INTRODUCTION
STRON. CARB. See Hartlaub and Trink’s “Mat. Medorrhinum Pura.” Vol. III.
COMPARE WITH
Asa-f, Calcareac, Graphites, Kali-c., Lycopodium, Mercurius, Natr.-mur, Phosph, Plat, Stann., Sil, Sulphur
ANTIDOTE
Camph.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
Lacerating in the limbs, particularly in the joints, worst in the evening. Bruised feeling in the trunk. Languor of the whole body, particularly the lower limbs. Great weariness in the evening. Debility in the whole body, with tremulousness. Feeling of weakness, with lameness and starting of the limbs. Heaviness in all the limbs. Tremor of all the limbs. Emaciation.
CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES
The right side is particularly affected by Stron. The pains seems to be principally seated in the long bones and their marrow. Many pains hover from place to place, so that their locality can scarcely be pointed out. The pains are least felt in the open air, in warm sunshine, and warmth generally.
SLEEP
Frequent yawning. Restless sleep. Mortifying dreams. Dreams full of joy.
FEVER
Shuddering over the hairy scalp. Chilliness, with shuddering. Profuse sweat at night, with pain in the foot on uncovering it. Violent throbbing of the arteries and heart.
MORAL SYMPTOMS
Oppressive anxiety. Ill-humored. Vehement. Forgetful. Vertigo, with nausea. Vertigo, with weariness. Reeling sensation. Heaviness of the head with malaise all over. Aching in the forehead, spreading thence over the whole head. Tensive headache, in the evening, followed by erratic aching pain. Tensive pain about the head. Headache, as if the whole head were distended from within. Frequently-recurring spasmodic drawing from the head through the eye-balls. Sticking pain in the temples. Sticking and lacerating, ulcerative pain, and heaviness in the whole head, early after rising. Burning in the forehead.
EYES
Painful itching sensation in both inner canthi. Violent burning in the eyes, when exerting them, with profuse lachrymation and redness of the whites. Luminous vibrations before the eyes. Great weakness of sight.
EARS
Painful boring and lacerating in the ear.
NOSE
Discharge of bloody crusts from the nose on blowing it. Frequent sneezing. Bleeding of the nose.
FACE
Violent heat and burning of the face, with redness. frequent attacks of burning heat in the face. Frequent lacerating in both cheeks.
TEETH
Burning in the gums, with sensation as if swollen. Darting and lacerating in various teeth. Sticking toothache.
MOUTH
Pain in the tip of the tongue as if corroded. Dry earthy taste, with coated tongue. Bitterness of the mouth.
THROAT
The fauces are inflamed, and painful during deglutition.
APPETITE
Loss of appetite.
STOMACH
Violent hiccough, making the chest painful. Nausea, with feeling of burning heat in the face. Qualmish and sick feeling in the stomach, with languor and ill-humor. Constant nausea, with diminished appetite. Vomiturition. Contraction in the stomach followed by rising of clear water. Dragging sensation in the stomach. Cutting in the region of the stomach.
ABDOMEN
Tensive pain in the hypogastrium, and bruised feeling in the small of the back. Aching bruised pain in both hypochondria. Colic and rumbling about the umbilicus. Crampy pain across the epigastrium. Cramp-pain in the umbilicus. Crampy pain in the umbilical region, with some nausea. Pinching in the abdomen. Pinching in the abdomen, at night, followed by diarrhoea and dragging and burning in the anus. Violent cutting in the abdomen, with half liquid stool. Cutting colic, with chilliness. Violent tension, burning, and beating in the right groin.
STOOL
Intermittent stool. Hard stool, with burning at the anus. Hard stool, with pain in the small of the back. Diarrhoeic stool. Haemorrhoidal pain in the inner anus.
URINE
Diminished secretion of urine.
GENITAL ORGANS
The menses are too early, but of short duration, with pressing pains in the abdomen. Leucorrhoea while walking.
LARYNX
Hoarseness. Hacking cough, from irritation in the larynx. Short cough, now and then, with aching pain in the chest.
CHEST
Contraction of the chest. Dyspnoea while waling, with uneasiness and burning in the face, during the headache. Aching pain in the chest, particularly during motion. Dull pressure in the region of the heart. Spasmodic griping and drawing in the chest. Sticking in the chest, when coughing and drawing breath.
BACK
Pain in the small of the back and in the back, as if bruised. Drawing pain in the small of the back. Drawing pains in the pelvis and lumbar region. Slight drawing pain along the vertebral column. Lacerating pain in the small of the back.
ARMS
Painful feeling of lameness in the shoulder and elbow-joint, at night. Violent trembling or rather shaking of the fingers. Violent lacerating pain in the joints of the upper extremity, in the evening, becoming more violent in bed. Excessively-painful lacerating in both shoulders, in the evening. Dull drawing in the elbow-joints. Lacerating jerking in the finger-joints.
LEGS
Languor in the thighs, increasing in bed. Sudden weariness in the lower extremities, worse during rest. Dull pain in the knee and tarsal-joints. Lacerating pain in both hips and knee-joints. Lacerating pain in both hips and knee-joints. Dull lacerating pain in both knees and tarsal-joints, increasing during a walk. Violent lacerating pain in all the joints of the left extremity. Painful drawing in the whole limb, during rest, going off by motion. Starting in the limbs and of the whole body, on falling asleep. Hard, oppressive aching pain in the joints of the lower limbs, in the evening, on going to bed. Burning around the knees and in the distended tibia. Violent pain in the foot. Heat and burning of the feet, after lying down, in the evening.
