Ambra Grisea

(Ambra grisea)

II Comprehension slow, has to read everything three or four times and then does not understand it.

II Distorted images, grimaces ; diabolical faces crowd upon his fancy.

II Embarrassed manner in company ; blushing, bashful (Fer., X-ray, Tub.).

II Fears of becoming insane.

II Memory impaired.

I After business embarrassment cannot sleep, must get up and walk about (Rhus r., Sep.).

I Difficult thinking in the morning.

I Is not able to reflect upon anything properly, feels stupid.

I Melancholy, sits for days weeping ; with great weakness, loss of muscular power and pain in the small of the back and constipation.

Sensorium.- (Ambra grisea)

I Great weakness in the head with vertigo.

I She had to lie down on account of vertigo and sensation of weakness in the stomach.

I Vertigo with feeling of weight on the vertex ; < after sleep, < after eating.

(Ambra grisea)

II Falling off of hair, hair turns gray early.

II Rush of blood to head caused by music.

I On the right side of the head, a spot, where the hair when touched pains, as if sore.

Ears And Hearing.- (Ambra grisea)

II Music aggravates the cough.

I Deafness of one ear.

I Hearing, decreases ; with cold sensation in abdomen.

I Listening to music brings on congestion to head.

I Roaring and whistling in ears, in afternoon.

(Ambra grisea)

II Nosebleed with the menses.

I Bleeding of the nose early in the morning.

I Copious nosebleed early in bed, several successive days.

I Dried blood gathered in nose.

Teeth And Gums.- (Ambra grisea)

I Bleeding of gums.

(Ambra grisea)

III Ranula.

I Fetor of mouth, worse mornings.

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I Accumulation of grayish phlegm in throat, which is difficult to hawk up, accompanied by rawness.

I Sensation of rawness in region of velum pendulum palati.

I Sore throat after exposure to a draught of air ; stitching from the throat into right ear ; pains particularly from motion of the tongue.

(Ambra grisea)

I After eating, cough and gaping or gagging ; anxiety ; pressure in pit of stomach, as if the food stuck and would not go down (food descends slowly and gets into the larynx, Kali carb.) ; food is felt until it enters the stomach (Alum., Bry., Phos.).

I Eructations either empty, sour or bitter.

I Eructations with cough, so as almost to cause choking.

I Pressure in stomach and hypochondria.

(Ambra grisea)

III Sensation of coldness in the abdomen.

I Coldness of one side of the abdomen (left) ; also with the deafness.

I Pain in r. hypochondriac region while lying upon it.

(Ambra grisea)

III Frequent ineffectual desire for stool ; this makes her very anxious,

II At this time the presence of other persons becomes unbearable.

I Large flow of blood with the stool.

(Ambra grisea)

I During urination, burning, smarting, itching and titillation in the urethra and vulva.

I Sour smelling urine.

I Urine when emitted is clouded, yellowish-brown and deposits a brownish sediment, after which the urine looks clear and yellow ; coffee ground sediment.

Male Sexual Organs.- (Ambra grisea)

I A man. aet. 80, gets asthma when attempting coition.

I Sore rawness between the thighs.

I Voluptuous itching on scrotum.

Female Sexual Organs.- (Ambra grisea)

III Discharge of blood between the periods, at every little accident, as every hard stool or after a walk a little longer than usual.

II Burning in sexual parts, with discharge of a few drops of blood.

II During urination : itching, titillation, burning of vulva and urethra.

II Menses too early and too profuse.

I In childbed obstinate constipation and tenesmus ; abdomen puffed, causing much anxiety ; so nervous she cannot attempt a stool in the presence of other people, not even the nurse.

I Menses appear seven days before time.

I Puerperal eclampsia.

I Severe itching on the pudenda, must rub the parts.

I Soreness and itching, with swelling of the labia.

I Stitches in ovarian region, when drawing in abdomen or pressing upon it.

I Thick, mucous leucorrhea, increased from day to day, or leucorrhea at night, of bluish-white mucus ; preceding each discharge, a stitch in the vagina.

Respiration.- (Ambra grisea)

II Asthma comes on while he is attempting coition.

II Get out of breath with the cough, which is spasmodic ; rush of blood to the head.

I Asthma of old people and children.

I Itching, scraping and soreness of the larynx and trachea.

I Oppression felt in chest and between scapula : it subsides for a short time after eating.

I Titillation in larynx with spasmodic cough.

I Titillation in throat, larynx and trachea, causing violent cough.

I Whistling in chest during breathing.

(Ambra grisea)

III Cough in spasmodic paroxysms.

III Violent spasmodic cough, with frequent eructations and hoarseness ; with pain in region of spleen as if something were torn off.

I A kind of whooping-cough ; paroxysmal but without crowing inspiration. < after lying down.

I Choking and vomiting when hawking up phlegm from the fauces.

I Cough every evening with pain under the left ribs, as if something was torn loose there.

I Cough only at night, produced by an excessive irritation in the throat.

I Cough with emaciation.

I Deep dry cough, with accumulation of water in mouth, and subsequent rawness of the throat.

I Hollow, spasmodic, barking cough ; worse from talking or reading aloud ; with gagging after eating.

I Paroxysms of cough coming from deep in chest, excited by violent tickling in throat, evening without, morning with expectoration, generally of grayish-white, seldom of yellow mucus, of salty or sour taste ; tough grayish mucus ; worse in the morning.

I Spasmodic cough of elderly or emaciated persons.

Chest and Lungs.- (Ambra grisea)

I Itching in chest.

I Sensation of pressure deep in r. chest ; also in l. chest or in upper part of chest.

I Sensation of rawness in chest.

Heart And Pulse.- (Ambra grisea)

I Anxiety at the heart, causing oppression of breathing, with flushes of heat ; oppression beginning in the heart.

I Violent palpitation, with pressure in chest, as if a lump lay there, or as if the chest was stuffed up.

Neck And Back.- (Ambra grisea)

II Stiffness in small of back after sitting.

Upper Limbs.- (Ambra grisea)

I Coldness of left hand with headache.

I Finger nails brittle, with a very old man ; they got soft, elastic and pink.

I The arms go to sleep when lying on them, when carrying anything in the hands or at night ; with numbness especially of the left arm in rest ; tingling in the thumb.

Lower Limbs.- (Ambra grisea)

I Sore and raw between the thighs, II and in the hollow of the knees.

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I Arms and limbs "go to sleep" easily.

I Great lassitude, especially mornings in bed.

I Infantile spasms.

I Jerks and twitches.

I Loss of muscular power.

I Spasms and twitches in the muscular parts.

I Weakness of the whole body ; of the knees, as if they would give way ; of the feet, with loss of sensation ; in the stomach, so that she must lie down.

(Ambra grisea)

II Sleepy on retiring ; but as soon as head touches the pillow is wide awake for hours, restless, tossing, or simply unable to close the eyes.

I Cannot sleep, must get up ; worriment from business embarrassment ; insomnia of business men.

I Vexatious, anxious dreams and talking in sleep ; awaken frightened.

(Ambra grisea)

I Chill in forenoon, with lassitude and sleepiness ; relieved by eating ; skin of whole body cold, except face and genitals.

(Ambra grisea)

II Itching.