Nerves
Paralysis of single parts.
Trembling: from every motion; from going up stairs.
Sleep
Sleeplessness from restlessness.
Could not sleep well on account of itching.
Sound sleep until 9 A.M.
Vivid dreams at night, which recurred to him during the day, as if the things dreamed of had readily happened.
Dreams: of fire: of dead bodies.
Time
Most prominent times of aggravation, morning, and evening until midnight.
Remission after midnight and during the day.
Morning: Forenoon:. Afternoon:. Evening: Night:, Day:,.
Temperature and Weather
Sensitive to draught; liable to take cold.
Open air:Warm room; Prefers sunny places, feels cold.
Chill Fever Sweat
Shivering over the back, as if cold water were poured over it, with heat of the face.
Internal chill, even in warm room.
Heat of upper body, with cold feet, internal shiverings and hot breath.
Heat from 4 P.M. till evening, daily; passing off after supper.
Heat of left side.
Evening, sweat on head, abdomen and back, even when sitting quiet.
Night-sweat on abdomen and back.
Clammy sweat in palms, particularly the left.
Cool sweat with internal heat.
Sweat lessened while eating.
Attacks
The attacks cease for one or two days and then continue again for a couple of days.
Tertian and quartan intermittents,.
Sides
Left side, or first left, then right.
Right: Left: Pains pressing from without inwards.
Before backwards: Below upwards:.
Sensations
Heaviness and fulness of whole body from playing the piano.
Wants to lie or sit continually; can scarcely move a hand.
Drawing and pains in every part of body.
Pressing or penetrating pain as from plug, in different parts.
Sensation as of a hoop or band around the part.
Tissues
Cramp-like pains in muscles Contraction of joints.
Complaints of external parts.
Emaciation.
Contact Injuries etc.
Itching generally aggravated, but sometimes improved or changed in location by scratching.
Rubbing :.
Skin
White herpetic spots.
Burning and stinging herpes.
Excessively itching eruptions.
Blisters discharging yellowish transparent liquid, hardening to a crust in the open air.
Warts even on palms of hands.
Stages and States
Frequently indicated in nervous and Old people.
Women during pregnancy, gastric and nervous disorders.
Relationship
Similar to : [Ant] [tart] (cough in high-tempered children; gaping, drowsy after cough); [Apis] (skin); Coriaria ruscifolia (loss of memory, etc.); [Ferrum]. (occiput pains in cough); [Iodium]; [Juglans]; [Lycop].; [Nitr. ac] (cursing). [Nux vom]; [Phosphorus ac] (brain); [Platin].; [Pulsat].; [Urt. ur] (skin); [Zincum]. (brain); [Pulsat]: [Natr. mur] (dry coryza); [Caustic] (in writers, spasm).
Relatives: [Anac]. [occid]., [Comoc], [Rhus glab]., [Rhus rad]., [Rhus tox]., [Rhus ven].
Antidotes : [Coffea] and [Juglans].
[Anac]. antidotes: [Rhus tox]., especially if there are gastric symptoms, or the symptoms go from right to left.
It follows well after [Lycop]., [Pulsat]. and [Platin].
After [Anac] : [Platin]. follows well.
Belongs to the same family as the [Rhus], and there is a similarity with the Terebinthina.
Neither [Camphor] nor [Spir. nitr]. [dulcis]. antidotes its effects, but for the anger and violence of mind, the smelling of raw coffee is a very effectful antidote.
