Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica

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Boger (1915)In every bookSave

Region

ABDOMINAL VEINS: RECTUM. Liver. Colon. Pelvis. Lumbar region. Head. Female organs.

Worse

HEAT; damp. Summer. Early A.M. (in bed). After dysentery. Stepping hard. Evening.

Better

Cool, open air. Cold applications.

General

Relaxation and VENOUS CONGESTION, < abdomen. Parts seem full. HEAVY DRAGGING, as of a load. Downward sensation. Drawing. Gelatinous secretions: post-nasal, stool, etc.

Particulars

Mental effects, < cloudy weather (Pho.) or constipation. Heavy pressure on vertex. Head, alternating with abdominal, or lumbar symptoms; > closing eyes. Pain from navel to rectum. Heavy hypogastrium; rectum. Prolapsus recti. A plug seems wedged in pelvis. Rumbling, gurgling in bowels, sudden urging, SENSE OF INSECURITY, then hurriedly passes a gushing, watery stool (Kali-bi.). Diarrhœa; with rectal pain. ANUS WEAK; oozes mucus. Stool escapes with flatus (Old.) or when urinating; mushy; solid stool passes unnoticed; urging to, passes flatus only; lumpy; gelatinous. Piles, prolapsing; like a bunch of grapes; > cold bathing. Internal heat; not stool, flatus, urine, etc. Burning in anus, rectum, piles, etc. Sexual erethism (in children). Heavy, congested uterus.

Related

Complementary: Sul. Related: Lil-t. Pod. Sep. Sul.