ABROTANUM
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General
ABROTANUM. [Abrot.] Southern Wood. Deventer. Gatchell. Cushing. Compositae.
Mind
► Feeble, dull. ► Indolence, aversion to bodily motion. ► Good-humored or gloomy. ► Anxious, depressed. θ Gastralgia. ► Child cross, depressed, very peevish. θ Marasmus.
Inner Head
► Left brain feels weaker. ► As if squeezed on the temporal regions.
Outer Head
► Could not hold head up. ► Scalp sore ; itching. ► Distended veins on forehead. See 29.
Eyes
► Blue rings around the eyes ; eyes looking dull. θ Chlorosis. ► Inflamed eyes.
Ears
► Humming as of bees ; wind rushes out of right ear.
Nose
► Inner nose dry. ► Nosebleed with boys.
Face
► Face wrinkled as if old. θ Marasmus. ► Comedones with emaciation. ► Face feels cold.
Teeth
► Drawing, tearing in carious teeth.
Tongue, Etc
► Acid taste. ► Slimy taste. θ Gastralgia.
Mouth
► Dry and sore ; saliva increased.
Desires And Aversions
► Gnawing hunger ; ravenous appetite, all the while emaciating. ► Craves bread boiled in milk.
Stomach
► Burning as from acidity. ► As if stomach were hanging or swimming in water, with coldness. θ Gastralgia. ► Pains cutting, gnawing, burning, worse at night. θ Gastralgia.
Abdomen
► Weak sinking in bowels. ► Distended abdomen. θ Hemorrhoidal colic. θ Chlorosis. θ Marasmus. ► Hard lumps in different parts of abdomen. θ Marasmus.
Stool, Etc
► Food passes undigested. θ Marasmus. ► After suddenly checked diarrhoea. θ Marasmus. ► Alternate diarrhoea and constipation. θ Marasmus. ► Constipation. θ Gastralgia. ► Protruding piles, with burning, from touch or when passing. ► Piles worse when rheumatism abated. ► With inclination to stool, only blood passes.
Urine
► Bladder full, urging ; scanty urine.
Male Sexual Organs
► Hydrocele of children.
Female Sexual Organs
► Darting in left ovary ; twitching in both ovaries. ► Dysmenorrhoea or suppressed menses.
Pregnancy
► Blood and moisture oozing from navel of the newborn.
Larynx
► Sudden hoarseness or weak voice.
Breathing
► Breathing impeded, difficult.
Cough
► Troublesome cough. θ Rheumatism.
Lungs
► Cold air causes raw feeling. ► Pressing sensation remains in affected side, impeding free breathing. θ Pleurisy.
Heart And Pulse
► Pain across chest, sharp and severe in region of heart. θ Rheumatism. ► Pulse weak and small. θ Chlorosis. ► Ebullitions with general heat, and distended veins on forehead and hands. θ Hemorrhoidal colic.
Outer Chest
► Drawing in muscles, worse from motion.
Back
► Back weak with ovarian pains. ► Pains in sacrum. θ Hemorrhoidal colic. ► Sudden spinal inflammation ; sudden aching pains in the back, better by motion, see 36.
Upper Limbs
► Aching from shoulder-joints to elbows. ► Aching in fingers, first right then left side. ► Pricking and coldness finger tips. ► Numbs sensation in fingers. ► Distended veins, see 29. ► Legs emaciated. θ Marasmus.
Lower Limbs
► Stitching, tearing, itching in old footsores. ► Drawing in ankle-joint. ► Dead cold feet.
Limbs In General
► Inability to move. θ Rheumatism. ► Back and limbs sore and lame, worse mornings on awaking.
Position, Etc
► Lies prone. ► Motion : 28, 30, 31.
Nerves
► Weak, sickly feeling, when excited trembling. ► Lame and sore. θ Rheumatism. ► Weak and prostrated after influenza, see 4. ► Numbness, partial paralysis ; spine affected.
Sleep
► Sleepless, restless. θ Hemorrhoidal colic. ► Frightful dreams and trembling on awaking.
Time
► Night : 17. Morning : 31.
Temperature And Weather
► Cold air : 28. ► Chilblains itch ; frostbitten limbs.
Chill, Fever And Sweat
► Creeping chill in brain with prickling. ► High fever. θ Rheumatism. ► Hectic fever with chilliness after influenza, very weakening. θ Marasmus.
Attacks
► Sudden hoarseness : 25.
Sides
► Left : 3, 23. ► Right to left : 32.
Sensations
► Aching ; coldness ; deadness ; pricking ; stinging ; itching ; gnawing ; drawing ; darting ; tearing ; cutting ; sticking ; scraping ; pressing ; soreness ; rawness ; dryness ; burning ; hanging or swimming.
Tissues
► Gout in wrists and ankles. ► After suppressed gastralgia. ► Joints stiff with pricking -sore, lame, joints, agg. awaking. ► Contraction of limbs from cramps or colic. ► Inflammatory rheumatism before swelling. ► Chlorosis. ► Marasmus of children. ► Emaciations, see 8, 14.
Contact, Injuries, Etc
► Worse from touch, 20.
Skin
► Skin flabby, hangs loose. θ Marasmus. ► Furunculus ; after Hepar sulph.
Stages And States
► Children : emaciation. ► Boys : θ Nosebleed. θ Hydrocele. ► Newborn, 34.
Relationship
► After Acon. and Bryon., pleurisy, see 28. ► After Hepar, see 46. ► Concordances : Nux vom., Agar.