Relations
***W.J.Guernsey considers *Sanicula the chronic of Chamomilla ***Compare: The constituents of the water, especially Natrum mur. and Calcarea Dread of downward motion, Brx. Head sweat, Calcarea, Silicea Soreness behind ears, viscid discharge, Graphites, Pso. Ringworm on tongue, Natrum mur., Ranunculus sc., Tarax. Drinks little and often, vomits as soon as it reaches stomach, Arsenicum Symptoms change constantly, Lac caninum, Pulsatilla Sphincter not under control, Aco. Stool recedes, Silicea, Thu., must be removed mechanically, Selenium, crumbling at anus, Mg. m. Odour of stool follows despite bathing, Sul. Excoriation about anus, Sul., Lycopodium, Chamomilla Places hand on vulva for support, Lilium t., Murex. Offensive foot-sweat, Graphites, Pso., Silicea Burning soles, Lachesis, Medorrhinum, Sanguinaria, Sul., Calcarea Kicks off clothing in coldest weather, Hepar Sul. Skin of neck wrinkled, hangs in folds, Abrotanum, Iodium, Natrum mur., Sarsaparilla Vomits “Schmierkase’, falls asleep after vomiting, Aethus. Fish. brine odour, Calcarea (rectum), Graphites (scab of ulcer), Medorrhinum (moisture from anus), Tell. (ear discharge), (Trimeth.). Stool when eating, Ferrum, Trombid. Cough from laughing or talking, Pho., Argentum nitricum Sweet expectoration, Sanguinaria, Stan, worse Lifting arms, Barayta carbonica, Conium, Cuprum, Ferrum, Ledum Symptoms increase to noon and decrease after, Sanguinaria, Spigelia Dreams of robbers, Nat. M. Cries before urinating, Lycopodium Fears darkness, Grindel., Stramonium Fears touch, Cin., Antim tart., Arnica Seasickness and train-sickness, Arnica, Cocc., Tabacum Headache from nape to eyes, Silicea, Sanguinaria Wraps up head, Mg. m., Silicea, Pso. Mental restlessness when reading, Drosera Depression with feeling of impending misfortune, Calcarea Irritability, Chamomilla, Conium Child rubs nose and eyes on waking, Scil. Hair lusterless, Alumina, K. ca. Clinkers, Kali. b.
Causation
Strains. Jarring.
Symptoms.
Mind
Instability of purpose. Constantly changing his occupation. Want of energy. Forgetful. Depression, mind wanders from one subject to another, even when conversing. Nervous irritability. Misconstrues actions of others. Child headstrong and obstinate, crying and kicking, especially 9 p.m. to 12. Headstrong crossness quickly alternating with laughter and playfulness in children. Intense depression, feels no one admires her, every one hates her, wants nothing to do with anyone, most trifling cares unbearable. Fear of impending misfortune. Restless desire to go from place to place, great aversion to darkness. Constant irresistible desire to look behind her. Feels like cursing (intermittent fever). (Child wants to be in constant motion night and day.) Averse to be touched. Restless, no better from moving. Easily upset by slight word or act. Forgets common details of recent occupation. Dreads work on account of weakness and exhaustion.).
Head
Queer, mad, crazy feeling in head. Vertigo: on rising from stooping, while sitting at table or desk, after eating, with nausea, must lean head against something to keep from falling. Giddy while kneading with rush of blood to head and desire for cool air. Faint, smothering sensation with great desire for open air. Seasick sensation after riding on horseback in the dark. Nervous, drunken sensation. (Blindness and dizziness when walking.-Downward motion of elevator causes feeling of everything giving way under her, and as if top of head would fly off.) Dull, heavy feeling in head, rising from nape and extending to forehead and eyes, on waking. Sensation on waking in morning as having lain on a hard board. Dull frontal headache with sharp, shooting pain from right side of occiput to right forehead and eye, ending in a sensation that the eye was clutched and pulled back for a moment. Dull frontal headache, worse leaning head forward (reading or writing), or in warm, close room, better leaning head back and in cool, open air. Headache changes right to 1. Pain in head worse from draught of air, especially if cold. Sensation that the head was open and the wind went through it. Sometimes wraps head up, even in summer, to protect it from wind. Headache worse lying down, better riding in open air. Dull, constant ache in frontal bone, worse over left eye. Pain shifts from forehead to back of head. Cold feeling in brain. Sensation of cold cloth round brain. (Headache every week, lasts two or three days, with nausea and vomiting. Headache from vertex down to occiput. Pain from upper portion of spine around under jaws to throat, with contracted feeling, worse right side and from swallowing. Neuralgic pains about head and face after exposure to warm or cold winds. Pain from back of head to face at times from as far down as shoulders, worse right side. Headache worse from light or noise. Neuralgic pains over right eye.) Scalp feels contracted from back and forepart to vertex, skin of forehead contracted, frowning, causing desire to raise eyebrows and lean head back, worse towards noon, better evening, worse motion, leaning head forward, noise, jar, misstep, better rest, lying down, sleep. Occiput sensitive to pressure. Great accumulation of dandruff on top of head, with itching on getting head warm, cannot endure cold wind about back of head or neck. Child sweats profusely about back of head and neck during sleep, wetting pillow all around. Hair thin, scanty, dry, lusterless. Hair electric, crackling when combed. (Falling out of hair. Small boils on head that do not mature.).
Eyes
Sight dim, sometimes sees double, or letters run together. Sensation as though a white cloud passed over eyes, with loss of sight and faintness. Eyes feel weak and sore on waking in morning, light painful at first. Eyes burn, exuding a sticky fluid, which in a few hours dries on the margins of the lids, forming white scales. Burning and smarting of canthi. Lids red and inflamed. Small reddish ulcers on right lower lid, which burn after removal of the yellow scabs. Ulceration of margins of lids, also extending over half right upper lid, with photophobia, itching, and burning. Awakes with dryness of whole eye and sensation that eyeball is sticking to lid. Catarrhal ophthalmia, with profuse yellow discharge, first left eye, then r. Lids agglutinated in morning. Eyes sore on motion. Cornea ulcerated. Photophobia. Eyes worse at night. Catarrhal conjunctivitis, lids swollen, eyeballs red. (Chronic sore eyes. Scrofulous ophthalmia. Eye symptoms better in morning, worse noon, still worse as day advances. Lachrymation in the wind, in cool air, or from cool application. Great swelling of lids, great effort required to keep them open.).
Ears
Eustachian catarrh. Stuffed feeling in left ear. (Soreness behind ears with discharge of white, gluey, sticky substance.).
Nose
Nose sore and stuffed with yellow scabs. Discharge: thin, acrid drops, thick, yellowish, green, profuse, thick, honey-like scabs, white, tenacious, stringy, clots of black blood, bloody ichor, copious, yellow, worse indoors and after eating. Sneezing and itching of nose. Soreness, tenderness, or ulceration of alae. Squeaking from before backward after blowing nose.
Face
Small red pimples, mostly on left cheek. Constant dull pain along superior maxillary bone, extending to left temple, better from warmth, worse from cold. Dull ache in right upper jaw on
becoming cool after running. Constant dull pain on side of face and temple, drawing of muscles. Face ache, right side, in upper jaw and teeth, extending to temple, worse cold or hot drinks, and least wind about head or face. Acne about eye and cheek. Excoriation of upper lip. (Profuse, scaly on eyebrows, and beard. Large scabs on upper lip, constantly dandruff picking them till they bleed.) Itching eruptions in beard, especially under chin, worse when warm. Vesicular eruption on lips and chin.
Teeth
Teeth sensitive to cold air, as if they were very thin. Gums sore and painful, worse from eating. Gumboils. (Teeth feel too long. Pain in right dental nerve extending to head and neck, feels that if she could pick the teeth out and cause bleeding they would improve: worse at night and from lying down, must get up and walk about, momentary better clenching jaws.).
Mouth
On awaking, dark brown streak down center of tongue, which is furred and dry like leather. Sides of tongue turn up. Tongue adheres to roof of mouth. Thick yellow coating on back of tongue. Disagreeable pappy taste in mouth in morning. Under surface of tongue a mass of painful ulcers. Bread tastes dry and flat. Tongue large, flabby. (Burning of tongue, must protrude it to keep it cool. Ringworm on tongue.) Roof of mouth feels raw, worse from warm or hot drinks, food, &c. Large, painful ulcers on center of roof of mouth. Mouth and inside of lips a mass of painful ulcers, child can take no food. Great dryness of mouth and throat, without thirst. Swelling of sublingual glands, with occasional discharge of a teaspoonful of salt liquid. Breath offensive. (White aphthae on lips and in mouth, which can be scraped off with finger. Scurvy with profuse salivation in daytime, worse night. Profuse flow of white, clear, transparent, stringy saliva when cutting teeth, worse when awake and in day, better when asleep and in night. Burning in mouth, better from cold water or drawing in cool air. Sore mouth of children, with atrophy, white appearance like curdled milk.).
