Fever
Characteristic – Pain and fullness in head and scalp, feels tight as if drawn together by a rubber band (Carb.ac.). Skin of fingers shrivelled like a washer – woman’s.
Type: Especially for vernal intermittents (Gelsemium, Lachesis, Sul.).
Chill: Severe, especially down the spine (Verbascum), violent, with chattering of the teeth, with extreme paleness of the face, hands and lips, all over body, especially in bed at night, with nausea, vomiting of mucus colored with bile. Fingers shriveled.
Heat: In whole body, better in open air.
Sweat: Not profuse, but causes a shrivelling of the fingers and toes, like a washer – woman’s (Ant.c., Mercurius, Verbascum). Face, lips and hands cold.
Apyrexia: Excellent appetite as soon as paroxysm is over. Constipation, stool hard, dry, knotty.
