COMPARE WITH.
Clem., Mercurius, Pulsatilla Ranunculus-bulb., Rhus.
ANTIDOTES.
Pulsatilla Wine and Coffee antidote the action of Ranunculus only partially.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
Itching, boring, biting, tingling, gnawing, in various parts of the body. Sleeplessness, accompanied with anxiety, uncommon debility, gloomy, thoughtless brooding of the mind; limbs feel bruised.
SKIN.
Itching, pain, burning, redness of the skin. Vesicles upon the skin, emitting a thin, acrid, yellowish ichor. Obstinate ulcers.
SLEEP.
Half slumber after midnight, frightful, anxious dreams. Restless sleep.
FEVER.
Fever; he wakes after midnight, with heat over the whole body and violent thirst; the pulse is full, soft, accelerated. Dry skin and dry mouth, with thirst, at night. Chilliness while eating.
MORAL SYMPTOMS.
Laziness, want of disposition to perform any mental labor. Sad mood, grief.
HEAD.
Vertigo, when sitting. Vanishing of thought, giddiness. Heaviness and sensation of fullness in the whole head. Long- continuing, dull, aching gnawing pain in the left vertex. Pressing in the temples from within outwards.
FACE AND EYES.
Feeling of coldness in the face. Lachrymation at night. Slight smarting in the corners of the eyes. Burning of the margins of the eyes. Injected state of the conjunctiva. Painful pressure in the eye-balls.
EARS.
Otalgia, with aching pain in the head and drawing in all the teeth.
NOSE.
Frequent sneezing.
TEETH AND JAWS.
Painful drawing in the molar teeth. Stinging gnawing in the fore-teeth. Stinging drawing in all the teeth. Drawing and jerking in all the teeth. Pain, swelling, redness, and bleeding of the gums.
MOUTH.
Smarting at the tip of the tongue. Obstinate pains, burning, redness, inflammation of the tongue. Ptyalism.
TASTE, APPETITE, AND GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.
Want of appetite. Frequent empty eructations. Rancid, sour eructations. Hiccough. Nausea, especially after midnight. Desire to vomit, returning periodically in the morning. Heartburn.
THROAT.
Smarting in the region of the palate and fauces. Burning in the pharynx. Swelling of the tonsils, with shooting stitches in the same.
STOMACH AND ABDOMEN.
Tension in the pit of the stomach. Pressure and sensation of fullness in the pit of the stomach. Stitches in the pit of the stomach, causing an acute pain. Troublesome sensation of fullness in the stomach. Constriction of the stomach. Stitches in the hepatic region. The abdominal walls are painful. Aching pain in the groins.
STOOL.
Delaying stool. Frequent urging and loose stools. Frequent sensation as if diarrhoea would set in. Titillating burning in the region of the anus.
GENITAL ORGANS.
Drawing pains in the penis. Smarting about the scrotum.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
Dry and hacking cough. Tight and deep breathing. Sensation of great weakness in the chest. Oppression of the chest. The whole chest feels weak and bruised. Painful sticking in the right chest, not increased by inspirations. Continued dull sticking in the left chest and below the false ribs. Stitches in the region of the heart. Sticking contracting pinching in the region of the heart, causing tightness of breath, at night, at night. Great sensitiveness of the integuments of the chest. External painfulness of the sternum.
BACK.
Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised. Paralytic pains in the small of back. Aching pain between the scapulae.
ARMS.
Stinging itching in some parts of the upper arms. Paralytic drawing in the fore-arm. Stitches in the fore-arm. Boring in the metacarpal bones of the thumbs. Swelling of the fingers.
LEGS.
Drawing gnawing pressure in the lower limb. Biting in the bends of the knees. Itching and furious smarting of the sole of either foot.
