CHAPTER 36.
NERVES.Activity
(strength)
* Catalepsy * Chorea
* Convulsions * Fainting
* Faintness * Hysteria
* Lassitude (Fatigue)
* Malaise * Nerves
* Nervousness * Neuralgia
*Paralysis
* Restlessness * Sensations
(See
Chapter 43 :
Sensations in General)
* Starting * Trembling
* Twitching * Weakness
Paralysis.
Paralysis :-
Acon.,
Æsc., Æsc-g.,
Agar.,
Alumin., Ambr.,
Amyg., Anac.,
Anac-oc., Ang., Ant-t.,
Apis,
Arg-n., ARN.,
Ars., Ars-i., ¤ Astac.,
Bar-c., Bar-m.,
Bell., Bry.,
BUFO,
Cadm-s.,
Calc., Cann-i., Caps.,
Carb-v.,
¤ Cast., Caul., CAUST.,
Chel.,
Chin., Chin-s., Cic.,
Cimic., Cina, Cinnm.,
Cocc., ¤ Coch.,
Coff., Colch., CON.,
Crot-h., Cupr.,
Cur., Dulc.,
Ferr-m., Form.,
GELS.,
GRAPH., Guara.,
Hep., Hydr-ac.,
Hyos., Ign.,
Indg., Kali-br.,
Kali-c., Kali-i., Kali-p., Lach., Led., Lyc., Lyss.,
Mag-p., Mang.,
Merc., ¤ Mill.,
Nat-m., Nat-p., Nux-m., NUX-V.,
Olnd., Op.,
Ox-ac., Ph-ac., PHOS.,
Phys., PIC-AC.,
PLB., Psor.,
Rhod., RHUS-T.,
Ruta, Sec.,
Sep., Sil.,
Stann., Staph.,
Stram., SULPH.,
Tab., Tarent.,
Ter., Verat.,
Verat-v., ZINC.
Addison’s disease,
in :-Iod.
Bar-c., Bufo,
Gels., Hyos., Kali-br., Mag-p., Merc., Phos., Phys.,
Plb., RHUS-T.,
Tab., Tarent.,
Zinc.Head and body hang
forward, the former oscillating continually :-Rhus-t.
Lesion, structural, has
not taken place :-Phys.
Mental distress, caused
by, commence with pain in arms and itching and trembling in left
leg, with inability to remain in bed, had to walk floor :-Tarent.
Oscillation,
inclination to, of body, after writing :-Chin-b.
Raise, cannot, himself
to erect sitting posture, must be fed :-Rhus-t.
Sits on a stool in
constant motion, cannot remain quiet a moment :-Rhus-t.
(See Larynx
Vocal cords, Paralysis, Chapter 25 :
Voice and Larynx, Trachea and Bronchia.)
Apoplexy, in :-
Anac.,
Apis, ARN.,
Bar-c., Bell.,
Caust., Cocc.,
Cupr., Gels.,
Hyos., LACH.,
NUX-V., OP., Plb.,
Sec.,
Stann., Stram.,
Zinc.
Cerebral
hæmorrhages :-Zinc.
Congestive, approaching
apoplexy, followed by vertigo and mental weakness :-Kali-br.
Left :-
Arn.
Motor, affects equally,
and sentient nerves, is often attended with violent pains in
paralyzed parts and considerable contractions, especially of
exterior muscles, which feel hard as wood :-Plb.
Old people,
particularly in :-Con.
Right, particularly,
side :-Crot-h.
Right, of,
deltoid :-Cur.
Vertigo, with, and weak
memory :-Nux-v.
Arms :-
(See
Arms Paralysis, Chapter
32 : Upper
Limbs.)
Atrophy, with :-
Kali-p.,
Plb.,
Sep.Contracted, limbs
painfully :-Plb.
Emaciation, rapid, with
relaxation of sphincters :-Sec.
Local, chiefly of
forearm :-Plb.
Paralyzed, parts may
swell after the emaciation :-Plb.
Back :-
Anterior, from decay
of, portion of spinal cord :-
Mang.
Exhaustion of spinal
cord, from, spinal anæmia, reflex paraplegia and hemiplegia, or
white softening, or where paresis of motor nerve centres, remains
after all signs of irritation have passed :-
Nux-v.
Extremities, painless,
of, in myelomalacia :-
Crot-h.
Muscles, of all, up to
neck
(cerebro-spinal
meningitis) :- Cupr-a.
Originating in small
of, after taking cold, with cold feeling of extremities and œdema
of feet :-
Cocc.
Softening, from, of
cord :-
Pic-ac.
Spinal disease, from,
cannot walk, with eyes closed :-
Alumn.
Spinal nerves
disturbed :-
CAUST.
Spinal, of,
origin :-
PHOS.
Spine, from weakness
of, partial :-
Nat-m.
Tabes dorsalis,
from :-
Sil.
Tingling and tearing
into limbs :-
PHOS.
Bladder, of :-
(See
Bladder, Paralysis,
Chapter 21 :
Urinary Organs.)
(See Brain,
Paralysis, Chapter 3 :
Inner Head.)
Apoplectic
condition :-
Lach.
Alteration in
connective tissue :-
Sil.
Meningitis :-
Verat.
Meningitis,
cerebro-spinal :-
Cic.,
Crot-h., Tarent.
Softening, with vertigo
and weak memory :-
Nux-v.
Spinal, cerebral or,
softening, or atrophy, preceded by overexcitement :-
PHOS.
Gels.
Infantile, recent,
connected with teething :-
Kali-p.
Cholera, in :-
Cupr.,
Sec., Sulph.,
Verat.
Cold :-
Cold, from :-
Arn.,
Caust., Colch.,
Dulc.,
Gels., Merc., Rhus-t.
Damp, from, and getting
wet :-
Caust.,
Dulc., Gels., Nux-v., RHUS-T.
Exposure, after, to
wind or draught :-
Caust.
Constipation,
with :-
Æsc.,
Alumn., Caust., Nux-v., Plat., Plb., Sulph.
After :-
Ars., Bell.,
Caust., CIC.,
Cocc., CUPR.,
Hyos.,
Laur.,
Nux-v.,
Plb., Sec., Sil., Stann., Stram.,
Sulph., Vib.
Convulsions :-
After,
in asphyctic form of uræmia :- Hydr-ac.
Movements,
with convulsive :- Cub.
Paralytic
symptoms alternate with spasmodic :- Stram.
Trembling,
with :- Nux-m.
(See Progressive ;
also Legs Paralysis,
Chapter 33 :
Lower Limbs.) :-
Crot-h., GELS.,
Ign.
Muscular
awkwardness :-
Ip.
No power of
balancing, stands with feet apart :-
Ter.
Run to places where
they had no intention to go :-
Agar.
Stumbles and
trips :-
Kali-p.
Vaso-motor, in
affection of, nerves :-
Kali-br.
Diphtheria :-
Diphtheria,
after :-
Arg-n.,
Arn.,
Ars., Bar-c.,
Caust., Cocc.,
Con., Crot-h.,
Cupr., GELS.,
Helon., Hyos.,
Kali-p.,
LACH.,
Nat-m.,
Nux-v.,
Phos.,
Phys., Phyt.,
Plb., Rhus-t.,
Sulph.,
Thuj., Zinc.
After, in a
child :-
Lac-c.
Downward, from above
downward :-
Bar-c.
Drinking, after abuse
of alcohol :-
Ant-t.,
Ars., Calc.,
Lach., Nat-s.,
Nux-v., OP.,
Ran-b.,
Sep., Sulph.
Ears, ringing, and
deafness :-
Sil.
Eruptions :-
After suppressed
itch :-
Caust.
Repercussion, from,
suppression :-
Caust.,
Cupr.,
Dulc., Hep., Sulph.
Exertion, after
unwonted :-
Arn.,
Ars., RHUS-T.
Exhaustion :-
Dependent upon
exhaustion :-
Chin.,
Cocc., Ferr.,
Lach., Nat-m., Nux-v., PHOS.,
Rhus-t., Sulph.
Dissipation, caused by,
or hard work, with close confinement :-
SIL.
Fluids, from loss
of :-
Chin.,
Ferr., Verat.
Nerve, of, power, in
recent cases, as after diphtheria :-
Kali-p.
Eyes :-
(See
Accommodation,
Eyes and Lids
Paralysis, Chapter 5 :
Eyes.)
(See Face
Paralysis, Chapter 8 :
Upper Face.) :-
Cadm-s.
Buccal :-
Cur.
Double facial and right
lateral,
(in
consequence of repeated epileptic attacks),
swallowing and articulation affected :- Cur.
Produced by
pains :-
NAT-M.
Fever :-
Intermittent,
after :-
Arn.,
Ars., Lach.,
NAT-M.,
Nux-v.
Typhoid, after :-
Cocc.,
Cupr., Nux-v.,
RHUS-T.,
Sulph.
Impending with typhoid
or typhus :-
Phos.
Fingers :-
(See
Fingers Paralysis,
Chapter 32 :
Upper Limbs.)
Gout, in gouty
constitutions :-
Colch.
Hemiplegia :-
Alumn.,
Anac., Apis,
Arg-n., Arn.,
Bell.,
Caj., CAUST.,
Chin.,
Cocc., Dulc., Elaps.,
Graph., Hydr-ac.,
Hyos., Kali-c.,
Kali-i., Lach.,
Merc., Mur-ac.,
Nux-v.,
Ph-ac., Plb., Rhus-t.,
Sep.,
Stann., Staph., Stram.,
Sul-ac., Syph.,
Thuj.
Aphasic, facial and,
from thrombosis of left middle cerebral artery, or from pressure on
spinal cord :-
PHOS.
Anger, from :-
Staph.
Atrophy, with :-
Caust.
Bruised, with, feeling
and stiffness :-
Cocc.
Coldness, with :-
Caust.
Convulsions of other
side :-
Bell.,
Stram.
Eruption, particularly
from suppression of :-
Caust.
Eruption, after
disappearance of a measly-like, that has covered whole body :-
Cop.
Extensors, worse
in :-
Alumn.
Fainting, from :-
Camph.
Hyperæsthesia, often
accompanied by, of opposite side :-
Plb.
Incipient :-
Phos.
Left side :-
Arn.,
Ars., Bell., Caust., Hydr-ac.,
LACH.,
Nit-ac., NUX-V.,
Oxal., Petr.,
Rhus-t.,
Stram.
Aphasia, with :-
Bar-m.
Left
(after
apoplexy) :- Arn.,
Plb.
Left, with coldness of
part :-
Cocc.
Left, after
diphtheria :-
Nux-v.
Left, of, partial, in
chorea :-
Lach.
Septicæmia, in, result
of dissecting wound :-
Lach.
Left, now and then
moves right arm and leg
(tubercular
meningitis, hydrocephalus) :-
Apis.
Left, almost
total :-
Gels.
Left, caused by
excessive hard work, loss of sleep and overindulgence in
tobacco :-
Nux-v.
Numbness, with :-
Caust.,
Coc-c.
Right side :-
Apis,
Arn., Bell., Caust.,
Op.,
Rhus-t., Sil.
Right, with
aphasia :-
Canth.
Right, after excessive
grief :-
Apis.
Right, with acute
hydrocephalus :-
Kali-i.
Right, after labor,
apparent total abolition of functions, of voluntary motion and
special sensation :-
Rhus-t.
Right, after mental
shock :-
Apis.
Right, with
numbness :-
Rhus-t.
Right, partial, with
headache :-
Lach.
Right, partial, with
numbness
(cancer
of breast) :- Apis.
Right, sudden :-
Apis.
Sweat, paralyzed parts
moist with, especially left side, with feeling of heavy load in
affected arm and corresponding side of chest, and frequent night
sweats :-
Stann.
Vertigo, with :-
Caust.
Hysterical :-
Plb.,
Sep.
Incipient :-
Arg-n.,
Cund.
Impending danger of
local motor
(spasm
of glottis) :- Stram.
Injuries :-
Brain, from concussion
of spine and, partial :-
Arn.
Head, after striking,
against stone wall :-
Calc.
Mechanical,
from :-
Cur.
Traumatic, in gouty
patients :-
Alumn.
Traumatic,
muscular :-
Arn.
Inner parts, of :-
Absin., Cocc.,
Dulc.
Pneumogastric nerve
appeared half paralyzed :-
Grin.
Labor, after
parturition :-
PHOS.,
RHUS-T.
Legs :-
(See
Legs Paralysis, Chapter
33 : Lower
Limbs.)
Limbs :-
(See
Limbs Paralysis, Chapter
34 : Limbs in
General.)
Local :-
Of left nervus
abducens :-
Cupr-a.
Of single parts :-
Anac., Dulc.,
Xan.
Lungs :-
(See
Lungs Paralysis, Chapter
28 :
Inner Chest and Lungs.)
Mental
condition :-
Anger, after :-
Nux-v.,
Staph.
Anger, from, or
emotions :-
Nat-m.
Emotion, from :-
Arn.,
IGN.,
Nat-m., Stann.
Exertion, after mental,
combined with sedentary habits :-
Nux-v.
Imbecility,
with :-
Anac-oc.
Insane, of the :-
¤ Chlol.,
Crot-h., Phys.
Mental, with,
listlessness :-
Nux-m.
Melancholy,
with :-
Ambr.
Passion, after violent
fits of :-
Nat-m.
Preceded by mental
derangement :-
Plb.
Muscular :-
Con.,
Crot-h., Gels., Kali-br., Nit-s-d.,
Olnd., Phys.,
Phyt., Uran-n.
Abdominal, affects 1st,
muscles, then those having insertion in chest, then those of neck,
lastly of sphincters of bladder and rectum :-
Bar-c.
Bladder, in paralysis
of :-
Cic.
Extensors,
particularly :-
Ars.,
Plb.
Falling, afraid
of :-
Amyg.
Feet, paralytic
weakness especially those of :-
Bell.
Involuntary of all,
partial :-
Gels.
Syphilitic periostitis,
in :-
Kali-i.
Twitching, commonly
preceded by, or trembling
(multiple
sclerosis) :- Phys.
Voluntary muscles,
especially those of arms and legs :-
Colch.
Voluntary muscles, of,
in cerebro-spinal meningitis :-
Calc.
Voluntary muscles,
incomplete palsy of :-
Anac.
Weakness, from, of will
power
(false
labor-pain) :- Gels.
Neuralgia :-
Neuralgia,
after :-
Ars.,
Nat-m.
Shooting, darting,
intense tearing pains in tracks of larger nerves, the parts
emaciated :-
PLB.
Old people, of :-
Bar-c.,
Kali-c., OP.
General
(apoplexy) :-
Bar-c.
In an old woman,
control over stools and urine long completely lost :-
Equis.
Particularly old women,
general, of voluntary muscles, 1st peripheral nerve, finally spinal
cord :-
Con.
Painful :-
Agar.,
Arn.
Paraplegia :-
Ars.,
Chin-s., Cina,
Cocc., Form.,
Gels., Laur.,
Nux-v., Plb.,
Sec., ¤ Ter.
Apoplexy, following, 5
years previously, unable to stand or rise :-
Rhus-t.
Brighter, with
morbus :-
Canth.
Congestion, from, of
lumbar part of cord :-
Agar.
Cramps, preceded by,
and muscular pains :-
Sec.
Debilitating, from,
causes :-
ARG-N.
Hunger, with :-
Cina.
Hysterical :-
Ign.
Involuntary, with,
stools, partial, after miscarriage :-
Sulph.
Nervous, in,
debilitated persons :-
Cocc.
Spine, after concussion
of :-
Con.
Spine, in a girl who
was being treated by an extension apparatus for curvature of :-
Rhus-t.
Uterus, with congestion
or retroversion of, after childbirth :-
Caul.
Paroxysmal :-
Plb.
2 attacks, each at 2
A.M. :-
Stram.
Periphery, commencing
at, progressing towards centre :-
Cupr.
Poisoning, from :-
Apis, Ars.,
Bapt., Crot-h., Gels., Lach., Mur-ac., Rhus-t.
Arsenical :-
Chin.,
Ferr-m.,
Graph., Hep.,
Nux-v.
Lead :-
Ars.,
Cupr., Op.,
Plat.
Mercurial :-
HEP.,
Nit-ac., Staph.,
Stram., Sulph.
(See Spinal
cord Atrophy, Paralysis,
Chapter 31 :
Neck and Back.)
Consecutive, generally
one-sided :-
Ferr.
Creeping, course
slow :-
Kali-p.
Gradually
appearing :-
CAUST.
Locomotor ataxia,
in :-
Caust.,
Cur.,
Fl-ac., Gels.,
Nat-s.
Locomotor ataxy, from
alcoholism :-
Nux-v.
Locomotor ataxy, if
disease was occasioned by exposure to cold and wet, and in rheumatic
subjects :-
Nux-m.
Slow and
insidious :-
Kali-c.
Rectum, of :-
(See
Rectum Paralysis, Chapter
20 :
Stool and Rectum.)
Rheumatic :-
Ant-t.,
Arn., Bar-c.,
Bry., ¤ Calc-p.,
Canth., Caul., Chin., Cocc., Colch., Ferr-m., Form., Gels.,
Kali-m., Lyc., Rhus-t., Ruta,
Sulph.
Acute :-
Ferr-p.
Gouty, in,
patients :-
Alumn.
Muscular :-
Colch.
Wet, from getting, or
lying on damp ground :-
RHUS-T.
Scarlatina, in :-
Apis,
Gels.
(See Nerves
Anæsthesia.) :-
Phos.
With affections of
urinary organs :-
Cub.
Sexual
condition :-
Sexual desire,
increased :-
Phos.
Sexual erethism :-
Sil.
Onanism, after :-
Calc.,
Chin., Stann.
Sexual excesses,
after :-
Calc.,
Nux-v., PHOS.,
RHUS-T.
Sexual excess, from, or
other nervous exhaustion :-
NAT-M.
Spinal cord, from
exhaustion of, by sexual excesses :-
Kali-br.
Threatening, with
waning of sexual desire from overindulgence :-
Sulph.
Sleep, after
night-watching in sick chamber :-
IGN.
Sweat :-
From checked foot
sweat :-
Sil.,
Zinc.
After sudden
suppression of sweat, particularly foot sweat, by getting
wet :-
Colch.
Temperature, dependent
upon extremes :-
Lach.
Tongue, of :-
(See
Tongue Paralysis,
Chapter 11 :
Taste and Tongue.)
(See
Agitans.) :-
Plb.
Vertigo, with :-
Acet-ac.,
Caust.
For a long time before
paralysis :-
Olnd.
Worms, from :-
Cina,
Stann.
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