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

Main

Coffee :-

Abuse, from, of :-

Arg-n.,
Bell., Ign.,
Nux-v., Pall., Puls.

Aversion to :-

Coff.

Better from :-

Anag.

Worse from :-

Arum-t.,
Bry., Cocc., Form.,
Ign.

Cold :-

(See
Air, Catarrhal,
Fever, Weather.)

Chilliness, with :-

Calc.

Chilling, worse, head :-

Carb-v.

Coldness, with, as from cold poultice :-

Mosch.

Cold, a, pain :-

Ars-s-r.

Cold, from taking :-

ANT-C.,
Coff., GLON.,
Puls.

Cold, after catching, with colic :-

Cocc.

Cold, after catching

(neuralgic
rheumatism) :- Puls.

Cold, worse by taking :-

Calc.

Cold, as from incipient :-

Aur.

Cold, as if she had taken, with tired feeling all
over :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Cold, better from, water, externally :-

Lach.

Cold, from taking, after having hair cut :-

BELL.

Cold, better in :-

Ant-t.,
Kalm.

Cold, better from, applications :-

ALOE,
Calc.

Cold, worse in :-

Bov.,
MEZ.,
Rhus-t., Stram.,
Stront-c.

Cold, worse in, winds :-

Ign.

Colic, with

(See
Abdomen.) :-
Cocc., Nat-s.,
Ter.

Pains correspond to flatulent colic, and pinching in
abdomen :-

Rob.

With potter’s colic :-

Alumn.

Concussive pain, in
bronchial catarrh

(See
Blow, Shocks,
Stunning.) :-
CALC.

Confinement, in :-

Ferr.

6 weeks after

(hydrogenoid
constitution) :- Nat-s.

After instrumental delivery, with violent
after-pains :-

Hyper.

Confused (See
Bewilderment.) :-
Calc-p.,
Carbn-s., Chin-ar., Gels.,
Viol-o.

Congestive

(See
Fulness, Hammering,
Heat, Throbbing.) :-
Am-br., Am-c., Arn.,
Asaf., Asar.,
BRY.,
Carb-ac., Carb-an.,
Crot-h., Ferr.,
Fl-ac., GLON.,
LACH., Lachn.,
Lyc., Lycps.,
Nux-m., Op., Phos., Sang., Sil., Sulph., Verat-v.

Bloodvessels, as if, were overfilled, to face and
neck

(neuralgia) :-
Guai.

Brain as if too large, forcing itself out
front :-

Glon.

Chronic, with photophobia, and impossibility to open
eyes on account of weight on upper lid :-

Sep.

Climaxis, at :-

Arg-n.

Constipation, with, in strong, plethoric adults, with
giddiness and flushed face :-

NUX-V.

Dry, with, hard cough :-

Kali-c.

Dull, in fevers :-

Eucal.

Epigastrium sensitive to touch :-

Glon.

Epilepsy, in, with flushed face :-

Bufo.

Eyes inflamed :-

Glon.

With retinal congestion :-

Sang.

Face bluish, with heavy, stupid expression :-

Glon.

Face and head very hot :-

Glon.

Fever, prevailing, in :-

Am-m.

Forenoon, in :-

Phys.

Head, begins in forehead and sides of, slowly passing
to vertex and occiput, becomes throbbing pain :-

Glon.

Head, holding, with both hands :-

Glon.

Head, worse lying with, low and after
sleeping :-

Glon.

Heat of face, with trembling in head :-

Cop.

Hæmorrhoids, with :-

Mur-ac.,
NUX-V.

Heart, dependent upon organic disease of :-

Naja.

Hysterical :-

Arg-n.

Inflammatory, frequent :-

Bism.

Inflammatory, transient heat, throbbing, worse on
motion and stooping, extending upward from nape of neck with swollen
veins in temples

(syphilis) :-
Sang.

Inspiration, frequent, deep :-

Glon.

Lips swollen :-

Glon.

Menses, during :-

Nux-m.

Menorrhagia, with, or metrorrhagia :-

Acon.,
Mill.

Menses, from suppression of, almost apoplectic, with
nausea and vomiting :-

Verat-v.

Morning, in, worse toward noon, gradually better
toward evening, pains terrible, fears going mad, runs or presses head
against wall :-

Stram.

Motion, worse on, and least noise :-

Glon.

People, old, with dark hair and eyes, in :-

Iod.

Periodic every 12 or 15 days for many years :-

Glon.

Pressure, better from external :-

Glon.

Skin, with cool :-

Ham.

Suppression, from, of sweat or urine :-

Asc-s.

Urine, frequent and profuse flow of pale, or urine
highly-colored with reddish sediment and mucus of dirty, reddish-yellow
tint :-

Glon.

Venous, with, congestion :-

Ham.

Vertex burning hot :-

Glon.

Vertigo, with, prevents rising :-

Glon.

Vessels dilated :-

Verat-v.

Water, better from application of cold :-

Glon.

Water, more frequent in hot :-

Meli.

Weak, nervous, and trembling after :-

Meli.

Consciousness :-

(See
Unconscious.)

Constipation, with

(See
Stool.) :-
Alumn., Anag., BRY.,
Calc-p., Hydr., LAC-D.,
NUX-V., Verat.

At intervals of 1, 2 or 3 days :-

Puls.

And dizziness :-

Calc-f.

Affecting forehead and eyes :-

Iris.

From torpor and dryness of a portion of intestinal
mucous tract, when tongue is clean or covered with bubbles of frothy
saliva :-

Nat-m.

Constrictive

(See
Band, Constrictive,
Crampy, Pressing,
Tension, vise-like.) :-
Carb-v., Cocc., Crot-h.,
Eug.

Brain, as if, were constricted on all sides :-

Tarax.

Drowsiness, with :-

Cub.

Drinks, worse warm :-

Verat-v.

Erysipelas, with facial :-

Graph.

Forehead, especially about, commencing slight,
increasing till violent and ending slight :-

Plat.

Menses, before :-

Hep.

Nausea, with :-

Carb-v.

Occiput, especially in :-

Euphor.

Part, in whole upper, increasing and decreasing
slowly :-

Stann.

Posterior, of, and superior integuments

(tinea
favosa) :- Hydrc.

Scratched, as if there were a wound on parietal bone
which was being, place feels hot

(neuropathia) :-
Kali-ar.

Scalp, in, worse talking and in open air, better
sitting or lying :-

Nat-m.

Shooting, with, in temples, generally right :-

Iris.

Side, in right, of, at noon :-

Pall.

Vertigo, with, staggers :-

Phys.

Contractive :-

(See
Band, Constrictive,
Crampy, Pressing,
Tension, vise-like.)

Scalp, and pinched feeling of :-

Lyss.

Scalp, of :-

Carb-v.,
Sel.

Scalp as if drawn together to one spot :-

Zinc.

Scalp as if clutched and drawn together to one point
of a circle :-

Chin.

Scalp, in, followed by numbness of head and
externally on vertex, worse in evening and while sitting, better in
motion and in open air :-

Plat.

Small, as if too :-

GLON.

Contusive :-

(See
Bruised.)

Conversation :-

(See
Talking.)

Convulsions, with :-

(See
Chorea, Epileptic.)

Children, of :-

Hell.

Cries, causes sharp :-

Zinc.

Extends over entire head

(puerperal) :-
VERAT-V.

Spasms, after :-

Caust.

Spasms, before :-

Cann-i.

Coryza, with :-

(See
Catarrhal.)

Cough, with

(See
Catarrhal, Bursting,
Splitting.) :-
Apis, Arn.,
Bell., BRY.,
Calc., CAPS.,
Coloc., Con.,
Ip., Iris,
Kali-c., Lac-d., Lach., Med.,
NAT-M.,
Nux-v., Ph-ac.,
Puls., Rumx.,
Sang., Sars.,
Sep., Spig., SQUIL.,
Verat., Vib.

Air, worse in open :-

Chel.

Bronchitis, in :-

Phos.

Continual, without expectoration

(croup) :-
Sang.

Dry, worse from least movement

(jaundice) :-
Phos.

Dry, hard, day and night :-

Lyc.

Dry, spasmodic, simulating early stage of whooping
cough :-

Rumx.

Dry and tight :-

Xan.

Dry, tickling, disturbing sleep :-

Con.

Forehead, worse in

(influenza) :-
Ant-t.

Influenza, epidemic, in :-

Sabad.

Night, at :-

Eup-per.

Occiput, in :-

Ars-h.

Stitching

(bronchial
catarrh) :- Calc.

Vertex, in :-

Ars-h.

Crampy

(See
Band, Constrictive,
Contractive, Tensive,
vise-like.) :-
Anan., Psor.,
Rheum.

On left side :-

Phos.

Drawing, tearing, worse by study, or exertion,
following fever and ague :-

Gels.

Crushed, as if

(See
Shattering.) :-
Anan.

Intense, threatens to make him unconscious :-

Aml-ns.

Cutting :-

(See
Lancinating, Stabbing,
Stitches.)

Coffee, better by :-

Corn.

Knife were drawn through left, as if a,
transversely :-

Arn.

Menses, after :-

Nat-m.

Nerves, in, of left, coming and going, preventing
sleep :-

Aur.

Neuralgia, with vomiting :-

Iris.

Nose, from bridge of, to occiput :-

Ferr-i.

Passing from above right eye through head to back of
left ear :-

Tub.

Side, in right, frontal to occipital regions, settles
in left parietal bone :-

Bell.

Side, as if part of right, were cut off, worse after
rising or ascending, better from heat and after belching :-

Lach.

Side, worse right, in forehead and occiput :-

Bell.

Side, in one, better thinking of it :-

Cic.

Short, of, duration, changing often :-

IRIS.

Dancing, from

(See
Heat, Motion,
Walking.) :-
ARG-N.

Darting

(See
Shooting, Neuralgic.) :-
Kali-i., Merc-sul.

Air, upon exposure to any draught of, or before storm

(ciliary
neuralgia) :- Sil.

Changing locality :-

Berb.

Confined, not, to one locality

(diphtheria) :-
Hydr.

Gonorrhœa, after suppressed :-

Psor.

Left side, in :-

Polyg.,
Rumx.

Left side from temporal to orbital region, in :-

Lac-ac.

Lightning, like :-

Carb-an.

One side, in :-

Kali-bi.

One side, from, to other :-

Carb-ac.

Rest, worse in, better walking :-

Caps.

Right side, in :-

Brach.

Tortuous running into head and preventing
sleep :-

Chin-ar.

Vexation, after

(1
to 10 P.M.) :- Mag-c.

Walking, worse, better sitting :-

Chin.

Day, all

(See
Afternoon, Morning,
Noon.) :-
Nicc.

In irritation of brain :-

Lach.

Deep seated :-

BOV.,
Cub.

With depression and drowsiness :-

Corn.

Delirium :-

Colch.

Delirious, in those readily becoming, in fever, or
with pain :-

AGAR.

Delirious, almost :-

Meli.

Delirium tremens :-

Dig.

Meningitis, in :-

Verat.

Mental, in, derangement, delirium :-

Stram.

Typhoid scarlatina, in :-

Ail.

Delusions, with :-

(See
Hallucinations.)

Dentition, in :-

Calc.,
Cham., Ter.

Depression, with :-

Lil-t.,
Sep.

Legs, in, while walking :-

Ther.

Despair, drives to :-

Verat.

Runs wildly about room :-

Coff.

Diarrhœa, with

(See
Dysenteric.) :-
Cub., Stram., Verat.

Bilious :-

Nat-s.

Digging

(See
Boring, Burrowing,
Nail.) :-
Cadm-s.

Left side :-

Calc-ar.

Nightly :-

Caust.

Diphtheria, in

(See
Throat.) :-
Crot-h., Merc-sul.,
Phyt.

Peculiar hard ache :-

LACH.

Second day :-

Kali-i.

Violent :-

Kali-ma.

Distending :-

(See
Bursting.)

Dizziness

(See
Vertigo.) :-
Æth., Anthraci.,
Apoc.

Lasting all day :-

Lyss.

When stooping, as if he would fall headlong :-

Gels.

Dogs, from bite of :-

LYSS.

Dragging :-

Cadm-s.,
Cahin.

Drawing

(See
Rheumatic.) :-
Agar., Aphis, Apis,
Carb-v., Cast.,
CHIN.,
Crot-h., Kreos.,
Nit-s-d., Plb.,
Sin-a., Sin-n.,
Spig., Sulph.

Air, in open, better indoors :-

Mang.

Bones, in :-

Aur-m.,
Merc.

Corners, from, of eyes towards temples :-

Cic.

Cramp-like, especially about forehead, commencing
slight, increasing violence, ending slight :-

Plat.

Downward in right side :-

Spong.

Dull, to and fro :-

Ip.

Face, with swelling of, and eyelids :-

Rhus-t.

Forehead, especially in :-

Cocc.

Heat, with chill :-

Glon.

Hemicrania, in :-

Sep.

Intermittent, in rheumatic, gouty or nervous
diathesis :-

Coloc.

Jaw, into lower :-

Aran.

Left side, in :-

Aur-m.,
Dros.

Left side, in, after dinner :-

Zinc.

Left side, in, eyeball to occiput :-

Colch.

Morning, in :-

Agar.,
Nux-v.

Motion, worse by :-

Chin.

Neuralgia, in :-

Agar.

One side, on, extending into bones of face and
parietal bone :-

Phos.

Periosteum, in :-

Rhod.

Periosteum and bones :-

MERC.

Periosteum, in, worse rest, damp stormy cold weather,
better wrapping head up warmly, dry heat and exercise :-

Rhus-t.

Place, from, to place :-

Nux-m.

Places, in several, externally, worse to
touch :-

Staph.

Pressive through day, concentrates about right eye in
evening :-

Calc.

Pressing settles at last in right temple :-

Zing.

Pressive towards forehead :-

Ambr.

Rays, in, upward from neck :-

Sang.

Right side, in :-

Camph.,
Coloc.

Right side, in, worse after eating, giddiness in back
part of head :-

Crot-h.

Right, under, frontal bone :-

Cimx.

Sides causes giddiness, in :-

Dig.

Side, through, to clavicle, 1st right, next day
left :-

Ind.

Skull, in :-

Calc-p.

Spasmodic, with deathly coldness :-

Camph.

Tearing, in left half :-

Kali-c.

Tearing, worse from study and exertion after fever
and ague :-

Gels.

Temple, as if, would be drawn in, better in open air,
and when lying down :-

Asar.

Upward, as if drawn, short attacks, with
crawls :-

Camph.

Drinking, after

(See
Coffee, Tea.) :-
Cimx.

Alcoholic liquors

(intoxication) :-
ANT-C.,
Calc., Coff., Ign.,
Lob., Nux-m., NUX-V.,
Phos., Rhus-t.,
Ruta, Sel.,
Spong., Sulph., ZINC.

Chill, during and after :-

Cimx.

Milk, after drinking :-

Brom.

Milk, thick, sour :-

Nat-p.

Overheated :-

Bry.

Revelling, as from nightly :-

Bry.

Stimulants, better from :-

Ign.,
Kreos.

Water, better drinking cold :-

Alumn.

Wine, even a small sip of :-

Zinc.

Wine, worse from :-

Gels.,
Ox-ac.

Wine, better from :-

Arg-n.

Dropsy, in :-

Anasarca :-

Hell.

Ascites :-

APIS.

Drowsiness, with :-

Æsc.,
Calc-p.,
Myric., Nux-m., OP.

All day :-

Still.

And confusion of ideas :-

Corn.

Drugs, from abuse of :-

Bell.,
Hep., NUX-V.,
PULS.

Dull

(See
Heavy.) :-
Aml-ns., Arg-m.,
Arg-n., Arum-t.,
Bapt., Bell.,
Bov., Cahin., Cann-i., Chel.,
Coch., Ferr-s.,
Form., Iber., Indg., Lach.,
Lob., Nat-p., Phos.,
Polyp., Sang.,
Sin-a., Sin-n.,
Stram., Ter.,
Viol-o., Zing.

Anasarca, in :-

Hell.

Arm, with tingling in left, and hand :-

Ail.

Awaking, on

(melancholia) :-
Naja.

Awaking, on, in morning :-

Merc-i-f.

With dread or fear that he would be very ill

(bilious
remittent) :-
Podo.

Awakes in night :-

Ars-s-r.

Midnight, after :-

Ant-s-aur.

Brain, extending deep into, worse when
exercising :-

Merc-sul.

Bronchia, with oppression of :-

Ail.

Carouse, as after a :-

Kreos.

Chest, with great oppression of :-

Ail.

Chilliness, with :-

Corn.

Chill, before

(tertian
ague) :- Nat-m.

Chill, better during

(tertian
ague) :- Nat-m.

Colic, with :-

Ter.

Confused, from occiput over head, from heat :-

Gels.

Constipation, in :-

Coll.

Constant, almost :-

Nat-m.

Constant stupefying and pressive :-

Gels.

Continual, chronic :-

Dulc.

Coryza, with acute :-

Gels.,
Senec.

Darting, with, to and fro in left side, noon :-

Pall.

Depressing, causing a sensation of torpor and a
strong desire to sleep, with inability to do so

(under
pressure of great weariness or excitement) :-
Polyg.

Depression, with :-

Cod.

And constipation :-

Plb.

Dinner disappears after :-

Phel.

Dinner worse after :-

Dios.

Drowsiness, with, lassitude, nausea and sweat :-

Corn.

Ear, with ringing in right :-

Erig.

Eating, after :-

Meny.

Eating, better after, in sinciput, right side, after
waiting, worse toward evening and lasts all night, sudden piercing in
eye :-

Cist.

Epigastrium, with qualmishness at :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Evening, with heat in :-

Hipp.

Eyes, with pain behind :-

Podo.

Eyes, with burning in :-

Ail.

With drooping of lids :-

Sep.

Eye, with pain in left :-

Bapt.

Eyes, with sharp pain in, shooting into head

(torpor
retinæ) :- Jab.

Face, with heat of :-

Rumx.

Fever, catarrhal, in :-

Euphr.

Forehead, in :-

Par.

Forehead, mostly in, worse evening

(spermatorrhœa) :-
Sars.

Hay catarrh, in :-

Stict.

Head, cannot lie a moment on back of, forced to lie
on side :-

Cocc.

Head, with tingling in :-

Ph-ac.

Heavy aching :-

Aml-ns.

Intellect, with slight obtusion of :-

Lycps.

Left side :-

Æsc.,
Amyg., Asaf., Zinc.

Left side, in, in softening of brain :-

Bufo.

Left side, in, worse shaking head and walking, 10
P.M. :-

Trom.

Light, dizzy, extends over whole brain :-

Rheum.

Malarial, with, symptoms :-

Nat-s.

Menses, after :-

Chin.

Morning, in :-

AGAR.

Pain :-

Gels., Hyper., Lact.

Bed, in, better after rising :-

Hep.

Morning, returns, getting up :-

Aster.

Morning, in, on awaking, better during day :-

Chin-b.

Morning, in, soon after getting up, worse on left
side, lasting about 2 hours :-

Cod.

Morning, in, with sensitiveness of eyes :-

Cina,
Cinnb.

Morning, in, during sleep :-

Led.

Morning, waking in, lasting all day, worse from
motion, stooping, studying :-

Ars-i.

Motion, worse from, and reading :-

Rob.

Nosebleed, with violent

(septic
fever, scarlatina) :-
Ter.

Now here, now there :-

Bism.

Numbness, with :-

Chin-s.

Occiput, in, after breakfast, worse when moving and
stooping :-

Gels.

Palpitation, with :-

Agar.

Palpitation, with, and flashes before eyes :-

Iber.

Phthisis, acute exacerbations of, in :-

Kali-n.

Pressure, better from :-

Apis.

Right side, in :-

Æsc.,
Arg-m., Rumx.

Disappears towards noon :-

Cedr.

Room, in, with difficult flow of ideas, better in
open air :-

Meny.

Side, in :-

Cinnb.

Sinciput, moving from, to occiput, settling in left
temple :-

LIL-T.

Sleepiness, with, and weakness during day :-

Corn.

Sleep, with restless :-

Lil-t.

Spleen, with stitches in region of :-

Urt-u.

Stabbing, converted into acute, by any quick
movement :-

Spig.

Stairs, worse by going up, and by walking :-

Ptel.

Sternal, with heavy feeling in, region :-

Ail.

Vertigo, with, and impairment of vision :-

Phyt.

Vertigo, with, and feverish chilliness :-

Iber.

Dulness, with :-

Aran.,
Calc-p.

Causing dulness or stupefaction :-

Led.

Dwarfish, in persons who are mentally and
physically :-

Bar-c.

Dysenteric

(See
Diarrhœa.) :-
BUFO,
Lept.

Dyspeptic :-

(See
Gastric.)

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