DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA



During movement, rheumatism felt between the scapulae, which extends to the sacrum.

The nape is stiff, and painful on movement.

Quivering on the right shoulder, only when at rest (aft.52 h.). [Gn.]

In the shoulder-joint pain as if bruised, when he bends the arm backwards, or raises it, or lies on it, or only touches the joint.

180. Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if the arm would go to sleep, and were tired and weak – it goes off on continuing to move.

When walking or standing dislocation pain in the left axilla, which however, is alleviated by touching (aft. 11 h.). [Lr.]

Sharp pressure from within outwards in the axilla, when at rest (aft. 7 h.). [Ws.]

The arm is painful on movement, as if the flesh of the muscles were detached from the bones.

Shooting in the right arm, and there occurs a pain fron the shoulder to the elbow, even when at rest; the elbow-joint is painful when touched, as if gathering.

185. Pain as if contused, first in the bend of the elbow-joint, then in that of the shoulder-joint.

Squeezing tension in the bend of the lebow on flexing the arm, felt but little on extending it (aft. 24 h.). [Ws.]

Severe, very acutely painful stitchs through the middle of the left forearm (aft. 12 h.). [Ws.]

On the wrist-joint, where the heads of the ulna and radius touch one another, pain on bending and turning the hand, and on touching.

Pain as if beaten and contused in the hands, up to the elbow-joints.

190. Sudden cutting behind the wrist-joint, between the shafts of both bones, at the same time with paralytic weakness of the arm (aft. 48 h.). [Ws.]

On the back of the hand and behind the wrist-joint, two red, raised spots the size of the lentils, at first painful, afterwards, in one of them, itching pricks, which are more violent on being rubbed. [Ws.]

Stitches into the fingers ad out at their tips, also when at rest.

Inclination of the fingers to draw themselves spasmodically together, and when grasping anything a stiffness in the middle finger-joints, as if the tendons would not yield, sometimes in the right, sometimes in the left hand.

Spasmodic contraction of the flexor tendons of the fingers, so that he could only extend them with difficulty, when he held something in the hand (aft. 8 h.). [Ws.]

195. A deeply eroded little ulcer on the back of the right hand, with an itching sensation, which on rubbing changes into burning, whereupon a bloody watery discharge comes out (aft. 24 h.). [Lr.]

He feels pulsation in a blood vessel of the back of the left hand, together with an out-pressing pain in the forehead (aft. 7 h.). [Gn.]

In the ball of the left thumb a tearing pain, lasting some minutes, when at rest and when moving (aft. 28 h.). [Gn.]

A violent, sharp stitch in the tuberosity of the ischum, on rising from a seat (aft. 55 h.). [Gn.]

Paralytic pain in the right hip-joint and thigh, and in the ankle-joint, but in the latter rather as if dislocated, when walking, when he must limp on account of the pain (aft. 11 h.). [Gn.]

200. (After a meal tearing pain in the thigh, with heaviness of the legs.)

At night aching pain in the posterior muscles of the left thigh, increased by pressing on it and stooping; he could not lie on it at night; it went off after getting up.

Acute pain in the bones of the right thigh and leg, coming on at night during sleep, so that on waking she must stretch out the limb immediately in order to allay the pain, for 18 hour. [Fr.H-n.]

A single cutting stitch in the middle of the anterior aspect of the left thigh, recurring from time to time (aft. 24 h.). [Ws.]

Cutting pinching on the posterior aspect of the left thigh (aft. 2 h.). [Ws.]

205. Pain in the left thigh and in the knee-joint, as if both were broken, only when walking (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

Painful stiffess of the houghs; he could scarcely bend the knees.

Trembling of the knees when walking, even in the room, chiefly when going upstairs.

Stitches in the shaft of the fibula upwards towards the calf, when at rest; the pain woke herup at night from sleep.

A fine cutting stitch in the right calf, which comes on when sitting, and goes off on walking. [Gn.]

210. He cannot extend the leg without great pain, and must limp.

Paralytic tearing in both ankle-joints, worst when keeping the feet at rest (aft. 8 h.). [Ws.]

Tearing pain in the right ankle-joint as if it were dislocated, only when walking (aft. 34 h.). [Gn.]

Tearing pain in the ball of the right big toe on one point, when at rest (aft. 26 h.). [Gn.]

Fine stitch-like pains in the three middle toes, so violent that he must limp, only observable when walking (aft. 4.1/2 d.). [Gn.]

215. Staggering unsteady gait from weakness of the feet, on commencing to walk, which goes off on continuing to walk.

Inflexibility of the ankle-joints – they are very stiff.

(Shooting and throbbing about the right ankle0joint, worst when lying, at night.)

Drawing pain up and down in the feet to the calves.

Tearing pain in the heel during movemen(when walking).

220. An itching prick in the left sole, in the balls of the toes, when sitting (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

A pain compounded of gnawing and shooting in the shafts of the bones of the arms, thighs and legs, particularly severe in the joints with severe stitches in the joints, less felt when moving than when at rest. [Ws.]

Cramp-like pressure now in the upper, and now in the lower extremities, when at rest and when moving (aft. 18 h.). [Lr.]

Painful shooting pressure in the muscles of the upper and lower extremities at the same time, in every position (aft. 4.1/2, 30 h.). [Lr.]

On turning the head and trunk, in order to look about him, painful cramp in the dorsal and abdominal muscles, which lasted a long time.

225. (A twitching or twitching sensation in the limbs.)

All the limbs are as if bruised and are also painful externally.

All his limbs feel paralyzed.

Pain in all the limbs – he feels as if all were paralyzed.

Soreness of all the limbs on which he lies, as if the bed were too hard, and he had not enough mattresses under him.

230. When applied externally the plant erodes the skin. [HALLER, in Vicat., l. c.]

He is weak in the whole body, with sunken eyes and cheeks (aft. 8 h.). [Gn.]

Frequent stretching, and yawning, as if he had not slept enough (aft. 30 h.). [Gn.]

At night she often starts up in sleep, as from fright or fear, but when awake she is not anxious.

Frequent waking from sleep, as if he had already slept enough and it were time to get up. [Lr.]

235. Frequent violent starting up in affright, in the evening, in sleep.

At night anxiuos dreams.

Sleeplessness.

In the morning, extreme weariness, he is unwilling to get out of bed.

So exhausted, in the morning on waking, that he can scarcely open his eyes.

240. He snores in his sleep when lying on his back. [Lr.]

Vivid dreams, sometimes pleasant, sometimes anxious. [Lr.]

Vivid vexatious dream about the ill-treatment of others. [Lr.]

Frequent nocturnal waking, each time on the commencement of a breaking out of perspiration (the first night). [Lr.]

He dreamt of thirst and drinking and awoke thirsty and must drink (the second night). [Gn.]

245. Fever: confused heavy head, constant chilliness, he cannot get warm, food has not taste – then comes on thirst and heat of head, with flow of watery saliva.

Quotidian intermittent fever: in the forenoon before 9 o’clock, chilliness with icy cold hands and blue nails (he must lie down) until noon, after the chill, thirst – thereafter heaviness in the head, throbbing pain in the occiput and heat in the face, with normal temperature of the rest of the body, until 3 p.m., – in the evening well; at night profuse sweat especially on the abdomen; after the heat, inclination to vomit.

Fever, qualmish nausea, which seemed to arise out of the stomach, with feeling of heat in the face and rigor all over the body, with icy cold hands (aft. 27.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

When at rest, shivering; when moving, no shivering.

While at rest and though the body is normally warm to the touch, still he shivers, and even in bed he cannot keep off of the shivering and feeling of coldness.

250. He always feels too cold; he cannot get warm.

He has a feeling of coldness at night in bed, but without shivering.

Febrile rigor all over the body, without heat or thirst (aft. 12.1/2 h.)[Lr.]

Face, nose and hands are cold.

Febrile rigor all over the body, with heat in the face, but icy cold hands, without thirst. (aft. 3, 27 h.). [Lr.]

255. (Coldness of the left half of the face, with shooting pains in it, whilst the right side of the face is hot and dry, after midnight.)

(In the evening, cold cheeks and hot hands.)

In the afternoon, frequent attacks now of chilliness, now of heat, accompanied by inclination to vomit.

Rigor all over the body, with warm forhead, hot cheeks, but cold hands, without thirst (repeated the following day) (aft. 34 h.). [Lr.]

During the febrile chill vomiting, when at last bile is thrown up.

260. All day, chilliness; all night, heat (aft. 36 h.).

Warmth of upper part of the body, towards evening.

Heat in the head.

Heat and redness in the face (aft. 5 h.).

For three successive nights, sweat only on the face.

Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) was the founder of Homoeopathy. He is called the Father of Experimental Pharmacology because he was the first physician to prepare medicines in a specialized way; proving them on healthy human beings, to determine how the medicines acted to cure diseases.

Hahnemann's three major publications chart the development of homeopathy. In the Organon of Medicine, we see the fundamentals laid out. Materia Medica Pura records the exact symptoms of the remedy provings. In his book, The Chronic Diseases, Their Peculiar Nature and Their Homoeopathic Cure, he showed us how natural diseases become chronic in nature when suppressed by improper treatment.