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* Sensation of a lump in the epigastrium. May be described "as if one had swallowed an egg or a rock"
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abies nigra
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* Metastasis; change in form or location of pathology.
- Marasmus; in children and infants * discharge from umbilicus * failure to thrive or emaciation with umbilical eruptions or discharge |
abrotanum
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* feels death is imminent. Predicts or has fixed idea of some specific time when death will come.
* "presentiment of death" - fears: claustrophobia, being in a crowed or crowded room, earthquakes * anxiety states following a strong fright * complaints begin after a fright or sudden, shocking events * shock and fear immediately after injury, exposure o accidents. * urine retention in infants or mothers right after delivery * women during labor, they feel absolutly certain they are about to die * main Rx for early stages of croup - restlessness - sxs come on suddenly - G: agg after exposure to wind, esp. cold, dry wind - one cheek red, the other cheek pale - bitter taste - great thirst |
Aconite
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* pain described "as if the rectum were full of sticks"
* pain radiates to the small of the back and hips, especially to the sacroiliac region * arthritis and pains in the sacrum or sacroiliac joints * back pain or sciatica and hemorrhoids - hemorrhoids - sharp pain shooting upward from rectum to back - hemorrhoids associated with back pain - back pain < stooping or rising from stooping/seat |
aesculus
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* devotes entire life to animals, and bcome intensly attached to his pet. Collects pets in great numbers.
- severe acutes with vomiting and diahrrea and extreem prostration, esp in newborns - 'hippocratic' face (wrinkled, old-looking) - erutions on tip of nose - intollerance to milk |
aethusa
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* extreem fear of cancer
* twitching or spasms of almost any muscle group * back pain which is markedly agg by sitting - anxiety about health - excited and ecstatic states - G: < thunderstorm - G: aggr from coition - spasms and twitching of the eyelids or face; < before storm - Hay fever, esp when associated w/ itching in the ears and upper palate - grimacing - severe low back pain and sciatica - awkwardness in arms and legs - twitching, fasciculations, and tremor of all muscles |
agaricus
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* coldness of the genitals
- great anxiety and despair about health - despondent and anxious - presentiment of death impotence |
agnus castus
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* headache during coryza; < in warm rooms, > open air
* headache agg on closing eyes * profuse lacrimation which is usually bland, while nasal discharge is acrid and excoriating * profuse watery discharge, "like a faucet" * hay fever - coryza w/ acrid nasal discharge, may excoriate nose or upper lip - severe tearing pain in larynx during cough |
allium cepa
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* hemorrhoids "like a bunch of grapes"
- headache, > cold applications - diarrhea, sudden urging for stool, esp morings which drives from bed - urgent stool at 5 am - involuntary stool esp when passing flatus, must concentrate to avoid accidents. - hemorrhoids w/ marked congestion, > cold bathing - flatus, hot flatus |
aloe
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* cannot be hurried; hurrying causes distress
* disorientation and loss of identity: "when he speaks he is unsure if the words were spoken by himself or by another" * G: agg or avers potatos * constipation so stubborn that patient is impelled to assist the evacuation with fingers - mental dullness - fear of knifes/blood - < morning on waking - vertigo, < on closing eyes - severe constipation, usually without urge to stool - heavynes of limbs progresing to paralysis |
Alumina
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*asks questions but doesn't wait for the answer before saying something else
* intollerant of company when defecating - senility and premature senility - silly loqusity - avrs company - great sensitivity to noise and music - G: < noise, music - inhibition (stool) |
ambra grisea
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- tired, oppressed sensation in the chest
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ammonium carbonicum
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* irresistable desire to curse, swear
*definite amel from eating * sensation of a blunt plug stuck in a location in the body - pathological inferiority and low self-esteem - hardness and cruelty to animals or people - desire to prove himself - sensation of a band around a single part of the body |
Anacardium
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* boils, skin ulcers and eczema w/ tremendous burning
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anthracinum
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* agg from radiant heat, such as stove
* thick, white coating on tongue like fur or 'like snow' * food craving: pickles, cucumber - irritable, peevish children who cannot bear to be touched or even looked at - warm-blooded and < heat - avrs to touch - obesity - indigestionfrom dietary indiscression; weak digestion - cough entering a warm room - pains in feet - nails thickened and cracked - plantar warts, callouses - impetigo |
antimonium crudum
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* overwhelming sleepiness during cough or bronchitis
* cyanosis * coarse rattling in the chest or larynx * cough is wet and rattling but scantily productive * coughs and bronchitis of elderly patients, esp. in the winter months - weakened state and end-stage disease w/ respiratory compromise and feeble pulse |
antimonium tartaricum
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* general and local > cold applications
* swelling around eyes * angioneurotic edema in allergy crisis (often marked swelling of face, > cold applications) * glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, w/ dramatic edema of entire body (anasarca) * urticaria (w/ burning pains) * Herpes zoster or Rhus poisoning of face w/ markedly swollen lids which can hardly be forced open - active, vital and busy patients - G: marked < from heat; can faint when entering sauna or steam bath - described as warm-blooded, but can be chilly in many cases - stinging pains - swelling and edema - desires exercise and > from it - general < from suppression of sexual expression as from loss of spouse - conjunctival swelling (with prolaps) - flushes of heat - pharyngitis w/ > cold drinks - pharyngitis w/ bag-like swelling of the uvila - thistless - cystitis w/ scalding pain during urination - ovarian cysts esp right side - severe dysmenorrhea - akwardness (drops things) |
apis
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* thirsty but vomits liquids immediatly; even a few drops can cause great cramping of stomach and vomiting
* chronic diarrhea w/ anasarca - edema and anasarca - fluids are retained - gastritis w/ paralysis of the stomach - "hanging down" sensation of stomach - renal failure "chilly Apis" |
apocynum
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* electric shock sensations, esp. in sleep or on going to sleep
- pains and sxs appear suddenly - Vertigo, often w/ sudden onset - testicle pain - inflammation or swelling of cartilage (often gerneralized) |
argentum metallicum
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* impulses: to jump from a height,...
* fears: heights, bridges, to be late; (claustrophobia) * G: < eating sweets * hoarsness * violent palpitations w/ sensation that the heart will jump out of place * eructations, frequent and loud enough to earn a "reputation" w/ friends and family * impotence, < when thinking of problem *combined: intense craving for salty and sweets - suggestability - sympathetic - anxiety: health, anticipation/engagement/test, when alone - > in company - warm-blooded/ hot! - < heat, > cold and cold applications - periodic, severe weakness - conjunctival irritation - splinter-like pain in throat - stomach: distention, maybe > by eructations - desires sweets, salt - diarrhea from anticipation |
argentum nitricum
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* injury w/ extravasation of blood, contusion, sprain,..
* bruised sensation * concussion * epitaxis while washing face * cough from weeping * acute sprains, bruises, myalgias (after over-exertion) * symetrical eruptions - long-lasting consequences of trauma - extremly useful in post-operative patients for pain and promote rapid healing - general < from excertion - everything feels too hard, even pillow or bed - putrid, "rotten egg" odors - blunt trauma or foreign body to the eye or orbit - dental extractions oe other procedures - labor remedy - arthritis - soreness and bruised feeling in part lain upon |
arnica
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* tremendous anxiety, often w/ great restlessness
* panik attacks, esp after midnight, 12-2am * anxiety about health * restlessness, pacing or fidgetiness * constantly calls doctor and is reassured only w/ difficulty * fastidious * desire to remain in control at all times - careful planning * anorexia nervosa * G: < midnight to 2 am * pain usually burning (yet > from heat) * right-sided coryza * stomach pain > from drinking milk * food poisoning * thirsty for small sips frequently - anxious, proper, tense and worried patients - despair of recovery - fear of death, disease (cancer), poverty, robbers, when alone (des complany) - anxiety: for well-being of family members/friends - selfishness, extreem stingyness, saves everything - perfectionist, compulsive disorders - depresion to point of suicide, suicidal impulse - chilly, < cold, des. and amel heat - periodicity, esp daily or 14-days - offensive discharges - prostration (may alternate w/ restlessness) - acute: head complaints > cold - chronic: head pains burning > heat - swelling around eyes, often below the lower lids - tongue discolored white - gastritis, peptic ulcers, gastric malignancy - w/ extreem burning - anorexia - food desire: fat, sour, lemon, alcohol - diarrhes: often acrid, offensive, watery; < anxiety/cold drinks/ice cream/fruit - maignancy: testes,... - herpes - asthma: > sitting up - coldness of extremities, Raynaud's syndrome - insomnia (midnight to 1 am) - eczema w/ dry skin, burning and itching |
arsenicum album
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- tremendous restlessness
- warm-blooded, may be considered as warm-blooded ars cases - hay-fever, acrid watery discharges |
arsenicum iodatum
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* constantly biting lips or picking them w/ fingers, may cause himself to bleed
- great redness and irritation around mouth and lower half of the face - cracking of lips w/ irritated look - cracks at corner of mouth - chapped, raw lips - pathological boring in nose - marked tingling or itching of the nose and lips - coryza profuse and excoriating, mainly left - throat: hoarseness |
arum triphyllum
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* salivation profuse during coryza
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arundo
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* sensation of a bubble or lump in the stomach rising up into the throat, "reverse peristaltis"
- globus hystericus - abdomen filled w/ gas and greatly distended but no flatus is p[assed, despite much eructation - empty or ineffectual eructation |
asafoetida
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* sensation of a bubble or lump in the stomach rising up into the throat; "reverse peristalsis"
- globus hystericus - abdomen filled w/ gas and greatly distended but no flatus is passed, despite much eructation - empty or ineffectual eructation |
asafoetida
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* tremendous sensitivity, esp. to noise
* general < loud noise * hyper-acuity for noise, esp. noises like scratching of nails on chalkboards, or of chewing - tremendous erethism, nerves on edge - hysteria; hysterical laughing or crying - restlessness of fingers; wrings the hands anxiously - sleep disturbed or prevented by slight noises - restless wringing of the hands - alcoholism, craves alcohol vertigo, often accompanied by floating sensation |
asarum
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* severe depression, suicidal states
* relieved by thought of suicide * suicidal impulses by jumping from a height * suicidal from the pains * amel from music; deep love of music *> evening * boring headaches at inner angle of the right eye - serious, successful, intimidating patients w/ melancholic demeanor - ailments from grief or disappointed love; after business reversals and humiliation - outbusts of anger - spiritual inclination and desire for prayer or meditation - fears: failure - mainly syphelitic - pains < night - nasal obstruction and severe sinusitis - bone pain < night - moaning in sleep; crying out in sleep |
aurum
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* insomnia, sleep disturbed by palpitations
- palpitations, < in bed at night, wakes patient |
aurum muriaticum
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