ANACARDIUM



SCALP.

Violent itching of the hairy scalp and forehead. Tubercles on the hairy scalp, sore when touched.

EYES.

Sore eyes, without redness. Sensation as if something were in the eye, lower lid. Pressure in the eye-ball; dull pressure, as from a plug, in the upper border of the right orbit, reaching as far as the brain, with stupefaction of the whole side of the head. Rheumatic pain in the left eye(more in the lids), as far as the temples. Lacerating in the balls and orbits, early on walking. Twitches in the eye-lids. Great sensitiveness of the eyes to the light. The light appears to be surrounded with a halo in the evening. The flame of a light appears to flicker, and to become alternatively dark and bright Luminous vibrations before the eyes. Contraction of the pupils. Great dilation of the pupils (reaction). Short-sightedness. Dimness of the eyes, as if they were full of water.*Muscae-volitantes. ].

EARS.

Cramp-pain in the ear. Painful pressure in the external ear. Jerks like electric shocks. Twitches in the external ear. Drawing pain behind the left ear. Lacerating in the left ear, down the cheek. Pain as from ulceration in the ear, mostly when swallowing; when pressing the teeth against one another in masticating. Tearing and throbbing, with pressure in the cartilage of the ear, and in the internal ear, as if an ulcer would form. Itching in the ears while a brownish matter is running out at the same time. *Painful swelling of the outer ear. Roaring before the ear; humming in the ears; tingling in the right ear. Feeling of obstruction in the left ear, as from cotton. Hearing either dull or acute.

NOSE.

Bruised pain in the nose. Pustules about the nostrils. Bleeding at the nose -after vehement blowing.- Illusory smell. The smell disappears, although the nose is obstructed. Chronic coryza. Obstruction of the nose -as if by a quantity of mucus. Chronic coryza and *blennorrhoea from the nose; -dry coryza; violent fluent coryza, with lachrymation, after a good deal of sneezing; violent coryza, with fever, inability to get warm, heat in the head, and icy-cold hands and feet, followed by a dry heat, sensation as if the tendons of the legs were too short, cramp in the calves, and uneasiness about the heart. *Feeling of dryness in the nose.

FACE.

Dull pressure in the face. He looks worn out, hollow eyed, with blue borders around the eyes; paleness of the face; pale sickly, wan complexion; dry heat of the face and head, with dullness of the head; paleness and heat of the skin, which is, however not perceptible to himself. White scaly herpes on the right cheek, itching of the forehead; hard red pustules on the forehead and wing of the nose, with a feeling of soreness; rough, exfoliating, herpetic skin around the mouth, with titillation; dryness of the lips; burning dryness of the margins of the lips, as from pepper.

JAWS AND TEETH.

Burning upon the chin, and dull pressure, in an ascending direction. Frequent drawing pains in the lower jaw, especially in the evening. Occasional lacerating in the articulation of the jaw. Swelling of the gums; bleeding of the gums consequent upon slight rubbing; toothache upon taking anything warm into his mouth, a pain. Drawing pain in the gums and the roots of the lower molar teeth of the left side. Cramp-like traction in the lower row of teeth of the right side, reaching up to the ear; tearing in all the teeth, returning at intervals.

MOUTH AND THROAT.

Fetid odor from the mouth. Painful blisters in the mouth. The tongue is white and rough. Heaviness of the tongue, and sensation as of swelling, hindering or preventing speech; in the afternoon his speech is firmer. His throat feels raw and sore. Sensation as of scraping (rawness) in the throat. Pressure in the throat-pit. Dryness in the throat, passing off by eating; in the forenoon.

APPETITE, TASTE,AND GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.

Bitter dryness in the mouth and throat. Insipid, putrid taste of the food; food, of which he is otherwise fond, disgusts him so much that he would like to vomit. He has no appetite for dinner; bread tastes bitter. Constant thirst. At times violent hunger, at times none at all. Great appetite, with pressure at the stomach and nausea unto vomiting after a meal. *Difficult digestion, weakness of the stomach. Almost all the symptoms disappear during dinner; they come on again two hours afterwards. After a meal, heat in the face, with accumulation of sweetish saliva in the mouth, and violent thirst; heat in the face, and exhaustion of strength; shaking in pit of the stomach at every step; pressure and tension in the pit of the stomach; pressure at the stomach, with a feeling of extreme exhaustion and physical prostration, with great thirst, pressure in the region of the stomach, towards the abdomen, as if he had eaten too much; shifting of flatulence in the abdomen, as from a purgative; extreme weakness; both of body and mind; irresistible desire to sleep; short and backing cough, affecting the throat as if it were raw; roughness in the throat, with a deep tone of voice; burning eructations after a meal; eructations, with spasmodic pain in the stomach; hiccough. Heartburn, after soup, like sour air in the oesophagus, with a sensation of contraction; burning sensation from the stomach to the throat *Nausea, early in the morning, with sensation in the stomach as of fasting. *A good deal of nausea, early in the morning; violent nausea towards evening, constant accumulation of water in the mouth vomiting, followed by acidity in the mouth.

STOMACH.

Sensation as of fasting in the pit of the stomach. Intensely painful, dull pressure at the pit of the stomach, slowly coming and going; pressure with drawing pain below the pit of the stomach, when walking; disappearing after a meal; violent contractive pain in the stomach, relieved by stooping, made worse by lifting the arm or turning the body. Sharp stitches in the praecordial region, extending thence to the small of the back; lancinations in the praecordial region, when taking an

inspiration. Cutting in the praecordial region. Slight rumbling and fermenting in the pit of the stomach.

ABDOMINAL REGION.

Pressure in the liver. Stitches in the hypochondrium. Dull stitches in the region of the spleen. Pain around the umbilicus, as if a plug were forced into the intestines. Pressure in the region of the umbilicus, as of something hard, aggravated by breathing, speaking, or external pressure. Dull intermittent stitches in the region of the umbilicus. Single sharp stitches in the abdomen. A sudden undulating darting in the abdomen, from without inwards, like lightning. Cutting and pinching in the abdomen, as from flatulence, or cold, with urging to stools. Attacks of colic form flatulence. Pinching and crampy pain in the abdomen, apparently in the intestines. Shootings in the muscles of the abdomen, close under the short ribs. Intermittent dull pressure from within outwards over the abdominal ring. Continual rumbling in the abdomen, especially in the region of the umbilicus. Continual rumbling and pinching in the abdomen.

STOOL.

Frequent urging during the day, without being able to expel anything. Constant urging; the expulsion not taking place immediately, he experiences a painful twisting and turning in the intestines across the abdomen. Stools loose first, then hard; of a very pale color, with watery diarrhoea, difficult expulsion. Pinching in the abdomen during stool. *Frequent itching of the anus. *Blood during stool. *Moisture from the rectum.

URINARY ORGANS.

Itching in the urethra. Constant desire to urinate; but little urine pass off; he is obliged to rise at night to urinate; the urine is clear, but in small quantity; the urine, while being emitted, is turbid, deposits a dirty sediment, and, when shaken, looks like clay.

GENITAL ORGANS.

Cutting pain along the penis. Itching of the scrotum. Extreme sexual desire, or discharge of the prostatic juice, with difficulty or easy stool. Discharge of the prostatic juice after emission of urine. Involuntary emission of semen at night, without lewd dreams. *Involuntary erections in the day-time. *Want of enjoyment during an embrace. Tearing in the mons- veneris. *Leucorrhoea, with itching and soreness.

LARYNX AND TRACHEA.

Roughness of the throat. Short and hacking cough after a meal, affecting the throat, as if raw; *violent cough after dinner, with vomiting of the ingesta; nightly cough, with rawness of the throat. Severe cough in the morning or evening, when in bed, with pain in the head. Painful pressure on the top of the head when coughing or taking a deep inspiration; cough commencing with titillation in the larynx and suffocation; periodical attacks of cough only in the day-time; attacks of racking cough, resembling fits of whooping-cough, coming on whenever he begins to talk. Racking cough, which prevents sleep. Short cough, mostly in the afternoon, with expectoration of a consistent, grey-yellow substance; *short cough, with expectoration of pus. He spits blood when coughing.

CHEST.

Charles Julius Hempel
Charles Julius Hempel (5 September 1811 Solingen, Prussia - 25 September 1879 Grand Rapids, Michigan) was a German-born translator and homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. While attending medical lectures at the University of New York, where he graduated in 1845, he became associated with several eminent homeopathic practitioners, and soon after his graduation he began to translate some of the more important works relating to homeopathy. He was appointed professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1857.