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

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CHAPTER 3.
INNER HEAD.

Apoplexy
* Brain * Cerebro-spinal
* Forehead * Head
* Headache
* Hemicrania * Mastoid
process
* Mastoid region
* Occiput * Parietal
* Sunstroke * Temples
* Vertex

Headache.

A-B
* C-D * E-F
* G-L * M-N
* O-R * S
* T
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Headache

 :-


Talking :-

(See Music,
Noise ;
also Hering
sensitive
, Chapter 6 :
Ears
.)

Aversion to :-

Ox-ac.

Better by :-

Eup-per.,
Lac-d.

Caused by
distant :-

Mur-ac.

Dread of saying the
wrong thing :-

Med.

Induced by :-

Kreos.

Worse from :-

Aran.,
Calc., Cocc., Lac-c., NAT-M.,
Sil., Sulph.

Worse from loud
talking unawares :-

Nux-m.

Tea,
from :-

SEP.,
Thuj.

Tearing

(See Lacerating,
Neuralgic, Rending.) :-
Agn.,
Am-c., Am-m., Ambr., Ant-t., Aphis, Bor., Bry.,
Cocc., Coloc., Guai., Kreos., Lyc.,
Nit-s-d.,
Rhod., Sulph.,
Zinc.

Afternoon, in, and at
night

(typhoid) :-
Lyc.

Anterior part,
in :-

Kreos.

Asunder, as if
torn :-

Cupr.,
Nux-v.

Bones, in :-

Aur-m.,
Calc.,
Merc.,
Rhod.,
Staph.

Brain, as if, would
be torn to pieces :-

Hyper.

Brain, deep in,
better in open air :-

Aur.

Brain, as if whole,
were torn and bruised, worse from motion, noise or light :-

Coff.

Brain, as if, were
torn or beaten to pieces, worse moving eyes or sitting up in bed,
better from moderate exercise :-

Mur-ac.

Clinching :-

Calc.

Cold, after taking,
in a draught of air and becoming heated :-

Kali-c.

Contractive from
forehead to neck, with chilliness :-

MERC.

Cough, with :-

Cupr-a.

Cramp-like :-

Calc.

Cry out, causing her
to, she must sit up, bends double, attacks every hour or 1/2
hour :-

Coloc.

Drawing in left
side :-

Caps.,
Zinc.

Ear, from, to ear

(quartan
ague) :- Sep.

Ear, particularly in
and behind right, from which there is a yellow watery discharge

(after
suppressed eruption of measles) :-
Puls.

Eating, after, with
heat in cheeks and chilly sensation over body, at least in
hands :-

Nux-v.

Error, after, in
diet :-

Cham.

Evening,
every :-

Puls.

Externally :-

Cycl.

Eye, bone above left,
as if in, near root of nose and in other parts of bone :-

Merc-c.

Eye, also in right,
with dim vision and sensation as if cold air were rushing through
eye :-

Croc.

Face, periosteum and
bones of, in :-

MERC.

Fever, in, most in
region of benevolence :-

Elat.

Forehead, as if,
would be torn asunder :-

Sil.

Forehead, especially
left side of :-

Camph.

Frontal, whole, in,
especially right, region, morning till evening, after lying
down :-

Zinc.

Half of eyeball to
occiput, in :-

Colch.

Head, in whole, now
here now there :-

Berb.

Headache,
with :-

Calc-p.

Worse in a warm
bed :-

Thuj.


Heaviness, with, of
head, worse about noon :-

Cham.

Heaviness, with, and
vertigo, dull sight, photophobia and fiery circles before
eyes :-

Puls.

Hemicrania,
in :-

Sep.

Integuments,
in :-

Caust.

Intermittent,
in :-

Ars.

Intermittent in those
of rheumatic, gouty or nervous diathesis :-

Coloc.

Lambdoidal suture to
temporal bone :-

Ferr.

Left side, in :-

Ammc.,
Anac-oc., Sars.,
Verb.

Worse evening and
night

(rheumatic
ophthalmia) :-
Cocc.

Left side, in

(conjunctivitis) :-
Sulph.

Left side, in,
affecting eyes, appearing regularly at midnight :-

Chin-ar.

Left side, in,
eyeball to occiput :-

Colch.

Left side, in,
particularly in temples, in and around eye :-

Cham.

Left side, worse in

(heart
disease) :- Aur.

Lie down, compelling
one to :-

Nat-m.

Lying down, frequent,
better and by pressure

(hysteria) :-
Lyc.

Menses, after :-

Berb.

Morning, in :-

Nux-v.

Morning, soon after
rising, tearing, rooting up, worse motion, especially walking in
open air, when every step is attended with a violent jerk in head,
but especially worse lying down, better sitting still or walking
about room a long time

(chlorosis) :-
Spig.

Motion, worse by, and
talking in evening :-

Cocc.

Motion, worse on, and
when walking, better lying :-

Chin.

Nausea, with :-

Con.

Nausea, around with,
rising from lying, better lying :-

Calc-s.

Neck, extending to,
and teeth, worse at night :-

CHIN.

Neck, extending to
muscles of, and throat :-

Anac.

Nightly :-

Caust.

Night, during, better
toward morning :-

Ars-h.

Occiput,
especially :-

Camph.

Occipital, from,
protuberance, upward and forward over both sides :-

Sil.

One-sided :-

Cham.,
Cic.

One-sided, with
stitches through eyes and in cheek bones :-

Sil.

Paroxysms, in :-

Nicc.

Pericranium, in,
wandering pains :-

Colch.

Periosteum, in, worse
at rest, in morning, during a thunderstorm, and wet, cold, stormy
weather, better wrapping head up warmly, dry heat and
exercise :-

Rhod.

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

Rhus-t.

Periosteum,
in :-

Staph.

Pieces, as if head
would be torn to :-

Lil-t.

Pneumonia, in :-

Nux-v.

Pressure, better
from :-

Camph.

Pressure, worse from,
and at night :-

Sil.

Right side,
in :-

CARB-AN.,
Puls.

Right side, in, after
dinner :-

Zinc.

Right side, in,
extending to eye, which she was obliged to press together :-

Mag-m.

Right side, worse in

(gonorrhœa) :-
Merc.

Right side, on,
transversely across nose, extending into malar bone, teeth and
across eye, worse morning and evening :-

Thuj.

Right side,
frequently recurring, pains in, during pregnancy :-

Sep.

Right side, in

(traumatic
inflammation) :-
Con.

Right side, worse in,
and forehead :-

Bell.

Rising, worse on,
better lying down :-

Lyc.

Saw, as with
a :-

Sulph.

Scapulæ, at times
extending to :-

Puls.

Semilateral, down to
teeth and neck, with stitches in ears :-

Merc.

Shocks,
periodic :-

Mur-ac.

Side of to neck,
in :-

Lyc.

Sides, in, as if
brain had gone to sleep, worse by contact, motion after eating,
lying or stooping :-

Con.

Sitting, better,
quietly in warm room :-

Carb-v.

Spots, on small,
particularly in occiput :-

Colch.

Sticking :-

Zinc.

Supraorbital
neuralgia, in :-

Chel.

Sutures,
along :-

Calc-p.

Swimming, as in
seasickness :-

Gels.

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

Merc.

Temperature, change
of, in :-

Sep.

Temporal, principally
in, bones, worse pressure, touch, better open air :-

Arg-m.

Terrible, as if she
would lose her reason :-

Lil-t.

Toothache,
with :-

Ail.,
Sil.

Vaginismus,
in :-

Sil.

Vexation,
after :-

Cham.

Vomiting,
worse :-

Lachn.

Walk, drives him from
bed, obliges him to, about, worse lying down :-

Thuj.

Warmth, from, worse
in cold and getting up in morning :-

Stram.

Labor, during
hard :-

Anac.


Teeth :-

Carious, from,
tooth :-

Hecla.

Drawn, for 6 months
after having tooth :-

Ign.

Extends into
teeth :-

Lyss.

Grinding, with, when
asleep :-

Lac-d.

Grumbling, same side
as, toothache, in :-

Sang.

Nerves, from
derangement of dental :-

Hecla.

Toothache,
with :-

Ail.,
Kali-c., LACH.,
Plan.,
Sil., Verat.


Temperature :-

(See
Air, Cold,
Heat, Room,
Warmth, Weather.)

Caused or aggravated
by change of :-

Ran-b.

Tensive

(See Band,
Constrictive,
Contractive,
Pressing, vise-like.) :-
Agar.,
Bapt., Bry.,
Caust.,
Corn., Kali-i.,
Lyss., MERC.,
Merl., Plat.,
Ran-s.,
Sil., Sulph.

Air, in open, better
indoors :-

Mang.

Brain, over :-

Puls.

Cough, during :-

Lach.

Cramp-like, cause, of
brain, worse from pressure of hat and overheating :-

Carb-v.

Crazy, as if she
would go :-

Med.

Dull, bound, giddy
sensation

(otitis
media) :- Gels.

Erect, worse when
being put in, position :-

Mur-ac.

Externally and
internally, worse evening and from cold, better in warmth,
especially heat of sun :-

Stront-c.

Eyes, extending to,
with nausea :-

NIT-AC.

Forehead, as if,
would burst :-

Nat-c.

Heat, with, in
forehead, before vertigo :-

NUX-V.

Heat, with :-

Merl.

Integuments, in,
particularly sides and behind ears, worse from draught and cold
air, better in warm bed and damp weather :-

Caust.

Left, over, parietal
bone :-

Card-m.

Left side, in, as far
back as parietal eminence, and to middle of crown :-

Med.

Lies, especially on
side on which one :-

Ph-ac.

Moving, when, as if
filled with water, with dizziness :-

Samb.

Night, awakens
at :-

Berb.

Right side in
occiput :-

Chel.

Right side,
in :-

Calc.

Sides, in, extending
to occiput and nape of neck

(catarrh
of bladder) :-
Cinnb.

Sweat, with, on
scalp :-

Lac-ac.


Terrible

(See Intolerable,
Racking, Tornado.) :-
Crot-h.

Thinking :-

(See Mental
exertion
.)

Better thinking about
it :-

Ars-h.,
Cic.

Caused by :-

Arg-n.,
Ars-met., Coff.,
Lyss.,
Sabad.

Disappear when fixing
attention on it :-

Pall.

Mentally, better
when, occupied :-

Merc-i-f.

Power, almost
deprived of :-

Cimx.

Stop, inability
to :-

Phys.

Thinking, worse
by :-

Arg-n.,
Calc., Calc-p., Ery-a.,
Par., Sin-a.,
Sin-n., Spig.

Thirst, with

(See
Drinking.) :-
Æth.,
Camph., Stram.,
Ter., Verat.

Throat :-

Ball, as if, were
rising into brain :-

Plb.

Dryness :-

Coca,
Stram.

Sore :-

Bell.,
Lach., Lyss.

Tonsillitis, with
follicular :-

Merc-cy.

Uvula
elongated :-

Lac-c.

Throbbing

(beating
pulsating) (See
Hammering.) :-
Æth., Agar.,
Aml-ns., Anac.,
BELL.,
Bry.,
Cann-i., Cham., Chel.,
Crot-h.,
Eup-per., Form., GLON.,
Ign.,
Indg., Lach.,
Lith-c., Nat-m.,
Nat-s., Nit-ac.,
Puls.,
Rheum,
Sep., Spig.,
Sulph.,
Vario.

Abscess, an, as of,
with confusion, worse by cold air, particularly in morning or on
right side only :-

Bov.

Aching,
distressing :-

Ham.

Arteries, with every
throb of :-

Ign.

Arteries felt as if
dissected out and on exhibition :-

Glon.

Ascending, when, or
walking :-

Aster.

Awaking, begins
on :-

Aur.

Awaking, on, with
dread or fear that he would be very ill

(bilious
remittent) :- Podo.

Back, with pain in,
before menses :-

Lach.

Bed, on going to, on
right side and upper part of forehead, also at back part on left
side at junction of head and neck :-

Ferr-i.

Bed, driving out
of :-

Calc-ar.

Blood, after loss
of :-

CHIN.

Brain, arteries of,
in :-

Puls.

Climacteric years,
in :-

Agar.

Cold, after
catching :-

Op.

Concussive :-

Calc.

Confined, not, to one
locality

(diphtheria) :-
Hydr.

Congestive, after
excessive use of liquor :-

Guara.

Coughing,
after :-

Ip.,
Lyc.

Cranium, on
whole :-

Ter.

Crown, commencing at,
as if internal and external :-

Sil.

Debility,
with :-

Seneg.

Descends into cheeks,
thence into neck in shape of tearing :-

Spong.

Dull, worse from
study or movement of eyes, better from rest, open air and binding
head tightly :-

Pic-ac.

Dull, continues all
evening and so severe on retiring that she felt sick all
over :-

Vib.

Evening, in :-

Zinc.

Evening, worse in,
with sharp, piercing pain above right eye on looking down :-

Nat-m.

Expansion, with sense
of :-

Glon.

Extending from front
to back :-

Corn.

Eyes, particularly
over :-

Bell.

Face, with
red :-

Kalm.

Fainting, with, fits

(typhus) :-
Stram.

Fever, with :-

Cann-s.

Fever, typhoid,
in :-

Bell.

Forehead, chiefly
in :-

Petr.

Forehead, mostly in,
with nausea and vomiting, worse in morning and when moving, better
lying with head high, better by sweat :-

Nat-m.

Forehead, from, to
occiput, left side :-

Eup-per.

Front, in, of left
side, better on stopping reading, worse on writing
steadily :-

Meph.

Giddiness, with,
cannot walk :-

Sec.

Hammer, like a, after
fever, with vomiting of bile :-

Cur.

Heart, from

(valvular
insufficiency) :-
Lith-c.

Heat, with :-

Cann-s.

Heat, during :-

Ign.

Heat, during chill
and :-

Eup-per.

Heavy from
heart :-

Cact.

Heaviness, with, and
vertigo, dull sight, photophobia and fiery circles before
eyes :-

Phos.

House, worse in,
better in fresh air :-

Nicc.

Inspiration,
during :-

Carb-v.

Jumping, in
intermittent :-

Ip.

Left side, in :-

Calc-ar.,
Eup-pur.

Left side extending
into eye, in :-

Croc.

Evening, in :-

Cocc.

Left side, a small
spot, in :-

Bov.

Lying, worse about
ear on which she is lying :-

Spong.

Measles, in :-

Euphr.

Meningitis, chronic,
in :-

Sep.

Menses, after, worse
open air :-

Carb-an.

Amenorrhœa, with :-

PULS.

Menses,
during :-

Lach.

Menses, during, worse
after :-

Calc-p.

Menses, with
suppression of :-

PULS.

Mental, after severe,
effort, worse at base of brain, often with congestion of spine,
increase of sexual excitement and violent erections :-

Pic-ac.

Morning, in :-

Cob.,
Nux-v.,
Sulph.

Morning when
rising :-

Asar.

Motion, from :-

Apis,
Bry., Cocc., GLON.,
Lyc., Nat-m.

Motion, worse by
quick, both sides :-

Calc-p.

Night, at :-

Sulph.

Nape, commences at,
of neck :-

Carb-v.

Neck, extending to,
and teeth, worse at night :-

Chin.

Occiput, from, to
front, as if it would crowd everything out at forehead :-

Glon.

Pallor, alternate,
and flushes :-

Camph.

Parts, in outer, with
stitches in temples, better by external pressure and by walking,
worse sitting and standing :-

Guai.

Pressing, worse in
forehead

(menorrhagia) :-
Ferr-s.

Pressive, with
enlargement of cutaneous veins of head and face :-

Glon.

Pressing, with
heat :-

Dros.

Pressure, better from
external :-

PULS.

Raging :-

Led.

Raising, when,
head :-

Squil.

Recurring like a slow
pulsation :-

Eug.

Right side,
in :-

CACT.,
Merc-i-r.

Scalp, intermittent,
in a small spot beneath :-

Plan.

Sides, in :-

Graph.

Small, confined to,
spots, principally left supraorbital ridge :-

NUX-M.

Sticking, pulse, as
of, with slight :-

Ferr.

Stooping,
worse :-

Apis,
Bell., Glon., Laur.,
Nux-v.

Syncope, with :-

Glon.

Syphilitic iritis
from abuse of mercury, in :-

ASAF.

Talking, worse
by :-

Cocc.

Temples, especially
in, could count beats :-

Glon.

Temples, most in,
better by coffee :-

Corn.

Temporal, in,
arteries, with bitter vomiting :-

Sang.

Temple, worse in left

(glaucoma) :-
PHOS.

Temple, mostly in
right, worse by motion, noise, better at rest, lying with head
high :-

Spig.

Temple, worse in
right, and above right eye :-

Lyss.

Thumping in side,
above right ear :-

Eup-per.

Transitory, sudden
throbs, left side :-

Brach.

Vaginismus,
in :-

Sil.

Vertex, especially
in :-

Hyper.

Vertex, heat, with,
worse on, and right side, precedes a cold in head, with stiff
neck :-

LACH.

Vertigo, with :-

Bell., Iod.,
Nit-ac.

Vertigo, with, and
flushes of heat to face and head :-

Glon.

Vertigo, with, and
heaviness, worse standing :-

Rheum.

Visible and
audible :-

Bell.

Vomiting, with, of
bile and mucus :-

Puls.

Warm, worse from,
food, sun and warm room :-

Sulph.

Washing, better, in
cold water :-

Ind.

Writing,
prevents :-

Manc.


Thunderstorm, worse
during a

(See
Weather.) :-
Rhod.

Tight feeling :-

(See Tensive.)

Tingling

(See Numb.) :-
Cadm-s.

Cold, worse becoming,
after eating, better bending head forward and heat :-

Hyos.

Dull :-

Ph-ac.

Occiput, especially
in :-

Rhus-t.

Speaking, when,
loud :-

Zinc.

Stupefaction, with,
better in motion :-

Rhus-t.

Temples, mostly on,
and behind ears, followed by swelling and eruption :-

Puls.

Unconsciousness,
precedes, with heavy sleep :-

Sec.

Walking,
while :-

Verb.


Tobacco,
from :-

Smoking :-

Ant-c.,
Calad.,
Calc., Gels.,
Ign.,
Nat-ar.,
Par.

From smelling tobacco
smoke :-

Ign.

Better smoking and
going into open air :-

Aran.

Better while smoking
after tea :-

Carb-ac.

From abuse of
snuff :-

Ign.

Tornado
in head, as of a

(See
Intolerable,
Racking, Terrible.) :-
Carb-an.

Touch,
pains cease or change from

(See
Pressure, Sensitive,
Wrapping.) :-
Asaf.

Worse from :-

Arg-m.,
Bell., Con.,
Ign., # Kali-c.,
Kalm., MERC.,
MEZ.,
Plat.,
Sil., Tarent.


Traumatic,
after mechanical injuries

(See
Blow, Concussive,
Stunning, Stupefying,
Stupor, Unconscious.) :-
Arn., Calen.,
Hyper., Nat-s.

Trembling, knees and
legs :-

Glon.

Twinging :-

Plan.

Right side,
in :-

Zinc.


Twitching :-

Darting :-

Gels.

On moving head or
ascending steps

(intermittent) :-
Nat-m.

Shooting

(neuralgia) :-
Kalm.

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