Upas

Generalities

Clonic spasms of muscles of nape of neck or extremities, which were at one time extended, at another flexed, frequently repeated spontaneously on the slightest irritation, muscles relaxed completely in intervals. Sudden jerking of whole body, followed by violent stitches in extensors and drawing back of head. Great weakness after a paroxysm. Uneasiness: in morning, in afternoon. Increased sensitiveness to cold, pale face.

Skin

Herpetic eruption: on upper lip, left side, under lower lip near left commissure. At inner border of left wrist-joint intense and obstinate itching, without eruption, better pressure. Itching of pubes almost constant during several days.

Sleep

Almost irresistible drowsiness in morning. Restless nights, unable to sleep before 2 a.m.Fever. Feels chilly very easily, passing shivers. Shivering, burning in palms after dark. Shivering along spine and both arms. Flashes of heat and redness of face and hands, evening after a meal, with drowsiness. Night- sweat.

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