APIS MELLIFICA



SLEEP.

Night sleep is full of dreams (this symptom repeated in every proving).Fidgety restlessness the latter part of the night. Fidgety restlessness the entire night, with inability to sleep._Greet inclination to sleep, but inability to do so, from extreme restlessness and nervousness. Sleep disturbed by

oppressed respiration and disagreeable dreams. Sudden starting from sleep, with great agitation and anxiety the prover wakes from sleep in the morning. weary and unrefreshed.

EYES.

Quivering and twitching of the left eyeball, especially at night Burning stinging in the right eye, commencing with a dull heaviness, causing flow of water;twice repeated Stinging itching in the eye, eyelids, and around the eyes. Pain around the or nots of the eyes. Slight agglutination of the eyes at night;had to pick them open in the morning. Soreness, redness of the eyes and lids, secretion of mucus, and agglutination of the lids, attended with nettle rash over the surface. Erysipelatous inflammation of the eyelids. Weak eyes; for several days, with photophobia. Oedematous swelling of the eyelids. Smoky opacity of the cornea,. occasioning almost entire loss of sight curative) Redness and smarting of the eyelids, eyes sensitive to light. Puffy swellings of the eye lids, and around the eyes, with sensation of burning, and stiffness of the integuments. Acute pain in the eyeballs, slight inflammation of the lachrymal sac. Redness of the conjunctiva, with burning pain, increased flow of tears, and great sensitiveness to light.

NOSE.

Sneezing Redness and burning in the nostrils. OEdematous swelling of the upper lip and nose. Erysipelatous Inflammation swelling of the nose. Acrid discharge from the nostrils Burning, itching and stinging eruption upon the nose.

TEETH.

Jumping pain in the superior molars of the left side. Sore pain in the several teeth, accompanied by swelling and redness of the gums and cheeks. Throbbing pain in a single tooth, with numb sensation in the gums.

FACE.

Sore elevations, like the sting of insects, very tender to the touch, at the external corner of the eyebrow. Burning stinging, as of fire, on the chin, malar bones, and left superciliary ridge. swelling of he lips, and sensation of swelling for several days, followed by a fine eruption around the lips, and dryness and peeling off the lower one, pricking in the lips, a sensation as if they had received a severe contusion, with sensation of welling in the few hours. Face puffy, with a feeling of stiffness Face swollen, red, and painful, lips swollen, stiff, and slightly tender.Puffy swelling (oedematous) under the eyes, with smarting and burning of the eyelids Itching and burning

eruption upon the lips, the chin, the nose, and under the eyebrows. Spots like hives upon the chin and cheeks.

MOUTH AND THROAT.

Contraction and erosion in the throat in the morning.Extreme sensation of rawness and scalding all around the margin of the tongue, as if it had been scalded, and slight pimples on the edge,, from taking the tincture at four hours. Increased feeling of contraction in the throat, rendering deglutition difficult, Scalding of the mouth and throat for two days Dryness if burnt Dryness of the tongue; red, fiery appearance of the buccal cavity, with painful tenderness.an aching pressure, as if from a hard body, back in the upper part of the throat and fauces Stinging burning, dryness, and swelling in the throat. Frequent inclination to swallow, but the act is attended with some difficulty, from diminished power over the muscles of deglutition )Dryness of the tongue, with prickling sensation in. he tongue and fauces Edges, swelling, swelling, and burning pain of the entire tongue Erysipelatous appearance of he tonsils and fauces.

APPETITE AND STOMACH.

Violent eructations Nausea, apparently from the throat Nausea and inclination to vomit at night, and disagreeable rumbling in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would come on. Pricking pain, and sensation of heat and burning in the stomach. Increase of appetite Strong craving for food and drinks, but nausea eructations, heat, and burning in the stomach shortly after eating or drinking Distention of the stomach, with occasional burning sensations at the pit of the stomach and in the throat, lasting several days, and followed with catarrh of the catarrh of the stomach, with its usual dyspeptic concomitants Bitter, or acrid eructations.

ABDOMEN.

Abdomen full, swollen, and tender, with swollen feet and scanty secretion of urine Burning, internal soreness, external tenderness, even to the pressure for the bedclothes. Aching and pressing pain in the hypogastrium, with bearing down in the uterus, as if the menses would come only in two persons.Rumbling in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would ensue Sore, sickly feeling in the abdomen Dull pain in the bowels Fullness and evident enlargement of the abdomen, men from, many and large doses, in a female. Fullness and sensation of bloating in the abdomen Tenderness of the entire abdomen on pressure, or on turning in bed Sensation of fullness, with dull pains, high are worse on motion, or from pressure Tension over the hypochondriac region, with pricking sensations.

ANUS AND STOOL.

Throbbing in the rectum. Loose, lumpy stool. Loose, urgent stool in the morning. Stools soft and pappy, mixed with serum. Loose stools, eight days in succession. Several loose yellow stools., with extreme weakness and prostration; stools committing own at every movement of the body, as thought the anus were continually open, in a lady of forty, affected with chronic ascites.

Yellow, watery diarrhoea;; griping; twelve movements in as many hours; frequent yellow watery evacuations, from a single dose Watery diarrhoea, the smarting at the anus. Frequent disposition to go to stool, with inability to accomplish anything. Distention and soreness of the bowels, with much flatulency, and small brown alvine discharges, affording no relief Small bilious discharges which produce slight smarting at the anus Frequent disposition to go to stool, with inability to accomplish anything Distention and soreness of the bowels, with much flatulency, and small brown alvine discharges, affording no relief Small bilious discharges, which produce slight smarting at the anus and tenesmus. Loose discharges. Containing some mucus and considerable blood.

URINE AND GENITALS.

Repeated urination every few minutes, continuing through the entire day, in a person never subject to such attacks. Frequent and excessively profuse discharge of natural urine through the day and night, in a dropsical and pregnant subject, from three doses of the thirtieth Frequent and copious discharge of urine Burning in the urethra, before and after micturition pustule, sore as a boil, surrounded by a red areola, and maturated in the centre, arises in the hair of the pubes,. remaining sore and painful some days Frequent desire to urinate, attended with burning in the urethra, with uneasiness in the spermatic cord; on the sixth day, from large doses Frequent urging to urinate with copious discharge of strawcoloured urine from large doses) Vesical tenesmus, with frequent slight discharge of red urine Burning and scalding in the urethra, especially near the neck of the bladder during and after urination Frequent and painful urging to urinate, with scanty discharges of urine, mixed with blood. Copious urinary secretion (primary effect), succeeded by every rare and small discharges (secondary effect)After urination, pain in the neck of the bladder, with shooting pains along the ureters towards the kidneys.

MENSTRUATION.

Bearing down pain, and sensation as if the menses would come on in many cases. Bearing down pains in the uterus, as if the menses would come on, with aching and pressing in the hypogastrium Metrorrhagia at the second mouth, with profuse flow of the blood;heaviness of the abdomen; faintness;great uneasiness; restlessness, and yawning. Haemorrhage from the uterus, occurring in a lady who was always regular and healthy;occurring one week after taking the medicine Miscarriages at the second, third, and fourth months. Suppressed menstruation (Pathogenetic and curative effect in many ovaries, with ocassional bearing down sensations in the ovarian and uterine organs. Sharp, cutting pains in the left ovary worse at intervals, and extending down the thigh. Severe paroxysms of contractive and spasmodic pain in the right ovary, occurring ever fifteen to twenty minutes and each paroxysm lasting from one to three minutes. Six days previous to the monthly sickness, sensation of weight and heaviness in the ovaries; pressing pains at the as-uteri, and after taking the second dilution, night and morning for three days, premature appearance of the menses, with unusually copious flow Great tenderness over the uterine region, with bearing down pains, leucorrhoea, and painful urination after four doses of the tincture. Profuse yellow leucorrhoeal discharge. Green and acrid leucorrhoea, with frequent and painful urination. Conversion of an existing mild leucorrhoea to one of a yellow and irritating character.

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.