Irritation to cough from a tickling in the pit of the throat.
In the morning cough with whitish-yellow expectoration.
(Before the cough comes, he cries out about pains in the abdomen.)
395. Headache as if the skull would burst, from coughing.
Along with fluent coryza and cough, burning in the chest and up into the throat as far as the mouth, even when she did not cough.
Dry cough; the irritation and tickling that caused it were felt deep in just above the scrobiculus cordis; in the evening after lying down the cough is worst. [Fr.H-n.]
Severe cough, which causes heaving as if to vomit, but without pain. [Fr.H-n.]
A creeping pain in the chest, as also during any movement and on touching.
400. Pain in the chest as from exhaustion, as if it arose from prolonged sitting, through the whole chest – ameliorated by walking.
Obtuse stitches in the middle of the sternum (aft. 4 h.). [Gn.]
A shooting in the lower part of the right side of the chest, when sitting, on drawing in the breath, which goes off on walking.
Obtuse shooting on the left side betwixt the lowest false rib and the pelvis, which appears to spread over the abdomen, more violent during inspiration. [Hrr.]
Sharp stitches in the region of the first right false rib (aft. 34 h.). [Hrr.]
405. Difficult, tightened breathing, with small stitches between the short ribs of both sides, chiefly the left (aft. 3.1/2 h.). [Htn.]
In the upper region of the chest under the right arm, a sharp shooting, which takes away the breath for instants, as when one falls suddenly into the water (aft. 3, 4 h.). [Myr.]
Boring, obtuse stitch in the left side of the chest, continued; more violent during inspiration (aft. 1/44 h.). [Gn.]
(A severe pressure all over the chest waking him up out of sleep at night, which extended to the abdomen and went off after a discharge of flatus.)
Pinching shooting in the whole chest (aft. 3 h.). [Gn.]
410. Boring pinching in the left side of the chest, persisting during inspiration and expiration (aft. 3.1/4 h.). [Gn.]
Pressure and oppression behind the sternum, whereby inspiration is rendered difficult (aft. 3 h.). [Fz.]
In the right side, in the region of the seventh rib, a pressive squeezing. [Gss.]
In the region of the seventh rib, not far from the sternum, an intermitting, pressive squeezing. [Gss.]
In the region of the left nipple, a pressive squeezing. [Gss.]
415. Oppression of the chest; the chest is contracted, with attendant stitches (in the afternoon).
Painful oppression of the chest on commencing to walk. [Stf.]
Pain in the chest, as if constricted.
Squeezing pressure under the last right false rib, anteriorly in the region of the sternum (aft. 3 h.). [Hrr.]
Squeezing pressure opposite the right nipple under the right axilla (aft. 23 h.). [Hrr.]
420. Pressive pain in the left side of the chest, most severe during inspiration and expiration (aft. 10 h.). [Gn.]
Pressive pain in the middle of the chest, most severe when expiring; he felt as if the sternum would be pressed out; on pressing the hand on the sternum the pain was more violent, as also on stooping, coughing, &c., for an hour (aft. 25 h.). [Gn.]
Burning on the chest, externally.
Sharp pressure in the left mammary gland (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Fr.H-n.]
Sensation on the side of the chest as if the ribs were beaten in (aft. 2 h.). [Fz.]
425. Cutting pressure on the left side of the chest on breathing deeply. [ws.]
A burning in the chest causes her to cough.
Burning cutting pain in the left breast (when sitting), more severe when touched (aft. 9 h.). [Myr.]
Burning sore pain internally on the last rib (aft. 7 h.). [Fz.]
Burning on the chest. [Fr.H-n.]
430. An itching pricking as from many fleas, betwixt the mammae, owing to which she awoke about midnight and could neither lie nor sit still on of it, but had to get out of bed and walk about the room for an hour. [Fr.H-n.]
Itching erosion on the right side at the false ribs, which excites hacking cough. [Hrr.]
After each starting up out of sleep, palpitation of the heart.
Red pimples on the neck, chest and back, particularly above the scapulae, which are only sensitive when touched or when rubbed by the clothes (especially those on the sternum), and which show themselves chiefly in the evening, but have partially disappeared in the morning; some of them last a fortnight. [Ws.]
Itching erosion on several parts of the trunk and thigh, sometimes in one place sometimes in another. [Hrr.]
435. Itching erosion in the region of the limber vertebrae, which excites scratching. [Hrr.]
On lifting there occurred a stitch over the hip into the loins, which persisted while sitting; it went off at once on moving.
Itching prick above the anus, on the coccyx for some minutes (aft. 8 h.). [Gn.]
Fine pricks above the anus, on the coccyx and sternum (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]
Just above the sacrum a place where there is burning pain.
440. On rising up after cowering down, a severe stitch in the sacrum.
In the sacrum a lively pain, like drawing and pressing, sometimes tearing – only distinctly felt when standing (aft. 5.1/2 h.). [Fz.]
Intermittent quick drawing and aching sacral pain, mostly when standing, less when walking, which goes off by pressing on it, sitting down, and also when stooping. [Fz.]
Intermittent tearing sacral pain after rising up from stooping, but quickly drawing in jerks when he stands still. [Fz.]
At night tearing pain in the back.
445. Pinching pain in the middle of the spine (aft. 6 h.). [Ws.]
Small violent jerking stitches on the middle of the spine (aft. ¼ h.). [Htn.]
In the dorsal vertebrae painful drawing, as if they were bruised, chiefly when sitting (aft. 4 h.). [Fz.]
Painful tearing on the left scapula, when sitting, with the body bent forwards (aft. 26 h.). [Fz.]
Eruption on the scapula, which does not itch, but is painful when touched.
450. Under the apex of the scapula a slight drawing and pressure on the bone, like gnawing. [Fz.]
Squeezing pressure on the top of the right shoulder. [Hrr.]
In the shoulder-joint drawing and throbbing.
Tearing in the left shoulder and left hand.
Here and there on the arm and shoulder a burning pain, as from a red-hot coal.
455. In the forenoon a weakness in the arm, so that it trembled.
The (injured) arm becomes stiff and painful on every movement; the hand becomes as heavy as lead; in the ulcer there is a jerking and shooting, and in the ball of the thumb and in the fingers there is a tearing and shooting; the hand feels an internal burning pain; on allowing the arm to hang down the blood rushes into the hand.
Drawing in both arms, from the shoulder downwards.
An itching prick on the right upper arm, which did not quite go off by scratching (aft. 1 h.). [Gn.]
Muscular twitching on the left upper arm, above the bend of the elbow, which went off on moving (aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Gn.]
460. Very painful twitching tearing in the limbs, in the arms, fingers, &c. [Gss.]
Paralytic squeezing pressure on the right upper arm anteriorly, more violent when touched (aft. 13 h.). [Hrr.]
Paralytic pressure on the left upper arm, posteriorly, more violent when touched. [Hrr.]
A feeling of icy coldness on the right upper arm. [Myr.]
The forearms are painful, as if bruised, when he leans upon the table with them (aft. 26 h.). [Fz.]
465. A drawing from the elbow to the shoulder.
In the points of both elbows a burning sensation.
Drawing cutting pain in the elbow-joint, in the wrist-joints, and the proximal finger-joints.
The elbow-joint is painful to the touch.
Under the elbow, on the outer side of the forearm, a paralytic pain, which, however, does not prevent the movement of the arm.
470. Sharp shooting boring pains on the inner side of the left forearm, near the bend of the elbow, worst when at rest (aft. 37 h.). [Gn.]
Painful squeezing heaviness in the right forearm. [Htn.]
Squeezing pressure on the forearm, on the inner side inferiorly (aft. 4 h.). [Hrr.]
Sensation of stiffness and squeezing pain in the right wrist-joint more painful on moving (aft. 8 h.). [Htn.]
On the shafts of the bones of the forearm and the bones of the hand and fingers a tearing rolling upwards and downwards, sometimes an obtuse shooting therein (from the 6th to the 8th d.). [Bch.]
475. The hands tremble when writing, he cannot keep them quiet, and he feels a creeping and itching in them (aft. 3 h.). [Ws.]
Pinching pain above the right wrist-joint (aft. 4 h.). [Ws.]
Tearing across the right wrist-joint (aft. 10 h.). [Myr.]
Rough, corrugated, dry skin of the hands.
Itching on the backs of both palms (aft. ½ h.). [Fr.H-n.]
Drawing shooting pains in the muscles of the right palm (aft. 4.3/4 h.). [Htn.]
Drawing shooting pains in the muscles of the left palm. [Htn.]
Pricks in the finger-joints.
Tearing in the thumb and index of the right hand, especially in the joints; on moving them there occurrs a kind of tension, a feeling as if the tendons were too short. [Hrr.]
485. Tearing in the middle and index fingers of the right hand (aft. 2 h.). [Hrr.]
Tearing in the left ring finger. [Hrr.]
Violent sharp shooting tearing in the proximal phalanx of the right middle finger (aft. 8.1/2 h.). [Htn.]
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.