Lungs – Inner Chest and Lungs – Chapter 28 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Main

Anus :-

Symptoms with
fistula :-

SIL.

Diseases, with
hæmorrhoids :-

Verat.

Atelectasis :-

ANT-T.,
Hyos.

Auscultation
sounds :-

(See
Râles.)

Ægophony, right side
towards upper part

(pleurisy) :-
Seneg.

Ægophony, in
pneumonia :-

Zinc.

Amphoric, in
tuberculosis :-

Nat-ar.

Apices audibly
diseased, one of the :-

Tub.

Bronchial :-

Sec.

Bronchial, at base

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Bronchial, in catarrhal
pneumonia :-

Hyos.

Bronchial, after
coughing and profuse expectoration

(bronchial
catarrh) :- Hep.

Bronchial, indistinct,
with numerous râles, partly dry, partly moist, with dull percussion
over lower portion of thorax on right side :-

Phos.

Bronchial, in
pleuritis :-

Cact.

Bronchial, in
pneumonia :-

Chel.,
KALI-I.,
Lyc., Phos.,
Sang., Stram.

Bronchial, from 5th rib
downward, in pneumonia :-

Sulph.

Bronchial, on right
side, in phthisis :-

Iod.

Bronchial, in right,
suprascapular region

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Bronchial, in right
side

(pleuro-pneumonia
biliosa) :- Rhus-t.

Bronchial, strong in
front, right side, above and behind

(pneumonia) :-
Ant-t.

Bronchial, in
tuberculosis :-

Ferr-i.

Bronchial, upper half

(asthma) :-
Dig.

Camphoric sounds in
right :-

Iodof.

Creaking leathery
noise, over middle and lower 3rd of right

(pneumonia) :-
Iod.

Crepitant râles

(pleuro-pneumonia
biliosa) :- Rhus-t.

Crepitation in
bilateral croupous pneumonia :-

Kali-i.

Crepitation, coarse,
beneath left clavicle

(hæmorrhagic
pthisis) :- Ars-i.

Crepitation, coarse,
below border of pectoralis major, and around posteriorly to back of
lung

(hæmorrhagic
phthisis) :- Ars-i.

Crepitation, coarse, in
phthisis :-

Ars-i.

Crepitation, coarse,
posteriorly about centre

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Crepitation, dry, over
both, veiled by co-existing coarse bronchial râles

(measles) :-
Lach.

Crepitation, with or
without expectoration, and a sensation of heat and sharp pain during
inspiration :-

PHOS.

Crepitation, fine, in
broncho-pneumonia :-

Lyc.

Crepitation, with
feeble respiration :-

Kali-cy.

Crepitation, in left

(pneumonia) :-
Ant-t.

Crepitation, in both
lower lobes

(pneumonia) :-
Sulph.

Crepitation, before and
after menses

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Crepitation, in
pneumonia :-

Elaps.,
Lyc., Phos.

Crepitation,
posteriorly, in right lung, from forced inspiration

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Crepitation in right
suprascapular region

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Crepitation, but
distinct, in upper part of chest, on right side, superiorly and
posteriorly feeble, respiration sharp and expiratory murmur
indistinct

(pneumonia) :-
Sulph.

Murmur, in
pneumonia :-

Ant-t.

Murmur, lung,
expiratory sound long in apex of

(incipient
phthisis follow amenorrhœa) :-
Sang.

Murmur, harsh, in left
apex

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Murmur in apices,
rattling, weak, worse in right

(consumption) :-
Kali-bi.

Murmur, weak
respiratory, in right side, in nipple line in 5th intercostal space

(bronchial
catarrh) :- Hep.

Purring, in bronchial
catarrh :-

Ant-t.

Purring, with
cough :-

Ant-t.

Râle, consonating, at
4th rib

(pneumonia) :-
Sulph.

Râles, subcrepitant,
over summit of, right :-

Ant-t.

Râles in base, small
crepitant, posteriorly

(infantile
pneumonia) :- Phos.

Râles, fine vesicular,
at left apex :-

Sep.

Rasping, increasing
towards evening

(croup) :-
Kaol.

Ronchi, dry

(phthisis) :-
Ars-i.

Ronchi, sibilant,
wheezing :-

Spong.

Sibilant, at night

(hay
catarrh) :- Stict.

Sibilant, all over,
especially lower right lobe

(pneumonia) :-
Sulph.

Snoring, loud, as if
through a tube

(bilateral
croupous pneumonia) :-
Kali-i.

Vesicular murmur absent
in dropsy of chest :-

Kali-i.

Vesicular murmur absent
in left :-

Elaps.

Vesicular murmur absent
in posterior half of left :-

Lach.

Vesicular murmur absent
in pleuritis, with plastic exudation :-

Hep.

Vesicular murmur absent
in pneumonia :-

Lyc.,
Squil.

Vesicular murmur absent
at top of right :-

Tub.

Vesicular murmur absent
in upper part of superior lobe :-

Sulph.

Vesicular murmur dry in
upper part

(asthma) :-
Arg-n.

Vesicular murmur
feeble :-

Dig.

Vesicular murmur feeble
in cardiac dropsy :-

Dig.

Vesicular murmur feeble
and obscure :-

Gels.

Vesicular murmur almost
inaudible :-

Bar-c.

Vesicular murmur
indistinct, especially in lower lobes :-

Nat-ar.

Vesicular murmur
indistinct in several places

(asthma) :-
Arg-n.

Vesicular breathing,
weak

(œdema
of lungs) :- Ant-t.

Vocal fremitus
increased

(pneumonia) :-
Sulph.

Vocal resonance,
increased, of right :-

Iodof.,
Tub.

Breathing :-

(See Asthma,
Breathing, Dyspnœa,
Chapter 26 :
Respiration.)

Bubbling, in
pneumonia :-

Kali-c.

Burning :-

Coughing extends to
epigastrium, when :-

Arum-t.

Fire, like :-

Ail.,
Ars., Bufo.

Right, in :-

Bry.

Upper lobes

(clavicular
region), through,
with loss of appetite, and prostration, with rawness in throat,
extending from pharynx down beneath upper portion of sternum, after
coughing :- Rumx.

Cancer :-

Right, of

(relieved) :-
Hydr.

Scirrhous
degeneration :-

Kali-bi.

Typhoid symptoms with
hæmorrhage or fetor :-

Crot-h.

Catarrh :-

Acon., ANT-T.,
Apis, ARS.,
Aur-m., Benz-ac.,
Coc-c., Ferr-p.,
HEP.,
Kali-bi.,
Kali-c., Kali-s., Lac-d.,
Lact.,
Lyc., PHOS.
(after
Acon.), Puls.,
Senec., Sin-a., Sin-n.

Acute, with sneezing
and dry, hard tickling cough, commencing about sunset till midnight,
when all sufferings are better :-

Rhus-t.

Blennorrhœa :-

ANT-C.,
Mill.

Blennorrhœa, chronic :-

Ferr.

Blennorrhœa, chronic,
threatening phthisis :-

Psor.

Blennorrhœa, with
scrofula :-

BAR-M.

Broncho-pulmonary, from
dilatation or fatty degeneration of heart :-

Phos.

Children, of, similar
to aconite :-

Ferr-p.

Children, in,
constitutional :-

Nat-s.

Chronic, with copious
expectoration of yellowish, greenish, offensive tasting
mucus :-

Stann.

Chronic, with profuse
expectoration of greenish-gray, purulent mucus, of a disgusting
odor, sometimes mixed with blood :-

Cop.

Chronic, like phthisis,
beginning as a metastasis :-

Guai.

Chronic, vesicles
invaded by morbid process, in scrofulous subjects :-

Hep.

Chronic, in tubercular
patients, in phthisical subjects, particularly phthisis
florida :-

Dig.

Cold, after a :-

SANG.

Cold, after a, previous
winter :-

Samb.

Colds daily, seemed to
catch new, excessive glairy mucus, with rawness and soreness of
chest :-

Petr.

Dentition,
during :-

Podo.

Dry, in morning, when
waking :-

Aur.

Exudation, with
serous :-

Dig.

Fall, early in, upon
1st change from warm to cold, lasting until next summer :-

Coc-c.

Infants, of :-

LYC.

Infiltration,
especially during commencement of, crepitant sound

(typhoid) :-
Sulph.

Inflammatory condition,
acute, of old people :-

Bry.

Neglected, severe,
persistent, spasmodic cough with vomiting

(consumption) :-
Kreos.

Phthisis, in :-

Cub.

Pneumonia, with, in old
persons or children :-

Nux-v.

Râles, with or without
mucous :-

Dulc.

Sitting bent, worse,
must lean back or get up and walk, worse breathing cold air :-

Hep.

Smoke had been inhaled,
lungs feel as though :-

Nat-ar.

Sputa, thick white or
yellow :-

Kali-m.

Subacute collection of
glutinous, sticky mucus in air cells, giving rise to violent and
suffocative spasms of cough, often attended by retching :-

Hep.

Suffocative :-

Dulc.

Thickening of mucous
membrane :-

Lach.

Weather, caused by
exposure to damp cold :-

DULC.

Worse, constantly
growing

(inflammatory
disease of uterus) :-
Iod.

Cavity

(See Abscess,
Suppuration.) :-
Bapt., Sil.

Apex of right,
in :-

Ol-j.

Breathing, with hissing
sound on :-

Phel.

Cavity of thorax, with
purulent exudation into, infiltration and ulceration of intestinal
canal, chronic diarrhœa

(hectic
fever) :- Phos.

Right solid, probably
from healed-up cavities, as he at one time had pulmonary
phthisis :-

Tub.

Vomica :-

Mill.

Vomicæ, large :-

Plb.

Vomica, with perfect
pectoriloquy under right :-

Ol-j.

Cold :-

Heavy cold had settled
there, as if a :-

Iod.

Inside, feel
cold :-

Am-br.

Pain, cold, in right,
when coughing :-

Med.

Colicky pain, in lower
part of left, felt like pain from flatulence, comes and quickly
passes away, often repeated :-

Chin-ar.

Compressed :-

As if, by
diaphragm :-

Carb-ac.

Feeling :-

Bapt.

But no great dyspnœa
when lying quietly :-

Kali-i.

Congestion

(See Inflammation.) :-
ACON.,
Ammc., Amyg.,
Ars-s-f.,
Aur., Carbn-s., Chlol., Cic., Coca,
Gamb.,
Gels., Hyper., Indg.,
Jug-c., Meli.,
Ptel., Sep.,
TER.,
Uran-n.

Anxiety, with :-

Ammc.

Asthma :-

Aur.

Back part :-

Ars-h.

Bronchitis, in :-

Phos.

Circulation, traceable
to impeded :-

Dig.

Collateral
hyperæmia :-

Hippoz.

Consumption, in :-

Ferr-p.

Delicate constitutions,
in, tendency to

(bronchitis) :-
Iod.

Dropsy, in
cardiac :-

Cact.

Dysmenorrhœa in
feeble, with, tendency to, torpid subjects :-

Sang.

Eczema, suppressed,
after vaccination :-

Ammc.

Engorged, feel, heart
beats violently

(fever) :-
Æsc.

Engorgement, with fatty
or amyloid degeneration of kidneys :-

Phos.

Engorgement, with faint
feeling in stomach

(pneumonia) :-
VERAT-V.

Fear of
congestion :-

Gels.

Fever, typhoid :-

RHUS-T.

Hæmoptysis,
with :-

Acon.,
Arn., Astac.,
Ferr-p.,
Phos.

Hæmoptysis and
palpitation, with, must sit up :-

Ferr.

Hæmorrhoids, with
suppressed :-

SULPH.

Hands and feet, with
cold, then debility :-

Ferr.

Hyperæmia :-

Anthraci.,
Aur., Œna.

Hyperæmic state, in
organic disease of the heart :-

Apis.

Left, lower half of,
and lower 2/3 of right

(pneumonia) :-
Sulph.

Local :-

Ferr-p.,
Lycps.

Localized, at base of
left :-

Ox-ac.

Measles, with, during
febrile stage :-

Verat-v.

Passive, dependent upon
weakened, dilated heart :-

DIG.

Passive, of upper lobe
of left :-

Ant-s-aur.

Repercussion of
scarlatinal eruption :-

Ip.

Subacute :-

Sang.

Sudden, with profuse
mucous secretion and spasmodic suffocative cough :-

Coc-c.

Tuberculosis,
in :-

Kali-n.

Constriction, in upper
portion :-

Coca.

Consumption

(phthisis,
tuberculosis) (See
Catarrh, Cavity,
Hæmorrhage, Inflammation,
Suppuration ;
also Larynx Phthisis,
Chapter 25 :
Voice and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia ; Cough
Phthisis, Chapter 27 :
Cough and Expectoration ; Sweat
Night, Chapter 40 :
Fever.) :- Acal.,
ACET-AC.,
ACON., AGAR., ¤ Alumn.,
Am-c., Am-m., ¤ Anag., Ant-t.,
Arn., Ars.,
Ars-i., Arum-m.,
Arum-t., ¤ Asc-s.,
Bell., Bor.,
Brom., Bry.,
Bufo, CALC.,
¤ Carb-ac.,
Carb-an.,
Carb-v., Carbn-s., Card-m.,
Cetr., Chim.,
Chin.,
Chin-ar., Chlol.,
Chlor.,
Cimic., Coca, Cod., Con.,
Cor-r.,
Cub., Dig.,
Dros.,
Dulc., ELAPS.,
Ferr., Ferr-i.,
FERR-P.,
Fl-ac., Guai.,
HEP.,
Hydrc.,
Hyos., Iod.,
Kali-bi., KALI-C.,
Kali-n., Kalm.,
Kreos., LACH.,
Laur.,
Led., LYC.,
Lycps., Mang.,
Merc., Mill., Myric., Myrt-c., Nat-ar., Nat-m.,
Nat-p., Nit-ac.,
Nux-m.,
Nux-v., Ol-j.,
Olnd.,
Ox-ac., Ph-ac.,
PHOS.,
Pix, Plb.,
Psor., Puls., Samb., Sang., Seneg.,
SEP.,
SIL., SPONG., STANN., Sul-ac.,
SULPH.,
TUB., Zinc.

Amenorrhœa, in :-

Psor.

Aphonia :-

Lach.

Asthma, worse 2
A.M. :-

Rumx.

Back, with chilliness
in :-

Spong.

Beginning, in, when
there is discharge of masses resembling pus :-

Kali-c.

Bronchorrhagia,
repeated :-

Mill.

Catarrh, neglected,
threatens to pass into, with mucous expectoration :-

Stann.

Catarrh, affected by,
small space in upper right, with crackling respiration, audible to
herself at night, and dulness on percussion :-

Kali-m.

Cavity in left,
small :-

Sulph.

Cavity in right, at 2nd
intercostal space, 3 inches to right of sternum :-

Sil.

Chest, with flying
pains in, and hectic fever :-

Ferr.

Children, of :-

Ars.

Chlorosis, in
consequence of erethic :-

Ferr.

Chronic :-

SIL.

Cold, disposition to
take :-

Dulc.

Constitution sycotic or
hydrogenoid :-

Nat-s.

Cough, with thick white
mucus and white coated tongue :-

Kali-m.

Cough deep

(phthisis) :-
Merc-c.

Cough, after whooping,
purulent with inflammatory affections of lungs and larynx :-

Kreos.

Diarrhœa :-

Acet-ac.,
Am-m., Ars.,
Calc-p., Carb-v.,
Caust., Cetr., Cimic.,
Crot-t.,
Dulc., Elaps.,
Ferr.,
Gamb., Guare.,
Iod.,
Lycps., Myric.,
Olnd.,
Phos., Verat.

Diarrhœa, chronic :-

NIT-AC.

Diarrhœa, colliquative :-

PHOS.

Diarrhœa, in phthisis
florida, after pneumonia :-

Ferr.

Diarrhœa, with
prolapsus of rectum :-

Calc.

Diarrhœa, with
tympanitis :-

Carb-v.

Diarrhœa, black liquid
stools :-

Elaps.

Diarrhœa,
sour-smelling, greenish, contains mucus, with colic and tenesmus :-

Rheum.

Diarrhœa, tendency to,
in incipient tubercular disease :-

Tub.

Drunkards, of :-

Chin.

Emaciation and
hectic :-

Merc-c.

Exacerbation, severe,
evening :-

Kreos.

Expectoration,
purulent, foul, pus-like taste :-

Dros.

Fibre, in subjects of
relaxed, especially 3rd stage :-

Ferr-i.

Florida

(galloping) :-
Ferr., Ferr-p.,
Merc-c., Sang.,
Ther.

Florida, after
pneumonia :-

Ferr.

Florida, suppurative
stage, chlorotic girls :-

Puls.

Florida, in young
subjects :-

Nat-p.

Fluids and vitality,
from loss of :-

Chin.

Glycosuria,
with :-

Phos.

Hæmoptysis,
with :-

¤ Hyper.

Hæmoptysis and cough,
with :-

Sep.

Hæmorrhagic :-

Ars-i.

Hæmorrhoids,
with :-

Phos.

Hoarseness :-

Ol-j.,
PHOS.

Incipient :-

Agar.,
Bry., Carb-v., CIMIC.,
Ferr., Lyc., MED.,
Nat-s., PHOS.,
Puls., Rumx.,
Sang.,
Sep., TUB.

Incipient, following
amenorrhœa :-

Sang.

Incipient, in anæmic
patients :-

Calc-p.

Incipient, with dry,
exhausting cough, short respiration :-

Kali-c.

Incipient, with
fatiguing cough, caused by obstructed menses :-

Senec.

Incipient, with bloody
expectoration :-

Erig.,
MILL.,
Sang., Tril.

Incipient, after
pneumonia :-

Ferr.,
Lach., Lyc.

Incipient, in strumous
subjects :-

Still.

Incipient, deposit of
tuberculous matter in apex of left :-

Lycps.

Injuries to chest,
after mechanical :-

Ruta.

Left, begins in apex
of :-

Spong.

Lie only on one side,
can :-

Kreos.

Lower lobes, pains
in :-

Med.

Menstrual
irregularities :-

Senec.

Menses, chronic
suppression of :-

Lyc.

Nursing mothers,
in :-

Kali-c.

Old people, in :-

Nat-s.

Parenchyma, lung,
destroyed, sputa bloody :-

Merc.

Pituitous

(phthisis
mucosa) :- Æsc.,
ANT-C.,
ANT-T., Caust.,
Cetr., Coch.,
Dulc., Lyc., Mill.,
Nat-s.,
Seneg., STANN.

Pituitous, with
characteristic cough, weakness and sputa :-

STANN.

Pituitous, with
purulent or green sputa :-

KALI-I.

Pleuritis :-

Bry.,
Kali-c.

Pleuritic
stitches :-

Ham.

Pleuritic stitches,
especially in region of 3rd or 4th rib, left side :-

Guai.

Psoric state, joined to
or dependent upon a :-

Sarr.

Purulent :-

¤ Cetr.

Purulent, largely,
large quantities of thick, heavy muco-pus :-

Sil.

Right lung is seat of
lesion, especially where :-

Phel.

Right, worse in :-

Elaps.

Scrofulous :-

Bar-m.,
CALC.,
Lap-a., Ol-j.

Scrofulous, with great
emaciation :-

Jug-c.

Septicæmia, symptoms
of, from absorption of pus from cavities

(consumption) :-
Sil.

Stages of, early

(pleurodynia) :-
Rumx.

Stage, 1st :-

Cact.,
Tub.

Stage, 1st, with mucous
expectoration :-

Stann.

Stages, 1st, especially
tuberculous variety :-

Petr.

Stage, 2nd :-

Kali-c.

Stage, advanced :-

Tril.

Stages, in all,
especially acute, exacerbations, with much cough, dull headache,
severe pain in chest :-

Kali-n.

Stage, last :-

Lob.,
Pix.

Stages, last, spasmodic
cough :-

Chlol.

Stages, last,
expectoration terribly offensive :-

Phel.

Syphilis, particularly
if caused by maltreated :-

Myrt-c.

Sweats, with
colliquative night :-

Nit-ac.

Sweats, with copious
night :-

Polyp.,
Psor.

Sweats, with copious
night, and watery diarrhœa

(See
Sweat at night, Chapter
40 : Fever.) :-
Polyp.

Threatened, has lost 14
pounds in 6 weeks :-

Tub.

Tobacco workers, is
said to make less rapid progress among, phthisis :-

Tab.

Tubercles,
arthritic :-

Sars.

Tubercles, lungs begin
to fill with :-

Acet-ac.

Tubercles develop, with
hectic fever :-

Phos.

Tubercles, infiltrated
with gray :-

Uran-n.

Tubercle of left,
infiltration of, causes reflex aphonia :-

Rumx.

Tubercles size of a
millet seed to a pea, firm texture, gray, yellowish or
reddish :-

Hippoz.

Tubercles have not yet
softened or in 1st stage of softening :-

Ol-j.

Tubercles,
disorganizing stage :-

Kali-c.

Tubercular deposit,
persons that exhibit laryngeal catarrh :-

Mang.

Tuberculous deposits in
apices :-

Lac-d.

Tuberculosis,
appearance similar to chronic, with hectic fever :-

Hippoz.

Tuberculous diathesis,
dry hacking cough :-

Plb.

Tubercles in herpetic
patients, especially after suppression of exanthems in scrofulous
and hæmorrhoidal subjects :-

Hep.

Tuberculous diathesis,
inveterate cases of itch, with, or after suppressed itch :-

PSOR.

Tuberculous condition
of central 3rd of right :-

Sep.

Tuberculous diathesis,
weak-chested persons growing rapidly, in tall, slender :-

Phos.

Young florid subjects,
vascular system, with erethism of, especially in :-

Ferr.

Youths, in
fast-growing :-

Ph-ac.

Uneasiness, just below
centre of right lung :-

Sep.

Warm room, cannot bear
a :-

Iod.

Contracted feeling,
sternal edge of centre of left :-

Ail.

Cough :-

(See Inner
Chest Cough ; also Cough
Chest, Chapter 27 :
Cough and Expectoration.)

As if lungs came in
contact with back, when coughing :-

Sulph.

Cramp :-

(See Inner
Chest Spasms.)

Beginning with
inclination to cough, gradually increasing, making desperate :-

Mosch.

Cutting,
with oppression of chest :-

Jug-c.

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