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Temperament – Stage of Life and Constitution – Chapter 47 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 47.
STAGES OF LIFE AND CONSTITUTION.

Age
* Complexion * Constitution
* Habit * Occupation
* Size * Temperament

Temperament.


Temperament :-

Bilious :-

Acon., Æsc.,
Ail.,
Ambr., Ant-c., Ant-t., Bell.,
Berb., BRY.,
Cann-i.,
CHAM.,
Chin., Cocc.,
Ip., Lach., Merc., NUX-V.,
Plat., PODO.,
Puls., Sulph.

Asthma :-

Phos.

Constipation, tendency
to :-

Cub.,
NUX-V.

Dry subjects, ague,
where disease degenerates into a slow fever :-

Tarax.

Headache, sick :-

Iris.

Hepatic
affections :-

Merc.,
Nux-v.

Lymphatic :-

Bell.

Mercurialization,
especially after :-

Podo.

Nervous

(hydrothorax) :-
Ambr., Apis.

Stout and
robust :-

Ail.


Choleric

(irritable,
inclined to anger) :-
Acon.,
Ars., Aur., BRY.,
Carb-v., Caust.,
CHAM.,
Coff., FERR.,
Hep., HYOS.,
Kali-p., Kalm.,
Lach., Lyc.,
Nat-m.,
Nit-ac., NUX-V.,
Phos., Plat.,
Sec.,
Sil., Sulph.

Ardent, disposed to
anger, spite or deception, always irritable and impatient :-

NUX-V.

Bilious, dark hair and
complexion, with firm fibre :-

Bry.

Dissatisfied with
everything

(diarrhœa) :-
Apis.

Especially
children :-

MAG-C.

Fever, in intermittent,
without reaction :-

Phel.

Foxy, mischievous,
destructive :-

Tarent.

Haughty :-

Lyc.,
Plat.

Irascible :-

Nux-v.

Mistrustful, when
sick :-

Lyc.

Particular, very,
zealous persons, inclined to get angry or excited, or of a spiteful,
malicious disposition :-

NUX-V.

Peevish :-

Ign.

Plethoric :-

Sec.

Sedentary :-

NUX-V.

Vigorous persons of dry
habit, tense fibre, ardent, irascible, tenacious :-

Nux-v.

Mild

(blend) :-
Ambr.,
Bell., Calad., Chim-m., Cic., Cocc., Ign.,
Ph-ac., PULS.,
Sil., Sulph.

Easy :-

SEP.

Quick to perceive,
rapid in execution :-

IGN.

Tearful :-

PULS.

Tearful, anxious

(constipation
catarrh) :- Alumn.

Yielding,
submissive :-

PULS.

Melancholic

(hypochondriacal) :-
Acon.,
Anac.,
AUR.,
Aur-m.,
Bell.,
Bry., Calc.,
Chin.,
Cocc., Colch.,
Graph., IGN.,
Lach., Lil-t.,
Lyc.,
Murx.,
NAT-M.,
Plat., PULS.,
Rhus-t.,
Stram.,
Sulph., Verat.

Asthma, spasmodic,
caused by anxious dreams, sensation as if clothing were too
tight :-

Nux-v.

Bilious,
choleric :-

Chel.

Colic, wind :-

Mill.

Constipation :-

Sulph.

Grief, inclined
to :-

IGN.,
PULS.

Phlegmatic, dark eyes,
indolent :-

Lach.

Pneumonia :-

Nux-v.

Sanguine,
lymphatic :-

Murx.

Subject to skin
diseases :-

Lyc.

Timid, fearful :-

Cocc.


Nervous

(See Hysteria,
Nervousness, Chapter 36 :
Nerves
.) :- Acon.,
Agar.,
Alumn., Ambr., ANAC.,
Arg-n., ARS.,
Bar-c., Bell.,
CALC.,
Cann-i., Carb-v.,
CHAM.,
Chin., Chin-s.,
Con.,
Cupr.,
Dig., Graph., Hep.,
HYOS.,
IGN., Lach.,
Laur., LYC.,
MAG-C., MAG-P., Merc.,
Nat-c., Nat-m.,
NUX-M.,
NUX-V., Ph-ac.,
PHOS.,
Plat., Puls.,
Rhus-t.,
Sabin.,
Sec., Sep.,
Sil., Stann.,
Stram.,
Sulph., Teucr.,
Valer., Viol-o.,
Zinc.

Ardent :-

NUX-V.

Bashful, timid, ill at
ease in society :-

Coca.

Brains, largely
developed :-

Bell.

Brunettes :-

NIT-AC.

Careful :-

NUX-V.

Choreic :-

Tarent.

Cough, whooping :-

Kali-p.

Delicate

(megrim) :-
Calc.

Delicate, pale,
sensitive

(toothache) :-
Kali-p.

Dyspepsia,
flatulent :-

Lyc.,
Nux-m.

Ears, noises and
singing in :-

Coff.

Excitable :-

CHAM.,
HYOS., Ign.

Excitable, attacks from
sudden or intense emotions, or smothering passion :-

Kali-p.

Excitable,
melancholic :-

Asar.

Excitable, violent
throbbing, toothache drives to madness :-

Verat.

Exhausted, easily, take
cold easily :-

Nux-v.

Habit, full :-

Caps.

Hair, dark, and gray
eyes

(prosopalgia) :-
Calc.

Hysterical
headache :-

Coff.

Hysterical :-

Arg-n.,
Cast., GELS.,
IGN.,
Plat.,
Viol-o.

Hysterical, asthma,
palpitation, dyspnœa, prostration, and digestive troubles :-

MOSCH.

Hysterical, spasmodic
asthma, caused by anxious dreams, sensation as if clothing were too
tight :-

Nux-v.

Hysterical, inclined to
taking cold :-

Bar-c.

Hysterical, wind
colic :-

Mill.

Hysterical, spasmodic
dysuria :-

Vib.

Hysterical, sensation
of great coldness in head :-

Valer.

Hysterical, neuralgic
headaches :-

Plat.

Hysterical headaches
from mental causes, dulness of head :-

Arg-n.

Hysterical,
hæmorrhoidal patients, perhaps such as suffer from gout or worms,
especially those of mournful mind, or alternately sad and gay, who
cry easily, are pale, easily fatigued, suffer from wandering pains,
are inclined to spasms :-

Plat.

Hysterical
palpitation :-

Sumb.

Hysterical, not :-

Atrop.

Intellectual :-

Chim-m.

Irritable, excitable,
sanguine :-

HYOS.

Irritable, hysterical,
intellectual faculties predominate, hysterical neuralgia :-

Valer.

Irritable, lax fibre,
sour smell :-

Mag-c.

Irritable, canine
hunger :-

Sil.

Irritable, dry skin,
profuse saliva, diarrhœa, night sweats :-

Sil.

Lymphatic :-

Dig.

Lymphatic

(dropsy) :-
Apis.

Melancholic,
indigestion, venous constitution, with tendency to
hæmorrhoids :-

Nux-v.

Menses, premature and
profuse :-

Kali-p.

Mild, amiable, refined,
sensitive, intellectual :-

Chim-m.

Paraplegia :-

Cocc.

Particular :-

NUX-V.

Quick motioned,
plethoric, skin excessively sensitive to atmospheric changes :-

SULPH.

Sanguine :-

Cann-i.

Sanguine, readily
affected :-

Glon.

Sensitive :-

Acon.,
Ail.,
Ant-c., Ars.,
Calc.,
Canth.,
Chim-m., Chin.,
Chin-s., COFF.,
Cupr., IGN.,
Kali-p., Lach.,
Lyc., NUX-V.,
Pall., PHOS.,
Plat.,
Sabad.,
Sil.

Sensitive,
amblyopia :-

Sil.

Sensitive, sluggish
circulation :-

Kali-p.

Sensitive, especially
hysterical subjects, anomalous functional disorders of heart :-

Sumb.

Sensitive, neuralgic
headaches :-

Plat.

Sensitive, remains long
impressed by even slight mechanical injuries :-

Arn.

Sensitive, have taken
too much medicine :-

TEUCR.

Sensitive, imperfectly
nourished from imperfect assimilation :-

SIL.

Sensitive, cannot bear
pain :-

Arn.,
Cham., COFF.

Sensitive to pain,
querulous or discontented :-

Chin.

Sensitive, peevish,
excitable, hysterical, with sanguine nervous temperament, is
delicate, falls easily in love, is romantic, bears trials meekly,
readily falls into clonic spasms after mental agitation :-

Ign.

Sensitive, disposed to
rheumatism and catarrh :-

Colch.

Sensitive, spoiled
natures :-

Mosch.

Tenacious :-

Nux-m.

Timid :-

Calc.,
PULS.

Timid, anxious, during
cholera season :-

Asar.

Timid, dread storm and
are afraid of thunder :-

Rhod.

Weak, desires to be
magnetized :-

PHOS.

Women of a sensitive,
easily excited nature, dark hair and skin, but mild disposition,
quick to perceive, rapid in execution :-

IGN.

Zealous :-

NUX-V.

Phlegmatic

(indolent,
slow, torpid) (See
Constitution
Lymphatic
.) :-
Aloe, Am-m.,
Ant-t., Bell.,
Calad., CALC.,
Caps., Chin.,
Clem.,
Cocc.,
Cycl., Dulc.,
Ferr-p.,
Hep., Kreos., Lach.,
Merc.,
Mez.,
Nat-c.,
Nat-m., PULS.,
Seneg., Sep.

Air, dread open :-

Caps.

Air, aversion to open,
and dislike to exercise, physical or mental :-

Nat-c.

Awkward, easily
offended, indolent, melancholic, lack of reaction, gastric
troubles :-

Caps.

Blennorrhœa, malignant :-

Thuj.

Bronchitis :-

Caust.

Cold and chilly,
always :-

Led.

Comprehension slow,
memory weak :-

Lyc.

Constipation :-

Op.

Face ache :-

Chin.

Fat, unclean, dread of
open air :-

Caps.

Good natured, timid
women, and especially during pregnancy :-

PULS.

Hair, light,
irresolute :-

Mez.

Headache, chronic, with
relaxed muscles and general debility :-

Sul-ac.

Indolent :-

Caps.,
Lach.

Irresolute :-

Mez.,
PULS.

Irritability, want of
bodily, well chosen remedy makes no impression :-

Op.

Lax :-

Calad.

Lax, fibre, light hair,
great sensitiveness to slightest contact of ulcers, eruptions and
parts affected :-

Hep.

Mild and sluggish,
light hair :-

Cocc.

Nourished, ill,
prophylactic in apoplexy :-

Merc.

Pale, weakly,
timid :-

Calc.

Plethoric :-

Seneg.

Scrofulous, restless
and irritable, take cold in damp cold changes :-

Dulc.

Slow, sandy hair, blue
eyes, pale face, easily moved to laughter or tears, affectionate,
mild, gentle, timid, yielding :-

PULS.

Tonsils, enlargement
of, indolent :-

Kali-bi.

Sanguine :-

Acon., Ars.,
Aur., Calc.,
Cham., Chin-s., Coff., FERR.,
HYOS., Ign.,
Murx., Nit-ac.,
Nux-v., PHOS.,
Plat.

Affectionate
persons :-

PULS.

Amiable persons :-

Chim-m.

Asthma, in lively
subjects :-

Phos.

Bilious, injured
knee :-

Apis.

Changes, frequent and
great, in sensations, feelings changing suddenly from greatest
hilarity to deepest despondency :-

Croc.

Choleric :-

Coff.

Choleric, pettish,
quarrelsome, disputative, easily excited, least contradiction
angers, women are weak, delicate, chlorotic, yet have a very red
face :-

FERR.

Good natured :-

Puls.

Hæmoptysis :-

Phos.

Hair, black, dark eyes,
lively, restless, anxious :-

Aur.

Hysterical, nervous,
headache :-

Coff.

Imagination
vivid :-

Lach.

Laughter or tears,
easily moved to :-

PULS.

Muscles soft, flabby

(goitre) :-
Calc.

Nervous, bilious

(paralysis) :-
Apis.

Plethoric :-

ACON.,
Arn.

Quick
perception :-

PHOS.

Romantic, falls in love
easily :-

Ign.

Voluptuous, excitable,
nervous, especially women :-

Cedr.

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