Heart
Orgasm in whole body. Occasional omission of heart-beat. Angina pectoris where pressure proceeds from spine in individuals formerly fat and robust, now emaciated from mental emotions, sexual excesses, or seminal losses. Pulse generally very frequent and small, sometimes slow, full, sometimes intermitting.
Back and Neck
Pressive heaviness in nape. Deep, incisive lancinations in muscles of neck. Sweat on throat and neck with children. Pains in loins with drawing pressure. Incisive blows in loins. Aching in middle of spine during repose and movement. lancinations in scapulae.
Limbs
Hands and feet bloated and blue.
Upper Limbs
Drawing in forearms and bones of hands. Dark blue bloatedness of the forearms and hands. Paralytic heaviness in elbow joint. Lancinations in wrists. Trembling of hands (when writing). Tearings in joints of fingers.
Lower Limbs
Spasmodic drawings and shootings in thighs. Tension in tendons of ham as if they were too short. Acute (deep) lancinations in tibia. Sensation of coldness, numbness, and deadness in the middle of (right) tibia. Oedematous swelling of feet as far as knees. Tearing in legs and ankles. Icy-cold feet with warmth of the body.
Generalities
We are often led to this remedy when we find a great deal of perspiration, occurring with any other trouble, which may last all the time, or it may come and go in paroxysms, it is sometimes found in phthisis, perspiration with disinclination to undress or be uncovered, heat with inclination to be covered (***H.N.G.). Asthma with suffocative attacks of breathing, patient may be well enough while awake, but sleeps into the trouble, loud respiration with no mucous rattle. Babies with snuffles, can’t breathe well through nose. Asthma Millari (***H.N.G.). Symptoms worse uncovering, while lying down, while resting. Better From moving, on rising, while walking, from wrapping up warmly. General ebullition of blood in evening after lying down, with sensation of trembling. Sudden drawing over whole surface of body, frequently recurring when seated. The majority of the symptoms manifest themselves during repose and are dispersed by movement. Dropsical swelling of whole body. Great emaciation.
Skin
Bloatedness and dark red swelling, with tension after contusions. Oedema, anasarca. Blotches on face. Red spots on cheeks here and there with burning sensation. Tingling itching of skin. Sudden painful drawing in all points over surface while sitting.
Sleep
Disposition to sleep without being able to sleep. During sleep dry heat, after awakening profuse perspiration. (Sleeps with arms above head.) Frequent waking with a start, with anguish, trembling, and obstructed respiration, amounting almost to suffocation. Incomplete sleep, with mouth and eyes half open. Lascivious dreams.
Fever
Shuddering, with shivering, icy coldness of hands and feet, and pricking tingling in skin. Shivering and shaking before going to sleep. Insupportable heat without thirst, with dread to be uncovered. Fever with excessive perspiration, especially at night. Profuse perspiration day and night, but only when awake, first breaking out in the face. Very debilitating perspiration. Night-sweats, except on head, worse towards morning. Continued perspiration while awake, changing into dry heat as soon as one goes to sleep. Intermittent fever: chills over whole body, with cold hands and feet, followed by intolerably dry heat, without any thirst, accompanied by dread of being uncovered, afterwards copious sweat, without any thirst, the sweat even continues during the apyrexia. Pulse generally small and very quick, at times intermitting.
