Limbs – Limbs in General – Chapter 34 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

CHAPTER 34.
LIMBS IN GENERAL.

Joints
* Limbs

Limbs.

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Limbs :-

Rachitis :-

(See Bones,
Chapter 44 :
Tissues.)

Redness, deep :-

Stram.

Relaxed

(See Paralysis,
Weakness.) :-
Amyg., Bell.,
Chin.

Hang down :-

Cic.

Hang down, in
dentition :-

Cic.

Hysteria, in :-

Hydr-ac.

Motionless,
sunstroke :-

Glon.

Muscles, feeling
in :-

Carb-v.

Suckling, in a, a few
weeks old :-

Op.

Walking, after, in open
air :-

Nux-v.

Restlessness :-

Ferr., NUX-V.,
RHUS-T., Squil.,
TARENT.,
ZINC.

Aching :-

Ail.

Agitated :-

Tarent.

Awake, cannot keep
quiet when :-

Cupr.

Bed, it seems as if
something forced him out of :-

RHUS-T.

Constant, during
night :-

Spig.

Cough, in
whooping :-

Ars.

Diabetes, in :-

Nux-v.

Evening, in, after
sitting long :-

Mag-c.

Insupportable :-

Stann.

Left side fidgety,
sleepless :-

Meph.

Moved, have to be,
constantly :-

Cimx.,
Nat-m., Plat., RHUS-T.,
Stram., Zinc.

Music has a soothing
influence :-

Tarent.

Night, at :-

Nit-ac.,
RHUS-T.,
ZINC.

Sleep disturbed

(rheumatism) :-
Colch.

Sudden, in
pneumonia :-

Chel.

Tossing :-

Jal.

Tossing, in
epilepsy :-

Stann.

Uneasy feeling :-

Cimic.

Urticaria, in :-

Cop.

Rheumatism

(See Gout,
Neuralgia ;
also Joints Gout, Rheumatism ;
compare Chapter 32 :
Upper Limbs and Chapter 33 :
Lower Limbs.) :-
Abrot., Act-sp.,
Æsc.,
Agar., Am-m.,
Anac., Anag.,
Ant-c.,
Ant-t., Apis, Arg-m.,
ARN.,
ARS., Ars-s-f.,
Ars-s-r.,
Asc-t., BENZ-AC.,
BRY., Cact.,
Calc., Carb-ac., Carb-v.,
Carbn-s.,
Caul., CAUST.,
Cham., Chel., Chim.,
Chlol., Chr-ac.,
COLCH.,
Coloc., Corn.,
Crot-h., Crot-t., Dig., Dulc., Elaps.,
Eucal.,
Eup-per., Euphor., Ferr.,
Ferr-m., Ferr-p., FORM.,
Gamb., Gels.,
Guai., Ham., Hell.,
Hydrc., Kali-ar.,
Kali-c., KALI-I.,
Kali-m., KALM.,
Lac-ac., Lac-c.,
Lach., LYC.,
Lyss., Mag-c.,
Merc., Merc-i-r.,
Merc-sul., Mez.,
Mill., Petr.,
Phos., PHYT.,
Puls., RHOD.,
RHUS-T., Ruta,
Sabad., SAL-AC.,
SANG., Sep.,
Sil., Spig.,
Stict., SULPH.,
Syph., Tarent.,
¤ Ter.,
Thuj., Viol-t.

Abdominal muscles,
to :-

Phyt.

Acute :-

ACON.,
Ant-c., Ars.,
Asc-s., Bell., BRY.,
¤ Calc-s.,
Caul., Cham.,
Chel., Chin.,
Chin-s.,
Chlol., Chlor.,
Cimic., COLCH.,
Dulc., Glon.,
Ign., Kalm., Lac-c., Lach., Merc., Nux-v., Puls., Rhod., RHUS-T.,
Sal-ac., Sang.,
Verat-v.

Acute, from sleeping in
a damp bed :-

Atrop.

Acute, before it is
fully developed :-

COLCH.

Acute, from joint to
joint, worse from least movement :-

Kalm.

Acute and chronic,
pains disappear on moving about, severe in morning after rest, and
on rising from sitting :-

Kali-p.

Acute, moving affected
limb caused screaming :-

Ars.

Acute, violent
pain :-

Mag-p.

Aged persons,
especially in, with soreness of bones, leaving ankles and feet
swollen :-

Eup-pur.

Amblyopia, from
metastasis :-

Puls.

Aponeurosis, in, worse
at rest, night before change of weather, particularly before
thunderstorms, especially right side, more towards morning, in hot
season :-

Rhod.

Arthritis deformans,
better moving :-

Benz-ac.,
Caust., Thuj.

Bed, drives out of, at
night and compels walking about :-

Cham.,
FERR.

Bone, pains “seem
to be in the bone”, especially in right hip, radiating thence
to calf and knee, became so violent he whined day and night, could
not sleep :-

Coloc.

Breath, worse on
drawing a long, coughing, sneezing :-

Zinc.

Cachectic, in
individuals, with purpura :-

Sec.

Catarrh, alternating
with :-

Kali-bi.

Catarrh, with
chronic :-

Kali-c.

Chronic :-

Abrot.,
Agar., Alet.,
Anthro., Apis,
Arn.,
¤ Asc-s., AUR-M-N.,
BAD., BENZ-AC., Calc.,
¤ Calc-s.,
Carbn-s., CAUST.,
Chim.,
Clem., Coch.,
Colch., Crot-h., Hep., Ictod., Kalm., Lach., LYC.,
Med., Phos., PHYT.,
Psor., RHOD.,
Sabin., Sep.,
SULPH.,
Verat.

Chronic, cold
variety :-

Kali-bi.

Chronic, when, forms
alternate with acute of diarrhœa :-

Dulc.

Chronic, of elderly
persons, with rigidity of muscles and tendons :-

Ol-j.

Chronic, with dry
eruption on wrists :-

Psor.

Chronic, brought on by
working in hot rooms and cold vaults, worse every other
night :-

Puls.

Chronic, with
lameness :-

Rhus-v.

Chronic, in patients of
sedentary habits :-

Caps.

Chronic or subacute,
with profuse sweating :-

Sulph.

Chronic, unable to
walk :-

Kalm.

Chronic, recurring
every year :-

Lach.

Cold, worse from
external :-

Puls.,
Thuj.

Cold, after
taking :-

Acon.,
Arn., Bry.,
Calc., Coloc.,
Dulc., Gels., Merc., Nit-ac., Ph-ac.,
Sulph.

Cold, from taking,
particularly from exposure to draughts while heated :-

Nux-m.

Cold, from protracted
exposure to, and damp, fugitive drawing pains, worse in repose,
better from warmth :-

Nux-m.

Cold, from
slightest :-

Coca.

Cold, in,
weather :-

Ars.,
BRY.,
CALC-P., Carb-v.,
Colch., Kali-bi.,
Nit-ac., Nux-v.,
Phos., Puls., RHUS-T.,
Sul-ac.

Cold, in, dry
air :-

Acon.,
Bry.

Cold, in, damp
air :-

Colch.,
DULC.,
RHUS-T., Verat.

Coryza, with :-

MERC.,
Rhod.

Cough, with :-

Caps.,
Caust.

Covering is
intolerable :-

Led.,
Sulph.

Covered with flesh,
worse in places least, pain vanishes on touching painful part and
appears in some other part :-

Sang.

Damp, produced by
protracted residence in, and cold localities :-

Dulc.,
Ol-j.

Diarrhœa, from checked :-

Abrot.

Diarrhœa, in chronic :-

Nat-s.

Diarrhœa, followed by,
or dysentery :-

Kali-bi.

Diphtheria,
after :-

Phyt.

Drawing, pains, seem to
be “between the bones and skin”, worse in rainy or stormy
weather and cold, better by warmth, particularly lying in
bed :-

Lyc.

Drawing, tearing, tight
feeling, worse from cold weather :-

Phos.

Dropsy, with, from
cold :-

Kalm.

Dull, worse when
exercising, better in rest :-

Squil.

Dyspepsia, with :-

Kali-bi.

Erratic pains, worse
towards sunset and during evening

(morbus
Brightii) :- Lycps.

Eruptions, after
acute :-

Dulc.

Evening, every,
chilliness preceding :-

Kali-i.

Evening, worse
in :-

Bell.,
Colch.,
Coloc., Puls.,
Rhus-t., Urt-u.

Evening, worse before
midnight :-

Bry.

Evening, worse, and
night :-

Acon.,
Arn., Ars., Bry.,
Cham., Chin.,
Dulc., Graph., Hep.,
Kali-i., Merc., Nit-ac., Phos.,
Puls.

Evening, worse from
noon to midnight :-

Bell.,
Mag-s., Rhus-t.

Evening, worse after
midnight :-

ARS.,
Merc., Sars.,
Sulph., Thuj.

Evening, worse towards
morning :-

Ars.,
Bov., Kali-c.,
Nux-v., Rhus-t.,
Thuj.

Feeling, on and before
rising :-

Ant-t.

Fever, with :-

Acon.,
Bell., Ferr-p.

Fever, with or
without :-

Carbn-s.

Fever, without :-

Ferr-i.

Flatulency,
with :-

Carb-v.,
Colch., Lyc.

Gastric symptoms,
with :-

Bry.,
Colch., Nat-s.

Gastric symptoms,
alternating with, one appearing in fall, the other in spring :-

Kali-bi.

Gnawing pains at night,
worse in damp windy weather :-

Kali-c.

Goitre, with :-

Calc.

Gonorrhœal :-

CLEM.,
Cop., Lyc.,
Med., Puls.,
Sars., Sep., Sulph.,
THUJ.

Gonorrhœal, after
suppression of, discharge by large doses of Balsam copaiba :-

Merc-c.

Headache, with :-

Sang.

Heart,
affecting :-

(See
Heart Rheumatism,
Chapter 29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation.)

Heat and cold
alternating :-

Lyc.

Heated, worse from
being over, and from exertion :-

Zinc.

Hepatic calculus,
in :-

Chel.

Hysteralgia,
with :-

Sec.

Hysteric, worse sitting
or standing, better walking, greatly worse at night :-

Plat.

Inflammatory :-

(See
Joints.)

Intermittent,
pains :-

Lyc.

Lameness, with, and
paralysis of muscles :-

Colch.

Lassitude, with, and
desire to lie down :-

Phyt.

Left, especially in,
shoulder, hip and knee :-

Verat-v.

Ligaments, in :-

Cham.

Mercurial :-

Arg-m.,
Arn., Bell.,
Calc., Carb-v.,
Cham., CHIN.,
GUAI., HEP., Kali-i.,
Lach., Lyc.,
Mez., Ph-ac., Phyt.,
Podo.,
Puls., Rhod., Sars.,
Sulph., Valer.

Motion, worse
from :-

BRY.,
Calc-p., Kalm.,
Zinc.

Motion, desires,
although it aggravates, better by pressure :-

Form.

Musculo-fibrous :-

Ol-j.

Myelitis, in :-

Verat.

Nervous, worse at
night, with flying, stitching pains along bones :-

Mez.

Nervous excitability,
with :-

Cham.

Nettle-rash, during or
following :-

URT-U.

Nightly, with chronic
catarrh :-

Kali-i.

Nightly, prevents
sleep :-

Ol-j.

Nightly, in wet weather

(syphilis) :-
Lyc.

Night, worse at, or
lying on suffering side :-

Kali-i.

Night, worse at, and in
early morning :-

Dios.

Numbness, with, and
tingling, worse after 12 P.M. :-

Rhus-t.

Numb, with, feeling,
worse in warmth, from moving, after 12 P.M., better from cold and
after sweating :-

Thuj.

Old people, of :-

ARS.,
Eup-pur.

Pain, very vivid,
darting about, shifting and remittent :-

Mag-p.

Pains, dull, come on
every time it rains, with depression of spirits :-

Phyt.

Palpitation,
with :-

Cact.,
Cocc., Colch.,
Gels., Ox-ac.

Paralysis, with :-

Ang., Arn.,
Chin., Cina,
Cocc., Ferr.,
Hell.,
Lac-c., Phos.,
Plb., RHUS-T.,
Ruta, Sars.,
Staph.

Periosteal :-

Asaf.,
Cham.,
Kali-bi., Mez.,
Phyt.

Phthisical, alternating
with, symptoms :-

Led.

Position, must change,
frequently at cost of pain :-

Rhus-t.

Pressure, relieved
by :-

Bell.,
Puls., Rhus-t.

Prolapsus, subject to,
in :-

Rhus-t.

Remains, obstinate, of
acute :-

Sep.

Rest, worse by, better
by motion :-

Com.,
Ferr.,
Rhus-t., Valer.

Right side, of :-

Viol-o.

Right, goes to
left :-

Lach.

Right side, principally
and more severely affected :-

Form.

Rising, worse, from
chair, stooping, turning body or bending it backward :-

Zinc.

Scarlatina,
after :-

Verat-v.

Sciatic :-

Ruta.

Shifting :-

¤ Ant-t.

Shifting from place to
place, from below upward :-

Eup-pur.

Sitting, after, near an
open window in a hot room :-

Sal-ac.

Sleep, worse
after :-

Ant-s-aur.,
Lach.

Soreness of
muscles :-

Arn.,
Ham., RHUS-T.

Stiffness, with :-

Am-m.,
Ant-c., Bry., CAUST.,
Coloc., Graph.,
Guai., LACH.,
Lyc., Nat-m.,
Nux-v., RHUS-T.,
Sang., Sep.,
Sulph.

Sweat, with, and
soreness of bones :-

Eup-per.

Sweat, profuse, often
sour and offensive :-

Merc.

Sweat without
relief :-

FORM.

Swelling, with :-

Asc-s.

Swelling, with or
without :-

Sulph.

Syphilitic :-

Benz-ac.,
Fl-ac., Kali-bi.,
KALI-I.,
Merc., Nit-ac.,
Phyt.

Tendons, with
shortening of :-

Caust.,
NAT-M.

Tension, with, worse
from motion and contact :-

BRY.

Thunderstorm, worse
during a :-

Rhod.

Touch, the least, is
exceedingly painful :-

Chel.

Travelling, when

(nephritic
colic) :- Pareir.

Typhus, after or
during :-

Tarax.

Upward, from
below :-

LED.

Urination, with
frequent :-

Meph.

Vision, with
disturbance of :-

Merl.

Wandering :-

Arn.,
Ars.,
Asaf., Bell., Bry.,
Chlol.,
Coch., Mang., Meph., Nux-m.,
Nux-v., Pall.,
Plb., PULS.,
Rhod.,
Sabin., Sars., Sep., Sulph., Valer.

Wandering, with
catarrh :-

Eug.

Wandering, quickly from
one part to another :-

PULS.

Wandering, with much
pressure to urination and shocks :-

Meph.

Warmth, relieved
by :-

ARS.,
Caust., Coloc.,
Lyc.,
Mag-p., Merc., Rhus-t., Sulph.

Warmth, worse
from :-

Bry.,
Phos., Puls.,
Thuj.

Water, from being in,
or exposed in damp and wet weather :-

Bell.,
Bor., Bry., CALC.,
Carb-v.,
Caust., Colch.,
Dulc., Hep.,
Lyc., Nux-m., PULS.,
RHUS-T., Sars.,
Sep., Sulph.

Water, checked by
putting limbs in cold :-

Tarent.

Weather, worse in
change of :-

BRY.,
Calc., Carb-v.,
Dulc.,
Graph., Lach., Mang.,
Merc., Nux-m.,
RHOD.,
Rhus-t., SIL.,
Sulph., VERAT.

Weather, worse in dry,
cold :-

Asar.

Weather, in protracted
wet, or from getting feet wet :-

PULS.

Weather, worse in wet,
better in warmth :-

Lyc.