Puerperal – Pregnancy, Parturition, Lactation – Chapter 24 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

CHAPTER 24.
PREGNANCY, PARTURITION, LACTATION.

Abortion
* Infants * Lactation
* Lochia * Mammæ
* Nipples * Parturition
* Placenta * Post-partum
* Pregnancy *

Puerperal

Puerperal.

Puerperal

(during
and after confinement) :-

Abdomen :-

(See Fever ;
also Abdomen,
Distended, Large,
Peritonitis, Chapter
19 : Abdomen.)

Colic :-

Nux-m.

Puffed, causing
anxiety :-

Ambr.

Flatulency :-

Lyc.,
NAT-S.

Pendulous

(potbellied) :-
Bell., Calc.,
Croc.,
Podo., Sec., SEP.

Rhagades on
surface :-

Hep.,
Sep., Sil., Sulph.

Constipation :-

Ambr.,
Ant-c., PLAT.

4 weeks after :-

Lil-t.

6 weeks after,
hydrogenoid constitution :-

Nat-s.

Convulsions

(before
during or after parturition) :-
Acon., Ant-c.,
Ant-t.,
Apis, Arg-n.,
Arn., Ars.,
Art., Atrop-s.,
BELL.,
Benz-ac.,
Canth., Carb-v., Caul., Caust., Cham., Chin-s., Chlf., Chlol., CIC.,
Cimic.,
Cinnm., Cocc.,
Coff., Crot-h.,
Cupr.,
Gels., Glon., Hell., Hydr-ac., HYOS.,
Ign., KALI-BR.,
Kali-c., Kali-p.,
Lach., Laur.,
Mag-p., Merc-c.,
Mill., Mosch.,
Nat-m., Nux-m.,
Nux-v., Œna.,
Op., Ph-ac.,
Phos.,
Plat., Puls.,
Sec.,
Stram., Verat.,
Verat-v., Zinc.

Albuminuria, with :-

Atrop., Gels.

Albuminuria, with,
torpidity, coma, blue, bloated face, septic or zymotic influence, or
in hæmorrhagic or broken-down constitutions :-

Crot-h.

Alternate convulsive
action and opisthotonos :-

Plat.

Anger, after :-

CHAM.

Apoplectic form :-

Gels.

Begin when labor
ceases :-

Sec.

Blood-letting,
after :-

Verat-v.

Bright object, from
presence of :-

Canth.

Brilliant object,
renewed by sight of some, or contact :-

Stram.

Cerebral congestion,
hot, dry skin, thirst, restlessness, fear of death :-

Acon.

Cerebral congestion,
caused by sudden :-

Verat-v.

Cerebral congestion,
with violent :-

BELL.,
Verat.

Conscious during
paroxysm :-

Cocc.

Consciousness, loss
of :-

Stram.

Consciousness, loss of,
and drowsiness, mouth open :-

Op.

Continue after birth of
fœtus :-

Ant-t.

Convulsive motion of
limbs, 3rd day :-

Mill.

Drinking, from,
water :-

Canth.

Excited whenever she
attempted to drink water, or if she hears it poured from one vessel
to another :-

Lyss.

Epileptic, after
fright :-

Art.

Epileptic, head
attacked after :-

Atrop.

Epileptiform :-

Stram.

Epileptiform, in a
primipara, 7th month :-

Cedr.

Eruption, if an,
especially a chronic one, has recently disappeared :-

Zinc.

Escape, attempts
to :-

Stram.

Eyes immovable,
open :-

Cocc.

Face, after delivery
convulsions with red :-

Glon.

Fear, with
great :-

Stram.

Frequent, paroxysms
more and more, and last longer :-

Cocc.

Fright, from :-

Art.

Frightened appearance
before and during :-

Stram.

Hysterical, especially
in, women who easily faint and suffer from languor in back and
knees, drowsy before and after spasms :-

Nux-m.

Grin, sardonic :-

Stram.

Groaning, commence and
end with, and stretching of limbs :-

Ign.

Head, particularly
where there is convulsive motion of, from behind forward :-

Nux-m.

Immediately after
delivery :-

Aml-ns.

Knew every one but her
child, during intervals :-

Gels.

Labor
protracted :-

Gels.

Larynx, touch of,
reproduces spasms :-

Canth.

Lassitude, after, dull
feeling in forehead and vertex, fulness in region of medulla :-

Gels.

Latter stage, during,
of pregnancy :-

Apis.

Laughter :-

Stram.

Limbs, violent
movements of :-

Caust.

Minutes, last 4 or 5,
during intervals turns restlessly in bed :-

Glon.

Mouth, with frothing
at, followed by variable spasms during 8th month

(premature
labor) :- Sec.

Muscles, action of, of
face, eyes, etc. :-

Chin-s.

Muscles, rigid, and
distorted features :-

Op.

Nervous excitement,
from :-

Cimic.

Opisthotonos,
with :-

Sec.

Os uteri rigid :-

Gels.

Pain, worse at
every :-

Sec.

Phosphorus, after,
apparently indicated, had failed, symptoms felt mostly during rest,
worse after dinner and towards evening :-

Zinc.

Position, brought on by
changing :-

Cocc.

Screams :-

Caust.

Sensibility, loss
of :-

Stram.

Shoots passing through
whole body :-

Laur.

Sigh, passing off with
a, after several minutes :-

Cocc.

Singing :-

Stram.

Sleep, during :-

Cocc.

Sound, from, or sight
of water :-

Canth.

Speech, loss of, or
stammering :-

Stram.

Suppuration
suspected :-

Bufo.

Sweat, with
copious :-

Stram.

Teeth, gnashing
of :-

Caust.

Terror, spells
cause :-

Cocc.

13, recurring, times in
24 hours, senseless to sopor :-

Plat.

Threatened :-

Gels.

Uræmia, from, or
reflex irritation :-

Chlf.

Visions,
frightful :-

Stram.

Vomiting, with :-

Cupr.

Water, from sight
of :-

Canth.