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Lupus Erythematosum
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Remedy |
Characteristics
Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Apis |
Swelling or puffing up of
various parts, œdema, red rosy hue
Stinging pains
Soreness
Intolerance of heat and slightest touch
Erysipelatous inflammations
Dropsical effusions
Inflammation of kidneys, and other perenchymatous
tissues
Serous inflammation with effusion, membranes of
brain, heart, pleuritic effusion, etc.
Constricted sensations
Sensation of stiffness and as of something torn
off in the interior of the body
Much prostration
Thirstless
Craving for milk
Cannot urinate without a stool
Urine scanty, high colored
Feels as if he could not draw another breath
Knee swollen, shiny, sensitive, sore, with
stinging pain
Feet swollen and stiff; feel too large
Rheumatic pain in back and limbs
Tired, bruised feeling
Numbness of hands and tips of fingers
Hives with intolerable itching
Dreams full of care and toil
Screams and sudden starting during sleep.
Afternoon chill, with thirst; worse on motion
and heat
External heat, with smothering feeling
Sweat slight, with sleepiness
Perspiration breaks out and dries up frequently
Sleeps after the fever paroxysm
After perspiration, nettle rash, also with
shuddering
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Heat
in any form
Touch
Pressure
Late in afternoon
After sleeping; in closed and heated rooms
Right side
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In open air
Uncovering
Cold bathing
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| Cistus Canadensis |
Chronic
swellings, when patient is extremely sensitive to cold
Sensation of coldness in various parts
Cool feeling
in stomach before and after eating
Cool feeling in whole abdomen
Desire for cheese
Sprained pain in wrist
Tips of fingers sensitive to cold
Tetter on hands
Cold feet
White swelling
Bad smelling leucorrhœa.
Asthmatic after lying down (trachea feels
narrow), preceded by formication.
Itching all over
Small, painful pimples; lupus
Skin of hands hard, thick, dry, fissured; deep
cracks
Itching of swollen hands and arms; general
itching which presents sleep |
Slightest exposure to cold
air
Mental exertion
Excitement
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After eating. |
| Guarana |
Tan or brown pigmentation on temples and arms
Hives with itching
Stools profuse, bloody, bright green; flakes inter-mixed; odorless
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| Hydrocotyle Asiatica |
Interstitial
inflammation and cellular proliferation in any part
Hypertrophy and induration of connective tissue
Leprosy and lupus, when there is no
ulceration
Difficulty in maintaining the upright posture
Very copious perspiration
Inflammation of neck of bladder
Profuse leucorrhœa
Dry eruptions
Great thickening of epidermoid layer and
exfoliation of scales
Pustules on chest
Circular spots, with scaly edges
Intolerable itching, especially of soles
Lupus non-exedens
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| Iodum |
Rapid metabolism: Loss of
flesh great appetite
Hungry with much thirst
Great debility, the slightest effort induces
perspiration
Exceedingly thin, dark complexioned, with
enlarged lymphatic glands
Tremor
Craves cold air
Acts prominently on connective tissue
Abnormal vaso-constriction, capillary congestion
followed by œdema, ecchymosis, hæmorrhages, and nutritive disturbances
Acute exacerbation of chronic inflammation
Wants cool
surroundings
Weakness and loss of breath going upstairs
Ravenous hunger and much thirst
Empty eructations, as if every particle of
food were turned into gas
Anxious and worried if he does not eat
Urine frequent
and copious, dark yellow-green, thick, acrid with cuticle on
surface
Great weakness during menses
Menstruation irregular
Acrid leucorrhœa, thick, slimy, corroding the
linen
Joints inflamed and painful
Pain in bones at night
White swelling
Cold hands and feet
Acrid sweat of feet
Pulsation in large arterial trunks
Skin hot, dry,
yellow and withered
Flushes of heat all over body
Marked fever, restlessness, red cheeks, apathetic
Profuse sweat
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When quiet
In warm room
Right side
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Walking about
In open air
After eating
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| Kali Bichromicum |
Absence of fever
General weakness bordering on paralysis
Especially indicated for fleshy, fat, light
complexioned persons subject to catarrhs or with syphilitic or scrofulous
history
Pains migrate quickly
Rheumatic and gastric symptoms alternate
More adapted to sub-acute rather than the violent
acute stage
Mucous membranes everywhere are affected
Catarrh of pharynx, larynx, bronchi and nose, and
a tough, stringy, viscid secretion
Dislikes water
Cannot digest meat
Desire for beer and acids
After urinating a drop seems to remain which
cannot be expelled
Ropy mucus in urine
Yellow, tenacious leucorrhœa
Wandering pains, along the bones; worse cold
Bones feel sore and bruised
Very weak
Tearing pains in tibia; syphilitic
rheumatism
Pain, swelling and stiffness and crackling of all
joints
Soreness of heels when walking
Tendo Achilles swollen and painful
Pains in small spots
Pustular eruption, resembling smallpox, with
burning pains
Itching with vesicular eruption
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Beer
Morning
Hot weather
Undressing
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From heat |
| Phosphorus |
Tall, slender persons, narrow
chested, with thin, transparent skin, weakened by loss of animal fluids,
with great nervous debility
Emaciation
Amative tendencies
Great susceptibility to external impressions, to
light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunder-storms
Suddenness of symptoms, sudden
prostration, faints, sweats, shooting pains, etc
Muscular pseudo-hypertrophy, neuritis
Inflammation of the respiratory tract
Paralytic symptoms
Hunger soon after eating
Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal
Belching large quantities of wind, after eating
Very fetid stools and flatus
Long, narrow, hard, like a dog's
Difficult to expel
Desire for stool on lying on, left side
Urine turbid,
brown, with red sediment.
Lack of power, irresistible desire;
involuntary emissions, with lascivious dreams.
Menses too early and scanty-not profuse, but
last too long
Leucorrhœa profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead
of menses
Stitches in elbow and shoulder joints. Burning of
feet
Weakness and trembling, from every exertion
Can scarcely hold anything with his hands
Tibia inflamed and becomes necrosed
Arms and hands become numb
Can lie only on right side
Joints suddenly give way.
Great drowsiness, especially after meals
Vivid dreams of fire; of hæmorrhage
Lascivious dreams
Goes to sleep late and awakens weak
Short naps and frequent wakings.
Chilly every evening
Cold knees at night
Adynamic fever with lack of thirst, but
unnatural hunger
Hectic fever, with small, quick pulse; viscid
night-sweats
Profuse perspiration. |
Touch
Physical or mental exertion
Twilight
Warm food or drink
Change of weather
From getting wet in hot weather
Evening
Lying on left or painful side
During a thunder-storm
Ascending stairs
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In
dark
Lying on right side
Cold food
Cold
Open air
Washing with cold water
Sleep
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| Sepia |
Acts specially on the portal
system, with venous congestion
Stasis and thereby drooping of viscera and
weariness and misery
Weakness, yellow complexion, bearing-down
sensation, especially in women, upon whose organism it has most pronounced
effect
Pains extend down to back, chills easily
Tendency to abortion
Upward tendency of its symptoms
Easy fainting
"Ball" sensation in inner parts
Acts best on brunettes
All pains are from below up
Feels cold even in warm room
Feeling of goneness; not relieved by eating
Everything tastes too salty
Longing for vinegar, acids, and pickles
Loathes fat
Red, adhesive, sand in urine
Involuntary urination, during first
sleep
Leucorrhœa yellow, greenish; with much itching
Menses Too late and scanty, irregular; early
and profuse
Lower extremities lame and stiff, tension as if too
short
Heaviness and bruised feeling
Restlessness in all limbs, twitching and
jerkings night and day
Pain in heel
Coldness of legs and feet.
Frequent flushes of heat; sweat from least motion
General lack of warmth of body
Feet cold and wet
Shivering, with thirst; worse, towards evening.
Itching; not relieved by scratching; worse in bends
of elbows and knees
Urticaria on going in open air; better in warm
room
Sweat on feet, worse on toes; intolerable odor |
Forenoons and evenings
Washing
Laundry-work
Dampness
Left side
After sweat
Cold air
Before thunder-storm
From milk, especially when boiled
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By exercise
Pressure
Warmth of bed
Hot applications
Drawing limbs up
Cold bathing
After sleep
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| Thuja |
Tearing in muscles and
joints, worse at rest, better in dry weather, worse damp humid atmosphere;
lameness
Rapid exhaustion and emaciation
Complete loss of appetite
Dislike for fresh meat and potatoes
Rancid eructations after fat food
Cannot eat onions
Thirst
Profuse leucorrhœa; thick, greenish
Menses scanty, retarded
Profuse perspiration before menses
When walking, limbs feel as if made of wood or
glass, and would break easily
Tips of fingers swollen, red, feel read
Muscular twitchings, weakness and trembling
Cracking in joints
Pain in heels and tendo-Achilles
Nails brittle
Perspiration sweetish, and strong
Dry skin, with brown spots.
Nails crippled; brittle and soft
Eruptions only on covered parts; worse
after scratching
Very sensitive to touch
Brown spots on hands and arms.
Persistent insomnia.
Chill, beginning in thighs
Sweat only on uncovered parts, or all over
except head, when sleeping; profuse, sour, smelling like honey |
At night
From heat of bed
At 3 am and 3 pm
From cold, damp air
After breakfast
Fat
Coffee
Vaccination
Moonlight
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Left side
While drawing up a limb
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