Sphingurus · Homeo Materia Medica

General

Sphingurus.

Spiggurus Martini (Mure). Histrix subspinosum. Histrix prehensilis. Tree Porcupine. N. O. Sphingurinae. Trituration of prickles taken from one of the sides.

Clinical

Hair falling out (head; beard). Jaw-joint, pains in. Stammering. Zygoma, pain in.

Characteristics

The Old World porcupines have the name Histricinae, those of the New World Sphingurinae. Mure proved the 3x trituration of the prickles. The most noteworthy symptoms were—failing out of the hair, of whiskers especially; pain in the jaw-joint and right zygoma. Itching of the pubes after taking tea. Embarrassed speech. Nausea at sight of food. The symptoms are: < Lying down. < After tea. > Walking in open air. > After dinner.

Mind

Capricious mood.—Everything is disagreeable to him.

Head

Dizziness behind the head

Prickings on vertex

Darting through l. skull-bones

Hemicrania

Boring pain in skull after breakfast

The hair falls off.

Eyes

Lachrymation.

Ears

Deafness in l. ear.—Whizzing and buzzing in ears.

Face

Pain in articulation of jaw

Pain in right zygoma

Desquamation of whiskers.

Mouth

Bleeding of gums

Bitter mouth, with salt taste

Embarrassed speech.

Stomach

Nausea, with piercing pain in back

Desire to vomit at sight of food

Drowsy after dinner

Constrictive pain in stomach

Dry and full feeling in stomach at night

Shootings in epigastrium.

Abdomen

Sense of fulness in abdomen

Painful swelling of abdomen before dinner

Pain around navel.

Urinary Organs

Violent pains in l. kidney

Pain in urethra after urinating, < stooping

Itching of pubes after taking tea.

Respiratory Organs

Cough with pain in chest.

Chest

Pain in intercostal muscles.—Pain in r. side as from a plug.

Heart

Stitch in heart.

Neck

Constriction from neck to diaphragm.

Upper Limbs

Pain in r. arm, as if broken

Pain at lower end of r. forearm

Pain in r. arm as if extension were prevented by a string.

Lower Limbs

Knees give way

Heat and numbness of feet

Cracks between toes

Lancing pain in r. big toe.

Generalities

Passing pains in toes, r, temple, and one canine tooth.—Weakness.—Numbness.—Symptoms < lying down; > walking in open air; > after dinner.

Skin

Itching all over with bleeding after scratching.

Sleep

Yawning

Morning dream about a serpent

Merry dreams.

Fever

Shuddering.—Shuddering with chattering of teeth.