Fingers – Upper Limbs – Chapter 32 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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Face,
pain radiates as far as tips

(prosopalgia) :-
Cocc.

Felon :-

(See
Panaritium.)

Fissures :-

(See
Rhagades.)

Formication

(See Crawling,
Numbness, Tingling.) :-
ACON.,
LYC., Rhus-t.

With peculiar drawing
in arms, during chill

(quotidian) :-
Rhus-t.

Tips, in :-

Cann-s.

Tips, in, with partial
loss of sensibility :-

SEC.

Fungus
hæmatodes :-

At root of nail of
right little, a small bluish vesicle, from which after 8 days blood
began to ooze, flow gradually growing more severe, around the
swelling was a bright red areola, surrounded by other bright red
vesicular elevations, the tumor increased in size, was smooth and
shining :-

Phos.

Circumscribed redness
on extremity of left thumb, extending 1/8 of an inch beneath
integument, after a while there came in it a round opening as if
punctured and finally a dark red globular outgrowth, which bled
profusely at slightest touch, one day about a teacupful, aching in
thumb on attempting to use it :-

Phos.

Gangrene :-

Sec.

Newly formed flap on
little finger :-

Hydrc.

Senile :-

Sec.

Gnawing, in left index,
up radial side to elbow, bone feels as if it would come
through :-

Phos.

Gout

(See Contracted,
Rheumatism.) :-
Ran-s.

Arthritic nodes :-

Agn., Calc.,
Clem., Staph.

Arthritic pains :-

Ant-c.

Arthritic pains, in
flexed :-

Ox-ac.

Chronic, joints much
distorted and filled with chalk deposits :-

Lyc.

Joints enlarged,
distorted :-

Colch.

Joints, deposits in
large :-

Sil.

Nodosities :-

Led.,
Sal-ac.

Swelling :-

Graph.

Swelling of
joints :-

Anag.

Hangnails :-

Calc.,
Lyc., Merc.,
NAT-M.,
Rhus-t., Sabad.,
Sil., Stann.,
Sulph., Thuj.

Painful :-

Sel.,
Stann.

Whitlow, in :-

Sulph.

Heat :-

(See Burning.)

Alternately hot and
cold as if dead :-

Par.

Burning :-

Apis.

Fever, in :-

Mag-c.

Frostbitten, as if,
during slight cold :-

Bor.

Joints, in :-

Cinnb.

Knuckles, in :-

Cinnb.

Heaviness, in joints,
worse moving and touching :-

Berb.

Induration :-

Joints, in
rheumatism :-

Phyt.

Hardness at ball of
little :-

Med.

Right middle

(pyæmia) :-
Crot-h.

Tendons, of :-

Carb-an.,
CAUST.

Inflammation

(See Panaritium.) :-
Apis, Calc-s.,
Cupr.

Joints, in :-

Lyc.

Middle, reddened,
sensitive to touch in joint :-

Agar.

Osteitis :-

Staph.

Osteitis, with sweating
and suppuration :-

Staph.

Panaritium,
with :-

AM-C.

Periostitis

(scrofula) :-
Ferr-i.

Phlegmonous, after
injury, in index :-

Hep.

Injuries :-

Amputated, pain in
stump of, better from breathing :-

Ph-ac.

Bitten thumb, suddenly
a severe pain in, after 9 days, instantly passing up spine and
thence to brain, producing a violent nervous convulsion for a few
moments, with disposition to snap and bite, passed off in 2 or 3
minutes :-

Lyss.

Bruised index finger,
3rd phalanx, malformed surface suppurating, full of granulations,
bone bare, pain :-

Calc-s.

Cat bite in thumb

(carbuncle) :-
Lach.

Contusion of little,
after slight, tearing pain with redness of whole arm, following
lymphatic vessels into armpit, causing painful glandular
swellings :-

Bufo.

Crushed index,
right :-

Calen.

Cut away, tip of
index :-

Calen.

Cut near centre,
3rd :-

Calen.

Cutting, wound would
not heal after, suppurates, pus dirty white :-

Sil.

Dissecting,
wounds :-

ARS.,
LACH.

Dog bite :-

Lyss.

Glass, splinters of, in
apex of index :-

Sil.

Grazed skin off, would
not heal, suppurates, pus dirty white, throbbing :-

Sil.

Lacerations of
joints :-

Calen.,
Colch.

Laceration of 2,
compound, laceration and tearing of external structure, members
being severed, except by a narrow bridge of skin uniting them to
body

(applied
locally) :- Hyper.

Left thumb, cannot
grasp with forefinger and, without pain

(pyæmia
from injury to right middle) :-
Crot-h.

Middle, sawed near 1st
joint, tip hanging :-

Calen.

Strained, middle joint
of thumb, sore and painful, worse at night, and on using it :-

Rhus-t.

Swollen hot and red,
thumb, after being bitten by a man, small opening, surrounded by
red, elevated margin, pain on pressure, copious offensive discharge
like yeast of wine, burning shooting, worse pressure, motion and
night :-

Sil.

Phalanges, middle,
flesh from tip torn away :-

Calen.

Phalanges, both, of
right torn away :-

Calen.

Phalanx, 1st, of left,
torn away :-

Calen.

Insensibility

(See Numbness.) :-
Phos.

Backs and tips,
of :-

Sec.

Dulness towards the
ends

(leprosy) :-
Phos.

Gout, in :-

Atrop-s.

Left ring and little
fingers :-

Arg-n.

Skin, as if a hard,
were drawn over left :-

Staph.

Thumb :-

Verb.

Tips, of :-

Ant-t.,
Phos.

Tips, index of :-

Spong.

White, especially in
morning after rising :-

Kreos.

Itching :-

Asc-t.,
Ox-ac., SULPH.,
Zinc.

Between :-

Carb-v.,
Ph-ac.,
Psor., SULPH.

Between, in
evenings :-

Ran-s.

Dorsum, on :-

Con.

Folds of skin between,
in :-

Sel.

Frostbitten, as
if :-

Agar.

Index, in right

(whitlow) :-
Sil.

Joints, on back of,
must scratch violently :-

Bor.

Knuckles :-

Camph.

Left hand, between
thumb and forefinger :-

Agar.

Lying down,
evenings :-

Calad.

Middle, in :-

Ars-h.

Middle, on 1st joint of
left, inner side, on a small spot where a small blister is :-

Ars-h.

Middle, crawling
tingling on left, provokes scratching :-

Verb.

Middle and ring finger,
obliging to scratch, with erysipelatous redness of left :-

Rhod.

Ring finger, burning,
on inner and upper part of left, spot becomes red, soon
disappears :-

Ther.

Smoking, from :-

Calad.

Throbbing, sensitive
pains, worse in 2nd and 3rd left, as if in bones :-

Lith-c.

Thumb, in ball of
left :-

Spong.

Thumb, of right, 3 or 4
A.M., about 8 or 9 A.M., and again 3 P.M., lasted 1/2 an hour and
was followed by burning itching, better by application of salt and
vinegar :-

Vesp.

Thumb nail, around
left :-

Aster.

Tips, in :-

Ambr.

Tips and backs, of,
after chilblains :-

Berb.

Voluptuous, corrosive,
in evening, palmar side of left thumb, from 1st to 2nd
phalanx :-

All-c.

Jerking :-

Cadm-s.,
Cocc., Merc.

Arms, extending to both

(chorea) :-
Cupr.

Epilepsy, in :-

CIC.

Gastric fevers,
in :-

Stram.

Joints, stitches in

(rheumatism) :-
Carbn-s.

Little, in :-

Com.

Pen, when
holding :-

Stann.

Sensation in :-

Nat-c.

Spasmodically :-

Calc.

Shoulder, into,
from :-

Ars.

Spasmodic, from
toothache :-

Hyos.

Joints, bend over
easily :-

Teucr.

Deformity :-

Med.

Lameness :-

Sep.

Middle, in :-

Rhus-t.

Tips, of, in
evening :-

Caust.

Lancinating :-

(See Cutting.)

In joints on right

(rheumatism) :-
Viol-o.

Tips, in :-

Ambr.

Tips, in, in
panaritium :-

Alumn.

Large :-

As if, especially when
touching something :-

Caust.

Ends knobby

(cyanosis) :-
Laur.

Enlarged,
knob-like :-

Laur.

Felt like
sausages :-

Calad.

Motion :-

(See Stiffness.)

Automatic :-

Zinc.

Constantly,
move :-

Sulph.

Convulsive :-

Mosch.

Constant, in :-

Kali-br.

Irregular movements
commence, in chorea :-

Cupr-a.

Makes many
motions :-

Stram.

Picking in
epilepsy :-

Art.

Picks :-

Con.

Picks fingers, arms or
face, or clothes :-

Lach.

Sleep, moving as if
searching for something during

(dentition) :-
Stram.

Slowly, can move
but :-

Ox-ac.

Spasmodic, of
thumbs :-

Calc-p.

Sudden, frequent, of
right :-

Agar.

Want of mobility

(muscular
atrophy) :- Calc.

Mouth, must put
in :-

Tarent.

Nails :-

Black and rough :-

Graph.

Blood settles
under :-

Apis.

Blue,
discolored :-

Acon.,
Æsc., Agar., Ars., Asar., Aur., Chel., Chin.,
Chin-s., Cic.,
Cupr.,
Manc., Nit-ac.,
Nux-v., Sep.,
Thuj.,
Verat.

Blue, in
arachnitis :-

Chlf.

Blue, with
chill :-

Acon.,
Ars., Cocc.,
Eup-pur.

Blue, with
chilliness :-

Jatr.

Blue, with chilliness
of back :-

Con.

Blue, with chilliness
and rigor :-

Sulph.

Blue, in 2nd stage of
cholera :-

Cupr.

Blue, in cholera
infantum :-

Camph.

Blue, cold :-

Inul.

Blue, on account of
coldness :-

Verat.

Blue, with
colic :-

Sil.

Blue

(cyanosis) :-
Dig.

Blue, in
diaphragmitis :-

Dig.

Blue, in fever :-

Sil.

Blue, in
hysteria :-

Nux-v.

Blue, lead color

(heart
disease) :- Apoc.

Blue, in
pneumonia :-

Sang.

Blue, in bilateral
croupous pneumonia :-

Kali-i.

Blue, in
pregnancy :-

Ip.

Blue, in
prosopalgia :-

Mez.

Blue, on right
index :-

Lyss.

Blue, in
tuberculosis :-

Chin-ar.

Blue, in typhus :-

Arg-n.

Brittle

(crumbling) :-
Alumn., Ambr.,
Cast-eq., Dios.,
Graph., Merc.,
Nit-ac., Psor.,
Sep., Sil.,
Squil.,
Sulph., Thuj.

Brittle, in a very old
man :-

Ambr.

Brittle, in
panaritium :-

Alumn.

Burning, with swelling
and stiffness of 1st joints of fingers :-

Vinc.

Cold, blue :-

Inul.

Cramp, about thumb
nail :-

Chin-b.

Crippled

(deformed) :-
Alumn.,
Anan., Caust.,
Graph., Sabad.,
SIL.,
Sulph., Thuj.

Crumpled ridges :-

Fl-ac.

Curved :-

Nit-ac.

Curved, in
consumptives :-

Med.,
Tub.

Dark :-

Ox-ac.

Eruption, small
pustules, spreading from roots of nails over hands to wrists :-

Kali-bi.

Exfoliation :-

Alumn.,
Graph.,
Merc., Sabin.,
Sil., Sulph.

Fall out :-

Ant-c.,
Ars., Hell., Merc., Sep., Squil., Thuj., Ust.

Flaws :-

Nit-ac.

Gnawing under :-

Alumn.

Growth, horny,
under :-

Ant-c.

Growth, to
promote :-

Ant-c.,
Fl-ac.

Growth, to stimulate,
of new ones :-

SIL.

Hypertrophy :-

Ust.

Inflamed matrix, with
soreness, throbbing and numbness, no suppuration, worse from
water :-

Graph.

Inflammation
around :-

Nat-m.,
Nat-s.

Inflammation,
erythematous, around border :-

Chlol.

Inflammation,
superficial erysipelatous, of root :-

Hep.

Injuries, crushed,
horny spots :-

Ant-c.

Injuries, crushed, grow
in splits like warts :-

ANT-C.

Injuries, after slight
knock, thumb nail becomes sore, pus discharges :-

Ham.

Injuries, consequences
of, in 1st stages :-

Led.

Jaundiced

(chronic
jaundice) :- Iod.

Loose, feel :-

Apis.

Misshapen :-

Nit-ac.

Painful :-

Ant-c.,
Caust., Graph., Hep., Merc., Nit-ac., Nux-v., Sil., Squil., Sulph.,
Teucr.

Pains under :-

Berb.

Pale, livid :-

Colch.

Purple, during hoarse,
suffocating cough

(croup) :-
Samb.

Red, then black :-

Ars.

Ribbed

(epileptic
vertigo) :- Thuj.

Ridges,
longitudinal :-

Fl-ac.

Rough :-

SIL.

Sensitive skin, beneath
painful :-

Ant-c.

Sensitive thumb,
radiating pain under, after operating on cancerous mamma, thumb nail
being cut too close :-

Ars.

Sensitive to
touch :-

Berb.,
Nat-m., Nux-v., Sil., Squil., Sulph.

Sensitive to touch
around border :-

Chlol.

Sensitive, painful when
touched, as if bruised :-

Petr.

Soft, pink, elastic

(very
old man) :- Ambr.

Soreness at margin,
with redness and pain :-

Lith-c.

Spots :-

Alumn.

Spots, white :-

Nit-ac.,
SIL.

Stitches under left
thumb :-

Bapt.

Suppurates, skin
recedes from thumb :-

Eug.

Suppuration
around :-

Nat-m.

Suppuration, painful,
destructive diseases :-

Ust.

Suppuration, after
vaccination :-

THUJ.

Thickened :-

Alumn.,
GRAPH.,
Sabad.

Tingling under, with
coldness of hands, as if frozen on entering warm room :-

Nux-m.

Ulceration
around :-

Hell.,
Sil.

Ulceration around
border :-

Chlol.

Ulceration, obstinate,
would not heal :-

Phos.

Ulcerations,
painful :-

Rhus-t.

Ulceration around
roots :-

Nat-s.,
Sang.

Ulcerative pain in
roots, of right hand, especially middle fingers :-

Calc-p.

Wavy, become :-

Thuj.

Yellow :-

Ambr.,
Aur., Bell., Bry., Canth., Carb-v., Cham., Chin., Con.,
Ferr.,
Ign., Lyc., Merc., Nit-ac.,
Nux-v.,
Op., Plb., Sep., SIL.,
Spig.,
Sulph.

Necrosis,
1st phalanx right index, small necrosed osseous splinters

(See
Bones, Chapter 44 :
Tissues.) :-
Sil.

Neuralgia :-

In right index :-

Pall.

In right thumb :-

Pall.

Numbness

(as if
asleep) (See
Formication, Insensibility.) :-
Abrot., Acon.,
Act-sp.,
Agar., Ail., Am-c., Aml-ns.,
Anac., Ang.,
Apis, Bar-c.,
Chlf., Cic.,
Cimx., Con., Cub.,
Dig., Euphr.,
Ferr., Iod.,
Kali-n., LYC.,
Nit-ac.,
Ol-an., Par.,
Phos., Podo.,
Ptel., RHUS-T.,
Sep., Sil., Stram.,
Stront-c.

Anæsthesia, as in
beginning of

(headache) :-
Podo.

Arm, to middle of upper

(paralysis) :-
Graph.

Chest affections,
in :-

Carb-an.

Dead :-

Ars.,
Hep.

Dead, in
chlorosis :-

Calc.

Dead, cholera,
in :-

Cupr.

Dead, in
morning :-

Sulph.

Dead, at night :-

Mur-ac.

Dead, during epileptic
attack :-

Cupr.

Deadness of 1/2,
sharply marked :-

Ph-ac.

Drawing in arms during
chill, peculiar

(quotidian) :-
Rhus-t.

Erysipelatous swelling,
with :-

Sulph.

Fever, before attack of
intermittent :-

Puls.

4th and 5th falls
asleep if cool

(loss
of sleep) :- Anac.

Insensible to heat of
stove

(rheumatism) :-
Thuj.

Insensible, morning,
in :-

Rhus-t.

Insensible, left index,
up radial side of hand and wrist :-

Phos.

Inside, on :-

Carb-an.

Left :-

Anac.

Left, gradually
extending up arm :-

Iber.

Left little, with
crawls :-

Calad.

Little fingers :-

Aran.,
Dios., Med., Plat.

Little, right, seems
dead :-

Inul.

Middle, in
morning :-

Rhus-t.

Middle, right :-

Rhus-t.

Morning, in :-

Cham.

Morning, when getting
up in :-

Stram.

Night, at :-

Mur-ac.

Painful, as after cramp
in anterior :-

Crot-h.

Painful, in thumb and
index :-

Caust.

Power or feeling,
without :-

Kreos.

Right :-

Cann-i.

Right, especially

(functional
disturbance of heart) :-
Lil-t.

Right, ring
finger :-

Aran.

Right, sensitive, as if
bruised :-

Plat.

Sitting, while :-

Cham.

Thick and bone
enlarged, as if :-

Sil.

3rd and 4th,
especially :-

Sars.

Thumb :-

Calad.,
Verb.

Thumb, tip of
left :-

Zinc.

Tips, in :-

Ant-t.,
Arg-n., Cann-s., Carb-an.,
Phos., Sec.,
Staph., Sumb.

Tips, during chill at
10 P.M. :-

Stann.

Tips, in, in whooping
cough :-

Spong.

Tips, in, as if
dead :-

Thuj.

Tips, feel on dead on
stretching hand :-

Tell.

Tips, especially in,
about roots of nails :-

Apis.

Tips, in, worse lying
on left side :-

Iber.

Tips, in, in
morning :-

Lach.

Tips, in, early in
morning :-

Kali-c.

Use, impeding
free :-

Caust.

Wetting, after
a :-

Rhus-t.

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