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Marked skin (herpes circinatus), spinal, eye and ear symptoms. Very sensitive back. Pains all over body. Offensive discharges. Slow development of symptoms ( Radium.) Sacral and sciatic pains.
WORSE, while at rest at night, cold weather, from friction, coughing, laughing, lying on painful side, touch.
Relationships
Compare: Radium.; Selenium.; Tetradymite - crystals from Georgia and North Carolina containing Bismuth, Tellurium AND Sulphur - (coccygodynia, ulceration of nails; pains in hands, in small spots, ankles, heels, and tendo-achilles); Sep.; Arts.; Rhus.
Dose
Sixth potency and higher. Takes long time to develop its action, which is very prolonged.
vertigo, dizziness; morning; after rising; ;
Neglectful and forgetful
Itching of scalp; red spots.
Congestion to head and nape of neck, followed by weakness and faintness in stomach
Fear of being touched in sensitive places
Distortion and twitching of left facial muscles; when speaking left angle of mouth drawn upwards and to left
Pain in left side of head and in forehead above left eye
eye; tears; with running nose;
eye; itching; lids; ;
eye; inflammation; wounds; lids; ;
eye; discharges of mucus or pus;
eye; discoloration; redness; lids; ;
eye; swellings; lids; from fluid accumulation; ;
eye; lids; out-breaks on skin; pus-filled pimples;
eye; lids; thickening of lids;
Lids Thickened, inflamed, itching
Pterygium; pustular conjunctivitis
Cataract, following ocular lesions; aids the absorption of infiltrations in Iris and choroid.
ear; pain; aching;
ear; skin; out-breaks on skin; on lobes; blisters, caused by the discharge;
ear; skin; discoloration; blue;
ear; pain; burning; lobe; ;
ear; pain; burning; external ear; ;
ear; pain; burning;
ear; pain; burning; left; ;
ear; discharges from ear;
ear; discharges from ear; wearing away skin;
ear; discharges from ear; offensive smelling;
ear; discharges from ear; offensive smelling; like fish brine;
ear; discharges from ear; watery;
ear; itching; external ear; ;
Deafness.
itching, swelling, throbbing in meatus
catarrh of middle ear, discharge acrid, smells like fish-pickle
Eczema behind ear
nose; discharge from nose; watery;
nose; running or blocked nose (coryza); running, wet;
Coryza, lachrymation and hoarseness; better in open air ( Cepa.) Obstructed; hawks salty phlegm from posterior nares.
throat; voice; hoarseness;
throat; external throat; out-break on skin; small, fluid filled, cysts; side of; discharge from ear;
Stomach; Craving for apples
Heartburn.
Empty and weak feeling
Pruritus ani et perinei after every stool.
back; pain; sacrum (base of spine); ;
back; pain; aching; ;
back; pain; aching; spine; ;
back; pain; sacrum (base of spine); extending to other parts; thighs; pain in right thigh, pressing at stool or cough aggravates;
Contraction of tendons in bends of knees.
s.; Phosph.) Sciatica; worse right side, Coughing, straining, and at night, with sensitive vertebral column
Pain from last cervical to fifth dorsal vertebra, very sensitive; worse touch ( Chin
Pain in sacrum
back; pain; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; ;
back; pain; spine; irritation; dorsal (shoulder level); ;
extremities, limbs; pain; lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh);
extremities, limbs; perspiration; foot; offensive smelling;
extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; lower limbs; herpes;
extremities, limbs; skin; itching;
extremities, limbs; skin; itching; upper limbs; ;
extremities, limbs; skin; itching; upper limbs; in bed; ;
skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; itching;
skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; rings;
skin; out-breaks on skin; herpetic;
skin; swelling; fluid in tissues;
Itching of hands and feet
Eczema, back of ears and occiput
Circular patches of eczema.
Herpetic spots; Ringworm ( Tuberc.) Ring-shape lesions, offensive odors from affected parts
Barber’s itch
Stinging in skin
Fetid exhalations ( Sulph.) Offensive foot-sweat
generalities; night; ;
generalities; sensitive; bones; ;
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