Relations
*Antidoted by: Smelling Nit. sp. Dulcamara Phosphorus (especially abuse of salt in food), Arsenicum (bad effects of sea-bathing). Nux will relieve headache in persistent, or prostration if prolonged after Nat.m. *Antidote to: Argentumn. (abuse of, as cautery), Quinine (when diseases continue intermittent and patients suffer from headache, constipation, disturbed sleep), Apis (bee-stings). Nat.m. should not be given *during the paroxysm of fever. *Complementary: Apis, Sepia, Caps. Nat.n. is the *Chronic of: Ignatia (its vegetable analogue), also of Apis and Caps. *Compatible: Before _ Sepia, Thuja, after _ Kali.m., Kali, p., Kali.s., Nat.sul., Calcareap., Fe. p. *Compare: Borax, Nat.c., Nat.hip., Kali.chl. In mapped tongue, Arsenicum, Rhus, Kali.bi., Tarax., Ranunculus s. (acidity). Hypochondriasis with indigestion, Nat.s. (Nat.m. melancholy keeps step with the constipation, Nat.s. melancholy with degree of indigestion). Lachrymose, Pulsatilla ( better consolation), Sepia, Ignatia Schoolgirls’ headache, Calcarea, Calcareap. Headache coming and going with sun, Spi., Gelsemium, Gloninum, Sanguinaria Headache with partial blindness, Kali. bi., Ir.v. Half sight, Aurum, Lithium carb., Lyc, Titan. Headache with cough, Caps., Bryonia, (Sul. occiput, Nat.m. forehead). Spurting of urine with cough, Ferrum, Scil., Causticum, Pul. Ravenous yet wastes, Iodium (Nat.m., especially neck). Distended stomach better tight clothing, Fl.ac. (opp. Lachesis, Hepar). Hydroa labialis, Hepar, Rhus, Arsenicum, Camph. Herpes circinatus, Sepia, Barayta carbonica Tell. Chill 10 a.m., Stn. (Stn. hectic, Nat.m. intermittent). Paralysed by emotion, Gels,., Staphysagria Amenorrhoea, K ca. (acts when Nat.m. fails). Backache, spinal irritation, Kali.ca. Cold feeling about heart, Petrol. Spinal irritation, Actea r. (Nat.m. better lying flat, Actea r. worse from touch). Oily sweat on face, Bryonia Intermittents, chill beginning in small of back, Eup. Per., Rhus (chill begins in one leg, or thigh, or between shoulders ), Gels, (runs up spine). Prolapsus uteri, Sepia, Lilium trig. Sensation of foreign body in anus, Sepia (ball). Constriction in anus. Lachesis, Belladonna, Causticum Nit.ac., Ignatia, Opium, Pho. Sadness during menses Lycopodium, Nit.ac., Sepia (Nat.m. worse or better 10 a.m.). Stitches in heart, Spi., Ars, Kali.ca. Carb.v. worse After sleep, Lachesis, Sul. Ripping-up sensation of anus after stool, Sepia, Stomatitis, Caps., Sul.ac. Dreams persist after waking, Chi. Chilblains on feet only, Lycopodium Sinking 11 a.m., Sul. Breasts painful before menses. Calcarea, Conium Umbilical hernia with absence of urging, Bryonia, Verbascum (with urging, Nux.v., Cocc.). Laughs at serious things, Anacardium, Pho., Lycopodium, Platina Weeps if looked at, Kissingen. Hair sensation on tongue, Silicea Head and face better uncovering, Nat.c., Lycopodium Headache from eye-strain, Onos. (Teste includes Natrum mur. in his Lycopod. group, with Viol. t. and Ant.c.).
Causation
Disappointment. Fright. Fit of passion. Loss of fluids. Masturbation. Injury to head. Quinine. Lunar caustic. Bread. Fat. Wine. Acid food. Salt.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Melancholy sadness, which induces a constant recurrence of unpleasant recollections & much weeping all attempts at consolation worse _ Obliged to weep. Hypochondriacal, tired of life. Joyless, taciturn. Great tendency to start. Hurriedness, with anxiety and fluttering of heart. Prefers to be alone. Anthropophobia. Anxiety respecting the future. Anguish, sometimes during a storm, but especially at night. Indifference, laconic speech, moroseness, and unfitness for labour. Impatient precipitation and irritability. Timidity. Hatred to persons who
have formerly given offence. Irascibility and rage, easily provoked. Inclination to laugh. Laughs so immoderately at something not ludicrous that tears come into her eyes and she looks as if she had been weeping. Alternative gaiety and ill- humour. Laughs immoderately and cannot be quieted. Difficulty of thinking, absence of mind. Weakness of memory and excessive forgetfulness. Heedlessness and distraction. Tendency to make mistakes in speaking and writing. Brain-fag, with sleeplessness, gloomy forebodings. Exhaustion after talking, embarrassment of brain. Incapacity for reflection, and fatigue from intellectual labour. Distraction, does not know what he ought to say. Awkwardness.
Head
Painful confusion in head. Emptiness of head with anguish. Weariness in head.Vertigo, during which everything seems to turn round before eyes, with tendency to fall forwards, especially on walking and getting out of bed.Vertigo: in forenoon, pressing head down when sitting, on rising from bed and on waking, on stooping, on turning round (on turning in bed from right side to left), everything seems to turn in circle, with flickering before eyes and dulness of head, and nausea woke her 5 a.m., better lying with head high, on crossing a stone bridge the stones seemed to sink under feet, better lying down, keeping quiet, by cold applications. Intermittent reeling like vertigo, worse moving head, like a thrust from vertex to forehead, for the moment depriving him of his senses. Burning on the vertex. Vertigo, with shocks in head and dizziness. Violent headache, as if the head would burst. Sensation of congestion of blood to
head, head feels heavy. Stitches through head, extending to neck and chest. Heat in head, with redness of face, nausea and vomiting. Periodical headaches during, after, or before menses. Headache in morning on waking, on turning and while moving body or head, when running, or in cold air, or after being thwarted. Heaviness of head, every day, especially in occiput, forcing eyes to close, worse in the morning, from warmth and motion, better when sitting, lying, or perspiring. Headache, as if head were about to split, or as if it were tight and compressed, especially when writing. Fits of headache, with nausea and vomiting (eructations, colic, and trembling of limbs). Aching and compression in head, especially in temples, and above eyes, worse by frowning. Acute pullings and shootings in head, esp., above eyes, with want to lie down, and clouded sight. Lancinating shocks across head. Throbbing, pulsation, hammering in head, especially during movement, better when lying with head high, better by perspiration. Rheumatic (tearing) pain in head, from root of nose extending to forehead, with nausea, vomiting, vanishing of sight, worse in morning when walking from sleep, from mental exertion and motion, better sitting still or lying down. Throbbing and drawing pains in forehead. Sensation on moving head as if brain wavered. Painful sensitiveness of scalp, as if excoriated. Contraction and mobility of scalp. Tendency of head to become easily chilled. Sweat on head, especially in morning and night. Scurf on scalp. Great sensitiveness of scalp, with greasy, shining face, sensitiveness of forehead and the borders of hair, worse in warm room, better in open air. Itching eruption of margins of hair at nape of neck. Abundant falling off of hair (as soon as it is touched, more on forepart of head and temple), even of whiskers, and on the genitals, especially during child-bed.
Eyes
Itching in eyes. Shootings, smarting, and burning in eyes. Inflammation of eyes. Corrosive lachrymation (morning). Frequent lachrymation. Secretion of humour in external canthi. Nocturnal agglutination of eyes. Eyelids continually red and ulcerated. Inflammation of eyes with ulcerated lids and glutinous mucus in (external) canthi. Spasmodic closing of lids, especially in morning, in the evening (during twilight) and at night. Eyes give out on using them. (Headache associated with eye-strain, especially headache on waking). Feeling as if balls were too large and compressed. Pressure in eyes on looking intently at anything. Sensation of sand in eyes, morning. Cloudiness of sight when stopping and walking, as well as on reading and writing. Sight confused, as from down before eyes, or looking through a veil. Letters appear confused, when reading. Diplopia. Hemiopia (perpendicular). Presbyopia. Weakness of sight, as from incipient amaurosis. Black specks, luminous marks, and sparks before eyes. Fiery, zigzag appearance around all things. Affection of right eye, angles of eyes, momentary loss of sight _ Myopia.
Ears
Shootings in ears. Pulsations and beatings in ears. Swelling and heat of ears. Discharge (of pus) from ears. Hardness of hearing. Tinkling, ringing, rumbling, and humming in ears. Painful cracking in ear when masticating. Itching behind ears.
Nose
Numbness and insensibility of one side of nose. Inflammation and swelling of nose on one side (left)only, with pain when touched. Boring in bones of nose. Excoriation of interior of nose, with swelling of interior wings. Scabs and scurf in nose. Scurf on the nose. Loss of smell and taste. Abortive sneezing. Obstruction and dryness of nose. Dry coryza, sometimes in morning only. Violent coryza, fluent or dry, with loss of smell and taste, and sneezing. Bleeding of nose (when coughing at night) when stooping. Blood clotted. Painful burning pustules below septum of nose, afterwards confluent and covered with a scab.
