SPIGELIA



Obtuse shooting on the place where the heart’s beat is felt (aft. 56 h.). [Gss.]

420. Obtuse oppressive cardiac stitches betwixt the place where the heart’s beat is felt and the scrobiculus cordis (stomach); there is also shooting of the same kind in and above the scrobiculus cordis, and the chest is oppressed. [Gss.]

Unusually strong beat of the heat, so that he not unfrequently hears the heart beating; the heart’s beat can also be seen through the clothes. [Hrr.]

Palpitation of the heart and anxious oppression of the chest. [Gss.]

Palpitation of the heart in the morning after rising, when sitting, with anxious oppression; the heart seems to be a trembling movement. [Gss.]

The palpitation of the heart is always increased by sitting down and bending the chest forwards. [Gss.]

425. When he takes a long breath and holds his breath, the anxiety increases; he gets palpitation of the heart and oppression; the heart beats more strongly and he also feels it beating when he lays his hand upon the scrobiculus cordis. [Gss.]

In the morning after rising from bed as soon as he sits down the heart begins to beat strongly, and above the place where it is felt bating a heavy, painfully pressing weight seems to lie, which causes oppression; at the same time he feels in the hypogastrium a cutting and digging, as from incarcerated flatulence, which lasts than the palpitation of the heart.[Gss.]

Stitches in the sacrum, worse when expiring and inspiring, when sitting (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

Quivering in the dorsal and costal muscles. [Gn.]

In the back, opposite the heart, he feels stitches. [Gss.]

340. When walking, needle-pricks on the back, which spread along the left side (aft. 12 h.). [Lr.]

Needle-prick, pain in the upper dorsal vertebrae (aft. 32 h.). [Gn.]

Itching prick in the right dorsal muscles. [Gn.]

Itching in the back, at the left scapula, which did not go off by scratching. [Gn.]

He felt as if bruised in the spine, even when at rest (aft. 38 h.). [Gn.]

435. Feeling in the left scapula as if the blood force itself by drops through a valve, a kind of gurgling (aft. ¼ h.). [Ws.]

Obtuse, boring stitch, in the left scapula (aft. 70 h.). [Gn.]

On the right scapula, sharp stitches, recurring at uniform intervals. [Hrr.]

Single twitches in the muscles of the right shoulder. [Gn.]

A red pimple on the neck, with sore pain when touched (aft. 10 d.). [Hrr.]

440. On the neck some red pimples with sore pain when touched (aft. 5 d.). [Ws.]

Intermittent drawing in the posterior cervical muscles and along to the occiput. [Fz.]

On the left side of the nape a feeling of paralysis; which, however, does not impede the movement of the head and quickly goes off (aft. 1 h.). [Htn.]

Quivering on the top of the right shoulder. [Gn.]

Tensive pain in the left axilla, when at rest (aft. 38 h.). [Gn.]

445. Burning pain in the left axilla (aft. 31 h.). [Gn.]

Itching in both axilla, especially the left (aft. 13h.). [Gn.]

The left shoulder and arm hang down quite heavy when walking, with tension anteriorly in the upper arm. [Fz.]

Pain as if dislocated, in the shoulder-joint and the proximal joints of the thumb and index.

Pains as if dislocated (or bruised), in the shoulder-joint and the proximal joints of the thumb and index.

450. Trembling of the upper extremities. [Hbg.]

When writing the arm often went to sleep, so that he could not guide the pen.

Feeling of weight in the right upper and forearm when he is at rest, and yet easy movement of the arm when he raises it (aft. 3 h.). [Hrr.]

Drawing pain in the left deltoid muscles, more violent when he presses strongly on it. [Hrr.]

Cutting drawing over the deltoid muscle. [Fz.]

455. Tearing pressure in the middle and inner side of the right upper arm, more violent when touched. [Hrr.]

Quivering in the muscles of the left upper arm (aft. 7.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

Itching prick in the point of the left elbow (aft. 11 h.). [Gn.]

Itching pains like needle-pricks in the bend of the right elbow, compelling him to scratch (aft. 35 h.). [Gn.]

Severe stitches in the bend of the left elbow and in the fingers.

460. Twitching in the muscles of the left forearm, just above the wrist-joint, only when at rest (aft. 55 h.). [Gn.]

Aching pain in the right forearm. [Gn.]

In the right forearm, pain as if both bones were squeezed between pincers, when at rest (aft. 22 h.). [Htn.]

Boring stitches in the right forearm (aft. 52 h.). [Gn.]

Itching on the right forearm (aft. 5 d.). [Gn.]

465. Single shooting jerks over the wrist-joint.

Aching pain over the right wrist-joint, when at rest (aft. 34 h.). [Gn.]

Violent shooting cutting pains over the left wrist, on moving the index finger, when he held the arm firmly against the trunk (aft. 45 h.). [Htn.]

Rhytmical tearing in the joints of the left hand which about upon the metacarpus, soon afterwards an almost cramp-like tearing in the palm, but with free movement. [Gss.]

Cramp-like pain transversely through the metacarpal bones of the left hand from the thumb side to the little finger side, just as if the whole hand were crushed together (aft. 6 h.). [Lr.]

470. Drawing pain transversely through the metacarpal bones. [Fz.]

Single shooting jerks near the proximal joints of the fingers.

Fine tearing in the joints where the metacarpal bones are united to the finger-joints (aft. 40 h.). [Fz.]

Cold hands, with cold sticky sweat, especially on their inner surface.

The hands are pale yellow, as after a long illness. [Myr.]

475. The hands went to sleep when they were at rest, with formication in the tips of the fingers, which went off when he wetted them, or when he firmly grasped something with them. [Bch.]

On compressing the hands a formication in them, as if they were asleep (aft. 12 h.). [Ws.]

Boring formication on a small point of the right palm (aft. 79 h.). [Gn.]

Itching in the palm and the tips of the fingers, just as if they had been frost-bitten. [Fz.]

Burning itching in the middle of the palm (aft. 24 h.). [Ws.]

480. An involuntary drawing of the tendons in the left hand, so that the fingers were all drawn bent, with spasmodic pains in the palm. [Gn.]

A red, hard pimple on a spot in the left palm which the day before was the seat of burning itching; this remained for several days as burning itching sensation. [Ws.]

Painful drawing in the proximal thumb-joint where it is united with its metacarpal bone. [Hrr.]

Tearing pain in the phalanges of the right thumb (aft. 7 d.). [Hrr.]

Rhytmical tearing in the phalanges of the fingers of the right hand (aft. 12 h.). [Gss.]

485. Burning pain on the back of the proximal phalanx of the little finger (aft. 7.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

Burning pain on the left thumb-joint. [Gn.]

Paralytic pain in the right index finger. [Htn.]

On the middle finger of the right hand a pimple, which, in itself painless, exudes a yellow pus when pressed, and disappears the next day (aft. 17 d.). [Bch.]

Aching tearing in the tip of the left little finger (aft. 48 h.). [Hrr.]

490. Itching pricking in the tips of the fingers (aft. 10 m.). [Ws.]

In the tips of the fingers throbbing, obtuse stitches, as if they had been frost-bitten (aft. ¼ h.). [Fz.]

Tensive pain in the left gluteal muscles, when walking (aft. 5 d.). [Gn.]

Great exhaustion of the lower extremities, especially the thighs to below the knee, as after running quickly, even when sitting. [Hbg.]

Bruised pain in the groin and on the inner side of the upper part of the thigh towards the perineum, as after a long ride in one unaccustomed to riding (aft. 3, 4 h.). [Kr.]

495. Drawing pain in the right hip and the muscles of the right thigh. [Hbg.]

Under the neck of the left femur, in the muscles outwards and backwards, in a small spot, intermittent, burning, sharp stitches, when sitting, little diminished by standing up, but more violent than before when he sits down again. [Gss.]

Itching in the skin, more of the thighs than of the legs, frequently recurring after scratching (aft. 11 h.). [Gn.]

Constant eroding itching on both thighs, as if an eruption would break out, not removable by scratching, but not observed at night in bed. [Gn.]

Formicating itching on the right thigh, going off by scratching. [Gn.]

500. Tension in the muscles of the anterior aspect, (Qu of the thigh?) only when walking. [Gss.]

Tension in the right thigh, when sitting (aft. 36 h.). [Gn.]

Itching persistent prick on the left thigh. [Gn.]

Tensive persistent prick in the left thigh, when walking, which ceased when standing, and afterwards recurred when sitting (aft. 4 d.). [Gn.]

Drawing tearing in the right thigh, when sitting (aft. 29 h.). [Htn.]

505. Pressive tearing outwards in the left thigh, from the knee up to the os innominatum, as if in the periosteum; where the bone can be immediately pressed on the pain was more violent (aft. 11 d.). [Hrr.]

In the anterior muscles of the thighs bruise pain, only when walking.

Aching pain in the right thigh, more violent when pressed (aft. 5.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

Aching pain over the right knee, when sitting, which goes off on moving (aft. ¼ h.).[Htn.]

In the knees a compressive pain mingled with drawing and shooting; the longer he walks the worse the pain becomes.

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.