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Sacrum – 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

Sacrum.


Sacrum :-

Aching

(See Dull
pain
, Pain undefined.) :-
Calc-p.,
Eug.,
Fl-ac., Phyt.,
Ptel.,
Sil.,
Vario.,
Zing.

Across :-

Gels.

Also into
buttocks :-

Helon.

Burning and
tired :-

Helon.

Constant, worse walking
and stooping :-

ÆSC.

Dragging pains, with
prolapsus uteri :-

Helon.

Dull :-

GELS.

Gathering in a small
spot, like a, violent, steady throbbing, worse night, and hinders
sleep, better day, when up and walking about, but unable to lift
anything :-

Kali-bi.

Head, through, follows
pains, in all directions, with violent and continuous
vomiting :-

Med.

Kidneys, into,
dull :-

Eup-pur.

Leucorrhœa, in :-

Æsc.

Menses, before,
heavy :-

Vib.

Pelvis, around side of,
dull, lasts 7 hours after stool :-

Sulph.

Pressure, better by, in
evening :-

Sep.

Sciatica, in :-

Cimic.

Sore :-

AGAR.

Spermatorrhœa, in :-

Sil.

Symphysis, in
sacro-iliac, worse from motion :-

Æsc.

Thighs, into,
constant :-

Lil-t.

Top, at :-

Cupr.

Walking, worse,
dull :-

Æsc.


After-pains :-

(See
Labor-pain.)

Anæsthesia, in a
certain part no sensibility :-

Phos.

Bearing
down :-

(See
Pressing.)

Boils, painful
furuncle :-

Æth.

Boring :-

Calad.

Broken, feeling as
if :-

Cough, with :-

Phos.

Metritis, in :-

Ars.

Sacro-iliac symphysis,
as if back would give way at point of

(uterine
complaints) :- Æsc.

Sacro-iliac symphysis,
in, as if separated in walking :-

Calc-p.

Bruised
feeling

(See
Soreness.) :-
Eup-per.,
Fl-ac.,
Nat-s.,
Sabad.,
Verat.

Back, sacro-lumbar
region, in :-

Coc-c.

Beaten, as if :-

Agar.,
BRY.,
Nat-m.

Lying on side :-

Act-sp.

Lying on too hard a
couch, as if one had been, pain in

(coccygodynia) :-
Merc.

Morning, in :-

Calad.

Sacro-iliac symphysis,
in, to lower limbs, standing, sitting or lying causes limping when
walking :-

Hep.


Burning

(See Heat.) :-
Coloc.

4 P.M., at :-

Lachn.

Intense :-

Lac-d.

Labors, after several
premature, steady :-

Thuj.

Menses, passive
flow :-

Carb-v.

Menses, with retarded,
pains from motion, better lying down :-

Podo.

Rash, with, after
confinement :-

Cupr.

Scapulæ,
between :-

Thuj.

Sciatic nerve, along
course of, behind great trochanter of right leg, worse from warmth
of bed

(ischias) :-
Coloc.

Sacro-iliac symphysis,
near :-

Rumx.

Uterine congestion,
in :-

Ferr.

Burrowing :-

Calad.

Chill :-

Back, over :-

Kali-i.

Runs to base of
occiput :-

Gels.

Posterior part,
descends to, of thigh in morning :-

Stront-c.


Chilliness :-

PULS.

Constantly creeps up to
back without subsequent heat or thirst :-

Sulph.

Menses, during :-

Puls.

Coldness :-

Benz-ac.

Flying along side of
vertebræ over whole body, alternating with heat :-

Camph.

Skin feels cold :-

Arg-m.


Cramp-like pain :-

Anan.

Prolapsus uteri,
in :-

Bell.

Creeping, to coccyx, in
bone, later in bones of whole body :-

Aloe.

Cutting

(See Lancinating.) :-
Guare.

Heat, better by :-

Sulph.

Left outer side, in,
shooting up and down :-

Kali-bi.

Menses, during :-

Senec.

Morning, in :-

All-s.

Muscle, in, just above
sacro-iliac symphysis, on left side :-

Gamb.

Top, across :-

Gamb.

Uteri, in
prolapsus :-

Bell.

Digging :-

Calad.

Dislocated
feeling :-

Agar.

Dragging :-

Painful :-

Sep.

Painful,
towards :-

Carb-v.

Drawing :-

Aster.

Intermittent,
in :-

Ant-c.

Liver affections,
in :-

Chel.

Painful :-

Dios.

Painful, during
menses :-

Zing.

Painful, prevents erect
position, after long sitting :-

Thuj.

Pain, dull, on upper
part, place size of a hand, interferes with respiration, swells and
feels as if something were filled up :-

Ars-h.

Piercing, to
uterus :-

Helon.

Radiates over body and
limbs :-

Dios.

Right side of
scrobiculum, to

(gastralgia) :-
Chel.

Thighs, into :-

Nux-v.

Uteri, in
prolapsus :-

Bell.

Dull
pain :-

Ham.,
Sep.

Across :-

Lil-t.

Constant, in sacrum and
hips :-

Æsc.

Symphysis of right
ilium and sacrum, while standing :-

Spong.


Falling apart, feeling
as if, sacro-iliac synchondrosis, wants to be bound tightly

(hæmorrhage) :-
Tril.

Fluttering, sense of,
like movements of a watch, commencing region of, and gradually
rising to occiput :-

Ol-j.

Gurgling sensation,
dull, in sacral bone :-

Ang.

Heat

(See Burning.) :-
Sars.,
Sulph.

Prolapsus uteri,
in :-

Sep.


Heaviness :-

Constant, dull,
painful :-

Phyt.

Dull, painful, in
region of sacro-iliac symphysis :-

Dios.

Pelvis and hips, down
along :-

Arg-n.

Sitting, while, better
by motion :-

Aloe.

Thighs and legs, to,
constant, dull, painful :-

Sep.

Weight :-

Cimic.

Weight, in lower part,
better standing, worse sitting and at stool :-

Arg-n.

Weight, in uterine
congestion :-

Ferr.

Itching, prickling,
when walking :-

Merc.

Labor-pains :-

Puls.

After-pains pass around
pubes and down thighs :-

Sulph.

After instrumental
delivery :-

Hyper.

Labor-like, in cancer
uteri :-

Carb-an.

Labor-like, to crest of
ilium or around to uterus, with leucorrhœa after parturition :-

SARS.

Thigh, into :-

Cham.


Lameness

(See Numbness.) :-
Calc-p., SIL.

Pneumonia, in :-

Ant-t.

Worse resting after
exercise :-

Rhus-t.

Left sacro-iliac
articulation :-

Com.


Lancinating

(See Cutting,
Stitches.) :-
Anan., Zinc.

Numbness

(See Lameness.) :-
Calc-p.,
Plat.

Asleep, cannot get up
from seat :-

Calc-p.

Painful, down legs

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Graph.

Pain

(undefined)
(See Aching.) :-
Absin., Chel.,
Cimic.,
Cimx.,
Eup-per.,
Iod., Kali-c.,
Lob.,
Med.,
Psor., Sarr.,
Sep.

Across :-

Lact.

Afternoon, sudden, at 4
P.M., with discharge of clear mucus from vagina

(false
labor-pains) :- Puls.

Cancer, beginning of
uterine :-

Bell.

Cardialgia biliosa,
in :-

Lob.

Chill, with :-

NUX-V.

Confinement,
after :-

Phos.

Continual

(coccygodynia) :-
Lach.

Coughing, when :-

Chel.

Crawling and stitching,
with :-

Graph.

Diarrhœa, in chronic :-

Cupr-ar.

Distressing,
beneath :-

Lept.

Exertion, especially
during, in day and while sitting :-

AGAR.

Extremity, in

(hydrometra) :-
Sep.

Fall, after a

(traumatic
periostitis of sacrum and lower vertebræ) :-
Sil.

Fever, during :-

Ars.

Fever, with

(suppression
of menses) :- Lob.

Fever, typhus,
in :-

Bapt.

Flatus, from :-

Agn.

Front, through
to :-

Ign.

Gastralgia, in :-

Arg-n.

Hæmorrhoidal colic,
in :-

Abrot.

Hæmorrhoids,
in :-

Berb.

Hæmorrhoids and
dysentery, in :-

Caps.

Hip, and

(prolapsus
uteri) :- Æsc.

Hips, across :-

SEP.

Hips, across, lasting
all day :-

Lyss.

Hips and thighs to
below knee, pain through, with weakness and lassitude when moving,
especially going up stairs, as if limbs would refuse to act before
reaching top :-

Sep.

Hips, to, severe,
terminates in uterus :-

Tarent.

Knee, to below, has to
loosen garter and lie down :-

Cimx.

Labor, after :-

Phos.

Labor-pains,
like :-

Kali-c.,
Kreos.

Lameness and stiffness,
with :-

Helon.

Legs into feet,
through, worse sitting :-

# Cob.

Lie, cannot, on either
side :-

Nat-s.

Lifting, from :-

Sang.

Lifting, when, violent,
takes her breath :-

Anag.

Lifting, after
over :-

Calc.

Lumbar region, to,
violent

(lumbago) :-
ANT-T.

Lumbar region, to, and
across left ilium to superior spinal process, throbbing, worse
pressure over lower vertebræ

(traumatic
periostitis of sacrum and lower vertebræ) :-
Sil.

Lying on back, morning
in bed :-

Ign.

Menses, during :-

Puls.

Metritis, in chronic,
violent :-

Ant-t.

Miscarriage,
threatened :-

Cimic.

Motion, worse on,
across :-

Form.

Myelitis, in :-

Sec.

Pelvic, severe,
commences in passing forward and down to right knee :-

Sep.

Pneumonia, in :-

Ant-t.

Pollutions,
with :-

Graph.

Pregnancy,
during :-

Xan.

Pubes, extending to,
severe

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Laur.

Pubes, to, during
menses, caused by hæmorrhoids with discharge of bright red
blood :-

Sabin.

Pubes, to, in
pregnancy :-

Sabin.

Rest, worse
during :-

Nux-m.

Riding in a carriage,
while :-

Nux-m.

Rising from a seat,
worse :-

Lyc.

Sacro-iliac
articulation, in left, running into groin

(labor,
pregnancy) :- Thuj.

Sharp and sore, came on
as soon as she went to bed :-

Puls.

Shoulders, to, worse
from labor

(fistula
in ano) :- Berb.

Sit, could not, violent

(spinal
disease) :- Apis.

Sitting, when :-

Asaf.

Sitting, worse, or
bending backward :-

Puls.

Sleep, disturbs :-

Lith-c.

Soreness through to
pubes :-

Lyss.

Stool, during :-

Podo.

Stool, with urgency
to :-

Am-be.

Stool, worse during and
after :-

Podo.

Straighten himself,
cannot :-

Kali-bi.

Strain, from a, while
lifting a heavy weight

(orchitis):-
Puls.

Supra sacral region,
across, intense, right nates, down right sciatic nerve, prevents
sleep :-

Lac-c.

Symphysis, from
ilea-sacral, severe, down leg :-

Cimic.

Symphysis, in
sacro-iliac, lameness, worse walking :-

Æsc.

Synchondrosis,
sacro-iliac, in region of :-

Ol-j.

Thigh, passing into
right, worse when pressing at stool, coughing and laughing

(sciatica) :-
Tell.

Thighs, down

(uterine
hæmorrhage) :- Sec.

Top, at, with
nausea :-

Lil-t.

Upper part, about,
worse at night :-

Helon.

Urinate, with frequent
urging to

(diarrhœa) :-
Cupr-ar.

Urinating, when :-

Graph.

Uteri, in
prolapsus :-

Lil-t.,
Podo., Sep.

Uterine displacement,
in :-

Podo.

Uterine troubles,
in :-

Alumn.

Uterus, to :-

Helon.

Uterus, commencing
internally and apparently coming around to :-

Syph.

Violent :-

Ars-h.

Violent, in relapse of
intermittent :-

Ars.

Weakness, a kind of, in
morning :-

Calad.


Paralysis :-

Feeling of :-

Kalm.

Paralytic
condition :-

Gels.

Paralytic pain :-

Drawing into
thigh :-

Cham.

Down along pelvis and
hips :-

Arg-n.


Piercing pain :-

Sulph.

Knives in middle, as
from, while sitting in evening :-

Nat-s.

Pinching pain, with
hysterical spasm :-

Caust.

Pressing
feeling :-

Anag.,
Cann-s., Ign.,
Sec., Zinc.

Bearing down, with
ineffectual urging to stool :-

NUX-V.

Bearing down :-

Bell.,
Berb., Merl.

Bearing down towards,
with chronic parenchymatous metritis :-

Nux-v.

Bearing down, as if
parts would be forced out, worse in moving :-

Sec.

Bones, as if, would be
forced asunder, worse sitting and lying :-

Berb.

Burning :-

All-c.

Deep internal, when
severe, worse sitting and lying :-

Berb.

Dragging pain :-

Sep.

Dull, pain, feeling of
pressure and fatigue from long stooping, extends around hips and
down right leg :-

Bapt.

Hand as if to support,
often placed :-

Ol-j.

Left, in, sacro-iliac
articulation, with tingling in sole of foot :-

Coloc.

Left, pain in,
sacro-iliac articulation intermittent outward, better by
walking :-

Com.

Limbs, to lower, in
sacro-iliac symphysis, sharp, sitting, standing or lying, causes
limping when walking :-

Hep.

Load, heavy, like a, as
if it would burst :-

Agar.

Night, all, awakens
her :-

Ang.

Painful, as if broken,
in upper part :-

NUX-V.

Painful, as from
fatigue, in evening :-

Puls.

Painful, in right side,
later to middle of back

(repeated
eight times) :- Lyss.

Painful, tensive, on
stepping :-

Acon.

Painful, only while
walking and particularly on setting down left foot :-

Spong.

Sitting, while, better
by motion :-

Aloe.

Stool felt in,
uninterrupted pressure to, constant, this pressure, though
distressing, seems utterly ineffectual

(dysentery) :-
Merc-c.

Thighs, causing tensive
pains in :-

Puls.

Uterine congestion,
in :-

Ferr.

Pulling feeling :-

Pain as if menses were
coming on, and :-

Med.

Prolapsus uteri,
in :-

Bell.

Rheumatic pain :-

Ol-j.

Heat is relieved,
after :-

Aur.

Muscles,
affects :-

Zinc.

Stooping, while, felt
as if something cracked across sacrum, cannot stoop or move for pain
which remains during rest, but worse on movement of trunk or
legs :-

Kali-bi.

Sensitive :-

Affection of
sympathetic nervous system, in :-

Phos.

Extreme tenderness,
least pressure unbearable :-

Lob.

Left sacro-iliac
articulation to pressure :-

Com.

Right side painful to
touch :-

Phel.


Sharp pains :-

Calc-p.,
Coloc.

Shocks, with rash after
confinement :-

Cupr.

Shooting :-

Between hips :-

Sil.

Down outside of both
hips :-

Phyt.

He must keep quiet,
worse from motion :-

Coloc.


Soreness

(See Bruised
feeling
.) :-
Sep.,
Sarr.

Iliac articulation, of
left :-

Com.

Iliac symphysis, near,
painful :-

Rumx.

Menses, before :-

Spong.

Shoulders, to, worse
from labor

(fistula
in ano) :- Berb.

Spot as if ulcerated,
sensitive to touch :-

Colch.

Sticking :-

Along course of sciatic
nerve, behind great trochanter of right leg, down as far as knee,
worse from warmth of bed

(ischias) :-
Coloc.

Flying along vertebræ
over whole body, alternating with heat :-

Camph.


Stiffness :-

Anan.,
Apis.

Exercise, worse on
resting after :-

Rhus-t.

Motion, bending or
beginning, extending to hip-joint and thigh, as if sinews were too
short :-

Lach.

Painful, especially
rising from a chair :-

CAUST.

Pelvis and hips, down
along :-

Arg-n.

Walk straight,
cannot :-

Rheum.


Stinging, burning,
tearing, prevents sleep :-

Sil.

Stitches

(See Lancinating.) :-
Lith-c.,
Nit-ac.

Anus, to :-

Asaf.

Burning, causing one to
start :-

Mur-ac.

Constant :-

Berb.

Left ilium, on a small
spot between sacrum and, with slightest motion :-

Calc-p.

Loins, to :-

Aloe.

Needle-like :-

Chim-m.

Pertussis, in :-

Bry.

Sudden, violent,
walking in open air :-

Agar.

Walking, when :-

Calad.


Sweat, cold :-

Plan.

Tearing :-

Along course of sciatic
nerve, behind great trochanter of right leg as far as knee, worse
from warmth of bed :-

Coloc.

Fine, while sitting
only, passing right to left side and upward :-

Spong.

Especially near
spine :-

Lyc.

Tension :-

Sulph.,
Zinc.

To left hip, pain as if
muscles were too short :-

Caust.

Pressive, deep internal
when severe, worse sitting and lying :-

Berb.

Throbbing :-

Sars.

Constant :-

Berb.

Evening, in :-

Tab.


Tired feeling, after
exciting dreams, in morning :-

Lyss.

Ulcers :-

Black, hard,
bedsores :-

Arg-n.

Decubitus, in
typhoid :-

Zinc.

Skin, vitality of
destroyed by pressure

(sacral
sores) :- Pæon.

Typhoid, after :-

Ars.

Weakness :-

Lyss.,
Zinc.

In sacro-iliac
region :-

Sep.

In sacro-iliac
symphysis, as if bones were loose :-

Arg-n.

Night, at :-

Lith-c.

With numbness and
aching in head :-

Phos.

Wrenched
feeling :-

Calc.

Writhing, radiating
over body and limbs :-

Dios.

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