Calcarea acetica

Homeopathic classical monopreparations

 Calcium acetate, сaC2H3O2. Preparation: Triturations.

 Disinclined to talk without being morose (after six and a half hours). He is lively and desirous to be with people and to talk with those about him (after ten hours). Sadness, almost to weeping, with solicitous care for the present and future. Anxious disposition, as though something evil were impending or to be dreaded in the future, with constant inclination to work. Anxious thoughts, which came and went, before going to sleep in the evening; with which the objects seemed like different objects; he dreaded the dark, and made an effort to look at the light; all of which was relieved after the passage of flatus. Anxiety about the present and future, with deep thought, with indifference to objects about him, though not without inclination to work. Apprehensive, sad mood, as though he were awaiting some depressing news. As soon as he was quiet and thoughtful, he became fretful and sleepy, and averse to everything. Very fretful and disinclined to talk; as soon as he went into the open air he felt better, but it returned in the room with increased headache. Fretful, peevish, and very irritable, and completely indifferent to the most important objects; he performed all his work with aversion and as of compelled to do so. Anxious the first part of the day; during the last part of the day lively and contented with himself. Fretful and peevish the whole day; in the evening good- humored and talkative. Loss of will-power, although he feels strong (seventh day).

 Vertigo. Slight impending vertigo (after a quarter of an hour). Vertigo as if his body did not stand firmly (after six hours). Vertigo on walking in the open air (after twenty-six days). Vertigo on walking in the open air, as if he would fall to the right side (after two hours). An attack of stupefying vertigo; the head inclined forward to the left side, during rest and motion (after three-quarters of an hour). Sensations. Shattering in the brain, on stepping, like an echo in the head. Stupid feeling in the head, as if he had turned in a circle for a long time, 3 to 4 Great heaviness in the head, with severe jerks in both temples, and painfulness in the whole head, which disappeared on rising up (after nine and a half hours). Drawing pain in the right side of the forehead, above the eye, and in the occiput, on exerting the mind (second day). Drawing and pressive headache in the left supraorbital region, or in the temporal bone. Pressive pain in the whole head, especially in the temples (after nine hours). Drawing, pressive, at times, also, tearing, headache, now in the forehead, now in the occiput, now in the temples, which disappears on pressing upon the parts or on exerting the mind (third day). Forehead. Pressive headache, in the right frontal eminence, which extended to the right eye, and compelled him to involuntarily close it (after one and a half hours). Pressive headache in the forehead, especially above the left eyebrow, on walking in the open air. Stupefying pressive pain in the right side of the forehead, especially increased on stooping (after fifty hours). Stupefying pressive pain in the whole forehead in the morning after rising from bed, as though he had not slept enough, or had been dissipating through the night (after twenty-four hours). Stupefying pressive pain in the forehead with confusion of the senses and obscuration of the whole head while reading; he was obliged to stop while reading and did not know where he was. вoring-sticking pain in the left side of the forehead, when sitting, which immediately disappeared on walking, standing, and on touch (after twelve hours). Intermitting needle stitches in the left side of the forehead, during rest or motion. вoring stitches in the middle of the forehead, extending into the brain (after three hours). Dull pressive stitches on walking, which especially affect the left side of the forehead, but disappear after continuing to walk. Temples. сramplike pain in the right temple (after six hours). сramplike pain in the left temple (after eight and fourteen hours). Pressure in the left temporal bone, as if it were pressed in, internally and at the same time externally (after seven and a half hours). Pressure in the right temple, close to the eye, as if something hard pressed on it (after five and a half hour) Pressing-out pain in the left temporal region, and on the whole left side of the head, as also on the right side of the occiput. Drawing-pressive pain in the right temporal muscle, also in the evening, at times with pressure on the upper row of teeth; on pressing upon the temple the pain changes into a pressive headache in the forehead. The drawing-pressive headache about the temple was always increased after eating, and even while eating, with great sensitiveness of the teeth when chewing, as though they were loose and would be bent over. Digging stitches in the left temple, near the eyebrow, on moving the lower jaw (after five hours). Dull pressive stitches inward from both temples (after twenty-four hours). Rhythmical intermitting, boring, knife like stitches extending upward into the left temporal region, which disappear on touch and when sitting. Vertex. Pressure on the vertex, extending into the eye. Fine stitches in the vertex externally (after seven hours). Severe throbbing in the upper part of the head in the region of the vertex as from an artery, with cutting shocks extending outward. Parietals. Feeling on stooping, every time, as if headache would commence in the right side of the head. Violent jerk-like stitches in the whole right half of the brain, which often return and leave behind a pressive, bursting sensation. Pulsating stitches in the left parietal bone (immediately). Occiput. A feeling in the occiput as if it would be pressed asunder. Pressive pain, suddenly shooting through the occiput, which only gradually disappeared. Jerk like pressing from within outward, in the left side of the occiput, which extends down into the neck (after fourteen hours). Drawing- pressive headache in the left side of the occiput, with stiff feeling in the neck. Sore pain on the occiput, when touched, as if the place were suppurating. External. Tickling-itching on the scalp, which causes scratching, with painfulness of the roots of the hairs on touch. сrawling and itching on the scalp, not relieved by rubbing (after ten hours). The whole scalp is painfully sensitive on moving the frontal muscles back and forth (after one and a half hours).
 Eyes.
 Violent inflammation of the eyes; the white of the eye is entirely red, with much matter in the eyes, especially in the eyes, especially in the external canthi the whole day; the external; canthi are sore and ulcerated for fourteen days (second day). Violent tearing-stitching in the right eye, as though it would become inflamed. Severe itching of the eyes. Orbit. вoring- stitching on the upper margin of the orbit (after five hours). Fine twitching in the upper margin of the orbit, extending down to the nose. Lids. Hardened matter in the canthi for two days (after ten hours). Agglutination of the eyes in the morning, on waking from sleep (after twenty-four hours). Stickiness of the lids on moving them, with pressure in the canthi, especially in the external one (after fifty-five hours). вurning in the left upper lid, extending to the inner canthus (after six hours). Sticking in the outer and inner canthi. Itching-stitching in the inner canthi, which disappeared on rubbing (immediately). Itching in both corners of the eyes. Tickling-itching in the right external canthus, which compelled rubbing (after twenty-five hours). Pupil. Pupils at first dilated, then contracted. Vision. Farsightedness in one naturally nearsighted; he could distinguish all objects at a distance, the whole day.
 Ears.
 Twitching in the cartilage of the ear (after forty-eight hours). A feeling in the right ear as if something was put before the drum, without diminished hearing (after fifteen hours). сramp like feeling on the back of the concha (after nine hours). Stitches in the ears. Hearing. Sensitiveness to noise, in the evening on falling asleep. Slight whizzing in both ears, with confusion of the whole head, immediately (after half an hour).
 Nose.
 Objective. Pimples in both nostrils, with scabs. Frequent sneezing, without coryza. сoryza, with painful sensitiveness of the nose, and internal heat in the head (after seventy-two hours). Fluent coryza, with much sneezing (after twenty-seven hours). Fluent coryza, with headache (immediately removed by camphor), (after five days). Stopped coryza, with frequent sneezing (after seventy-two hours). Subjective. Gnawing pain at the root of the nose (after one hour).
 Face.
 Yellow face. сheeks. A feeling of tension in the right cheek, as if it were swollen (after second day). Dull pain in the muscles of the left cheek (after two hours). Pulsating throbbing on the cheek-bones (after two hours). Pressive pain in the right upper jaw, when chewing (after three hours). Violent tearing in the right upper jaw (after nine hours). Lips. Much moist scurf below the right angle of the mouth. Roughness and dryness of the lips, especially of the upper, as if it would crack (after forty-nine hours).

 Teeth. Gnawing toothache in the upper back teeth, as though they would be hollow; in all positions (after six hours). Stitches in the teeth. Throbbing toothache, with sensitiveness of the teeth to touch, and swelling of the gum, which pained when touched (after seven days). Gums. вoring in the gum of the right side of the upper jaw, followed by swelling, with pressive-drawing in the right temporal muscles. Fine stitches in the gum of the whole upper jaw (after two hours). вlisters on the tongue, with burning pain and heat in the mouth. Tongue. Dry sensation on the tongue (after five days). A feeling of rawness and soreness in the tongue, which is coated white. Rawness and scraping on the back of the tongue, which provokes cough, but does not disappear after coughing (after twelve days). Saliva. Dryness in the mouth, as from chalk Accumulation of much mucus in the mouth; he could not swallow it fast enough (after one and a half hours). Taste. Food, especially meat, has little taste.
 Throat.
 Throat hoarse and rough, for three days (after twenty-four hours). Sensation of much mucus in the fauces on swallowing, with dryness in the mouth (after one and a half hours). Violent sticking on the right side of the upper part of the oesophagus, when not swallowing (after three-quarters of an hour). Swelling of the submaxillary glands with pressive sensation in them.

 Thirst. Thirst, with dryness of the throat. Thirst in the morning. Severe thirst, with desire for cold drinks, especially for water; he was obliged to drink a great deal, for eight hours (eight to fifty-fifth day). Eructations and Hiccough. Frequent empty eructations. сonstant sour eructations. Sour, offensive eructations. Frequent hiccough. Much hiccough, for a quarter of an hour (after five hours). Nausea. Nausea, with eructations and accumulation of water in the mouth, with a kind of vertigo in the head (immediately). After drinking milk in the morning, nausea arose from the stomach, as from a foul stomach. Nausea, with cough and a kind of heartburn, awoke him at midnight. Dull pinching-retching just below the pit of the stomach (immediately). Stomach. Anxiety in the pit of stomach (after six hours). Anxiety, as if it arose from the pit of the stomach, when sitting, with immediate burning in the abdomen, which soon disappeared when walking or standing (after twenty-six hours).
 Abdomen.
 Hypochondria. Violent pinching in the hypochondriac region and chest, which here and there ends in small stitches (after half an hour). Tensive pinching pain in the whole hypochondrium, and in the pit of the stomach (after ten hours). Griping in the hypochondriac region below the pit of the stomach, with chilliness over the whole body. Griping-twinging sensation in the whole hypochondriac region, extending to beneath the breast-bone, where it becomes sticking and causes eructations (after three- quarters of an hour). Umbilical. Griping in a small spot below the navel, which becomes a gurgling, on rubbing with the finger (after half an hour). General Abdomen. Audible rumbling in the right side of the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would follow. Frequent audible rumbling and crawling, extending outward in the right side of the abdomen, as from flatulence, which is passed. Loud rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, as from emptiness. Pinching, almost cramplike pain in the walls of the abdomen, in the right groin, in a small spot, only when speaking; also painful to pressure with the finger (after eight hours). сutting pain in the abdomen every morning, also in the evening and night; it ceased after eating, and left behind a gurgling in the abdomen. Tearing in the abdominal muscles, increased by inspiration. Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. Griping deep in the lower abdomen, as if the region of the bladder, frequently repeated, and always associated with passage of flatus. Pressure in the lower portion of the abdomen, which causes confusion of the head. Pressive tension in the left groin (after eight hours). Sore pain in both groins, as if the glands would become swollen, especially felt when walking; on touch there seems to be slight enlargement of the glands (after ten hours). Swelling of the glands of the left groin (after twenty-two days). Tearing in the inguinal glands, when sitting and walking (after nine hours). Pinching on the crest of the ilium.
 Rectum and Anus.
 Twinging in the end of the rectum when at stool, with loud rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen. Pressure in the anus. Severe itching in the anus.
 Stool.
 Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, not exhausting, two three, or four times a day, for several days (after second day). Frequent stools, the first is solid, afterwards pasty, then thin, with difficulty; constipation the two following days. During the day three soft stools. сonstipation. сonstipation for two days (seventh day). No stool (second day).

 Urethra. Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty discharge (after twenty-six hours). Frequent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge. Urine. The urine becomes turbid after standing, like gruel.
 Sexual Organs.
 Male. Penis and Testicles. Tickling-itching on the prepuce, which caused rubbing (after nine hours). Tickling-itching at the end of the glans, compelling rubbing (after ten hours). The left testicle is drawn spasmodically up to the abdomen, and is painful to touch, with painful pressure and pain in the left groin. Emissions. Frequent emissions. Emissions at night. Two emissions the first night, with voluptuous dreams. Two emissions in one night, without voluptuous dreams. Female. Discharge of blood from the uterus of an old woman who had not menstruated for several years; in the last quarter of the moon (after seven days). Itching of the pudenda. The usual leucorrhoea was increased.

 Loud rattling in the air-passages on expiration, as from much mucus in the chest (after thirst-seven hours). Tickling irritation in the air-passages, which provokes cough. The cough became loose, and large pieces, like purulent matter, were expectorated. Difficult breathing, which was relieved by bending the shoulders backward.
 Chest.
 Anxiety in the chest, as if it were too narrow, with short breath, especially when sitting, with pressive pain in the chest, especially on inspiration; the heart beat anxiously and trembling. сonstrictive, anxious sensation the whole day, as if there was not room enough in the chest to breathe, with stoppage of the nose (after thirteen days). Very anxious constriction of the chest and difficult breathing, like a tension in the lower portion of the chest; the breathing was affected for almost an hour almost to suffocation, but on motion and when sitting (after thirty hours). сutting pain from within outward in the lowest ribs, aggravated by inspiration. вroad stitches in the pectoral muscles on every beat of the heart. Itching stitches in the chest, worse on expiration, disappearing on rubbing (after forty- eight hours). Sides. Long stitches in the right side beneath the ribs (after thirteen hours). Sharp stitches in the right side of the chest from within outward, without affecting breathing (after seven hours). Sharp stitches in the left side beneath the axilla, from within outward, worse on inspiration (after two hours).

 Sticking-drawing pain in the praecordial region (after nine and a half hours).

 Dorsal. Sharp pain on the inner side of the shoulder-blade. Severe stitches from the thoracic cavity out through the spine, between the shoulder-blades. Dull jerks from the posterior wall of the thorax to between the shoulder-blades, synchronous with the beat of the heart, with great anxiety (after eight hours). Lumbar. Severe needle-like stitches in the middle of the spine, almost cause crying out, on walking in the open air, somewhat relieved when standing. сutting, pressing-out pain in the right lumbar region, which only transiently disappears on touch. Sacral. Sticking in a place above the sacrum, on touch. Sharp stitching in the sacrum, and at the same time in the leg above the ankle (after two hours).
 Superior Extremities.
 Shoulders. Pain in both shoulders. Severe stitches in both axillae (after four days). Arm. Pinching pain (with tearing) in the muscles of the upper arm (on walking in the open air). Tearing-stitching in the muscles of the left upper arm, when sitting. Fine jerking in the left upper arm. Tearing-jerking in the upper arm (after seven hours). Forearm. сramplike tearing in the muscles of the left forearm (after forty hours). сramplike pain in the forearm, in front of the elbow-joint (after one hour). сramplike pain in the outer side of the left forearm near the wrist (after one, thirteen, and twenty-nine hours). Tearing pressure in the muscles of the left forearm during rest and motion (after three hours). Fine tearing and boring stitches in the muscles of the left forearm. Wrist. Pain as if sprained just above the wrist, worse in rest than on motion. Sharp stitches in the external condyle at the wrist. сrawling and sticking in the wrist.
 Inferior Extremities.
 Hip. Drawing, sprained-like pain in the hip-joint, when walking. сutting in the socket of the hip-joint, when sitting (after three hours). Tearing in the hip-joint and about the anterior crest of the ilium, extending into the groin, on motion. Pinching-jerking on the posterior side of the hip-joint, worse in rest than on motion. Thigh. Pressive, sticking on the inner side of the left thigh, when sitting (after three hours). сramplike stitches in the muscles of the right thigh, when standing and walking, disappearing when sitting. Sharp stitches on the outer side of the thigh above the left knee (after three hours). Tearing stitches on the inner side of the thigh above the knee, when sitting (after twelve hours). Tearing pain on the inner side of the thigh, on motion. вruised pain in the muscles of the thighs, when walking. Soreness between the nates, when walking. Knee. An inflamed swelling below the patella. Pain in the left knee-joint, evening during rest. Pain in the knees, when turning or touching them. Drawing cramplike pain on the knee-cap (after second day). Pain as if sprained in the left knee-cap, when sitting, disappearing when walking and standing (after twelve hours). Sharp stitches in the right knee-joint (after four hours). вruised pain just below the patella, on walking in the open air (after thirteen hours). Leg. Drawing in the legs, extending to the tips of the toes. вruised pain in the leg, especially in the lower leg, when lying. вruised pain in the leg, as if wearied; he was obliged to change frequently from one place to another. Tearing-jerking in the forepart of the leg below the knee, during rest. сramp-like pain close to the tibia, when sitting. Pressive pain in the left tibia near the ankle, when walking in the open air (after fifty-two hours). Intermitting pressive pain in the calf. Ankle. Swelling of the left external malleolus. Foot. сramplike pain in the left sole (after five hours). сramp in the soles after walking, which became better on continuing to walk, and disappeared when sitting. сramp in the sole and toes at night, and on drawing on the boots during the day (eleventh day). Toes. Severe stitching in the left little toe, as if outside of it (after fourteen hours). Intermitting, cramplike, needle stitches in the right toes when sitting and standing, but disappearing when walking (after half an hour). Sharp stitches in the last joint of the great toe, during rest (after twenty-four hours).

 Very weary from want of sleep, during the day; he is, however, unable to sleep.

 Skin.
 Eruptions, Dry. A pimple beneath the lobule of the ear, on account of which there is tensive pain in the joint of the jaw, on chewing. Pimples in the middle of the cheek that became moist after scratching, and were followed by greenish crust (after forty- eight hours). Pustular. A pustule above the left eyebrow. An ulcer on the cheek, with sticking pain. Sensations. Fine crawling in the face beneath the eye and on the side of the nose. Itching-crawling on the upper lid, which after rubbing immediately appears on another spot, near by (after one hour). Itching-tickling on the border of the left hand, with irritation to scratch. Itching-sticking tickling, in the right palm, provoking scratching. Itching returned in a spot where there had been a tetter, several years previous (after five days). Itching below both calves. Tickling-itching on the index finger, with irritation to scratch.