Staphisagria [Staph]
Lumbago compels patient to get up early and feels better after rising; pain in back as if broken, early in bed, not allowing to stoop; after rising hunger, followed by diarrhoea; pain in back, with weakness of legs, especially in knee-joints, compelling to drag foot, with stitching, tearing in the calf of the leg.
Stannum [Stann]
NEURASTHENIA, (<) in going down stairs; fairly drops into a chair after walking; stitches through spine with excessive restlessness in limbs.
Stramonium [Stram]
Constant pain in cervical and upper dorsal vertebrae, worse from touch and motion; great inclination to lie down; frequent twitchings and sudden jerks through the body.
Sulphur [Sulph]
Spinal congestion from suppression of menses or haemorrhoidal flow; every sudden jarring causes sharp pain along the spine; dry heat in small of back, with cold feet, stiffness and loss of power in lumbar region; sensation as if vertebrae were gliding one over another, when turning in bed; stitches in scapulae; pain in small of back after heavy lifting and taking cold at the same time; curvature of spine from softening of vertebrae; limbs go to sleep; tearing in limbs, muscles and joints from above downward; stooping shoulders, cannot walk erect.
Tarentula [Tarent]
EXCESSIVE HYPERAESTHESIA; slight touch along spine causes spasmodic pain in chest and great distress in cardiac region, at times heart feels as if twisted over, intense headache, (>) by rubbing head against pillow; whole body feels hot; rigidity of neck so painful that he cannot move without screaming from pain; pain in neck and neck and back, followed by general paralysis; sharp shooting pains in dorsal and lumbar spine; repeated lancinating, shooting pains in coccyx.
Tellurium [Tell]
Spine from last cervical to about fifth dorsal vertebra very sensitive to touch, though parts are really not very tender, (<) by fatigue, but only partially (>) by rest; restlessness in spite of lassitude and weakness; pain in sacrum when stooping or when lying on back (>) when walking.
Theridion [Ther]
GREAT SENSITIVENESS BETWEEN VERTEBRAE; patient sits sideways on a chair to avoid pressure of back against the spine; pains in bones as if every part would fall asunder, followed by violent coldness, not relieved by heat; weakness, trembling, anxiety.
Thuja [Thuj]
Drawing pain in small of back, os coccygis and thighs, preventing erect position, after prolonged sitting; pressive, bruised sensation in back and loins early on rising, (>) on turning trunk or while standing, (>) when walking; cramplike pain in lumbar region after long standing, when attempting to walk feels as if he would fall.
Zincum [Zinc]
Constant pain in back and loins so severe as to render life miserable; pain in back when walking relieved by continuing to walk; stiffness and tension of neck; tearing pains, burning in shoulder-blades; burning along whole spine, (<) sitting; tearing, trembling and lameness in limbs; twisting in affected limbs and frequent jerking of whole body during sleep; great weakness of limbs; weakness of lumbar region and bend of knees; TENDENCY TO CONVULSIONS FROM INJURY TO SPINE; transfer of pains from one side to another; wine increases the pain and nervous weakness.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.