Symptoms
1. Fear of death (more persistent than in Aconite) esp. in plethoric persons subject to local congestion.
2. Constrictive sensation as of hoop in various organs; of whole body as if caged, each wire being twisted tighter and tighter; with numbness.
3. Cardiac troubles, acute and chronic, with char. constriction; heart feels as if rapidly clasped and unclasped by iron hand, preventing normal movement; oppression of breathing.
4. Haemorrhages; from nose, lungs, stomach, uterus, bladder, etc.
5. Intermittent fevers with regular periodically, esp. every day at the same hour; with anguish, oppressed breathing, etc.
Arthur Gladstone Clarke, a christian missionary working with the North China Mission, made good practical use of the homeopathy. He learnt as a student at MSM. He published a short introduction to the use of over 100 commonly used medicines—Decachords—first published in 1925 and still in print today.