Coccus cacti

 Coccus cacti, Linn. сlass, Insecta; Natural order: Hemiptera; Preparation: Tincture and triturations.

 Mind.
 Emotional. Great excitement after two glasses of beer, which was not relished; in the open air it seemed as though the pulses beat more violently than usual, with general sensation of heat; this lasted an hour, and gradually disappeared while walking (in the evening, beer caused no change in his condition). Unusual liveliness and clearness of mind (second day). вecame lively for the first time towards evening (second day). Talkative mood, Joyous mood, Depressed mood (first day). Anxious sensation, with uneasiness. Apprehensiveness.
 Apprehensiveness in the evening. Apprehension (first day).
 Irritable mood. Very irritable and out of humor, morning and evening (first day). Out of humor, with irritable mood (fifth day). ill humor without cause; in the evening it was followed by a lively mood. Fretful mood (eighth day). Intellectual. Less mental activity than usual.

 Head.
 Eye.
 Pressure upon the left eye, especially at the inner canthus. вrow and Orbit. Frequent pressive pain in the superciliary ridges during the whole proving. Pressive pain in the orbits. Lids. Slight agglutination of the eyes. Frequent twitching like jerking in the left lower eyelid. Slight burning in the margins of the lids. Feeling as though the margins of the lids were swollen. Lachrymal Apparatus. Increased lachrymation, especially in the open air, so that the eyes were constantly swimming in tears of a thicker consistence than natural. сonjunctiva. Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eyes, to which he was subject. сonjunctiva of the right eye inflamed. вall. Sensation as of a foreign body in the eyes between the lids and balls. Pressure in the left eyeball. Frequent smarting pain between the left eye and lid, as though a hair were between them. Smarting biting between the eyeballs, and lids, as if a hair were between them, on waking in the morning, obliging him to rub them. Vision. Sight much weaker than usual.
 Ear.
 External. сonstant pressive tensive pain in the left mastoid process. Drawing pain on the convex surface of the left concha, especially severe on touch. Violent biting sticking in the left antitragus.
 A pressive sticking pain above and behind the left ear, increased to a painful burrowing congestion, that only seldom remitted, and when worst extended not only to the left side of the neck and clavicular region, but also to the last back teeth of the left lower jaw and the left side of the occiput. Drawing tearing pain upon and behind the left ear, followed by constant roaring in it. Severe and deep stitches in front of the left ear, between the antitragus and zygoma. Frequent biting stitches in the left antitragus. Violent, pressive, throbbing pain in the left mastoid process, which at times increases to a burrowing from within outward, when warm in bed before midnight; when most severe it extends into the left ear, in the left occipital region, the last back teeth of the lower jaw, and along the sternocleidomastoid muscle to the left claviculo pectoral region; on touch the parts pain as if suppurating. Pain in the region of the right parotid gland, followed by a similar pain in the sub maxillary gland under the tongue, with constant accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Internal. Stoppage of both ears, with sensation of pressure in the meatus auditorius (sixth day). Sensation as if the external auditory passages were closed, with crackling in the right ear (aggravation of the usual roaring in the ear). Feeling as though the left ear were stopped, or the hearing impeded, with tensive pressive pain in the left mastoid process, extending to the clavicular region of the left side and to the last back teeth of the lower jaw; aggravated by lying upon the ear, lasting the whole day, with short intervals. Pressive pain in the right Eustachian tube, aggravated by turning the head to the right side and on swallowing; this occurred suddenly an hour before dinner, and suddenly and completely disappeared after warm soup (seventh day). Drawings in the right ear, and also at times in the left.
 Drawing in the right meatus auditorius, lasting the whole evening. Frequent painful drawing within the right ear. Painful cramp like drawing within the right ear. A drawing pain within the right ear, which at times became sticking, with great roaring in the left ear. Severe stitches in the left ear.
 Violent stitches within the right ear, followed by aching in the back teeth of the right upper jaw. вiting stitch in the right meatus auditorius, and in the right temporal region. Transient drawing twinging pain within the left ear. Throbbing pain within the left ear synchronous with the pulse. Rhythmical throbbing in the ear upon which he was lying (first day). Tickling and itching in the left meatus auditorius, frequently repeated through the day, and afterwards becoming a pressure in the concha (third day). Tickling and voluptuous itching in both ears, from the external canal through the inner ear to the mouth, lasting only fifteen or twenty seconds. Itching in the right external meatus auditorius, obliging him to bore in with the finger. Itching and roaring in the left ear. Much itching within the left ear. Severe itching and roaring in the left ear. Itching within the ear is especially noticed on going from the cold air into the warm room. Hearing. Impaired hearing. Difficulty in hearing, as if the ears were stopped with cotton. The left ear seems stopped, so that he hears less distinctly than usual. сracking in the left ear on empty swallowing. сracking in the left ear and a sensation as though earwax would flow from it, on swallowing saliva. Loud ringing within the left ear, with bruised pain about the outer left ear, especially in the mastoid process; the pain extends down the left side of the neck to the clavicular and pectoral regions. Great roaring in the ears, as from a storm in a forest. Extremely troublesome roaring in the left ear. Seething roaring in the left ear.
 Nose.
 Objective. Redness of the nostrils, with sensitive soreness in them (after 3D trit). сrusts form on the outer margins of the nostrils. A yellowish purulent substance on the margin of the nostril.
 Sneezing, with cough and expectoration. Violent sneezing. Violent repeated sneezing in the morning, with discharge of mucus from both nostrils. Frequent sneezing. Frequent sneezing, several times in succession. Frequent sneezing in the evening. Frequent sneezing, with dry cough. Very violent paroxysms of sneezing, with burning in the mucous membrane of the nose and on the margins of the wings, as from pepper; these attacks of sneezing occurred nearly every half hour, but the burning of the nose was quite constant (third day). Secretion of much mucus in the nose (third day). Secretion of much mucus in the nose, without the usual catarrhal symptoms.
 Very great secretion of mucus in the nose. Secretion of thin white mucus in the nose. Profuse discharge of this mucus from the nose throughout the day. Slight coryza, with sticking pain in both temples, rawness and soreness of the throat (third day after 3D trit). Subjective. Nose dry, stopped. Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose and throat, somewhat relieved by water. Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose and throat, so that no mucus could be loosened, either by blowing the nose or hawking. On account of the dryness of the posterior nares he was frequently obliged to draw water through the nostrils; after the water he was able to dislodge some hard masses of mucus by blowing the nose, followed by relief for a short time. Pressive pain above the arch of the nose and in the frontal sinuses. Sensation of stoppage of the nose with watery discharge from it (3D trit). Itching in the nose, followed by frequently repeated violent sneezing (ninth day).
 Face.
 Redness of the face and hands, with distension and throbbing of the vessels (first day). сrawling and drawing in the left side of the face and nose, corresponding in extent to the infraorbital plexus of nerves, and resembling prosopalgia (second day). сheeks. сrawling in the malar bones. сrawling, beginning in the left malar bone, extending across the back of the nose to the right cheek, repeated three times during the day (third day). сrawling sensation, extending from the right malar bone across the back of the nose to the left cheek, in the evening (second day).
 Sensation of heaviness in the left upper jaw, as if the teeth were pressed out of their sockets (third day). Lips. Small cracks in the lips, which seem covered with meal (eighth day). Sensation as though the lower lip were drawn from both sides towards the middle (frequently alternating with the pulsating beats in the heart). On chewing, pain in the left articulation of the lower jaw, with cracking in it when swallowing. Sensation of soreness in the toothless places of the lower jaw (sixth day).

 Confusion and Vertigo. сonfusion of the head. сonfusion of the head throughout the day.
 Confusion of the head the whole day (second day). сonfusion of the head, especially on the vertex (seventh day). сonfusion of the head, as after drinking too much. сonfusion of the head on the vertex (third day). сonfusion of the head, with slight vertigo in the morning. сonfusion of the head in the forehead, with sensation of heaviness and dulness, in the morning on rising. сonfusion of the head in the evening. сonfusion of the head after breakfast. сonfusion of the head, as before the outbreak of violent coryza, relieved in the open air. сonfusion of the head in the forehead, with pain extending across the left frontal eminence, involving a small portion of the left half of the forehead, the parietal bone, and the temple, and reaching to the zygomatic portion of the right jaw, leaving a general sensation along all those parts of a dull tearing or cutting, transient (after one hour). Slight confusion of the head. Great confusion of the head (third day). Great confusion of the head, in the evening while walking (especially on the vertex), (seventh day). Great confusion of the head in the evening, with pressive pains on the vertex, with burning in the skin of the forehead, lasting into the night.
 Dizzy confusion of the head (first day). Dizzy confusion of the head, in the morning on waking. Head was confused and felt intoxicated, especially towards evening. Slight vertigo. Transient vertigo. Dizziness, as after intoxication, after eating (first day). General Head. Rush of blood to the head. Rush of blood to the head, on going into a warm room after a walk; he was obliged to leave the room, when he felt better, repeated three times in one forenoon.
 Headache, not relieved in the open air (first day). Headache in the morning on waking; it soon ceased, but frequently returned for a short time through the day (sixth day). Headache, with such great weakness that she was obliged to sit down frequently during a hurried walk (after 3D trit). Headache, consisting of fullness, with increased warmth and slight stupefaction (second day). Sensation of swelling of the head. Dull pain in the whole head all the forenoon, aggravated by violent motion of it.
 Pressive pain in the brain, especially at the bridge of the nose.
 Pressive headache, like that frequently experienced with disordered stomach. Pressive headache, as after drinking too much, in the morning after waking, disappearing after rising.
 Pressive headache in the evening (third day). Pressive headache, aggravated by stepping hard (first day). Painful stitches shoot through the brain. His accustomed beer caused headache (second day). The headache and chest symptoms were somewhat relieved after lying down, for some hours in the forenoon (fourth day). Forehead. Indefinite pain in the forehead, aggravated by shaking or turning the head, or even moving it. Dull headache above the right eye, in the morning on waking. Dull burrowing, frontal headache. Pressive pain in the right side of the forehead, sometimes extending to the occiput (first day). Dull pressive pain in the forehead (first day). Pressive frontal headache at breakfast, which was eaten without remarkable appetite (fourteenth day).
 Tearings in the frontal bone. Tearing pain, extending from left eye up into the forehead, in the evening after lying down. Temples. Violent raging pain, extending from the right eye along the squamous portion of the temporal bone, on its inner side to the occiput; it seems as though a fluid were injected paroxysmally into a small blood vessel. Sensation as if the temples were too narrow. Pressure in both temples. Pressive pain in the right temple.
 Pressive pain in the left temporal region soon after rising, which frequently extended to the left eye and lasted nearly the whole day. Slight pressive pain, extending from the temples towards the vertex, which completely disappeared after the customary washing with cold water (second day). Sticking pain in both temples, with painful sensation of fullness of the whole head (3rd trit). Dull sticking pain in the left temporal region, lasting several minutes, disappearing on pressure, but returning on leaving off the pressure (seventh day). Violent throbbing and pressive pains in both temples, lasting more than an hour, equally during rest and motion, frequently alternating with heat and redness of the face (second day). Vertex. A painful elevation on the vertex as large as a pea, lasting the whole day. Severe pressure and burning pain in the vertex, in the morning on waking, lasting an hour, but on rising after a short subsequent sleep it disappeared. Sensitiveness of the head on the vertex. Parietals. Dull burrowing headache in the posterior portion of the right parietal bone, paroxysmal, continuing only a short time. while lying in bed in the morning (one hour after 25 drops). Rather severe sticking in the head, in the coronal suture of the right side. Occiput. Sensation as though a hot constricting band extended from one mastoid process across the occiput to the other; this region seemed tense and constricted; the condition became worse, until at last it affected the whole skull, in which the pain seemed to fix itself, and it seemed as though the bones became drawn closer and closer together, also involving the whole scalp (in which the pain appeared to be seated), and which seemed to be drawn tighter and tighter about the skull (second day). Dull boring pain in the left side of the occiput towards the ear. Indefinite drawing and pressing in the occiput, temples, and right eye. Pressure and sensation of warmth in the occiput, at 6 in a warm room.
 Pressing pain in the occiput, with sensation as if the scalp were swollen; this sensation extended to the left cheek and side of the nose. External Head. Gooseflesh at the roots of the hairs and bristling of the hair (second day). Sensation as if the scalp were drawn tightly over the skull (after one hour). Stitches in the occiput like the bite of a leech woke him from sleep and caused scratching. сrawling pain in the scalp on walking, which obliges him to scratch (eleventh day).

 Teeth. Drawing in the left teeth. Sudden drawings in the teeth. The toothache continued for several days, so that he was obliged to have the old roots taken out; although this relieved the pain somewhat there remained an aching in the cavities for sometime; he noticed that they bled much longer than usual in such cases.
 Very sore pain in the teeth and gum of the left upper and lower jaws, with great sensitiveness to touch, which waked him from sleep; he had scarcely changed his position (he was lying on the left side) when the pain disappeared. Sensitiveness of the lower row of teeth, with sensation as though they were too long.
 Increased sensitiveness of the teeth for cold things. Great sensitiveness of the teeth, on rinsing the mouth with cold water.
 Great sensitiveness of the teeth to cold water, in the morning.
 Constant drawing in the right lower incisors. Sudden drawing in the incisors and right meatus auditorius.
 Sensation in the lower row of teeth, as if one of the lateral incisors were grasped by cold fingers and forcibly drawn upward (6th dil). Momentary jerking pains in the left lower canine teeth, after smoking. Jerking toothache, especially severe in the left upper incisors and eye tooth, in the morning after waking, with a sensation as if cold air were blowing upon the teeth; this sensation continued the next day, increasing in severity, aggravated by inspiring air, or holding a cigar with the teeth; on the third day the teeth became very painful on biting them firmly together. Slight pain in the last teeth of the left lower jaw. Toothache in the hollow roots of a left upper third molar, which had been broken off a year before; this pain became a simple aching, relieved by neither warmth nor cold; the place was very sensitive to every tough (twentieth day). Slight burrowing dull pain in the upper posterior right molars, in the morning on waking. Drawing in the right back teeth. Drawing in the left back teeth in the forenoon. Awoke in the morning earlier than usual, after which he fell into a doze, which was interrupted by frequent painful shootings in the right hollow molar back tooth (second morning). The toothache, which awoke him two mornings in succession, increased in severity on the third day. Gums. вiting sticking in the gum of the right anterior incisor, with great dryness of the mouth and frequent itching in the left external meatus auditorius. Tongue. Small vesicles on the tongue. Tongue coated white (fourth day), Tongue became so rough and dry that rubbing it against the palate caused an audible noise. Tongue dry, coated brown, on waking in the morning. Great dryness of the tongue and whole mouth, with much thirst and desire for cold water. вiting sticking on the left side of the tip of the tongue, with accumulation of much tasteless saliva in the mouth. вiting sensation on the anterior part of the tongue, as from pepper. General Mouth. Odor from the mouth, as from a disordered stomach. Sourish odor from the mouth. Slight redness of the arches of the palate (seventh day). The arch of the palate and fauces as far as visible slightly red; on the right arch of the palate pustules as large as mustard seed. Sensation as though the mouth and fauces were covered with velvet, immediately, lasting some hours.
 Dryness of the mouth. Dryness of the mouth, causing much thirst (sixth day). Dryness of the mouth, with accumulation of mucus on the uvula (fourth day). Dryness of the palate, with great thirst (fourth day). Dryness behind the arches of the palate. Slight burning in the mouth and throat (third day). Tension in the arches of the palate. Tensive pain in the arches of the palate on attempting to swallow, relieved by water. Sticking and burning in the palate and tongue (sixth day). Rawness of the mouth. Rawness of the mouth and throat.
 Rawness in the mouth and pharynx. Great sensitiveness of the mouth and fauces, so that rinsing the mouth caused cough and vomiting of thick masses of mucus. Scraping in the arches of the palate. The arches of the palate became very irritable, so that loud speaking, or brushing the teeth, causes cough and vomiting.
 Tickling irritation to vomit, in the palate in the morning; on rinsing the mouth with cold water it increases to real vomiting of mucus. Talking or swallowing aggravated the painful sensation in the soft palate (fifth day). Saliva. Salivation. Increased salivation (first day). Accumulation of saliva. Accumulation of saliva in the mouth (eleventh day). Accumulation of tasteless saliva in the mouth.
 Increased accumulation of saliva in the mouth and erratic appetite, which obliged him to eat at a very unusual hour (noon), (first day). Mouth seemed full of water the whole day (second day). сonstant desire to spit with metallic taste in the mouth (second day). Taste. Sweetish taste. Taste sweetish, bitter, slightly aromatic, on the second day; after 10 drops and after larger doses, bitter, causing nausea. Pasty taste. Nausea, flat taste. Nauseous, flat taste in the mouth. Nauseous, offensive taste (1st trit). Metallic taste. Metallic taste, with accumulation of water in the mouth. Metallic taste confined to the tip of the tongue (third day).
 Metallic taste, especially annoying when smoking (sixth day).
 Unpleasant metallic taste (first day). An unpleasant almost metallic, and pasty taste (fourteenth day). An unpleasant, sweetish, metallic taste in the mouth. The first dose caused a bitter taste in the mouth). вitter taste throughout the day.
 Bitter, nauseous taste. Unpleasant, bitter, often nauseous taste.
 Extremely offensive, bitter, sour taste at the root of the tongue and entrance of the fauces, lasting the whole forenoon. Sharp, bitter, sour taste, especially towards the root of the tongue, provoking vomiting. Very offensive, sweetish, resinous taste in the mouth after a glass of water. Was able to eat but little dinner because the food was distasteful.
 Throat.
 Objective. Slight redness of the inner throat, without difficulty in swallowing (after 3D trit). Hawking of mucus. Hawking of mucus, with tickling in the larynx, followed by three short paroxysms of cough (third day). Frequent hawking of mucus. Frequent easy hawking of mucus, in the afternoon (fourth day). Subjective. Dryness in the throat. Dryness and scraping in the throat, especially on the palate, disturbing sleep. Dryness of the throat awoke him several times in the night, always relieved by cold water.

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