Chelidonium Majus



Stitches in the ribs of the right side. Stitches in the ribs of the right side, on every inspiration. Stitches beneath the right ribs. Stitches below the right rib, Sensation of soreness in the lowest ribs of the right side (3rd day). Sore pain in the last ribs (6th day). Sore pain in the right lower half of the thorax, so that even the touch of the clothes aggravates the pain (3rd day). The ribs of the right side are painful to tough, as if sore (5th day). 1.30 P.M. deep seated pain, as from an abscess in the right side of the chest (7th day). Pain in the left side. Pain in the left side of the chest.

Pains in the left side, extending to the back, aggravated by motion (4th day). Pains drawing back and forth in the left side and back (4th day). Transient pain in the left side of the chest. Tensive pain from the upper part of the left pectoral muscles towards the throat (after 10 minutes) Severe aching in the left lung. Pressure on the left side of the chest (after 5, minutes) (2nd day). Pressure and oppression in the left side (1st day). Pressure beneath the left clavicle, extending up into the throat. Pressive pain on the left side of the ribs (after 10 minutes). Sticking and burning in the left side of the chest, extending to the back (after 3 to 4 hours). Sticking pain in the left clavicle, then in the right forearm, and just below the right scapula. Stitches in the lower part of the left thorax. Stitches in the left side, extending towards the scapula (6th day). Stitches in the left side, while sitting. Stitches along the margins of the left ribs. Fine stitches in the left nipple.

Jerking stitches in the left clavicle became very painful.

Soreness in he left lung; it is especially painful on coughing or sneezing. A sore sensation in the left lung, which had been inflamed 4 months previous, aggravated by deep breathing. Pain, as if bruised, in the left side of the chest and in the left hypochondrium, aggravated by motion (2nd day). Jerking in the left clavicle. Wavelike pain in the left side of the chest (after 1 hour and a half). Pain in the right, then in the left side of the thorax. Dull pain beneath the ribs of the left side.

Afterwards on the right side, where it is more severe; it comes and goes, without being aggravated by anything special (3 hours after 150 drops). Stitches in the left, and then in the right side of the thorax (after some minutes).

Heart and Pulse.

Precordium. Stitches in the region of the heart through, the left side of the chest on inspiration, she can only take short and quick breaths (21st day). Stitches in the precordial region, with dry cough. Violent stitches in the Precordium region 6 times in succession, with violent palpitation, anxiety, and uneasiness. Stitches in the borders of the ribs about the Precordium region., Stitches below the heart. Heart’s Action. Beating of the heart and pulse not perceptible (after 7 hours) The beating of the heart is neither frequent nor irregular, but so much stronger than usual that she can perceive the motion of the clothes caused by its beating against the walls of the thorax; she hears the beating so loud that it seems as though others would hear it for 5 minutes. Palpitation (1st hour, first day and 1st evening). Palpitation for an hour in the morning. Palpitation for half a minute while walking in the street, and in he evening after lying down (she has never suffered from palpitation before), (18th day). Palpitation, with anxiety for several minutes, in the afternoon (2nd day). Short attack of palpitation after sitting towards evening; she felt fatigued from an u usual exertion (19th day). Periodic palpitation at 1 P.M. (10th day). Violent palpitation in the evening, often lasting several hours from which she had formerly suffered after dancing). Pulse. Pulse decidedly more frequent than usual (small and compressible). From the 4th to 5th day, a sight (permanent) increase in the frequency of the pulse and the tired feeling in the limbs, and a little heaviness. Pulse 85 (7th day). Pulse 90, full (after 3 hours). Pulse 90 (2nd morning). Pulse 90 (4th day). Pulse 90 (usually 60 to 65) (4th day). Evening, pulse 90. Pulse about 100 through the day (5th day). Pulse larger, fuller, but not more frequent than usual (3rd day). Hard, not rapid pulse (while sitting), (after three quarter s of an hour). Pulse 68, with increased warmth of the whole body at 5 P.M. Pulse 62, full and hard (after 1 hour and a half). Pulse 50 (usually 70). Feeble pulse. Pulse 50 irregular (after 7 hours).

Neck and Back.

Neck.

Swelling of the left side of the neck and left cheek; they are painful to touch (5th day). Cracking in the cervical vertebrae on moving the neck. Stiffness of the neck (after 5 minutes, one hour and a half and 4 days). Stiffness of the left side of the neck (9th day). Stiffness of the left side of the neck on moving it. Stiffness of the neck on moving the head, with painfulness on deep breathing. Stiffness of the neck, especially of the nape of the neck. Stiffness of the neck and paralyzed pain. Stiffness in the neck, with cracking of the vertebrae on moving the neck; continues for several days.

Stiffness and paralytic drawing in the neck, with sensation as if it were broken on moving the neck. Some stiffness of the neck. Feeling of stiffness in the neck (after a quarter of an hour). Awoke with painful stiffness of the muscles of the right side of the neck (14th day). Stiff neck, especially noticed on turning the head. Neck stiff and painful (2nd day). Pain in the right cervical muscles and in the region of the right clavicle (9th day). Pain in the muscles of the right side of the neck, on moving the head, during the whole day (14th day).

Pains in the neck, left shoulder, and left arm, becoming worse in the afternoon. Pains in the upper cervical vertebrae, on turning the head, in the afternoon (5th day). The pain in the neck was increased by turning the head to one side, or bending it backward (14th day). Violent pains, extending back and forth from the vertex to neck, whereby the shoulders are drawn upward. Violent pains in the upper cervical vertebrae, aggravated by motion the pain extend from the vertebra up to the vertex, in a spot as large as a bean, in which violent jerks and stitches are felt at night. Painful tension in a small streak in the right side of the neck, extending towards the shoulder, as if in the tendons, in the afternoon while sitting (1st day). Sensation of constriction in the muscles of the neck, as if the head were drawn backward (10th minute). Sensation in the cervical muscles as if the neck were constricted by a band (2nd day). The neck feels broken on raising the head. Drawing and stiffness in the neck (2nd day). Paralytic drawing in the neck. Pains in the 1st cervical vertebra, aggravated by motion of the head and by pressure (2nd day).

Drawing pain in the neck, over the right shoulder into the right wrist ceasing for a few minutes and then returning; worse on raising the arm, especially the right. Rheumatic drawing pain in the neck, worse on turning the head to the right or left. Drawing in cervical muscles (after 5 minutes). Drawing in the cervical muscles (2 hours after 20 drops). Pressive pain in the left cervical muscles (after 10 minutes). Sensation in the neck and in the scapulae as if the bones would be torn from their places.

Heaviness in the nape of the neck (4th day). Heaviness and tension in the muscles of the nape of the neck and in the occiput gradually disappear (after 9 hours). Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Pains in the nape of the neck (9th day),; ( a quarter of an hour). Pain in the nape of the neck and occiput (after a quarter of an hour). On waking in the morning, rheumatic or bruised pain (slight) at the nape and anterior portion of the neck, in the shoulders and arms (3rd day). Drawing in the nape of the neck (11th day). Pressure in the nape of the neck. Pressure in the nape of the neck (after 10 minutes),; (5th day),; (7th day).

Stitches in the nape of the neck. Back in General. Stiffness in the back and between the shoulders (1st day).

Pain in the back (after 15 minutes). Pain in the back, as after immoderate muscular exertion, when turning over in bed (2nd morning). Pain in the back, on rising after stooping (after 1 hour). Pains in the back and sacrum, in the afternoon, for three days. Wandering pains in the back as far as between the shoulders. Tension and pressive pain in the whole of the back, aggravated by stooping, and drawing around to the chest (after 8 hours and a half). Oppression of the back, extending around to the ribs. Drawings in the back, ‘ (half an hour),; (3rd and 4th days),; (9th and 11th days). Drawing in the back, in the evening (2nd day). Drawing in the back and headache prevent her going to sleep (1st night). Drawing from the nape of the neck down the back. Waking soon after 4 A.M., with drawing in the back and headache (2nd day). Drawing pain in the back (4th day). Drawing pain in the whole of the back (1st day),; (3rd and 14th days). Drawing pain through the back into the forepart of the chest, and thence into the walls of the abdomen as far as the navel (after an hour and a half). Drawing pains in the back and chest, in the afternoon. Pressure in the back, extending up to the shoulders, while sitting bent, relieved on becoming erect (after one hour and a half). Drawing pressure in the back, extending into the sides of the chest, in the back teeth, in the left temple, and in the left parietal- bone. Sharp sticking near the spine in the middle of the back. Bruised pain, extending from the right scapula down the back. Bruised pain in the back, on motion (after 10 hours). Short transient pains, as from a blow, on the left side of the spine where the ribs cease to be felt; afterwards the same pain on the right side of the spine, then in the right tuber ischii; lastly, the same pain in the left cheek-bone.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.