Symptoms
1. Adapted to the rheumatic diathesis.
2. Great sadness and apprehension with inclination to weep; (<) at night, in the house (>) out of doors.
3. Sub-acute and chronic rheumatism and rheumatoid affections with the characteristic modalities; pains as if the bones were scraped with a knife; also paralytic weakness with numbness and heaviness esp. lower limbs.
4. Pains (<) rest, (<) on beginning to move, (>) continued motion; temp. (>) change of position; pains return movement continues to point of fatigue.
5. Muscle or tendon strains; stiffness or soreness esp. from overlifting or overreaching; (<) on grasping.
6. Adynamic fevers with mild delirium and stupefaction yet regular and persistent restlessness (from physical causes); red, dry, cracked, coated tongue, triangular red tip; sordes; stools loose, yellowish-brown, offensive, or bloody, frothy, sometimes involuntary during sleep, with great exhaustion.
7. All secretions and excretions acrid and foetid.
8. Complaints chiefly right-sided.
9. Acute skin diseases; eczematous eruptions, surface raw, excoriated; thick crusts oozing and offensive; eruption. Erysipelas, vesicular, phlegmonous; parts dark red; esp. of scalp, face and genitals.
10. Modalities; (<) cold esp. cold, wet weather, cold winds; getting wet esp. after overheating; before storms; after midnight; during and after rest.
Note. Apis inimical.