :-

Gels.

Hectic :-

Phos.

Intermittent :-

Ambr.,
Rhus-t.

Remittent :-

Ant-c.

Remittent,
bilious :-

Crot-h.

Slow :-

Camph.

Typhoid :-

Hell.,
Lyc., Phos.,
Verat-v.

Typhoid, falls asleep
while answering :-

Hyos.

Typhoid, in,
dreamy :-

Nux-m.

Typhoid, constant, can
be roused but not to full consciousness :-

Hell.

Typhoid, waking state,
with dreams :-

Cocc.

Typhus :-

Ter.

Typhus, in, before
finishing, while answering :-

ARN.

Forenoon,
in :-

Ail.,
Cadm-s., Carb-v.,
Podo.

Headache :-

Bism.

Sitting, while :-

Carb-v.

Smoking, when :-

Bufo.

Worse :-

ANT-C.

11 A.M. until
evening :-

Ars-met.

Head :-

Child hangs head to one
side :-

Cina.

Confusion,
vertigo :-

Aml-ns.

Drawn backward, feels
as if, with vertigo :-

Stram.

Dulness

(influenza) :-
Phos.

Heaviness, better by
coffee :-

Corn.

Numbness :-

Ant-c.

Occiput, heaviness
in :-

Bar-c.

Pressure in forehead
and vertex :-

Calc.

Trembling :-

Ant-c.

Headache, with :-

Aml-ns.,
Bell., Calc-p.,
Corn.,
Gamb., Gels., Ind.,
Iodof., Kreos.,
Nux-m., Nux-v., OP.,
Ran-b.

Breakfast,
after :-

Nux-m.

Congestive :-

Glon.

Contractive and
pressive :-

Cub.

Dull, heavy :-

Corn.,
Nat-m.

Dull frontal

(hæmorrhoids) :-
Coll.

Gastric sick :-

Lob.

Night, worse at :-

Crot-h.

Pressing in forehead
and vertex, as if pressed asunder, better in evening, when entering
room from cold air and vice versa :-

Ran-b.

Stinging :-

Ip.

Stupefying in
forehead :-

Ph-ac.

Temple, in left :-

Pall.

Temple to top of head,
in right :-

Arund.

With and after
headache :-

Myric.

Work, cannot :-

Ammc.

Heart, præcordial
distress :-

Camph.

Heat :-

(See Fever.)

Dry :-

Calc.

Evening and night,
in :-

Plb.

In warm weather :-

ANT-C.,
Gels.

Heaviness :-

Carb-ac.,
Kreos.

During apyrexia :-

Puls.

Stupefying :-

Æsc.

Hæmorrhage,
metrorrhagia :-

Sec.

Hypochondria, fulness
under short ribs :-

Calc-ar.

Hysteria, in :-

NUX-M.

Influenza, in :-

Gels.

Epidemic :-

Sabad.

Intoxicated, as
if :-

Bufo,
Led., Nux-m.

Epilepsy, in :-

Agar.

Labor-pains, too weak
or ceasing :-

Puls.

Larynx :-

Ant-t.

Croup, in :-

Brom.

Diphtheritic :-

Kali-bi.

Lassitude, with :-

Chen-v., Cic.,
GELS.,
Kreos., Sil.,
Sin-a., Sin-n., Ziz.

Malaise, with general,
and headache :-

Still.

Meals, after :-

Grat.

Mental and
bodily :-

Sang.

Walking, after :-

Sulph.

Laughter, inclination
to :-

Nux-m.

Legs, heavy, in middle
of day :-

Calc-ar.

Lying down :-

Bed, must remain
constantly in, on account of intermittent :-

Cocc.

Inclination to lie
down :-

Alumn.

Must lie down :-

CAUST.,
Graph.

Sleep, or goes to,
standing and falls

(spasms
after fright) :-
Ign.

Wants to lie
down :-

Mur-ac.

Limbs :-

Bruised feeling :-

Cham.

Heaviness :-

Merc-i-f.

Numbed, arms and hands
cold and livid :-

Amyg.

Prostration :-

Calc-p.

Weary :-

Cimx.

Liver :-

Derangement :-

Lept.

Hepatic
disorder :-

Sil.

Jaundice, in :-

CHEL.,
Myric., Nat-m.

Lungs :-

Œdema :-

Am-c.

Phthisis pulmonalis,
even after getting up on her feet :-

Calc.

Measles :-

Xan.

Imperfectly
developed :-

Apis.

Menses, during :-

Kali-c.,
NUX-M.,
Phos., Sulph., Uran-n.

Hysterical women who
suffer during :-

Nux-m.

Profuse :-

NUX-M.

Suppressed :-

Cycl.

Mental
condition :-

Compose mind for sleep,
cannot :-

Gels.

Depressed :-

Eup-pur.,
Sil.

Depression and
deep-seated pains in head :-

Corn.

Energy impaired, mental
and general debility in heat of summer :-

Corn.

Exertion, caused by
mental

(headache) :-
Sabad.

Exertion or excitement,
from least :-

Nux-m.

Fear of bed :-

Cann-s.

Gloomy mood :-

Calc-p.

Groaning :-

Cham.

Hypochondriasis,
in :-

Arg-n.

Ill humor :-

Cham.

Indifference :-

Corn.

Irritability,
with :-

Ind.

Lamentations about
difficulty of breathing and headache, with :-

Plb.

Loss of mental
energy :-

Corn.

Mind wanders, reaching
after imaginary objects :-

Gels.

Obtuseness

(typhoid) :-
Merc.

Read or study, when
trying to :-

Tab.

Shock, after
mental :-

Pic-ac.

Study, when trying
to :-

Gels.

Think, inability
to :-

Calc-p.

Weep, inclination
to :-

Cham.

Morning,
in

(See Forenoon.) :-
Agar.,
Ail., All-c.,
Aloe,
Ammc., Ind., Nat-c.,
Podo., Sabad.,
Sep., Ther.,
Zinc.

Air, better in
open :-

Asc-t.

Breakfast,
before :-

Calc.

Company, even
in :-

Meph.

Drugged, feels as
if :-

Phys.

Desire during day, even
mornings early :-

Clem.

Ears, in both, with
stitches passing inwards :-

Lyss.

Headache, with :-

Xan.

Nausea, with :-

Calad.

Reading or writing,
especially when, precursor of jaundice :-

Nat-s.

Rising, on :-

Rhod.

Rising, after :-

Bism.,
Verb.

Rising, after, having
had a sound sleep :-

Ars-met.

Sitting, while :-

Cimx.

Sleeplessness during
forepart of night

(albuminuria) :-
Nux-v.

Soon after getting
up :-

Agar.

Yawnings, with
frequent, after a good sleep at night :-

Zing.

Motion :-

Carb-v.

Going off as soon as
one moves about :-

Mur-ac.

Nausea, with :-

Ind.,
Plan.

And waterbrash :-

Nux-m.

Nose, bleeding :-

Kreos.

Numbness, with :-

Chel.

Palpitation, with, all
forenoon, from mental excitement or exertion :-

Podo.

Pregnancy, in :-

Gels.,
Helon., Nux-m.

Purpura, after
purpura :-

Hell.

Reading, when :-

Ang.,
Brom., Carb-v.,
Colch.

Hæmorrhoids,
with :-

Sulph.

After reading a
moment :-

Aster.

Restlessness,
with :-

Malignant scarlatina,
in :-

Stram.

Throwing about and
occasional waking with a shrill cry, which is followed by dozing off

(meningitis) :-
Merc.

Tossing, in catarrh of
stomach :-

Sep.

Tossing, croup :-

Hep.

Turning in bed,
constantly :-

Bufo.

Rheumatism, in :-

Lyc.,
Puls.

Riding, when :-

Card-m.

Rising, on :-

Cact.

Scarlatina in :-

Nat-m.

After :-

Ter.

Sewing, when :-

Ferr.

Sexual condition, after
emission :-

Sep.

Sitting, when :-

Ars.,
Cadm-s., Sep.,
Tarax.

Day, during :-

Cham.

Diarrhœa, after :-

Ars-met.

Evening, in :-

Hep.

Morbid, when sitting at
work she heaved a deep sigh, needle fell from her hand, and she fell
back in chair sleeping, with eyelids spasmodically closed, and eye
whirled around in a circle, after sleeping for from 5 to 15 minutes,
began to weep or sing or speak incoherently, awaked up after a few
minutes, to fall to sleep again, in a 1/4 of an hour to awake again
in a similar manner :-

Zinc.

Studying, or :-

Ferr.

Sleep :-

Alternating with
sleeplessness :-

Asim.

Bewildered sensation on
awaking :-

Nux-m.

Cannot sleep :-

Ars-met.,
Bar-c., BELL.,
Cann-i., CHAM.,
CHEL., Chr-ac.,
Coff., Corn.,
Crot-h.,
Cupr., Daph.,
Ferr., Med.,
Nat-m., Op.,
Sil.

Cannot, from
agitation :-

Bufo.

Cannot, with
cough :-

Op.

Cannot, in delirium
tremens :-

Crot-h.

Cannot, in ague :-

Puls.

Cannot, head feels so
light :-

Zinc.

Cannot, caused by dull,
depressing pain through head

(under
pressure of great weariness or excitement) :-
Polyg.

Cannot, with
headache :-

BELL.

Cannot sleep, after
hysteria :-

Stram.

Cannot sleep, in
influenza :-

Ant-t.

Cannot sleep

(sequelæ
to measles) :- Caust.

Cannot, except a little
toward morning

(chest
affection) :- Lach.

Cannot sleep, in
syphilitic neuralgia :-

Syph.

Cannot, during
pregnancy

(abortion) :-
Nux-m.

Cannot, dulness of
senses :-

Cham.

Cannot, on account of
sudden twitchings

(sequel
to burn) :- Canth.

Night, with insomnia
at, and constant changing of position in bed, or in arms of
nurse :-

Petr.

Night, sleepless
at :-

Elaps.

Night, sleepless at,
from overwork at desk :-

Agar.

Standing, falls
asleep :-

Cor-r.

Starting :-

Cham.,
Puls.,
Tarent.

Starts as if
frightened :-

Verat.

Starting, with, at
slightest noise, alternating with sopor and photophobia :-

Puls.

Teeth, grinding of, and
rolling of head :-

Podo.

Wakefulness,
alternating with :-

Hyos.

Wakeful at night, with
tossing heat and anxiety :-

Graph.

Waking, constant, and
change of position, worse at night

(diphtheria
after scarlatina) :-
Con.

Waking,
frequent :-

Kali-i.

Smallpox, in :-

Nat-m.

Speaking, when, for
several minutes at a time

(laryngitis) :-
Chel.

Stomach :-

Gastralgia :-

Sil.

Pressure :-

Ph-ac.

Stool :-

During :-

Nux-m.

During and
after :-

Bry.

After :-

ÆTH.,
Nux-m.

Bloody :-

Manc.

Undigested, or like
chopped eggs :-

Nux-m.

Stupefaction,
with :-

Con.,
Plb.

Stupid

(See Stupor.) :-
Cact., Gels.

Intervals, during, in
convulsions of children :-

Cupr.

Restless all
night :-

Lac-ac.

Scarlatina, in :-

Hyos.

Typhoid, in :-

Gels.

Sudden :-

Fl-ac.

Sweat, with :-

Asaf.,
Corn.,
Nux-m.

Face, in :-

Calc-p.

Intermittent,
on :-

Ant-t.

Mostly on occiput and
neck :-

Ph-ac.

Syphilis, in,
secondary :-

Syph.

Throat, angina faucium
and diphtheria :-

Caps.

Thunderstorm, in
a :-

Sil.

Tired feeling :-

From slightest
exercise, in heat of summer :-

Nux-v.

Weariness, with

(veta) :-
COCA.

Tongue, white :-

Kali-br.

Vertigo, with :-

Æth.,
Con., Kali-br., Myric.,
Sil.

Alternating :-

Ant-t.

Drunk, as if :-

Nux-m.

Stooping, after :-

Glon.

Vomiting with :-

Apoc.

After :-

ÆTH.,
Ant-c., IP.

Uterus,
prolapsus :-

Agar.

Walking, in
street :-

Ars-met.

Weakness, with :-

Cycl.,
Merc-sul., Mez.

As from great physical
exertion, in evening, better by literary occupation :-

Croc.

Faint spells frequently
during day, after nursing or night watching :-

Sulph.

Vertigo, with :-

Nit-ac.

Working, when :-

Bism.

Worms, with, in
children :-

Nux-m.

Yawning, with

(See
Yawning.) :-
All-c., Calc., Lachn.,
Rhus-t., Spong.

And involuntary closing
of eyes :-

Grat.,
Kreos., Zinc.

Prolonged, while
sitting :-

Atrop-s.

And
sluggishness :-

Mag-m.

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