Legs – Lower Limbs – Chapter 33 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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Shorter, left feels
shorter than right, and so sounds on walking :-

Lycps.

Skin :-

Bursts in several
places, in dropsy :-

Apis.

Dry, peeling
off :-

Agar.

Flaccid :-

Ars.

Indurated, with blue
spots :-

Sars.

Left cracked and
discharging a sanious fluid :-

Com.

Left, white, on, and
covered with thin scales :-

Com.

Marbled :-

CAUST.

Peels off,
swelling :-

Berb.

Shining, in periostitis
of right femur :-

Phyt.

Shines like a
mirror :-

Graph.

Soft :-

Ars.

Waxy, in dropsy :-

APIS.

Wrinkled :-

Rhod.

Smarting :-

(See Burning.)

Calves, in, walking

(acute
dropsy following parturition) :-
Chin.

Eczema, in :-

Petr.

Left, like nettles, in
wet weather :-

Nat-s.

Soreness :-

Calf, dull, heavy, in
left :-

Ars-i.

Calf, almost crampy
pain in right, so much worse walking as to almost disable her

(relieved
by Nux ⁹⁰⁰) :-
# Petr.

Calves, in :-

Æsc.,
Ant-t., Crot-h.

Fugitive, in left, near
knee :-

Chin-ar.

Heated, as if or
overexerted :-

Vac.

Heavy :-

Lyss.

Inward, great, with
chill

(intermittent) :-
Aran.

Left, pain in :-

Osm.

Lower, and aching
of :-

EUP-PER.

Peritonitis, in :-

Acon.

Surface, to touch on
anterior :-

Caust.

Tibia, dull aching, in
middle of, when walking, better in rest, tender on pressure :-

Cupr-s.

Tibia, along periosteum
of :-

Nit-ac.

Tibia, in anterior
lower 2/3 of left :-

Chin-ar.

Walking, when :-

Æsc.

Spasms

(See Chorea,
Convulsions.) :-
Card-m., Cocc.,
Cupr-ar., Ip.,
Lyss.,
Stram.

Adduction :-

Merc.

Begin :-

Cupr-a.

Calf, in, during and
after motion :-

Berb.

Calves, in :-

Cupr.

Clonic, of muscles

(chorea) :-
Cupr-a.

Clonic, of right, with
twitchings

(hysteria) :-
Sep.

Contraction :-

Tab.

Contraction, tonic,
muscular, of long standing :-

Tell.

Convulsive :-

Tarent.

Drawn backward until
they touched glutei :-

Bufo.

Drawing, spasm, up if
they remain contracted all night

(hip-joint
disease) :- Merc.

Drawn apart, flexed
upon thighs

(hydrocephalus) :-
Hell.

Drawn up
involuntarily :-

Carb-v.

Drawn up with a sudden
jerk and then forcibly thrust out, following pneumonia and typhoid
fever :-

Nux-v.

Drawn up with every
attempt to change position :-

Hell.

Epileptic form,
rigidity with :-

Med.

Extension, with
sensation of cramps :-

Cahin.

Flexed, and painfully
cannot stretch, better from warmth in bed

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Nux-v.

Flexion, alternate, and
stretching while walking :-

Agar.

Left, of, commence with
shocks, drawing leg inward and upward :-

Stram.

Left, lower,
spasmodically drawn backward while sitting :-

Spong.

Left perfectly straight

(nervous
affection) :- Mag-c.

Left, lower, drawn up
to thigh, when walking :-

Spong.

Muscles, of :-

Ars-s-r.

One, of :-

Gels.

Pushed from
body :-

Cocc.

Retraction, in
typhus :-

Aur.

Rigid :-

Stram.

Rigid, in traumatic
tetanus :-

Hydr-ac.

Right, painfully rigid,
upper part, worse in afternoon and early evening :-

Calc-s.

Screams, with :-

Cupr.

Straight and stiff
before attack

(epilepsy) :-
Bufo.

Stretched straight
out :-

Œna.

Stretching at right
angles with body

(puerperal
convulsion) :- Op.

Tonic, worse in calves

(chorea) :-
Ant-t.

Tonic, rigid extension
of :-

Med.

Spasmodic pain :-

Calves, in, in cholera
Asiatica :-

Cupr.

Left, in upper :-

Agar.

Sprained
sensation :-

Bones, in :-

Berb.

Muscles, as if :-

Berb.

Stabbing, in calf, when
walking in open air, as if a knife pierced, and as though blood
trickled down :-

Nat-c.

Starting

(See Jerking,
Twitching.) :-
Crot-h.

Sticking

(See Pricking,
Stinging.) :-
Sep.

Bone, pain as of a
splinter of, in right fibula above outer malleolus

(after
spasm) :- Asaf.

Bone, sticking along
left tibia into ankle, with burning pressure in left eye :-

Coloc.

Ulcer, in and
about :-

Sil.

Sticks, feel
like :-

# Atrop-s.

Stiffness :-

Ang.,
Apoc., Aur-m., Berb.,
Bry., Cic., Ferr., Hydr-ac., Lac-c.,
Mag-p., Mang.,
Nux-v., Ox-ac.,
Petr., RHUS-T.,
Spong.

Atrophy, in
muscular :-

Calc.

Bandaged, as if :-

Anac.

Boils, small, on
thigh :-

Nux-v.

Calf, in :-

Berb.

Calves, in ague
suppressed by Cinchona :-

Nat-m.

Convulsions,
with :-

Mag-p.

Evening, after an nap,
so that he was unsteady while walking, until he had walked a
little :-

Carb-v.

Hip, to joint, after
long sitting :-

Sep.

Knees, especially, and
feet :-

RHUS-T.

Left, of, as if asleep

(palpitation) :-
Arg-m.

Left, of, with tickling
creeping feeling under cutis :-

Stram.

Lower :-

Aml-ns.

Meningitis, after an
attack of spinal :-

Nux-v.

Morning, in, after
rising, seem stiff and without joints :-

Petr.

Morning, in, and while
standing :-

Verat.

Morning, in :-

Rhod.

Moved, when, after
taking cold :-

Acon.

Moving, on 1st, after
rest, on getting up in morning, better by continued motion :-

RHUS-T.

Night, at :-

Alumn.

Painful in left, during
pregnancy :-

Ham.

Paralysis, with :-

Cocc.

Rheumatism, in, of
knee :-

Berb.

Rising, on :-

Nat-p.

Rising, makes, from a
seat difficult

(spinal
irritation) :- Hep.

Right, in, as if
bruised, 5 P.M. :-

Chim-m.

Right, in, in
menorrhagia :-

Coc-c.

Rigid, especially
left :-

Arg-n.

Rigidity of
lower :-

Cina.

Sciatica, in :-

Lyc.,
Nux-v.

Semi-rigid :-

Bell.

Soreness, when rising
to walk :-

EUP-PER.

Strychnine, in,
poisoning :-

NUX-V.

Tetanic concussion of
brain :-

Cic.

Ulcer, with varicose,
of leg :-

Nat-m.

Walk, could not :-

Zinc.

Walk, as after a
long :-

Podo.

Walking, when, in
hip-joint disease :-

Merc.

Weary, as if too lazy
to move :-

Eucal.

Wood, as if made of,
with inability to stand or move

(paresis
crurum) :- Nux-v.

Stinging :-

Ang., Apis,
Ars., Goss.,
Kali-c., Verb.

Ankle, stinging, in
calf, above

(sciatica) :-
Indg.

Calf, in, during and
after motion :-

Berb.

Calves, in, in walking

(acute
dropsy following parturition) :-
Chin.

Fibula, paroxysms,
along, near malleolus

(sciatica) :-
Staph.

Gonacace, in :-

SIL.

Pressing, in ulcerating
part of leg :-

Sil.

Rest, worse during, in
bed, has to turn over or change position of leg, which
relieves :-

Rhus-t.

Shin, in :-

Berb.

Stretching,
worse :-

Berb.

Toe, especially in
big :-

Ran-s.

Stitches

(See Lancinations,
Stinging.) :-
Agn., Calc.,
Carb-an., Carbn-s., Cob.,
Mez., Sep.

Calf, in left :-

Aster.

Calf, in right, to
ankle on outside

(consumption) :-
Guai.

Calf, tearing along
muscles of right, often repeated :-

Coc-c.

Calf, fine cutting in
right, when sitting, goes off when walking :-

Dros.

Calf, in right, while
walking :-

Spong.

Calves, in :-

Agar.,
Tarax.

Calves, in, with
jerking and pulsating in patellæ, if knees are held stiffly
stretched out :-

Spig.

Fibula, below head
of :-

Cham.

Flying :-

Ars-h.

Joints, in :-

Bar-c.,
Spig.

Jumps about, especially
in knees and ankles, disappears on motion :-

Cham.

Left, in :-

Caps.

Left, in

(thrombosis) :-
Apis.

Malleolus, up from
external, on walking, sometimes when not walking, with inflammation
and swelling of both left malleoli

(affection
of ankle) :- Mang.

Motion, especially
from :-

Sars.

Motion, during, in
hip-joint disease :-

Merc.

Muscles, in, and
joints :-

Nit-s-d.

Needle-like,
sudden :-

Manc.

Night, at, and during
motion, with sensation of coldness :-

Merc.

Pimples, occasional
short, as from little :-

Pall.

Rheumatic, on right
shin bone :-

Stram.

Single, fine :-

Cast-eq.

Slow, as with several
pins :-

Hell.

Tibia, in :-

Ammc.,
Viol-t., Zinc.

Tibia, single, in
region of external condyle of

(hip
disease) :- Merc.

Tibia, in left,
sitting, moving leg and foot :-

Anag.

Tibia, boring, in right

(mercurial) :-
Staph.

Tibia, burning, in
right, during rest :-

Staph.

Tibia, deep, in :-

Samb.

Tibia, in edges of,
single :-

Caust.

Touched, on
being :-

Merc.

Walking, better
after :-

Sec.

Stool, pain runs in
streaks down limbs, during :-

Rhus-t.

Stretching

(See Limbs
Stretching, Chapter 34 :
Limbs in General.) :-
Verb.

Chilliness, with, at
night :-

Phos.

Cramps, with sensation
of :-

Cahin.

Desire to
stretch :-

Chlf.,
Med., Rhus-t.

Rested, must stretch to
get :-

Cham.

Yawning, with,
restlessness, pain in back :-

Lach.

Strumming
sensation :-

Ambr.

Sweat :-

Euphor.,
Petr.

Cold, in
morning :-

Euphor.

Cold, in spasmus
glottidis :-

Verat.

Cold, in
typhoid :-

Phos.

Cold, in upper
part :-

Caps.

Cold, viscous :-

Calc.

Condyles, of :-

Calc-p.

Delirium, in,
tremens :-

Stram.

Fetid, covered
with :-

Phos.

Fever, after :-

Med.

Knees, below

(rheumatism) :-
Syph.

Lower, in :-

Agar.,
Petr., Stram.

Night, at,
clammy :-

Calc.

Profuse, in evening, in
bed :-

Ter.

Sticky :-

Calc.

Warm :-

Podo.

Swelling :-

Bar-m., Berb., Bry.,
Kali-c., Polyg.

Abdomen, to, pit upon
pressure

(dropsy) :-
Lyc.

Anasarca :-

Hippoz.

Anasarcous, after
scarlet fever, with diminished urine :-

Rhus-t.

Anasarcous

(subacute
inflammation of liver) :-
Hydr.

Ankle, especially
about, joint, purplish black

(chronic
ulceration of leg) :-
Grin.

Ankles, around, with
watery discharge, color of legs red :-

Hep.

Aortic, enormously in,
insufficiency, albuminuria :-

Zinc.

Appear thicker, fears
dropsy :-

Chel.

Ascites, in :-

Chim.,
LYC.,
Senec.

Bloated :-

Apoc.

Bloated

(myelitis) :-
Dulc.

Bloated, below
knees :-

Xan.

Bluish red :-

LACH.

Bone, and doughy along

(eruption
and periostitis, probably syphilitic) :-
Kali-bi.

Hard, rough, horny, on
tibiæ :-

Calc-f.

Burns :-

Berb.

Calf :-

Sil.

Calf, left, with
internal lumps, painful :-

Calc.

Calf, in
scrofula :-

Dulc.

Calves, above, with
tensive pain, especially in evening :-

Led.

Cellular, hard :-

Bad.

Cellular, infiltration
of, tissue, in childbed :-

Aur-m.

Chlorosis, in :-

Ign.

Chronic, persistent,
soft at 1st, afterwards hard, at one stage snowy white and shining,
less perceptible morning :-

Kali-m.

Delivery, and pain
after forceps, mostly in thigh :-

All-c.

Dropsical :-

Cahin.,
Ferr., Kali-c.,
Merc., Rhod.

Dropsy, in
albuminuria :-

Apis,
Ars., Atrop-s., Calc-ar., Ferr., Lach., Ter.

Dropsy, in angina
pectoris :-

Apis.

Dropsy, from ankle to
knee

(from
eating lemons for months) :-
Cit-l.

Dropsical, in ascites,
after influenza :-

Apis.

Dropsy, to knees, with
asthma, depending on hydrothorax or hydropericardium :-

Colch.

Dropsy, in acute,
following parturition :-

Chin.

Elastic :-

Dig.

Erysipelatous :-

Anan.

Erysipelatous, of
left :-

Bor.

Exfoliated, very large,
profuse, constant watery exudation from skin below knees, epidermis

(ascites) :-
Graph.

Feeling :-

Guai.

Feeling, in left,
during pregnancy :-

Ham.

Hard, from size of a
pea to that of a hazelnut or walnut, enlarge and break open,
discharging viscous, yellow brownish ichor :-

Hippoz.

Hard, below knees, red,
conical, varying from size of a half-dime to 1 inch or 2 in diameter

(erysipelas) :-
Apis.

Heart, in,
disease :-

Apoc.

Hot, with stinging,
drawing pain :-

Led.

Infiltration :-

Dig.

Knees, to :-

Ferr.

Knee, below, cold and
hard, looked as if ready to burst, almost twice usual size :-

Kali-m.

Knees, from, down, goes
down in morning, comes back at night :-

Syph.

Knees, extending below,
with tired feeling in ovaries, worse right side :-

Podo.

Knees, to, in
pneumonia :-

Calc.

Knees, below, black
spotted

(rattlesnake
bite on toe) :- Lach.

Left, of :-

Cist.,
Lach.

Left, in
carbuncle :-

Hep.

Left, in evening, with
burning, worse until 12 P.M. :-

Sang.

Left, of, from knee to
ankle joint, twice natural size :-

Petr.

Left, near knee

(gonorrhœal
rheumatism) :- Med.

Left, outer side of,
lower :-

Sulph.

Left, of, increases
when the pain subsides :-

Com.

Left, 1st, then right,
in dropsy :-

Lach.

Left, twice natural
size

(chronic
phlebitis) :- Puls.

Left, monstrously
stretched out :-

Apis.

Lower :-

Caust.,
Nat-c.

Lower, to abdomen

(cystitis) :-
Hell.

Lying, even while, in
bed :-

Graph.

Menses, during

(anæmia) :-
Sulph.

Middle, from, downward,
with feeling as though feet were filled with lead, in
evening :-

Nat-m.

Morning, on getting up
in, better after walking :-

Aur.

Œdema :-

APIS,
Arund., Dig.,
Ferr-s., Hell., Merc-sul., Pareir.,
Senec., Zinc.

Œdema, from feet to
abdomen

(affection
of liver with dropsy) :-
Fl-ac.

Œdema, with ascites :-

Apis, Graph., Senec.

Œdema, with asthma

(hydrothorax) :-
Colch.

Œdema, in diabetes :-

Uran-n.

Œdema, with diarrhœa :-

Acet-ac.

Œdema

(dropsy
after scarlatina) :-
Ars.

Œdema, in dysentery,
dropsy :-

Colch.

Œdema, in
gonarthrocace :-

Ars.

Œdema, hard, slightly
red, swelling extending up along course of principal veins

(phlebitis) :-
Lach.

Œdema, in heart
disease :-

Hydr.

Œdema, to knees, in
chronic carditis :-

Cact.

Œdema, above knees

(phthisis) :-
Samb.

Œdema, of left :-

Ars.

Œdema, of left, in
rheumatism :-

Puls.

Œdema, in affection of
liver :-

Arg-n.

Œdema, with
enlargement and congestion of liver :-

Mag-m.

Œdema, left, of :-

Aur-m., Dig.

Œdema, left, painful

(heart
disease) :- Lycps.

Œdema

(meningitis) :-
Carb-ac.

Œdema, in amenorrhœa :-

Xan.

Œdema, oozing of water
from sore places :-

LYC.

Œdema, with râles in
chest :-

CHIN.

Œdema, retains
sensibility :-

Cupr.

Œdema, skin shining

(heart
disease) :- Cact.

Œdema, with shooting
pain :-

Mur-ac.

Œdema, with stitching :-

Viol-o.

Œdema, in old or
intemperate subjects :-

Crot-h.

Œdema, to middle of
thighs :-

Sars.

Œdema, on both sides
of tibia :-

Sulph.

Pain, and, became
insupportable, more and more, in thrombosis :-

Apis.

Pain, violent :-

Ars.

Periostitis, in, of
right femur :-

Phyt.

Periostitis, in, of
tibia :-

Merc.

Phlegmasia, in :-

Acet-ac.

Phthisis, of,
dolens :-

Lyc.

Pit on pressure

(anasarca) :-
Rhus-t.

Pit on pressure

(cardiac
dropsy) :- Dig.

Prostate, with
enlargement of :-

Pareir.

Pressure, knees, to,
purple and mottled pitting on, with rending pain in
periosteum :-

Led.

Red, bright, spots,
with black, painful :-

Nux-v.

Red, spots, with dark,
painful

(phlegmasia
alba dolens) :- Nux-v.

Rheumatism, with and
pain in heart :-

Cact.

Rheumatism, in of
knee :-

Berb.

Rhus poisoning,
in :-

Sulph.

Right :-

Ars.,
Coloc., Elaps.,
Sulph.

Right, contracted,
stiff, immovable, drawn close to thigh

(consumption) :-
Guai.

Right, from knee to
ankle, bright red and covered with dark spots, particularly on calf,
least motion of affected leg causes him to start and distort

(typhoid) :-
Nux-v.

Right, pain of, from
knee to hip, sensitive to touch

(phlebitis) :-
Ham.

Right, worse in :-

Lach.

Round :-

Calc.

Round, sharply defined,
size of a goose’s egg, dark and fluctuating, surrounded by
bluish-red spots, with greenish-yellow halo

(hæmorrhagic
extravasation) :-
Bar-m.

Puffed, bone
affected :-

Calc.

Shin, swollen on inner
side

(eczema) :-
Merc.

Stings :-

Berb.

Tension, with :-

Ham.

Tibia, of :-

Phos.

Tibia, along, with
eruption and periostitis, probably syphilitic :-

Kali-bi.

Tibia, anterior border
of, hypertrophied

(caries) :-
Sil.

Tibia, enlargement of,
deprived of any power of motion :-

Still.

Tibia, on right, red
shining, hard :-

Merc.

Tibia, on, spongeous,
cannot bear touch :-

Guai.

Tibiæ, of,
particularly worse at night, in syphilis :-

Merc-c.

Tibia, tender, along
inside of :-

Aur-m.

Tibia, on, oval
prominence 4 inches below knee, hard, immovable, red, sensitive to
touch :-

Ars.

Ulcer, varicose, with,
on right, after a fall :-

Lach.

Walk, can hardly

(acute
dropsy following parturition) :-
Chin.

White, in phlegmasia
alba dolens :-

Ars.

Whitish, with
coldness :-

Calc.

Whitish, transparent

(phlegmon) :-
Apis.

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