Heart – Heart, Pulse and Circulation – Chapter 29 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Main

Arms,
pain extending down left :-

Acon.,
Crot-h., Kalm.,
RHUS-T.,
Spig., Tab.

Down right :-

Phyt.,
Spig.

Asthma :-

(See Breathing.)

Beat

(action) :-
(See Stopped
feeling.)

Abnormal
movements :-

Arund.

Absent, apparent
death :-

ANT-T.,
Camph., Coch.

Acceleration and
suspense in, alternate :-

Tarent.

Acceleration, no
abnormal sound, later a presystolic blowing, as if muscular fibres
of heart participated in general spasms

(chorea) :-
Mag-p.

Agony into repose,
causing change from, one strong beat

(angina) :-
Aml-ns.

Alarmed quivering
motion :-

Sep.

Annoying, very, worse
lying on back :-

Arg-m.

Anxiety, causing

(angina) :-
Aur-m.

Audible :-

Dig.,
Iod., Sulph.

Audible, with
anxiety :-

Am-c.

Audible, causing pain
in back

(arthritic
rheumatism) :- Spig.

Audible with congestion
to chest :-

Thuj.

Audible, with nausea

(rheumatism) :-
Thuj.

Body, felt in whole,
strong, worse from every motion :-

Graph.

Bounding :-

Dig.

Cease, as if it would,
during severe menstrual pain :-

Vib.

Ceased, as if it
had :-

Aster.

Ceases suddenly :-

Cimic.

Ceases suddenly,
patient fears to die :-

Tarent.

Chest, with oppression
of, violent :-

Kali-m.

Chest, clothing is
lifted from, so strong

(hepatic
affections) :- Chel.

Compass
increased :-

Bapt.

Conscious and
annoying :-

Phos.

Cough, could not be
counted during paroxysms of

(disease
of heart) :- Aml-ns.

Depressed :-

Aml-ns.

Different, altogether,
in poisoning by foul breath :-

Anthraci.

Diminished :-

Guara.

Diminished

(uræmia,
asphyctic form) :-
Hydr-ac.

Diminished, impulse

(pleuritis,
with plastic exudation) :-
Hep.

Double stroke :-

Spong.

Dropsy of chest, in,
violent :-

Kali-i.

Dull :-

Aster.,
Colch.

Eating, after, felt and
heard throbbing against ribs :-

Camph.

Epigastrium, extends
into, worse in evening, lying on back or left side :-

Ammc.

Evening, in,
violent :-

Thuj.

Excessive, in
exophthalmic goitre :-

Iod.

Excessive impulse

(enlargement
of right ventricle) :-
Cact.

Excessive, from
plethora :-

Gels.

Excited :-

Iber.

Excited, easily :-

Glon.

Excited, small, rapid
pulse

(pneumonia) :-
Ran-b.

Falling from above,
like a sudden, towards middle :-

Arg-n.

Feeble, after
disappointment in her affections :-

Ph-ac.

Feeble, with
asthma :-

Hydr-ac.

Feeble, with
cough :-

Lycps.

Feeble, in spasm of
glottis :-

Iod.

Feeble, in heart
affection :-

Lach.

Feeble,
incomplete :-

Acon.

Feeble and
irregular :-

Phys.

Feeble, in
cerebro-spinal meningitis :-

Hydr-ac.,
Phys.

Feeble, worse from
motion :-

Iod.

Felt by hand, cannot
be :-

Acet-ac.,
Op., Stram.,
Tarent.

Floundering

(endocarditis) :-
Aur.

Fluctuation, when
turning on side

(hydrothorax) :-
Apis.

Fluttering :-

Verat-v.

Forcible :-

Asc-t.

Forcible, lifting hand
lying on chest :-

Agar.

Frequent, each beat
double, one hard and full, the other soft and small :-

Lachn.

Frequent, a single kick
and jump

(relieved
by Lycop.) :- Merc-i-f.

Frequency alternating
with slowness

(enlargement
of left ventricle and irritation of cardiac nerves) :-
Cact.

Frequent, with
incontinence of urine :-

Arg-n.

Full :-

Cod.

Full, in heart
affection :-

Sumb.

Full, rapid, jarring,
while lying :-

Æsc.

Fuller, if he breathes
deeper when faint :-

Asaf.

Furious :-

Prun.

Hard :-

Asc-t.

Hard, followed by
faintness, with darkening before eyes

(mental
derangement) :- Manc.

Hard, furious, yet its
motion could hardly be discovered at time for return of
menses :-

Phys.

Hard, regular :-

Camph.

Hard, strong :-

Ferr.

Head, reverberates
in :-

Bell.

Heard over chest,
distinctly

(after
scarlatina) :- Apis.

Heard and felt to
pulsate lying on right side :-

Bad.

Heavy :-

Asc-t.

Heavy, with dyspnœa :-

Hydr.

Heavy, oppressed
action, from going upstairs or quick walking :-

Lyc.

Imagining, from, it is
going to stop or breathing is going to stop, violent :-

Lac-c.

Imperceptible :-

Crot-h.

Impulse
increased :-

Glon.

Impulse strong,
especially after exertion or during digestion

(heart
affection) :- Sumb.

Impulse scarcely
perceptible :-

Ant-t.

Inaudible,
almost :-

Dig.

Increased :-

Arum-d.,
Asc-s., Aur-m., Cact.,
Chlol., Jab.

Increased, on
excitement :-

Asaf.

Increased, action
rapid, irregular, tumultuous, blending 1st and 2nd sounds,
indistinguishable

(congestion
to head during menses) :-
Glon.

Increased by motion

(spasm
of glottis) :- Iod.

Increase of force of
apex, with palpitation :-

IBER.

Increased, with slow
pulse :-

Dig.

Increased, with loss of
rhythm :-

Polyg.

Increased from 70 to
96 :-

Iber.

Increased, 200 per
minute :-

Chin-ar.

Indistinct, one running
into the other :-

Spig.

Indistinct, in
pericarditis :-

Colch.

Inspiration, quickened
by deep :-

Asaf.

Intermittent :-

Ant-t.,
Benz-ac., Camph., Crot-h., DIG.,
Hydr., Iod.,
Jab., Kali-br.,
Kali-c., Zinc.

Intermittent, in angina
pectoris :-

Kali-c.

Intermitted a single
beat, feeling as if it, producing cough which seems to re-establish
circulation

(rheumatism
of heart) :- Lach.

Intermittent, with
acute darting :-

Lycps.

Intermittent, from
violent emotions, grief, care :-

Kali-p.

Intermittent, in feeble
persons, with obstruction to hepatic circulation :-

Verat.

Intermittent, misses
every 4th :-

Tab.

Intermittent, with
fulness :-

Arg-n.

Intermittent, in heart
disease :-

Ars.,
DIG.,
Lach.

Intermittent, after
operation for hæmorrhoids :-

Croc.

Intermittent, with
morbid nervous sensitiveness :-

Kali-p.

Intermittent, with
tensive pains across chest :-

Kali-i.

Intermittent in
thrombosis :-

Apis.

Interrupted :-

Agar.,
Arg-m., Samb.

Interrupted, most after
dinner :-

Sep.

Interrupted rhythm,
with increased action

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Tarent.

Irregular :-

Arg-n.,
Asaf., Aspar.,
Cedr., Chin-ar.,
Chlol., Coca,
Colch., Coll.,
DIG.,
Gels., Jab.,
Kali-c.,
Lach., Laur., Phys.,
Podo., Spong.,
Zinc.

Irregular, in rapid
succession, causing anxiety, after eating :-

Coc-c.

Irregular, in force and
rhythm, alternating with aphonia :-

Ox-ac.

Irregular, in
apoplexy :-

Cocc.

Irregular, in cardiac
chorea :-

Cupr-ar.

Irregular, with
coldness and insensibility :-

Sang.

Irregular, with
constriction of chest

(rheumatism
after disappearance of swelling of joints) :-
Aur-m.

Irregular, with cardiac
distress in night :-

Arn.

Irregular, with dyspnœa :-

Kali-c.

Irregular, with
oppression of breathing, worse from slight exertion

(chest
affections) :- Meny.

Irregular, with feeling
of congestion about head :-

Sarr.

Irregular, in heart
disease :-

Ars.,
Hydr., Sumb.

Irregular, in
enlargement of left ventricle with irritation of cardiac
nerves :-

Cact.

Irregular, in
hepatitis :-

Chel.

Irregular,
intermittent :-

Cact.

Irregular, sometimes
loud

(enlargement
and congestion of liver) :-
Mag-m.

Irregular, worse lying
on left side :-

Nat-m.

Irregular, in
cerebro-spinal meningitis :-

Hydr-ac.,
Phys.

Irregular, on rapid
motion :-

Cact.

Irregular, especially
from slightest motion :-

Nat-m.

Irregular, with
hysteric palpitation :-

Nux-m.

Irregular, in
pericarditis :-

Lach.

Irregular, in
pneumonia :-

Chel.,
Sang.

Irregular, during
pregnancy :-

Arg-m.

Irregular, at
puberty :-

Dig.

Irregular,
small :-

Cact.

Irregular, large and
small, intermixed :-

Alumn.

Irregular,
spasmodic :-

Zinc.

Irregular, strong, on
sitting down :-

Agar.

Irregular, with tensive
pains across chest :-

Kali-i.

Irregular, with
trembling of limbs :-

Coff.

Irregular, weak, no
cardiac murmurs, or other signs of strictural change :-

Dig.

Irritable :-

ARS.

Jerking :-

All-s.

Jerking, especially
after exertion or during digestion

(heart
affection) :- Sumb.

Jumping :-

Aster.,
Aur.

Knocking, with violent
breathing :-

Prun.

Labored :-

GLON.,
Lycps.

Labored, in heart
disease :-

Hydr.

Labored, and
intermittent from least exertion :-

Dig.

Labored, after
headache :-

Lycps.

Loud :-

Cod.,
Cupr-s.

Loud, with arterial
excitement :-

Verat-v.

Lying on back than on
side, stronger to hearing and feeling, with anxiety and
restlessness :-

Cact.

Movement, at
least :-

Dig.

Motion, so increased
by, that he cannot speak for hours after fright :-

Stram.

Motion, moderate,
fearfully aggravated from even a very :-

Prun.

Muffled, in
albuminuria :-

Lyc.

Muffled, in
pericarditis :-

Colch.

Omission of beat as
soon as he was talking or thinking of it, after an attack of cholera
caused by quinine :-

Ox-ac.

Peculiar, as though it
failed fully to accomplish it, pulse intermitting each time, worse
lying, especially on left side :-

Gels.

Perceptible, with
coldness in cardiac region :-

Kali-m.

Perceptible,
hardly :-

Vesp.

Perceptible,
not :-

Chin-ar.

Perceptible, not, the
sounds scarcely audible

(spinal
irritation) :- Chin-s.

Pressing, constrictive,
with anxiety :-

Dig.

Pressure, with, like a
marble from epigastrium towards heart, strong and quick :-

Kalm.

Pressing, after,
sudden, as if to belch :-

Calc-ar.

Prolonged :-

Aster.

Pulsations seem to fill
chest :-

Bapt.

Pulse, more vigorous
than

(angina
pectoris) :- Dig.

Quick :-

Acon.,
Asaf., Aspar.,
Cocc.,
Con., Kali-c.

Quick, seems to force
blood violently through whole body :-

Ferr-i.

Quick, after
disappointment in her affections :-

Ph-ac.

Quick, with chronic
passive hæmorrhage :-

Sec.

Quick,
irregular :-

Agar.

Quick, small :-

Glon.

Quivering, in angina
pectoris :-

Arn.

Racing, with dry,
burning skin :-

Sang.

Rapid :-

Acet-ac.,
Agar., Ant-t.,
Anthraci., Apis, Bapt., Bry., Cedr.,
Chlol.,
Coll., Crot-h.,
Dig., Ferr.,
Kalm., Med.,
Plb.

Rapid, in rheumatic
carditis :-

Spig.

Rapid, violent, worse
lying on right side, or a long time in one position :-

Alumn.

Rapid, in
parenchymatous metritis :-

Lac-c.

Rapid, on rapid
motion :-

Cact.

Rapid, from going
upstairs, or quick walking :-

Lycps.

Rapid, 8 or 10 times,
then slow

(heart
affection) :- Sumb.

Rapid, 3 or 4, small,
then several slow, strong :-

Dig.

Rapid, weak :-

Coll.

Resonant :-

PLB.

Ribs, felt against,
after meals :-

Camph.

Room enough, as if it
had not :-

CACT.

Scapular region, heard
in :-

Absin.

Shakes body :-

Arum-d.,
NAT-M.,
Seneg.

Shakes body, in organic
disease of heart :-

Apis.

Sharp, in angina
pectoris :-

Aur-m.

Sharp, in heart
affection :-

Sumb.

Short :-

Ant-t.,
Asaf.

Short, on rapid
motion :-

Cact.

Sleep, disturbs

(scarlatina) :-
Am-c.

Sleeplessness, causing,
in angina pectoris :-

Aur-m.

Slow :-

Camph.,
Chlf., Gels.,
Hell., Jac-c.,
Kali-br., Lycps.,
Stram., Vesp.

Slow, in
epistaxis :-

Asaf.

Slow, feeble, cannot be
felt :-

GELS.

Slow, but hard, aroused
suddenly :-

Dios.

Slow, probably owing to
fatty heart :-

Phos.

Slow, hardly 60 to a
minute

(intercostal
neuralgia) :- Stann.

Slower and slower,
until it almost ceases, then suddenly rises in frequency with each
return of spasm

(tetanus) :-
Hydr-ac.

Slow, in
typhoid :-

Hell.

Small :-

Ant-t.,
Asaf.

Smaller and less
energetic or scarcely perceptible :-

Dig.

Small, in heart
affection :-

Lach.

Soft, in typhus :-

Crot-h.

Soft, as if in water,
with sinking of heart, and sickliness and faintness all over :-

Sumb.

Spasmodic :-

Zinc.

Spasmodic, in
scarlatina :-

Cupr-a.

Spasmodic action,
sudden, as if it had jumped out of its place :-

Merc-i-f.

Sternum, more distinct
on right of :-

Lycps.

Still, seems to stand,
then start with a tremendous bound, followed by rapid tremor

(functional
disturbance) :- Lach.

Stopped, as if, then
beating violently, paroxysms after midnight, with loud belching,
better by drinking hot water and keeping warm :-

Nux-m.

Stooping, on :-

Cann-s.

Strange :-

Agar.

Strong, too :-

Anthraci.

Strong :-

Aloe,
Anthro., Ars., Aur-m., Colch., Con., Iber., Rhod.

Strong, in
albuminuria :-

Calc-ar.

Strong, extended over
an unnaturally large area :-

Aspar.

Strong, in
asthma :-

Tab.

Strong, with arterial
excitement :-

Verat-v.

Strong, in rheumatic
carditis :-

Spig.

Strong, indistinct,
muffled sound

(rheumatism) :-
Dig.

Strong, and laborious

(meningitis) :-
Glon.

Strong, irregular,
trembling :-

Mang.

Stronger, 3rd or 4th,
followed by an intermission :-

Kalm.

Strong, in
pericarditis :-

Colch.

Strong, quick, with
nervousness, sleeplessness, and cerebral erethism, caused by
unexpected news of great good fortune :-

Coff.

Strong, from 12 to 20
times, then weak 4 or 5 times :-

Dig.

Strong, in
pneumonia :-

Phos.

Strumming, as if it
would burst, along sternum to throat :-

Kalm.

Sudden, violent, with
disturbed rhythm :-

DIG.

Symptoms increase and
decrease according to weakness or strength of beat :-

Lycps.

Synchronous, radial
artery not

(diarrhœa) :-
Dig.

Throbbing :-

Lith-c.,
Tarent.

Throbbing, in angina
pectoris :-

Aml-ns.

Throbbing,
audible :-

Agar.

Throbbing, audible, in
veta :-

Coca.

Throbbing, in acute
catarrh of children :-

Ip.

Throbbing, through
whole body :-

Tell.

Throbbing, in
convulsions after labor :-

Glon.

Throbbing, to left eye
and side of head :-

Chr-ac.

Throbbing, flushing,
after :-

Alumn.

Throbbing, so as to be
distinctly heard :-

Bapt.

Throbbing heavy :-

Med.

Throbbing, at night,
lying down :-

Ammc.

Throbbing, with
nausea :-

Kali-c.

Throbbing, peculiar
below :-

Calad.

Throbbing, may be seen
through clothing :-

SPIG.

Throbbing, extending
into throat and head :-

Phos.

Thumping, as from
fright :-

Tarent.

Thumping, awakens as if
frightened :-

Merc.

Thump, an occasional
hard :-

Sep.,
Zinc.

Trembling :-

Cina,
Staph.

Tremulous, worse after
eating

(endocarditis) :-
Calc.

Tremulous, in
affections of heart :-

Sep.

Tremulous, in
idiopathic and rheumatic endocarditis and pericarditis :-

Verat-v.

Tremulous, in nervous
and hysterical disorders :-

Spig.

Tremulous, at night
with anguish

(endocarditis) :-
Calc.

Tumultuous :-

Aml-ns.,
Dig., Iod.,
Kali-c.,
Kalm., Plb.,
Spig., Stram., Tarent.,
Verat-v.

Tumultuous, with
shortness of breath upon least exertion :-

Phos.

Tumultuous, in
bronchial and vesical catarrh :-

Cop.

Tumultuous, with
tensive pains across chest :-

Kali-i.

Tumultuous, in
chorea :-

Sec.

Tumultuous, alternating
with feeble, irregular beating

(hydropericardium) :-
Ars.

Tumultuous,
fluttering :-

Ferr-m.

Tumultuous, with
protrusion of eyes

(morbus
Basedowii) :- Lycps.

Tumultuous, in disease
of heart :-

Aml-ns.

Tumultuous, while lying
down after dinner :-

Coc-c.

Tumultuous

(cerebro-spinal
meningitis) :- Phys.

Tumultuous, menses
absent 2 1/2 months :-

Cycl.

Turbulent, for a short
time, in cardiac rheumatism :-

Cact.

Turbulent, with
suffocative attacks

(enlargement
of heart) :- Cact.

Turned over, sensation
as if heart, and ceased beating for a moment, then commenced again
with increased force :-

Lach.

Turning over in bed,
when, shaking left side of thorax

(typhoid
fever) :- Verat-v.

Twofold :-

Aspar.

Undulating :-

Benz-ac.

Unequal :-

Ant-t.

Uninterrupted rush of
blood through heart, an

(cardiac
rheumatism) :- Spig.

Vacillating :-

Con.

Violent :-

Aml-ns.,
Ang., ARS.,
Bry., Glon.,
Hyper., Kali-m.,
Lil-t.,
Nit-s-d., Nux-m.,
Stront-c.,
Tab.

Violent, in
apoplexy :-

Puls.

Violent, in
asthma :-

Hydr-ac.

Violent, bending body
down :-

Agar.

Violent, distinct, over
whole body :-

Glon.

Violent, with
oppression of breathing, worse from slight exertion

(chest
affection) :- Meny.

Violent, with dyspnœa :-

Kali-c.

Violent, with throbbing
carotids and throughout body, visible to eye and shaking bed :-

Rumx.

Violent, with tensive
pains across chest :-

Kali-i.

Violent, shakes walls
of chest :-

Arum-d.

Violent, in whooping
cough :-

Stram.

Violent, in cynanche
cellularis :-

Anthraci.

Violent, with diarrhœa :-

Dig.

Violent, after
exertion :-

AUR.

Violent, with pain in
cardiac region

(heart
disease) :- Op.

Violent, in heart
affection :-

Sumb.

Violent, in
endocarditis, with gastritis :-

Bism.

Violent, in idiopathic
and rheumatic endocarditis and pericarditis :-

Verat-v.

Violent, intermitting,
tremulous

(heart
affection) :- Sep.

Violent, on moving
body :-

Cann-s.

Violent, in
perimyelitis :-

Sep.

Violent, with pain at
each pulsation, as if knife were being thrust through
occiput :-

Con.

Violent, sudden, in
pleurisy :-

Ant-t.

Violent, not
synchronous with pulse :-

Aur.

Violent and
rapid :-

Glon.

Violent, not
rapid :-

DIG.

Violent, each beat felt
in stomach and causes nervous trembling feeling across
epigastrium :-

Ferr-i.

Violent, with
tenderness of stomach :-

Cod.

Violent, extending into
throat :-

Phos.

Violent, with trembling
of limbs :-

Coff.

Violent,
uniform :-

Kali-m.

Violent, wakes up
with :-

Sep.

Visible :-

Agar.,
Kalm., Petr.,
SULPH.

Visible, in
carditis :-

Carb-v.

Visible, in functional
disturbance of heart :-

Lach.

Visible, especially at
night :-

Aspar.

Visible, lifting
stethoscope

(ictus
cordis) :- Kalm.

Wall, moving, of chest
up and down :-

Cupr-ar.

Waves, like, with
anxiety about heart while lying :-

Viol-t.

Weak :-

Amyg., Ant-t.,
Anthraci.,
Apis, Ars., Asaf.,
Aspar., AUR-M.,
Chlf., Chlol.,
Cit-l., Crot-h.,
Cupr., Dig.,
Grin., HYDR-AC.,
Iber., Kali-br.,
Kali-c., Lach., Laur., Lil-t.,
Lycps., Sep.,
Stram., Tab.,
Verat-v.

Weak, cannot stimulate
brain sufficiently :-

Dig.

Weak, if he holds
breath :-

Asaf.

Weak, in cardiac
hyperæsthesia :-

Ign.

Weak, in
cholera :-

Cupr-a.

Weak, with constipation

(angina
pectoris) :- Phyt.

Weak, with
cough :-

Lycps.

Weak, more frequent and
intermittent, sometimes irregular :-

DIG.

Weak, and irregular

(chlorosis) :-
Puls.

Weak and irregular,
usual sounds inaudible :-

Dig.

Weak, in organic
affections, dyspnœa and constriction of base of chest :-

Chlol.

Weak, in
pericarditis :-

Colch.,
Spig.

Weak, in
pneumonia :-

Sang.

Weakness to sinking,
with :-

Lach.

Weak, sounds distant
and feeble :-

Kali-br.

Weak, from going
upstairs, or quick walking :-

Lycps.

Weak, in
stenocardia :-

Aur-m.

Weak, seems
suppressed :-

Colch.

Weak, beat, in
tetanus :-

Cic.

Weak, in
typhoid :-

Mosch.

Weak in typhus :-

Arg-n.

Weak, with incontinence
of urine :-

Arg-n.

Whirring :-

Phos.

Boiling,
bubbling, with sweat

(See
Congestion.) :-
Lachn.

Boring :-

Cupr.,
Mag-p.,
Rhod., Seneg.

Irregular pulse, and
feeling of distress :-

Still.

Breaking, as if
something were, away

(hydrothorax) :-
Apis.

Breathing :-

(See Asthma,
Dyspnœa, Suffocation
Heart, Chapter 26 :
Respiration.)

Organic disease, with
spasmodic asthma :-

SPONG.

Cardiac dyspnœa

(anasarca) :-
Aml-ns.

Cardiac region, pain
in, with anxious dyspnœa :-

Psor.

Disease of, with
oppression and want of breath :-

Lach.

Smothered feeling
about :-

Stram.

Sudden stuffed feeling,
in præcordia, like arrest of breathing :-

Guai.

Suffocation about, with
faintness :-

Merc-i-f.

Suffocation, with
nausea and giddiness :-

Merc-i-f.

Suffocation, sense of,
in cardiac region

(heart
affection) :- Lach.

Suffocative
spells :-

Laur.

Bronchia, over action
causes bronchial symptoms :-

Cact.

Bruised
feeling

(See
Aching, Soreness.) :-
Arn.

Burning :-

Æsc.,
Anan., Arg-n.,
ARS.,
Aur-m., Carb-v.,
Lyss., Puls.,
Rumx., Ust.

Back, through to, and
down left arm :-

Med.

Drunkards, in :-

Op.

Dull :-

Verat-v.

Dull,
oppressive :-

Arg-m.

Dull, angina pectoris,
in :-

Kali-c.

Hiccough, with :-

Agar.

Palpitation,
with :-

Caust.

Shoulder-blade, left,
to, caused by deep respiration, worse by cough, sneezing,
hiccough :-

Agar.

Bursting
sensation :-

Asaf.

Ebullitions,
with :-

Am-c.

Congestion, from,
fluttering :-

Lil-t.

Painful :-

Lyss.

Buzzing sensation, in
chlorosis :-

Cycl.

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