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Pharynx – Throat – Chapter 13 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 13.
THROAT.

Fauces
* Œsophagus * Palate
* Pharynx
* Swallowing * Throat
* Tonsils * Uvula

Pharynx.


Pharynx :-

Acrid sensation :-

Sars.

Nausea, with :-

Sars.

Rising up after eating
sweets caused a distressing scraping in larynx like
heartburn :-

Zinc.


Anæsthesia, in
alcoholism :-

Kali-br.

Bloodvessels :-

Varicose :-

Æsc.,
Carb-v., Fl-ac., HAM.,
Kali-bi.,
Lach., Lyc., Puls., Vesp.

Varicose, in chronic
catarrhal laryngitis :-

Mang.

Vessels, pale
red :-

Kali-bi.

Burning

(See Heat,
Inflamed.) :-
Acon., Arg-n.,
Ars.,
Arum-t.,
Asaf., Bapt.,
Cahin., MEZ.,
Sal-ac., SANG.,
Sep.

Chest, extending down
œsophagus and into, better by eating

(syphilitic
sore throat) :- Mez.

Drinks, as if burned or
scalded by hot :-

Sang.

Eating, after :-

Con.

Followed by
anorexia :-

Anthro.

Heat :-

Œna.

Pricking, or :-

Lyc.

Sour eructations,
with :-

Sulph.

Stomach, extends
to :-

Kali-bi.

Thirst, with :-

Eucal.

Calcareous
deposits :-

Calc.

Cancer,
scirrhous :-

Carb-an.

Catarrh

(See Congested,
Follicles, Inflamed,
Redness.) :-
Merc.

Follicular :-

Merc-i-r.

In a tenor :-

Seneg.


Coldness :-

All-c.,
Kali-m.

On drawing in
air :-

Tell.


Congested

(See Catarrh,
Inflamed, Redness.) :-
Merc-i-f.,
Puls.,
Sul-ac.,
Ziz.

Rapidly :-

Ip.


Constricted,
feels

(See Œsophagus
Constricted
, Spasm,
stricture ;
also Throat
Constricted
, Foreign
body
and Swallowing.) :-
Bell., Calc.,
Canth.,
Carb-v., CHAM.,
Cupr-s.,
Elaps., Indg.,
Sang.,
Stram.,
Sulph.

Awaking, on :-

Alumn.

Chest, as if in, with a
suffocative feeling, on sitting down to meals, followed by frequent
yawning :-

Valer.

Convalescence from
diphtheria, during :-

Nux-v.

Deglutition, during,
food presses :-

Mez.

Food, as if, could not
pass :-

Alumn.

Liquids, difficult
swallowing of :-

Lyc.

Liquids are swallowed
in gulps and greedily :-

Plb.

Oppression, with, in
breathing :-

Lyss.

Throat, as if a plug
were sticking in, during empty swallowing :-

Nux-v.

Throat, with
sore :-

Jac-c.


Curtain, a, seems to
fall down in front, after a few minutes conversation, cannot
articulate some words

(after
diphtheria) :- Lach.

Crawling :-

Ign.

Distension,
feeling of

(See
Large.) :-
Verat.

Drawing, when
speaking :-

Apis.

Dry :-

Anthro., Arg-n.,
Atrop-s., Bell.,
COCH.,
Cycl.,
Erig., Kali-i.,
Phyt.,
Podo.,
Sal-ac.

Drinking did not
moisten :-

Sang.

Exciting hawking with
dry, hacking cough

(influenza) :-
Phyt.

Fauces, from :-

Agar.

Fever, in
intermittent :-

Cocc.

Heat, burning, with
hoarseness :-

Cahin.

Mucus, covered with
tasteless, insipid, with an offensive odor from mouth, not
perceptible to himself :-

Puls.

Mucus, with a few
adherent strings of, high up :-

Phyt.

Posterior wall :-

Elaps.

Smarting, with, behind
larynx :-

Bry.

Sore, as if it would
crack, impeding, finally obstructing deglutition :-

Myric.

Stiff, and,
pharyngo-laryngeal mucous membrane :-

Æsc.

Swallow, desire
to :-

Cimic.

Swallowing, better, and
clearing throat of small white lumps of tenacious mucus with slight
hacking :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Thirst, without :-

Calad.

Upper part :-

Phyt.

Ecchymosis :-

Hippoz.

Eruption :-

(See Ecchymosis,
Patches ; also Throat
Eruption
.)

Papular :-

Ambr.,
Hippoz.

Like a spot on skin

(epilepsy) :-
Bufo.

Vesicles, on upper
part :-

Ant-t.


Exudate

(See Throat
Diphtheria
.) :-
Ferr-p., Lac-c.

Back wall coated with
grayish deposit, lasting 1/2 an hour :-

Lac-c.

Covered with soft,
gray, false membrane :-

Ant-t.

Diphtheritic :-

Merc-c.,
Merc-cy.

Diphtheritic,
tenacious, grayish, offensive odor :-

Kali-bi.

Diphtheritic
patches :-

Kali-m.

Diphtheritic,
yellowish :-

Kali-perm.

Dirty looking
pus :-

Merc-c.

Dry, greenish yellow
membrane or scab, wrinkled and fissured, to nares

(ozæna) :-
Elaps.

Looking like dried
starch :-

Merc-i-r.

Patches, well defined,
dead white, varying in size, similar to false membrane in
diphtheritic angina :-

Mur-ac.

Patches of wash
leather :-

Kali-br.

Spot yellowish
gray :-

Lac-c.

White, in
catarrh :-

Kali-m.

White, grayish, on
posterior wall

(laryngitis) :-
Kali-bi.

Whitish, thick,
plastic, nauseous, appears at 1st in form of small white or grayish
points :-

Ip.

Yellow, about posterior
wall :-

Sulph.

Fissured :-

Covered with
crusts :-

Elaps.

To left of middle of
posterior wall, a small crack, exuding blood :-

Kali-bi.

Food :-

(See Constriction,
Pressure ; also Œsophagus
and Throat
Constriction
, and Swallowing.)

Seemed to remain
sticking, after dinner :-

Zinc.

As if stuck behind
breast bone :-

All-c.

As if remaining, with
nausea :-

Calc.

Follicles :-

(See Catarrh,
Inflamed.)

Large, reddish :-

Hep.

Inflamed after swabbing
with nitrate of silver :-

NAT-M.

Fulness

(See Pressing.) :-
Cimic.

Glands,
retry-pharyngeal, infiltrated, hyperæmic, grayish or blackish red,
enlarged :-

Anthraci.

Granulations, red
interlaced with white streaks reaching to œsophagus

(consumption) :-
Kali-bi.

Glazed look :-

Carb-ac.

Glossy, as if varnished

(diphtheria) :-
APIS.


Heat

(See Burning,
Inflamed.) :-
CHAM.,
Colch.,
Manc.,
Ter.

Going down into
stomach :-

All-c.,
Anthro.

And thirst :-

Cham.

Inflamed

(See Burning,
Catarrh, Heat.) :-
Bar-m.,
Berb., Bism., Lac-c.,
Lach.,
Med.,
Nat-m., Sang.,
Ziz.

Angina, in :-

Ign.,
Lach.

Back wall :-

Merc-i-f.

Catarrhal :-

Cham.,
Gels.

Chronic catarrhal, with
ptyalism, especially if syphilitic :-

Fl-ac.

Chronic :-

Kali-i.,
Sep.

Constipation,
with :-

Sil.

Croupous, affects
tonsils and swollen gums :-

Iod.

Dark red, spasmodic,
irritable cough :-

Naja.

Dry or
catarrhal :-

Petr.

Dryness, with, redness
and pain :-

Ferr-p.

Epidemic :-

Lach.

Epithelium, wholesale
destruction of, viscidity of saliva, heat of palms :-

Lac-c.

Expectoration, with
profuse and exhausting :-

Phyt.

Follicular :-

Hydr.,
Kali-m., Sec.

Follicular,
chronic :-

Phyt.

Granular,
chronic :-

Phyt.

Otitis media,
in :-

MERC-D.

Paroxysmal cough,
with :-

Phyt.

Rheumatic,
catarrhal :-

Puls.

Slight :-

Lyss.

Syphilis, acute,
secondary :-

Syph.

Irritation :-

Coch.

Posterior wall :-

Merc-i-f.,
Rumx.

Cough, with :-

Iris.

Syphilis, in :-

Phyt.

More irritable than
larynx, with affection of posterior nares

(sore
throat) :- Merc-i-r.

Itching :-

Colch.

Swallowing, in :-

Stront-c.


Large,
distressing sensation of enlargement of calibre, from choanæ to
epigastrium, feels like a cavern, provokes a cough, paroxysmal, with
profuse and exhausting expectoration of thick, starch-like mucus

(chronic
pharyngitis) (See
Distension.) :-
Phyt.

Morning, as if a fine
leaf lay before posterior nares, after waking :-

Bar-c.

Mucus :-

(See Hawking,
Mucus
.)

Back of,
covered :-

Ant-t.

Glutinous, frothy,
gargling scarcely detaches it, causes disgusting taste, preventing
eating :-

Myric.

Hawking :-

Carb-ac.,
Caust., Ptel.

Strings, adhering to
upper part :-

Phyt.

Swallowing, on :-

Calc.

Tough, hanging down in
strings :-

Carb-an.

Tough, in fauces, with
aching :-

Rumx.

Trickling :-

Merc.

Viscid, forming scanty
crust :-

Myric.

Viscid, gray,
jelly-like, easily hawked up in morning :-

ARG-M.

Yellow, thick, tough
and hard to remove, back part covered :-

Ind.

Yellow, thick,
tasteless, from upper part :-

Lac-ac.

Yellow, patched with

(diphtheria) :-
Nat-ar.

Nausea :-

Lyc.

Caused by dryness,
better by swallowing

(intermittent) :-
COCC.


Neuralgic affection, in
sclerotitis :-

Spig.

Numbness, in posterior
wall :-

All-c.

Pale :-

Nat-m.

In chronic follicular
pharyngitis :-

Phyt.


Pain :-

Anthro.

Swallowing,
when :-

Calc-p.

Swallowing, on :-

Gels.

Paralysis

(See Œsophagus
and Throat,
Paralysis
.) :-
Caps., Cocc.,
Stram.

Typhus, in :-

Ars.

Glossopharyngeal nerve,
difficult swallowing, pain and dryness :-

Kali-m.


Patches :-

(See Eruption ;
also Throat,
Diphtheria
.)

Back, in, some yellow,
some white, scratching makes them bleed :-

Lac-c.

Follicular disease,
like :-

Kali-m.

Inflamed membrane,
easily detached on :-

Merc-i-f.

Posterior wall dotted
with patches of mucus and small spots, which look ulcerated :-

Merc-i-f.

3 large, whitish
patches

(scarlatina) :-
Apis.

White spots, cannot be
removed :-

Sul-ac.

Pressing
in

(See Constricted ;
also Œsophagus
and Throat
Constricted
.) :-
Astac.

Painful :-

Iod.

Swallowing, on :-

Calc.

Down into abdomen as if
a hard body were opposing from below :-

Zinc.

Sharp, in anterior
wall, disappears on swallowing :-

Tarax.


Pricking,
in upper part

(See
Sticking.) :-
Bapt.

Purplish, in
diphtheria :-

Nat-ar.

Rawness :-

Aloe,
Coc-c., Hep.,
Rumx.

Catarrh, in
pharyngeal :-

Merc.

Evening, worse towards,
in influenza :-

Phos.

Feeling :-

Bapt.

Nares, from posterior,
left side, down to œsophagus, as of mucus in nares and larynx :-

Lac-ac.

Œsophagus, half down

(syphilis) :-
Mez.

Scraping, toward
evening :-

Zinc.

Upper, in :-

Lac-ac.


Redness

(See Catarrh,
Congested, Inflamed.) :-
Aur-m.,
Calc-s., Hippoz., Merc-i-f.,
Sang.

Angina, in :-

Ign.,
Iod.

Back wall, of :-

Hep.,
Merc-i-f., Nit-ac.

Back wall dark
red :-

Kali-bi.

Back, on, slight, in
syphilis :-

Mez.

Bluish :-

Puls.

Bright, or
dotted :-

Ferr-i.

Bright, in
diphtheria :-

APIS.

Cough, with, smooth, or
follicular, inflammatory :-

Kali-bi.

Dark :-

Nat-m.,
Sep.

Dark

(after
tonsillitis) :- Nat-ar.

Dark, with a few
strings of adherent mucus high up :-

Phyt.

Deep :-

Ip.,
Lyss.

Deep purplish crimson,
with gangrenous appearance :-

Vario.

Erysipelatous, slight,
with dryness in throat and difficult swallowing :-

Lyss.

Fiery :-

Berb.

Gray, or covered with,
or transparent flakes :-

Ant-t.

Glossy :-

Nat-ar.

Pearly, like early
manifestations of diphtheria :-

Carb-ac.

Permeated by enlarged
bloodvessels :-

Ham.

Pink, equally
distributed :-

Lyss.

Prosopalgia, in :-

Mez.

Purple, deep :-

Lac-c.

Purplish-scarlet blush,
pervaded by an equally diffused :-

Lyss.

Upper part :-

Ant-t.

Wine dregs, as if
covered with

(scarlatina) :-
Apis.

Roughness

(See Scraping,
Scratching.) :-
Apis, Iod.,
Phyt.

In upper part, in a
foggy atmosphere :-

Hyper.

Worse toward
evening :-

Phos.

Scraping

(See Roughness.) :-
Bapt.,
Cahin., Cycl., Mez.

In upper part, in a
foggy atmosphere :-

Hyper.

Worse towards evening,
in influenza :-

Phos.

Scratching

(See Scraping.) :-
Ter.

Worse mornings, causing
hoarseness, hawking, and rough cough :-

Nux-v.


Shooting :-

Bell.

Soreness :-

Asaf.,
Calc-s.,
Med., Nit-ac.,
Sang.

With shiny offensive
throat and heavily coated tongue :-

Phos.


Spasm :-

Gels., Hydr-ac.

As if it would
close :-

KALI-I.

Convulsions, with
chills and fever :-

Tarent.

Feeling of cramps,
excited cough, in whooping cough :-

Cupr.,
Iris.

Violent :-

Ant-c.

Sticking,
as of a fish bone, if he became cold

(See
Pricking, Stitches ;
also Throat
Foreign body
.) :-
KALI-C.

A morsel sticks during
eating, as if pharynx were constricted :-

NIT-AC.

Stiff, feels :-

Med.

Stitches

(See Pricking,
Sticking.) :-
Iod.

Back, at, or toward
left side :-

Camph.

Swelling :-

Berb., Brom.,
Hep.,
Hippoz.,
Kali-bi., Puls.

Back wall, in
angina :-

Lach.

Catarrh, in
pharyngeal :-

Merc.

Diphtheria, in :-

Kali-ma.,
Nat-ar.

Feeling :-

Aloe,
Carb-v., Iod.

Follicular enlargement,
with chronic coryza, forming hardened yellow pieces of mucus :-

Kali-bi.

Lump on left side,
below tonsil, causing enlargement that filled each arch of palate
nearly to right side :-

Lac-c.

Muscles, deglutition
most painful :-

Dros.

Pain, during
swallowing, and on turning head, or feeling side of neck :-

Bell.

Spots, in :-

Merc.

Swallow, could
not :-

Ant-t.

Upper part

(after
tonsillitis) :- Nat-ar.

Taste :-

Bitter :-

Kali-i.

Rising into
mouth :-

Tarax.

Dung, like :-

Calc.

Tearing :-

Sharp jerking, extends
into left cervical muscles :-

Zinc.

When swallowing saliva,
after dinner :-

Agar.

As if lining had been
torn off :-

Med.


Tensive pain :-

Cupr-s.

And pressure in region
of, worse from external pressure :-

Merc.

Tickling :-

As if crumbs had
remained behind :-

Dros.

Nightly, causes hacking
cough :-

Sil.

Torpidity :-

Caps.

Ulcers :-

Chr-ac.

Back wall, on :-

Merl.

Back part ulcerated,
slowly heal after suppuration :-

Sulph.

Cheesy, discharge,
offensive smelling lumps :-

Kali-bi.

Coalesce,
gradually :-

Zinc.

Chronic :-

Kali-bi.

Deep, erysipelatous and
œdematous wound :-

Apis.

Extensive :-

Zinc.

Foul, on mucous
membrane :-

Hippoz.

Left side sore with
suppurating ulcers

(leprosy) :-
Lach.

Round :-

Zinc.

Sharply defined or
everted edges :-

Zinc.

Small, a considerable
number of, syphilitic :-

Mez.

Small nodules, which
become round ulcers, with hard edges and lardaceous base, slight
pain, soon disappear from original place and appear in another
part :-

Merc-i-r.

Syphilitic, flat,
covered with pus :-

Nit-ac.

Throat, in sore :-

Merc-c.

Wearied, as if, when
speaking :-

Apis.

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