INTRODUCTION
VALER- See Stapf’s “Additions.”.
COMPARE WITH.
Belladonna, Camph., Cantharis, Cocc., coff., Conium, Ignatia, Mercurius, Nux-v., Platina, Pulsatilla, Stann., Tarax., Spongia
ANTIDOTES.
Camph., Coffea
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
Hypochondriac and hysteric complaints. Rheumatic pains in the limbs, generally between the joints, particularly when excited by Mercury. Slow painful drawing and lacerating-darting, as if in the bone. Paralytic numbness in the limbs. Excessive debility in the bends of the knees and tarsal-joints, with a bruised pain across the thighs and in the small of the back. Bruised pain in the limbs. Morbid irritation of the nerves.
SKIN.
Eruption, first red and confluent, afterwards small, white, hard, elevated pimples, in numbers, on the arm and chest.
SLEEP.
Yawning and stretching of the limbs. Great debility and drowsiness. Sleeplessness. Tossing about of during sleep.
FEVER.
Increased pulse. chilliness. Paroxysms of shuddering from the nape of the neck downward. Synochus. Increased warmth. Agreeable increase of internal and external warmth. Increased warmth of the body. Frequent sweat.
MORAL SYMPTOMS.
Tremulousness. Palpitation of the heart Fearfulness. Anxious hypochondriac feeling.
SENSORIUM AND HEAD.
Cloudiness. Feeling in the head as after intoxication. Sudden stupefaction in the head. Stupid feeling in the head when stooping, sensation as if everything were turning around her. Sticking headache. Piercing drawing, with pressure from the nape of the neck to the occiput. Dull pressure in the right temple. Constrictive drawing across the forehead. Violent pressure in the forehead. Headache, the aching being especially violent over the orbits. Painful drawing around the orbits.
EYES.
Smarting in the eyes, as if occasioned by smoke. Burning smarting in the eyes. Stitches in the inner canthus. Pain and swelling of the eye-lids. Swelling of the lids, with smarting and stinging. pressure in the eyes; the margins of the eye- lids seem swollen and sore. dimness of slight early in the eyes. The eyes shine. Scintillations before the eyes. Black motes before the eyes.
FACE.
Crampy, quickly-passing, repeated jerkings in the region of the malar bone.
JAWS AND TEETH.
Toothache. Shooting pains in the teeth.
MOUTH AND PHARYNX.
Feeling of dryness in the tip of the tongue. Scraping sensation in the throat.
GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.
Frequent empty eructations. gulping up of a rancid fluid. disposition to vomit. Quickly-passing nausea, as if one would vomit. Nausea, with desire to vomit. Vomiting Nightly vomiting.
STOMACH AND ABDOMEN.
Weakness of the abdomen. The epigastrium and the region of the liver are painful to the touch. Shooting cutting from the pit of the stomach to the umbilical region. Abdominal spasms, particularly after dinner, or in the evening in bed Bloatedness of the abdomen. Hardness abdomen. Pain in the abdomen. Drawing pressure in the inguinal glands.
STOOL.
Diarrhoea. Boring in the rectum. Violent ulcerating in the anus when moving.
URINE.
Frequent emission of urine. Passing cramp-pain in the region of the bladder.
CHEST.
Passing oppression of the chest. Difficulty of breathing and anxiety in the chest after he usual breakfast. FRequent stitches in the chest. Darting-lacerating pain in the chest. Sudden stitches in the region of the heart when sitting erect or standing.
BACK.
Intense pain in the lumbar region, above the hip. Stitches in the reaction of the kidneys, when sitting. DRawing pain in the back. Rheumatic pains in the scapulae.
ARMS.
Crampy darting-lacerating in the humerus. Pain as if bruised in the bends of the elbows, when writing. lacerating in the inner side of the fore-arm, from below upward. Tremor if the hands, heat and redness of the cheeks, with warmth of the rest of the body.
LEGS.
Crampy pain in the front pat f he thigh, extending as far as the groin. Drawing in the outer side of the thighs. Pain in the patellae. Lacerating in the bends of the knees when sitting or standing. Excessive heaviness and lassitude of the legs. Heaviness in the calves Lassitude and tension in the calves when standing. Drawing in the tarsal -joints when sitting. Constant pain in the heels,. Stinging and pain in the heels when sitting. The tips of the toes feel painful.
