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Neck – Neck and Back – Chapter 31 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 31.
NECK AND BACK.

Back
* Coccyx * Lumbar
Region
(Loins,
Small of Back) *

Neck
* Sacrum * Scapulæ
* Spinal Cord * Spine

Neck.
A-D
*

E-M
* N-R * S-Z
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Neck :-

Emaciated :-

NAT-M.,
Sars.

Consumption, in :-

Iod.

Gastromalacia,
in :-

Calc.

Summer complaint,
emaciates rapidly in, with atrophy :-

NAT-M.

Thin and scrawny

(marasmus) :-
Calc.

Eruption

(See Boils.) :-
Clem.

Blisters :-

Hep.

Blotch, round elevated,
around which larger and smaller patches were closely crowded :-

Rhus-t.

Brown skin, back of
oily :-

Thuj.

Brown spots, covered
with :-

Lyc.

Brown spots, in
secondary syphilis :-

Petr.

Brown node, back of,
about size of a grain of wheat, burning, when touching it complains
of needles sticking in it :-

Tarent.

Chronic, nape of
neck :-

Graph.

Crusts, light, form on
back, along border of hair, which are irregular and resemble peach
gum :-

Nat-m.

Eczema, bleeds easily
and is covered with thick crusts, with fetid secretion
beneath :-

Lyc.

Erethism :-

Chlol.,
Gels.

Excoriated by discharge
from eczema capitis, nape :-

Psor.

Fissured in folds of
skin, 1 1/2 inches in length, deeply, sero-purulent
discharge :-

Kali-bi.

Herpes :-

Petr.

Herpes, worse from heat
which causes burning :-

Con.

Herpes on nape :-

Lyc.,
Petr.

Herpes, on side,
extending from cheek :-

Psor.

Herpes on each side, a
symmetrical patch of, itching and burning after scratching :-

Lac-d.

Herpes circinatus in
right side, one time in front then at back, then at side, extend
about ear, swelling of surrounding parts :-

Sep.

Herpetic patches,
itching, small round, red :-

Graph.

Herpetic spots on
nape :-

Hyos.

Herpetic spots, red, on
both sides, with itching :-

Sep.

Impetigo :-

Petr.

Impetigo, on nape, at
boundaries of hair :-

Nat-m.

Itching, burning,
papular :-

Rhus-t.

Itching rash :-

Mez.

Itch-like :-

Bar-m.

Lichen
circumscriptions, of 6 weeks’ duration in a strong woman, æt. 44,
commencing with itching 4 weeks later, 2 circular groups of
rose-colored, slightly pointed papules, confluent at base and
without secretion, itching worse by night, ceased after
scratching :-

Mang.

Miliary, red, in acute
rheumatism :-

Chel.

Moist, to head :-

Clem.

Nape, on :-

Cham.

Nape, on, dry, peeling
in fine mealy scales without itching :-

Graph.

Nodules in skin, with
cough

(horses
and cows) :- Agar.

Nodules, red,
particularly on side of apices, filled with pus, burning :-

Rhus-t.

Nodular and rough on
nape, skin hard :-

Graph.

Patch on front, large
dusky, extends to scalp, covered with minute scales

(eczema) :-
Sil.

Petechial :-

Stram.

Pimples :-

Gels.,
Meph., Pall., Trom.

Pimples, below
chin :-

Puls.

Pimples, beneath chin,
painful to pressure :-

Spong.

Pimples, large
clustering, with violent itching :-

Lyc.

Pimples, caused by
disturbed action of follicular glands :-

Kali-m.

Pimples,
itching :-

Agar.,
Staph.

Pimples, in
nape :-

Kali-c.,
Petr.

Pimples, itching, on
nape :-

Sil.

Pimples, red :-

Ph-ac.

Pimple, red, large,
near thyroid cartilage :-

Verb.

Pimples, scarlet-red,
large :-

Zing.

Pimples, small, red,
close together :-

Thuj.

Pimple, on right side,
itches, burns :-

Pall.

Pimples on side :-

Puls.

Pimples, small,
suppurative :-

Agar.

Prurigo-like, pinkish,
lentil-shaped spots :-

Vesp.

Psoriasis on nape, in
secondary syphilis :-

Merc.

Purple efflorescence,
in patches, on :-

Colch.

Purplish spots,
hard :-

APIS.

Pustular :-

Calc.

Pustular, soon drying
up :-

Thuj.

Pustules, on
nape :-

Bell.,
Tab.

Pustules, itching, in
nape, better wrapping up warmly :-

Sil.

Pustules, white :-

Cimic.

Rash, epidemic :-

Grin.

Rash, irritation
and :-

Calc.

Rash, erysipelatoid,
with maddening, burning heat, worse at night :-

Hydr.

Rash on nape, itching,
always worse and gnawing after scratching and sticking, as from
needles :-

Mez.

Redness, bright
scarlet, extends over body and legs

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Red, knotty, on left
side of nape :-

Nat-s.

Red patches, with
urticarious wheals :-

Chlol.

Red, irregular, scaling
patches during congestion, at time of menses :-

Nux-m.

Red points, changing to
blotches :-

Cinnb.

Red spot :-

Berb.

Red spots :-

BRY.,
Carb-v., Cinnb.,
Lach.

Red spots, with fine
blisters :-

Tell.

Red spot on nape, came
and went :-

Verat.

Red spots, round,
frequent appearance

(prosopalgia) :-
Mez.

Red spots on
sides :-

Cocc.

Red spots, filled with
serum, gone after sweat :-

Astac.

Red spots, pale, in
syphilis :-

Phyt.

Rhus poisoning :-

Kali-s.

Scabs, painful when
touched :-

Hep.

Scabs on left, small,
itching, better by scratching :-

Nat-s.

Scarlet, in
children :-

Asim.

Scarlet, bright, like
scarlatina :-

Lac-c.

Scarlatina simplex,
rash like, flushing, bright red, disappears on pressure, returns
immediately after removal of pressure :-

Stram.

Smarting,
colorless :-

Ars.

Spots faintly visible

(incipient
hydrocephalus) :-
Apis.

Tetter, itching,
moist :-

Caust.

Tetter on nape :-

Sep.

Tetter, itching, on
nape, below hair :-

Sulph.

Urticaria :-

SULPH.

Vesicles, as large as
peas :-

Merc.

Vesicles, itching, on
back of, tingling, break, overflow other parts, with tendency to
ulceration :-

Clem.

Yellow spots :-

Iod.

Yellowish-brown spots,
scale off on rubbing :-

Sep.

Yellow scabs cover
diseased surface thickly, with fissures occasioning soreness and
bleeding, with itching :-

Sulph.


Erysipelas :-

Apis,
Graph.

Nape, on,
bluish-red :-

Ph-ac.

9th day, on, after
vaccination :-

Crot-h.

Excoriation, in folds
of skin :-

Hydr.,
SULPH.

Formicating pain, left
side :-

Arund.

Fulness :-

Glon.,
Iber.

Crowded, in
diaphragmitis :-

Ham.

In both sides :-

Glon.

Must sleep with neck
uncovered :-

Ham.,
Lach.

Glands :-

(See Goitre.)

Air passing into,
sensation of, on breathing :-

Spong.

Diphtheria, in, swell
rapidly :-

Merc-i-f.

Engorgement, with moist
scales :-

Hell.

Enlarged :-

Caust.,
Led., Nat-p.

Enlarged, in caries of
lower jaw :-

Con.

Enlarged, in
diphtheria :-

Iod.

Enlarged, in eczema
capitis :-

Sil.

Enlarged during fever,
in girls :-

Bar-m.

Enlarged
lymphatic :-

Chim.

Enlarged, in nasal
catarrh :-

Iod.

Enlarged, numerous and
small :-

Syph.

Enlarged, in otorrhœa :-

BAR-M.,
Merc.

Enlarged, in incipient
phthisis :-

Tub.

Enlarged, in chronic
rheumatism of left hip-joint :-

Phyt.

Enlarged, with
scrofula :-

Merc.

Enlarged, in
scrofulosis of children :-

Still.

Enlarged, sore when
coughing :-

Nat-m.

Enlarged, in right side
of neck, under upper part of sterno-cleido-mastoid, painful when
moving head :-

Med.

Enlarged, even
impending suppuration

(scarlatina) :-
Rhus-t.

Enlarged, in
syphilis :-

Kali-bi.

Enlarged, in hereditary
syphilis :-

Syph.

Enlarged, with
tonsillitis :-

Merc-i-f.

Fistulous openings of
lymphatic, with caries of clavicle :-

Sil.

Fluctuating

(swelling
of parotids) :- Bar-m.

Followed by :-

Tub.

Hard :-

Bar-c.,
Con.

Hard, swollen to size
of pigeon eggs, 2 like hen’s eggs, painful on pressure

(swelling
of parotids) :- Bar-m.

Hard, with pressing
pain and stitches :-

MERC.

Hard swelling at
back :-

Cinnb.

Hard and
swollen :-

Merc-c.

Induration :-

Arg-n.,
Bar-m.,
Carb-an., Cist., Cupr., Dulc., SIL.,
Spong.,
Viol-t.

Induration, abuse of
mercury :-

Sars.

Induration, in otorrhœa :-

BAR-M.

Induration and
infiltration, studding neck like row of pearls :-

Hecla.

Induration in incipient
phthisis :-

Tub.

Induration in
scarlatina :-

Merc-i-f.

Induration,
scrofulous :-

Rhus-t.

Induration in
scrofulous children :-

CON.

Induration, with
stitching :-

Calc.

Induration to stony
hardness :-

Calc-f.

Induration of
thymus :-

Agar.

Inflamed, in œdema
larynges :-

Sang.

Inflamed, painful,
worse by hot or cold application :-

Merc.

Inflamed, with pressing
pain and stitches :-

MERC.

Inflamed, with red
streaks, as in scarlet fever :-

Rhus-t.

Inflamed,
suddenly :-

BELL.

Inflammation :-

Bell.,
Dulc.

Inflammation,
sub-inflammatory condition, painful at every turn of head :-

Dulc.

Inflammatory swelling
beneath ears after scarlatina :-

Rhus-t.

Jerking pain in
right :-

Caps.

Kernels, almond-shaped,
of varying sizes, abundant after adenitis :-

Syph.

Large soft-feeling,
left side :-

Iodof.

Left side, swollen and
painful :-

Lil-t.

Lymphatic, on right
side, enlarged :-

Merc-i-f.

Lymphatic ganglia
swollen, like beads :-

Æth.

Nodules, felt like
hard, under skin, enlarged :-

Ars.

Painful :-

Calc-p.

Painful, in
diphtheria :-

Kali-ma.

Painful eruption and
periostitis, probably syphilitic, behind ears :-

Kali-bi.

Painful, especially
near nape :-

Carb-v.

Painful, when turning
neck :-

Cham.

Painful scrofulous
induration :-

Carb-an.

Painful, in
stomatitis :-

Caps.

Painful, as if cervical
glands were swelling by side of trachea of larynx :-

Spong.

Pressive pain :-

Ign.

Right side,
hard :-

Phyt.

Sensitive :-

Cham.

Side, on, down to
shoulder, swollen and painful when bending neck to one side or lying
upon it :-

Graph.

Sore :-

Ail.,
Cupr-ar.

Sore to touch :-

Bry.

Stiff and tense, as
if :-

Graph.

Suppuration, in caries
of lower jaw :-

Cist.

Suppuration, chronic

(scrofula) :-
Hydr.

Suppuration, in
scarlatina :-

Lach.

Suppuration, after
scarlet fever, with hæmaturia :-

Sec.

Suppuration, tendency
to :-

Anan.

Swelling :-

Ant-c.,
ARUM-T.,
Bar-m., Bell., CALC.,
Camph., Carb-v.,
Cham.,
Cist., Cund., Dulc.,
Euphr., Hell.,
Ictod., Iod.,
Kali-c., Kali-i., Kali-m., Kreos., Lyc., Mag-m.,
Merc-cy.,
Merc-d.,
Nat-c., Nit-ac., Puls., SIL.,
Staph., Sulph.,
Thuj.

Swelling, with aching,
stitching pains :-

Calc.

Swelling, in
aphthæ :-

Hell.

Swelling enormously, in
caries of lower jaw :-

Calc.

Swelling extending to
chest :-

Nat-p.

Swelling, in children
and old people :-

ASTAC.

Swelling, in
chorea :-

Agar.

Swelling,
chronic :-

Nat-s.

Swelling, chronic, in
scrofula :-

Hydr.

Swelling, in
diphtheria :-

ARS.,
Carb-ac.,
Kali-ma., LACH.,
Merc-i-f.

Swelling, with
discharge of yellow ichor from nose :-

Rhus-t.

Swelling, in eruption
and periostitis, probably syphilitic, behind ears :-

Kali-bi.

Swelling, in
eczema :-

Brom.,
CALC.

Swelling, with eruption
on head :-

CALC.

Swelling, in erysipelas
traumatic :-

Apis.

Swelling, hard :-

Am-c.,
Hep., Merc.,
Sil.

Swellings, hard, size
of eggs :-

Bar-m.

Swelling hard, in
scrofulous inflammation of eyes :-

Ferr-i.

Swelling worse by hot
or cold application :-

Merc.

Swelling, hard, in
tubercular laryngitis :-

Sel.

Swelling, hard, in
scrofula :-

Ferr-i.

Swelling, hard, with
sticking when swallowing, coughing, or turning neck :-

Hep.

Swelling, hard, in
tinea capitis :-

Graph.

Swelling and
induration :-

Dulc.

Swelling on left
side :-

Graph.

Swelling, left side,
hard, or suppurating :-

Bad.

Swelling on left side,
size hen’s egg, hard and suppurating :-

LITH-C.

Swelling, left
cervical, in ulcerated throat :-

Lyc.

Swelling, of lymphatic
vessels :-

Hydrc.

Swelling on
nape :-

Bell.

Swelling in otitis
media :-

Puls.

Swelling,
painful :-

Calc.,
Carb-an., Ign., Staph.

Swelling, painless, at
margin of hair :-

Calc.

Swelling, painless, on
side :-

GRAPH.

Swelling, with pressing
pain and stitches :-

MERC.

Swelling, in rachitis,
atrophy of children :-

Staph.

Swelling, with
ranula :-

Thuj.

Swelling, rapid :-

Ant-t.

Swelling, with red
streaks, as in scarlet fever :-

Rhus-t.

Swelling, in right
side :-

Merc.

Swelling of right side,
disappeared and then swelling of left throat, with difficult
swallowing

(ulcerated
throat) :- Lyc.

Swelling, in
scarlatina :-

Bar-c.,
CALC.,
Lach.

Swelling, in scarlet
fever :-

Acon.,
Dulc.,
Lach.

Swelling,
scrofulous :-

Lyc.,
Sil., Spong.

Swelling, in scrofulous
children :-

CON.

Swelling, in scrofulous
ophthalmia :-

Aur.

Swelling, sensation of,
at night, and arteries distended with blood :-

Daph.

Swelling,
sensitive :-

Æsc.

Swelling on both sides,
painful to touch, as if bruised, pain extends to head :-

Psor.

Swelling, in
stomatitis :-

Caps.,
Staph.

Swelling, with
suppuration :-

SIL.

Swelling, painful on
swallowing

(rheumatism) :-
Merc.

Swelling and tenderness
on left side :-

Vesp.

Swelling, with tensive
pain on moving neck, or when pressing them :-

Spong.

Swelling, with humid
tetter on ears :-

Kreos.

Swelling, with sore
throat :-

Sep.,
Sulph.

Swelling, tickling,
better from pressing with cold hand :-

Kali-c.

Swelling in tinea
capitis :-

Bar-c.

Swelling, with
toothache, scarlatina, etc. :-

Merc-i-r.

Swelling, on upper part

(syphilis
after abuse of mercury) :-
Sars.

Swelling, of several,
size of walnuts, and stony hard

(spinal
disease) :- Apis.

Tearing pain :-

Graph.

Tearing in
right :-

Caps.

Tender :-

Con.

Tender, very, in
diphtheria :-

PHYT.

Tender, in erysipelas
erratica :-

Hydr.

Tender, in ulcerated
throat :-

Kali-ma.

Throbbing, not
swollen :-

Am-m.

Thyroid, as if air were
passing up and down on breathing :-

Spong.

Thyroid, enlargement
of, due to hypertrophy :-

¤ Kali-i.

Thyroid, enlargement,
after suppressed menses :-

Ferr-i.

Thyroid, as if
hardened :-

Spong.

Thyroid, hypertrophied,
in Basedow’s disease :-

Spong.

Thyroid, increase,
acute pain on pressure or motion of head :-

Iod.

Thyroid, region of
indurated :-

Spong.

Thyroid,
itching :-

Ambr.

Thyroid, round hard
swelling on upper right part :-

Nat-c.

Thyroid, swelling
increasing rapidly :-

Kali-i.

Thyroid, resistant
swelling of middle lobe of :-

Nat-c.

Thyroid, sensation of
swelling :-

Benz-ac.

Thyroid, slight
swelling

(ranula) :-
Thuj.

Thyroid swollen, even
with chin, suffocating spells at night, barking, with stinging in
throat, and soreness in abdomen :-

Spong.

Thyroid, right lobe
swollen, having the appearance of an elastic cyst :-

Sil.

Thyroid, swollen,
painful on touching neck and on pressure :-

Spong.

Thyroid, enlarged,
tender :-

Ail.

Thyroid, tension, in
region of, externally :-

Agar.

Thyroid, tickling
during cough :-

Ambr.

Thyroid, sensitive to
touch and pressure :-

Kali-i.

Ulcers of lymphatics,
malignant scrofulous, with caries of clavicle :-

Sil.

Ulceration, discharging
offensive dark-colored pus, dark-red areolæ around ulcers :-

Rhus-v.


Goitre

(See Glands) :-
¤ Am-c.,
Arum-m., Aur.,
CALC.,
Carb-an.,
Carbn-s., Ferr-i., Fl-ac.,
Form.,
IOD.,
Kali-i., Lach.,
Lap-a., Merc-i-f., Merc-i-r., Nat-s.,
¤ Phos.,
Podo., Sil.,
SPONG.,
Tub.,
Urt-u.

Asthma, causes :-

SPONG.

Constriction, sensation
of :-

Iod.

Diarrhœa, with :-

Cist.

Distension, sensation
like :-

Spong.

Egg, size of a
hen’s :-

Brom.,
Cist.

Exophthalmic :-

Cact.,
Ferr.

Exophthalmic,
especially after suppression of menses :-

FERR.

Hard :-

Iod.,
Spong.

Hardness,
marked :-

Iod.

Hypertrophy of 2 lobes,
tumor becoming more swollen and painful at each return of
menses :-

Iod.

Increase in size,
gradual, especially right side, soft and without any
fluctuation :-

Iod.

Increasing, constantly,
becoming fuller, with slight pain and tenderness on handling, every
time she has a cold :-

Spong.

Large, irregular,
knotty :-

Spong.

Large as a child’s
head, non-lobulated tumor in anterior and median portion as,
rosy-red, heavy in weight and soft :-

Iod.

Large, on right
side :-

Lyc.

Light hair, in persons
with, blue eyes, fair skin :-

Brom.

Lumpy :-

Spong.

Moving sensation on
swallowing :-

Spong.

Nodulated :-

Iod.

Nodulated, great weight
in parts :-

Phyt.

Otorrhœa, with :-

Calc.

Pain, slight :-

# Spong.

Pain on
swallowing :-

Spong.

Painless,
well-marked :-

Iod.

Pressing pain :-

Nat-c.

Pressure was relieved
in 3 to 5 days, in 13 cases the, in some cases a cure was
affected :-

Nat-p.

Respiration, interfered
with, large, caused oppression when ascending heights or walking
quickly :-

Sulph.

Right side, on, tense,
smooth, shining appearance, with feeling of constriction in tumor,
as if held in some unyielding envelope, while not very large :-

Lyc.

Scrofulosis, in :-

Iod.

Sensitive to
contact :-

Kali-i.

Shaking and moving
about as if alive, as if everything were, particularly on
swallowing :-

# Spong.

Small ones

(improved) :-
Calc-f.

Soft, reddish,
indolent, moveable, transversed with bluish veins :-

Calc.

Soft, located
especially in right lobe of thyroid body :-

Spong.

Soft and recent :-

Iod.

Softened,
becomes :-

Merc.

Stinging on
swallowing :-

# Spong.

Stitches :-

Spong.

Tender :-

Spong.

Tonic spasm of cervical
muscles, due to, after falling down stairs :-

Rhus-t.

Valleys, in inhabitants
of :-

Spong.

Vascular :-

Apis.

Vertigo, with :-

Iod.

36 years’ standing, of,
commenced at 13 years :-

Calc.

Heat

(See Burning.) :-
Chlol.,
Iber., Verat-v.

Back, down, with sweat
of upper body :-

Par.

Back of, in :-

Æsc.

Ear and face, passes
to :-

Lyss.

Flashes of :-

Æsc.

Flashes, with burning
heat all over body :-

Med.

Flushes, in prolapsus
uteri :-

Æsc.

Labor, in :-

Lach.

Left side below jaw,
sensation on, as if a red-hot iron were moving along close to
part :-

Phel.

Nape, in :-

Coloc.,
Lyss., Nit-s-d.

Nape, as if warm water
were running upward from :-

Glon.

Heaviness :-

Albuminuria, in :-

Nux-v.

Load in nape :-

Calc-p.

Muscles, in :-

Meny.

Muscles, in,
painful :-

Chr-ac.

Muscles, in, of
nape :-

Chel.

Nape, in, to
occiput :-

Petr.

Nape, over :-

Sep.

Nape, towards :-

Agar.

Nape of, sensation of a
hundredweight, with stiff and paralyzed feeling in limbs during and
after walking :-

Rhus-t.

Weight in back of

(sore
throat) :- Phyt.

Weight, feeling
of :-

Carb-ac.

Weight on nape, feeling
as of a great

(irritation
of cerebro-spinal nerves) :-
Par.

Weight were lying upon,
feeling as if a, with painful tension and stiffness of cervical
muscles :-

Vinc.

Weight in upper part,
constant :-

Plb.


Induration,
muscles become hard as wood

(hysterical
attacks) (See
Glands) :-
Cic.

Inflammation :-

Astac.

Cellulitis :-

Rhus-t.

Cellulitis, in
scarlatina :-

Rhus-t.

Skin, of, 9th day after
vaccination

(erysipelas) :-
Crot-h.

Injury, after a fall,
super sensibility of surface :-

Hyper.

Itching :-

Anag.,
Ant-c., Ars-met.,
Gels., Mang.,
Ox-ac., SULPH.,
Trom.

Back, of :-

Carb-ac.,
Pall., Ther.

Burning :-

Calc.

Hair on neck, on border
of :-

Ammc.

Hairs, front and back
of neck like minute insects or, coming on towards morning :-

Chlol.

Larynx, near :-

Cist.

Lower part, in :-

Apis.

Nape, of :-

Alumn.,
Benz-ac., NAT-M.

Nape, in, with flushed
face :-

Astac.

Nape, in, in
morning :-

Ther.

Night, at :-

Ail.

Pricking, fine, with
feeling of warmth, begins in another place on scratching :-

Sars.

Right side, of, 3 or 4
A.M., lasts 1/2 an hour, slightly better by vinegar applications,
followed by burning :-

Vesp.

Stitching burning in
nape, and

(heartburn) :-
Calc.

Jerking :-

Ushered in, with
attacks, in epilepsy :-

Bufo.

Painful in side where
small goitre exists :-

# Spong.

Muscles, of, better
moving shoulders up and down

(irritability
of cerebro-spinal system) :-
Ran-b.


Lameness :-

Æsc., Bapt.

Head, as if bruised
when moving, painful :-

Asar.

Head back and forward,
worse bending :-

Bad.

Moving head,
when :-

Carb-ac.

Muscles, of :-

Com.

Muscles, on 1st moving,
better during exercise :-

Rhus-t.

Nape, in :-

Eup-pur.

Stiffness, and, in
neuralgic headache

(cerebro-spinal
meningitis) :- Gels.

Lancinating :-

(See Stitches.)

Left side, in :-

Elaps.

Nape to head :-

Canth.


Lying :-

Sensation as if neck
were grasped :-

Glon.

Painful, when on right
side :-

Ferr.

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