Boericke's Materia Medica
- Jerking
- twitching
- trembling
- itching
- vertigo
- delirium
- sopor
- neuralgia
- spasmodic affections
- neurotic skin troubles
- cerebral excitement
- general paralysis
- sensation as if pierced by needles of ice
- sensitive to pressure
- sensitive to cold air
- violent bearing-down pains
- symptoms appear diagonally as right arm and left leg
- pains are accompanied by sensation of cold
- pains are accompanied by numbness
- pains are accompanied by tingling
- loquacity
- aversion to work
- indifference
- fearlessness
- delirium characterized by singing
- delirium characterized by shouting
- delirium characterized by muttering
- rhymes
- prophesies
- paroxysm of yawning
- increased cheerfulness
- courage
- exalted fancy
- great mental excitement
- incoherent talking
- immoderate gaity alternates with melancholy
- perception of relative size of objects is lost
- takes long steps
- jumps over small objects as if they were trunks of trees
- a small hole appears as a frightful chasm
- a spoonful of water an immense lake
- increased physical strength
- furious delirium
- raging delirium
- screaming
- raving
- wants to injure himself
- mental depression
- languor
- confusion
- disinclination to work
- head vertigo from sunlight
- head vertigo on walking
- head in constant motion
- falling backward as if a weight in occiput
- lateral headache as if from a nail
- dull headache from prolonged desk-work
- icy coldness
- icy needles
- splinters
- neuralgia with icy cold head
- desire to cover head warmly
- headache with nose-bleed
- headache with thick mucous discharge
- reading difficult as type seems to move
- reading difficult as type seems to swim
- vibrating specters
- double vision
- dim vision
- flickering vision
- asthenopia from prolonged strain
- spasm of accommodation
- twitching of lids
- twitching of eyeballs
- margins of lids red
- margins of lids itch
- margins of lids burn
- margins of lids agglutinate
- inner angles very red
- ears burn
- ears itch as if frozen
- twitching of muscles about the ear
- noises in ears
- nervous nasal disturbances
- itching internally
- itching externally
- spasmodic sneezing after coughing
- sensitiveness of nose
- watery non-inflammatory discharge
- fetid dark bloody discharge
- nosebleed in old people
- sensation of soreness in nose
- sensation of soreness in mouth
- facial muscles feel stiff
- facial muscles twitch
- face itches
- face burns
- lancinating tearing pain in cheeks as of splinters
- neuralgia as if cold needles ran through nerves
- neuralgia as if sharp ice touched nerves
- burning and smarting on lips
- herpes on lips
- mouth twitching
- taste sweet
- aphth on roof of mouth
- splinter like pains in tongue
- thirsty all the time
- tremulous tongue
- tongue white
- stitches along eustachian tube to ear
- throat feels contracted
- small solid balls of phlegm thrown up
- dryness of pharynx
- swallowing difficult
- scratching in throat
- cannot sing a note
- empty eructations tasting of apples
- nervous disturbances with spasmodic contractions
- hiccough
- unnatural hunger
- flatulent distention of stomach
- flatulent distention of abdomen
- profuse inodorous flatus
- burning in stomach about three hours after a meal
- burning changing into a dull pressure
- gastric disturbance with sharp pains in liver region
- stitching pains in liver
- stitching pains in spleen
- stitching pains in abdomen
- stitches under short ribs left side
- diarrha with much fetid flatus
- fetid stools
- stitches in urethra
- sudden and violent urging to urinate
- frequent urination
- menses increased earlier
- itching and tearing
- pressive pains of genitals
- pressive pains of back
- spasmodic dysmenorrha
- severe bearing-down pains
- especially after menopause
- sexual excitement
- nipples itch
- nipples burn
- complaints following parturition
- complaints following coitus
- leucorrha with much itching
- violent attacks of coughing that can be suppressed by effort of will
- worse eating
- pain in head while cough lasts
- spasmodic cough at night after falling asleep
- with expectoration of little balls of mucus
- labored oppressed breathing
- cough ends in a sneeze
- irregular tumultuous palpitation
- after tobacco
- pulse intermittent
- pulse irregular
- cardiac region oppressed as if thorax were narrowed
- palpitation with redness of face
- pain with sensitiveness of spine to touch
- worse in dorsal region
- lumbago worse in open air
- crick in back
- twitching of cervical muscles
- stiff all over
- pain over hips
- rheumatism better motion
- weakness in loins
- uncertain gait
- trembling
- itching of toes as if frozen
- itching of feet as if frozen
- cramp in soles of feet
- pain in shin-bone
- neuralgia in locomotor ataxia
- paralysis of lower limbs with spasmodic condition of arms
- numbness of legs on crossing them
- paralytic pain in left arm followed by palpitation
- tearing painful contractions in the calves
- burning itching redness and swelling as from frostbites
- pimples hard like flea-bites
- miliary eruption with intolerable itching and burning
- chilblains
- angioneurotic dema
- rosacea
- swollen veins with cold skin
- circumscribed erythematous lesions
- circumscribed papular lesions
- circumscribed pustular lesions
- circumscribed dematous lesions
- paroxysms of yawning
- restless from violent itching and burning
- on falling asleep starts
- on falling asleep twitches
- on falling asleep awakes often
- vivid dreams
- drowsy in daytime
- yawning followed by involuntary laughter
- very sensitive to cool air
- violent attacks of heat in evening
- copious sweat
- burning spots
Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
- Acne rosacea
- Blepharospasm
- Brain softening
- Bunion
- Chilblains
- Chorea
- Coldness
- Cough
- Cramp
- Delirium tremens
- Dysmenorrhea
- Enteric fever
- Epilepsy with great exertion of strength
- Gangrene
- General paralysis
- Hyperpyrexia
- Itching
- Jaundice
- Lachrymal fistula
- Lichen
- Lumbago
- Meningitis
- Myopia
- Neuralgia
- Numbness
- Nystagmus
- Phthisis
- Rheumatism
- Sacrum pains
- Sebaceous tumors
- Sexual excess effects
- Spinal irritation
- Spleen affections
- Starting
- Stitch in side
- Tic convulsif
- Toothache
- Tremors
- Typhoid fever
- Typhus
- Alcoholism
- Delirium
- Mania
- Idiotcy
- Silly merriness
- Incoherent talk
- Vertigo
- Twitching about eyes and face
- Redness without heat
- Puffy and distorted face
- Ravenous appetite
- Bolting of food
- Sexual appetite enormous and enthusiastic
- Relaxed penis
- Impotence
- Spasmodic twitchings
- Waning tremulousness
- Relaxation
- Exhaustion
- Rolling of head
- Throbbing headache with stiffness of face muscles
- Dull drawing headache extending into root of nose
- Nose-bleed
- Thick mucous discharge
- Pain as from a nail in right side of head
- Muscular jerking
- Pain as if touched or pierced by needles of ice
- Fetidity of breath
- Fetid eructations
- Fetid stools
- Stitch in runners
- Symptoms appear diagonally
- Little urine
- Bladder irritable
- Sensitiveness to cold air
- Symptoms worse in cold weather
- Headache worse in cold weather
- Looking out of an open window causes toothache and pains in the limbs
- Drinking cold water worsens symptoms
- Symptoms worse before a thunderstorm
- Sensations as if touched with ice
- Sensations as if touched with ice-cold needles
- Symptoms appear when walking in the open air
- Symptoms worse indoors and at rest
- Vertigo may be better or worse in a room
- Sensitiveness to the rays of the sun
- Sunstroke
- Worse after moving
- Worse by pressure from without
- Aversion to conversation
- Indisposed to labor especially mental
- Exuberant fancy
- Ecstasy
- Inclination to make verses
- Inclination to prophesy
- Mania timid or furious with great display of strength
- Embraces companions and kisses their hands
- Alternately with vexation
- Silly merriness
- Great loquacity
- Sings
- Talks but does not answer questions
- Delirium tries to get out of bed
- Delirium constant knows no one
- Throws things at the nurse
- Delirium tremens
- Morose
- Self-willed
- Stubborn
- Slow in learning to walk
- Slow in learning to talk
- Dizziness as from intoxication
- Vertigo with impulse to fall backward
- Bright light of the sun instantly produces dizziness
- Piercing pains in the head when seated
- Dull pain chiefly in the forehead
- Drawing of the eyelids
- Drawing pains in the head extending to the eyes and root of nose
- Pain as if a nail were driven into the head
- Digging pain and sensation as from a bruise in the brain
- Semilateral cephalalgia
- Pulling and pressing with confusion in the head
- Beating in the vertex
- Almost furious despair
- Pressure in the head to the bottom of the brain
- Increased by pressure or contact of the hair
- Accompanied by complete loss of energy
- Sensation of icy coldness in the head
- Jerking sensation in the forehead and in the temple
- Great sensitiveness of the scalp
- Itching of the hairy scalp
- Burning sensation in the internal corners of the eyelids
- Pressure in the eyes
- Humor in the corners of the eyes
- Agglutination of the lids
- Twitching of the eyelids and eyeballs
- The cleft of the eyelids growing narrower
- Canthi itch burn are red stick together
- Viscid yellow humor glues the eyelids together
- Weakness and confusion of vision
- Brownish spots before the eyes
- Black motes before the eyes
- Diplopia
- Muscular asthenopia
- Squint
- Clonic spasms
- Otalgia excited and aggravated on the admission of free air
- Itching in the ears with redness and burning pain
- Buzzing in the ears
- Excoriation and inflammation of the nostrils
- Painful sensibility of the nostrils
- Itching in the interior and on the exterior of the nose
- Blood on blowing the nose
- Bleeding at the nose
- Increased acuteness of smell
- Frequent sneezing without coryza
- Dryness of the nose
- Flow of clear water from the nose without coryza
- Tearing in the face and jaw bones
- Twitching in the cheek
- Pain in jaw joint
- Itching redness and burning in the cheeks
- Palpitations and pulsations in the cheeks
- Bluish lips
- Burning fissures in the upper lip
- Herpetic eruption on upper lip
- Spasmodic drawing in the chin and in the lower jaw
- Needle-like prickings in chin
- Chin covered with minute blisters
- Tearing pains in the teeth
- Tearing in the lower molar teeth
- Shooting from lower teeth up to side of head
- Gums swollen painful and readily bleeding
- Pain as from excoriation in the mouth and in the palate
- Excoriation of the tongue
- Tongue covered with aphthae
- Neuralgic splinter-like pains in tongue
- Salivation
- Ulcer on the frenum of the tongue
- Offensive smell of the mouth
- Foam about the mouth
- Flow of bitter saliva
- Speech inarticulate
- Dry fauces and pharynx
- Ravenous appetite
- Pressure in fauces
- Induration of tonsils
- Tension in thyroid gland
- Throws up small floculi of phlegm
- Insipid and fetid taste
- Want of appetite for bread
- Hunger with want of appetite
- Attacks of bulimy
- Pressure in the stomach and the abdomen
- Very drowsy after dinner
- Eructations alternately with hiccough
- Eructations with the taste of the food that has been taken
- Frequent empty eructations
- Eructations with the taste of apples
- Eructations with the taste of rotten eggs
- Nausea with cutting pains
- Inclination to vomit immediately after a meal
- Pressure on the stomach and in the precordial region
- Pain resembling cramp and oppressive heaviness in the stomach
- Shootings in the hepatic region
- Prickings in the region of the spleen
- Cutting and pinching pains in the abdomen
- Moving about and rumbling noise in the abdomen
- Abundant expulsion of flatulency
- Hard stools of a dark colour
- Loose stools in the form of pap
- Loose stools with flatulency and severe colic
- Painful drawing in the stomach and in the abdomen
- Tingling in the anus
- Itching in the anus
- Dysenteric flux
- Diarrhea of children
- Fetid stools
- Urine scanty and infrequent
- Urine clear and of a yellow colour
- Flow of viscous mucus from the urethra
- Increase of sexual desire
- Flaccidity of the penis
- Scanty emission in coition
- Great weakness after coition
- Nocturnal sweat after coition
- Itching in the genitals
- A sensation of drawing in the testes
- Awfully bearing-down pains
- Menses too profuse and early
- Tearing pressive pains in back and abdomen
- Itching and irritation of the parts
- Strong desire for an embrace
- Headache during menses
- Toothache during menses
- Labour-like pains during menses
- Pains in arm during menses
- Palpitation during menses
- Salivation during menses
- Leucorrhoea
- Small globules of mucus without cough
- Spasmodic convulsive nervous cough
- Respiration short and laboured
- Difficulty of walking
- Respiration difficult
- Oppressive constriction of the chest
- Necessity for frequent and deep inspirations
- Prickings in the chest
- Copious nocturnal sweat upon the chest
- Stitches in heart region
- Burning pains in heart region
- Shooting pains in heart region
- Oppression in cardiac region
- Painful palpitations of the heart
- Paralyzed feeling in arm and hand
- Pulse weak dicrotic intermittent
- Pain as from fatigue and dislocation in the back
- Painful weakness in the muscles of the back
- Sensation of soreness and great weakness in the back
- Paralytic pain in the loins
- Limbs affected diagonally
- Tearing in limbs
- Cracking in joints
- Subsultus tendinum
- Feels as if her limbs did not belong to her
- Arms weak and without vigour
- Burning pain in the arms
- Eruption of small pimples with scaling of the epidermis
- Irregular and hurried movements of arm
- Upper arms shaken as from an electric shock
- Prostration in arm
- Paralytic feeling in arm
- Tearing in hands
- Trembling of hands
- Coldness of hands
- Tearing in the fingers
- Cramp-like pain in the thumb
- Paleness and numbness of the fingers
- Itching burning pain and redness in the fingers
- Legs heavy and fatigued
- Twitching in gluteal muscles
- Quicksilver sensation in gluteal muscles
- Pains in legs like electric shocks
- Crossing thighs feels a violent pain
- Drawing in the legs
- Painful sensation in the hip on walking
- Darting pain in the feet and in the toes
- Drawing pressure in the malleoli
- Burning itching and redness in the toes
- Painful cramps in the muscles when seated
- Great sensibility in the whole body
- Pains as from a bruise in the limbs and in all the joints
- Soreness and sensation of rawness
- Piercing pains in different parts of the body
- Great weakness and heaviness in all the limbs
- Convulsions
- Epileptic fits
- Great sensibility to cool air
- Great sensitiveness of the body to pressure
- Itching and titillation
- Miliary eruption
- Whitish and close-grained miliary eruption
- Excessive itching
- Desire to sleep in the day
- Violent yawning
- Sense of dizziness
- Difficulty in rising
- Sleeps badly and unrefreshingly
- Disposition exceedingly chilly
- Shivering in the open air
- Shivering on raising the bed-clothes
- Limbs may be warm
- Shivering through the body from above downwards
- Easy chilliness on slight movement
- Violent shivering and trembling over the whole body
- Heat in the face
- Cold in the hands
- Sweat from even a moderate walk
- Sweat from even slight exertion
Allen's Keynotes
- persons with light hair
- skin and muscles lax
- old people with weak, indolent circulation
- drunkards, especially for their headaches
- bad effects after a debauch
- delirium: with constant raving
- tries to get out of bed
- delirium in typhoid or typhus
- headaches: of those who readily become delirious in fever or with pain
- headaches of persons subject to chorea, twitchings or grimaces
- headaches from spinal affections
- chilblains, that itch and burn intolerably
- frostbite and all consequences of exposure to cold, especially in face
- involuntary movements while awake, cease during sleep
- chorea, form simple motions and jerks of single muscles to dancing of whole body
- trembling of whole body
- sensation as if ice touched or ice-cold needles were piercing the skin
- sensation as from hot needles
- burning, itching, redness of various parts
- ears, nose, face, hands and feet red, swollen, hot
- uncertainty in walking, stumbles over everything in the way
- heels pain as if beaten, when standing
- spine sensitive to touch; worse mornings
- pain: sore, aching, in lumbar and sacral regions
- pain in lumbar and sacral regions during exertion in the day time
- pain in lumbar and sacral regions while sitting
- spinal irritation due to sexual excesses
- nervous prostration after sexual debauches
- epilepsy from suppressed eruptions
- every motion, every turn of body, causes pain in spine
- single vertebra sensitive to touch
- prolapsus, post-climacteric
- bearing-down pain almost intolerable
- exteremely sensitive to cold air
- complaints appear diagonally; upper left and lower right side
- worse after eating
- worse after coitus
- worse in cold air
- worse from mental application
- worse before a thunder-storm
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