Headache – Inner Head – Chapter 3 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Main

Evening, worse toward,
especially shaking head :-

Sep.

Evening, worse toward

(bone-pains) :-
Brom.

Eye, principally over
left :-

Lac-c.

Fluttering, with
occasional, of heart

(coryza) :-
Form.

4 to 6 P.M. :-

Hell.

Night, worse at, begins
about 3 P.M. :-

BELL.,
Vib.

5 to 10 P.M.,
rheumatic :-

Puls.

Rising or lying down,
worse from 4 to 8 P.M. :-

Lyc.

Shooting worse :-

Ferr.

Air :-

(See Cold,
Heat, Motion,
Room, Walking,
Weather.)

Chronic, spells caused
by draught, or scrubbing :-

Sil.

Cold, better
from :-

Dros.,
Lyss.

Cold, dread of :-

Coff.

Cold, worse in :-

Eup-pur.,
Iris, Sil.

Damp, in :-

DULC.

Draught, worse in
a :-

Benz-ac.,
Calc., Caust.,
CHIN.,
Hep., Merc.,
Sil.

Exercise, better from
outdoor :-

Coff.

Open air, better
in :-

Alumn.,
Arg-m., Berb.,
Chlol., Cimic.,
Com., Con.,
Glon.,
Hell., Kali-bi.,
Lith-c., LYC.,
Mosch.,
Nicc., Pic-ac.,
PULS.,
Seneg., Sin-a.,
Sin-n., Tab.,
Zinc.

Open air, better in,
rheumatic :-

Kali-s.

Open air, better from
exercise in, looking up and bending head backward, pressing between
hands :-

Apis.

Open air, worse
in :-

Arg-n.,
Bar-c., Bell.,
Cedr.,
Con., MERC.,
Mez., Nux-v.,
Sulph.

Open air, on 1st going
into

(soreness) :-
Eup-per.

Open air, sticking
worse in :-

Mang.

Walking, better, in
open air :-

Ant-c.

Walking, better, slowly
in open air :-

Eup-pur.,
PULS.

Walking, worse, in open
air :-

Bell.,
Chin., Cina, Iris, Sep.

Alcohol, from :-

(See
Drinking.)

Alternates with :-

Abdomen, pain
in :-

Cimx.

Abdomen, tumefaction
of :-

Stram.

Arms, cutting in calves
and upper

(epidemic
typhus) :- CHEL.

Chest, oppression
of :-

Glon.

Diarrhœa :-

PODO.

Face, hot flushes
in :-

Lyss.

Gastralgia :-

Bism.

Lumbago :-

Aloe.

Neck, pain in, and
shoulders :-

Ery-a.

Neck, pains in nape
of :-

Hyos.

Uterine pains :-

Gels.

Anæmic :-

Eucal.

Especially in patients
whose blood has been saturated with iron :-

Zinc.

Anger, from :-

Petr.,
Phos.

Or chagrin :-

Plat.

Vexation :-

Cham.,
Coff.

Angina, in :-

Bar-m.

Anguish, with, and
restlessness :-

Coloc.

Anus,
from pains during stool, urging griping

(See
Constipation,
Diarrhœa, Hæmorrhoids,
Stool.) :-
Ox-ac.

Prolapsus, in :-

Arn.

Anthrax, in :-

Anthraci.

Anxiety, with :-

Acon.,
Ars., Gels., Lyss.

Worse lying
down :-

Sep.

Cannot re main in
bed :-

Cact.

Anxiety, after :-

Æth.

Appetite :-

(See
Gastric.)

Inordinate, before

(chronic
cephalalgia) :- Psor.

Lack of :-

Cast-eq.

Arms :-

Aching in bones
after :-

Med.

Drawing :-

Verat.

With paralytic
feeling :-

Iod.

Arthritic :-

(See
Gouty, Rheumatic.)

Ascending, on :-

Calc.,
Glon., Sulph.

Asthma, with :-

Kali-c.

Attention, from close

(See
Mental
exertion, Thinking.) :-
Ign.

Awaking,
on

(See Morning,
Sleep.) :-
Æsc.,
Arg-n., Arn., Calc.,
Carb-v., Chel.,
Eup-per., Gels.,
Iodof., Kali-c.,
Lyc., Nat-m., Rheum,
Rumx.

Awakens :-

Form.,
Kali-bi.,
Sil.

Awaking, immediately
after, lasting till towards noon :-

Nat-m.

Awaking, worse
on :-

Benz-ac.,
Mill., Nux-v.,
Sulph.

Child :-

Kali-br.

Day, continuing all,
and night :-

Chin-b.

Dream, preceded by a
disagreeable :-

Rumx.

Indigestion, in :-

Chel.

Lasts until 10 A.M.,
when scalp begins to sweat and headache passes off

(after
blow on head) :-
Nat-m.

Morning, every :-

Naja,
NAT-M.

Morning, toward, on
being awakened :-

Tell.

Morning, from awaking
early, cannot sleep after 3 A.M.

(convalescence
from yellow fever) :-
Calc.

Night, from being
aroused by, bell

(chronic
cephalalgia) :- Arn.

Night, at, with
sensation as if head were being pressed against wall, with heat in
head, lasts all day, after cessation of chronic diarrhœa, worse in
morning :-

Sulph.

Sleep, as from too
much :-

Bov.

Back :-

Aching :-

Kali-c.

Back, with pain in
small of :-

Bell.

Diphtheria,
in :-

Lac-c.

Dysentery, in :-

NUX-V.

Menorrhagia, in :-

Coc-c.

Ophthalmia, in :-

ARS.

Back, with or followed
by severe pain in small of :-

Sil.

Back, with sensation as
if cold water were poured down :-

Alumn.

Back, weak, in
morning :-

Pall.

Weakness in sacral
region :-

Phos.

Band :-

(See Constrictive,
Contractive,
Pressing, Vise-like,
Wrapping.)

Bound, as if,
by :-

All-c.,
Arg-m., Carb-v., Cinnb., Cocc.,
Cycl., Dios.,
Gels., Gymno.,
Hep., Iod., Iris,
Med., NIT-AC.,
Sulph., Ter., Vario.,
Zing.

Circle, a, of pain
extending in a line through cerebellum, shifting :-

Zing.

Contractive pain, with
sensation as if flesh were loose, worse in wet cold weather and when
at rest, better in motion

(caries) :-
Sulph.

Ears, around
above :-

GELS.,
Osm.

Ears, pressing hardest
above, during day :-

Am-br.

Forehead, as if tightly
bandaged around :-

Indg.

Head, seemed to crush
in, as if enclosed in a band :-

Carb-ac.

Rising, after, from
bed, pain like a tight narrow band all around on level with upper
forehead :-

Cupr-s.

Rope, like a, drawing
tighter and tighter :-

Nat-m.

Stooping, when :-

Spig.

Tense band reaching
from nape of neck to ears, as of a, must lie down :-

Anac.

Tight, as if surrounded
by a, band

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Xan.

Bathing, from :-

(See
Water.)

Beating :-

(See
Hammering, Throbbing.)

Bed,
drives him from :-

Calc-ar.,
Thuj.

Warmth, worse
from :-

Puls.

Stitches worse :-

Thuj.

Bending :-

(See
Position.)

Double from :-

Coloc.

Head, worse bending,
backward :-

Clem.,
Glon.

Head, worse bending,
forward :-

Carb-ac.,
Coloc.

Sitting, worse,
bent :-

Ant-t.

Benumbing :-

(See
Numb.)

Bewilderment,
with

(See Confused.) :-
Euphr.

Bilious

(See Gastric.) :-
Bry., Coloc., Corn.,
Eup-per., Hydr.,
Ip., Lept., Merc., Nux-v., PODO.,
Ptel., Puls.

Every few days,
beginning behind left ear, passing around lower forehead as a
pressing down on eyes, with nausea and vomiting

(distortion
after) :- Crot-h.

Liver complaint,
in :-

Berb.

In oculomotor
paresis :-

Seneg.

Bladder :-

Cystitis, in :-

Eup-pur.

Precedes irritation of,
in children :-

Senec.

Blood boils, with
small, on lower legs :-

Mag-c.

Bloodvessels
dilated :-

(See
Congestive.)

Blow,
as of a (See
Concussive, Stunning.) :-
Cann-i., Nat-m.

Bone
pains

(See Periosteal,
Sutures, Syphilitic.) :-
Act-sp.,
Ang., Aster., Calc.,
Calc-p., Hyper., Lyss.,
Rhod., Syph.

Broken, as if, worse
lying down :-

Aur.

Driven, as if, asunder,
especially when walking, going up stairs or rising from
sleeping :-

Lyc.

Fainting, almost causes

(syphilis) :-
Mez.

Front and back, toward
evening, in damp weather :-

Brom.

Lying down, on,
affecting vital energy :-

Aur.

Mornings, in
bed :-

Aur.

Motion, pain worse
from, and in evening :-

MEZ.

Night, at :-

Hep.,
MERC.,
Mez., NIT-AC.,
Phyt., Thuj.

Occipital,
chiefly :-

Merc-i-r.

Rheumatism,
after :-

Verat-v.

Scraped, as if :-

PH-AC.

Sensitive to cold and
contact, worse from motion and in evening :-

MEZ.

Separated, as if
bones :-

Arg-n.

Shattered, each bone
feels, and sore :-

Lyss.

Soreness :-

CALC-P.,
Kali-bi.

Soreness of bones of
left side :-

Cupr-ar.

Syphilitic :-

Aur.,
Kali-i., Merc., Mez., Nit-ac., Syph.,
Thuj.

Tenderness of affected
side :-

Sep.

Touch, worse by :-

MEZ.,
Thuj.

Under bones :-

Chel.,
Nux-m.

Boring

(See Burrowing,
Digging, Nail.) :-
Act-sp., Arg-n.,
Cocc., Coch.

Bound, as if :-

(See
Band.)

Brain :-

Affection of :-

Glon.

Clasped, as if, by a
hand, twisted and torn :-

Mur-ac.

Commotion, as from,
when stepping or shaking head, better sitting up or slow
exercise :-

Sep.

Concussion,
from :-

Calc-s.,
Hyper., Kali-br.

Concussion, with
painful, from shaking head when walking :-

Mang.

Dashed, as if, to
pieces, worse from motion, noise or light :-

Coff.

Depending, chronic,
upon brain fag :-

Calc.

Drawing, in right
hemisphere, with, in back into neck

(chronic
catarrh) :- Sang.

Dull in right side on
coming into warm room :-

Spong.

Mashed, as if, with
nausea and vomiting

(chlorosis) :-
Ip.

Middle, on waking in
morning, felt even before opening eyes :-

NUX-V.

Persistent, with
softening :-

PHOS.

Pressure, like a, of
something hard on upper surface, in paroxysms :-

Ign.

Substance of left side,
as if in, raging as if a nerve were being torn :-

Arg-m.

Torn, as if, to
pieces :-

Verat.

Break, feels as though
head would, with chill

(quotidian) :-
Puls.

Breathing :-

Gasping for air,
after :-

Coloc.

Oppressed :-

Calc.

Pain worse breathing,
talking or laughing :-

Mang.

Worse from deep
inspiration :-

Cact.

Breeze, a, of
pain :-

Sulph.

Bruised

(See Soreness.) :-
Arn., Benz-ac.,
Bov., Camph., Euphr., Gels.,
Graph., Ign., Nux-v., Rhod.,
Sulph., Ter.,
Thuj., Zinc.

Awaking, on, in
morning, disappears on rising, renewed by thinking :-

Ign.

Bones, through all
cranial, into roots of teeth and tongue, with nausea, better
outdoors :-

IP.

Coughing, or torn
when :-

Sulph.

Dull

(typhus) :-
Bapt.

Ears, extends to

(cerebro-spinal
meningitis) :- Rhus-t.

Evening, in, with
coryza :-

Euphr.

Externally :-

Ruta.

Forehead, particularly
in, worse from motion, better rest :-

Cupr-ar.

Forehead, in, and
through head, worse on vertex :-

Lac-d.

Fever, after, and
sleep :-

Chin-ar.

Intermittent,
in :-

Cimic.

Left side, in :-

Gymno.

Mental, especially
during, labor, or in early morning :-

Aur.

Mental, worse from,
exertion :-

Chin.

Morning, in, in bed,
worse at rest, better after rising :-

Aur.

Morning, early,
in :-

Con.

Occiput, especially in,
and forehead, worse morning, better cold applications :-

Euphor.

Periosteum, in, from
temple to occiput :-

Ruta.

Scalp sore :-

Nux-v.

Side, on one :-

Nux-v.

Side, in, worse by
slightest motion :-

Chin.

Skull, in, worse moving
head and walking :-

Caps.

Burning :-

ACON.,
Agar.,
Am-c., Apis,
Arg-n.,
Ars., Arund.,
Aur., Bar-c.,
Berb., Calc.,
Carb-v., Coff-t., Coloc.,
Dros., Lyss.,
MEZ.,
Petr., Phos., Psor.,
Verat-v.

Air, better in
open :-

Mang.

Anterior part,
in :-

Kreos.

Apoplexy, precursor
of :-

Aster.

Body, on, here and
there, in morning :-

Carb-v.

Cerebellum, intense,
worse in :-

Med.

Chilliness,
with :-

Caust.

Congestion,
from :-

Ust.

Cough, whooping,
in :-

Bry.

Croup, in :-

Samb.

Erysipelatous, worse at
night :-

Ars.

Evening, in, when
undressing and growing cold :-

Ars.

Eye complaints,
in :-

Ant-s-aur.

Eyes, commencing at,
with lachrymation :-

Eug.

Eye, affecting left,
comes from deep in, following left supraorbital nerve, morning at 4,
worse each succeeding morning

(suppressed
intermittent) :-
Spig.

Fire, like :-

Lachn.

Foramen, from,
infraorbital over right side to occiput and mandibular :-

Zinc.

Forehead, especially
in, and temples :-

Viol-t.

Hair, along edge
of :-

Berb.

Hands, with cold, and
feet, during apyrexia :-

Ign.

Head, with pulsation
and sweat of, worse night, mental exertion, talking, better wrapping
head up warmly :-

Sil.

Heat, from
inward :-

Nux-m.

Left side, in :-

Bapt.

And down neck, woke
in morning with :-

Lyss.

Left, 1st, then
right :-

Calc-ar.

Left, worse,
side :-

Aur-m.

Middle, in, after brain
fever, better pressure, every excitement causes it :-

Glon.

Morning, in :-

Nux-v.

Morning, worse in, and
afternoon :-

Canth.

Morning and evening

(brain
diseases of children) :-
Kali-c.

Motion, worse from,
stooping, temporarily better pressing head firmly with hand :-

Apis.

Nausea, causing sense
of sickness and

(itch) :-
Lach.

Paroxysms, in

(puerperal
convulsions) :- Verat-v.

Scalp, of, worse in
warm bed :-

Thuj.

Scalp, of, morning,
after rising, after abuse of mercury :-

Hep.

Scalp, of, most of back
of head, worse scratching, causing soreness, worse undressing and
getting warm in bed :-

Sil.

Scalp, of, better
scratching :-

Caps.

Scalp, pricking
of :-

Ran-b.

Scratching, better,
worse getting into a warm sweat while walking :-

Sabad.

Side, awaking, on,
right :-

Arum-t.

Sides, in, up from
neck :-

Canth.

Soreness, with :-

Canth.

Standing, while, or
sitting :-

Canth.

Better in open
air :-

Alumn.

Stupor, with

(pneumonia) :-
Phos.

Stupefying

(after
getting wet while warm) :-
Dulc.

Stupefying, worse
morning :-

Sabad.

Supraorbital neuralgia,
in :-

Chel.

Teeth, down to, and
neck, with stitches in ears :-

Merc.

Temple, especially in
left, worse at night lying in bed, better sitting up :-

MERC.

Thirst, with :-

Ferr-s.

Vertex, worse
on :-

Mez.

Vertigo, with :-

Canth.,
Kali-bi.

Vertigo, with, objects
seem to be enveloped in a yellow mist :-

Kali-bi.

Burrowing

(See Boring,
Digging, Nail.) :-
Hep.

Especially in forehead
and temples :-

Cham.

Bursting

(See Pressing,
Splitting.) :-
Bell., Bov.,
BRY.,
Caps., CHIN.,
Dol.,
Euphor., GLON.,
Ham., Lyc.,
NAT-M.,
Nux-m., Sep.,
Sil., Spig.

Air, open, in :-

Bell.,
Glon.

Awaking, on, from
sleep :-

Cham.

Bending down, on,
insupportable :-

Ham.

Brain, from pressure
and fulness in

(hemicrania) :-
Phos.

Calvarium, as if, were
being lifted :-

CANN-I.,
Ol-j.

Cerebral, with intense,
congestion :-

Bell.,
GLON.,
Merc., Verat-v.

Cough, during :-

BRY.,
Caps., Nat-m.,
Nux-v., Ph-ac., Phos., Spong.

Distending :-

Bar-c.

Distending worse during
night :-

Cedr.

Ears, about :-

Asar.

Evening, in, better
lying with head high :-

Caps.

Eyes, with dazzling of,
from sunlight :-

Euphr.

Eyes, worse
moving :-

Puls.

Fever, in :-

Æsc.

Fever, catarrhal,
in :-

Euphr.

Forced, as if, asunder
by levers :-

Bell.

Forehead, especially
in, and when stooping :-

Staph.

Forehead, in, and
eyeballs, worse at 10 A.M. when lying :-

GELS.

Fulness, pressing out,
with confused feeling :-

Lil-t.

Headache, nervous,
in :-

Verat.

Headache, sick,
in :-

Tab.

Head, as if, were
swelling out, with discharge of blackish offensive water from
vagina :-

Rhus-t.

Jaw, extends to, worse
moving head or body :-

Lachn.

Mania, in :-

Merc.

Meningitis, in :-

Bell.,
Glon., Verat.

Menses, when, ought to
appear :-

Nux-m.

Morning on waking,
in :-

Con.

Morning, in early, as
if it would fall to pieces :-

Con.

Morning, in, gradually
worse until evening :-

Bry.

Moved, as if it would
fly to pieces if she :-

Coff.

Nausea, with, from
gas :-

Caust.

Pleuro-pneumonia,
with :-

BRY.

Pregnancy, in :-

Lyc.,
Lyss.

Pressure, better from,
during cough :-

Sulph.

Reading, going off
when, to himself, or writing :-

Ign.

Screwed, as if head
were, asunder in articulation of malar bone and upper jaw :-

Thuj.

Sinciput, especially
in, chiefly in morning, worse stooping, better in open air :-

Berb.

Sleep, nocturnal,
in :-

Sulph.

Sleeplessness, with,
worse from motion or any jar, better in room, and when opening
eyes :-

CHIN.

Upward and asunder on
drawing facial muscles :-

Spig.

Vagina, with a vitiated
discharge from, and shooting upwards in parts :-

Rhus-t.

Vertex, mostly
on :-

Petr.

Walking, when :-

Chin.

Walking, better, in
open air, worse in temples, especially in right, in
afternoon :-

Sang.

Water, feeling like,
pipes bursting in head :-

Sil.

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