HOMEOPATHIC RESEARCH

-GEORGE VITHOULKAS
The kidneys, liver and heart are more or less affected.
The urinary secretion is always increased when the action of the drug is favourable.
Light urine, and heavy urine, excessive deposits of uric acid and urates.
Copious discharges, alternating with scanty discharges.
The burning, stinging, tearing, stitching, wandering pains are the main feature, the grand feature of Berberis.
There is swelling of the joints but this is not so common as the pains without swelling. Soreness, lameness in the joints, with these radiating pains. "A pain in the heel as if it were ulcerating," and then the pain shoots off in every direction.
He moves many times, because he cannot keep still, especially at night in bed. Worse in various attitudes, especially standing, and lying on back.
Mucous membranes become dry - mouth, vagina etc. Increased albuminoid and gelatinous mucous secretion.
Discharges or skin are dirty gray.
Cold feeling in the bones, blood vessels, eyes, ears etc.
Chest affected after operations on piles, fistula, etc.
The metatarsus and metacarpus are often the seat of pain, as if sprained. Induration of glands, knotty like ropes.
Watery blood in hemorrhage.
Odor of perspiration like urine.
Perspiration on single parts of the upper part of body before sleep.
Aggravation from: change of position; spoiled fish.
Cold bathing ameliorates.
Bending over: compelled by cutting contraction in chest to abdomen; pain in hepatic region better.
Sitting: anxiety; anus very sensitive; pain in renal region is made worse; pain in left spermatic cord; vulvar itching and burning increase; backache aggravated; skin of arms painful to touch, aggravated; stitches in thighs; stitches in tendo-achillis and heels.
Rising from a seat: sensation in knees as if palsied.
Standing: anxiety; pain in groins is made worse; pain in renal region is aggravated; pain left spermatic cord; painful swelling of tendo-achillis and heels; stitches between metatarsal bones.
Lying: pain in renal region is worse; vulvar burning and itching ameliorated; backache aggravated; crawls.
Arm hanging down: numbess worse.
Raising arm: obstruction in breathing.
Raising foot: pain preventing flexion.
Exertion: heat in head; pain in wrist; uterine symptoms at first aggravated, then improved; inclination to sweat.
Walking: pain between anterior superior spine of ileum and umbilicus is made worse; pains in groins worse; vulvar itching and burning is aggravated; pain in vagina worse; stitches in thighs; stinging in knee joint; painful swelling of tendo-achillis and heels; great weakness.
Ascending: shortness of breath.
Motion: anxiety; headache; makes the pain in epigastrium and other abdominal and stomach pains worse, also the pain in bladder, genitals and eye symptoms, but the lumbago is usually much better from motion.
Lamed all over with warm feeling in lower part of back and sacrum.
Fainty feeling, with weakness and giddiness.
Exhaustion to such an extent as to cause trembling and knocking together of knees.
Rapid change of symptoms - pains change in regard to place and character; thirst alternates with thirstlessness, hunger, and loss of appetite.
Sees things at twilight.