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Feet – Lower Limbs – Chapter 33 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 33.
LOWER LIMBS.

Ankles
* Feet
* Heels * Hips
* Knees * Legs
* Nates * Tendo-Achillis
* Thighs * Toes
* Walking

Feet.

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Feet :-

Lameness

(See Stitches.) :-
Bell.,
Merc-i-f.

Instep, from, to sole,
during pregnancy :-

Sil.

Right, of :-

Hyper.

Sole, in :-

Kali-p.

Sole, in left, to
knee :-

Cupr-a.

Sole, from instep
through foot to

(pregnancy) :-
Sil.

3, for, weeks, would
walk or stand on sides of feet to rest them :-

Tub.


Lancinating :-

Attacks, with
occasional, of cramps in sole :-

Plb.

Deep-seated pain in
sole, when resting body upon it :-

Spig.

Fine, in soles :-

Agn.

Right, in, sole :-

Æth.


Large, feel :-

APIS.

Left feels large as
whole body :-

Daph.


Loose, feel as if, in
joints :-

Stram.

Marbled, skin on
dorsum :-

Caust.

Motion :-

Automatic, convulsive,
as in hydrocephalus

(typhoid) :-
Zinc.

Constant :-

Sulph.

Constant, in
left :-

Lach.

Dance and jump, must
hold or have them held to floor as soon as night comes

(hysterical
chorea) :- Stict.

Inordinate, irregular
movements, subside almost entirely on hearing notes of
hornpipe :-

Tarent.

Involuntary, in
pneumonia :-

Chel.

Kicking against
something causes stitches in back :-

Sep.

Left, cannot move, even
when lying in bed :-

Ars-h.

Move, could not, in
rheumatism :-

Apis,
BRY.

Move, could not,
sitting with them crossed, could not uncross them

(hysteria) :-
# Ter.

Pain, relieves, in
evening :-

Ars.

Pushing with, in
typhus :-

Stram.

Spasmodic, in
hysteria :-

Nux-v.

Stamping during sleep,
children :-

Ign.

Striking about, in
mental derangement :-

Stram.

Tossing, tremulous, as
in a violent chill, in afternoon :-

Stram.

Traces pattern of
carpet

(insanity) :-
Hyos.

Necrosis :-

Calc.

Neuralgia :-

During menses :-

Am-m.

Sciatic pains,
especially in heels :-

Anan.


Numbness

(See Paralyzed
feeling
, Tingling.) :-
Acon.,
Alumn.,
Am-m.,
Ant-t., Arn.,
ARS.,
Cact., Caust.,
Cinnb., Coca,
Cocc.,
Cod.,
Coloc., Dios.,
Ferr.,
Hell., Hyper.,
Ign.,
Lyc., Mez.,
Nit-ac., Op.,
Phos.,
Psor., Rhus-t.,
Sec., Verat-v.

Burning and twinging,
with, referable to spinal column :-

Phys.

Chill, with, 4 to 8
P.M. :-

Lyc.

Chill, during, as if
dead

(intermittent) :-
Cimx.

Chill, one-sided

(left),
with, commencing in back :- Lyc.

Climacteric period,
during :-

Glon.,
Sep.

Cold :-

Abrot.

Dead, to knees :-

Ars-h.

Dead, especially at
night in bed :-

Calc.

Dinner, after :-

Kali-c.

Forepart, mostly in
soles, while walking :-

Olnd.

Fuzzy, feel :-

Hyper.

Hollow, in,
right :-

Merc-sul.

Influenza,
after :-

Rhod.

Left :-

Bapt.,
Lac-c.,
Thuj.

Left then right :-

Coloc.

Left then right,
disappears on walking :-

Mill.

Left, in
rheumatism :-

Puls.

Left with paralytic
weakness

(during
6th month of pregnancy) :-
Rhus-t.

Legs, when crossing, or
sitting :-

Laur.

Locomotor ataxia,
in :-

Phos.

Meningitis, in :-

Acon.

Motion, going off by

(diabetes) :-
Helon.

Motion, going off by,
only felt when sitting still :-

Helon.

Night, all, as after
skating :-

Ferr.

Pain, in outer
edge :-

Caust.

Pithy, feel, as if
pricked with needles

(after
a fall on coccyx) :-
Hyper.

Prickling, with :-

Colch.

Rheumatism, in
paralytic, felt lifeless :-

Phos.

Right, lower part
of :-

Rhus-t.

Right, outer side
of :-

Ars-s-r.

Right, in

(rheumatism) :-
Sabad.

Sitting down,
after :-

Ant-t.

Sitting, when :-

Euphor.

Sitting, only while, as
after fatigue from standing :-

Plat.

Sitting, when, after
walking :-

Rhod.

Soles, in :-

Nux-v.

Sole, left, to
knee :-

Cupr-a.

Sole, in left :-

Cann-i.

Soles seem pithy on
stepping, worse at night :-

Cham.

Soles, at times a
prickly sensation as if numb parts were punctured by a great number
of needles :-

Syph.

Soles, while
sitting :-

COCC.

Spinal irritation,
in :-

Nux-v.

Standing, when :-

Merc-sul.

Tingling, with

(rheumatic
paralysis) :- Rhus-t.

Wood, as if they were
made of, pressed to floor with difficulty :-

Plb.

Wood, as if made
of :-

Ars.


Odor,
fetid

(without
sweat) (See
Sweat.) :-
Graph.,
Sep.,
Sil.

Pain

(undefined) :-
Arn.,
Ars.,
Arum-t., Cann-s.,
Dig., Lith-c., Phyt.,
Sil.,
Verat-v.

Articulations, to
other :-

Ant-t.

Balls, in, when
stepping on them :-

Berb.

Ball, in middle of, of
left when stepping :-

Brom.

Bones, in, with
sensation of heat, dare not step heavily on feet :-

Ruta.

Bones, in, violent,
nightly :-

Mez.

Bone, in, in secondary
syphilis :-

Syph.

Bright’s disease, in
acute :-

Apis.

Deep-seated, in left

(after
typhus) :- Aur-m.

Dinner, after :-

Carbn-s.

Dorsa, on :-

Phyt.

Dorsum, on :-

Sil.

Dorsa, in, with
chilliness and coldness in forenoon :-

Cop.

Dorsum, in, of
right :-

Card-m.

Dorsum, on, of right, 4
A.M. :-

Phyt.

Drawing into, during
stool

(ischias) :-
Nux-v.

Evening, worse in,
parts hot, pain to thigh

(consumption) :-
Guai.

Extends to, towards
midday :-

Arund.

Gait, causing
shuffling :-

Psor.

Gonorrhœa, after
suppressed :-

Thuj.

Gouty, as if, at border
and in soles :-

Lith-c.

Hollow and ball,
in :-

Nat-p.

Instep, in, worse after
being in bed, during menses :-

Lyss.

Joints, in :-

Aster.

Joints, in, with or
without swelling :-

Calc.

Joints, in smaller,
with swelling and hardness :-

Staph.

Left, in :-

Coff-t.,
Gels.

Left, in, from one
ankle bone to the other, above joint, worse in a small spot on
dorsum of foot, worse moving foot joint :-

Ars-h.

Left, in, concentrated
at ball of toe, worse by motion :-

Aster.

Left, in, as if
contracted lengthwise :-

Ars-h.

Left, in, worse in
evening :-

Ars-h.

Left, in, hurts most
towards external margin :-

Ars-h.

Left, in, worse before
menses, with increased menses :-

Coloc.

Left, in,
severe :-

Ail.

Left, in, worse in
sole, prevent stepping on it, worse by motion, better in bed :-

Ars-h.

Left, and soreness of
upper part of :-

Eup-per.

Left, in, worse
walking :-

Ars-h.,
Iod.

Lifting, when :-

Berb.

Lying in bed,
when :-

Mag-c.

Metatarsus, in :-

Lith-c.

Metatarsus, in
right :-

Sarr.

Metatarsus, in right,
upper part :-

Anag.

Night, worse at :-

Caul.

Raising, when,
preventing flexion :-

Berb.

Restlessness, cause, at
night :-

Caul.

Right, in, to knee and
then to thigh :-

Chim-m.

Right, in, along inner
margin, an hour later pain in front of left :-

Cypr.

Right, in 2nd toe of,
livid swelling to knee, more painful when he walks, cannot stretch
out foot, toe painful to pressure :-

Lach.

Scarlet fever, worse
in :-

Dulc.

Soles, in :-

Cact.,
Canth.

Sole, in, to ankle

(lyssophobia) :-
Lyss.

Sole, in curved or
concave part of left :-

Anag.

Sole, in left, with
feeling of faintness through whole body :-

Merc-i-f.

Soles, in, as after a
journey :-

Phos.

Soles, in, with
lameness, could not walk :-

Bry.

Sole, in left, in
middle of thick fleshy anterior part and at same time an aching pain
through lower leg :-

Ferr-s.

Sole, in, in senile
gangrene :-

Sec.

Sole, in, as though too
soft and swollen on stepping

(tabes
dorsalis) :- Alumn.

Soles, in, when
standing on them :-

Syph.

Sole, in, towards
middle toe, worse when 1st toe joints are bent :-

Ars-h.

Sole, in, near toes,
left side :-

Anag.

Soles, in, as if she
had walked too much :-

Phos.

Soles, in, as if she
had walked too much, with sensation as if they were asleep

(progressive
spinal paralysis) :-
Phos.

Sole, in, when
walking :-

Gels.,
Merc.

Standing, worse :-

Eup-per.

Stretching,
when :-

Berb.

Swollen calf,
with :-

Calc.

Tarsus, in left :-

Sarr.

Tarsus, in lower part
of left :-

Bapt.

Tarsal joints, in, as
after walking a good deal :-

Cor-r.

Terrible, all over,
cries with pain

(acute
synovitis) :- Ferr-p.

Thigh, to :-

Spong.

Toe nails, under

(intermittent) :-
Eup-per.

Toes, forward to, at
every step

(rheumatism) :-
Phos.

Toe, in soles spreading
towards great, with sensation as if it had been sprained, worse
afternoon and from touch

(rheumatism) :-
Crot-t.

Upward :-

Ars-h.


Pale :-

Dropsy, in :-

APIS.

Even in a warm
room :-

Chin.

Paralysis :-

Nux-v.,
Olnd.

Brain, from softening
of :-

Zinc.

Cerebral hæmorrhage,
from :-

Zinc.

Diphtheria, in :-

Apis.

Flexors, of, with
tension in tendons :-

Bar-c.

Left, after apoplectic
condition, with great prostration :-

Ars.

Left, in

(apoplexy) :-
Cocc.

Left, of extensors in,
after typhus, drags toes :-

Crot-h.

Nervous disease, from
chronic :-

Zinc.

Palsied :-

Stram.

Reflex movement, no, on
tickling sole of right

(sudden
unconsciousness) :-
Cocc.

Rheumatic, in tarsal
joints :-

Ruta.

Spinal disease,
from :-

Zinc.

Sweat, from suppressed
foot, by getting wet :-

Zinc.

Total, almost :-

Lyc.

Wine, worse
from :-

Zinc.


Paralyzed
feeling

(See
Numbness, Weakness.) :-
Asar., Chel.,
Phos., Sil.

Faintness, with :-

Cham.

Hæmaturia, in :-

Ip.

Joints, in :-

Plb.

Night, worse at :-

Cham.

Painful :-

Eug.

Right, in :-

Zinc.

Sudden :-

Cham.

Piercing

(See Stitches.) :-
Berb.

In metatarsal bones,
while walking :-

Carbn-s.

Soles, in :-

Nat-s.

Pinching, on backs,
especially on moving them :-

Camph.

Left, in :-

Ammc.


Pressing
feeling :-

Brom.,
Cinnb.

Bones, in :-

Bism.

Painful, in
dorsa :-

Nat-c.

Painful, in joints,
like a dull point, now here, now there :-

Lyss.

Right, on dorsum of,
while sitting :-

Tarax.

Right, continual, in
anterior 3rd of :-

Cahin.

Soles, in middle of, in
morning :-

Nux-m.


Pricking

(See Pricking,
Sticking.) :-
Ail.,
Arum-d., Arum-t., Berb., Cann-i.

Balls, in, as if toes
were drawn down on putting foot to ground :-

Staph.,
Sulph.

Chill, at beginning
of :-

Eup-per.

Needles, as of :-

Cob.

Needles, as from, in
myelitis :-

Pic-ac.

Paralysis agitans,
in :-

Tarent.

Pins, as if full
of :-

Dor.

Shooting, on right
instep :-

Ferr.

Soles, in :-

Eup-per.


Prickling :-

(See Numbness,
Pricking.)

Asleep, as if, with
numbness :-

Colch.

Left, of :-

Bapt.

Side, of outer, of
right :-

Ars-s-r.

Soles, in :-

Cub.

Soles, in, fine,
crawling pains, almost like a sore pain, while walking, or standing,
or sitting, evening :-

Zing.

Soles, in, when
walking :-

Bry.


Redness :-

Apis,
Carb-v., Carbn-s.,
# Mag-p.,
Puls., Sep.,
Sil.

Dorsum, on :-

Hydr.,
Sil.

Fever, in
scarlet :-

Vesp.

Soles, of :-

Puls.

Soles, of, when
walking :-

Squil.

Spots :-

Ars.

Yellow streak on top,
near toes :-

Ars-h.


Restlessness :-

Ferr-i., Rhus-t.,
ZINC.

Fidgetiness, wearying

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Tarent.

Fidgety, morning in
bed, for hours after retiring, even when asleep :-

ZINC.

Hemicrania, in :-

Ars.

Night, at :-

Cham.

Position, has to
change, or walk about :-

Ars.

Quiet, cannot keep, yet
motion causes pain :-

Caust.

Still, cannot keep
them, in evening :-

# Mag-p.

Still, cannot keep, in
ovarian tumor :-

Ars.

Uneasiness, constantly
obliged to move them, worse while walking :-

Nat-m.

Rhagades :-

Hep.,
SARS.

Joints, on, with
chilblains :-

Sulph.

Left, in, white, and
covered with thin scales, discharging a sanious fluid :-

Com.


Rheumatism

(See Drawing,
Tearing.) :-
Nit-ac., Phyt.,
Sars.

Dyspepsia, with :-

Ant-c.

Epilepsy, complicated
with, pain and redness disappear when left hand and arm get numb,
return when hand and arm get well :-

Lach.

Heat, after, is
relieved :-

Aur.

Heels, especially
in :-

Anan.

Heels to toes,
from :-

Ruta.

Instep, in, burning
like fire in left side of right, prevents moving foot, better toe
planted inward, worse evening, continues during night, waking her up
suddenly every 2 or 3 hours, worst 130 to 3.30 A.M., better towards
daybreak :-

Syph.

Left to pelvis, back
of, in evening :-

Ferr-i.

Left, in :-

Ol-j.

Left instep, in :-

Vesp.

Lift, difficult to, on
going up stairs, stumbles :-

Colch.

Metatarsal bones of
right, flying pains in :-

Ust.

Periosteum, as if in,
worse at rest, during wet, cold weather :-

Rhod.

Right, in :-

Chin-b.

Right, in, on awaking
at night, pass off on rising :-

Lith-c.

Soles, in :-

Aphis.

Stand on it, pain on
1st putting it down to :-

Rhus-v.

Tarsus, in left,
pressing, drawing :-

Stram.

Washing floor,
after :-

Merc-i-r.

Weight on heel, cannot
bear :-

Mang.

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