NATRUM SILICATUM



Constriction and oppression of the chest; pain in chest on coughing. Pressing in the region of heart. Rawness in chest on coughing; chest feels sore and bruised on coughing; stitching in sides of chest, especially the right. Palpitation strong, worse at night, after eating. Swelling of the axillary glands.

Coldness of the back; itching of the skin of the back; pain in the back during menses; on motion; while sitting. Pain between the scapulae; pain in lumbar region; on stooping pain in sacrum; aching in back; lumbar region; burning in lumbar region; drawing in cervical region; soreness in spine;stitching between scapulae; in lumbar region, in sacrum. Perspiration on the back; stiffness of the cervical region; during headache. Tension in the cervical region. Weak feeling in small of the back.

Awkwardness in using the hands and in walking. Coldness of hands, lower limbs, legs, FEET; evening in bed; corns that are sore and sting; cracked skin of hands and fingers. Cramp in calf, foot, toes. Vesicles on fingers and lower limbs. Heat of hands; of feet; of soles. Heaviness of upper limbs; lower limbs; feet. Itching of upper limbs; lower limbs; legs, soles, toes. Jerking of limbs during sleep. Jerking of lower limbs. Numbness of the right arm in the morning; of the arm lain on; of feet. Pain in joints, pain in shoulder. Bruised pain in limbs. Drawing pain in elbow; forearm; lower limbs; thighs; knee; leg. Stitching in hip, thighs, knees, legs, ankles, soles, heels. Tearing in limbs; joints; upper limbs; shoulders; upper arm; elbow; wrist; fingers. Tearing in hip, thigh, knee, leg, foot, toes. Paralytic weakness of side of body; right arm and right lower limb. Perspiration of hands and feet. Restless arms and feet. Stiffness of the limbs. Oedematous swelling of feet and legs. Tension of calf. Tingling of fingers. Trembling of hands and lower limbs. Twitching in limbs; upper limbs; forearm; thighs. Weakness of limbs; upper limbs; hands, lower limbs; thighs; legs, ANKLES; feet.

Dreams ANXIOUS; previous events; frightful; of ghosts; nightmare; murder; pleasant; VIVID. Falling asleep late. Restless sleep. Sleeplessness before midnight, after midnight; with sleepiness. Sleep unrefreshing; waking too early; too frequent. Sleepless during nightly fevers.

Chill morning; forenoon; evening in bed. Chill in cold air; after eating; one- sided, chilliness. Shaking chill. Internal chill. Flushes of heat. Fever without chill or sweat from 9 p. m. until 2 a. m. with very red face and hot skin.

Perspiration nights; cold, on least exertion; profuse. Biting of the skin after scratching. Blotches here and there in the skin. Burning skin. Coldness of the skin. Desquamation. Dry burning skin. Eruptions; Boils; burning, moist; dry; herpetic; itching; painful; pimples; stinging; urticaria; vesicular. Formication. Itching, biting, burning, crawling worse after scratching. Itching stinging. Moisture after scratching. Sensitive sore skin. Unhealthy skin.

James Tyler Kent
James Tyler Kent (1849–1916) was an American physician. Prior to his involvement with homeopathy, Kent had practiced conventional medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He discovered and "converted" to homeopathy as a result of his wife's recovery from a serious ailment using homeopathic methods.
In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888. In 1890, Kent moved to Pennsylvania to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia. In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.