CAUSTICUM



URINE

Pain in the bladder; he is unable to emit any urine. Frequent and urgent desire to urinate. Involuntary emission of urine at night, when asleep. Involuntary emission of urine, when coughing, sneezing, or blowing the nose. Frequent, increased micturition. Light-colored urine, like water. When left standing the urine becomes turbid and flocculent. A quantity of mucus in the urine. Burning in the urethra when urination. Acridity during and after micturition; corrosive sensation in the pudendum, as from salt. Pain in the urethra after urination in the evening, accompanied by dull pain in the top of the head. Itching of the orifice of the urethra. Cutting in the urethra. Sudden burning in the urethra, at night. Haemorrhage from the urethra.

MALE GENITAL ORGANS

Burning pain the penis. Large red patches on the penis. Vesicles under the prepuce, changing to suppurating ulcers. Aching in the testes, at noon. Lacerating in the testes. Stitches in the right testicle. Itching of the scrotum and the skin of the penis. Excitation of the sexual desire. The penis would not become erect during an embrace. Violent nocturnal emissions, and continual and excessive erections, at night and the whole forenoon. Involuntary emissions in an old man. Blood came out of the urethra together with the semen, during an embrace.

FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS

Burning in the pudendum. Menses delayed ten days, after which period the flow was more abundant. The menses appear too soon by eleven days. During the menses no blood is passed at night. Increased flow of blood during the menses. A blood is passed for days after the termination of the menses. The menstrual blood smells badly and excites an itching in the pudendum. Colic without diarrhoea when the menses appear, with lacerating in the back and small of the back, especially during motion. Colic and diarrhoea during the menses. Pain in the abdomen, during the menses, as if all the contents were torn, accompanied by pain the small of the back, as if the parts were bruised, and by discharge of large clots of blood. Pain in the back during the menses. Leucorrhoea at night. Profuse Leucorrhoea smelling like the menstrual blood. Violent itching about the mammae in a nursing female; soreness of the nipples, cracked, and surrounded with herpes; deficiency of milk.

LARYNX AND TRACHEA

Irritation in the throat, as in the beginning of a cold, accompanied by feverish sensation through the whole body. Intense aching in the larynx when blowing the nose. Dryness in the larynx. Burning and roughness in the throat in the throat, with hoarseness. Roughness of the throat, slight hoarseness in the chest, and feverish coldness. Hoarseness and roughness of the throat, early in the morning. Hoarseness for many days; she was unable to utter a word. Aphony for several mornings, as if a wedge were lodged in the larynx, which he ought to throw off. Catarrh, with nightly dryness of the throat and obstruction of the nose, when lying down. Catarrh, with cough and rawness of the throat. Laryngeal and tracheal phthisis.? Grippe.? Short and hacking cough, caused by constant tickling in the throat. Cough, with rawness in the throat, without expectoration. Cough at night, when waking. Cough and gagging, with difficulty of berating. Hoarse cough, especially early in the morning and evening, not at night. Dry cough, causing a burning in the chest. Frequent dry, short, and hacking cough, rarely accompanied by expectoration. Hollow cough especially at night and early in the morning, with tough mucus in the chest, where a stinging pain is felt during the cough, and as if there were subcutaneous ulceration. Soreness of the chest, when coughing. Loud rattling in the chest when coughing. Inability to throw off the detached mucus.

CHEST

Arrest of breath when talking, or when walking fast. Shortness of breath when walking in the open air. Short breath and oppression of the chest. Difficult and deep inspirations Sensation in the chest as if the clothes were too night. Asthma, especially when sitting or lying down. Oppression of the chest, with hoarseness and roughness of the throat. Spasmodic asthma. Compression of the chest, with oppressed breathing and loss of voice. Great oppression of the heart, with melancholy. Aching in the sides of the chest. Pressure across the chest and stomach. Tension in the chest, lasting a good while. Drawing pain in the upper part of the chest, as after running or singing. Rheumatic pain in the chest and abdomen. Stitches in the sides of the chest, during an inspiration. Violent stitches at night, with great anguish. Stitches in the sternum, during a deep inspiration. Stitches deep in the chest, during a deep inspiration. Pain in the right side of the chest, as if the lungs were torn loose from the pleura. Heat in the chest, sometimes extending up to the throat. Burning pain in the chest, with occasional stitches. Sharp stitches in the chest, near the nipple, in the direction of the umbilicus, especially when breathing. Stitches in the outer parts of the chest, below the arm, extending to the pit of the stomach, accompanied by slight anguish. Palpitation of the heart, with languor. Violent palpitation of the heart, in the morning, with irregular pulse and in the back, with great anxiety, or with regularly-occurring contractions of the abdomen. Stitches about the heart.

BACK

Dull drawing or bruised sensation in the region of the os coccygis. Violent and tensive pain the small of the back. Aching and crampy pain in the small of the back and region of the kidneys, when sitting. Violent lacerating in the small of the back. Pain, as from bruises, in the small of the back, toward evening, for several hours, with leucorrhoeal discharge. Violent pain, as from a strain, in the small of the back, during motion. Stiffness in the lumbo-sacral articulation. Soreness in the small of the back, with subsequent pressing (bearing-down) in the abdomen. Frequent pulsations in the small of the back. Aching, crampy in the back, in the region of the kidneys. Painful stiffness in the back, particularly when rising from a seat. Darting lancination in the back and small of the back, arresting the breathing. Drawing in the back, as if bruised. Lacerating in the dorsal vertebrae, between the scapulae. Stitches in the back. Itching in the skin of the back. Painful stiffness between the scapulae. Pressure and drawing in the scapulae. Stiffness of the nape of the neck, with pain in the occiput, the muscles felt as as if bound, so that she was as unable to move her head. Shuddering in the nape of the neck, as far as the brain, in the evening. Pain, as from bruise, in the nape of the neck. Tensive tubercle in the nape of the neck. Itching and humid tetter in the nape of the neck. Continual tension in the right side of the neck and chest, the trunk being drawn to the right side. Rigidity of the neck. Glandular swelling, like goitre.

ARMS

Pressure and stiffness in the shoulders. Lacerating in the shoulders-joint. Sharp stitches on the top of the shoulders. Pain in the left shoulder as if sprained. Painful lameness in the left shoulder. Drawing pains in the muscles of the arm. Dull lacerating in the hands arms. Arthritic drawing in the different places, in the joints of the arms, hands, and shoulders, apparently aggravated by movement. Great heaviness and weakness in the arms. Itching of the arms. Warts and eruptions on the arms. Pain in the flesh of the upper arm as if caused by a sprain. Drawing pain in the muscles of the arm. Pain in the elbow-joint, as if had knocked it against something. Drawing pain in the elbow-joints and in the lower arms. Pain as from bruises in the end of the elbow and the muscles of the chest, very much aggravated by external pressure. Lacerating in the fore-arms. Burning across the fore-arm, close to the wrist-joint. Lameness of the fore-arms, they feel heavy and stiff Swelling in the lower arm, apparently in the periosteum, painful when pressed upon. Small, itching pimples on the for-arms. Spasmodic sensation in the hands. Sensation of fullness in the interior of the left hand, when grasping anything. Swelling of the hands at night, with tingling in them. Drawing pain in the wrist-joint. Laceration in the wrist and hands. Coldness of the hands, extending as far as the elbow. The hand goes to sleep, with tingling in the same. Trembling of the hands. Paralytic feeling in the hand. Pain as from contusions, in the tips of the fingers. Throbbing pain, as of an ulcer, in the joint of the thumb. Burning in the tips of the fingers. Shooting and burning pain in the finger-joints. Numbness, insensibility, and tightness of the fingers. Itching between the fingers, of the joint. Violent burning aching under the finger nails.

LEGS

Itching herpes of the nates. Violent crampy pain in the region of the hips. Drawing-aching pain in the hip, when sitting or walking. Lacerating in the acetabulum. Lacerating in the hip- joint and downwards also the whole limb, when sitting or walking. Pain as from a sprain, strain, or contusion in the left hip- joint. Prickling, burning pain in the region of the hip. Itching of both hips. Soreness between the extremities, high up. Drawing pain in the extremities, apparently in the bones. Violent drawing and lacerating in both extremities, from the toes up to the things. Pain as from bruises in the things and legs, in the morning, when in bed. Pain in the muscles of the extremities, as if distorted or paralyzed. Uneasiness in the extremities, so violent that she was not able to sit still. Violent tingling in the things and legs, also in the foot. The extremities easily go sleep. A good deal of painful heaviness in the extremities. Lassitude in the extremities, especially the legs and knees. Varices of the extremities. Itching of the extremities. Weakness of the thighs, with want of breath. Tremulous sensation, resembling a painful, dull, and indistinct in the flesh of the thigh. Violently-itching nettle-rash. Soreness, as from excoriation, of the upper and inner side of the thigh, and the scrotum, with itching. Rigidity in the bends of the knees, when sitting and beginning to walk, relieved by continuing to walk. Painful stiffness in the patella, when rising. Drawing pain in the knees, more when stretching than when bending the knees. Lacerating in the knees. Soreness about the knee. Pain on the outer side of the knee, as if ulcerated, extending up to the feet, after walking. Cramp in the calf, early, when in bed. Drawing pain in the leg. Lacerating in the outer side of the left leg, when sitting; when rising from a seat the pain extends to the hip-joint; when walking and pressing upon the hip a pain is felt in it as if bruised, not going off when sitting down again Lacerating in the calf, downwards. Burning lacerating in the tibia. Dull and humming sensation in the legs and feet, as if they had gone to sleep, in the morning. Red, painful spot on the tibia. Spreading lengthwise, and itching when scaling off. Nervous pain in the soles of the feet. Pressure on the dorsum of the foot. Tension in the heel and the tendo-achillis cramp in the feet. Stiffness in the ankle-joint. Drawing in the ankle-joints. Drawing pain in the bend of the right foot, extending to the big toe, where it is only felt during motion. Pain when walking, as if the ankle-joint were sprained, or as if broken. Burning in the soles of the feet. Swelling, especially of the anterior part of the foot, late in the evening, with heat, burning sensation, and internal itching, as if the foot had been frozen. Cold feet. Humming and burning tingling in the soles. Itching in the dorsum of the foot. Ulcerated heel. Burning lacerating in the toes and under the nails. Pain in the big toe as if burnt, or inflamed, or ulcerated. Violent stitches.

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.