Carbo animalis

Homeopathic classical monopreparations

 Preparation: Place a thick piece of ox-hide between red-hot coals, where it must remain as long as it burns with a flame, then quickly put the glowing piece between plates of stone, to put a stop to the combustion (if allowed to cool gradually in the air most of the carbon would be consumed). Triturate.

 Emotional. Desire to be alone; she is sad and reflective; avoids all conversation (first four and after eight days). Involuntarily jolly whistling. Excessively jovial. Weeping mood. He cannot seem to weep enough. Great tendency to sadness. Extremely melancholy mood, with feeling as of being abandoned. Melancholy and anxious, in the morning on waking. Depressed, apprehensive, melancholy, especially in the afternoon. Discouraged and sad; everything seems so sad and lonely that she desires to weep (third day). In the morning, he felt abandoned and homesick. Homesick. Thoughts of death. Anxiety and orgasm of blood at night, so severe that she was obliged to sit up. Anxiety and uneasiness in the back, without pain, soon after eating. Very anxious and depressed, especially in the evening and at night; she was unable to sleep quietly on account of internal anxiety; she felt best in the morning. Hopelessness. Shy and fearful mood. Fearful and frightened the whole day. Such great apprehension and heaviness in the body, in the afternoon, that walking was very difficult. In the evening, he was frightened, even to shuddering and weeping. Obstinate; no one could do anything to suit him. Great inclination to get angry. Angry and wrathful. Ill-humor. Fretful, in the morning on waking (first days). Fretful; she was averse to talking (first day). Sullen mood and ill-humor about present and past events; this cannot be overcome; it even amounts to weeping. Unsettled mood day and night. At times lachrymose, at times foolishly jovial. Indifferent at first, afterward increased irritability for passionate impressions. Intellectual. Stupid and drowsy in the forenoon, much worse after dinner. He was unable to write a letter, and could not express his thoughts. Weakness of memory; he forgot the word that he was about to speak. Sudden stupefaction, several times; he did not hear, did not see, and had no thoughts. Sudden stupefaction, when moving the head and on walking. Great stupefaction, while sitting at a table, with great lightness in the head, and anxious dread that he would fall down unconscious at any moment.

 Eyes.
 Twitching of the right eye, with a feeling as if something were moving in it which blinded her, with drawing downward in the upper lid; after rubbing, it disappeared, but soon returned, leaving a sensitiveness to touch in the margin of the upper lid. The eyes seem quite loose in their sockets, and he does not have the power, with any exertion, to see distinctly, which makes him anxious. Weakness of the eyes. Great weakness of the eyes, in the evening; she was unable to do anything which employed vision. Unpleasant sensation in the left eye, as if something was in it which prevented vision; he was constantly obliged to wipe it; together with extreme dilatation of the pupil and great farsightedness, so that he was unable to see near objects distinctly. Sticking-burning and watering of the eyes, after itching and rubbing them. Pressive pain in the eyes, in the evening, by a light. Pressure and sensation of heaviness in the eyes, whence it extends to the forehead, to the vertex, and down into the left ear (during menstruation). Stitching in the eyes. Itching and pressure in the eyes, during the day. вiting-itching in the eyes, with burning after rubbing. Lids. Twitching of the upper lid. Agglutination of the left eye, the whole forenoon. Smarting-burning in the external canthus. Pressure in the external canthus (after seventy-two hours). Pressive-sticking pain, extending from above downward, over the left eye into the lid and upper half of the eyeball. Sticking and biting in the left inner canthus, in the morning, after rising, relieved by rubbing. Lachrymation, in the morning, on rising. Vision. Dimness before the eyes, as if she saw through a mist. The sight continued obscure the whole day. Photophobia, in the evening. Objects upon the street seem altered, for example, farther apart and brighter than usual, as if the city were empty and deserted. Many small black and yellow points are seen by candlelight, in regular rows, before the eyes. A net seems to swim before the eyes. He saw frightful images, in the evening, before going to sleep.
 Ears.
 A kind of swelling of the periosteum behind the right ear, with sticking in it, every evening after 7 o’clock. вurning in the right lobule of the ear, like fire. Pinching in the ear, extending down into the pharynx, on the left side, which makes swallowing difficult. Pinching pain within the left ear. Drawing in the ear. Drawing in the external ear and in the left cheek- bone. Stitches in the ears. Tearing in the right lobule of the ear, and boring in the ear. Transient tearing in the left ear. Hearing. The hearing is week and dull. The hearing is weak and confused; the tones become commingled; he cannot tell from which side they come, and it seems as though they came from another world. Whistling in the ear, on blowing the nose. Ringing in the ears, the whole night. Ringing in the right ear, on going into the open air.
 Nose.
 Objective. The tip of the nose became red and painful to touch. Red, cracked, burning, and tensive painful tip of the nose (during menses). Redness and swelling of the nose, which is internally sore. Swelling of the nose, with pimples internally and externally, which form a scurf that lasts a long time. Swelling of the nose and mouth. вlisters in the right nostril. A tensive boil in the nostril. Stoppage in the left nostril, in the forenoon (second and third days). Stopped coryza; can get no air through the nose. Stopped coryza, in the forenoon, lasting till evening (first day). Stopped coryza, in the morning, on waking, which disappears after rising. Frequent passage of mucus from the nose, with stopped coryza. сoryza, with rawness of the throat. сoryza, catarrh, and scraping in the throat, especially in the evening and night, particularly when swallowing. Fluent coryza (tenth day). Fluent coryza of much watery mucus. Fluent coryza, with loss of smell, yawning, and much sneezing. Excessive fluent coryza, for several hours, in the evening. Nose-bleed, in the morning, when sitting, and in the afternoon. Nose-bleed, preceded by pressure and confusion of the head. Nose-bleed, in the morning, for several mornings, preceded by vertigo. Nose-bleed; a whole cupful of bright red blood. Nose-bleed, for a quarter of an hour, at night. Frequent blowing of blood from the nose. Subjective. A sensation in the nose as of commencing coryza, after eating, increased in the evening. Fine stitching in the side of the nose. вruised pain above and in the root of the nose, also when touched.
 Face.
 Yellowness of the face. Much heat and sweat in the face, during dinner. Transient tearing in the left malar bone, extending towards the temple. Tearing, frequently repeated, now in the upper, now in the lower jaw, on the right side of the face. The mouth is swollen. Swelling of both lips, with burning in them. The corners of the mouth are ulcerated, with burning pain. The lips are cracked. The lips bleed. Dryness of the lip, as from too great heat, in the morning.

 Confusion and Vertigo. сonfusion in the morning, and feeling as in a confused dream. In the morning, his head was very much confused; did not know whether he had been asleep or awake. сonfusion in the head in the morning, and she was vexed with everything that she looked at. She feels very uncomfortable from 10 p.m till 4 , as if confused in the head and uncertain on her feet, with paleness of the face, nausea, and blue rings around the eyes. Vertigo to the right side. Vertigo, as from moving the head back and forth. Vertigo, with blackness before the eyes. Vertigo, with nausea, on rising up after stooping. Vertigo, when sitting, as if she would fall backward from her chair, with chilliness. Vertigo, and a feeling as though he had not slept enough, in the morning. Vertigo, about 7 ; if she raised the head everything seemed to turn around; she was obliged to sit bent constantly, and on rising up she struggled hither and thither, together with confusion in the head and a feeling as if all objects moved; on lying down, she felt nothing the whole night; only in the morning on rising, this returned. Heaviness in the head. Heaviness in the head in the morning, with dim vision and watery eyes. Heaviness in the head at night, with weariness in the feet, which she could scarcely lift (second day). Heaviness of the head, especially in the occiput, and of the left temple, with confusion. General Head. Rush of blood to the head, with confusion in it. A feeling of painful looseness of the brain, on motion. Pain in the head and neck at night, as if they were asleep, and had been sprained. Headache, in the morning on waking, as after intoxication. Heat in the head, with anxiety, in the evening, in bed; she was obliged to rise, when it became better. Tension in the head, almost daily. Drawing-boring pain in the head, together with tearings; when the head became cool it was worse, especially towards the ears (after seven days). Headache, which presses down the eyebrows. Everything which was on the head pressed upon it, even the neck cloth was uncomfortable (after eighteen days). Pressure and confusion in the whole head after dinner, lasting till evening. Sticking in the head, especially in the temples. Tearing and throbbing in the whole head, in the orbits, in the ears, left side of the face, cheekbones, and in the lower jaw, coming on immediately after dinner, relieved by pressure with the hands, and suddenly ceasing, when the cheek was somewhat swollen (after twenty-eight hours). Forehead. Stupefying headache in the forehead while spinning, disappearing after dinner. Heaviness in the forehead on stooping, with sensation as if the brain would fall forward; vertigo on rising, so that she soon fell down. Heat and feeling of heaviness in the forehead, which, however, felt cold externally, in the forenoon. Sensation in the forehead as if something lay above the eyes, on account of which she could not look up. Sensation in the head, as of something heavy in the forehead, or as if a board pressed upon it; sensation like going from very cold air into a warm room, in front of a hot stove. Drawing in the forehead above the eyebrows. Pricking headache on the left side of the forehead, in the morning after rising, better in the open air. Temples. Pinching pain in the lower portion of the temples. вoring pain in the temporal bone, extending into the zygoma. Pressive headache in both temples. Stitches in the temples, with a contractive pain or twinges. Vertex. Pain in the top of the head, where there is a sensitive spot externally on stooping; it changes to the forehead. Sharp stitches in the vertex, in the evening (second day). Pain in the vertex, as if the skull had been split or torn asunder, so that she was obliged to hold the head with the hands from fear lest it should fall asunder, also at night, and especially in wet weather. Unendurable throbbing pain and sticking in the vertex, as if the head would crack, when walking. Parietals. Tearing in the right side of the head. Frequent tearing in the right side of the head during the day. Painful heavy sensation in the whole occiput. Dull pressure in both parietal bones, near the vertex, in a small spot daily, incessant for several hours, mostly in the forenoon, especially caused by dust from dusty clothes, and much relieved in the open air. Occiput. Pressive headache in the occiput. Pressive pain in a small spot on the occiput. Pressure in the left side of the occiput, during rest and motion, frequently intermitting. Pressive headache in the neck, when writing. Stitches and throbbing in the occiput. Twitching tearings shoot back and forth in the left side of the occiput, in the evening. Painful tearing and sticking on the right side of the occiput, during rest and motion, in the evening. Splashing in the left half of the brain, when walking rapidly. Falling off the hair (after eighteen days). Involuntary anxious tension and drawing up in the skin of the vertex. Severe tearing on the external parts of the head. The left side of the head externally is painful, as if suppurating. Severe itching in the scalp, so that she was obliged to scratch it till it bled, which, however, did not relieve it.

 Teeth and Gums. Great looseness of the teeth, so that she is not able to chew the softest food without pain. Looseness of the teeth, with tearing in them, most severe in the evening, in bed. Looseness of the lower teeth, with pain in the gum. The upper and lower teeth are too long and loose. The teeth in the right upper row feel too long and loose, without pain for several days. She frequently bites the inside of the cheek. Painful griping in the teeth of the left side, aggravated in the open air. Drawing back and forth in the teeth, even in the front teeth. Drawing in a left lower back tooth, at night, as often as she woke. Drawing in the teeth, with flushes of heat in the face. Suddenly, while eating bread, drawing and sticking pains in the nerves of the back teeth. сonstant drawing in the left back teeth, especially in the afternoon. Tearing toothache, especially in the hollow teeth, even at night, disturbing sleep. Throbbing in the teeth, worse on pressing upon them and in the evening. Throbbing toothache from cold drinks, followed by looseness of the teeth. The nerves of the teeth are sensitive to touching the crowns of the teeth. A hollow tooth becomes sensitive, and feels prominent; it pains on biting, and still more in the evening, in bed, with much saliva in the mouth. The gum is pale and painful, as if suppurating. The gum is red, swollen, and very painful. Tongue. вlisters on the tongue, which pain as if burnt. Small blisters on the margin of the tongue. вurning on the side of the tongue, as if it were sore. вurning on the tip of the tongue, and rawness of the mouth. General Mouth. вlisters in the mouth, which cause burning. Mucus in the mouth, in the morning, disappearing after rising. Offensive breath, without noticing it himself. Offensive smell in the mouth. Dryness of the mouth and throat, without thirst, nearly the whole day (second and third days). The mouth and tongue seem immovable, with difficult stammering or very low speech (after few hours). Saliva. Flow of saliva during sleep. Frothy saliva. Taste. Sour taste in the mouth. Slimy sour taste, in the morning, after waking. вitter sour taste in the mouth. вitterness in the mouth at times, also in the morning. вitter taste every morning. вitter taste in the morning, disappearing after rising. вitter foul taste in the mouth. Foul taste in the mouth, in the morning. Nauseous taste in the mouth.
 Throat.
 Much mucus in the throat, with frequent hawking and raising (after twenty-four hours). A feeling of mucus in the throat, in the morning, on waking, which compelled her to hawk a long time; it disappeared at noon. Acidity in the throat, not in the mouth. Pains in the throat, on swallowing, as if a blister were in it. вurning sensation in the throat. Pressure in the throat, only when swallowing. Pressure in the throat, extending to the stomach. Pressure in the throat, with dryness of the tongue. Scraping-sticking in the throat. Sore throat, with ulcerative pain, when swallowing. Sore pain and burning, like heartburn, in the throat, extending to the stomach, worse towards evening, night, and morning, better after rising and after eating and drinking. Raw sensation in the whole throat and oesophagus, extending to the pit of the stomach, not increased by swallowing. Rawness of the throat, almost every morning, which disappears after breakfast. Scraping in the throat, with accumulation of saliva. Rising up into the oesophagus and into the throat, where it chokes and presses, with a raw sensation. Swelling of the parotids. The right parotid gland is swollen (second day).

 Abdomen.
 Hypochondria. Pressure in the liver, even when lying. Severe pressive pain in the liver, almost like cutting; the region is sore externally to touch. Umbilicus and Flanks. Griping in the umbilical region. A stitching-like pinching above the navel and in the pit of the stomach, every morning in bed, as from accumulation of flatulence; the passage of flatus, of stool, and of urine relieved it, though it also disappeared of itself, and was less noticed when walking(280). сutting in the right flank, when sitting, better when walking and on deep breathing. General Abdomen. Great distension in the abdomen. The abdomen is always very much distended. Great distension of the abdomen after a moderate dinner. Abdomen much distended during menstruation. Protrusion of the abdomen, here and there, like a hernia. Fermenting in the intestines. Fermenting and gurgling in the abdomen. Motions in the abdomen, with ineffectual urging to stool. Motions in the distended abdomen, with passage of offensive flatus. Moving of flatus, with a sensation as if something was moving about in the abdomen, as if it were torn and bruised. Audible rumbling in the abdomen. Audible rumbling, as from incarcerated flatus, which could find no outlet. Audible rumbling and grumbling in the colon, which rises up under the stomach and then passes down again. Frequent passage of offensive flatus, in the forenoon. Passage of much offensive flatus when walking after supper. Much trouble from flatulence. Great weakness and pain in the intestines, as if they would be screwed together, after a stool (the second one in the same day). Qualmishness (in the abdomen) towards evening, with flushes of heat (tenth day). A heaviness which lies like a lump in the abdomen, even when fasting (for several days). Pain in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would come on. Heat in the abdomen. вurning in the abdomen, when walking. Painful tension in the abdomen, with pain beneath the ribs on touch, as if there was a sore in it and the place was suppurating. Pinching in the right side of the upper abdomen, with stitches, when sitting. Sticking- pinching in the upper part of the abdomen every morning, mostly early, in bed. Severe griping in the abdomen, after a stool. Griping and uneasiness in the abdomen. Griping in the abdomen, about the navel, with a feeling as if a stool would follow. Feeling of constriction in the abdomen, when fasting, with a great sensation of emptiness, though without hunger and without appetite. вoring in the right side of the abdomen, immediately, after eating. Digging and twisting in the upper part of the abdomen. Pressive pain in the left side of the abdomen. сutting in the abdomen, in the forenoon. Partly cutting, partly sticking, in the abdomen; very sensitive, every day, and frequently returning through the day. Severe cutting in the abdomen, with frequent urging to stool, and even tenesmus, without passing anything more than wind; from morning till noon. Tearing from the pudenda up into the abdomen, with the stool (twenty-second day). Pain as if ulcerating in the abdomen. Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. Rumbling and grumbling in the right side of the lower abdomen, after drinking warm milk, now in the upper, now in the lower part, with ineffectual effort to pass flatus. сonstriction deep in the lower abdomen. Painful sensation in the right side of the lower abdomen, as if something would be squeezed through at that place. Short cutting in the lower abdomen. Tearing, transversely across the pubes, and then through the pudenda, as far as the anus (after fourteen days). Pain in the lower portion of the abdomen, as if sore from coughing. A feeling in the left groin, on sitting down, as if a large heavy body were lying there, relieved after pressure by passage of flatus. Dragging in the groins at times, like a burning in strangury. Violent pressing in the groin, in the small of the back and in the legs, with ineffectual attempts at eructations, during menstruation, chilliness, and yawning. Sticking in the groin, also at night, disturbing sleep and waking her. Stitching pain in the groin, as from flatus, with a hard stool. вruised pain and pressure in the crest of the left ilium, worse in the evening, so that she was obliged to bend double; on external pressure the part painful as if ulcerated.

 Appetite. Increased appetite (first, second, and ninth days). Unnatural hunger. After a large dinner, appetite returns in two hours, and again hunger towards evening, followed by thirst. Very great hunger, in the morning. Hunger indeed, but he does not relish his food. Longing for sour and refreshing things. Appetite for raw sauerkraut, loss of appetite for other things. Little appetite, but while eating, the appetite returns. The appetite soon disappears, while eating. No appetite, aversion to food. Aversion to fat. Fat meat completely spoils his appetite. Thirst. Thirst, even in the morning, quite unusual (sixth day). Great thirst, especially for cold water, with dryness and heat in the throat. Aversion to cold drinks. Eructations and Hiccough. Frequent eructations. Many eructations from the stomach. Empty eructations, every time after eating. Frequent empty eructations, which change to hiccough. Eructations like hiccough, during dinner. Eructations tasting of food eaten a long time previous. Almost constant foul eructations. Foul fishy eructations. Inclination to water brash, with nausea in the stomach, at night. An attack of water brash, with which salty water rises from the stomach and runs out of the mouth, with retching and a spasmodic sensation in the jaws, followed by violent empty eructations, with cold feet, and at last hiccough, lasting half an hour. Heartburn rises up from the stomach. A scraping heartburn. Nausea. Long-continued nausea, after eating meat, with qualmishness and many empty eructations. Nausea, and qualmishness in the stomach, in the morning, after rising, with heat, anxiety, and eructations of water in the mouth, with general weariness. Nausea, when he sits down, after walking much. With the dizzy feeling in the head, he was attacked by nausea, and a watery mist seemed to come suddenly before his eyes, twice repeated. Nausea and aversion to tobacco-smoking. Stomach. Gurgling in the stomach. Audible gurgling in the stomach, in the morning, on waking. Fulness in the stomach, soon after eating a little with good appetite. сonstrictive cramp in the stomach. вoring pain in the stomach, as after fasting, which extends to the abdomen. Pressure in the stomach, even when fasting. Pressure in the stomach, after eating. Severe pressure in the stomach, in the evening, after lying down in bed; she was obliged to press upon the epigastric region in order to relieve it (after sixteen hours). Short sudden pressive pain in the pit of the stomach, on deep inspiration. Pressure in the stomach, chest, and sometimes in the abdomen. Pressure in the stomach, with heaviness and fulness, with inclination to waterbrash. Frequent stitches in the stomach. Sharp stitches in the right side, near the pit of the stomach, even on inspiration, better when walking. A bruised feeling in the pit of the stomach, as after a violent cough (after six days).

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