Formica Rufa
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General EN
Formica.
Formica rufa. The Ant. N. O. Hymenoptera. Tincture from crushed live ants. Contains formic acid (HCO, OH).
Clinical EN
Apoplexy. Brain, affections of. Bruises. Chorea. Cough. Diarrhoea. Dislocations. Dropsies. Eyes, affections of. Facial paralysis. Foot-sweat, checked, consequence of. Gout. Hair, falling out. Headaches. Nodes. Overlifting, complaints from. Paralysis. Rheumatism. Sight, affections of. Spine, affections of. Spleen, pain in. Throat, sore.
Characteristics EN
Formica causes many rheumatic and gouty pains; the pains appear suddenly, and dart from place to place: left, then right; right, then left. The spinal cord is affected, paralyses and spasms occurring. Sensation as if brain too heavy and large. Sensation as if a bubble burst in forehead.
It is of use "in all kinds of apoplectic diseases. It strengthens the brain" (Hering). Cooper has given the 3x with success in cases of weakness of lower extremities. J.
W. Thomson (H. P., xvi. 32) reports the case of a gentleman, aged 84, who had severe neuralgic pains between posterior of right ear and centre of occiput. From this he apparently recovered.
Eighteen months later he returned with a steady, sore, and burning pain in same region; swollen and tender around, but especially behind, right ear. He could only sleep in one comfortable position, which he could not describe, but only knew when he found it; and he must be covered up warmly behind right ear and between that and occiput and neck—all right side. Better from taking right hand and rubbing gently behind right ear. Sweat afforded no relief; the whole head seemed to sympathise with the distress; he had dribbling of urine.
Formica rufa was given, six doses, one before each meal. On the second day, towards evening, he felt worse, and on the third day there were twinges and spasms of severe pain in addition to the sore pain which he had before experienced. These gradually got better, and on the fourth day even the soreness was much better. The main thing, however, was that he felt mentally better; said his mind and head felt stronger, and from feeling depressed he had become cheerful, and life did not seem the burden it had for some time past.
Hering gives as an indication for Formic acid: "Burning pain, burning from washing; renewed burning from cold washing." Symptoms are > after midnight. Motion <; also sitting. Hot irons > pain in neck. > By rubbing; by combing hair.
Cold water application < (headache; burning pains). Great liability to take cold; consequences of cold and wet; cold bathing; damp weather. Clammy skin; disagreeable sweat during night; sweat without relief.
Relations EN
Compatible: After Cham. Compare: Ars., Bry., Dulc. (rheumatism); Urt. u. (nettle-rash; gout; rheumatism. Nettles contain Formic acid); Frag. v. (lack of mammary secretion); Tromb. (diarrhoea); Caps. (burning pains < by cold water).
Causation EN
Checked foot-sweat.
Mind EN
Want of memory; in evening
Indisposed, morose, fearful, apprehensive
Exhilarated after pain in vertex abated
Mind unusually excited
Remarkable and unexpected activity of mind during the day, with absence of usual dulness and sleepiness.
Head EN
Vertigo; all things seem to move to and fro, and reeling of body; pain in l. supra-orbital region when going to bed, with dizziness; blackness before eyes, > by sitting down
Fulness; stupid feeling, with sensation of stiffness in neck
Dulness; pressure on both sides between temples and ears
Fore part of head aches with the cough
Sensation like a bubble bursting in forehead, running around l. side of head
Headache in l. forehead and temple back to occiput, with cutting extending into ear
Headache with cracking in l. ear, followed by pain in l. temple, then in vertex with nausea and abatement of pain in forehead
Pain on top of head, shifting from epigastrium
In morning, headache in posterior, upper and inner part of head;
< drinking coffee; each time during and after washing with cold water
Pain from neck up to back of head
Sensation running up into head from body like lightning
Headache, < sitting up in bed;
> after combing hair
Itching of scalp
Hair ceases failing out
Contusions of head.
Eyes EN
Pain in l. supra-orbital and l. temporal region, the seat of pain being tender to touch; pain and aching over l. eye; objects appear as if seen through a mist; blackness before eyes, must sit down for a few moments
Pain in eye when awakes, > by washing
Dim sight
Flickering before eyes
Nebula; leucoma; pterygium
Maculae and ulcers on cornea
Rheumatic ophthalmia
Spasmodic twitching of upper eyelid (r).
Ears EN
Ringing buzzing in ears
Cracking in l. ear with headache
Deafness
External sensitiveness of r. ear and temple.
Face EN
Entire l. side of face and cheek feel as if paralysed.
Throat EN
Sore throat in morning, with much mucus.—Sore throat < l. side.
Stomach EN
Pain in neck when hawking and gargling; when eating and drinking, esp. when closing jaws
After drinking tea copious sweat
Nausea and vomiting; with diarrhoea; in evening; with cough
Burning pain in stomach, with oppression and weight
Constant pressure at cardiac end of stomach, and a burning pain there.
Abdomen EN
Dull pain in region of spleen
Sensation across abdomen as if bruised below navel, also tired feeling in back
Flatulence
Hardening of mesenteric glands.
Stool And Anus EN
Diarrhoea after meals, or only during day, not at night; or day and night, or before midnight
Diarrhoea with tenesmus; pain in bowels before stool
Loose diarrhoeic stool, with feeling as if more was to pass
White stools
Constipation and sensation of constriction in sphincter
Pressure in rectum, < evening and in bed
Painful desire in anus and rectum for stool, which, however, will not pass
Tape-worm.
Urinary Organs EN
Paralysis of bladder
Double the quantity of urine, even at night; increased for two or three days
Urine like saffron; bright yellow; no sediment; passed frequently.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Long-lasting erections after urinating in morning
Seminal emissions
Scanty ejaculation with incomplete erection.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Menses scanty and pale, with bearing-down pains in back third day; fourth day darker; crampy pain through hip-joint and pelvis
Menses appear eight days too soon
Lack of milk with nursing women.
Respiratory Organs EN
Hoarseness with sore throat
Small piece of phlegm in throat, which cannot be brought up by coughing
Cough tedious and long lasting;
< at night and from motion; with an aching in forehead and a constrictive pain in chest
Violent attacks of cough, with vomiting, day and night.
18, 19.
Chest and Heart
Pleuritic pains
Uneasy pain in region of heart
Fluttering palpitation
Violent penetrating pain in region of r. nipple
Violent prickling pressing stitches in region of l. nipple, later on l. side of back, but more violent; still later the same sensation on other parts of the body.
Neck And Back EN
Soreness in neck and up into head
Severe, pain l. side of neck while chewing
Stiffness l. side of neck extending down l. arm;
< by least motion; turn, or twist;
> by application of a hot iron
Severe pain across sacrum and dorsum of each hand
Affection of spinal cord.
Limbs EN
Sensation as if muscles were strained and being torn from attachment
Rheumatism appearing suddenly, mostly in joints, with restlessness; patients desire motion, although it < pains;
> by pressure; sweat without relief;
< r. side
Stiffness and contraction of joints.
Upper Limbs EN
Itching in armpits in morning
Pain from neck down l. arm; in evening to r.; could scarcely move her arm
Severe pain above r. elbow.
Lower Limbs EN
Severe pain through pelvis as if from one acetabulum to the other
Bruised pain in hips at night, causing him to change from side to side
Chronic gout
Checked foot-sweat (chorea from).
Sleep EN
All night dry throat, woke her out of sleep
Disagreeable sweat during night, awoke with clammy skin
Could get to sleep if she could get the right position
Wakes early, and feels she has had sufficient sleep
On awaking: headache; vomiting with headache; pain in eyes; stitches in ears.