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Graphites. – THE GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By CONSTANTINE HERING, M.D.

Main

[1] Mind.

[2]
Sensorium.

[3]
Inner head.

[4]
Outer head.

[5]
Sight and eyes.

[6]
Hearing and ears.

[7]
Smell and nose.

[8]
Upper face.

[9]
Lower face.

[10]
Teeth and gums.

[11]
Taste, speech, tongue.

[12]
Inner mouth.

[13]
Palate and throat.

[14]
Appetite, thirst. Desires..

[15]
Eating and drinking.

[16]
Hiccough, belching, nausea..

[17] Scrobiculum and stomach.

[18]
Hypochondria.

[19]
Abdomen and loins.

[20]
Stools and rectum.

[21]
Urinary organs.

[22]
Male sexual organs.

[23]
Female sexual organs.

[24]
Pregnancy. Parturition..

[25] Voice and larynx. Trachea..

[26]
Respiration.

[27]
Cough.

[28]
Inner chest and lungs.

[29]
Heart, pulse and circulation.

[30]
Outer chest.

[31]
Neck and back.

[32]
Upper limbs.

[33] Lower limbs.

[34]
Limbs in general.

[35]
Rest. Position. Motion.

[36]
Nerves.

[37]
Sleep.

[38]
Time.

[39]
Temperature and weather.

[40]
Fever.

[41]
Attacks, periodicity.

[42]
Locality and direction.

[43]
Sensations.

[44]
Tissues.

[45]
Touch. Injuries..

[46]
Skin.

[47]
Stage of life, constitution.

[48]
Relations.

Graph. * Full text (130 Ko) * Red
and blue only
(90 Ko) * Red only

ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] [Graph.]

Recovery from one attack quickly followed by another.

At times : neuralgia of face.

Attacks of convulsions last quarter of an hour.

Periodical attacks : of fluent coryza of short duration with continual stoppage and breathing through mouth.

Daily : small stools.

Every morning : violent febrile chilliness.

Every evening : shaking chill ; chill with headache and tearing in limbs ; violent febrile chilliness ; dry heat.

Every night : eyelids stick together ; violent roaring in ears ; pinching pains in stomach ; rooting pain in chest.

During Summer : discharge and burning of eruptions >.

During Fall : discharge and burning eruption on limbs <.

During full moon : ears feel stuffed.

One hour after chill : hot face, cold feet.

For several hours after a meal : qualmishness.

For five days : constant discharge of coagula.

Eight or ten weeks : menses appear.

Five months : non-appearance of menses.

Six months : menses have not appeared.

In two years : twitching of face developed into convulsions of whole left side.

Five years : dysmenorrhœa.

Twelve years’ duration : piles.

Fifteen years’ duration : eczema squamosum.

   

LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] [Graph.]

Right : lancinating pain in temple ; moist eruption behind ear crept gradually upwards on side of scalp ; pustules of eye ; tearing, grinding, twisting pains in ovary ; tumor in iliac fossa ; lying upon right side pain is in left ; upper arm
sore ; rheumatic pressive tearing in first joint of thumb.

Left : stitches in temple ; pain from temple down side of face to shoulder ; corner of mouth drawn inward and downward ; numbness on side of head ; hand becomes numb ; crawling into arm ; pustules on lower borders of corner of eye ; lower lid hangs
down ; as if ear was filled with water ; moisture behind ear ; erysipelatous redness upon cheek ; tearing in zygoma ; pain from temple down side of face to shoulder ; corner of mouth drawn downward and inward ; lower eyelid hangs down ; sore pain on
side of tongue when moving it ; as though he had to swallow over an elevation on side of throat, with scraping in it ; pain is to left of stomach ; burning in hypochondrium ; burning in small spot on side of abdomen ; pain in side of belly ; stitches in side of
abdomen ; fixed pain in side just above cardiac region ; hydrocele (l. side) ; herpetic eruption on scrotum ; tumor in iliac fossa ; lying upon left side pain in right ; zona on side ; glandular swellings on side of neck ; tearing in
shoulder-joint ; rheumatic pain or burning in shoulder ; violent sticking in shoulder ; hand numb and dead ; eczema on back of hand ; jerking in all muscles of calf ; hypertrophied nail of great toe ; cannot close eye on account of paralysis ;
twitching of muscles of side of face ; convulsions of whole side ; coldness and numbness of face < on side ; circular herpes at bend of elbow.

   

SENSATIONS. [43] [Graph.]

Great sensitiveness of internal parts.

Numbness in various parts.

Drawing pain in whole body.

As if drunken when rising from bed ; pain as if constricted in occiput extending to nape of neck, which pains as if broken ; as if head were numb and pithy ; as if skin of forehead was drawn into folds ; humid eruption as if suppurating ; sensation of
foreign body in throat ; throat feels as if ulcerated ; as if air penetrated Eustachian tube ; a sound in vertigo like ticking of a watch ; as if l. ear were filled with water ; as if a skin were before ear ; as if hard body as large as an egg were behind
ear ; as of a cobweb over face ; papillæ of tongue sensitive as if it were rubbed against teeth ; as though food had to pass over a lump in throat ; throat as if full of gurgling mucus ; sensation on left side of throat as though he had to swallow over an elevation,
as if he were choking ; as if food would not go down ; as if food filled him to the top ; sensation of lump in stomach with beating as of two hammers ; as if everything would be torn to pieces during menstruation ; as if intestines were torn ; croaking, as of
frogs, in abdomen ; full abdomen as from accumulation of wind ; incarceration of flatus ; as if arms were paralyzed ; hemorrhoids as if split with a knife ; as if sphincter had lost its contractile power and was paralyzed ; as if urethra were contracted ;
as if right ovary would burst ; as if everything would be torn to pieces during catamenia ; as if genitals were swollen ; constriction of chest as if about to suffocate ; chest as if too narrow ; like an electric shock from heart to front of neck ; glands of
neck tense and stiff ; small of back aches as if bruised or broken ; in arms and feet as if they were turned outward ; arm feels “asleep ;” pain in thumb-joint as if sprained ; she thought her feet must burst ; as if tendons of knees were too
short ; sensation of lump in stomach ; as if skin were tightened over body ; itching as though fecal matter would pass through skin ; nails as if ulcerated ; itching as if she must tear with her nails.

Pain : from left temple down side of face to shoulder ; in head ; in lumpy patches on vertex ; in eczema ; from left temple down left side of face to left shoulder ; in ulcer on lower surface of tongue ; in vesicles ; in nodules on lower jaw ;
when swallowing ; in throat ; in stomach ; in hepatic region ; on left of stomach ; in upper abdomen ; below navel ; in belly ; in inguinal region ; in hemorrhoids ; in sacrum ; in coccyx ; in uterus when reaching high with
arms ; over eyes ; in middle of breast ; in chest ; in limbs ; in epigastrium ; in varices ; in pimples and vesicles, on vulva ; in nipples ; in chest ; in thoracic muscles ; in nape of neck ; in glands of neck ; os coccygis
while urinating ; in shoulder and neck ; in thumb-joint ; in ulcers on feet ; in nail of great toes ; in periosteum.

Terrible pain in small of back and abdomen.

Violent pain in head ; in left ovary.

Intense headache.

Great anguish before menses.

Very painful tearing in left zygoma.

Tearing : in forehead ; in one side of head ; in teeth ; glands of throat ; in teeth and gums ; in right ovary ; in left shoulder joint ; in hands ; pains in thighs, in limbs ; in feet.

Gouty tearing in toes.

Lancinating : in right temples ; in eyes ; through uterus down to lower extremities.

Severe, sharp, cutting pain during stool.

Cutting stitches : in anus.

Stitching : in upper and lower limbs ; in sacrum.

Cutting pains : in hypochondria ; in both kidneys.

Ulcerative pain in throat.

Pinching pain : in stomach.

Stitches : from temple through eye to inner canthus ; in ears ; in both hypochondria ; in left side of abdomen ; in urethra ; in left ovary ; shooting through abdomen ; in vagina ; in chest ; in region of heart.

Transient stitches : in left temple.

Stitching pains : in temples ; in anus ; through uterus down to lower extremities ; through abdomen ; in chest ; in fleshy part of chest.

Stitching pains : in eyes ; in teeth ; in gums ; in left shoulder ; in vesicle on little finger.

Stinging pains : in temples ; on cheeks ; both sides of face ; in upper lip ; in teeth ; in old ulcers.

Violent colic.

Gnawing pain : in bones of forearm.

Severe cramps : in abdomen.

Griping : in stomach ; in abdomen.

Cramp pain : in legs ; in stomach ; in varices.

Labor-like pains : during catamenia.

Cramp : in stomach ; in lower abdomen ; in calves ; in chest ; in hand.

Constant cramp : in throat.

Spasmodic pains.

Bearing down pains : in hypochondria ; in hips ; in uterus to back ; in womb ; in bowels.

Colic : after eating.

Neuralgia : of face ; in back of neck.

Twisting pain, in right ovary.

Clawing pain : in stomach.

Digging pains : in abdomen.

Rooting pain : in chest.

Drawing pain : in molars ; in limbs ; in thigh bones ; in forehead ; from eyes up into head.

Tensive pain : beneath ears.

Fixed pain : in left side, just above cardiac region.

Twitching : in arms ; in feet ; in eyelids ; of muscles of left side of face.

Starting : of hands and feet.

Throbbing : in sides of head ; in matrix.

Grasping : in arms and feet.

Bursting : in forehead.

Burning : round spot on top of head ; in eyes ; around eyes ; on cheeks ; both sides of face ; of lips ; in blisters on lower side and tip of tongue ; in stomach ; in left hypochondrium ; in a small spot on left side of abdomen ;
through abdomen ; of vagina ; of scalp and nape of neck ; in vesicles on little finger ; of heels, hands and soles of feet ; in small red pimples ; in fissures between varices ; in shoulder ; in old cicatrices.

Burning pressure : beneath armpit.

Rheumatic pressive tearing : in first joint of right thumb ; in feet and toes.

Binding, constrictive pain : in gastric region ; in different parts.

Constrictive headache : in occiput ; pain in stomach.

Constrictive pain : below umbilicus ; in back.

Aching : in eyes ; in male nipples.

Pressive pain : in vertex ; in occiput ; in head ; in eyes ; in teeth ; from incarcerated flatus towards groins and anus ; in head.

Pressure : deep in forehead ; in lids ; in stomach ; in pit of stomach ; in anus ; in both kidneys ; in bladder towards pudenda ; in region of heart ; in abdomen ; in arms and feet.

Raw pain : in chest.

Numb pain : from sacrum down legs.

Sickening, painful feeling : at pit of stomach.

Violent sore pain : in spots on vertex.

Painful soreness : between pudenda and thigh ; between upper part of thighs near genitals ; of corns.

Soreness : of larynx ; of lips ; on left side of tongue ; in arms ; of breast ; between thighs ; of male nipples ; of right upper arm ; between fingers ; of matrix ; between nates ; between toes ; in both kidneys ; in
nose.

Smarting : in eyes ; in urethra ; between nates ; in vagina.

Biting : in eyes ; in eyelids ; in urethra while urinating ; in vagina.

Bruised feeling : in scalp ; in thighs ; in knees.

Sensitiveness : of one inguinal gland.

Oppressive headache : on top of head.

Constriction : in region of heart.

Beating : in stomach.

Fulness : of abdomen ; in stomach.

Hardness : in lower part of abdomen.

Irritation : of genitals.

Jerking : in arms ; in all muscles of left calf.

Constant spasm : in throat.

Heat : in head ; in eyes ; in abdomen.

“Spoiled,” insipid sensation in stomach.

Rawness : of mouth ; of breast.

Scraping : of tongue ; of breast.

Roughness : of larynx ; of tongue ; of mouth.

Dryness : in lids ; of ears ; of nose ; of lips ; of mouth ; of mucous membrane of rectum ; of vagina.

Urging : in abdomen.

Straining : in anus.

Weakness : of head down to neck ; in back ; in legs.

Sinking feeling : in back.

Torpor : of genital organs.

Stiff feeling : in hollow of knees.

Stiffness : of neck ; of toes.

Tremulous sensation through whole body.

Flickering : before eyes.

Tiredness : of eyes ; of forearms.

Heaviness : of eyelids ; in lower lip ; in abdomen ; of head ; of limbs ; of legs.

Desolate, empty feeling : in head.

Numbness : in left side of head ; of left hand ; of matrix ; in various parts.

Dulness : of head ; in face ; in head.

Beclouded feeling : in head.

Confusion of head.

Paralyzed sensation : of all limbs.

Restlessness : of legs.

Tickling : deep in chest.

Crawling : in left hand and arm ; in lips ; in upper and lower limbs ; in sacrum ; in heels.

Formication : in lips ; in hand extending up arm.

Itching : on scalp ; all over body ; in eyes ; of eyelids ; in ears ; blotches on face and other parts of body ; pimples on face ; on cheeks ; of abdomen ; violent itching in hemorrhoids ; on arms ; on scrotum ; of small
herpetic patches on forearms, neck and throat ; vesicles on vulva ; pimples on vulva ; vesicles on labia ; of pudenda ; of scalp and nape on neck ; violent itching of coccygeal region ; herpes circinatus, itching terribly in bend of elbow ; in eruption
over nates ; small spots on arms ; of red spot on upper part of thigh ; papula ; on various parts of body ; violent on face and genitals.

Coldness : of scalp ; of legs.

   

TISSUES. [44] [Graph.]

Contraction of muscles.

Hemorrhages, blood light red.

Anemia ; chlorosis. θ Gastrodynia. θ Gastralgia. θ Amenorrhœa.

Pain in periosteum ; gnawing pains in bones of forearm ; drawing pain in thigh bones ; malleoli painful to touch ; exostosis and osteo-sarcoma ; scrofulous affections of bones ; < at night and from cold draught of air ; > from warmth.

Soreness from lying in bed.

Very offensive exhalations from body.

Dyscrasia, especially when caused by a suppression of habitual secretions and excretions.

Scrofulosis ; swelling and induration of glands.

Tumors in persons of herpetic dyscrasia ; wens, smooth and shining, on scalp ; sebaceous cysts, particularly when atheromatous ; pus scanty and smelling like herring-brine.

Emaciation.

Emaciation of suffering parts.

Burning pain in old cicatrices.

General dropsy after an acute exanthema ; was so swollen that he looked like a corpse about to be decomposed ; could not move a limb, and did not even emit a groan ; large round blister that seemed about to burst, on prepuce ; legs and scrotum shone like a mirror.

Œdematous complaints.

   

TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] [Graph.]

Touch : humid eruption on vertex painful ; scurfy spots on vertex painful ; pain in teeth < ; hemorrhoids sore ; violent pains in ovary ; laryngeal region sensitive ; causes pain in small of back ; circular herpes feels hard.

Cannot bear tight clothing around hypochondria.

Rubbing makes gums bleed.

When riding in carriage : hears better ; heat.

Overlifting, easily.

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