BACILLINUM BURNETT (Bac.)
AFFECTIONS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM WITH GRINDING OF TEETH
MENTAL
Despondent, dissatisfied.
Fear of cats and dogs.
PHYSICAL
EMACIATION FROM TUBERCULOSIS. HISTORY OF TUBERCULOSIS OR FREQUENT CHEST
AFFECTIONS.
Tubercular ulceration of intestines. Tabes mesenterica. Spinal
tuberculosis, osteitis or caries of vertebræ, as a complication from lung
tuberculosis. (Calc.)
Ailments after influenza. Recurrent lingering common colds.
Grinding of teeth.
Chest affections with copious muco-purulent
bronchial secretion threatening to block lungs. (Ant-t)
Active exudative tuberculosis with excessive purulent
expectoration, rapid emaciation, no appetite and copious night perspiration.
Chronic catarrhal conditions and
enfeebled pulmonary circulation of old people.
Dyspnoea at night. Flat, narrow or hollow chest.
Allergic conditions, hay fever.
Chronic fatigue syndrome. Weakness that turns to exhaustion with the slightest cold or
cough. Weakness with
glandular swellings.
Restless legs at night in bed.
Rheumatoid arthritis. Iritis, gouty iritis
Eczematous condition of the margins of the eyelids, redness with small follicles of margins of lids, < night, early morning, cold air. (Tub)
Slow teething in children.
Ringworm. Pityriasis versicolor.
MODALITIES
DES.: vinegar, salt mustard.
AVERS.: chicken.
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA (Bapt.)
In Baptisia we see the disintegration of
the body and mind.
The high fever and the offensiveness show the decomposition
processes that take place internally. On the mental level the patient
experiences this disintegration as a delusion that the body is scattered, its
parts are separated.
It’s indicated in later stages of serious inflammatory processes.
DISINTEGRATION – OFFENSIVENESS - FEELS THE BODY IS SCATTERED
MENTAL
DELUSIONS HE IS SEPARATED OR SCATTERED (DUALITY).
Delusions-one part of body is talking, conversing to another (toe
with thumb, legs).
Falls asleep in mid-sentence in semi-comatose states. Answers and
returns to stupor quickly.
Dullness of
mind. Great confusion. As if drunk, intoxicated.
Stupid, besotted expression of the face.
Aversion to mental work. Difficult concentration.
PHYSICAL
HIGH FEVER WITH DELIRIUM.
OFFENSIVE DISCHARGES, foul odor of body, offensive perspiration, urine, mouth etc.
STOOL VERY OFFENSIVE. Diarrhoea. Stool thin, dark, bloody.
PROSTRATION IS RAPID. Sudden weakness.
Dark red discoloration of gums.
Brown strip in center of tongue, feels burnt.
Feeling of soreness, heaviness and aching. Influenza with bruised pains, uncomfortable in any position, the
bed feels too hard- yet feels too weak to move, feels sore and bruised.
Ulcers are rapid and painless as if numb, without sensation.
Head feels enlarged,
heavy, numb.
Tongue is thick, swollen and speech incoherent, difficult.
Painless tonsillitis, sore throat, tonsils dark red, swollen. Putrid, offensive odor of mouth.
Can only swallow liquids. Difficult to swallow solids, food gags.
Sinking feeling in
stomach. Thirsty, constant desire for water.
MODALITIES
AGG.: lying
on painful side, beer.
AMEL.: lying
on painless side.
BARYTA CARBONICA (Bar-c.)
The main trait of Baryta carbonica is immatutity.
Immature, timid, lacks self-confidence, depending on other people,
needs protection. The mind is immature, cannot absorb easily, has a weak
memory.
On the physical level we see a kind of dwarfishness too. We may
see that one part of the body is underdeveloped as if it belongs to someone
younger.
IMMATURITY
( MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL) - LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE
MENTAL
IMMATURITY, LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE. Suspicious, delusions that she’s laughed at, criticized,
that people are talking about her.
IRRESOLUTION cannot decide what to do on any serious project. Fear
to take responsibility. Need to feel security.
Children are timid/shy, they fear people, hide behind the mother.
Usually keep their mouths open.
Memory weakness;
FORGETFUL, absent-minded.
Concentration difficult. Difficulty in comprehending especially in children.
Used for physically or mentally retarded children and elderly
senility.
PHYSICAL
DWARFISHNESS, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.
Atrophy, underdevelopment of single parts, e.g. uterus, glands,
genitalia etc.
Swelling and indurations, or
incipient suppuration of glands, especially
cervical, parotid, inguinal and axillary.
Recurrent tonsillitis. Chronic hypertrophy, enlargement of tonsils
is so much that causes dyspnoea. Suppuration of tonsils.
Baldness esp. in young people.
Biting nails.
Diseases of old people; senile enlargement of prostate, induration of testes; mental and physical weakness.
MODALITIES
AGG.: cold, becoming cold.
AVERS.: FRUIT, plums.
BARYTA SULPHURICUM
(Bar-s)
RESERVED, TIMID, CRITICAL, amel. In the open air.
MENTAL
The
patient looks timid, confused, reserved, withdrawal, fearful in the presence of
many people like Bar-c., but much more critical and
aversion to mental work like Sulphur. It is internal critical and
the patient very difficult expresses his opinion and share his emotion.
Confusion
of mind particularly in the morning or evening.
Weak
memory, especially for words while speaking.
Difficulty
in concentration and a general tendency towards imbecility (Bar-c).
She can be fearful in
the presence of many people, has aversion to company and may be anthropophobic.
Sense
of insecurity, always makes her want more than he needs.
The
nervous system is very sensitive with a constant state of anxiety (Ars.).
Hysterical reaction
after a deep disappointment or grief (Ign.).
Suspicious,
suffers from anxiety before midnight.
Fear
of death and evil in the evening, and talks in his sleep.
Impatience
and irritability.
All mental symptoms are ameliorated in the open air.
PHYSICAL
It has a significant amelioration in the open air (Puls, Lach).
Tendency
to fainting.
Fearful sensation after siesta as if he had not entirely come back
from sleep.
Slight
involuntary motion of the head; the head feels loose and falls to the side
leant on. Later stages can bring convulsions and epileptic fits, where the
patient looks totally withdrawn avoiding people, fear of any conversation,
fearful and shy (Bry.).
Marked
physical anxiety.
Skin
eruptions, especially on the head, with swelling of lymphatic glands, especially
the submaxillary. The glands in general are inflamed, swollen and indurated.
Exophthalmic goitre with trembling of the whole body, of head and
hands.
There
is painless paralysis, one-sided, mostly right, (Caust).
Takes
cold easily; there is a lack of vital heat.
Generalities
Agg: morning and at
night, after midnight, during and after eating, while walking, before and
during mense, cold. Generally worse from bathing; in a close room.
Amel: general amelioration from the open air.
Aversion to motion.
Clinical
Skin
eruptions. Swelling and induration of lymphatic, submaxillary, parotid and
prostate glands. Exophthalmic goitre. Paralysis, one-sided, mostly right, of
organs. Painless paralysis of upper limbs. Cataract. Opacity of the cornea.
Hysterical fits.
BELLADONNA (Bell.)
In Belladonna we see intensity in
the acute states as well as in the constitutional characteristics. Sudden
appearance of acute symptoms with extreme intensity. Intense emotions
in chronic cases. This intensity is expressed in violence and aggressiveness,
so strong that even during sleep they are talking loudly and grind their teeth.
INTENSITY OF SYMPTOMS, REDNESS, HEAT, CONGESTION.
MENTAL
People with intense emotions.
Rage, violent, biting people or objects, pulls hair, spits, kicks,
impulse to set things on fire. Delirium with congestion.
Many delusions. Oversensitive to light and shining objects.
Fears dogs,
animals, imaginary things.
Talking in sleep.
PHYSICAL
Great intensity and sudden manifestation of symptoms.
HEAT OF HEAD or FACE WITH COLD EXTREMITIES esp. feet, in acute
conditions.
High fevers with dry burning skin, redness
of face, glassy eyes and cold extremities.
Ailments from sudden exposure to cold.
HEAT, CONGESTION and REDNESS of mucus membranes, of skin
eruptions.
Flushing and congestion causes radiating heat of the head and cold
extremities.
HEADACHES with pulsating, throbbing pain < JAR, light, touch.
Must lie down.
Irritation of meninges resulting to grinding of teeth, convulsions.
Right sided.
MODALITIES
AGG.: jar, touch, motion, heat,
sun, drafts, sun, stooping.
AMEL.: cold
applications, dark room, lying down.
DES.: LEMONS, LEMONADE.
AVERS.: light,
noise, sun.
BELLIS PERENNIS
(Bell-p.)
(Daisy)
It
acts upon the muscular fibers of the blood-vessels. Marked muscular soreness.
Lameness, as if sprained. Venous congestion, due to mechanical causes. First
remedy for injuries to the deeper tissues, after major surgical work. Results
of injuries to nerves with intense soreness and intolerance to cold bathing.
After gout, debility of limbs. Traumatism of the pelvic organs,
auto-traumatism, express the condition calling for this remedy; ill effects
from masturbation. Excellent remedy for sprains and bruises. Complaints due to
cold food or drink when the body is heated, and in affections due to cold wind.
Externally, in nevi. Acne. BOILS ALL OVER. SORE, BRUISED FEELING IN THE PELVIC
REGION. Exudations, stasis, swelling, come within the range of this remedy.
Rheumatic symptoms. Does not vitiate the secretions. "It is a princely
remedy for old laborers, especially gardeners." (Burnett.)
Head
Vertigo in elderly people. Headache from occiput to top
of the head. Forehead feels contracted. BRUISED SORENESS. Itching around scalp
and over the back, worse from hot bath and bed.
Abdomen
SORENESS OF ABDOMINAL WALLS AND OF UTERUS. Stitches in
spleen, sore, enlarged (splenomegaly). Yellow, painless diarrhoea, foul odor,
worse at night. Bloated; rumbling in bowels.
Genitalia-Female
Breasts and uterus engorged. Varicose veins during
pregnancy. DURING PREGNANCY INABILITY TO WALK. Abdominal muscles lame. UTERUS
FEELS SORE, AS IF SQUEEZED.
Extremities
Joints sore, muscular soreness (rheumatism). Itching on
back and flexor surfaces of thighs. Pain down anterior of thighs. Wrist feels
contracted as if from elastic band around joint. Sprains with great soreness.
RAILWAY SPINE.
Sleep
Wakes up early in morning and cannot get to sleep again.
Skin
BOILS. Ecchymosis, swelling, very sensitive to touch.
Venous congestion due to mechanical causes. Varicose veins with bruised sore
feeling. Exudations and swellings. Acne.
Modalities
AGG.: LEFT
SIDE; hot bath and warmth of bed; before storms; cold bathing; cold wind.
Relationship
Compare: ARNICA,
ARS., STAPH., HAM., BRYONIA, VANADIUM (degenerative states).
Dose
Tincture to third potency.
BENZOIC ACID (Benz-ac.)
KIDNEY,
HEART, JOINT AFFECTIONS - GOUT WITH OFFENSIVE URINE.
MENTAL
CLOSED PEOPLE. Prone
to dwell on past occurrences. (Nat-m).
Depression. Grief. Deeply timid and reserved.
Fear that someone is behind him (Med.).
Fear of becoming deformed or of seeing any deformed person.
Forgetful of words when
speaking, makes mistakes when writing, omits words.
PHYSICAL
Kidney affections. Predisposition to kidney stones.
Heart problems alternate with rheumatism.
RHEUMATIC PAINS ALTERNATE WITH SEDIMENT IN URINE.
Symptoms tend to fluctuate according to the fluctuation of urine.
Asthma, heart affections, rheumatic pain, or joint pain alternate with sediment
in urine. i.e. when
the seat of the pathology is in the heart, the urine is clear.
GOUT, HIGH URIC ACID with rheumatic pain of joints. With swelling
of joints. Joints crack and feel
dry.
Arthritic nodosities in wrists, hands, finger joints.
Urine, copious, offensive, dark colored (like brandy).
Ailments from suppressed gonorrhoea (complaints mostly in the
joints with a tendency to affect the heart).
Trembling in the left side of the lumbar region or in the loins.
Periodic asthma,
especially in rheumatic persons. Asthma appears when the kidneys fail to
eliminate properly and the urine is suppressed, scanty and strong smelling.
Chill before stool.
Perspiration while eating.
Trembling of lips, involuntary
biting of lower lip.
Heat flushes in stomach.
Dribbling of urine in old men with enlarged prostrate.
MODALITIES
AGG.: weather
changes, drafts, uncovering.
AMEL.: heat
and warm covering.
BERBERIS VULGARIS (Berb.)
AFFECTIONS OF KIDNEYS, BLADDER AND BACK WITH RADIATING PAINS.
MENTAL
Fear of solitude.
Feels anxiety in different body positions.
Mentally and physically tired. Weakness of mind that is especially apparent in twilight.
Weakness of memory. Dullness of mind esp. on waking.
The patient sees terrifying apparitions at twilight, including
ghosts or imaginary forms surrounding him.
Melancholy, sadness, apathy and inclination to weep. Darkness aggravates.
PHYSICAL
Acts on KIDNEYS, BLADDER & LIVER. Arthritic affections with urinary disturbances.
RADIATING PAINS from kidneys, renal region. Kidney stones, colic. Kidney pain extending into thigh, calves, bladder, ureter, testes, hip, downward.
Kidney pains <jar, pressure, motion.
Numbness in region of kidneys.
Cholocystitis and gallstone colic.
BACK PAIN EXTENDING TO or AROUND ABDOMEN, thighs esp. posterior portion.
WANDERING PAINS.
Burning pain in urethra >urination.
Stiffness, sore pains, heaviness of lower limbs, of extremities - as if beaten.
Anal fistula with radiating pains.
MODALITIES
AGG: standing, motion (also sudden motion), walking, spoiled fish.
BORAX (Borx.)
FEAR OF DOWNWARD MOTION, APHTHAE
MENTAL
FEAR AND ANXIETY ON DOWNWARD MOTION, riding down hill.
STARTLES EASILY esp. at sneezing, hawking, from noise, from
fright.
Sensitive nervous system. Oversensitive to noise. Fear or even
diarrhoea from sudden noise.
Makes involuntary motions of the hands.
Fear of falling, of infections.
PHYSICAL
Affects MUCOUS
MEMBRANES, causing catarrhal
conditions.
Children or infants cry and scream before the urine passes. Frequent urging to urinate, shrieking before urinating or before
stool. Painful urging, the child cries.
DESCENDING AGGRAVATES SYMPTOMS. It causes fullness of head, impeded respiration, vertigo.
APHTHAE of
tongue, of mouth, genitalia, nipples. Bleeding aphthae.
Sleeplessness with heat in the head, 03:00-05:00 from heat.
Milk of chest is cheesy, thick and tastes bad.
Sensation of cobweb on hands and face.
Wrinkled palate.
Leucorrhoea between menses, like boiled starch, white as thick paste, burning.
Leucorrhoea with sensation of warm water flowing down.
External trembling on sneezing, after sneezing.
Headaches at 10am (Nat-m.)
MODALITIES
AGG: DOWNWARD MOTION, DESCENDING, lying, warm, cold wet weather, fruit.
AMEL.: seashore,
bathing, rising, pressure.
BOVISTA (Bov.)
ENLARGED SENSATION - ANXIETY – AWKWARDNESS
MENTAL
ANXIETY and
inner HURRIEDNESS. Chaotic.
Everything is EXAGGERATED: awkward in speech and action- stammers, drops things, laughs and cries
alternately. Alternating
mood. Sub-manic
states. ENLARGED SENSATION.
Absent minded –
staring thoughtless, looking fixedly at one point.
Closed - cannot connect.
Sensitive, easily offended.
Anxiety about anything, not easy to define it.
PHYSICAL
Influences circulation, causing relaxation of capillary system.
ENLARGED, SWOLLEN FEELING IN HEAD AND HEART.
General puffiness- swelling. Skin gets indented easily from pressure.
Perspiration smells like onions.
Diarrhoea before or during menses. Menses flow only
at night. Traces of menses
between periods.
Herpes, esp. of the lower extremities.
Cannot bear tight clothing around abdomen, stomach, throat, chest.
Skin eruptions with excessive itching. Tip of coccyx itches intolerably.
Leucorrhoea before and after menses. Thick leucorrhoea when walking.
Numbness on the root of tongue.
Paralysis in right optic nerve.
Eructations before breakfast.
MODALITIES
DES.: bread.
BROMIUM (Brom.)
SWOLLEN
LYMPH NODES - RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS
MENTAL
Hard, not flexible individuals. The mind loses its flexibility and becomes as immovable as a stone
and quite unable to function.
Inability to 'eliminate', keeps emotions inside.
Eventually becomes emotionless.
Sad, indifferent, discontented.
Sits alone in room without doing anything, staring in one
direction without saying anything, without emotions, without thoughts. The
patient is deeply despondent.
Delusions that strange persons are looking over their shoulder or
that they would see someone on turning.
PHYSICAL
Affects respiratory tract especially larynx and trachea.
Worse when overheated. Complaints come in the summer.
ASTHMA < ON LEAVING THE SEA (as soon as they go ashore).
Hoarseness or tickling cough from being over-heated.
Dyspnoea, cannot inspire deep enough, as if breathing through a
sponge <dust. Much
rattling of mucus during cough (Ant-t.).
Left sided tonsillitis or pharyngitis. Suffocative cough on
swallowing.
Swelling and INDURATION
OF GLANDS with stony hardness,
esp. on parotid and submaxillary glands. Hard and swollen thyroid gland.
Hardening or even tumors of the left testicle or ovaries.
Primarily a left
sided remedy. Symptoms go from left to right.
Patient is weak and easily overheated, then sweats and becomes
sensitive to drafts.
Sensation of cobweb on the face.
Migraine after milk.
Heaviness in occiput of head from heat of sun.
Chill on inspiring
MODALITIES
AGG.: dust,
becoming heated.
BRYONIA ALBA (Bry.)
Main characteristic is aggravation from motion. Extreme irritability with a desire to be left alone.
WORSE FROM SLIGHTEST MOTION, DRYNESS WITH THIRST FOR LARGE
QUANTITIES
MENTAL
Irritability.
Aversion to be
spoken. Wants to be let alone (especially
during acute diseases)
Anxiety about the future. Strong fear of poverty, anxiety about
money matters, talks about business.
Delusions he is away from home.
PHYSICAL
All ailments are WORSE FROM MOTION; even
with the slightest motion, such as inspiration, coughing, stepping. Pain takes
away the breath.
>REST, PRESSURE,
LYING ON THE PAINFUL SIDE.
Cough is painful, he has to hold the chest.
THIRSTY FOR LARGE QUANTITIES. Dryness of mouth with
thirstlessness.
Dryness of muocus membranes (mouth, nose, throat, rectum, eye,
lips).
Constipation,
with very hard and dry stool; as if burned.
Headache on left side; over the left eye extending to occiput.<moving the eyes.
Sleeps on left side; but is aggravated on lying on left side in
gall bladder or liver problems.
One of the main remedies for appendicitis.
Fainting from sitting up and rising from bed.
MODALITIES
AGG.: MOTION, coughing,
breathing (inspiration), change of temperature.
AMEL.: rest, lying/ pressure on the painful side, lying, perspiration
DES.: warm
milk.