THE GUIDING SYMPTOMS
OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA
BY CONSTANTINE HERING, M. D.
Presented by Médi-T
 Inner head.
 Outer head.
 Sight and eyes.
 Hearing and ears.
 Smell and nose.
 Upper face.
 Lower face.
 Teeth and gums.
 Taste, speech, tongue.
 Inner mouth.
 Palate and throat.
 Appetite, thirst. Desires..
 Eating and drinking.
 Hiccough, belching, nausea..
 Scrobiculum and stomach.
| Lower limbs.
 Limbs in general.
 Rest. Position. Motion.
 Temperature and weather.
 Attacks, periodicity.
 Locality and direction.
 Touch. Injuries..
 Stage of life, constitution.
Glon. * Full text (90 Ko) * Red and blue only (60 Ko) * Red only
UPPER FACE.  [Glon.]Face flushed and very hot, especially about eyes and forehead, with headache.
Flushes of heat to face and head.
Heat in face with pulsations in head and palpitation.
Redness of face, especially upper part, with headache.
Unconscious with deep red or purple face.
Convulsions after delivery, with red face.
Face alternately flushed and pale.
Paleness of face with heat and congestion of blood to head and chest.
Paleness of face with congestion to head, in pregnant women.
Heat of face, with pallor and sleepiness.
Pale face : in sunstroke ; after sweating.
Yellowish-redness of face during sunstroke.
Faceache : muscles twitch, even unconsciousness ; breathing stertorous ; < in heat of bed.
Sudden neuralgic pains from decayed tooth, concentrating in temple ; head heavy, but cannot lay it on pillow.
Periodical attacks of facial neuralgia.
Tic douloureux, left side of face.
Sweat on face.
Cold sweat on face during congestion to head.
Itching, especially in middle of face.
LOWER FACE.  [Glon.]Convulsions with frothing at mouth.
Burning in various small places on lips.
Lower lip feels swollen.
Numbness in lower lip ; sensation as if swollen.
Strange sensation in chin ; it feels as if it were being elongated to knees ; was obliged to put his hand to his chin repeatedly, to convince himself that it was not the case ; prover had considerably jarred and injured his chin by a fall twenty years before.
Special action on masseter muscles, region of mastoid process, and head.
Gnawing sensation in masseter muscles.
Pain and stiffness of articulation of jaw.
Jaws firmly clenched. θ Sunstroke.
TEETH AND GUMS.  [Glon.]Throbbing pain in all the teeth.
Pulsating toothache with headache.
Pulsating, throbbing pains ; teeth feel elongated.
Toothache from taking cold, after having been over-heated ; beating of pulse felt in all the teeth, or a drawing ; pain extending to whole right side of face, having waves of spontaneous exacerbation, without being influenced by anything in particular.
Toothache ; after hitting, in chewing a hard substance, a bad tooth, a pain extends from that tooth into whole row of teeth, into whole right lower jaw and cheek, and here especially in nervus infra orbitalis, also into right ear, temple and parietal bone ; pain is continual, with sudden spasmodic exacerbations ; it has no rhythm, nor is it influenced by cold or warm air, rest or motion ; gums swollen and sensitive to touch.
Pain in decayed teeth, left side, after falling asleep ; pain felt only at night, awakens her ; malar. bone sore to touch ; pain under left eye and on side of neck.
Rooting pain in one upper and one lower molar tooth, right side ; both were carious ; they feel longer, the gums are swollen ; pain extends into right temple, ear and parietal bone ; nothing seems to influence the pain. θ Toothache.
Sudden pain from decayed inferior molar, concentrates in temple.
Severe pain from decayed tooth, lasting several hours.
Stabbing pain in gums, right side passing to left, without ceasing in right ; < from hot, > from cold applications.
Teeth decay : after mercury ; catamenia scanty ; following exposure to sun.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE.  [Glon.]Taste : bitter, with nausea ; aromatic ; sweet ; warm ; leaves fatty taste.
Tongue milk-white, without coating ; violent headache ; wants head pressed or bound ; cannot eat ; very weak and miserable.
Tongue coated heavily on back part ; putrid taste. θ Brain affection.
Tongue feels swelled and raw, with spasmodic twitchings.
Tongue numb, as if burnt ; prickling, stinging.
Difficulty in conversing, from diminished power of tongue and confusion of ideas.
INNER MOUTH.  [Glon.]Saliva increased, slimy.
Froth about mouth ; convulsions.
Sensation of soreness and swelling on roof of mouth, with pulsation.
PALATE AND THROAT.  [Glon.]Soft palate : dry ; feels as if drawn up.
Itching of soft palate and throat.
Swollen sensation in fauces.
Throat feels as if swelling ; full sensation in both sides of neck.
Constriction at top of larynx ; in throat, as if throttled.
Tickling, heat and soreness in throat.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS.  [Glon.]Coated tongue, no appetite. θ Sunstroke.
Wants cold water ; also from dry, parched feeling.
Increased desire to smoke.
EATING AND DRINKING.  [Glon.]Wine aggravates all symptoms.
Alcoholic stimulants cause delirium, congestion, stupor, etc.
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