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What are the symptoms of ACONITE in heart diseases?
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There is palpitation and anxiety with intense pain in the region of the heart, shooting down the left arm accompanied by a numbness and tingling in the fingers
It is the principal remedy in uncomplicated hypertrophy of the heart. |
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What other drugs have numbness of the left arm and shoulder in heart troubles?
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KALMIA, RHUS TOXICODENDRON and PULSATILLA.
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What drug has sensation as though the left arm were tightly bandaged to the body?
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ACTEA RACEMOSA
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What drug has the same symptom in the right arm that ACONITE, KALMIA and RHUS TOXICODENDRON have in the left arm?
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PHYTOLACCA
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What are the indications for RHUS TOXICODENDRON in heart troubles?
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There is a palpitation of the heart when especially caused by over-exertion, and a weak feeling in the chest.
It is a remedy for hypertrophy of the heart, especially if there be a rheumatic diathesis. |
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Give the heart symptoms of KALMIA.
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The pains in the heart are sharp, taking away the breath, almost suffocating the patient.
They shoot down into the abdomen or stomach. The pulse is very slow; not quite as slow as the pulse of DIGITALIS, however. It is the remedy for heart affections following gout or rheumatism. Numbness and tingling of left arm. |
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Give the heart symptoms of DIGITALIS.
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The pulse is slow, but primarily strong.
There is great weakness of the cardiac tissues, and secondarily the pulse becomes weak. Extra exertion increases its rapidity, but its force is diminished. The quick pulse becomes irregular and even intermittent. The heart feels as if the blood stood still. There is weakness and numbness in the left arm. There is often blueness on the surface of the body and the patient fears that the heart will cease beating if he should make any motion. |
