IGNATIA AMARA



JAWS AND TEETH.

Pain of the inner side of the gums, as if numb, or as if burnt. In the morning the teeth are painful as if loose. Sore pain in the molars. Difficult dentition, with convulsions.

MOUTH.

Soreness of the inner mouth. Redness and inflammation of the inner mouth. The anterior half of the tongue feels numb when talking; it feels burnt and sore when eating.

THROAT.

Increased secretion of saliva. Foam at the mouth. Constant mucus in the mouth, also on waking. Stinging in the throat between the acts of deglutition, sensation when swallowing as if one swallowed over a lump, causing a cracking noise. Stinging during deglutition, deep in the pharynx, going off by continued swallowing. Stinging sore throat, except when swallowing. Strangulating (contraction) sensation in the middle of the fauces (in the evening), as if a large lump had lodged in the throat, which is more distinct between than during the acts of swallowing. Pressure in the throat. Pain of the inner throat, as if sore and raw. Creeping in the pharynx. Stitches from the throat to the ear. Inflamed, hard-swollen tonsils, with small ulcers. Constriction of the fauces, with eructation like singultus. Difficulty of swallowing solid or liquid food. Pain in the throat when touching it, as if the glands were swollen. Aching pain of the submaxillary glands.

TASTE AND APPETITE.

Taste in the mouth as of a deranged stomach. Flat taste, taste like chalk. Food has no taste. Sour taste of saliva. Aversion to milk. Desire for things which he does not relish when offered. Aversion to warm food and meat, desires butter, cheese, and bread, and some fruit. Want of appetite. Good appetite, with a feeling of repletion after swallowing the first mouthful. Great appetite. Feeling of hunger in the evening, preventing sleep. Gnawing canine hunger, with attacks of qualmishness and nausea.

GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.

Gulping up of a bitter fluid. Empty, unsuccessful inclination to vomit. Distention of the abdomen after a meal. Anxiety and painfulness in the abdomen after supper. Scraping in the upper part of the region of the larynx, as if caused by heartburn. Sour eructations. Hiccough after eating or drinking. Burning on the tongue. Nausea, with uneasiness and anguish.

STOMACH.

Pain extending from the stomach to the spleen and back. Periodical pains in the stomach, disturbing the night’s rest, aggravated by pressure. Cold stomach. Burning in the stomach. Sensation in the stomach as if one had been fasting long. Alternate paroxysms of a feeling of emptiness in the stomach with canine hunger, and feeling of repletion. Qualmishness of the stomach. Peculiar feeling of weakness in the epigastrium and pit of the stomach. Pressure in the pit of the stomach. Fine stinging in the region of the stomach. Spasmodic pains in the stomach. Burning pressure and drawing in the region of the stomach. Sensitiveness of the region of the stomach to contact. Gastritis.

ABDOMEN.

Severe, afterwards fine stinging in the pit of the stomach. Pain in the epigastrium, as if strained. Colicky pain in the epigastrium, as if the intestines would burst. Colic: contractive pain from both sides, below the ribs. Constrictive sensation in the hypochondria, as in constipation, with hemicrania. Periodical abdominal spasms, particularly in sensitive or hysteric individuals. Colic: continual pain in the bowels as if bruised, in the morning when in bed. Sensation in the umbilical region as of something alive there. Nightly flatulent colic. Grumbling in the abdomen. Rumbling in the bowels. Throbbing in the abdomen. Oppression and cutting in the abdomen. Pinching with pressure in the abdomen, from eating fruit. Colic, first pinching, afterwards sticking, in one side of the abdomen. Pinching in the abdomen. Drawing and pinching in the abdomen, changing to a pressing sensation in the rectum, with qualmishness and weakness in the pit of the stomach and paleness of countenance.

STOOL.

Mucous stool, with colic. Diarrhoeic stools, of bloody mucus, with rumbling in the abdomen. Acrid stool. Frequent almost unsuccessful desire for stool, with colic, tenesmus, and tendency to protrusion of the rectum. Anxious desire for stool, with inactivity of the rectum. Costiveness from taking cold, or riding in a carriage. Spasmodic tension in the rectum. Sharp painful pressure in the rectum after stool. Painless contraction of the anus. Violent itching in the rectum. Creeping in the rectum as of ascarides. Haemorrhoidal sufferings during soft stools. Sore pain in the anus between stools. Swelling of the margin of the anus, as if the veins were distended. Blind haemorrhoids with pain. Haemorrhage from the anus, with itching of the perinaeum. Itching of the anus.

URINE.

Urging, irresistible desire to urinate. Painful pressure, with a sensation of scraping, in the region of the neck of the bladder, especially when walking and after a meal. Frequent emission of watery urine. Turbid urine. Scraping and scraping- lacerating pain in the middle of the urethra.

MALE GENITAL ORGANS.

Burning itching in the region of the neck of the bladder. Soreness and ulcerative pain with itching in the margin of the prepuce. Cramp-pain in the glans. Itching stinging of the scrotum. Swelling of the scrotum in the evening. Sexual desire with impotence. Complete absence of sexual desire.

FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS.

Violent, crampy pressing in the region of the uterus, resembling labor-pains, followed by a purulent, corrosive leucorrhoea. The menses come away in lumps of coagulated blood. The menses are scanty, but the blood is black and has a putrid odor. The menses delay. During the menses: spasms in the abdomen. Headache, with heaviness and heat in the head, photophobia, contractive colic, anguish, palpitation of the heart, languor unto fainting. Metrorrhagia. Uterine spasms with lancinations, with labor pains. Uterine spasms with crampy pressing, relieved by pressure and in a recumbent posture.

LARYNX AND CHEST.

Hollow, dry cough on waking in the morning. Constrictive sensation in the pit of the throat, exciting a cough, as from the vapor of Sulphur. Chronic night-cough. Dry cough, continuing day and night, with fluent coryza. Concussive spasmodic cough. Rough, dry cough after measles. Hollow cough on waking, excited by a titillation above the pit of the stomach. Difficult expectoration. Yellow expectoration.

CHEST.

Stitches in the region of the heart when expiring air. Stitches in the left side. Oppression of the chest and breathing. Oppression of the chest after midnight. Tensive pain across the chest when standing erect. Spasmodic constriction of the chest. Pressing and pushing in the chest. Want of breath when walking, with qualmishness in the pit of the stomach, cough when standing still, and languor of the whole body. Fullness in the chest. Inspirations are impeded as by a load oppressing the chest. Arrest of breathing when running. Pain in the sternum as if bruised, felt even when touching it. Throbbing in the right half of the chest. Palpitation of the heart, at night, with stitches in the region of the heart. Palpitation of the heart during deep meditation. Palpitation of the heart during dinner. Palpitation of the heart, early in the morning, in bed, with heat.

NECK AND BACK.

Beating in the small of the back. Lancinations from the small of the back through the loins. Aching pain as if bruised in the small of the back. Lancinating pain in the nape of the neck. Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Sticking pain with pressure in the spine, when walking in the open air. Aching pain in the neck. Aching pain in the glands. Painless glandular swellings on the neck.

ARMS.

Pain in the shoulder-joint, when moving the arms, as if dislocated. Pain as if bruised or as after bodily exertion, in the shoulder joint, when bending the arm backwards. Griping, griping-lacerating pulling, and partly drawing pain, when at rest (the pain becomes stinging during motion). Rheumatic pain in the shoulder-joints, or as if bruised, when walking in the open air. Pain as if bruised in the muscles of the arm. Intolerable pains in the bones and joints of the arm. Drawing pain in the arms. Pulsative drawing, extending from the upper arm to the wrist and fingers. Numb feeling and creeping as of something alive in the arm, at night. Convulsive twitchings in the arm. Convulsive twitchings of the fingers.

LEGS.

Stitches in the hip-joint. Almost paralytic immobility of the lower limbs. In the morning when rising, stiffness of the knees and tarsal-joints, thighs, and small of the back. Convulsive jerkings of the lower limbs. Pains as if bruised in the posterior muscles of the thighs, when sitting. Stiffness in the knees and loins, causing pain during motion. Stiffness in the feet in the morning. Tension, with heaviness of the legs. Cramp in the legs and feet. Contusive pain in the ball of the heel. Aching pain in the tibia when walking. Undulating, griping. lacerating, and pulling pain with pressure, in the anterior tibial muscles, especially during motion. Lacerating pain in the dorsum of the foot. Itching burning (as of chilblains) in the heel and in other parts of the foot. Stinging in the soles. Heaviness and weakness of the feet. Coldness of the feet and legs, extending above the knees. Painful sensitiveness of the soles when walking. Ulcerative pain of the soles. The feet are burning hot.

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.