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(White Briony.)
(The juice expressed from the fresh root dug up before the flowering time, is mixed with equal
parts of alcohol, and, for homeopathic use, is diluted and potentized as directed in the
introduction to pulsatilla, up to the thirtieth potency.)
The duration of the action of a somewhat large dose of this vegetable juice can be perceived for
a couple of weeks.
The similarity of its effects to many of the symptoms of Rhus toxicodendron cannot fail to be
noticed; in the preface to the latter medicine I have sufficiently dwelt upon this. At the same
time bryonia affects the disposition quite differently, its fever consists chiefly of chilliness, and its
symptoms are mostly excited or aggravated by corporeal exertion, although its alternating
effects, when the symptoms are relieved by movement, ate not very rare.
Hence, when using bryonia in diseases, there occur cases where the remedy, although chosen as
homoeopathically as possible and given in sufficiently small dose, does not render adequate
service in the first twenty four hours. The reason of this is that only one, and that the wrong
series, of its alternating actions corresponded. In such cases a fresh dose administered after
twenty-four hours effects amelioration by the production of the opposite alternating actions. (The
same happens with respect to all drugs, a second dose given immediately arid quickly after the
first one partially destroys the action of the first dose.) This happens with only very few other
medicines having alternating actions (vide the preface to ignatia), but it occurs not rarely with
bryonia.
When it has been really wrongly selected and was not truly homoeopathic, the bad effects are
generally removable by Thus, or, according to circumstances, by some other medicine
corresponding more exactly to the bad effects produced, such as camphor.
From the rich treasury of symptoms it causes in the healthy human body, a number of artificial
morbid states may be put together, of which we may happily avail ourselves for the
homoeopathic relief of many ailments of daily occurrence, especially certain fevers, and some
kinds of the so-called abdominal spasms of the female sex. Hence its remedial powers are of
great extent.
In severe acute diseases, with great excitement, the most serviceable dose is a very high
attenuation, one higher than I have previously used to wit, a very small globule of the
decillionfold potency. The more or less strong olfaction of a globule the size of a mustard seed
moistened with this attenuation acts more gently and certainly, and is equally efficacious in its
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effects upon the vital force-so amenable to accurately selected homoeopathic remedies-which
has been appointed by the wise Creator for bringing about the cure.
The only reference to another authority is in Symptom 682 where the name NICOLAI appears,
but without any reference to enable us to identify him.
The 1st edit, gives 510 symptoms, the 2nd and 3rd 781.]
BRYONIA
Vertigo.
Vertigo, as if he were whirled round, or as if everything whirled round him, when standing.
A kind of vertigo as if he were intoxicated, and as if the blood rushed violently towards his head.
[Hrr.]
Vertigo as soon as he rose from his seat; all turned round about him; after walking for some
time this went off.
Vertigo, with feeling of heaviness, he felt as if all whirled round him in a circle. [Hrr.]
Giddy, as if whirling, when she sits up in bed, and nausea in the centre of the chest, as if about
to faint.
In the evening (aft. 8 p.m.) such vertigo when standing that he staggered backwards, and would
have fallen backwards.
When walking staggering to either side, as if he could not stand firmly (aft. 48 h.).
In the morning, on rising from bed, so giddy and whirling, as if all went round in a circle in his
head.
All day long giddy in the head and weak in the limbs.
He can hardly turn his head on account of a feeling of fullness in it. [Hbg.]
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In the region of the crown and forehead dull movements in the head, which causes vertigo and
cessation of thought. [Mch.]
So weak in mind that his thoughts leave him, as if he were about to faint, at the same time heat
of face, chiefly when standing.
Illusion of the mind; her own head seems to her much too heavy.[Fr. H-n.]
She did not rightly know what she was doing (in the room), worse when lying, for twenty-four
hours (immediately) [Fr. H-n.]
25. She did not know what she was doing, and let everything fall out of her hands (in the room).
[Fr. H-n.]
He wishes for things immediately, and then will not have them.
Great heaviness of the head and pressure of the whole brain forwards.
In the morning the headache commences not on awaking, bat on first opening and moving the
eyes.
In the morning on awaking the head is dull and painful, as if he had been drinking and
dissipating the previous evening; he is unwilling to get out of bed.
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Digging pressure in the front part of the brain, with pressing towards the forehead,
especially violent when stooping or walking quickly; a walk tires him very much (aft. 24
h.). [Hrr.]
Pressure from within outwards above the left orbit, in the brain, which passed into a pressure
from above inwards in the eyeball (aft.3 d) [Hrr.]
45. Aching pain in the head, mainly on one side, together with tiresome aching feeling in the eye
of that side (afternoon). [Rkt.]
First the blood mounted to the head, then ensued a compression from both temples.
50. Headache: a compression with jerks in the brain, like beating of the pulse.
In the morning, before day-break, pain as if the head were bound round, with weight in it,
mingled with stitches; on account of pain she could not raise her eyes, and when she stooped
she could not rise up again (aft. 60 h.).
Violent headache like great heaviness in it, as if it inclined to all sides; with pressure in the brain
outwards, and great desire to lie down (immediately).
Headache, after a meal, and when walking an outward pressure in the forehead.
55. Headache when stooping as if all would fall out at the forehead. (The sensation of
asunder-pressing corresponds almost completely with that of compression 46,47,48,50. 51, as it
is felt by the brain enclosed in the unyielding skull; the organic sense cannot then distinguish
whether the pain is owing to the great distension or from the resistance of the skull, and yet
both are to blame for it.)
When sitting (stooping) and reading, giddy heaviness in the head, which is allayed by raising up
the head.
Headache only when stooping, a pressing out at the forehead mingled with stitches.
In the head an aching as if the brain were full and pressed asunder, chiefly when sitting.
In the morning, in bed after awaking, when lying on the back, headache in the occiput, which
extends to the shoulders, like a weight which presses on a sore place.
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Semilateral headache: a (digging) pressure on a small spot of the right half of the brain, as from
a kind of digging or tearing along the bones of the upper and lower maxillae, stands in connexion
with a painful submaxillary gland (aft. 30 h.).
Headache: in the morning after rising a twitching drawing in the bones of the cheeks and jaws.
Twitching tearing from the right malar bone up to the right temple externally, more
violent when touched. [Hrr.]
65.Tearing pain in the left side of the head (aft. 24 h.). [Fr. H-n.]
(Tearing pain over the forehead then tearing in the cervical muscles, then tearing in the right
arm.)
While walking in the open air a stitch in the head through the temple.
Anteriorly in the forehead single stitches, with dulness of the head. [Hbg.]
70. A whirling sensation in the right side of the forehead, and a stitch in the left side of the
forehead.
More twitching than throbbing pain in the head, with hot face.
In the right side of the head a throbbing, which can also be felt externally by the hand.
75. A throbbing headache, which includes the eyes, so that she cannot see well; on moving the
beating in the head is quicker, she imagines she hears it.
On the top of the head a spot, the size of half-a-crown, with burning pain, which is not painful
when touched.
80. The head is especially painful when touched, chiefly on the sinciput, for twenty-four hours.
[Fr. H-n.]
In the morning great greasiness of the hair of the head, the head itself is cool; the hands
became quite greasy on combing the hair (aft 10 h.).
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85. (A painful throbbing in all parts of the face, which is also felt under the fingers when
touched.)
A tension in the frontal muscles beneath the skin, on moving the eyes.
Red spot in the face and on the neck (for two days).
95. Swelling of the left side of the face, more down along the nose, with some pain in it (during
the diarrhoea). [Fr. H-n.]
Great swelling of the upper half of the face, especially a great swelling under the eyes and over
the root of the nose, with swelling of the eyelids; he could not open the left eye for four days
(aft. 3 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
Redness and swelling of the eyelids, with aching in them, for three days (aft. 3 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
In the left lower eyelid a pimple the size of a pea, painful when touched, for sixteen days (aft. 24
h.). [Fr. H-n.]
100. Soft boil at the inner canthus of the left eye; from time to time much pus escapes from it,
for ten days (aft. 6 d.). [Fr. H-n]
In the morning on waking he can scarcely open the eyes, they are stuck together by a purulent
mass. [Hrr.]
Pain as from a burn above the left eye and on the left side of the nose, which is somewhat
allayed by pressing on it. [Fr. H-n.]
Pain like burning out at the left eye (aft.24 h.). [Fr.H-n]
105. Aching in the eyes for sixteen successive days. [Fr. H-n.]
Pressure on the right eyeball, more from above downwards (aft. 3 d.). [Hrr.]
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110. In the morning weakness of vision; when she attempted to red all the letters ran together.
(Presbyopia): she could see at a distance, but not near (aft. 24 h.)
The lower eyelid sometimes red and inflamed, the upper quivers.
In the morning the eyelids as if gummed together, somewhat red and swollen, and with pain as if
rubbed and heated.
115. In the morning, on awaking an aching in the eye, as if pressed on by the hand, or as if in a
room full of smoke.
In the morning the integuments of the eyes are swollen and as if gummed up with matter.
Swelling of the lower eyelid, internally aching pain; eyes gummed up in the morning.
Smarting in the eyes, as if sand (?) were in them, which compels rubbing.
In the afternoon sensation in the right eye, as if a grain of sand were in it.
120. In the forenoon sudden swelling of one eye with pain, without redness; matter exudes, and
the conjunctiva is dark red and swollen.
On the border of the left upper eyelid an itching mingled with burning and tearing.
Itching in the left outer canthus mingled with some smarting, not removed by rubbing (aft. 6
h.).
The eyes full of tears and the eyelids itch, as if something were healing; he must rub.
125. A small tetter on the right cheek (aft. 4 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
Swelling of the right cheek close to the ear, with burning pain (aft. 4 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
Painful pressure under the right malar bone, removed by external pressure (aft. 1 h.).
[Hrr.]
Pinching pressure in the cavity of the joint of the right jaw, increased by movement.
[Hrr.]
Ringing before the left ear, as of small bells (aft. 1 h.). [Fr. H-n.]
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130. In the meatus auditorius a contractive pain, which at first went off by clearing away the
wax with the finger, but always came back again, with hardness of hearing. [Mch.]
Sensation in the external meatus as if a finger were pressed upon it, which is increased by
bending down to read. [Rkt.]
Pain like a burning out at the left ear (aft. 6 h.). [Fr. H-n.]
135. Hard boil behind the ear, which often changes its size (aft. 24 h.).[Fr. H-n.]
Boil-like swelling in front of the ear, which after twelve hours burst, discharged, and formed a
yellow scab. [Fr. H-n.]
Sensation as if the ears were stopped up, and no air could penetrate into them.
When he walks in the open air, and after his walk comes into the house, he feels stitches, now in
one, now in the other ear.
(Ulcerated concha.)
A frequent formication and tickling in the septum of the nose, especially when blowing the nose.
On the left side of the tip of the nose a swelling, with twitching pain in it, and, on touching it, as
if it were going to gather.
Swollen nose with epistaxis for several days (aft. 5 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
Epistaxis on three successive days (the 10th. 11th, and 12th d.).[Fr. H-n.]
150. Epistaxis from the right nostril (aft. 9 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
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155. Epistaxis in sleep, about 3 a.m., so that he is woke up by it. (aft. 4 d.).
Pain in the posterior part of the throat, felt when moving. [Hbg.]
Rheumatic stiffness in the side of the neck towards the nape. [Hbg.]
On the left side of the nape and neck, of the facial and masseter muscles, sore pain on moving,
which rendered turning the head and chewing difficult and almost impossible (aft. 24 h.). [Hbg.]
Itching needle-pricks on the neck (especially when he has walked quickly) which
cause him to scratch; they are removed by scratching (aft. 24 h.). [Hbg.]
On the lower lip small ulcerated fissures, which cause burning pain when touched. [Fr. H-n.]
On the right commissure of the mouth, and more on the lower lip, a small elevation, which from
time to time bleeds profusely for six days. [Fr. H-n.]
A vesicle on the red part of the lower lip with burning pain.
170. Eruption below the left commissure of the lips with smarting pain.
Eruption on the lower lip beyond the red part, with itching smarting pain as from salt.
Between the under lip and gum a shooting, very acute twitching (in the morning in bed), as in
cancer of the lip.
Toothache, twitching and shooting in the teeth towards the ear, which compelled her to lie down.
(There are several symptoms caused by bryonia which compel the person to lie down; comp,
285,479,631,708, or, at least, to sit down, 296, and several that are increased by walking and
standing, e. g. 308; but, on the other hand, the alternating actin, where the symptoms are
relieved by movement, and cannot bear quiet lying and sitting is much more frequent with
bryonia.)
In the evening, in bed, twitching toothache, now in the upper, now in the lower molars (for an
hour); when the pain was above, and the point of the finger was applied there, the pain
suddenly ceased and went into the opposite lower tooth (aft. 5 d.).
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Drawing, Sometimes twitching toothache in the molars of the left upper jaw, only
during and after eating, at the same time the teeth felt too long and as if they waggled
to and fro (aft. 6 h.). [Hrr.]
Drawing pain in the molars of the upper and lower jaw (aft. 24 h.).[Hrr.]
Looseness of all the teeth observable when touching them and biting.
180. When at rest, and especially in bed, a horrible toothache, which is alleviated by chewing.
[Hbg.]
While eating there occurs a tearing shooting toothache (that extends down into the cervical
muscles), which is especially aggravated by warmth.
Pain as if the tooth were screwed in and then raised up (which is only relieved for an instant by
cold water, but is better by walking in the open air); at the same time tearing in the cheek and
pinching in the ears, at night until 6 a.m.
185. Toothache after midnight (about 3 a.m.) as if an exposed nerve in a hollow tooth were
painfully affected by cold air penetrating to it; the pain is increased to an intolerable degree by
lying on the unaffected side, and only goes off when lying on the cheek of the affected side.
On drinking cool liquid a sore pain comes into the tooth. (This symptom is given here as it
stands in the 2nd edit. In the 3rd the transcriber has introduced a superfluous “not” that
destroys the sense of the symptom.)
The gums are painful as if sore and raw, with painful loose teeth.
In the morning after waking sensation as if all the molars were too long; they could be moved to
and fro by the fingers so loose were they; she could bite nothing with them, and when she bit
with them there was pain as if the teeth fell out, for fifteen hours (aft. 48 h.). [Stf.]
Simple pain of one of the submaxillary glands. as if from being pinched (aft. 12 h.).
Painful stiffness of all the cervical muscles on movement, and roughness in the throat on
swallowing.
Sensation on the lower jaw as if there were a node on the bone, with tensive pain on turning the
head (aft. 61 h.). [Stf.]
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He feels as if swollen at the back of the throat, and as if he had a severe catarrh, which makes
talking difficult. [Hbg.]
Round the neck a smarting itching eruption, especially after the sweat.
In the inside of the throat shooting on pressing it from the outside and on turning the head.
She cannot get the food and drink down; she has a choking in the oesophagus.
(Sensation when swallowing, as if the throat were swollen internally or were full of mucus, which
cannot be got rid of by hawking.)
Sore-throat: dry and raw in the throat during empty swallowing; on drinking this sensation goes
off for a short time, but soon recurs; it is worst in the warm room.
In the evening dry feeling at the back and upper part of the throat (aft. 48 h.).
205. Dry feeling, not on the tongue, but above on the palate.
Blisters on the border of the tongue anteriorly, which smart and burn. [Fr. H-n.]
Dryness in the mouth, so that the tongue sticks to the palate.[Fr. H-n]
210. The interior of the mouth feels to him dry, without thirst.
She has no taste of the food; but when not eating her mouth is bitter.
After dinner a bitter taste remained constantly at the back of the palate.
230. In the morning when fasting taste in the mouth as from decayed teeth or putrid flesh (aft.
12 h.).
With tolerably clean tongue a nasty taste in the throat, as when one’s breath smells; the taste is
like the smell of stinking flesh; whilst eating she feels nothing of it.
Late in the evening there comes a rancid, smoky taste in the throat.
In the morning when fasting voracious hunger, with want of appetite. [Hbg.]
240. Constant nausea, and immediately afterwards voracious hunger (aft. some h.). [Fr. H-n.]
In the morning voracious hunger, with thirst and flying heat (aft. 30, 72 h.). [Mch.]
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He has no appetite for milk; but when he takes it the appetite for it comes, and he
commences to relish it.
The food smells good, but on commencing to eat her appetite goes off.
Violent hiccup.
Drinks do not cause eructation, but the smallest quantity of food does, but only of air, without
bad taste.
260. (Eructation, with burnt taste in the mouth and mucus in the throat.)
(A burning almost uninterrupted eructation, which makes his mouth rough and prevents his
tasting of food.)
After eating an acrid dry taste, with persistent dryness in the front part of the mouth, without
thirst; the lips are dry and chapped.
Without eructation there comes a bitterness up into the mouth with sickness.
In the morning, after an anxious dream, sickness without being able to vomit, and frequent
empty eructation.
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Nausea, lasting 24 hours, with running of much water from the mouth (aft. 5 m.). [Fr. H-n.]
Nausea, especially when smoking tobacco (in one accustomed to it). [Hbg.]
275. Several times vomiting of yellow and green mucus. [Fr. H-n.]
Immediately after midnight he wakes with nausea; he must vomit food and bile.
She has rising of food which comes into the mouth by a kind of belching.
Eructation of the contents of the stomach, with hardly any effort to vomit.
Early every morning, two hours after rising, nausea for half an hour, with accumulation of water
in the mouth.
In the evening nausea, and then flow of a quantity of water from the mouth (water-brash).
(comp. 402)
In the morning (about 6 a.m.) vomiting of a bitter, musty, and putrid fluid, the taste of which
remains in her mouth.
In the evening (6 p.m.) retching of water and mucus, like water-brash; it rose up in his chest,
and at the same time the whole body was cold.
290. Painful sensation in the oesophagus, rather low down, as if it were constricted there.
In the morning she brings mucus up from the stomach by a kind of belching.
(A quarter of an hour after each meal headache, which then goes off gradually but is renewed
after the next meal.)
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295. Cutting, as with knives, in the region of the scrobiculus cordis (aft. 1 h.).
Immediately after the (evening) meal violent aching in the scrobiculus cordis when walking, at
last pressure on the bladder and perinaeum to an intolerable degree; it went off on sitting (aft.
12 h.).
After eating pressure in the stomach; it was as if a stone lay there and made him
cross.
Under the scrobiculus cordis a very disagreeable feeling, like swelling. [Hbg.]
Heat in the abdomen (and all the interior of the body). [Hbg.]
Loud rattling to the abdomen, especially in the evening in bed, for eighteen days. [Fr. H-n.]
A squeezing and aching in the abdomen in the umbilical region, when walking and standing.
310. After a meal contractive pain in the stomach, then cutting in and over the scrobiculus
cordis, eructation, heat rising up, nausea and vomiting only of the food that has been eaten (aft.
48 h.).
Sudden ascites; he cannot get his breath and must sit down (aft. 18 h.).
315. Burning pain in the abdomen, in the hepatic region (aft. 8 h.).
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First tearing and drawing in the abdomen, especially on moving, then shooting. especially during
an evacuation of the bowels, and chiefly in the evening.
Violent cutting stitches in the abdomen from below upwards, as high as the stomach (after
drinking a cup of warm milk, in the afternoon); the pain compelled him to bend double, and
disappeared after a motion of the bowels.
Bellyache combined with anxiety, that impedes his breathing; it wag relieved by walking.
Flatus passes in the night, not without previous loud rumbling and noise.
After the (evening) meal, flatulent colic with a pressure in the region of the caecum.
Pains in the abdomen as if he had been purged, or as if haemorrhoids would come on.
Bellyache as if diarrhoea was about to come on, for an hour and a half (aft. 5 m.). [Fr. H-n.]
Horrible cutting in the bowels (in the forenoon) as if she would have dysentery, without
evacuation of the bowels.
When walking in the open air a pressure on the navel, as from a button.
In the abdomen and in the umbilical region a griping and pinching as after a chill, for several
days, and (aft. 3 d.) after the bellyache a copious thin evacuation by stool.
Distended abdomen; there is always a rumbling in the abdomen and bellyache (cutting in the
bowels), and yet constant constipation; sensation as if something stuck in his abdomen.
Bellyache during the stool, as from constriction and pinching together with the hand.
Stool twice daily; after some days constipation. (bryonia seems more frequently in its primary
action to keep back the stool,and its secondary action, in which it does the opposite is rarer;
hence, when its other symptoms indicate it, it can cure constipation permanently, which few
medicines besides nux-vomica and opium can do.)
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Diarrhoea for four successive days, once every three hours, so quick that he cannot retain it; the
following twelve days the ordinary stool passed with equally unexpected rapidity. [Fr. H-n.]
Diarrhoea for two days, which made her so weak that she had to keep her bed (aft. 3 d.). [Fr. H-
n.]
Diarrhoea,especially at night, and with every evacuation burning in the anus (aft.7 d.).[Fr.H-n]
Very costive motion, with pressing out of the rectum, which, however, soon returned of itself;
thereafter diarrhoeic stool with fermentation in the abdomen. [Fr. H-n.]
Itching, jerk-like, coarse stitches from the anus up into the rectum.
Burning and cutting before the urine comes (aft. 3 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
Although the bladder was not full he had such urging to make water that he was hardly able to
retain it for an instant (aft. 12 h.).
When he has urinated the neck of the bladder contracts, and yet he feels as if some more urine
wanted to pass.
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He cannot retain his urine long; when he has the desire to urinate and does not immediately
respond to it, he feels as if the urine passed involuntarily (and yet when he looks he finds that
none has come away.)
365. When moving there often pass unconsciously some drops of hot urine.
After urinating he feels in the bladder as if he had not passed all the urine, and some drops pass
away involuntarily.
Urging to urinate and frequent discharge of urine when walking in the open air (aft. 6 h.).
A pain compounded of itching, burning, and shooting in the anterior part of the urethra, when
not urinating.
(A drawing and tearing in the forepart of the urethra, when not urinating.)
375. Swelling of the left labium majus, on which a black, hard pustule comes, resembling a small
button, without pain and without inflammation.
Very distended abdomen; she has great uneasiness there, and such pinching as though the
catamenia were coming on.
The menses appeared slightly three weeks too soon. [Fr. H-n.]
380. The menses occur within a few hours. sometimes eight days too soon. (This is primary
action, hence bryonia will often be a powerful stopper of metrorrhagia.)
Frequent sneezing, especially when he passes his hand over the forehead.
385. Some hoarseness and only one tone of the voice when walking in the open air.
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390. Severe fluent coryza, so that he talked through his nose, at the same time continual
chilliness, for eight days. [Fr. H-n.]
Severe fluent coryza with much sneezing, for eight days (aft. 48 h.). [Fr. H-n]
395. Severe coryza, with shooting headache, as though all would come our at the forehead,
especially on stooping. (Comp. 54; 55.) (aft. 70 h.).
Dry cough.
Dry cough as it were from the stomach, preceded by a crawling and tickling in the scrobiculus
cordis.
Cough with expectoration, in the forenoon, for four successive days (aft. 34 h.). [Fr. H-n.]
Continual, dry cough, especially in the morning, during which water runs out of his mouth, like
water-brash. (Comp. 282.)
405. When coughing a long-continued stitch deep in the brain on the left side.
A dry, hacking cough; single, spasmodic severe blows against the upper part of the wind-pipe,
which seems to be covered with dry, firm mucus; even tobacco-smoke excites it.
Irritation to hacking cough; it seems as if some mucus were in the wind-pipe; when he
has coughed for some time he feels a pain there compounded of soreness and
pressure; the pain becomes more violent by speaking and smoking tobacco (aft. 4 h.).
[Hrr.]
When he comes from the open air into the warm room he has a feeling as if vapour
were in the wind-pipe, which compels him to cough; he feels as if he could not breathe
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Viscid phlegm in the wind-pipe that is detached by frequent hacking cough. [Hrr.]
410. In the morning in bed a severe cough, that lasted a quarter of an hour, and brought away
much mucous expectoration.
In the morning he has oppression of the chest; he feels as if clogged with mucus in the chest,
and it is not readily detached.
In the throat scraping, painful, hacking cough, as from roughness and dryness of the larynx, in
the evening after lying down in bed.
When coughing stitches in the sternum; he must support the chest with his hand; stitches also
when merely touching it. (Comp. 512, 535, 601.)
Immediately before a fit of coughing frequent gasping for air, quick spasmodic breathing, as if
the child could not get its breath, and on that account could not cough; a kind of suffocative
attack, followed by cough; particularly after midnight.
An extraordinary warmth in the region of the scrobiculus cordis makes her breathing short with a
kind of aching pain.
Impeded respiration.
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An attack of stitch in the side and oppression of the chest for twelve hours.
Tightness of chest; she felt a need to breathe deeply (as if her chest were stopped up and she
could not get air), and when she tried to breathe deeply; she had pain in the chest, as if
something were stretched out which opposed itself to stretching.
Anxiety in the morning which proceeded from the abdomen, as if a purgative had been taken,
and as if the breath were too short.
Rapid, anxious, almost impossible breathing on account of stitches in the chest, first under the
scapulae, then under the pectoral muscles, which hinder breathing and compel him to sit up;
then stitches in the crown of the head.
On the sternum superiorly pressure as with the hand; she fancies she cannot walk in the open
air without pain there.
In the middle of the sternum aching pain, also when breathing, with icy-cold feet.
On the chest an aching, as if it were oppressed with phlegm, and on inspiring some shooting in
the sternum, which seems to be alleviated by eating.
Heaviness in the chest and heaviness in the body, which went off by eating.
440. On breathing deeply stitches in the side on the ribs, in jerks, which went off in the open air.
On inspiring a stitch from the upper part of the chest through to the scapula.
On inspiring the curves of the ribs towards the back are the seat of tensive pain, which on
breathing more deeply increases to an obtuse stitch, especially under the scapulae, and mostly
on stooping forwards.
A momentary stitch in the left clavicle, followed by a simple pain (afterwards there was only
simple pain).
445. On turning in bed, stitch in the chest on the side on which he is not lying.
In the lower part of the right side of the chest shooting and beating like a pulse.
On the slightest breath a stitch as if in an ulcer, which lasts as long as the respiration, on a small
spot beneath the sternum, which smarts like an ulcer even when touched, (Comp. 418, 512,
535, 602.) but still more on raising the right arm, in the morning (aft. 24 h.).
Pain on the ensiform cartilage on touching it, as if blood were extravasated, in the evening.
450. Pain all over the chest, with oppression, which goes off on discharging flatus, in the evening
(9 p.m.).
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An attack as if the ailment rose up and took away breath and speech.
Pain in the chest close above the scrobiculus cordis, squeezing, worst when she sits on a chair
and stoops, and when she lies in bed upon the side
Palpitation of the heart, for several successive days (aft.12 h.).[Fr. H-n.]
Sensation as if all were loose in the chest and fell down into the abdomen. [Hbg.]
Squeezing pressure behind the sternum, aggravated by expiration and inspiration (aft. 5 d.).
[Hrr.]
460. In an indurated nipple single slight electric-like shocks for two and a half hours, after which
all traces of the induration were gone (aft. 5 h.). [Stf.]
Sharp outward shooting pain under the right nipple, in the cavity of the chest, only on
expiring. [Hrr.]
On the right side of the nape towards the shoulder painful stiffness of the muscles when moving
the head.
465. A pain in the nape where it joins the occiput, like combined pain and weakness, as if the
head were weak.
Aching between the scapulae and opposite them in front of the chest, when sitting, which went
off by walking.
Painful pressure on the top of the right shoulder, worse on being touched; on
breathing deeply an obtuse shooting there which extends backwards and outwards
into the shoulder-joint (aft. 10 h.). [Hrr.]
Shooting pain in the sacrum and back, at night for six hours (aft. 70 h.). [Fr. H-n.]
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475. A contractive pain across the whole back, as if it were firmly bound with bands, almost like
cramp (in the afternoon from 4 to 8 p.m.) (aft. 48 h.).
A drawing down the back when sitting, which goes off by movement.
Painful shooting twitching close to the spine on both sides, when sitting, especially in the
morning and evening.
Bruised pain in the sacrum when sitting, worst when lying, little felt when moving.
He can neither bend nor stoop for pain in the back and lumbar vertebrae, a tearing, more felt
when standing than when sitting, but not when lying.
485. A drawing through the shafts of the arm-bones, like a thread, extending into the tips of the
fingers.
An aching on both humeri which prevents him falling asleep in the evening.
Pain on raising the arm in the region of the acromion process, so from dislocation (aft. 3 h.).
Swelling on the elbow-joint and somewhat above and below it to the middle of the
upper and fore-arm and on the feet, for three hours. [Hbg.]
Tearing pain on the internal surface of the forearm, from the elbow in a line to the wrist-joint
(aft. 5 d.). [Hrr.]
Red miliary eruption on the upper side of the forearm. [Fr. H-n,.]
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Shooting in the point of the elbow, with drawing in the tendons, extending into the hand; the
shooting is aggravated by bending the elbow.
Shooting pains in the joints of the hands and heaviness of them. [Hbg]
In the wrist joint pain as if sprained or dislocated at every movement (aft. 24 h.).
Fine shooting in the wrist, when the hand becomes warm and when at rest; but it does not go
off by movement.
About midnight an inflammation of the back of the hand, with burning pain.
Hot feeling in the palms of the hands and the forearms; she must lie out of bed in the morning;
after some hours cold feeling in them.
505. Stiffness and numb feeling in the palms of the hands. (Comp. 576.)
Jerking tearing in the joints between the metacarpus and fingers, or in the last finger-joints,
lasting a short time. [Rkt]
(In the ball of the thumb pain like shooting and cramp.)
Somewhat hot, pale swelling of the distal joint of the little finger; there are shoots in it on
moving the finger and pressing on it. (Comp. 448, 535, 602.)
A papule between the right thumb and index, which causes shooting pain when touched.
In the root of the little finger pain as if there were matter in it.
A pain comes by jerks like cramp into the sacrum when sitting and lying.
Pain in the hip-joint, like jerks or blows, when she lies or sits; it is better when walking.
When walking bent forwards shooting pain from the hip-joint into the knee.
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520. pain in the trochanter, startling shooting on making a false step; when at rest throbbing
therein; the part hurts very much when touched. (Comp. 601, 602.)
Unsteadiness in the thighs and legs, and staggering when going downstairs (aft. 20 h.).
525. Great weakness in the thighs; he can hardly go upstairs; less when going
downstairs. [Rkt.]
Vacillation of the thighs, especially on going up and downstairs (aft. 2 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
Great weakness in the thighs, observable even when sitting (aft.8 h.). [Rkt.]
530. Bruised pain in the middle of the thigh, and beating as with a hammer on the same spot
when sitting.
When sitting and at night when lying cramp in the knee and sole of the foot.
535. Under the knee a pustule, which only hurts and shoots when touched.
An itching, as if something were healing, in the hough, and sweat on that part at night.
540. Fine, flying stitches in the knee-joints only when moving. [Rkt.]
Dry eruption on and in the houghs, which itches in the evening, looks red, and after scratching
causes stinging pain. [Fr. H-n.]
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The knees totter and bend under him when walking. [Hbg.]
545.The legs are so weak that they can scarcely support him on beginning to walk, and
even when standing. [Hbg.]
On the outside of the left calf bruised pain on moving and turning the foot, as also on touching;
when quite at rest numb feeling on the part for many days (aft. 12 h.). [Hbg.]
Swelling without redness of the lower half of the legs, with the exception of the feet; which are
not swollen. [Hbg.]
Violent drawing pain in the leg, especially the calf, for an hour, followed by sweat (aft. 4 d.).
At night, when lying in bed, cramp in the feet, in the dorsum of the feet and heels (aft. 6 h.)
At night cramp in the calf (a contractive tension) which went off by movement.
Stitch-like tearing from the feet up to the houghs, less when at rest than when moving. [Hbg.]
Pressure on the inner border of the left foot (aft. 1 h.). [Hrr.]
560. Tearing in the dorsum of the right foot the first night. [Fr. H-n.]
Hot swelling of the instep, with bruised pain when the foot is stretched out; the foot feels tense
on treading, and on touching it pains as if gathering and as if ulcerated.
(White pustules on the foot, with pain in them like a bad ulcer, the foot became red, and he
could not walk for pain.)
Along with the swelling of the feet tearing in the tibiae and heaviness in the arms.
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On two nights, immediately after lying down, felling as if a hook penetrated the heel; obtuse
stitches rapidly following one another, for a quarter of an hour.
In the morning, in bed, needle-pricks in both heels, which went off after rising.
In both soles such violent shooting that she could not tread, with tension in the ankle-joints;
neither could she lie on account of tension and shooting. [Fr. H-n.]
In the hollow of the soles when treading pain as though they were numb(Comp. 505.) and tense.
Sensation of heaviness in the feet and numb feeling in them, as if they were swollen.
Shooting and aching in the ball of the big toe, also pain there as if frost-bitten.
The corn, hitherto painless, aches and pains, worst when treading, but also when at rest.
580. Corns pain as if sore on the slightest touch, even of the bedclothes.
In the right toe-ball a shooting pain, more when sitting, less when walking.
In the toe-balls of both feet a shooting, with great feeling of heat towards evening; he must take
off his shoes.
The (hitherto painless) corn has burning shooting pain when touched ever so gently; but this
pain ceased immediately on applying strong pressure.
585. Bruised pain of the arms and legs, even when lying, and worse when sitting than when
walking; when lying he must always change the position of the limbs on account of this pain; but
wherever he placed them it appeared to him better to lay them somewhere else.
Every part of the body when grasped pains as if bruised or gathering, especially in the
scrobiculus cordis, and particularly in the morning.
All the body is painful, as if the flesh were loose, for sixteen days.[Fr. H-n.]
All the limbs are as if bruised and paralysed (in evening), as if he had lain on a hard couch (aft.
4 h.).
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590. Uneasy aching drawing pain in the periosteum of all the bones, as in the commencement of
intermittent fever, in the forenoon (aft. 24 h.).
It is intolerable to him to keep the affected part still, he moves it up and down.
595. When the pain declines the part trembles and the face becomes cold.
On a slight mental emotion (on laughing) there suddenly occurs a shooting (itching) burning all
over the body as if he had been whipped with nettles or had nettlerash, though nothing is to be
seen on the skin; this burning came on afterwards by merely thinking of it, or when he got
heated.
Burning itching and persistent stitches on various parts, in the evening after lying down in bed
(aft. 2 h.)
Stitches that make her start in the affected part. (Comp. 520.)
Shooting in the affected parts when pressing on them. (Comp, 418, 448, 512, 535.)
(Itch-like eruption only on the joints-on the inside of the wrists, on the bend of the elbow and on
the outer side of the olecranon process, also on the outer side of the knee more than on the
hough.)
605. Miliary rash on the arms, on the anterior part of the chest, and above the knees, which
becomes red in the evening, itches and burns before she lies down in bed; in bed, however,
when she becomes warm, the rash and itching disappear.
Papules comes on the abdomen and hips, which burn and itch, and when she scratches they feel
sore.
Yellowness of the skin of the whole body, also of the face (aft. 12 d.). [Fr. H-n.]
Red elevated miliary eruption all over the body, in a mother and her sucking infant; in the latter
it appeared after two days, in the mother after three days. [Fr. H-n.]
Eruption on the abdomen and on the back up to the nape and on the forearms, which burns and
smarts before midnight and in the morning. [Fr. H-n.]
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610. Eruption all over the body, especially on the back to over the throat, itching so violently
that he would like to scratch all to pieces.
In the evening griping and itching on the legs, about the knees and on the thigh; after scratching
or rubbing there appear small, red, elevated papules, which cause a burning pain; when the
papules are developed all the itching ceases.
Immediately before going to sleep, by day or in the evening, on various places of the soft parts
of the body, a tearing itching, or, rather, digging, itching-burning stitches.
A tickling itching (by day) on the arms, hands, and feet, with miliary papules.
Red round spots, like lentils and larger, on the skin of the arms, without sensation, which do not
disappear by pressing on them.
615. Red, small spots on the skin of the arms and legs, which cause pain as from stinging
nettles; when pressed they disappear for an instant.
620. In the morning, after rising, a smarting pain in the region of the scab (of the ulcer), which
increases when he stands, is relieved when sitting, and disappears during moderate exercise.
In the region of the scab a throbbing, which is nearly shooting (after dinner).
He disliked the open air, though he was formerly fond of it. [Fr. H-n.]
In the room he felt too anxious, but better in the open air. [Fr. H-n.]
625. Weakness in the lower extremities, which compelled him to sit down. [Hrr.]
She is weak, the arms and legs are painful; when she works a little, the arms are like to sink
down, and when she goes upstairs she can scarcely get on.
When walking, especially after rising from a seat and on commencing to walk, want of firmness
in all parts of the body, as though all the muscles had lost their power; on walking further this is
relieved (aft. 48 h.).
630. When walking in the open air he feels qualmish and sick, the legs are so feeble and he is so
weak in the head, that he feels as if he would fall; he pants and there comes a warmth into the
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chest which goes to the head; in the room this went off, but returned in the open air.
During a walk in the open air she was not tired, but as soon as she came into the room she was
immediately so tired that she must sit or lie down.
Heaviness and weariness in all the limbs; she can scarcely move her feet from heaviness, when
walking.
Exhaustion.
In the morning he cannot get out of bed, and (without being exhausted) would like to remain
long in bed.
Soon after waking from his (mid-day) sleep he feels more poorly, all his morbid symptoms are in
increased degree, and he is out of spirits.
One night he sleeps soundly till the morning, and remains sleepy all day, the next he sleeps
uneasily, and the following day is wide awake.
On rising from bed he has an attack of faintness, with cold sweat and rattling in the abdomen.
So sleepy, he would like to sleep all day, for thirteen successive days. [Fr. H-n.]
Great drowsiness by day and great desire for the mid-day sleep; and when he woke from this all
his limbs were as if asleep.
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(Tired, and yet he cannot sleep; when he wants to go to sleep he loses his breath.)
655. She tosses about with her hands and feet till 1 a.m., as from anxiety; she lies as if deprived
of reason, with cold sweat on the forehead, and groans; thereupon exhaustion came on.
At night in bed restlessness; he is late of falling asleep, and does not sleep soundly.
She tosses about in bed at night till 1 a.m., she cannot fall asleep on account of anxious feeling
of heat, and yet she has no heat perceptible externally.
Sleeplessness on account of agitation in the blood and anxiety (he must get up out of bed); the
thoughts crowded on one another, without heat, sweat, or thirst.
660. Immediately after lying down in the evening in bed sensation of heat and external heat all
over, without thirst, all night long; he turns from one side to the other, but cannot expose any
part without immediately getting violent bellyache, a pinching shooting, or a shooting pinching,
such as occurs from flatulent spasm here and there, with sleeplessness on account of a great
flow of thoughts; in the morning this condition is allayed, but no flatulence is observed.
For several nights he cannot sleep for heat; the bed-clothes are too hot for him, and on throwing
them off he becomes too cool, but without thirst and almost without sweat.
He could not go to sleep rightly, a warmth and agitation in the blood kept him awake till 12
o’clock.
He cannot get to sleep at night before 2 a.m., and must toss about in bed like a child that has
become restless; in the morning after awaking he is still very sleepy.
665. She does not get to sleep until about 4 a.m., and then dreams of dead people.
The child cannot go to sleep in the evening, cannot get any rest; it gets out of bed.
He cannot get to sleep before midnight on account of a frequent shuddering sensation that runs
over one leg or arm, followed by some perspiration.
In the evening in bed, after a short sleep, she wakes up; she has a twisting about in the
scrobiculus cordis, she becomes sick and like to be suffocated, she must sit up.
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675. On awaking he cannot get rid of his dream; he continues to dream though awake.
She awakes every hour during the night, and remembers what she has dreamt, and when she
falls asleep again she dreams another equally vivid dream which she remembers equally well on
awaking.
Very restless at night; about 3 a.m. anxious dreams; she cries out aloud in sleep.
680. Restless sleep with confused dreams; he tosses from one side to the other. [Hbg.].
685. Dreams all night very vividly of anxious and careful attention to his business.
In her dream at night she gets up and goes to the door as if she would go out.
(He makes motions of his mouth in his sleep as though he were chewing.)
In the morning, at break of day, delirious chattering of business to be done, which ceases when
the pain commences.
Before midnight (about 10 p.m.), along with great heat of the body and perspiration (without
thirst), a delirious, frightful delusion, as if attacked by soldiers, so that he was on the point of
running away (by throwing off the clothes and getting cool the delirium was allayed).
Towards evening, in sleep, the mouth was drawn to and fro, the eyes were opened and distorted,
and she talked nonsense, as though she were awake, she spoke distinctly, but hurriedly, as if she
imagined that strange persons were about her; she looked freely about her, talked as to strange
children, and wanted to go home.
695. He sleeps only before midnight, and then no longer, remains wide awake, but feels great
weariness when lying, which increases in the legs after getting up, but then soon goes off again.
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Sleep does not refresh him; on awaking in the morning he is still quite tired; the weariness goes
off in getting up and dressing.
She sleeps all day, with dry intense heat, without eating or drinking, with twitching in the face;
she passes her stools involuntarily six times under her; they are brown and very fetid.
In the afternoon shivering, then heat, at the same time with chilliness; the chilliness was in the
chest and arms (and yet the arms and chest were warmer than usual), the heat was in the head,
with pulsating throbbing pain in the temples, which was worse in the evening; shivering, heat
and chilliness were unaccompanied by thirst.
On awaking, chilliness.
(At night the hands and feet are as if dead (insensible), asleep, icy cold, and cannot be warmed.)
Violent rigor throughout the body, as in ague, which compels her to lie down, with shooting pain
in the left side, above the hip, as if a suppurating ulcer there would contract, but without thirst
or subsequent heat (aft. 48 h.). [Stf.]
Much shivering.
715. After a walk in the open air she gets chilly in the room; she did not feel chilly in the open
air.
Great thirst (he must drink much cold fluid) with internal heat, without being hot to
the touch externally. [Hbg.]
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720. Sensation of heat in the face with redness of it and thirst. (aft. 3 h.). [Hrr.]
In the evening heat in the external ear, followed by shivering and rigor in the thighs (aft. 4 h.).
Fever: lying down, chilliness, yawning, nausea; then perspiration without thirst, from 10 p.m. till
10 a.m.
725. Fever: in the forenoon heat (with thirst); after some hours (in the afternoon) chilliness
without thirst with redness of face a slight headache.
At every movement and every noise she is attacked with sudden dry heat.
Heat only in the lower extremities, in frequent fits; she feels as if she got into hot water.
In the evening, hot red cheeks and rigor all over, with goose-skin and thirst.
First thirst (aft. 1 h.), then adipsia, with cold hands and feet (aft. 4 h.).
730. In the evening her throat is full of mucus and she gets thirsty.
Violent thirst.
Great thirst.
Strong thirst; she can and must drink much at a time, and the drink does not oppress her.
An extraordinary warmth in the region of the scrobiculus cordis makes her extremely thirsty (but
not the dryness in the throat).
In the morning he has heat in the head; the head feels warm.
In the forenoon heat in the head; it appeared to come out at the forehead.
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745. A red, round, hot spot on the cheek, over the zygoma.
Red urine.
He easily broke out into perspiration on the least exertion, also at night.
Morning sweat.
Profuse perspiration of the whole body, also of the head, when lying in bed.
Perspiration which looked like oil when wiped off, by day and night. [Fr. H-n.]
Very profuse warm perspiration over the whole body; even the hair was dripping wet. [Fr. H-n.]
Profuse nocturnal sweat from 3 p.m., for twenty successive nights. [Fr. H-n.]
In the night (about 3 a.m.) he has thirst before the sweat, then for four hours perspiration of a
sweetish-sour smell, before this ceased headache came on compounded of aching and drawing,
which after getting up changed into emptiness of the head.
He woke suddenly at night (about 3 a.m.) and fell into a slight transpiration, which lasted till
morning, during which he lay most easily on the back, and only slumbered a little, with dryness
of the mouth in front and of the lips. without thirst (aft. 8 h.).
765. In bed slight transpiration from evening till morning, during which he only sleeps from 12
till 3 o’clock.
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Anguish in the whole body, that always drove him about, and wherever he came he had no rest.
Cross; imagined she could not finish the work; she always took hold of the wrong thing and
constantly wished to take something else; then a pressing aching headache in the forehead.
780. Too busy; she wishes to undertake and to work at too many things (aft. 20 h.).
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