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Gelsemium cntd...

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-Pulford Face Pain, amelioration copious flow of urine. No control of lower jaw, it wags sideways. Face heavy, besotted, but not so pronounced as Bapt. Chin quivers incessantly, during convulsions. No control of lower jaw, it wags sideways. Mouth Right half of tongue cold; saliva yellow, as from blood; sticky, viscid, feverish sense. Tongue thick, numb, can hardly speak; white or yellow. Throat Burning pain, to left nostril. Very valuable for paralysis of Throat, after diphtheria, a feeling of a lump in Throat which could not be swallowed, our most valuable drug. As of a stream of scalding water, up to left nostril. Very valuable for paralysis of Throat, after diphtheria, Stomach Fullness, aggravation clothing; cramping, griping pain, amelioration riding. (L): Convulsive hiccup. Hiccup evening, sometimes chronic cases. Abdomen Cutting pain, backward and upward, during labor. Rectum Diarrhoea, from bad news or exciting news, and on going into battle; urging to s...

Gelsemium cntd...

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- Pulford Expectoration Hawks up bloody water. Chest Fears heart will cease to beat, unless constantly on the move, the reverse of Dig.; oppression of heart, aggravation thinking of it; pain in heart, on rising from a seat. Back Heat, while reading exciting news. Congestion, to cervical region; pain ascends, during labor; pain in cervical region, to all over head; pain under least scapula, Chel., right; aching in cervical region. Chills run up and down Back, an important symptom. Sharp laborlike pains, to hips.  pain in cervical region, to all over head; Limbs Pain in upper Limbs and fingertips, when playing piano; drawing pain in lower Limbs, on motion; sore, bruised pain in thigh, amelioration sweat, and in calf, nights; paroxysmal stitching pain in lower Limbs and legs; tearing pain, aggravation change of weather; tingling in legs, afternoon; trembling of hands on moving them, during typhoid. (L): Legs heavy, aggravation exertion. Cold, tremble, weak. Pain in ...

GRAPHITES :

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- Pulford IDENTIFICATION Eruptions, especially herpetic, that crack and exude a glutinous, honey-like sticky fluid, that are apt to occur especially behind the ears, bends of joints, and with a marked absence of sweat. Graphites ESSENTIAL Apprehensive, despondent, excitable, irritable and weepy. Constipated. Skin rough, like Sulph. Mucus membranes and lips pale. Weak. Taste as of eggs, morning Nauseated by sweets, which disgust one. Meat aggravation. Sad and foreboding. Excretions, exhalations and secretions offensive. anaemic; chlorotic. In women the menses are late, pale, scanty and watery, and she is constipated. Chilly, always cold, indoors or out. COMMENT. Mind Anguish, before menses; despair, over trifles; dullness of Mind, after siesta; restless, while sitting at work. (L): Restless, at work; weeping, from music. Grief, even to despair, over the most trifling matters. Restless when attempting close mental work, with dread of it. weeping, from music. Head Scaly...

Graphites cntd...

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- Pulford Face Erysipelas, to body; nodes on lower jaw. (L): Cobweb sense; cold, on left side; crusty eruption on corners of mouth; fissured; moist nose; itching pimples; erysipelas, right to left. Cobweb sense; on face Mouth Odor like urine; sore pain in left side of tongue, on protruding it. (L): Salivation, morning and on stooping. Saliva runs from mouth, morning, and on stooping. Throat Qualmish, with mucus in Throat; swelling of cervical glands, to shoulder. (L): Constant disposition to swallow, from choking. Constant spasms compelling swallowing, with choking sense. Stomach Aversion to milk, while thinking of it; qualmish, with mucus in throat, rancid eructations, a. eating; as of a lump, pulsating; nausea, from spasms of throat; pain, after boiled meat; gnawing pain before dinner; retching, aggravation empty swallowing. (L): Aversion to fish, salt food and sweets; nausea, from sweets; pain on fasting, amelioration eating. Aversion to meat and to sweets, the latte...

Graphites cntd...

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- Pulford Chest Cancer in old cicatrices of breast; eczema and vesicles on nipples; induration of old cicatrices of breast; palpitation with epistaxis; sweat on sternum, morning. (L): Cicatrices of breasts. pain in left breast, at menstrual period, waking one at night.  Cicatrices of breast; eczema and vesicles on nipples  Limbs Legs cold, after coition; moist eruption between fingers; coppery spots on foot; formication, during menses; leprous ulcer on toe; itching varices on leg. (L): Cracked skin in bends of joints; distorted toenail; eruption on bends of joints; eczema, and on hands, crusty and full of cracks; herpetic eruption on fingers; excoriation in bends of joints and between nates, and between thighs on walking; exfoliation of nails; sore, bruised pain in thigh near genitals; paralyzed sense; swelling of toes; thick finger nails; twitching of calf. Finger nails become rough, discolor; toe nails become very thick and hard. Copious foot sweat, sore between toes from...

HEPAR SULPHURIS:

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- Pulford IDENTIFICATION Extremely sensitive, mentally and especially physically, especially to a draft of air, to least touch of hand or dressing, and to pain which becomes so intolerable at times as to cause fainting and which is throbbing but especially splinterlike. Hepar sulphiris calcaneum. ESSENTIAL Irritable and hard to get along with; breaks into violence, even to the point of not wishing to see one's own family. Sad and depressed, especially evening. Hasty in actions, speech and drinking; words roll out in profusion. The secretions are profuse, and the excretions offensive and constant; the sweat easy, copious and sour, day and night, without amelioration. craves condiments and vinegar. All the inflamed parts are extremely sensitive. CHilly, needs much clothing when in open air if cold. Children smell sour and have a peculiar odor to stools and sweats. Aggravation dry winds; cold; least exposure, of a hand or foot; cold applications. Amelioration damp weather, rev...

Hepar Sulphuris:Pain, to ear, as from a splinter, on turning head or yawning.

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- Pulford Face Lupoid cancer; crusty, scabby eruption on nose, down - like, with deep fissures, sensitive to touch; heat, 7 evening; ulcers, sensitive to air. (L): Heat, evening and night; hard swelling. Cold sores on lips, like Natr-m.; Camph. in the beginning; when well advanced, amelioration and prevents their return. Herpes following course of supra - orbital nerve, severe pains as if eyes would be drawn back into head. LUPOID Mouth Taste bitter after chill, Spong., during; ulcers on gums with lardaceous bases. (L): Pustules on tongue; sensitive to touch. Teeth Abscess at roots of filled Teeth. Throat Pain, to ear, as from a splinter, on turning head or yawning. (L): As of a bone in teeth; inflamed, after Merc.; pain, as from a splinter, on swallowing; stitching pain, to ear; pulsating. Chronically inflamed tonsils, with deafness. Choking is as characteristic of Calc-s. as with Hep., but Hep. is aggravation cold air, Calc-s. amelioration. Indicated after Bar-c. an...