Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica
Agaricus Muscarius agar.
Region
SPINAL AXIS: OCCIPUT. NERVES. Lumbar region. Peristalsis. Heart. Circulation. Respiration. Chest.
Worse
Air: COLD. FREEZING. OPEN. Stormy. Exhaustion: Mental. Coition. Debauchery. Alcohol. Pressure. Touch. Morning. During menses.
Better
Gentle motion.
General
Gradual onset . Many symptoms (Tub.). IRREGULAR, ANGULAR, UNCERTAIN AND EXAGGERATED MOTIONS ( Ign.); he reaches too far, staggers or steps too high, drops things, etc. TREMBLING, TWITCHING, JERKING or fibrillar spasm; here and there; < EYELIDS or tongue. Shuddering. Nervous and restless. Chorea. As of cold needles, a cold drop or a weight on parts. Painful twitching, then parts stiff and cold.
Particulars
Hilarious or dull and dizzy; as if drunk. Turns head to and fro. Headache, > after stool or urine. Oscillating eyeballs. Gum in canthi. Musca volitantes. Angle of mouth droops. As of a lump in epigastrium. Rumbling and fermenting in bowels. Hot flatus or semen; cold urine. Isolated coughing attacks, then sneezing; as if from spine; easy expectoration of flocculi or balls of mucus. Indistinct, jerky speech. Palpitation during coition; depressed afterward. Premature ejaculation. Pressure or burning sticking from heart to left scapula. Angina pectoris, has excessive pain only. Metastases from suppressed milk. Single vertebra sensitive to heat. Spine sensitive, > pressure or touch; shooting, burning along; seems short (Sul.), < stooping; stiff. Restless arms. BURNING-ITCHING (Ap.), < IN SKIN; AS IF FROZEN; changing place on scratching. Skin pains when cold. Chilblains. Yawning; before pains or spasms; as a concomitant. Chills or sweats easily. Sweats on alternate sides. Night sweats. Itching, over affected part. Cold buttocks.
Related
Antidotes: Coff. Pul. Complementary: Calc-c. Related: Phys. Tub.