Ears – Ears – Chapter 6 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Main

Sudden, transient,
spasmodic sensation in front of inner, in region of tragus,
sometimes into auditory canal :-

Cham.

Sticking

(See Stinging,
Stitches.) :-
Ang., Chel.,
Dros., Kali-i.

Deep in :-

Puls.

Deep in right,
transient, but recurring often, also in left :-

Sarr.

Eustachian, with
catarrh of, tube :-

Mang.

Left, in :-

Chel.

Left, worse in, deep
in :-

Merc.

Left, near rim of
cartilage of :-

Elat.

Left, in front of,
extending into it :-

Stront-c.

Left, in, close to
lobule :-

Zinc.

Left, in, then
right :-

Aloe.

Located, cannot
be :-

Kali-bi.

Outward, from within,
in left :-

Viol-o.

Right, in, in region of
tympanum :-

Ran-b.

Throat, with dryness
in :-

Ol-an.

Zygomatic, between left
and, arch :-

Thuj.

Stiff, feel :-

Lyss.

Stinging

(See Pricking.) :-
Acon., Caps.,
Merc., Nicc.

Catarrh, in, of
bladder :-

Cinnb.

Coryza, in, after
mercury :-

KALI-I.

Extends to head and
throat, worse by disturbance, musical sounds and all noises

(otitis) :-
SULPH.

Left, in :-

Bor.,
Sulph.

Left, in, changing to
right :-

Bor.

Left, through, from
roof of mouth :-

Cob.

Meatus, from external,
into ear :-

Kali-bi.

Night, at

(diseased
submaxillary gland) :-
Kali-bi.

Outward, particularly
in right :-

Astac.

Right, in :-

Kali-i.

Sensation, with, of
soreness in tonsils on swallowing :-

LACH.

Stitches

(See
Lancinating, Sticking.) :-
Alumn., Anan.,
Arg-n.,
Arn., Ars., Bell., Berb.,
Brom., Calc.,
Camph., Caps.,
Carb-an., Carbn-s.,
Caust., CHAM.,
CHIN., Colch.,
Coloc., Con., Dros., Dulc., Ferr., Glon.,
Graph.,
Hep., Kali-bi., Kali-c., Kalm., Kreos., Mang., Meny.,
Nat-c.,
Nat-m., Nat-s., Nux-m., Nux-v., Petr., Plb., PULS.,
Sep., Sil.,
Staph., SULPH.,
Thuj.,
Zinc.

About, in and :-

Con.,
Viol-o.

Awaking, when :-

Form.

Behind :-
Arn., Carb-an.,
Gels., Kali-c.

Boring, tearing,
burning, or semilateral tearing to teeth and neck :-

Merc.

Brain, into right,
going into, attacks left ear 1st, worse at night :-

Sep.

Deep, to cheek :-

Merc.

Digging, deep, in
left :-

Spong.

Draught, from :-

Camph.

Driven, as if a thick
body were being forcibly, into ear, extending to larynx and
hindering swallowing :-

Puls.

Dull, in left :-

Inul.

Ear, from, to
ear :-

Hep.

With roaring and
rumbling, particularly in left :-

Merc.

Evening, in, or
night :-

Alumn.

Excessive :-

Gamb.

Evening, principally
in :-

Ran-b.

Fine, in right,
outward, as if passing through tympanum :-

Spong.

Fingers, better
putting, into ears :-

Coloc.

Forehead, extending to,
and temples, worse in morning, in evenings in bed and on entering a
warm room :-

Nux-v.

Frequent, in front of
right, in region of tragus :-

Cham.

Glands, in :-

Bell.

Inner, in :-

Dros.

Inward, passing, with
drowsiness and pressing in forehead, in morning :-

Lyss.

Left, in :-

Agar.,
Carbn-s., Form., Sabad.

Left, from, into
brain :-

Arg-m.

Left, in, with
headache :-

Kali-bi.

Left, in, in
prosopalgia :-

Stram.

Left, in, with boring
toothache :-

Calad.

Long lasting, in
external, going off gradually :-

Chel.

Meatus, in :-

Dulc.

Meatus, from left,
outward, worse in evening :-

Ars.

Meatus, in
right :-

Cham.

Morning, in :-

Ferr.

Mouth, when
opening :-

Petr.

Mouth, extending into
roof of, left, in, side of head and right neck

(diphtheria) :-
Kali-bi.

Music, from :-

Ph-ac.

Neck, to, and
shoulder :-

Nat-m.

Needle, inner, in,
stitch as of an ice-cold :-

Agar.

Outward, from
within :-

Calc.,
Con., Sil.

Outward, from within,
with drawing behind :-

Kali-c.

Paroxysmal, right, in,
in rapid succession :-

Caust.

Piercing, deep :-

Bry.

Right, in :-

Agar.,
Anag., Iodof., Rat.

Right, in and
behind :-

Kalm.

Right, in, from without
in :-

Lyss.

Right, in, to left,
like a knife :-

Arg-n.

Right, especially
in :-

Æth.

Sharp, lightning-like,
worse going from cold air into warm room, worse in damp weather,
living on wet ground, etc. :-

Nat-s.

Single, behind
ear :-

Dig.

Single, large,
especially when stooping :-

CHAM.

Stabbed, as if, with
knives in region of ears

(headache) :-
Thuj.

Stool, after :-

Carbn-s.

Stooping,
especially :-

Cham.

Subdued stitch-like
pain deep in right :-

Vesp.

Sudden, in deaf
ear :-

Mang.

Talking, when,
swallowing, laughing and walking :-

Mang.

Tearing :-

Zinc.

Tearing, in left, while
eating :-

Verb.

Tearing, in front of
left, downward :-

Verb.

Tearing, frequent,
persistent cutting, deep in right near drum :-

Zinc.

Teeth, to, right,
in :-

Puls.

Toothache, with :-

SULPH.

Toothache, with
boring :-

Calen.

Throat, from :-

Calc.

Throat, to :-

Sulph.

Through left :-

Arn.

Thrusts, acute, in
internal :-

Bell.

Towards ear from left
forehead :-

All-c.

Transient, deep,
alternately beneath one or the other ear, especially left :-

Viol-o.

Walking in open air,
worse :-

Am-m.

Ulceration,
from :-

Sulph.

Stopped :-

Con., Sel.

Amenorrhœa, in :-

Symph.

Cotton, as from :-

Led.

Cotton, as from, or
plug :-

Anac.,
Bry.

Cough, during :-

Chel.

Cough, with :-

Chel.

Detonations,
with :-

Nit-ac.

Feel as if
obstructed :-

Anag.,
Ars., Berb., Bry., Calad., Carb-v.,
Carbn-s.,
Cham., Chel.,
Chin., Colch., Glon., Lach., Manc.,
Merl., Nux-m.,
Phos., Sil.,
Spig.,
Sulph., Symph.,
Tab.

Feel as if closed from
within, in angina syphilitica :-

Lach.

Feeling of obstruction,
with offensive discharge :-

Caust.

Feels stopped, with
intolerable drawing, worse moving jaw and masticating

(migraine) :-
Verb.

Feel stopped after
eating :-

Mill.

Feel stopped, in facial
neuralgia :-

Puls.

Finger, better boring
with, left, in, but immediately returning :-

Lachn.

Foreign, as if plugged
with a, substance :-

ASAR.

Frequently, especially
when eating or blowing nose, also on one side only :-

Sulph.

Gauze, sensation of,
over ear :-

Phos.

Heavy, something, seems
to lie before ears :-

Carb-v.

Lay, as if something,
before, on blowing nose, disappears on swallowing :-

Alumn.

Lay, as if something,
before, particularly right, momentary relief by external
pressure :-

Phos.

Leaf, as of a, lying
before :-

Sul-ac.

Left, sensation as if
something stopped 1st, then right :-

Verb.

Left, in :-

Arg-n.,
Jac-c.

Loosely, as if,
stopped, or a thick mist were in front, with distant ringing :-

Spig.

Moments, for a few, at
a time :-

Merc-i-r.

Moon, during full,
times, at :-

Graph.

Muffled, as if, in
right :-

Chen-v.

Nose, when
blowing :-

Con.

Open at times with a
loud report :-

Sil.

Parchment, as if a,
were drawn over ear on which she is lying, after sleeping :-

Med.

Pressure, with
outward :-

Guai.

Reading, when,
aloud :-

Verb.

Right, as if, were
stuffed up :-

Merc.

Right, in :-

Anag.

Right, of,
temporary :-

Lyss.

Roaring, with, like a
loud, distant sound :-

PULS.

Sensation as if
external auditory passages were closed, with crackling in right
ear :-

Coc-c.

Skin, as if, were
before ear :-

Graph.

Stretched, as of a
skin, over right, worse in cold :-

Asar.

Stretched, as if
something had been, across :-

Meny.

Suddenly :-

Dios.,
Tell.

Suddenly, better by
gaping or swallowing :-

Sil.

Suddenly, of right, as
if by a plug, at 2 P.M., better boring with fingers :-

Lob.

Water, as if left were
filled with :-

Graph.

Wedge, as though a,
were driven in :-

Merc.

Straighten, it seemed
as though she would have to, ear out :-

Vib.

Suppuration :-

(See Aching,
Inflammation, Swelling.)

Behind :-

Nit-ac.

Chronic :-

KALI-BI.

External, of :-

Spong.

Internal, after
suppuration of, in typhus :-

Arn.

Middle, of, ear :-

Calc., MERC.,
SIL.

Middle, of, with foul
discharge :-

Kali-p.

Swallowing,
on :-

Cracking :-

Calc.

Itching :-

Sil.

Moved, as if something,
in :-

Nat-c.

Noise :-

Benz-ac.

Obstruction momentarily
better after swallowing or blowing nose :-

Merc.

Pain :-

Ail.,
Par.

Pain in
diphtheria :-

APIS,
LACH.

Pain in right

(sore
throat) :- Merc-i-f.

Pain, dull, from nares
to ears :-

Elaps.

Pain increased by or
sent into ears from throat :-

Lach.

Pressure, violent, also
when sneezing :-

Sulph.

Sharp shock from within
outward :-

Con.,
Gels., Phyt.

Shooting, worse in
right :-

Phyt.

Shooting, cannot sit or
lie, must stand or walk :-

Gels.

Stitches in
diphtheria :-

Nux-v.

Stitching in
left :-

Anac.

Stitches in nervous
cases :-

NUX-V.

Stitches, short :-

Petr.

Tearing in left :-

Anac.

Swashing
as from water

(See
Water.) :-
Sulph.

Sweat behind :-

Cimic.

Swelling

(See Congested,
Erysipelas, Inflammation.) :-
Anac-oc., Calc.,
Nat-m., Psor.,
Urt-u.

Behind :-

Puls.

Behind, below and

(intermittent
fever) :- Cist.

Behind, painful to
touch :-

Caps.

Behind, seems to reach
to periosteum :-

Benz-ac.

Burning :-

Rhus-t.

Cheek, half way
up :-

Cist.

Deep seated in
otitis :-

Caps.

Eruption, with moist,
behind :-

Graph.

Erysipelas, in :-

APIS,
Puls.

Erysipelatous, of
external :-

Calc-p.,
Carb-v.,
Kali-bi., Merc., Petr., PULS.,
Sep., Tell.

External, of,
painful :-

Anac.

External, of, with
discharge of pus :-

Sil.

External, of, bluish
red, shining and studded with vesicles, exudes thin, watery fluid

(after
scarlatina) :- Tell.

External, of
right :-

Bry.

Glandular :-

Calc.

Glandular, behind and
beneath left :-

Nit-ac.

Glandular, behind, in
scrofulous ophthalmia :-

Bar-c.

Glandular,
below :-

Cist.

Glandular, in
scarlatina :-

Calc.,
Dulc.

Glandular, beneath,
with tensive pain :-

Graph.

Glandular, hard, size
of a hazelnut, from above angle of lower jaw to ear, from which
pains go into ear, especially on pressure :-

All-c.

Helix, on right, red,
with a pimple exuding moisture like an ulcer, painful on
pressure :-

Spong.

Inflammatory :-

BELL.

Inner, of :-

Calc-p.,
Cist.

Inner, of, causes
deafness :-

Kali-m.

Knotty, behind :-

Bar-c.

Left, of :-

Ant-c.,
Ery-a., Tell.

Left, of, in
erysipelas :-

Samb.

Left, painful around,
like erysipelas :-

Phyt.

Left, in front of,
painful to touch, like a boil :-

Calc.

Left, in, outer,
proceeding from a pimple in concha :-

Kreos.

Lobes, of, sudden, to
twice their natural size, bright red, with burning :-

Puls.

Lobule of left :-

Rhus-t.

Meatus, of :-

Kali-bi.,
PULS.

Meatus, of, on both
sides in erysipelas :-

Rhus-t.

Meatus, of left
external :-

Kali-bi.

Furunculoid :-

Pic-ac.

Middle, in, causing
deafness :-

Kali-s.

Moisture, oozing,
painful, diffuse :-

Petr.

Œdematous :-

TELL.

Œdematous, sudden,
from chill :-

Chlor.

Orifice hot, with
left-sided headache :-

Zinc.

Otitis, with,
diffuse :-

Puls.

Painful :-

Dig.

Pain, with sharp,
right, of :-

Samb.

Parts, all, around feel
swollen and uncomfortable :-

# Form.

Thirst, with :-

Calc.

Urticaria, in :-

Cop.

Tearing

(See Aching
neuralgic.) :-
Calc-p.,
Camph., Con.,
Kali-c., Lachn.,
Merc., Merl.,
Nux-m.,
Plb., PULS.,
Zinc.

About :-

Calc-p.,
Con.

Above :-

Camph.

Alternately in other
parts of body :-

Berb.

Behind, in and,
violent :-

Ambr.

Behind :-

Camph.

Behind left :-

Ambr.,
Caps.

Behind left to
vertex :-

Am-c.

Behind and
beneath :-

Zinc.

Behind right,
downward :-

Chel.

Bone, in, in front of
left :-

Zinc.

Bones, in, in front of
right :-

Bar-c.

Bruised, as if they
were being torn out :-

Ery-a.

Concha, in :-

CAPS.

Concha, in right, in
evening, lying down, better in bed :-

Ant-t.

Constant :-

Rhod.

Coryza, in :-

MERC.

Deep, to cheeks :-

Merc.

Deep, with roaring and
humming :-

Puls.

Discharge, with, after
measles :-

Colch.

Drawing, in
right :-

Zing.

Earache, in :-

Arg-n.

At 7 P.M. :-

Zing.

External, downward, or
to whole side of face :-

Bell.

External, in right,
downward :-

Bell.

Forehead, to, and
temples, worse in morning, and evenings in bed, and on entering a
warm room :-

Nux-v.

Glands, in :-

Bell.

Head, to, and throat,
worse by disturbance, musical sounds, and all noises

(otitis) :-
SULPH.

Internal :-

Chel.

Internal,
downward :-

Bell.

Itching, at times with,
in morning with crawling, in evening with burning :-

Zinc.

Jerk-like, in front, in
evening in bed :-

Carb-v.

Left, in :-

Acon.,
Agar.,
Arum-t., Sulph.

Left, in,
downward :-

Verb.

Left, in, worse moving
jaw :-

Nux-m.

Left, in, close to
lobule :-

Zinc.

Left, worse in

(heart
disease) :- Aur.

Meatus, in :-

Chel.,
Lyc.

Meatus, in left,
outward, more in evening :-

Ars.

Middle, in, in
neuralgia :-

Zinc.

Neck, to :-

Tarax.

Occasional, in left

(hemicrania) :-
Cham.

One, now in, now in
other :-

Aphis.

Outward, from
within :-

Carb-v.

Right, in :-

Agar.,
Ambr., Canth.,
Lyss.,
Rhod.

Right, a few inches
from :-

Lyss.

Right, violent in,
inner :-

Verb.

Right, in, at
night :-

Am-m.

Right, in, in
paroxysms :-

Stront-c.

Right, in, becomes
sensitive in evening :-

Kali-i.

Right, in, with
toothache :-

Nicc.

Right, from, into
teeth, in afternoon :-

Chel.

Roaring, with, and
rumbling, particularly in left

(otitis) :-
Merc.

Shocks, in, every
minute, extending to temples, and followed by a dulness in head as
if all life had been taken out :-

Puls.

Touch, worse
from :-

CHIN.

Ulceration,
from :-

Sulph.

Tendency in meatus, in
debilitated cases

(otitis) :-
Pic-ac.

Tension

(See Contractive,
Cramp-like, Pinching,
Pressing.) :-
Apis.

Left, in, rather
externally :-

Viol-o.

Painful, behind :-

Con.

Painful, in catarrh of
bladder :-

Cinnb.

Painful, in
coryza :-

MERC.

Raising, on,
face :-

Nux-v.

Right, behind, as if
something stuck there and pressed it forward, on stroking hair on
occiput :-

Ars-s-f.

Thread-like pain, in
pertussis :-

All-c.

Like a thick thread
towards ear from deep within head :-

All-c.

Throat :-

(See Swallowing.)

Auditory derangements
depending on swelling of tonsils :-

Nit-ac.

Throbbing

(See Congestion,
Inflammation.) :-
Aml-ns., BELL.,
Berb.,
Brom., Calc.,
Cann-i.,
Cann-s., Carb-ac., Glon.,
Hep., Lach., Mur-ac., Nat-m., Nit-ac.

Artery, as from a
large, behind :-

Ang.

Blood, with congestion
of :-

Sang.

Breakfast,
after :-

Zinc.

Couple, often only a,
of strokes, under at regular intervals :-

Sang.

Dull, day and
night :-

Tell.

Evening, in :-

Ind.

Heart, beating of,
reverberates

(meningitis) :-
Bufo.

Heart, synchronous with
beats of :-

Benz-ac.

Left, especially
in :-

Coloc.

Left, in

(toothache) :-
Bar-c.

Left, in,
meatus :-

Tell.

Left, deep in,
quick :-

Ars-s-r.

Neuralgia, in
syphilitic :-

Syph.

Night, worse at :-

Bar-c.

Night, worse at, on
getting warm in bed

(otitis) :-
Merc.

Occiput, from, to
ears :-

Glon.

Pulsating :-

Calc.,
Caust., Coloc.,
Mag-m.,
Med., Nat-m.

Pulsation, as of
abscesses :-

Anan.

Pulsations, annoying,
in carotid aneurism :-

Lach.

Pulsating in evening,
annoying while writing :-

Zinc.

Pulsations of heart
felt in ear :-

Rhod.

Pulsation, especially
in left ear :-

Merc-c.

Pulsation, in
meningitis :-

Glon.

Pulsating at
night :-

Kali-bi.

Pulsating at night, in
otalgia :-

PULS.,
Rhus-t.

Pulsations, in
otitis :-

Cact.

Pulsations, with
sleeplessness :-

Cact.

Pulse, beating of, very
distinct, causes roaring in ear :-

Zinc.

Right, around, to eyes,
to neck :-

Brach.

Right, in :-

Cact.

Right, in, sensation as
of warm water flowing about it in a circle :-

Calad.

Right, and formication
around :-

Calad.

Sharp, from within
outward, deep in left

(scarlatina) :-
Merc-i-f.

Tickling :-

Ambr., Kali-bi.,
Phos., Sabad.

Left, in :-

ANAG.,
Zinc.

Middle, from, into
Eustachian tube :-

Nat-p.

Neck, with heat from
nape of, up head :-

Lyss.

Right, in,
evenings :-

Calad.

Rubbing, painful
after :-

Lyss.

Violent :-

Kali-c.

Tingling

(See Formication,
Numbness.) :-
Brach.,
Cahin., Calc-p., Carb-ac., Chin.,
Chin-s.,
Con., Laur.,
Mur-ac.,
Sulph.

Chill, after :-

Cahin.

Frosted, as after
being :-

Agar.,
Colch.

Frost-bitten, as if, in
upper half of left :-

Ars-s-r.

Head, from ears up to
top of :-

Mur-ac.

Tissues appear as if
changed to mucous membrane :-

KALI-BI.

Touch,
sore to :-

Dios.

Extreme sensibility,
with pain across frontal sinuses, least friction or bending of ear
or nasal cartilage causes acute pain :-

Zinc.

External hurts lying on
it, and is hot :-

Chin.

External painful, in
otalgia :-

Mang.

External, painful
sensitiveness of :-

Bry.,
# Form.

Left tender to
pressure :-

Ery-a.

Meatus :-

Nux-v.

Surrounding, and, parts
sore

(eczema,
intertrigo, etc.) :-
Petr.

Tumors :-

(See Swelling.)

Behind :-

Con.

Behind, size of a
hazelnut :-

Berb.

Cystic, in
lobes :-

Nit-ac.

Twinging

(See Jerking.) :-
Bar-c.

Spasmodic, deep in
left :-

Crot-t.

Toothache, with :-

Plan.

Twitching :-

Internally in
left :-

Cast-eq.

Nose, when blowing, or
sneezing :-

Act-sp.

Right, in :-

Agar.,
Rhod.

Right, in, concha, in
evening on lying down, better in bed :-

Ant-t.

Ulcers :-

Around, in and :-

Olnd.

Canal, of auditory,
threatened

(otitis
media) :- Puls.

External :-

Bufo.

Fistulous, in
front :-

Calc.

Granulation, then, then
polypus, great stench :-

CALC.

Hole, of
earring :-

Lach.,
Stann.

Internal :-

Carb-v.

Large, above and
around :-

Calc-p.

Large, superficial
behind left, with reddish fetid discharge :-

Chel.

Meatus, of
external :-

Sulph.,
Tell.

Meatus, of external,
far in and at drumhead :-

Sil.

Neck, with furuncles
on, and arms :-

Petr.

Small :-

Calc.,
Lyc.

Ulcerative pain :-

Mang.

During cough :-

Caps.

Outer, in :-

Ferr.

Undulating feeling as
of water :-

Sulph.

Urging :-

Berb.

Veins,
distended :-

Dig.

In emansio
mensium :-

Dig.

Water :-

(See Swashing.)

As if rushing into
them :-

Rhod.

As if water were in
right, appears and disappears suddenly :-

Chr-ac.

Wax :-

(See Discharge,
Dryness.)

Accumulation :-

CAUST.,
Con.

With pain in
liver :-

Con.

Offensive :-

CAUST.

Looking blood red, or
like decayed paper, with pus or mucus :-

CON.

Ball, took large, from
left :-

Chin-b.

Balls, small, drop out
of right almost daily :-

Dios.

Black :-

Elaps.

Dark brown, from right,
morning :-

Calc-s.

Dry, hard, brown, red
or dark :-

Mur-ac.

Dry, in left and
partial deafness :-

Lach.

Dry, peeling off in
scales :-

Mur-ac.

Hardened :-

All-s.,
Elaps.

Hard, black, with
deafness :-

PULS.

Increased :-

Agar.,
Ammc., Anan., Calc.,
Hep., Merc-i-r.,
Petr., Polyg.

Profuse but dry :-

Elaps.

Fluid :-

Am-m.,
Hep.

Liquid, yellow :-

Kali-c.

Moist :-

Cham.

Offensive :-

Carb-v.

Pale :-

LACH.

Scanty :-

Carb-v.

Then dryness :-

Cham.

Discharge of
reddish :-

Psor.

Soft, a quantity of,
thin, and many hairs :-

Petr.

Thick, meatus filled
with :-

Petr.

Thin :-

Petr.

Increased secretion
of :-

Sil.

Than usual, increased
in left, impedes hearing :-

Zinc.

Runs from both :-

Merc.

Want of :-

Petr.

Deficient :-

Carb-v.

In coryza :-

Anac.

With deafness :-

Lach.

Whitish, like chewed
paper :-

LACH.

Yellow, with dryness of
ears :-

Carb-v.

Weather, symptoms worse
in moist atmosphere :-

Polyg.

White :-

(See
Anæmic.)

Wind :-

(See
Air.)

Worm, sensation as from
a :-

Rhod.

About an inch long,
crawling in right, and as if it commenced boring in anterior wall of
auditory canal :-

Med.

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