Painful stiffness of back, especially when rising from chair.
Stitches : in the back; in left lumber region.
Pressing, cramp-like pain in small of back, in region of kidneys.
Dull, drawing pain in region of os coccygis.
Bruised pain in the os coccygis.
Upper Limbs
Pressure on the shoulders.
Dull drawing and tearing in the arms and hands.
Paralytic feeling in the right hand.
Sensation of fulness in the palm when grasping.
Contraction and induration of the tendons of the fingers.
Drawing pains in the finger joints.
Trembling of the hands.
Convulsion of the fingers in writing; writer’s cramp.
Warts on tip of the fingers.
Itching on the arms.
Lower Limbs
Soreness high up, between the thighs.
Aching in the hip-joint, as if dislocated.
Bruised pains in the thighs and legs, mornings in bed.
Cramp in the calf, mornings in bed.
Drawing and tearing in thighs and legs, knees and feet, worse in open air, better in warmth of bed.
Cracking in the knees when walking.
Tension in the knee and ankle joints.
Tensive pain and stiffness in hollow of knee, when walking.
Marbled skin of thighs and legs.
Unsteady walking and easy falling, of little children.
Cramp in the feet.
Ball of the great toe: crawling, burning; severe pressive pain; burning stitches.
Phagedenic blisters and ulcers on the heel.
Sudden cramp in tendo-achillis at night.
Crawling in both soles as from something alive.
Itching on the dorsum of feet.
Limbs in General
Arthritic pains in all the limbs.
Weakness and trembling of all the limbs.
Paralytic weakness of the limbs.
Intolerable uneasiness in the limbs in the evening.
Position etc.
At night cannot get a quiet position, nor lie still a minute.
Partly laid on feels sore, must turn often.
Lifting : Motion : Movements quick :; violent : Can scarcely move the head : Walking : Standing : Sitting : Must sit up : Rising : Lying down : Must lie down :, In bed : Drinking : Easy falling : Grasping : Reading : Writing :.
Nerves
Weakness and trembling.
Faint-like sinking of strength.
Restlessness of the body.
Hemiplegia after cerebral hemorrhage or softening.
Epileptic attacks during time of puberty, also worse during new moon.
Convulsions : with screams, gnashing of the teeth, and violent movements of the limbs; with feverish heat and coldness of hands and feet.
Chorea even at night, right side of face and tongue may be paralyzed.
Sleep
Yawning and stretching.
Intense sleepiness, can scarcely withstand it, must lie down.
Sleeplessness at night on account of dry heat.
Very uneasy all night, after a short sleep awakened by anxiety and restlessness, which scarcely allowed ten minutes quiet in one place : must sit up; involuntary throwing of the head from side to side, until exhaustion brought on sleep.
Starting from sleep; many motions with arms and legs, during sleep, at night.
Dreams : anxious; quarrelsome.
Time
Morning,, 4 A.M. Evening :,, to P.M. : 4 A.M. : Evening, till midnight; Night : Midnight : day : Only during day : Only at night : During sleep :.
Temperature and Weather
Warmth of bed : Room : Open air : Cold air : Cold water : Draught :.
Chill Fever Sweat
Chill and chilliness : predominating, frequently with coldness of the whole left side; on diseased parts.
Much internal chilliness, immediately followed by sweat without intervening heat; severe internal chill about midnight.
Shivering beginning in and spreading from the face.
Chill lessened by drinking, and in bed.
Heat from to 8 P.M. heat descending.
Flushes of heat followed by chilliness.
Profuse sweat : when walking in open air; from motion, Sour-smelling night-sweat.
Morning-sweat toward 4 A.M.
Attacks
New moon : Thinking of complaints aggravates : During puberty
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Sides
Right :,, Left :.
Tissues
Rheumatic and arthritic inflammations, with contraction of the flexors and stiffness of the joints.
Tearing, piercing pains at night, compelling motion, but not thereby relieved.
Emaciation of the feet.
Hemorrhages of very dark blood.
Painful varices, ulcers, or warts; net like appearance of the capillaries.
Contact Injuries etc.
Touch : Rubbing : Tight clothing:,.
Skin
Intertrigo, during teething.
Excessively itching moist tetter on the neck.
Eruption of pimples on the tip of the nose.
Itching : over the whole body; at various parts, especially on tip and wings of the nose; face; scrotum; back; arms; palms; dorsum of feet.
Injuries of the skin which had healed, become sore again.
Stages and States
Dark hair and rigid fibre most affected. Children with delicate skin.
Relationship
After the abuse of sulphur and mercury in scabies, Caustic. may be indicated.
Antidotes to Caustic. : Asafoetida, Coffea, Coloc., Nux-vom. Spir. nitr. dulc.
Rheumatic contraction of tendons of arms and legs much increased by Caustic., was promptly relieved by Guaiac.
Inimicals : Acids, Coffea, Phosphor.
