Nerium oleander. Hahnemann. Apocynaceae.
Mind
Weak memory.
Absence of mind, want of attention.
Slowness of perception.
Difficult comprehension of what he reads.
Indolence, aversion to do anything.
Cannot bear contradiction, flushes of heat.
Sensorium
Vertigo: for a long time before the paralysis; when rising from bed; when looking fixedly, or looking down while standing.
Heaviness of the head; better when lying down.
Faintness, as from weakness: relieved by sweat.
Inner Head
Headache improved by looking cross-eyed.
Pressive pain from within outward, in the forehead.
Pain in the forehead, as if it would split.
Outer Head
Biting-itching on scalp, as from vermin, worse back part of head and behind ears; better when first scratching it; followed by burning and soreness, which gives place to biting-itching; worse in evening when undressing.
Humid, scaly, biting-itching eruption, especially on back part of head.
Eyes
When reading, burning and tension in the eyelids; lachrymation.
Double vision.
Eyes sunken.
Ears
Herpes and ulcers on and around the ears.
Cramp-like drawing on the auricle.
Face
Pale, sunken face in the morning, with blue rings around the eyes.
Alternate paleness and dark-redness of the face.
Lower Face
Numbness of the upper lip.
Foaming at the mouth.
Teeth
Toothache only when masticating.
Drawing in the molar teeth at night when lying down, with anxiety, nausea and frequent micturition.
Bluish-white gums.
Tongue etc.
Loss of speech.
Tongue : rough, dirty-white, with elevated papillae coated white, with dryness of the mouth.
Food has a weak, insipid taste.
Desires Aversions
Ravenous hunger, with trembling of hands and hasty eating, without appetite.
Much thirst especially for cold water.
Wants brandy :.
Eating and Drinking
Violent empty eructations while eating.
After coffee :.
Nausea and Vomiting
Vomiting of food and bitter greenish water. Brandy relieves vomiting,.
After vomiting, ravenous hunger and thirst.
Stomach
Pulsation in the pit of the stomach, as if the beats of the heart were felt through the whole thorax.
Emptiness in pit of stomach, even after eating; from nursing.
Sinking in pit of stomach, suddenly, with nausea or vomiting; wants brandy, which relieves.
Abdomen
Stitches and gnawing about the navel.
Rolling and rumbling in the intestines, with emission of a great quantity of fetid flatus.
Stool etc.
Ineffectual urging to stool.
Rolling and rumbling, with emission of flatus, smelling like rotten eggs.
Stools thin, yellow, undigested, involuntary when emitting flatus.
Passes food undigested in the morning which he ate the day before.
First, diarrhoea, then had, difficult stool; during pregnancy.
Stool and urine involuntary.
Diarrhoea, with intestinal ulcers. Tuberculosis.
Burning at the anus before and after stool.
Urine
Frequent profuse urination, especially after drinking coffee.
Urine brown, burning, with whitish sediment.
Larynx
Viscid mucus in the trachea.
Breathing
Oppressed breathing when lying; also as if the chest were too narrow, with long, deep breathing.
Stertorous breathing.
Cough
Violent shaking cough from tickling in the larynx.
Lungs
Dull stitches in left chest, continuing during inhalation and exhalation.
Sensation of emptiness and coldness in the chest.
Heart Pulse
Dull, drawing pain over the heart, worse when stooping.
Palpitation, with weakness and empty feeling of chest, and at the same time fullness in pit of stomach.
Anxious palpitation; chest feels expanded.
Pulse: quick, skin hot; changeable, irregular; weak and slow mornings, full and rapid evenings.
Outer Chest
Dull, lasting stitch in the sternum.
Upper Limbs
Hands tremble when writing.
Fingers stiff and swollen, with burning pains.
Veins on hands swollen.
Itch-like eruption on inside of wrist and between fingers.
Lower Limbs
Itch-like eruption between nates.
Weakness of the lower limbs, with sensation in the soles as if “asleep,” when walking.
Trembling knees, when standing.
Feet constantly cold.
Position etc.
Motion : causes spasms.
Walking : Mental exertion : Reading : Masticating :. Writing : Rising from bed : Standing : Stooping : Lying :, Looking fixedly, or looking down :; (cross-eyed) :.
Nerves
Painless paralysis.
Stiffness and coldness of limbs.
Loss of muscular power; trembling.
Violent spasmodic contractions of the muscles; more those of upper part of body and of left side.
Sleep
Yawning: with trembling of lower jaw; with chilliness and trembling of muscles.
Restless sleep, frequent waking.
Voluptuous dreams, with seminal emissions.
Time
Morning : Evening : Night :.
Temperature and Weather
Undressing :.
Chill Fever Sweat
Chilliness, want of animal heat, of external chill, internal heat; no thirst.
Chill all over, periodically; face hot, hands cold.
Periodical flushes of heat; worse after bodily or mental exertion.
Attacks
Periodical :.
Sides
Right : Left : Within outward :.
Contact Injuries etc.
Scratching :.
Skin
Violently itching eruption, bleeding, oozing out a fluid, forming scabs.
Relationship
Antidote to Oleand. : Camphor.
