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Inspiration – Respiration – Chapter 26 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 26.
RESPIRATION.

Asphyxia
* Asthma * Breathing
* Dyspnœa * Expiration
* Inspiration
* Suffocation

Inspiration.


Inspiration :-

Abdomen :-

(See Breathing,
Abdominal
.)

Action of muscles,
violent :-

Spong.

Cold, feels, even into
lungs

(heart
disease) :- Lith-c.

Cold, as if, touched
teeth :-

# Cedr.

Cold, on deep
inspiration, sensation as if air passing through air passages was
icy :-

Cor-r.

Constricting pain in
upper :-

Calc.

Cooling
sensation :-

Lyss.

Enough air, feels as if
he cannot get :-

Bry.

Pains :-

Calc.

Pain on taking
deep :-

Agar.

Retraction of
diaphragm, muscles and ribs so that a large concavity is
formed :-

Hep.

Pain, sharp, also along
spine :-

Morph.

Pain, sore, during
deep :-

Kreos.

Sticking in umbilical
region :-

Hyos.

Stitches as from many
needles in umbilical region, round to back, even in dorsal
vertebræ :-

Verb.

Sticking across :-

Calc.

Stitching, tearing in
muscles below ribs :-

Calc.

Tension hindering deep

(intermittent) :-
Cocc.

Upper walls drawn in

(paralysis
of diaphragm) :-
Arg-n.

Warmth in upper
part :-

Seneg.


Aggravation :-

Acon.,
Arn.

Back :-

Pain, sudden
jerking :-

Calc-p.

Pain :-

Inul.

Pain in kidneys
worse :-

Astac.

Stitches in
loins :-

Ammc.

Stitches, single
severe, in upper part :-

Calc.

Stitching forward
through chest :-

Berb.


Chest :-

Burning, sore pain in
sternum, from deep :-

Seneg.

Cutting :-

Calc.

Cutting in left
side :-

Asc-t.

Cutting pain at last
ribs from within out :-

Calc.

Cutting, causes
pressing, in left side :-

Spong.

Deep, cuts off breath,
by pain in right side, after exposure

(influenza) :-
Rhus-t.

Distended, thorax
not :-

Chel.

Excoriation, sensation
of, behind sternum :-

Rumx.

Expand, as if root of
lung could not, painful :-

Chr-ac.

Left side, gnawing pain
on :-

Calc.

Lungs, could not
fill :-

Chlor.

Oppression
worse :-

Spig.

Oppression and stitches
in left :-

Ammc.

Oppression, cannot talk

(neglected
influenza or pleuritis) :-
Sulph.

Pain :-

Agar.,
Inul.

Pain in lower :-

Ars.

Pain in right
side :-

Chel.

Pain, sharp, in right
lung :-

Cod.

Pain also in
scapula :-

Æsc.

Paralysis of, muscles
of right side :-

¤ Ferr-i.

Pinching, violent
sticking, beneath right nipple, from within outward :-

Spig.

Pressing, seems as
though something were, on, after dinner :-

Chel.

Pressing, causes, below
2nd and 3rd rib, deep :-

Arg-m.

Pressure :-

Calc.

Pressure in
left :-

Calen.

Pressure, sharp,
cutting :-

Ang.

Pressure, increasing,
on middle of sternum :-

Agar.

Painfully
sensitive :-

Calc.

Shooting :-

Ang.

Shooting in left breast
and right temple :-

Calc-p.

Shooting from heart to
shoulder-blade, in deep :-

Agar.

Soreness, causes, under
clavicles, deep :-

Calc.

Sore pain :-

Calc.

Sternum, deep, causes
pain in middle of

(child
disposed to convulsions) :-
Bell.

Sticking :-

Sil.

Sticking, causes, in
left side, deep :-

All-c.

Stinging in left
side :-

Lyss.

Stinging, sudden
burning, in whole left, when taking a deep, while in the act of
lying down in bed at night :-

Rumx.

Stitches :-

Bar-c.,
BRY.,
Kali-c.,
Stront-c.,
Tarax.

Stitches in upper part,
near axilla :-

Dros.

Stitches, sharp, in
scapular end of clavicle :-

Squil.

Stitch in region of
heart at night :-

Anac.

Stitches,
causes :-

Cob.

Stitches, jerking, in
right and left side, not far from sternum :-

Squil.

Stitches in left
side :-

Agar.,
Ars., Calc.

Stitches, causes, in
left

(angina
pectoris) :- Arn.

Stitches, causes deep,
in lower part, mostly left side :-

Cob.

Stitch from left to
right side :-

Bry.

Stitches, dull, in
lungs :-

Asar.

Stitches in right or
both lungs during :-

Asar.

Stitches when lying on
affected side :-

Calc.

Stitch, boring, in
right costal muscles, continuous :-

Spong.

Stitches, causes deep,
in nipple :-

Ign.

Stitches beneath left
nipple :-

Verb.

Stitch, pleuritic, on
right side, worse :-

Ferr-p.

Stitches below right
ribs :-

Rhus-t.

Stitches in short
ribs :-

Agar.

Stitches between 6th
and 7th ribs :-

Arg-m.

Stitches in
right :-

Teucr.

Stitches deep in
right :-

Calc.

Stitches, dull, in
right side :-

Spig.

Stitches, causes dull,
in right side of chest

(neglected
influenza and pleuritis) :-
Sulph.

Stitches in right
scapula :-

Am-m.

Stitches in
sides :-

KALI-C.

Stitches in
sternum :-

Bapt.

Stitch, acute, along
left margin of sternum in afternoon, while riding :-

Rumx.

Stitches,
violent :-

Arg-m.

Tightness in right
side :-

Chel.


Cough :-

(See Cough
Breathing
, Chapter 27 :
Cough and Expectoration
.)

Caused by :-

Benz-ac.,
Camph.,
Hep.,
Meny.,
PULS.,
Stict.

Deep, aggravated
by :-

Brom.,
Nat-m.

Deep, causes :-

Kali-bi.

Dry, on deep :-

Dig.

Expectoration, with
scanty

(pneumonia) :-
Phos.

Hacking, after :-

Aml-ns.

Hacking, in cold
air :-

ALL-C.

Influenza, in :-

Ip.

Irritation :-

Calc.

Irritation in
throat :-

Asar.

Racking :-

Stict.

Spasmodic, similar to
whooping cough, but with interruptions, finally all inspirations
cease with cough, as if a foreign body had entered windpipe :-

Ter.

Spasmodic :-

Coff.


Deep

(See
Breathing, Deep.) :-
Ars., Cast.,
Kali-c.

Aggravates :-

Alumn.

Breathing ceases for
1/2 to 2 minutes after :-

Mosch.

Cannot take

(diaphragmitis) :-
Ham.

Cannot take

(pleurisy) :-
Verat.

Diaphragm, with tensive
pains in region of :-

Tarax.

Disposition to

(pertussis
dyspepsia) :- Bry.

Fever, in
intermittent :-

Cimx.

Frequent, in congestive
headache :-

Glon.

Frequent, with sighing

(erysipelas) :-
Rhus-t.

Great depth, of,
following 2 or 3 full ones :-

Aml-ns.

Inflammation,
bronchitis, in :-

Lob.

Impossible

(pleuro-pneumonia
biliosa) :- Rhus-t.

Involuntary :-

Hep.

Larynx, caused by
sensation as if, were narrowed, making him hoarse :-

Eug.

Occasional :-

Chlol.

Pleuritic
stitch :-

Ferr-p.

Side to side, at
intervals, trying to take, rolling from :-

Cupr.

Somnolence, with, and
yawning :-

Chen-v.

Vertex, causes pressive
pain in :-

Anac.

Difficult

(See
Glottis Spasm, Chapter
25 : Voice
and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia
 ; also Lungs
Emphysema
, Chapter 28 :
Inner Chest and Lungs
.) :-
Act-sp., Arg-m.,
Chlor., Iod.,
Kali-c.,
Meph.,
NUX-M.

Anasarca, in :-

Ars.

Asthma thymicum,
in :-

Samb.

Atelectasis
pulmonum :-

Hyos.

Bronchitis, in :-

Phos.

Catching :-

Calad.

Chest, as from
heaviness of :-

Ferr.

Chest, with anxious
tightness of :-

Calc.

Cholera, in :-

Cupr-a.

Coughing, want of air
in, out, want of air in drawing in :-

Ferr.

Diaphragmitis,
in :-

Ham.

Dyspnœa, with :-

Sang.

Effort, great, to
take :-

Cann-i.

Impeded as from a
weight on chest :-

Ign.

Impossible, almost

(pneumonia) :-
Phos.

Larynx, in chronic
inflammation of, and trachea :-

Kali-bi.

Noisy

(tracheitis) :-
Acon.

Œdema glottidis, in :-

Chin.

Obstructed :-

Hep.

Oppressed :-

Chin.

Sit up, compelling to,
in bed, worse after midnight

(chlorosis ;
tuberculosis) :-
Ferr.

Suspended, seemed to
be, in a child

(asthma
Millari) :- Op.

Epigastrium :-

Pressive pain
better :-

Lob.

Stitch :-

Anac.

Aggravating, dull
stitches :-

Spig.


Forcible :-

Brom.

Gasping :-

Chlor.

In asthma and at
beginning of cough :-

Ant-t.

Headache :-

Aggravated by
deep :-

Cact.

Painful
throbbing :-

Carb-v.

Heart :-

(See Inner
Chest Angina
, Chapter 28 :
Inner Chest and Lungs
 ; also Heart
Breathing
, Chapter 29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation
.)

Lying on, causes
clucking painful sensation :-

Chr-ac.

Deep, prevented by
feeling as if it were swollen :-

Asaf.

Palpitation from
deep :-

Cact.,
SPIG.

Hiccough,
aggravated :-

Ang.

Hypochondria :-

Deep breath causes
pain :-

Rumx.

Sensation as if
something were torn loose in left :-

Berb.


Larynx :-

(See
Glottis Spasm, Chapter
25 : Voice
and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia
.)

Cold sensation :-

Brom.

Roughness in upper
portion :-

Ziz.

Forced,
stitching :-

Hep.

Fits, frequent
suffocating, as if someone constricted, arresting breathing for a
moment when sitting :-

Caust.

Tickling, deep causes,
excites dry cough

(laryngitis) :-
Lach.

Liver :-

Pressure like a
stone :-

Arn.

Soreness worse :-

Camph.

Stitches, dull :-

Agar.

Deep, aggravates
stitching burning in whole convex portion of, extending to spine

(inflammation
of liver) :- Merc.

Long :-

Cough, in
whooping :-

Mosch.

Croup, in :-

Brom.

Crowing

(spasmus
glottidis) :- Chlor.

Desire to take, with
yawning :-

Carb-ac.

Frequent :-

Cast.

Harsh crowing, suddenly
awakes from sleep, lasts from 4 to 6 seconds, respiration ceases for
from 40 to 60 seconds

(spasmus
glottidis) :- Verat.

Involuntary :-

Cupr-ar.


Loud :-

Op.

Lungs :-

(See
Chest.)

Mental condition,
anxiety

(See
Breathing Mental
condition
.) :-
Chel.

Nausea, after :-

Aml-ns.

Noisy :-

(See Breathing
Noisy
 ; also Glottis
Spasm
, and Larynx
Croup
, Chapter 25 :
Voice and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia
.)

Blowing in œdema
glottidis :-

Chin.

Buzzing in
croup :-

Brom.

Crowing :-

Chin.

Crowing, in spasm of
glottis :-

Verat.

Crowing, long :-

Gels.

Crowing long, as in
laryngismus stridulus, followed by normal respiration when crowing
recurred, accompanied by anxiety and restlessness

(whooping
cough) :- Mosch.

Crowing, in whooping
cough :-

Cor-r.

Groan, suddenly
suppressed when half completed and attended by half stifled

(pneumonia) :-
Phos.

Loud :-

Hep.

Piping, singular, and
croaking in bronchia, after deep :-

Med.

Râles :-

Chlor.

Râles, short
cracking :-

Chlor.

Râles, attended by a
separate rattling :-

Chlor.

Râles, sibilant,
mostly left side

(asthma) :-
Caps.

Rattling :-

Chin.

Rushing sound

(croup) :-
Brom.

Sawing, in
croup :-

Kaol.

Sighing :-

Ign.,
Lac-ac.

Sighing

(chronic
inflammation of eyes and otorrhœa, after vaccination) :-
Thuj.

Sighing, deep, relieves
palpitation :-

ARG-M.

Snoring :-

Camph.

Snoring, in
croup :-

Brom.

Snoring, during
sleep :-

Cham.,
Ign., Rheum.

Stertorous :-

OP.

Stertorous, during
sleep :-

PULS.

Stridulous, in evening,
on falling asleep :-

PHOS.

Wheezing :-

Alumn.,
Chin., Kali-c.

Wheezing, in
asthma :-

Caps.

Whistling :-

Chin.,
Hep., Kali-c., Lyc., Spong.

Whistling, long, ends
cough :-

Spong.

Whistling, loud, whoop,
in trachea :-

Cina.

Whooping :-

Syph.

Whooping, after attack
of suffocation :-

Squil.


Nose :-

Inspiration through
nose, while expiration is blown from lips, as in apoplexy, lying on
back :-

Chlol.

Sneezing :-

Brom.


Painful :-

Chin.

Puerperal fever :-

BRY.

Stitches in right side
and pressure in middle of chest, all day :-

Ran-b.


Palpitation :-

(See
Heart.)

Quick :-

Arn.,
Ars.

In œdema glottidis :-

Chin.

Necessity for, followed
by oppression :-

Asc-t.


Short :-

Coff.,
Lob., Op.

Easy

(asthma) :-
Sep.

Exhalation, shorter
than, in sleep :-

CAMPH.

Groan, accompanied by a
sort of, half suppressed

(bronchitis) :-
Phos.

Noise, without :-

Op.

Œdema glottidis, in :-

Chin.

Sleep, starts from,
with

(spasm
of glottis) :- Coff.

Slow, and, with desire
to cough :-

Lob.

Slow sighing, followed
by a expiration

(eclampsia) :-
Ip.

Shoulders :-

Inability to draw a
deep, from rheumatic pain in right, extending to pectoral
muscles :-

Jug-c.

Stitches :-

Berb.

Stitches on top :-

Hyper.


Slow :-

Cast.,
Cham., Ign., Stram.

Deep, with stitch in
chest :-

Spong.

Grows less and less
rapid until they cease, then catches her breath by a sobbing effort
in spells

(spasmodic
asthma) :- Valer.

Heavy, congestion to
brain :-

CUPR.

Œdema, in, glottidis :-

Chin.

Spasmodic :-

(See
Glottis Spasm, Chapter 25 :
Voice and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia
.)

Broken in 2

(hydrocephalus) :-
Cina.

Double, with sobbing as
after hard crying :-

Led.

Intermittent :-

Nit-s-d.

Resembling panting of a
dog caused by rapid convulsive movement of diaphragm

(spasmodic
asthma) :- Valer.

Violent, in asthma
Millari :-

Arum-d.

Stomach, gnawing
preventing deep inhalation :-

Calad.

Deep soreness :-

Cob.


Throat,
coldness :-

Sulph.

Undulating, during
attack :-

Iod.

Vertigo, after :-

Aml-ns.

Deep,
aggravates :-

Cact.

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