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Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica - C. HeringPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Citrus Vulgaris ; Lemon. Aurantiacea.
Psyche and consciousness
Great excitement ; motions quick, brusque, and performed with uncontrollable zeal.
Feels drunken and giddy.
Feels drunken and giddy.
Head, face, and ears
Hemicrania ; right side.
Pressing headache, now over whole head, now on one part, and forehead.
Promotes growth of hair.
Weakness of sight.
Noises in ears as from bells ringing.
Aggravated periodical erysipelas.
Faceache sometimes changes into transient but frequently repeated epileptic-like convulsions of face.
Neuralgia in face, shooting, gnawing pains, most in temples, especially right side.
Pressing headache, now over whole head, now on one part, and forehead.
Promotes growth of hair.
Weakness of sight.
Noises in ears as from bells ringing.
Aggravated periodical erysipelas.
Faceache sometimes changes into transient but frequently repeated epileptic-like convulsions of face.
Neuralgia in face, shooting, gnawing pains, most in temples, especially right side.
Mouth and throat
Constant toothache.
Teeth become carious.
Teeth wear off.
Taste and Tongue.
Tongue furred thickly, brown.
Something seems to rise in throat and choke her.
Teeth become carious.
Teeth wear off.
Taste and Tongue.
Tongue furred thickly, brown.
Something seems to rise in throat and choke her.
Appetite and food preferences
No appetite.
Great thirst, drinking little at a time.
Great thirst, drinking little at a time.
Gastrointestinal tract
Nausea and vomiting.
Smell of oranges always makes her sick.
Aching and heaviness in region of stomach ; with belching and thirst.
Left side distended.
Constipation.
Smell of oranges always makes her sick.
Aching and heaviness in region of stomach ; with belching and thirst.
Left side distended.
Constipation.
Urogenital system
Pains in kidneys and bladder.
Too copious menses.
Painful menstruation (tincture of seed of lemons).
Too copious menses.
Painful menstruation (tincture of seed of lemons).
Chest organs
Oppression of chest.
Sensation in upper part of breast bone as if suffocating.
Constriction in throat.
Pleurodynia.
Sensation in upper part of breast bone as if suffocating.
Constriction in throat.
Pleurodynia.
Cardiovascular system
Palpitation.
Limbs and spine
Pressure upon shoulders.
Small blister over whole arms, especially on hands and between fingers.
General itching but much oftener only on upper limbs with redness and swelling of hands.
Spasmodic pains in hands.
Sciatica.
Painful joints.
Trembling of limbs.
Cold limbs when traveling.
Stretching and drawing in limbs ; has to stretch and rub hands.
Small blister over whole arms, especially on hands and between fingers.
General itching but much oftener only on upper limbs with redness and swelling of hands.
Spasmodic pains in hands.
Sciatica.
Painful joints.
Trembling of limbs.
Cold limbs when traveling.
Stretching and drawing in limbs ; has to stretch and rub hands.
Nervous system
Trembling all over.
Lameness.
Restlessness, fidgety.
Half-sided epileptiform convulsions, especially of face and shoulders.
The whole muscular system is in a state of irritation, cannot keep in an erect position.
Lameness.
Restlessness, fidgety.
Half-sided epileptiform convulsions, especially of face and shoulders.
The whole muscular system is in a state of irritation, cannot keep in an erect position.
Sleep
Constant irresistible gaping.
Sleep very restless, full of dreams.
Sudden starting, burning heat, tossing about in bed and sleeplessness.
Sleep very restless, full of dreams.
Sudden starting, burning heat, tossing about in bed and sleeplessness.
Fever
Oranges are said to render gastric fevers milder, even when of a typhoid form.
Right : hemicrania ; neuralgia in temple.
Left : hypochondrium distended.
Right : hemicrania ; neuralgia in temple.
Left : hypochondrium distended.
Common symptoms
As if something rose in throat.
Shooting : in face and temples.
Gnawing : faceache.
Drawing : in limbs.
Aching : in region of stomach.
Pressing : headache ; upon shoulders.
Suffocating sensation : in upper part or breast bone.
Constriction : in throat.
Spasmodic pains : in hands.
Undefined pain : in kidneys and bladder ; in joints.
Heaviness : in region of stomach.
Itching : on upper limbs.
Shooting : in face and temples.
Gnawing : faceache.
Drawing : in limbs.
Aching : in region of stomach.
Pressing : headache ; upon shoulders.
Suffocating sensation : in upper part or breast bone.
Constriction : in throat.
Spasmodic pains : in hands.
Undefined pain : in kidneys and bladder ; in joints.
Heaviness : in region of stomach.
Itching : on upper limbs.
Skin
Dusky dry skin.
Red spots appear on different parts of body.
Children eating plenty of oranges peeled by themselves, get an eruption and other symptoms very similar to scarlatina.
Red spots appear on different parts of body.
Children eating plenty of oranges peeled by themselves, get an eruption and other symptoms very similar to scarlatina.
Patient type and constitution
Diseases of old men, especially with coldness and chilliness.
Dif. diagnostics
An orange eaten before breakfast is said to destroy desire for alcoholic drinks in drunkards.
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