Apis [Apis]
Inflammation of the coccygeal muscles and of the joints, from cold, getting feet wet, etc.; sensation of stiffness in sacrum; burning pressure in coccygeal region, (<) from any attempt to sit down and evenings.
Belladonna [Bell]
The ischia feel sore, as if there were no flesh on them, yet she feels better when sitting on something hard; intense crampy pain in the small of the back and os coccygis; she can sit only a short time, for it makes her stiff and unable to rise again from pain; cannot lie down well, wakes often at night, and has to shift position; feels best when standing or walking slowly.
Causticum [Caust]
Dull drawing pain in the region of the coccyx; pain as from bruises or darting pain in the coccyx; every movement of the body gives a pain in the small of the back; pinching crampy pain in the lumbar region and buttocks.
Carbo-anim [Carb-an]
Pain in the coccyx, which becomes a burning pain when the parts are touched; pressing, bearing-down pain in the coccyx as if the parts were bruised; pain as from subcutaneous ulceration in this region, mostly when sitting or lying down; pressing, drawing, or stiffness in the lumbar region, as if the back were broken.
Cannabis [Cann-i]
Pressure, as if with a sharp point on the coccyx; pain in the middle of the back as if it were being pinched, the pain gradually extending towards the abdomen.
Cantharis [Canth]
Lancinations and tearings in coccyx, causing him to start.
Cicuta [Cic]
Tearing jerking in the coccyx; painful feeling of stiffness in the lower limbs; his legs refuse to carry him; during catamenia coming on for the first time after a confinement.
Cistus-can [Cist]
A burning bruised pain in the coccyx.
Euphorbium [Euph]
Painfulness of coccyx, as if in the bone, (<) on rising from sitting and when beginning to move; sensitive to touch; diarrhoeic stools which pain, (<) in coccyx.
Fluoric-acid [Fl-ac]
Aching in the os sacrum and lumbar region, relieved by stretching and bending backward, especially by pressure, in subjects of a rheumatic tendency.
Graphites [Graph]
Dull drawing in the coccyx in the evening; violent itching of the coccygeal region, the part being moist with scurfy eruptions.
Kali-carb [Kali-c]
Violent gnawing in the coccyx, both when at rest and in motion; backache, while walking; she feels as if the must give up and lie down; backache, as if broken.
Kreosotum [Kreos]
Drawing pain along the coccyx down to the rectum and vagina, where a spasmodic, contractive pain is felt; better when rising from her seat; subsequent milky leucorrhoea.
Lachesis [Lach]
Continual pain in the os sacrum and coccyx; drawing pain, or s if sprained, in the small of the back, preventing motion; agonizing pain when rising from his seat; nerves are here poorly protected, hence hyperaesthesia.
Lobelia [Lob]
Extreme tenderness over sacrum, she cannot bear even the pressure of a soft pillow; she cries out if any attempt is made to touch these parts; she sits up in bed, leaning forward to avoid contact with bed.
Magnesia [Mag-c]
Sudden piercing pain in the coccyx; sudden, violent; concussive, tearing, stitching pain in this region, as if the spine were bent back.
Mercurius [Merc]
Tearing pain in the coccyx, relieved by pressing the hand against the abdomen. Pain in sacrum as if one had been lying on too hard a couch; pricking itching in the sacrum when walking.
Muriatic-acid [Mur-ac]
Drawing burning along the back, beginning at the coccyx, as if under the skin; burning stitch in sacrum, causing one to start.
Paris-quad [Par]
Tearing in the coccyx when sitting; pulsative stitches in the coccyx.
Petroleum [Petr]
Pain in coccyx while sitting; great uneasiness and stiffness in the small of the back and coccyx in the evening.
Phosphorus [Phos]
Pain in coccyx as if ulcerated, hindering motion, and followed by painful stiffness in the nape of the neck.
Phosphoric-acid [Ph-ac]
Itching stitch in the coccyx; fine stitches in coccyx and sternum.
Platina [Plat]
Numb feeling in the coccyx as from a blow.
Rhus-tox [Rhus-t]
Rheumatism from exposure to dampness; drawing, jerking stitches as with a needle in coccyx, (<) from continued rest, when first moving, (>) when in active motion.
Ruta [Ruta]
Pain extending from coccyx to sacrum, as if caused by a bruise, from a blow or fall.
Tarentula [Tarent]
Burning smarting leucorrhoea and painful uneasiness in the coccyx, relieved by standing, aggravated by the slightest movement, sitting or lying on the bed, or by the least pressure.
Thuja [Thuj]
Painful drawing in the sacrum and coccyx, and in the thighs, when sitting; after having been seated a while, the drawing hinders standing erect. Sudden cramplike pain in the lumbar region after long standing, and then attempting to walk, it seems as if he would fall; stitches from anus to sacrum; burning in hollow below coccyx.
Valeriana [Valer]
Bubbling pressure above the anus, in the region of the coccyx; pain in the loins, as from cold or overlifting.
Zincum [Zinc]
Pain in coccyx, sometimes a pushing aching, and sometimes pinching; lancinations in the sacrum; pressure, tension and weakness in the lumbar and sacral region; cracking in the back when walking.
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.