Limulus Cyclops
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General EN
Limulus.
Limulus cyclops. L. polyphemus. Polyphemus occidentalis. King-crab. Horse-foot. Sauce-pan. (Coast of North America). N. O. Merostomata, or Poecilopoda of the Crustacea. Triturations of the dried blood.
Clinical EN
Apoplexy. Cholera. Constipation. Diarrhoea. Fever. Haemorrhoids. Sea-bathing, effects of. Skin, affection of.
Characteristics EN
Limulus was proved in the lower triturations by Hering, Lippe, and others. Among the symptoms recorded the most notable was a rush of blood to the face, with heat of face and over whole body, recalling a similar symptom of Ast. r., another sea-animal. The remedy does not appear to have been much used, and Hering has omitted it from his Guiding Symptoms. The only italicised symptoms in Allen are these: "Frequent rush of blood to the face, and painful fulness of the whole right half of the body, especially here and there, and in the lower extremities" (a symptom of Hering's from the first centesimal trituration); and "heat, burning, and constriction in abdomen" (Blumenthal, a grain of 1st trit).
There was much gastro-intestinal disturbance, and in one prover a choleraic condition. Headache caused by straining at stool. The flushing of the face was < in afternoon. There was dyspnoea < by drinking.
Coryza < drinking cold water. Heat in face alternated with confusion in head.
Relations EN
Compare: Homarus, Ast. r.; Fer. (flushing); Indium. (pains in head from straining at stool); Ars. (ill-effects of sea-bathing).
Mind EN
Very indifferent mind with constant confusion of head.—The great disinclination to wash and inability to accomplish much, which he had experienced since the sea-bath, disappeared completely during the day and gave place to mental quiet, steadiness, with constancy and perseverance in performing very irksome duties.—(Very difficult to recollect names.)
Head EN
Confusion of whole head attended with dulness and heat of face; together with dull feeling over whole body, esp. in abdomen, where it increases to a kind of burning in evening
Stool followed by headache
Pressure in head > after running from nose
Feeling of warmth r. side of forehead
Pressure on r. side of head, deep internally, extending back and forth several times during the day.
Eyes EN
Feeling of warmth above eyes
Pressure about eyes deep in bones
Violent pains drawing back and forth behind l. eyeball
Lachrymation; of r. eye.
Ears EN
Stopped sensation; bubbling deep in r. ear; evening.
Nose EN
Sneezing and fluent coryza all day
Running from nose renewed after a glass of cold water; feeling of heat in face and over whole body as in fever; after a while prickling as in perspiration with only moist skin
Snuff has a greater effect than usual in evening.
Face EN
Lines in face as in dying person (in a kind of cholera)
Rush of blood to face
Jerking pain in l. side upper jaw, evening.
Mouth EN
Frequent gnawing pain in last upper back teeth, now r., now l
Mouth slimy, with small pasty, insufficient stools, morning
Taste: metallic, of the drug, and general sensation as if he had taken medicine; sweetish, coming from both sides as if from the teeth; earthy, extending back into palate.
Throat EN
Much hawking.
Stomach EN
Pressure in pit of stomach, and decided heat of face
Eructations of water tasting like bad eggs
Nausea with general sweat
Deathly nausea; became as white and cold as marble; constant vomiting and diarrhoea; lines of face as in a dying person.
Abdomen EN
Profuse emission of loud (very offensive) flatus
Pain here and there in all places in abdomen
Warmth and painful sensation in abdomen
Heat, burning, and constriction in abdomen
Cramp-like pain
Cutting colic, with feeling of heat
Sensation as though he had a dissolving acid in intestines, and all the pains seemed to be caused thereby; as though a gangrene in stomach, and then burning in intestines.
Stool And Anus EN
A painful swelling, thick as a finger, and very hard nodes, like peas, l. side of anus; he was obliged to lie with limbs spread apart
Piles l. of anus, following a hard, nodular, lumpy stool, evacuated with pressure, < riding in carriage, very painful at night on going out
Burning and constriction in anus
A cooling-burning in small spots in anus
Two diarrhoea-like stools, greenish grey, without pain (first morning)
Stool very watery towards the end
Desire for stool after dinner; only wind, and after much pressing a few lumps; headache caused by the straining
Constipation; he feels the stool in the bowels long before the evacuation, as if he were unable to evacuate it
Hard stool.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Burning l. side of scrotum
Increased sexual desire and power; but more difficult emission of semen
Emission wanting during coition.
Respiratory Organs EN
Voice husky; must constantly hawk, though the voice remains weak and hoarse, with difficult respiration, evening
Cough during the afternoon sleep repeatedly waking him
Sudden violent cough
Respiratory troubles after drinking water, in afternoon and repeatedly afterwards
Dyspnoea after drinking water
Peculiar difficulty of breathing in lower chest as if an impediment below diaphragm, cannot take deep breath even when outstretched, as if it were too full there, in afternoon, < evening.
Chest EN
Oppression of chest, weakness and yawning
Suffocative swelling up in middle of chest behind sternum, taking away breath, and, when violent, becoming painful, as from beating of waves in aorta
Violent pains below sternum, like transient cutting from above down, and from r. to l., < on stretching out r. arm; in forenoon; then at noon; then at 2 p.m.
Back EN
Pain in back; in small of back and loins, bruised feeling on bending back.
Limbs EN
Weakness in limbs.—Cramp-like sensation in limbs.
Upper Limbs EN
Violent pain in l. metacarpal bone; then shivering and coldness with headache above eyes; again in hands.
Lower Limbs EN
Painful sensation of fulness in lower limbs
Pain in r. hip-joint, posteriorly, as if dislocated, < by certain motions
Violent bruised pain in both hip-joints, < l
Right heel feels benumbed on standing on it
Remarkably sore pain in both heels, when walking and stepping.
Generalities EN
Relaxation of mind and body.—Sudden great weakness.—Heat of day at noon intolerable.—Inclination to stretch.—Peculiar feeling as if poisoned.—Frequent rush of blood to face, and painful fulness of whole r. half of body, esp. here and there and in lower limbs.
Skin EN
Burning itching points here and there immediately
Small burning itching spots on face
Small brownish spots on backs of both hands as if warts would form
Itching and eruptions like small weals on l. shoulder and in hollow of both knees, lasting more than a week, < r. side
Eruptions on hands, small itching vesicles, esp. on backs of fingers.
Sleep EN
Much yawning with weakness evening
Sleep and sleepiness all day
Sleep at night bad.
Fever EN
Chilliness with constant trickling from nose
Cold and white like marble, in cholera
Feeling of heat in face and over whole body
Reflexion causes heat of face in evening
Burning in palms
General sweat with nausea.