Boenninghausen's Characteristics: Materia Medica
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Mind
Great debility and relaxation caused by mental labor extended far into the night. Extraordinary forgetfulness when awake, but a clear recollection when half asleep. Extraordinary loquacity and talkativeness.
Head
Violent sticking ache over left eye, excited by walking in the sun and strong odors. Headache every afternoon. Headache from lemonade, wine and tea. Hair falls out on combing (also from eyebrows, beard and genitals). Itching creeping on scalp in evening, it oozes when scratched and feels as if contracted.
Eyes
Itching vesicles on margin of lids and brows.
Ears
Increased ear - wax.
Nose
Inclination to bore into. Fluent coryza in evening. Yellow, thick, gelatinous nasal mucus.
Face
Greasy, shining skin. Extraordinary emaciation of.
Teeth
Boring pain in molars with tearing in lover jaw. Teeth covered with mucus.
Appetite: Want of appetite, with white - coated tongue, early in morning. Aversion to strongly salted food. Great desire for brandy.
Taste: Repulsively sweetish t., on lips after smoking.
Eructations: Hiccough and eructations when smoking.
Hypochondria: Pains in liver during inspiration. Miliary eruption in hepatic region. Stitches in spleen when walking.
Abdomen. - Sensible throbbing in arteries of, and entire body after eating.
Stool
Hard. Constipation.
Urine
Dark, diminished. Urination after every stool. Urinary sediment like coarse grained, red sand.
Sexual Organs
Slow and insufficient erections, with too rapid emission of semen and long - continued voluptuous thrill. Impotency with lasciviousness. Discharge of prostatic fluid during sleep and stool.
Respiration
Frequent, deep, sighing. Tightness of, from stitches in side.
Cough
Early in morning, straining chest, with expectoration of bloody mucus.
Larynx
Hawking of bloody mucus. Hoarse, husky voice.
Back
Neck: Stiff nape when turning head.
Back: Paralytic pain in small of, early in morning.
Upper extremities
Nightly tearing in hands. Itch vesicles on margin of hands and between fingers. Biting in palms.
Lower Extremities
Itching about ankles and feet in evening. Cramp in calves and soles of feet. Flat ulcers on legs.
Generalities
Great emaciation, especially of faces, hands and thighs. He is intolerant of drafts and easily takes cold, which is followed by tearing in limbs. All of the symptoms are after sleep, whereunto he has a great inclination, especially on hot days. China intensifies the symptoms beyond endurance.
Skin
Heat like a direly glow in single spots on body. Spots which have been scratched open remain humid a long times. Flat ulcers
Sleep
Late falling to sleep in evening. Awakened by the least noise He always awakes at the same hour.
Fever
Pulse: Accelerated but little, even with strong ebullition. Chill: constant, alternating with heat. Heat: External only, with burning in skin in single spots only. Sweat: Very profuse, especially on chest, axillae and genitals. From the slightest motion. Every time he sleeps by day as well as night. Extraordinary easy s. Causes yellow or white stiff salty spots on the linen.
Relationship
Allied Remedies: ALUM., Boy., Bry., calc-c., Ign., Merc., Nux-v., Puls., sep., Sul., thuj.,