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Fauces – Throat – Chapter 13 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 13.
THROAT.

Fauces
* Œsophagus * Palate
* Pharynx * Swallowing
* Throat * Tonsils
* Uvula

Fauces.


Fauces :-

Abrasions

(See Raw.) :-
Ant-m.,
Brom.

With mucous
tubercles :-

Thuj.

Size of a penny, in
angina herpetica :-

Ars.

Angina :-

(See
Inflamed.)

Anæsthesia, in
diphtheria :-

Arg-m.

Biting :-

Carb-v.,
Colch.

Scraping, posteriorly,
as in violent coryza :-

Zinc.


Black

(See Gangrene.) :-
Merc-sul.

Bleeding :-

Hæmorrhage :-

Ham.

Oozes from mucous
membrane

(purpura
hæmorrhagica) :-
Ter.


Bloodvessels, veins
distended :-

Alumn.,
Ham.

Boring, to right temple
and head :-

Alumn.

Burning

(See Congested,
Heat, Inflamed,
Smarting.) :-
Æsc.,
Ant-s-aur.,
Ant-t., Apis,
Arg-n., Ars., Arum-t., Asaf.,
Asc-s.,
Aur., Bell., Brom., Calad., CAPS.,
Carb-v.,
Caust.,
Cedr.,
Crot-t., Dios., Gels.,
Lac-ac., Merc.,
Merc-c., Mez., Mur-ac., Phyt.,
Sulph.,
Tarax.

Burning, down through
chest :-

Ictod.

Burning, with spasmodic
cough :-

Verat.

Burnt, feeling as
if :-

Aloe,
Am-br.

Chest, into, better by
eating

(syphilitic
sore throat) :- Mez.

Heartburn, as from,
extending into ears, worse belching :-

Bapt.

Hawking, worse
when :-

Sep.

Pepper, as if he had
eaten, passing into ears :-

Bapt.

Peppery :-

Mez.

Stomach, through
œsophagus to :-

Arn.

Stomatitis,
with :-

Iris.

Stomach pit, to, with
cough :-

Syph.

Swallow, with
inclination to :-

Verat-v.

Taste, after bitter, of
sweet things :-

Sang.

Thirst, with :-

Ant-t.

Ulcers :-

Caps.

Ulcer, with, on right
side of throat, sore pain deep inside :-

Psor.

Uvula, behind :-

Nit-ac.

Vomiting, with :-

Iris.

Catarrh

(See Inflamed,
Swollen.) :-
Alumn., Brom.,
Hippoz., Kali-bi., Kali-m., Nat-ar., Rumx.

In ozæna scrofulosa,
as though food had to pass over lump :-

Graph.

Congested

(See Burning,
Inflamed.) :-
Ham.

Gorged

(catarrh) :-
Hippoz.

In croupy cough :-

Phyt.

Highly injected

(diphtheritis) :-
Kali-br.

Œdematous :-

Kali-br.

Constricted :-

Æsc.

Astringent, as when
drinking an :-

Agar.

Breath, with
inclination to take a deep :-

Ictod.

Choking in upper part,
with dyspnœa and cough :-

Cocc.

Eating, after :-

Stram.

Epiglottis, with
irritation of, causes cough :-

Æsc.

Puckered
sensation :-

Brom.

Spasmodically, as if,
drawn together :-

Caps.


Coppery :-

(See
Red.)

Crawling

(See Formication.) :-
Cist.

Distress :-

Rhus-v.

Dry

(See
Burning, Heat,
Inflamed.) :-
Arg-n., Ars.,
Bry.,
Cahin., Cist.,
Cocc.,
Con., Cor-r.,
Crot-h.,
Dios., Dros.,
Gels., Helon., Hyos., Ip., Jatr.,
Jug-c.,
KALI-M.,
Lob.,
Merc-sul., MEZ.,
Pall., Phyt.,
SABAD.,
Sep., Stict.,
Still., Stram.

Aphonia nervosa,
in :-

Puls.

Back part, in :-

Phyt.

Back part, in, dry,
causing constant inclination to swallow :-

Sulph.

Catarrh, in :-

Senec.

Catarrh, in
chronic :-

SIL.

Catarrh, in :-

Nat-ar.

Chest, extending into,
better by eating

(syphilitic
sore throat) :- Mez.

Coryza, in :-

Chlor.

Cough, in
croupy :-

Phyt.

Cough, hacking
dry :-

Phyt.

Cough, deep in,
hacking, with yellow mucous expectoration and hoarseness :-

DROS.

Cough, with
spasmodic :-

Verat.

Drink, must, much
water :-

Ham.

Feeling :-

Merc-c.,
Sep.

Feeling, on inspiration
and deglutition

(chronic
naso-pharyngeal catarrh) :-
Nat-ar.

Feeling, with intense
thirst

(diabetes) :-
Uran-n.

Fever, in, before and
during hot stage :-

Chin-s.

Hot, and :-

Bell.

Melancholia, in,
uneasy :-

Naja.

Morning, in, on
awaking, also later, with thirst :-

Zinc.

Mouth, with dry :-

Stram.

Morning, especially in,
better after eating :-

Berb.

Mucus, with hawking
of :-

Lac-ac.

Mucus, with a few
adherent strings of, high up :-

Phyt.

Mucus, with frequent
raising of :-

Mag-c.

Painful :-

Tell.

Pharynx, extending
into, causing contraction :-

Agar.

Swallowing, with
difficult, and burning in stomach :-

Ust.

Swallowing,
worse :-

Ang.

Swallowing, on, and on
inspiration, worse forenoon, and after a cold :-

Nat-ar.

Thirst, without :-

Calad.

Tonsillitis, in :-

LAC-C.

Walking, on :-

Par.

Emptiness,
feeling of

(See
Throat Large.) :-
Calc-p.

Eruption :-

(See Vesicles.)

Erythematous :-

Kali-bi.

Herpetic

(secondary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Pustular :-

ANT-T.,
Vario.

Red granulations,
interlaced with white streaks reaching to œsophagus

(consumption) :-
Kali-bi.

Studded with round
protuberant red spots, as if injected with blood, worse from
exposure to cold :-

Hydr.

Erysipelas :-

APIS.

Exudation :-

(See Palate
Exudation
, and Throat
Diphtheria
.)

Brownish, croup-like,
thick :-

Iod.

Diphtheritic :-

Carb-ac.,
Kali-m., Kali-ma., Kreos., Lach., Merc-cy., Nat-ar.

Diphtheritic
patches :-

CARB-AC.,
Kali-m.

Dirty, in
diphtheria :-

Lac-c.

Grayish green, small
portions can easily be removed, leaving bleeding surface

(consumption) :-
Merc-cy.

Grayish, peculiar, like
wash leather :-

Kali-perm.

Grayish white

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c., Merc-cy.

Mapped, appearing like
so many islands

(diphtheria) :-
Merc-i-f.

Nose, extending
to :-

Nit-ac.

Nose, covers entire and
extends into, rapid destruction of parts

(diphtheria) :-
Merc-c.

Patches, easily
detached, on inflamed :-

Merc-i-f.

Pearly,
fibrinous :-

Sang.

Pearly, extends to
larynx, worse right side

(membranous
croup) :- Kali-bi.

Pearly, on right side

(diphtheritis) :-
Sang.

Position, changes

(croupous
diphtheria) :- Lac-c.

Posterior wall
covered :-

Chin-ar.

Pseudo-membranous
formation, extends all over and down throat :-

Merc-cy.

Scarlatina, in :-

Mur-ac.

Streaks, angry, of
capillaries, dark red, gives place to shining, glistening deposit or
tough membrane :-

Lac-c.

Smarting, with,
covering considerable portion

(diphtheria) :-
Caps.

Speech, renders, and
respiration difficult

(diphtheria) :-
Sul-ac.

Spread, tending to, to
larynx

(membranous
croup) :- Kali-bi.

Syphilitic :-

Kali-m.

Tenacious, can scarcely
be crushed between fingers

(diphtheria) :-
Sul-ac.

White film low down

(croup) :-
Acet-ac.

White :-

Kali-m.

White, in
diphtheria :-

Sul-ac.

White, on pale membrane

(diphtheria) :-
Lach.

White shreds

(diphtheritis) :-
Lach.

White, grayish :-

Mur-ac.

Yellow, thick, sticks
like glue

(diphtheria) :-
Sul-ac.

Yellow, greenish,
isolated patches

(diphtheria) :-
Kali-bi.

Foreign,
sensation of a, body :-

Hair, as of a :-

Kali-bi.

Lodged, as if something
had :-

Ham.

Lodged, as if something
hard or rough had, in afternoon, lying down :-

Arn.

Swallowing, pressure
worse by :-

Agar.

Swallow, with
inclination to :-

Æsc.


Formication

(See Crawling.) :-
Æsc.

Fulness

(See Swelling.) :-
Lac-ac.

In chronic
angina :-

Æsc.

Distress, causing
inclination to swallow :-

Caul.


Gangrene

(See Black ;
also Throat Gangrene.) :-
Carb-v.,
Crot-h., Lach.

Glazed appearance, with
croupy cough :-

Phyt.

Heat

(See Burning,
Inflamed.) :-
Aloe,
Ant-s-aur., Apoc., Aur., FERR.,
Mez.

Catarrh, in :-

Senec.

And dryness :-

Bell.

Passing into
ears :-

Bapt.

Feeling, with
homesickness :-

CAPS.

Inflamed

(angina)
(See Burning,
Congested, Heat,
Red, Rough,
Smarting, Swelling.) :-
Acon.,
Ant-m.,
Apis, Ars., Ars-met.,
Bell., CAPS.,
Cist., Colch.,
Cupr., Ferr-p.,
Hippoz.,
LACH.,
Lyc.,
Lyss.,
Ptel.

Bronchi, extends to
finest :-

Merc.

Catarrhal :-

Kali-c.,
Lob-c.

Catarrhal, with
ptyalism, especially if syphilitic :-

Fl-ac.

Cold, from taking,
after a bath :-

Merc-c.

Coryza, in :-

MERC.

Cough, short, with
hacking :-

Still.

Diphtheritis
phlegmonosa, in :-

Lyc.

Mercurial :-

ARG-M.

Phlegmonous :-

Apis.

Stinging, during
swallowing :-

Stront-c.

Tonsillitis, in :-

BAR-C.,
Lach.

Ulceration, with gray,
hoarseness, fetor of breath

(secondary
syphilis) :- Merc.

Urine, with
high-colored :-

BENZ-AC.

Irritation

(See Raw,
Red, Rough.) :-
Crot-t., Gels.,
Hep., Lach.

Itching :-

Cist.

Mucus

(See Palate
Mucus
 ; also Throat
Hawking
, Mucus.) :-
Apoc.,
Bapt., Dulc.

Breathing, causes
difficult, and choking when holding head erect

(diphtheria) :-
Mur-ac.

Bubbles, forms big, on
opening mouth, with painful hawking :-

LACH.

Cough, with :-

Rumx.

Collection, with
feeling of dryness :-

Petr.

Feeling as if lined
with :-

Rhod.

Hawking, obliged to
remove by :-

Kali-c.,
Par.

Hawking,
painful :-

LACH.

Hawking causes vomiting
and choking :-

Ambr.

Patched with yellow

(diphtheria) :-
Nat-ar.

Sleep,
disturbing :-

Fl-ac.

Solid lumps, worse
morning and forenoon :-

Lith-c.

Swallowing, as if
filled on :-

Calc.

Tough :-

All-c.,
Bry.,
Ph-ac., Plb.,
Sil.

Tough, with hoarseness
and rough cough

(chronic
catarrh) :- SIL.

Tough, causes gagging

(coryza) :-
Anac.

Tough, causing frequent
hawking :-

Lob.

Tough, with aching of
pharynx :-

Rumx.

Tones, cannot make,
collects, high or low :-

Seneg.

Tonsillitis, in, viscid
in morning :-

Bar-c.

Viscid, especially in
morning, better after eating :-

Berb.


Neuralgic
pains

(See Tearing.) :-
Æsc.

Worse left side, near
root of tongue :-

Crot-h.


Pain

(undefined) :-
Phyt.

Catarrh, in
chronic :-

SIL.

Cough, with, and thick
expectoration at night :-

Cycl.

Diphtheria, in :-

BAPT.

Severe :-

Ant-m.

Side, in right :-

Jug-c.

Side, in left, while
swallowing :-

Cham.

Sneezing, with :-

Ictod.

Swallowing,
when :-

Calc-p.,
Phyt.

Swallowing, between
acts of :-

Caps.

Worse for a long time,
after animated talking :-

Arn.


Paralysis :-

Caps.

Pressive pain, as from
a hard body :-

Apis.

Pricking

(See Stinging.) :-
Æsc.,
Apis.

Purplish :-

LACH.,
Puls.

Diphtheria, in :-

Nat-ar.,
NUX-V.

Pus :-

(See Ulcerated.)

Fetid ichor :-

Carb-v.

Covered with dirty
looking

(sore
throat) :- Merc-c.

Raw

(See
Abrasions, Burning,
Inflamed.) :-
Aloe,
Chlol., Dulc.,
Mez.,
Mur-ac., STILL.,
Tarax.

Corroding, acrid
sensation :-

Arum-t.,
Rumx.

Drawing, only noticed
in, in cold air :-

NUX-V.

Feeling :-

All-c.

Feeling, and
rough :-

Gamb.

Hoarseness, with, and
aphonia :-

Sulph.

Mercury, after, and
chlorate of potash :-

Hydr.

Pit, to stomach, with
cough :-

Syph.


Red,
too

(See Inflamed,
Purplish.) :-
Acon., Apis,
Ars.,
Asim.,
Aur-m., Bell.,
Calc-p.,
Caps.,
Caust., Chel., Chlol., Colch.,
Nit-ac.,
Thuj.

Angina, in :-

Kali-m.

Aphonia nervosa,
in :-

Puls.

Bright :-

Lach.

Bright or dark :-

Kali-bi.

Bright, in angina,
tonsillitis or diphtheria :-

Apis.

Bluish :-

Sulph.

Brownish :-

Lyc.

Coppery :-

Kali-bi.,
Merc.

Cough, with :-

Kali-bi.

Dark :-

Am-br.,
ARG-N.,
BAPT., Gymno.,
Merc-i-r., Phyt., Puls.

Dark, in chronic
angina :-

Æsc.

Deafness, with :-

Graph.

Dark, in
diphtheria :-

Crot-h.,
Kali-bi., Kali-br., Kali-i., Merc-cy., Sal-ac.,
Tarent.

Dark, in
influenza :-

Sang.

Dark, with a few
adherent strings of mucus high up :-

Phyt.

Dark, in ozæna :-

Merc-i-f.

Dark, with
pharyngo-laryngeal inflammation of fauces :-

Naja.

Dark, worse right
side :-

Merc-c.

Dark, right side,
painful on swallowing :-

Brom.

Dark, in
scarlatina :-

Rhus-t.

Dark, in syphilitic
sore throat :-

Mez.

Dark

(after
tonsillitis) :- Nat-ar.

Dark, worse every
winter :-

Mez.

Deep purplish with
gangrenous appearance :-

Vario.

Deep, especially right
side :-

Bar-m.

Fiery, in
scarlatina :-

Carb-ac.

Lachrymation, with, in
acute coryza :-

Kali-i.

Mouth, in nursing
sore :-

Chin.

Painful, without
exudation :-

Ferr-p.

Rosy, in stomatitis or
ascites :-

Apis.

Reticulated :-

Brom.

Scarlet, a purplish,
blush, equally diffused :-

Lyss.

Shiny, scarlet :-

Bell.

Slight :-

Coc-c.

Slight, with rawness
and scraping :-

Nat-c.

Swallowing, with
difficulty in :-

Merc-cy.

Swollen, with ulcers
size of head of a pin :-

Sal-ac.

Violet, in angina
tonsillaris :-

Apis.

Rough

(See Irritated,
Scraping.) :-
Dios., Hep.,
Ip.,
Merc., Phyt.

Coryza, in :-

Calc.

Feeling :-

Sulph.

Hawking, worse :-

Sep.

Nausea, with :-

Ptel.

Rising, with frequent,
of mucus in throat :-

Mag-c.

Rough, causing
cough :-

Card-m.

Worse
swallowing :-

Ang.


Scraping

(See Irritated,
Rough.) :-
Ars.,
Crot-t.,
Mez., Rhod.

Worse left side :-

Teucr.

To stomach pit, with
cough :-

Syph.


Sensitive :-

Coc-c., Kali-i.

Rinsing mouth causes
cough and vomiting :-

Coc-c.

Smarting

(See Burning,
Heat.) :-
Arum-t.,
Dios., Mur-ac.,
Phyt.,
Still.,
Tarax.

Sore

(See Inflamed,
Raw, Sensitive.) :-
Ars., Asaf.,
Brom.,
Caps., Chlor., Dios., Eup-per., Gels.,
Ip., Merc., Merc-c.,
Ptel.,
Rumx.

Angina pertussis,
in :-

Caust.

Catarrh, in :-

Eup-per.

Diphtheria, in :-

BAPT.

Disease of heart, in
organic :-

Apis.

Posterior, of, and
apparent extension of irritation into Eustachian tubes :-

Phyt.

Ulcers, with

(angina) :-
Caps.

Spasms
suffocative :-

Bell.

Sticking,
when swallowing

(suppuration
of tonsils) :- MERC.

Stinging

(See Pricking.) :-
ACON.,
Æsc., Ip.,
Jal.,
Merc., Still.

Worse between acts of
deglutition :-

Mag-s.


Stitching :-

Deep seated :-

Lyc.

Along Eustachian tube,
right side :-

Agar.


Swallow, frequent
inclination :-

Dios.

Swollen :-

Ars., Asim.,
Brom.,
Calc., LACH.,
Merc-sul.

Angina, in, and
tonsillitis :-

Apis.

Basis, with a broad,
projecting from right to left, allowing but a small passage for
food, and obstructing breathing through nose :-

Spong.

Breathing, obstructs,
through nose :-

Spong.

Cough, causes,
slight :-

SPONG.

Diphtheria, in :-

¤ Calc-s.,
Crot-h.,
Merc-cy., Nat-ar.

Feeling :-

Glon.

Feeling as if hard body
lodged in back part :-

Lyc.

Puffed, pale, extends
to pharynx, velum and uvula

(chronic
follicular pharyngitis) :-
Phyt.

Scarlatina, in :-

Calc-s.,
Carb-ac.,
Rhus-t.

Swollen, unable to
swallow, attempt producing spasm and choking :-

Mur-ac.

Submucous tissue
thickened, œdematous :-

Anthraci.

Tonsillitis,
after :-

Nat-ar.

Syphilitic
affections :-

Fl-ac.,
KALI-BI.,
Kali-m.

Taste :-

Bitter :-

Amyg.,
Apoc., Zinc.

Bitter, mostly at night
and when belching, with liver complaint :-

Zinc.

Peppery :-

Xan.

Saltish, of
phlegm :-

Carbn-s.

Subacrid :-

Apoc.

Tobacco, bitter,
scratchy :-

Spong.

Tearing,
worse left side

(See
Neuralgic.) :-
Teucr.

Tension :-

(See Constricted.)

Right side, when gaping

(aphonia) :-
ARG-M.

As from swelling, when
yawning :-

Arg-m.

Tickling

(See Crawling.) :-
Asc-s.

Ulcerative feeling
causing cough :-

Sars.


Tingling

(See Crawling,
Formication.) :-
Colch.

Torpidity :-

Caps.

Ulcers :-

Arum-t., Hippoz.,
LACH.,
Myric.

Aphthous, with white
adherent crust :-

Canth.

Burning on right
side :-

Psor.

Chancroid, on posterior
surface :-

Viol-t.

Dark, putrid :-

BAPT.

Delirium, with :-

Merc-i-r.

Deep eating, often
syphilitic :-

KALI-BI.

Discharge cheesy,
offensive smelling lumps :-

Kali-bi.

Fetid, large

(scarlatina) :-
Merc-i-r.

Flat :-

Caps.

Ozæna syphilitica,
in :-

Nat-s.

Sloughing, from an
abscess on left tonsil :-

Lach.

Small :-

Caps.

Small round or
irregular gray white

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Spongy, yellowish
brown, badly smelling pus :-

Alumn.

Suddenly appearing, or
slowly creeping on, after abuse of mercury :-

Nit-ac.

Syphilitic :-

Bor.,
Kali-i., MERC.,
NIT-AC., Phyt.

Syphilitic
phagedena :-

Kali-bi.,
Lach.

Throat, in sore :-

Merc-c.

Velvety look, in
croup :-

Phos.

Vesicles :-

Size of a pin’s head
filled with clear fluid, disappear leaving dirty red spots

(angina
herpetica) :- Ars.

Small blisters with
swelling and inflammation :-

Aur-m-n.

Small vesicular points,
with intense redness of membrane, with burning as if scalded :-

Rhus-v.


Yellow, like
bacon :-

Hippoz.

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