Myrica Cerifera



Generalities

Pain in whole body as before ague, at 10 p.m., shifting pain. Languor: in morning on waking, with pain in back, with soreness of muscles of thighs, as if he had taken cold. Worse From Warmth of bed at night, disturbing sleep, better after breakfast, better in open air. Slight nervous excitement and restlessness, soon followed by a sick, debilitated, sensation. General muscular lameness and soreness, lassitude, depression of spirits.

Skin

Yellow jaundiced appearance, itching as from flea-bites. Pimples in different parts, a painful one on nose. Itching: near insertion of deltoid in both arms, of face, then creeping sensation, and stinging-like flea-bites, on r, side of face, then on neck, shoulder, forearm, midway between right knee and ankle.

Sleep

Drowsiness, vertigo, semi-stupor. Restless, or sleeps soundly until towards morning, awakens generally feeling worse. Unrefreshing sleep, with frequent wakings and bad dreams. Amorous dreams, with emission. Ugly dreams, at one time that his head was attacked by enormous bugs, which he felt obliged to kill with difficulty.

Fever

Chilliness on going out of doors, slight aching in lumbar region. Excited, feverish feeling, alternating with chilliness, warm sensation along spine, then chill and gentle sweat. Face hot and flushed.

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