Mezereum
Spurge Olive
Abdomen
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Swelling of glands with large abdomen in children. Pressure in inguinal ring. Flatulent colic, with shivering and difficult respiration.
Back
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worse, motion and at night; intolerant of all touch. Pain and burning in tibia and long bones. Legs and feet go to
Chest
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Cough ; worse, eating, irritation lower than can be reached, on taking a warm drink.
Compare
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Dirca palustris — Leather wood — a gastro* intestinal irritant inducing salivation, emesis and purgation (neuralgic pains, with depression, palpitation, and dyspnoea) ; Merc.: Phyt.; Rhus; Cuaiac.; Syph. Antidotes; Kali hyd.; Mc*c. f^se. — Sixth to thirtieth potency.
Ears
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Feel too much open, as if tympanum was exposed to the cold air and it blew into the ear.
Eyes
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Ciliary neuralgia, after operations. Especially after removal of eyeball. Pains radiate and shoot downward, ivith cold feeling and stiffness of bone. ’
Face
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Red. Eruption around mouth, with coryza.
Female
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Menses too frequent, soon, profuse. Leucorrhoea like albumen ; very corroding.
Guiding symptoms
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Urine. — Red flakes float on top of urine. Hot, bloody. Biting, burning in forepart of urethra at the close of micturition. Hsematuria preceded by cramp pain in the bladder. After urinating, a few drops of blood are passed.
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sitiveness to cold air. Bone pains. Eruptions after vaccination. Burning, darting sensation in the muscles; subsultus tendinum. Pains shoot upward and seem to draw patient up out of bed. Semi-lateral complaints. Patient is very sensitive to cold air.
Head
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Hard work to talk. Headache; worse from talking. Stupe lying headache in right side. Affections of external
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scaly eruption, white scabs. Head covered with thick, leathery crusts, under which pus collects. Violent neuralgia about face and teeth, running towards ear, at night; worse, eating; better, near hot stove. Roots of teeth decay. Teeth feel elongated.
Male
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Enlargement of testicles. Violent sexual desire. Gonorrhoea, with hsematuria.
Modalities
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Worse, cold air ; night, evening until midnight, warm food, touch, motion. Better, open air.
Nose
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Sneezing, cor5'^za, interior of nose, excoriated. Post-nasal adenoids.
Rectum
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Constipation after confinement. Prolapse of
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Diarrhoea, with small, white particles. Green discharges. Constipation, with hepatic and uterine inertia. Constriction of anus; stitches and prolapse of
Respiratory
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Soreness and burning in bones of thorax. Constriction across
Skin
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Eczema; intolerable itching; chilliness with pruritus ; worse in bed. Ulcers itch and burn, surrounded by vesicles and shining, fiery-red areola. Zona, with burning pain. Bones, especially long bones, inflamed and swollen ; caries, exostosis ; pain worse night, touch, damp weather. [Merc.: Syph.} Eruptions ulcerate and form thick scabs under which purulent matter exudes.
Sleep
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Pain in hip and knee.
Stomach
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Mouth waters. Mausea felt in
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Desire for ham-fat. Burning in tongue, extending to
Throat
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better, eating. Chronic gastritis; burning, corroding pain; nausea, vomiting, chocolate color. Gastric ulcer with much burning.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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