Ambra Grisea
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General EN
Ambra Grisea.
Ambergris. Most probably a morbid product found in the Sperm Whale or floating in the sea. (Not to be confounded with Amber-Succinum.) Trituration and tincture.
Clinical EN
Anus, irritation of. Asthma. Bashfulness. Brain, softening of. Cardiac asthma. Convulsions. Cough. Deafness. Emaciation. Epistaxis. Face, pimples on. Hysteria. Jaundice. Menstrual irregularity. Music, intolerance of. Nervousness. Nymphomania. Pruritus vulvae. Puerperal convulsions. Ranula. Reaction defective. Spleen, pain in. Tympanites.
Characteristics EN
Ambra produces faintness (Moschus), nervousness, jerks, and twitches. Reflex action is increased. The patient has an embarrassed air; the bashful state is very characteristic in certain connections. Embarrassed in company.
Cough worse when many people are present. As if in a dream. Forgetful. There is defective reaction in nervous patients.
Sensation of icy coldness in abdomen. The pelvic organs are painfully influenced. There is voluptuous itching on the scrotum and some rawness below the thighs in the male. In the female there is discharge of blood between the periods at every little accident, as straining at stool or extra work.
Severe itching on pudenda. During urination, itching, tickling, burning of vulva and urethra. Nymphomania, with discharge of bluish white mucus. In childbed, obstinate constipation and tenesmus with bashfulness; cannot make the attempt to stool if any one is present, even the nurse.
There is a tickling, spasmodic cough. Cough excited by speaking. Night cough. Cough followed by copious belching.
Itching in chest. The limbs go to sleep easily. Finger nails are brittle. Sweat on slightest exertion.
Sleepless from worry; retires tired, wakeful as soon as touches pillows. < Warmth; > cold; < from overlifting.
Suited to excitable, nervous children. Nervous persons. Lean persons. Old persons.
Nervous bilious temperament. "Dried-up" nervous persons. "Thin, scrawny women."
Relations EN
Compare: Moschus (faintness; hysteric asthma); Castor., Asaf., Pso. and Valer. (defective reaction); Coca (bashfulness);
Kali bro., Nux v. (increased reflexes); Calc., Nat. c. (coldness in abdomen);
Act. r. (night cough); Nux v. (thin, nervous persons);
Ars. (Asthma); Phos. (asthma, nervous excitability;
"irritable weakness"; slender build); Bov. (flow of blood between the periods); Lach. and Sep.
(< from overlifting); Coff., Chi., Ign., Sul., Puls., Staph.; Sec. (scrawny women).
Antidoted by: Camph., Coff., Nux v., Puls., Staph. Antidote to: Staph. (especially the voluptuous itching of scrotum); Nux v.
Mind EN
Great restlessness
Hastiness and nervous excitement when talking
Memory impaired
Slow of comprehension, has to read a sentence over and over again, and then does not understand; thinking powers are quite impaired
Melancholy
Inconsolable sadness
Anxiety, esp. in the evening
Timidity
Despair, and disgust of life
Repugnance to laughter and conversation
Excitement, agitation, and precipitation, chiefly during intellectual labours
Imagination occupied with grinning faces and wanton images
Absence of ideas
Difficult conception
Embarrassed manner in society; bashful.
Head EN
Attack of dizziness, esp. on walking in the open air
Vertigo, which compels the patient to lie down, with a sensation of weakness in the stomach
In the morning, headache as after a nocturnal debauch
Sensation of weakness in the head, with external shivering
Pressive pain in the head, every two days, with heat in the head, burning in the eyes, and paleness in the face
Pressure in the forehead, with fear of losing one's reason
Pressing pain in the forehead and vertex, with heat in the head, with pale face on alternate days, with fear of losing his senses
Pressive squeezing, with perplexity, principally in the forehead and occiput
Congestion of blood in the head, esp. on hearing music
Acute sensation of drawing in the head, with ulcers on the scalp
Dartings in the head
Pain in the head, as if caused by a strain from lifting a weight
Pain in the scalp on its being touched, with falling off of the hair
The scalp feels sore in the morning, when awaking: this is followed by a sensation of numbness, extending over the whole body.
Eyes EN
Pressure on the eyes, with heaviness, and a sensation as if the eyes were too deep in the head, with a difficulty of opening them in the morning
Insufferable tickling round the eyes
Itching in the eyelid, as if a sty were being formed
Inflammatory redness of the sclerotica, with injection of the vessels
Confusion of sight, like a mist, and obscurity before the eyes.
Ears EN
Acute sensation of drawing in the ears
Tension in the ears
Crawling and tickling in the interior of the ears
Tinkling and buzzing before the ears
Increasing deafness; deaf in one ear, roaring and whistling in the ear.
Nose EN
Spasms in the alae nasi
Nasal haemorrhage, principally in the morning
Clots or dry blood in the nose
Frequent sneezing
Dryness and stoppage of the nose, with pain, as of excoriation
Dry coryza
Chronic suppression of the nasal mucus.
Face EN
Redness and heat, sometimes transient, of the face
Jaundiced face
Convulsive movements in the muscles of the face
Tickling and itching titillation in the face, with eruption of pimples; the same in the forehead, and in the region of the whiskers
Red spot on the cheeks, cramps in the lips
Cramp of the lower lip
Hot lips.
Teeth EN
Drawing, shooting pains, chiefly in the teeth that are carious, and esp. in the open air; increased by taking anything hot
Drawing toothache, sometimes on one side and then on the other
Bleeding of the gums
Painful swelling of the gums.
Mouth EN
In the morning, on waking, dryness and sensation of numbness in the mouth, in the tongue, and in the lips
Itching and smarting in the mouth
Vesicles in the mouth, with burning pain
Nodosities, with pain, like excoriation, below the tongue
Tongue coated white, or greyish yellow
Offensive smell in the mouth (in the morning)
Ranula.
Throat EN
Sensation as of a plug in the throat, with difficulty of swallowing
Strangling in the pharynx on swallowing food
Gnawing and scratching in the throat
Accumulation of greyish mucus in the throat, with inclination to vomit, and vomiting when hawking
In the morning, hawking up of mucus
Asthma in lean and delicate old people.
Appetite EN
Insipid or rancid taste
Want of appetite
Sourness in the mouth after taking milk
After eating, pressure at the pit of the throat, as if a piece had stopped there
After eating, cough and gaping, and a feeling as if food did not go down into the stomach
Entire thirstlessness.
Stomach EN
Imperfect eructations
Frequent eructations, often sour, or with the taste of the food which may have been taken
Hiccough after having smoked tobacco
Pyrosis principally in the evening, or on walking in the open air
Nausea and vomiting
Pressure and cramp-like pain in the stomach
Sensation of burning in the stomach and in the precordial region
Heartburn from drinking milk.
Abdomen EN
Hepatic pains, most frequently pressive
Pressive pain in the epigastrium and in the abdomen
Heaviness in the belly
Tension and inflation of the belly, principally after eating and drinking
Compression in the belly, sometimes in the morning
Cutting pains in the evening, after midnight, and in bed in the morning with diarrhoea
Pain, as from a wound in the abdominal muscles, on coughing and on turning the body
Pain in the spleen, as if something were torn off
Sensation of coldness in abdomen, sometimes on one side only
In the evening sensation of drawing in the abdominal muscles
Incarcerated flatus
Flatulent colic in the night.
Stool And Anus EN
Constipation and tardy stools
Fruitless desire to go to stool, with anxiety, and incapability of enduring the approach of any person
Irregular intermittent stools, often only every two days
Soft, loose, clear-brown stools
After the stool, pressure in the abdomen
Flowing of blood with the stool
Haemorrhoidal excrescences in the anus
Itching and tingling in the anus and in the rectum
Itching, smarting, and stinging at the anus.
Urinary Organs EN
In the morning, after getting up, an urgent desire to make water
Increased secretion of urine, chiefly at night and in the morning
Increased secretion of urine, much more than the amount of the fluid drunk
Urine of a yellowish-brown, and turbid, with brown sediment
Reddish cloud in the urine
Urine tinged with blood
Acid smell from the urine
Burning in the orifice of the urethra.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Voluptuous excitement of, and itching in, the genital parts, without external cause
Burning in the region of the spermatic vesicles
Erections in the morning, with numbness of the genital parts
Sore rawness between thighs
Violent erections in the morning, without sexual desire, with numbness of the parts.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Menses too early; and too profuse
Discharge of blood between the periods
During menstruation, increased swelling of varicose veins, with pressure in the legs
Leucorrhoea thick, slimy, preceded by shooting pains in the vagina
Running of white-bluish matter from the vagina
The leucorrhoea more abundant at night
Burning, pain of excoriation, and itching, in the sexual parts
Violent itching, with swelling of the external parts.
Respiratory Organs EN
Cough, with coryza, and expectoration of a whitish and salt mucus
Nocturnal cough, excited by excessive tickling in the gullet, cough in the evening, with pain in the l. side, as if something were torn away
Spasmodic cough from tickling in the throat with expectoration of yellowish, or greyish-white mucus, tasting salt or sour, in the morning; with expectoration in the evening
Convulsive cough, with eructations and hoarseness
On coughing, pressive headache in the temples
Voice hoarse, harsh, with an accumulation of thick mucus in the air ducts
Hoarseness and roughness of the voice, with accumulation of thick, tough mucus, easily thrown off by coughing
Cough < by music.
Chest EN
Breathing short
Oppression in breathing
Oppression felt in the chest, and between the scapulae
Breath fetid in the morning after waking
Wheezing in the chest
Painful oppression in the chest and in the back
Pressure in the chest, chiefly in the region of the heart
Sensation of rawness in the chest
Itching in the chest, and in the thyroid gland
Asthma of old people, and of children
At night, trembling in the breast
Palpitation of the heart, frequently when walking in the open air, with paleness of face, and pressure in the chest as if a lump were lodged there or as if the chest were obstructed
Rheumatic pain, as from a bruise in the chest.
Neck And Back EN
Pressive drawing pain in the nape of the neck, and in the back
Shooting pain in the loins
Stiffness in the loins after sitting long
Heaviness in the back, with pain in the belly, as if the intestines were compressed.
Upper Limbs EN
The arms become easily numbed, whether they are leant upon or used to carry something, or even in the night, with sensation of torpor
Paralytic drawing, as from dislocation, in the shoulder-joints, in the elbows, in the fore part of the arms, and in the hands
Trembling of the arms
Pain in the bone of the elbow when touched
Cramp in the hands on taking hold of anything
Prolonged coldness of the hands
Contraction of the fingers
In the evening, attack of trembling in the thumb
In the morning, the skin at the extremity of the fingers is wrinkled
Nocturnal weakness of the fingers
Itchy tetter between the fingers
Itching in the palms of the hands.
Lower Limbs EN
Sensation of torpor in the legs, with an unsteady walk
Sensation of contraction in the (r) thigh, the limb seems to be shortened
Nervousness of the legs
Heaviness, stiffness, and weakness of the legs
Cramps in the legs, and at night in the calves of the legs
Acute drawing pain in the legs, from the os sacrum to the feet, with incapability of supporting the foot on the ground: the affected leg seems shorter than the other
Excoriation in the hams, with pain, principally in the evening
Tingling in the calves of the legs and in the feet
Arthritic pains in the joints of the feet and in the great toes
Tightness in the joints of the feet
Pain, as of ulceration, in the soles of the feet when walking
Burning in the soles of the feet
Itching of the inside of the soles of the feet
Swelling of the feet
Shooting pains in chilblains on the toes
Pain, as of excoriation, in the corns.
Generalities EN
Infantile or other spasms Cramps and sensation of drawing in the muscles Tearing pains, chiefly in the joints, and often on one side only (from the small of the back through the r. leg) Spasms and twitches in the muscular parts
Susceptibility to numbness in various parts Many of the symptoms appear during sleep, and diminish after rising Many of the pains are mitigated by walking in the open air, or when lying on the part affected In the evening, and in a warm temperature, many of the symptoms are aggravated
Sensation of drawing throughout the body Incisive pain in the hands and feet Inflation and pulsation over the whole body, with great weakness after walking in the open air Ebullitions and pulsations in the whole body, esp. after walking in the open air
After having talked much, agitation and trembling all over the body, with restlessness Fatigue, esp. in the morning, in bed, and at night on waking Sensation of numbness and of torpor over the whole surface of the body, chiefly in the morning.
Skin EN
Dry, itching burning
Burning herpes
Suppressed eruptions
Itching, and sensation of burning in several parts of the skin, as from the itch
Tetters and itchy eruptions appear during the use of this medicine
Dryness of the skin
Burning tetters.
Sleep EN
Inclination to sleep during the day
Restlessness at night
Worriment from business embarrassments
Agitated sleep, in consequence of cold in the body, and a sensation of drawing in the limbs
Sleep, with anxious dreams and reveries
On sleeping, startings with fright.
Fever EN
Pulse accelerated with ebullitions
Chill in the forenoon, with weakness and sleepiness, better after eating
Flushes of heat, returning every fifteen minutes, worse towards evening
Feverish shivering in different parts, followed by heat in the face
Transient heat, sometimes with anxiety at the heart
Perspiration from slight exertion, esp. on the abdomen and on the thighs
Nocturnal sweat, particularly on the diseased side, after midnight.