Relation
*Compare: Myosotis: Helio, Symphytum (botan.). In uterine misplacement, Helio, Helonias, Lilium t., Sepia, Natrum mur., etc. Disorder of vision, Lilium t. (astigmatism), Pic-ac. (myopia), Nat- sul. (Myopia). Ocular headache, Gelsemium (Gelsemium More right, Onos. more left), Lilium t., Spigelia, Rut., Baptisia
Causation
Eye-strain. Sexual excess.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Talkative, but in a disconnected way. Irritable. Irresolute. Minutes seem like hours. Feeling as if something terrible was going to happen and that she was powerless to help it. Fear: To look down lest she might fall down stairs, that he might fall into a fire when walking by it, and in spite of all his will- power he did stagger into the fire. Wants to think and not move, and thinks until she forgets everything and where she is. Writes very fast, but cannot keep pace with thoughts, omits words and letters, cannot concentrate his thoughts on the subject. Listless and apathetic. Forgetful, that he is reading, and he drops the book in vague and listless thought.
Head
Fullness, better eating and sleep. Heaviness. Lightness. Frontal pain: over eyes, worse over left eye, over bridge of nose, in left eminence, in right eminence, changing to left, where it remained, running back into neck, heavy, and the same pain in temples and mastoid region. Pain in left temple, sharp, darting, in left temple, darting, throbbing in left temple. Dull headache over left eye, and in left temple, at times so sharp as to be unendurable, worse in dark and on lying down. Pain in mastoid. Dull, heavy pains in left side and over left eye, extending around to back of head and neck, worse movement and jar, forcing her to go to bed, when they were better by sleep, but returned soon after waking. Occipitofrontal pain in morning on waking. Dull, heavy pain pressing upward in occiput, with dizziness.
Eyes
Pain in and over left eye. Feeling in eyes as if she had lost much sleep. Feeling of tension, as when straining eyes to read small print. Desire to keep eyes wide open. Feeling as if eyes were very wide open, and feels as if he wanted to look at objects far away, distant objects look large, it is disagreeable to look at near objects, tense, drawing and tired feeling in ocular muscles. Optic disc hyperaemic. Retinal vessels engorged, worse left Aching in upper part of balls. Dull, heavy pains in balls, with soreness. Lids heavy. Pain in upper part of left orbit, with feeling of expansion. Vision impaired, blurred. (Amblyopia of alcoholism, or from overdosing with *Bromide of Potassium, hallucinations: sees beautifully dressed people in the streets and in a room. Colour-blindness for red and green.).
Ears
Fullness in ears Hearing impaired. Singing as from Quinine.
Nose
Dryness of nose, with feeling as from taking cold. Pain in nasal bones. Sneezing much in morning, and left side of nose and left eye seem affected, on first getting up.
Face
Face flushed: worse least motion or excitement, with better of headache, with full feeling. Pain in right malar bone, with numbness.
Mouth
Dryness of mouth, and of lips, without thirst, better cold water, with scanty saliva. Clammy, sticky, feeling in mouth. Bitter, clammy taste.
Throat
Whitish, sticky discharge from posterior nares, causing constant hawking. Raw scraping in throat. Soreness: longer on left side, it hurts to swallow or speak, momentarily better drinking, with scraping. Constriction of pharynx when swallowing. Stuffed feeling in posterior nares. Dryness: in pharynx and posterior nares, in pharynx, with soreness. Throat perfectly dry and stiff. All symptoms better by cold drinks and eating.
Appetite
Appetite increased. Hunger after siesta, nervous, all day. Appetite and thirst diminished. Thirst for cold drinks, often. Distaste for water.
Stomach
Eructations after eating, nauseous. Nausea: with bitter, clammy taste, in morning, as in pregnancy.
Abdomen
Distended feeling, better removing clothing, with griping and grumbling. Colic: better bending backward, below navel, in lower part, better undressing or lying on back, in lower part, as from ice-water. Uneasy in hypogastrium, as if diarrhoea would come on. Soreness in hypogastrium.
Stool
Stool: shining, bloody, and stringy, with tenesmus, yellow, mushy, hurrying him out of bed in morning.
Urinary Organs
Burning in male urethra, with itching. Pain in prostatic urethra before and after micturition. Seldom any desire to urinate. Micturition frequent, scanty. Urine: scanty, high-coloured, very acid, sp. gr. high, also of balsamic odour and heavily loaded with urea.
Male Sexual Organs
Cold feeling in glans. Desire diminished.
Female Sexual Organs
Desire destroyed. Itching of vulva, worse scratching and contact of leucorrhoea. Constant feeling as if menses would appear. Pain in ovaries, worse pressure, cutting and throbbing. Heavy aching, and slowly pulsating pains beginning in one ovary and passing over to the other, leaving a soreness that lasts until the pains return. Uterine and ovarian pains that had not been felt for years were re-excited. Uterine cramps as from taking cold during menstruation. Uterine pains, better undressing and lying on back, bearing down. Soreness in uterine region, worse clothing and pressure. Leucorrhoea light yellowish, offensive, excoriating and profuse, running down the legs Menstruation too early and too prolonged, the two next periods anticipating and profuse.
Respiratory Organs
Voice husky. Hacking cough, with tough sticky, white expectoration. Laryngeal cough, better drinking cold water, with expectoration of whitish, sticky phlegm.
Chest
Soreness of chest. Aching in breasts, worse left, from left nipple through breast, sharp, under left breast. Bruised feeling in left breast, with pain on pressure. Breasts feel swollen and engorged, feel swollen and sore, with itching about nipples.
Heart and Pulse
Pain in heart, causing apprehension of death. Pain in region of apex. Oppression of heart. Depressed feeling in heart as if it would stop beating. Action rapid, pulse full and strong. Pulse: rapid, irregular and weak, and slow. With every third or fourth beat the diastole is prolonged almost to intermittence.
Neck and Back
Pain: in neck, in a (linear) spot in left scapular region, in lumbar region, over crest of left ilium, in lumbar region in morning on waking, better about noon, low down when walking, across lumbar region, with stiffness, bearing down in lumbar region. Sore, lame feeling in lumbar region. Tired feeling in lower part of back.
Limbs
Weariness: of legs, knees, and hands, with numbness, of arms and hands.
Upper Limbs
Trembling of arms and hands. Aching in biceps, elbows, and wrists. Numbness of left forearm. She cannot write nor use the hands well in eating, because she cannot properly co-ordinate the movements. Shooting in joints of left fingers. Pains in joints of fingers.
Lower Limbs
Staggering. Disturbance of gait, with sensation of insecurity in the step. The sidewalk seems too high, which causes him to step very high, this jars him and worse headache. Numbness mostly below knees. Pain: left hip, in knees, in knees and tendons about them. Weariness and numb feeling in knees and legs, in popliteal spaces, worse left Tremulousness of legs. Tingling in calves and feet, worse left Weariness of legs, in evening when walking, with unsteadiness. Oedematous swelling of ankles. Heavy pain in left instep. Numb tingling pain in outer side of both little toes.
Generalities
Tremulousness from least exertion. Nervous, trembling feeling, as from hunger. Nervous and shaky feeling that physically and mentally unfits her for any duty Muscles feel unsteady and treacherous. Inability to lie on left side. General distress and full feeling. Light feeling, somewhat like that caused by chloroform. Weakness: in morning, with stiffness, with aching, stretching, gaping, and disagreeable feeling.
Skin
Formication in calves.
Sleep
Sleeplessness. Sleep: uneasy and interrupted, restless and waking early. Dreams many, varied.
Fever
Every day about twelve or one o’ clock feeling as if I would have a chill. Flushed feeling over whole body. No perspiration in very warm weather.
