Magnesia Muriatica

► Disinclined to talk, prefers solitude. ► Tearful, inclined to weep. ► Anxious in the room, relieved in the open air. ► Worse from mental exertion.

► Heaviness in the head, with reeling, as if one would fall down. ► Vertigo in the morning on rising, during dinner, going off in the open air. ► Sensation of numbness in the forehead, the head feels dull ; worse in the morning when awaking and when lying ; better from exercise in the open air, and when wrapping head up warmly. ► Congestion of blood to head, with painful undulation and whizzing, as of boiling water on the side upon which one rests.

► Every six weeks, pain in forehead and around the eyes ; feels as if the head would burst ; must lie down ; worse from motion and in the fresh air, better from strong pressure. ► Tearing and stitches in the temples, with great sensitiveness of the vertex, as if the hair were raised by pulling. ► Compressive sensation in head, from both sides, with a hot feeling, and with beating in forehead when pressing upon it.

► When looking into the light, lachrymation and burning of the eyes. ► Yellow color of the scleroticae. ► Eyes inflamed, with violent burning and redness of the scleroticae. ► Tinea ciliaris, pimples on the face coming and going ; worse after supper and in a warm room ; also in women before menses.

► Hardness of hearing and deafness, as if something were lying before the ear. ► Pulsation in the ear. ► Itching of old herpes behind the ears.

► Coryza, with dulness of the head and loss of smell and taste ; discharge of yellow fetid mucus. ► Discharge of acrid, corrosive water from the nose ; nose obstructed at night. ► Redness and swelling of the nose or of the alae. ► Sore pain in burning in the nostrils. ► Scurf in the nostrils, painful to touch ; ulcerated nostrils.

► Pale, yellowish complexion. ► Severe cramp-pains in the bones of the face. ► Eruptions on the face and forehead ; worse nights, in warm room and before menses.

► Large vesicles on the margin of vermilion border of the lower lip itching, afterwards burning.

► Toothache, almost insupportable if the food touches the teeth. ► Sensation as if the upper cuspidate were elongated. ► Painful swelling and easy bleeding of the gums. ► Slow dentition, with distended abdomen and constipation.

► Feels burnt ; mouth feels scalded. ► Rhagades in the tongue, with violent burning. ► Tongue coated white, early in the morning ; or, tip and edges clean, large, flabby and yellow. θ Liver indurated. ► Taste : absent ; bitter ; sour at night.

► Sensation of roughness of inner side of upper lip when touching it with the tongue. ► Dryness of the mouth and throat, without thirst. ► Accumulation of water in the mouth.

► Dryness and roughness of throat, with hoarse voice. ► Rising as of a ball from the stomach to the throat, relieved by eructation. ► Continual rising of a white froth into the mouth. ► Difficult hawking of thick, tough (or blood mixed) mucus.

► Hunger : but knows not for what ; followed by nausea. ► Appetite for sweets. ► Violent thirst (3 A.M.). ► Loss of appetite.

► Regurgitation while walking. ► Eructations : tasting like onions ; relieve : 36. ► Nausea : faintness, succeeded by coldness and weakness in the stomach ; frequent, with accumulation of water in mouth ; in the morning after rising. ► Eructations, water-brash ; stomach and liver sensitive : 18.

► Throbbing in the pit of stomach. ► Eroding pains in the stomach, going off after eating and coming on again at the end of digestion.

► Pressing pain in liver, when walking and touching it, worse when lying on right side ; liver hard and enlarged.

► Tearing in abdomen ; tearing stitches in loins. ► Tingling stitches in the abdominal muscles. ► Colic in the evening, extending to the thighs, followed by fluor albus ; hysteria. ► Colic at 1 P.M., had to lie crooked ; could not endure covering. ► Abdomen tense, sore as if bruised, sensitive to touch.

► Stools : in large, hard lumps ; crumbling at verge of anus ; abdomen distended ; knotty, like sheep's dung. ► Absence of desire for stool ; atony as with the bladder. ► Much pressure of stool ; passage scanty or only flatus. ► Diarrhoea of mucus and blood. ► Face covered with mucus and blood.

► Frequent desire to urinate day and night, with scanty discharge. ► Urine can only be passed by bearing down with the abdominal muscles. ► The urine pale yellow, followed by burning in the urethra. ► Numbness in the urethra.

► Frequent erections ; early in the morning, with burning in the penis. ► After an embrace, burning pain in the back. ► Itching on the genitals and on the scrotum, extending as far as the anus. ► Scrotum relaxed.

► Bearing down in ovarian region. ► Uterine diseases complicated with hysterical complaints. ► Uterine spasms extending to the thighs. ► Suppressed menses. ► Menses black, clotted ; profuse and early or late, with violent pains, which are worse in back when walking, and in thighs when sitting ; pale face, debility, nervous excitement. ► Menstrual pains are relieved by having the back pressed. ► Scirrhus induration of the os uteri. ► Leucorrhoea immediately after every stool, or after uterine spasms ; followed by metrorrhagia.

► The labor-pains are interrupted by hysterical spasms.

► Hoarseness, with roughness and dryness in the throat ; in the morning after rising. ► Tingling in the larynx.

► Dry cough evening and night, with burning and soreness in the chest. ► Spasmodic cough at night, with tickling in the throat. ► Bloody expectoration brought on by sea-bathing : 28.

► Sudden heaviness on the chest, with oppression of breathing, at dinner. ► Tension and constriction of the chest. ► Congestion of blood to chest from bathing in the sea : 27.

► Stitches in the heart, arresting the breath. ► Palpitation of the heart while sitting, going off on motion. ► Pulse accelerated, with ebullitions while sitting.

► Swelling of cervical glands. ► Pain as from bruises, above and in small of back and both hips, with sensitiveness of parts to touch ; also during menses. ► Contractive, spasmodic pain in the small of the back. ► Stitches, tearing and burning in the small of the back.

► Rheumatic pain in the shoulder-joint, extending down the arm to hands ; worse from motion. ► Tearing pains in the shoulders, arms, wrists and hands. ► The arms "go to sleep" when awaking in the morning.

► Sensation of great fatigue in the legs, even while sitting. ► Heaviness in the legs. ► Twitching, tearing in the hips. ► Restlessness and tense feeling in thighs, must move legs for relief. ► Pressing pain in the knees. ► Cramps in the calves at night. ► Burning in the soles, evenings. ► Foot-sweat.

► Much weakness in the limbs ; uterus displaced. ► Paralytic drawing and tearing in the limbs.

► Hysterical and spasmodic complaints. ► She has many spasms day and night, with great sleeplessness. ► Great weakness, from a sea-bath. ► Weakness of the body, as if coming from the stomach. ► Fainting fits at dinner, nausea and trembling, relieved by eructations.

► Sleepiness during the day, with yawning and sluggishness. ► Goes to sleep late ; sleeplessness on account of nightly heat, with thirst. ► Restlessness of the body as soon as she closes the eyes ; evening in bed. ► Shocks through the body at night, while waking. ► Sleep unrefreshing ; tired in the morning. ► Anxious, frightful dreams, with talking and crying out during sleep.

► Chill even near the stove ; worse from 4 to 8 P.M. : lessened in the open air or in bed ; chill followed by heat, evening until 12 P.M. ► Evening heat, thirst ; sweat only on the head ; averse to uncovering. ► Sweat, with thirst, from 12 P.M. till morning ; averse to uncovering.

► Every six weeks : 3.

► General sensation of soreness, with great sensitiveness to noise.

► Swelling of the glands.

► Better from pressure. ► Worse when riding on horseback.

► Blood-boils. ► Formication over the whole body.

► Women : especially hysterical, with uterine affections. ► Children, especially during dentition.

► Antidote to Magn. mur. : Chamom.