Condensed Materia Medica

Abrotanum abrot.

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Mind

Feeble, dull.
Indolence, aversion to bodily motion.
Good-humored or gloomy.
Anxious, depressed. θ Gastralgia.
Child cross, depressed, very peevish. θ Marasmus.

Inner Head

Left brain feels weaker.
As if squeezed on the temporal regions.

Outer Head

Could not hold head up.
Scalp sore; itching.
Distended veins on forehead. See 29.

Eyes

Blue rings around the eyes; eyes looking dull. θ Chlorosis.
Inflamed eyes.

Ears

Humming as of bees; wind rushes out of right ear.

Nose

Inner nose dry.
Nosebleed with boys.

Face

Face wrinkled as if old. θ Marasmus.
Comedones with emaciation.
Face feels cold.

Teeth

Drawing, tearing in carious teeth.

Tongue, etc

Acid taste.
Slimy taste. θ Gastralgia.

Mouth

Dry and sore; saliva increased.

Desires and Aversions

Gnawing hunger; ravenous appetite, all the while emaciating.
Craves bread boiled in milk.

Stomach

Burning as from acidity.
As if stomach were hanging or swimming in water, with coldness. θ Gastralgia.
Pains cutting, gnawing, burning, worse at night. θ Gastralgia.

Abdomen

Weak sinking in bowels.
Distended abdomen. θ Hemorrhoidal colic. θ Chlorosis. θ Marasmus.
Hard lumps in different parts of abdomen.θ Marasmus.

Stool, etc

Food passes undigested. θ Marasmus.
After suddenly checked diarrhœa. θ Marasmus.
Alternate diarrhœa and constipation. θ Marasmus.
Constipation. θ Gastralgia.
Protruding piles, with burning, from touch or when passing.
Piles worse when rheumatism abated.
With inclination to stool, only blood passes.

Urine

Bladder full, urging; scanty urine.

Male Sexual Organs

Hydrocele of children.

Female Sexual Organs

Darting in left ovary; twitching in both ovaries.
Dysmenorrhœa or suppressed menses.

Pregnancy

Blood and moisture oozing from navel of the newborn.

Larynx

Sudden hoarseness or weak voice.

Breathing

Breathing impeded, difficult.

Cough

Troublesome cough. θ Rheumatism.

Lungs

Cold air causes raw feeling.
Pressing sensation remains in affected side, impeding free breathing. θ Pleurisy.

Heart and Pulse

Pain across chest, sharp and severe in region of heart. θ Rheumatism.
Pulse weak and small. θ Chlorosis.
Ebullitions with general heat, and distended veins on forehead and hands. θ Hemorrhoidal colic.

Outer Chest

Drawing in muscles, worse from motion.

Back

Back weak with ovarian pains.
Pains in sacrum. θ Hemorrhoidal colic.
Sudden spinal inflammation; sudden aching pains in the back, better by motion, see 36.

Upper Limbs

Aching from shoulder-joints to elbows.
Aching in fingers, first right then left side.
Pricking and coldness finger tips.
Numbs sensation in fingers.
Distended veins, see 29.
Legs emaciated. θ Marasmus.

Lower limbs

Stitching, tearing, itching in old footsores.
Drawing in ankle-joint.
Dead cold feet.

Limbs in General

Inability to move. θ Rheumatism.
Back and limbs sore and lame, worse mornings on awaking.

Position, etc

Lies prone.
Motion: 28, 30, 31.

Nerves

Weak, sickly feeling, when excited trembling.
Lame and sore. θ Rheumatism.
Weak and prostrated after influenza, see 4.
Numbness, partial paralysis; spine affected.

Sleep

Sleepless, restless. θ Hemorrhoidal colic.
Frightful dreams and trembling on awaking.

Time

Night: 17. Morning: 31.

Temperature and Weather

Cold air: 28.
Chilblains itch; frostbitten limbs.

Chill, Fever and Sweat

Creeping chill in brain with prickling.
High fever. θ Rheumatism.
Hectic fever with chilliness after influenza, very weakening. θ Marasmus.

Attacks

Sudden hoarseness: 25.

Sides

Left: 3, 23.
Right to left: 32.

Sensations

Aching; coldness; deadness; pricking; stinging; itching; gnawing; drawing; darting; tearing; cutting; sticking; scraping; pressing; soreness; rawness; dryness; burning; hanging or swimming.

Tissues

Gout in wrists and ankles.
After suppressed gastralgia.
Joints stiff with pricking -sore, lame, joints, agg. awaking.
Contraction of limbs from cramps or colic.
Inflammatory rheumatism before swelling.
Chlorosis.
Marasmus of children.
Emaciations, see 8, 14.

Contact, Injuries, etc

Worse from touch, 20.

Skin

Skin flabby, hangs loose. θ Marasmus.
Furunculus; after Hepar sulph.

Stages and States

Children: emaciation.
Boys: θ Nosebleed. θ Hydrocele.
Newborn, 34.

Relationship

After Acon. and Bryon., pleurisy, see 28.
After Hepar, see 46.
Concordances: Nux vom., Agar.