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

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CHAPTER 32.
UPPER LIMBS.

Arms
* Elbows * Fingers
* Hands
* Shoulders * Wrists

Hands.

A-C
* D-G * H-R
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Hands :-

Abscess

(See Inflammation.) :-
Anan.

Under deep fibrous
tissues

(septicæmia
result of dissecting wound) :-
Lach.

Fistulous opening in
palm, discharging ichorous pus, pain and sensitiveness great

(felon) :-
Ars.

Aching :-

Cact.

All day :-

Vesp.

Left, in :-

Arum-d.

Left, in outer aspect
of :-

Arum-d.

Powerless feeling, like
rheumatism in left :-

Nit-ac.

Right, in, extends to
all parts, worse after midnight

(rheumatism) :-
Rhus-t.


Anæmic :-

(See Pale.)

Awkward :-

(See Fingers
Awkward
, Weak.)

Clumsy :-

Manc.,
Phos., Ptel.

Clumsy, in locomotor
ataxia :-

Phos.

Drops things :-

Apis,
Bell., Nat-m.,
Stram.


Blue

(cyanotic)
(See Fingers,
Nails Blue
.) :-
Agar., Ant-t.,
Camph., Carb-v., Dig.,
Elaps.,
Inul., LACH.,
Laur.,
Rhus-t.,
Stram., Verat.,
Zinc.

Anæmia, in, of
brain :-

Kali-br.

Black, almost, in
winter :-

Cupr-a.

Bloated, dark :-

Samb.

Chill, with :-

Agar.,
Spong.

Cholera infantum, in

(diarrhœa) :-
Apis.

Cholera infantum and
hydrocephaloid, in :-

Apis.

Cholera, as in
malignant, dark :-

Ars.

Cholera, in
sporadic :-

Verat.

Coldness of body,
with :-

Nux-v.

Crusta serpiginosa,
in :-

Sulph.

Cyanosis, with
puffiness

(pneumonia) :-
Kali-c.

Debility, with
general :-

Verat.

Emphysema, in :-

Brom.

Fever, in quartan
ague :-

Sep.

Frozen, as if

(chorea) :-
Cocc.

Hysteria, in :-

Nux-v.

Left, dark :-

Arn.

Nervous system and
heart, with weakness of :-

Crot-h.

Night, during

(scarlatina) :-
Phos.

Night, worse at

(scarlatina) :-
Phos.

Right :-

Zinc.

Swollen, as if frozen

(emansio
mensium) :- Dig.

Tabes mesenterica,
in :-

Tub.

Tuberculosis,
in :-

Chin-ar.

Washing, after, in cold
water :-

Am-c.


Boils :-

Malignant :-

Psor.

Night, in, sensation of
a boil coming in back of, just above metacarpal phalangeal joint of
left index finger, expected to find a boil there in morning, but
found only a red spot :-

Med.

Rhagades, and

(sequelæ
of itch) :- Calc.

Small :-

Lyc.

Small blood
boils :-

Iris.

2 or 3 inches apart,
some papulæ with inflamed area, others pustular :-

Hydr.


Boring :-

Bones, in :-

Bism.

Inside, is awakened by
it, but goes to sleep again, towards morning has similar pain on
left side, but does not remember the spot :-

Pall.

Joints, in :-

Ant-s-aur.

Painful, in metacarpal
bone, little finger of left, sudden :-

Pall.


Broken, as if, early in
morning, and after a little work :-

Psor.

Bruised pain :-

Nicc.

Bones, in, when
pressed :-

Kali-bi.

Bones, in, back of
hand, during rest and motion :-

Ruta.

Joints, in :-

Alumn.

Pain, as if knocked
against something hard :-

Arn.

Pounded, as if :-

Lil-t.


Burning :-

Am-c., Apis,
Arg-m., Ars.,
Ars-h.,
Aur-m., Calc.,
Carb-v.,
Corn.,
Daph., Fl-ac.,
Nat-m.,
Ox-ac.,
Petr., Ph-ac.,
Sec., Spong.,
SULPH.

Afternoon, in :-

Cham.

Backs, sensation
in :-

Calc.

Ball of right,
in :-

Zinc.

Chest, with oppression
of

(croup) :-
Nat-m.

Chilblains,
like :-

Agar.

Coals, like glowing, 2
fingers on left :-

Kali-c.

Cold and numb,
or :-

Lyc.

Cool places, seek out,
with dry heat in evening :-

PULS.

Eczema, in :-

Merc.

Fanned and uncovered,
wants them :-

Med.

Friction, worse
from :-

Berb.

Frozen, as if :-

AGAR.

Heat, with, afternoon
and evening :-

Phos.

Hot and pale, one, the
other cold and red :-

Mosch.

Left, 1st, then
right :-

Med.

Night, at

(ovaralgia) :-
Lac-c.

Orgasm of blood, with
great, violent :-

SULPH.

Palms, in :-

Æsc.,
Aphis, Canth.,
Lachn.,
Lil-t., Med., Petr.,
Phos.,
Sep.,
SULPH.

Palms, in, throws
bedclothes off, at climacteric period :-

Sang.

Palms, in, with
pressure in chest :-

Cop.

Palms, in, in pustulous
conjunctivitis :-

Sulph.

Palms, in, evening and
night :-

LACH.

Palms, in, in hectic
fever :-

Ip.

Palms, in, in
intermittent fever, after quinine :-

Sulph.

Palms, in, in
gravel :-

Lyc.

Palms, in, in
forenoon :-

Aphis.

Palms, in, at night,
has to keep them outside of bedclothes

(giddiness) :-
Sabad.

Palms, in,
nightly :-

LACH.

Palms, in, phthisis,
in, intense :-

Stann.

Palm of right, in,
worse in rest, in cold, holding anything cold, particularly cold
water, and midnight till morning, better by motion, letting hand
hang, warmth and warm water :-

Rhus-t.

Palm, in, so that it is
impossible to work

(psoriasis
palmaria) :- Petr.

Palms, in, principally
when working

(phthisis
pulmonum) :- Carb-v.

Right, in, at 3 A.M.,
must get out of bed and walk :-

Rhus-t.

Right, in, inside, is
awakened by it towards morning, similar pain in left, but does not
remember the spot :-

Pall.

Shoulder, under, as
pain in a small spot goes away :-

Lach.

Sleep, during :-

Ars-met.

Sore pain in skin of
right, from wrist to thumb and index finger, touch painful :-

Agar.

Spots, in small red,
accompanying rheumatism :-

Mang.

Water, as if in
boiling :-

Arund.

Weakness of body,
with :-

Sulph.

Buzzing feeling :-

Back, on :-

Sil.

As if they would
burst :-

Vib.


Callous :-

Sil.

Hard places, with deep
oblique cracks, in workmen :-

Cist.

Horny
callosities :-

Graph.

Palms, horny

(giddiness) :-
Sabad.


Caries, metacarpal
bones, in places ulcerated surfaces under which bones gave a rough
sound to the probe :-

Sil.

Chapped :-

(See
Rhagades.)

Chilblains :-

Agar., Croc.,
Kali-m., Nit-ac., Op.,
PETR.,
Stann.,
Sul-ac., Zinc.

Thick, red, on
fingers :-

Sulph.

Chill :-

Begins :-

Gels.,
Sulph.

Commencing with
clenching :-

Cimx.

Palms, in, commences,
thence over body :-

Dig.

Rigor :-

Hyos.

Runs through whole
body :-

Sep.

Chilly :-

Agar.,
Rhus-t.

Chorea

(See Twitching.) :-
Calc.

Mouth, could with much
difficulty carry to, and in attempting to do this occasionally hand
would be thrown over head, or to side of face :-

Mygal.

Objects are
dropped :-

Ign.

Spoon, unable to hold
a :-

Verat-v.

Throws away
everything :-

Lach.

Clenched :-

(See
Fingers,
Contracted
.)

Cobweb, as if lying
upon skin :-

Bor.

Coldness :-

Aml-ns.,
Ang.,
Ant-t., Aran.,
Arg-n.,
Ars-s-r.,
Asaf., # Atrop-s., Bell., Benz-ac., Calc.,
CALC-P.,
Calen., CAMPH.,
Cann-i.,
Cann-s., Carb-ac., Carb-v.,
Cedr., Chin.,
Chr-ac.,
Cina, Coff.,
Coff-t.,
Colch.,
Con.,
Croc.,
Cupr.,
Cupr-ar.,
Dig., Dros.,
Eup-pur.,
FERR.,
Gels., Hell.,
Iber.,
Ind., Indg., Inul., Iod.,
Ip.,
Kali-bi.,
Kali-fcy., Lac-d.,
LACH.,
Lact., Led.,
Lil-t.,
Med., MERC.,
Mez., NAT-M.,
Nit-ac.,
Olnd.,
Pall., PH-AC.,
Phos., Phyt.,
Plb.,
Polyp.,
Ptel., Puls.,
Ran-b., Rob.,
Spong., Squil.,
Stram., Tarax.,
Ther.,
Thuj.,
VERAT.,
Zinc., Ziz.

After 3 P.M. :-

Eup-pur.

Age, in old :-

Bar-c.

Anæmia of brain,
in :-

Kali-br.

Angina pectoris,
in :-

Kali-c.

Asthma Millari,
in :-

Cupr.

Back and heat in head
and face, with chilliness in :-

Nit-s-d.

Back, of, with
trembling :-

Coff.

Bed, in :-

Kali-c.

Blue

(hydrocephaloid) :-
APIS.

Burning, then :-

Tab.

Cardialgia, in :-

Plb.

Carditis, in
chronic :-

Cact.

Cephalalgia
periostitica, in :-

Mez.

Cerebro-spinal
meningitis, in :-

Cupr.

Chill, with :-

Dros.,
Op., Petr.

Chill, with,
icy :-

Dros.

Chill, during, in
intermittent :-

Cimx.

Chill commencing in
back, icy, with one-sided

(left) :-
Lyc.

Chilliness,
with :-

Agar.,
Indg.,
Jatr.

Chilliness, with, of
back :-

Con.,
PULS.

Chilliness, with
internal :-

Nit-s-d.

Chilly all over after
vomiting :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Chlorosis, in :-

Ip.

Cholera, in,
icy :-

Cupr-a.

Cholera Asiatica,
in :-

Cupr.

Cholera infantum, in

(hydrocephaloid) :-
Apis.

Clammy :-

Sulph.,
Zinc.

Colds, in summer, in
afternoon :-

Gels.

Colic, with, relieved
by hot cloths :-

Pall.

Colic odynia,
in :-

Ars.,
Stram., Sulph.

Constipation, in
chronic :-

Ferr.

Convulsions, in :-

Caust.

Convulsions, in,
following pneumonia and typhoid fever :-

Nux-v.

Coolness :-

Arn.

Coughing, when :-

Rumx.

Cough, with, when going
to sleep :-

Sulph.

Crawls, with :-

Dros.

Crusta serpiginosa,
in :-

Sulph.

Day, during :-

Ars-met.

Dead, as if :-

Lach.,
Ox-ac.

Delirium tremens,
in :-

Stram.

Diarrhœa, in :-

Apis,
Brom., PHOS.

Enteritis, in :-

Ter.

Epistaxis, in :-

Croc.

Evening, in :-

Carb-v.

Evening, at 8 P.M.

(quotidian
ague) :- Tarax.

Face, with heat
in :-

Camph.,
Meny.

Face, with heat of, in
catarrhal fever :-

Dros.

Face, with heat of,
external and internal :-

Ruta.

Face hot, red and
with :-

Stram.

Faintness, with :-

Calc-ar.

Feet, and,
alternately :-

Zing.

Feet, with warm :-

Aloe, Calc.

Feet, with warm, in
dysentery :-

Coloc.

Feet, when, get
warm :-

Sep.

Fever, with
evening :-

Sabad.

1st, in
intermittent :-

Ip.

Flushes, with frequent,
of heat to head and face :-

Sep.

Frozen, as if, with
tingling under nails on entering warm room :-

Nux-m.

Gastralgia, in :-

Lyc.

Gastricism, in :-

Kali-c.

Gastromalacia,
in :-

Kreos.

Hæmatemesis,
in :-

CHIN.

Head, with hot :-

Aur.,
Hell., Nat-c.

Head, with burning in,
during apyrexia :-

Ign.

Head, fulness
in :-

Elaps.

Headache, in
sick :-

MELI.

Headache,
during :-

Lac-d.

Headache, in
nervous :-

Sars.

Heart, from depressed
action of :-

Sep.

Heat, with, followed by
chill :-

Iris.

Heat in face, with
flushes of :-

Sabin.

Heat, alternating with,
in fever :-

Cimic.

Heat, with sudden
attacks of general :-

Ip.

Heat, with, in phthisis
florida :-

Merc-c.

Heat of body :-

Ars-met.

Heat, with of one side
of body :-

Ran-b.

Heat of body during
sleep :-

Samb.

Heat, with, in evening,
worse right side of face :-

Ran-b.

Heat, with, in mouth
and throat :-

Jatr.

Hemicrania,
with :-

Lac-d.

Hottest weather, even
in

(timid,
nervous persons) :-
Asar.

Hydrocephalus acutus,
in :-

Cupr-a.

Icy :-

Acon.,
Agar., Anac.,
Arg-n., Ars.,
Cact.,
Camph., Carb-v.,
Cedr.,
Coloc., Dor., Eup-per.,
Manc.,
Mang.,
Nux-m., Squil.,
Verat.

Icy, even in
bed :-

Phos.

Icy, blue :-

VERAT.

Icy, in chill :-

Hep.

Icy, with chill, 4
P.M., lasting an hour, followed by heat

(tertian
ague) :- Puls.

Icy, after emission

(spermatorrhœa) :-
Merc.

Icy, in evening, at 7
P.M. :-

Lyc.

Icy, with sweat of
face, and moderate warmth of rest of body :-

Thuj.

Icy, during invasion of
smallpox :-

Vario.

Icy,
long-lasting :-

Ambr.

Icy, in
meningitis :-

Acon.

Icy, in cerebro-spinal
meningitis :-

Gels.

Icy, with blue
nails :-

Merc-sul.

Icy, worse nights

(scarlatina) :-
Phos.

Icy, with gelatinous
stools and tenesmus :-

Caust.

Icy, with warmth of
rest of body :-

Meny.

Icy, with warmth of
body

(cholera
infantum) :- Tab.

Inflammation, in, of
mammæ :-

Phyt.

Intestines, with
neuralgia of :-

Gels.

Laryngitis, in :-

Sang.

Left, of :-

Ambr.

Long time, a

(after
chill) :- Cycl.

Meals, after :-

Camph.

Menses, with :-

Graph.,
Phos.

Menses, dysmenorrhœa,
in :-

Graph.,
Sabin.

Menses, dysmenorrhœa
and chlorosis, in :-

Calc.

Moist :-

Brom.

Moist, in dysmenorrhœa :-

Tarent.

Morning, in :-

Gels.,
Stram.

Nervous system and
heart, with weakness of :-

Crot-h.

Night, during

(scarlatina) :-
Phos.

Nose, with cold :-

Nux-v.

Numbness, worse at
night

(pneumonia) :-
Zinc.

One icy, the other
warm :-

Chin.,
Dig., Ip., PULS.

Opisthotonos,
in :-

Verat-v.

Overwork, from, at
desk :-

Agar.

Pain, after, in
spermatic cords :-

Calc-ar.

Paleness, with, during
cough :-

Sulph.

Palms, sweaty :-

Acon.

Palpitation,
with :-

Chin.,
Cocc.

Paralysis, with, of
arms :-

PLB.

Phthisis, in :-

Stann.

Pneumonia, in :-

Sang.

Position, after change
of

(intermittent) :-
Cocc.

Pricking, with :-

Acet-ac.

Prosopalgia, in :-

Mez., Staph.

Puerperal fever,
in :-

Puls.

Rheumatism, in :-

Cham.,
Lyc.

Right, of :-

Ant-t.,
Cann-i., Gels.

Right, of, damp

(epilepsy) :-
Calc.

Right then left,
1st :-

Med.

Right, left
warm :-

Mez.

Right, of, with
tingling in 4th and 5th fingers :-

Sec.

Scarlatina, in :-

Gels.

Shivering over body,
with :-

Euphr.,
Mur-ac., Rhus-t.

Shivers, with,
icy :-

Dros.

Sleep, cannot :-

Aloe.

Sleepiness :-

Amyg.,
Bell.

Spinal disease,
in :-

Apis.

Sticky :-

Chin-b.

Stomach-ache,
with :-

Alumn.

Stool, with
gelatinous :-

Caust.

Stool, after
loose :-

Corn.

Sweat, with :-

Chin-s.,
Dig.

Sweat, covered with
cold :-

Lil-t.

Sweat, with cold, in
diarrhœa :-

Sil.

Sweat, with cold
clammy, in gastritis :-

Nux-v.

Sweat, and covered with
cold, icy, in heart disease :-

Op.

Sweat, with,
moist :-

SEP.

Sweat, with cold, icy,
in cardiac rheumatism :-

Spig.

Transient :-

Sulph.

Uterine congestion,
in :-

Ferr.

Vomiting, before, after
vomiting, hot :-

Verat.

Walking, worse :-

Chin.

Warm room, even
in :-

Chin.,
Plan.

Water, as if in
cold :-

Gels.

Water, as if drops of
cold, were sprinkled on back, on going into open air :-

Berb.

Wind, as from
cold :-

Benz-ac.


Congestion :-

Felt as though all
blood has rushed to, as though a string were tied tightly around
arms :-

Nux-m.

Blood rushes into them
when they hang down :-

Ph-ac.


Contraction :-

Ferr-s.

Alternate, and
feet :-

Stram.

Alternate relaxation in
left

(chorea) :-
Tarent.

Flexion at wrist, with
spasmodic jerks :-

Sec.

Inward, spasmodically
bent :-

Calc.

Left turned to left
side

(puerperal
convulsions) :- Op.

Painfully contracted,
firmly and

(tonic
spasm) :- Nux-v.

Palms, in, with tonic
spasms :-

Verat.

Right, half flexed, on
forearm motion impossible

(rheumatism) :-
Viol-o.

Shortening of
tendons :-

Carb-v.

Spasmodic :-

Bism.,
Cina,
Kali-bi.,
Tab.

Spasmodic flexion on
forearm :-

Carb-ac.

Thumbs, drawn inward
towards, in traumatic tetanus :-

Nux-v.

Contractive
pain, in right palm, fingers could not be opened, worse in
rest :-

Coloc.

Convulsions

(See Chorea,
Twitching ;
also Fingers Cramps,
Spasm.) :-
Arum-t.,
Bell., Cast.

Aura, into head, before
each fit

(epilepsy) :-
Sulph.

Contortions :-

Sec.,
Stram.

Tetanic :-

Camph.

Tonic, everted palms,
thumbs down, fingers claw-like :-

Med.

Tonic, with a feeling
as if extremities were going to sleep :-

Plat.

Tonic, while
writing :-

Sil.


Cramp-like
pains :-

Cina,
Phys.

Exertion, after
slight :-

Sil.

Fingers, in, of
left :-

Card-m.

Metacarpo-phalangeal,
in, articulation :-

Anac.

Muscles, in, of right,
when writing :-

Euphor.

2nd, in, 3rd or 4th
finger of right outer side :-

Card-m.

Writing, while :-

Nat-p.


Cramps

(See Contraction ;
also Fingers Cramp.) :-
Agar., BELL.,
Graph., Nat-m.,
Stram.,
Tab.

As if about to
be :-

Dios.

Ball of right, hard,
swollen :-

Lyss.

Cholera, in :-

Cupr-a.,
Sec.

Hold of anything, when
taking :-

Ambr.

Left, in, spasmodically
closed

(after
suppressed eruption and abuse of mercury) :-
Hep.

Limbs, with frequent
severe pain in :-

Kali-bi.

Morning, in, feels,
cramped :-

Calc.

Night, at, lasting till
morning, on rising :-

Calc.

Palms, in :-

Zing.

Rigid, and, not
cold :-

Cupr.

Using them,
after :-

Sec.

Vomiting, with :-

Bism.

Weakness, with :-

Kali-c.

Crawling :-

Ars-h.,
Hyper., Sulph.

Arm, up, during
menses :-

Graph.

Asleep, as if they had
been :-

Verat.

Epigastrium, to, where
there is pressure, with anxiety and nausea

(See
Lancinating.) :-
Nux-v.

Insect, as of
an :-

Lac-c.

Numb, as if :-

Hyper.

Stinging in left,
and :-

Lac-ac.


Cutting :-

Nat-c.

Sharp, in metacarpal
bones of right :-

Ust.


Cyanotic :-

(See
Blue.)

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