Drosera



Chest

Restricted respiration on speaking, as if the throat were contracted, chiefly when seated. Oppression of the chest, as if something stopped the voice on coughing or on speaking, or, as if the breath could not be expelled. Tightness of the chest on coughing. Pains in the chest on coughing and on sneezing, he has to press his chest with the hand. Pains, as from subcutaneous ulceration in the sternum, on pressing upon it. Black pores on the chest and shoulder.

Neck and Back

Stiffness at the nape of the neck, with pains during movement. Bruise-like pains in the back, particularly early in the morning.

Upper Limbs

Twitchings in right shoulder, only when at rest. Pains, as from a bruise, in the joints of the arms and of the hands. Cramp and stiffening of the fingers, on grasping an object. Nocturnal pains in the bones of the arm, going off during motion in the day.

Lower Limbs

Paralytic pains in the coxofemoral joint, and in the thighs, on

walking, which occasion limping. Incisive shootings in the legs. Violent stitch in the os ischium, on rising from a seat. Tearings in the joints of the foot, as if they were dislocated, only when walking. Stiffness in the joints of the feet. Cold sweat in the feet, which are constantly cold.

Generalities

Rapid emaciation (with acute laryngitis). Gnawing shootings in the cavities of the bones of the arms and of the legs, exceedingly violent, with violent shootings in the joints, during repose, rather than during movement. Shooting and painful pressure in the muscles (of the limbs), mitigated in no position. Pains as from a bruise, excessively distressing sensitiveness, paralytic weakness in all the limbs. All the limbs feel sore, as from too hard a bed. Weakness in the whole body, with cheeks and eyes hollow. Epileptic convulsions, with sleep and spitting of blood, after the fit. The majority of the sufferings appear at night and in the morning, as well as in a warm atmosphere, and during repose. Gnawing-stinging in the long bones, worse during rest.

Skin

Violent itching while undressing, when scratching, the skin readily peels off. Black pores on chest and shoulder.

Sleep

Snoring during sleep, and when lying on the back. Frequent starts with fright, during sleep. Nocturnal waking, on the breaking out of perspiration. Frequent waking with perspiration, or as it too wakeful. Sleep at noon and in the evening at sunset.

Fever

Shuddering over the whole body, with heat of the face, icy coldness of the hands and absence of thirst, or shiverings with coldness and paleness of the hands, the feet, and the face. In the morning hours, coldness of one side (left) of the face, while the other side (right) is hot. Chilliness and chill while at rest, finds it everywhere too cold, even in bed. Chilliness during the day, heat during the night. Heat almost exclusively in the face and on the head. Warm perspiration at night, especially after midnight and during the morning hours, mostly in the face. Heat, with headache and convulsive cough. (Intermittent) fever, with nausea, and inclination to vomit, and other gastric sufferings, or with sore throat.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica