CHINA OFFICINALIS

Homeopathic Materia Medica & Symptoms

Boericke's Materia Medica

Debility from exhausting discharges
nervous erethism
periodicity
sensitive to draughts
chronic gout
chronic suppurative pyelitis
post operative gas pains
apathetic
indifferent
disobedient
taciturn
despondent
ideas crowd in mind
disposition to hurt other people's feelings
sudden crying and tossing about
sensation as if brain were balancing to and fro and striking against skull
intense throbbing of head and carotids
spasmodic headache in vertex
face flushed after hemorrhages
scalp sensitive
dizzy when walking
blue color around eyes
hollow eyes
yellowish sclerotica
black specks before eyes
bright dazzling illusions
night blindness in anemic retina
spots before eyes
photophobia
distortion of eyeballs
intermittent ciliary neuralgia
pressure in eyes
amaurosis
scalding lachrymation
ringing in ears
external ear sensitive to touch
hearing sensitive to noise
lobules red and swollen
checked catarrh
easily bleeding from nose
coryza
sneezing
watery discharge
violent dry sneezing
cold sweat about nose
sallow complexion
face bloated
red face
toothache
tongue coated thick and dirty
tip of tongue burns
ptyalism
bitter taste
food tastes too salty
tender stomach
cold stomach
vomiting of undigested food
slow digestion
weight after eating
ill effects of tea
hungry without appetite
flat taste
darting pain crosswise in hypogastric region
milk disagrees
hungry longing for food which lies undigested
flatulence
belching of bitter fluid
regurgitation of food
hiccough
bloatedness
much flatulent colic
tympanitic abdomen
pain in right hypochondrium
gall-stone colic
liver and spleen swollen and enlarged
jaundice
internal coldness of stomach and abdomen
gastro-duodenal catarrh
undigested stool
frothy stool
yellow stool
painless stool
weakening stool
difficult stool
excited lascivious fancy
frequent emissions
orchitis
menses too early
dark clots during menses
abdominal distention
profuse menses with pain
desire too strong
bloody leucorrhea
painful heaviness in pelvis
influenza with debility
cannot breathe with head low
labored slow respiration
constant choking
suffocative catarrh
rattling in chest
violent hacking cough after every meal
hemorrhage from lungs
dyspnea
sharp pain in left lung
asthma
irregular heart with weak rapid beats followed by strong hard beats
suffocative attacks
syncope
anemia
dropsy
sharp pains across kidneys
knife-like pains around back
pains in limbs and joints as if sprained
joints swollen
great debility
trembling
numb sensation
averse to exercise
weariness of joints
extreme sensitiveness to touch
coldness of skin
much sweat
one hand ice cold
other hand warm
anasarca
dermatitis
erysipelas
indurated glands
scrofulous ulcers
caries
drowsiness
unrefreshing sleep
constant stupor
wakens early
protracted sleeplessness
anxious dreams
frightful dreams
confused consciousness on waking
snoring
intermittent fever
paroxysms anticipate
chill generally in forenoon commencing in breast
thirst before chill
debilitating night-sweats
free perspiration caused by every little exertion
hay fever
watery coryza
pain in temples

Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Abscess
Alcoholism
Amblyopia
Anemia
Aphthae
Apoplexy
Appetite, disordered
Asthma
Back, weakness of
Bilious attack
Catarrhal affections
Coma
Constipation
Cough
Debility
Delirium
Diarrhea
Dropsy
Dyspepsia
Ears, deafness
Ears, noises in
Emissions
Empyema
Erysipelas
Facial neuralgia
Gall-stone colic
Hemorrhages
Hemorrhoids
Headache
Hectic fever
Hip-joint disease
Ichthyosis
Impotence
Influenza
Intermittent fever
Jaundice
Labour
Lactation
Leucorrhea
Lienteria
Liver, diseases of
Liver, cirrhosis of
Meniere's disease
Menstruation, disordered
Mercury, effects of
Muscae volitantes
Neuralgia
Peritonitis
Perspiration, excessive
Pleurisy
Prosopalgia
Psoriasis
Pylorus, disease of
Rheumatism
Self-abuse
Sleep, disordered
Spermatorrhea
Spleen, affections of
Suffocation, fits of
Taste, disordered
Tea, effects of
Thirst
Tinnitus
Tobacco habit
Traumatic fever
Tympanitis
Varicose veins
Vertigo
Apathy and moral insensibility
Hypochondriacal dejection
Great anxiety
Disposition too scrupulous
Disposition to be alone
Discouragement
Ill-humour, with disposition to hurt other people's feelings
Discontent
Excessive irascibility, with pusillanimity, and inability to bear the least noise
Disobedience
Contempt for everything
Slovenliness, with easily provoked tears, or with irritability
Fear of dogs and of other animals, especially at night
Nervous irritation, with slowness of ideas
Great abundance of ideas, and of projects, with slow progress of thought especially in the evening and at night
Dread of labour
Dull confusion of the head, as from prolonged watching
Sensation of emptiness in head
Vertigo after losses of fluids
Vertigo with fainting
Vertigo with ringing in ears
Vertigo with loss of sight
Vertigo with cold surface
Vertigo on raising the head, especially in the occiput, as if the head were going to sink backwards
Vertigo with nausea
Attacks of headache, with nausea and vomiting
Headache as from suppressed coryza
Heaviness in the head with faintness
Cephalalgia in the forehead, on opening the eye
Pain, as from a bruise in the brain, with pressive piercing in the crown of the head, aggravated by meditation and conversation
Pressive headache, especially at night, with sleeplessness
Pressive headache, or by day, and < in the open air
Acute starting, or pressive pains in the head
Headache, as if the head were going to burst, with sleeplessness at night
Headache, ameliorated in the room, and when opening the eyes
Shooting pains in the head, with strong pulsations in the temples
Congestion in the head, with heat and fulness
Movements and painful throbbings of the brain, compelling movement of the head up and down
Headache, increased by touch, movement, and walking, also by a current of air, or by walking against the wind
Headache often attacks only one side
Sensibility to the touch of the exterior of the head, and even of the roots of the hair
Headache, as if the hair were torn out, or the scalp were contracted
Shooting pressure in the frontal protuberances
Sweat on the scalp
Pressure in the eyes, as from drowsiness
Pains in the eyes, as from pressure on the margins of the socket
Pain, as if a grain of sand were introduced into the eye, during movement
Painful smarting in the eyes
Inflammation of the eyes, with heat, redness, burning and pressive pains, and aggravation in the evening
Eyes dull
Prominent eyes
Cornea dull, as if there were smoke in the posterior part of the eye
Yellowish colour of the sclerotica
Weeping, with tingling on the internal surface of the eyelids
Weakness of sight, permitting only the outline of proximate objects to be seen
On reading, confusion of the characters, which appear pale and surrounded by a white edge
Pupils dilated, and deficient in sensibility
Blindness, as if from amaurosis
Sparkling, black, dancing spots, and obscuration before the eyes
Sensitiveness of the eyes to the bright sunlight
Photophobia
Tearing in the ears, mostly in the external ear
Intolerance of noise
Shootings, buzzing, and tinkling in the ears
Hardness of hearing
Humming and roaring in ears
Ringing in ears, with headache in temples
Redness and heat of the external ear, and especially of the lobes
Eruption in the concha auris
Nose hot and red
Tearing in the dorsum of the nose
Bleeding of the nose
Bleeding of the nose, after blowing it
Bleeding of the nose and of, the mouth
Dry coryza, with toothache and lachrymation
Coryza, with sneezing
Suppressed coryza
Headache from suppressed coryza
Heat and redness of the face, especially of the cheeks and of the lobes of the ears
Complexion pale, earth-like
Face sunken
Complexion sometimes of a blackish yellow
Face dejected, with the eyes sunk and surrounded by a livid circle, and nose pointed
Face bloated
Rheumatic pains in the face
Lips dry
Lips blackish
Lips cracked
Swelling of the lips
Burning, itching pustules on the lips and on the tongue
Pain and swelling of the sub-maxillary glands
Odontalgia, with starting or drawing pains in the upper molar teeth
Toothache, provoked by the open air, or by a current of air
Dull and distressing pains in carious teeth
Throbbing toothache > by external warmth
The toothache manifests itself chiefly after a meal, and at night (< by smoking), and is mitigated by strong pressure, or by closing the teeth; a slight touch aggravates it excessively
Loose teeth painful only when masticating
Teeth covered with a black coating
Swelling of the gums
Dryness of the mouth
Clammy mouth with insipid watery taste
Accumulation of mucus in the mouth
Putrid taste of the mouth
Tongue cracked
Tongue black
Tongue loaded with a yellow or white coating
Thick, dirty coating of the tongue
Burning shootings in the tongue
Burning biting, as from pepper, on the tip of the tongue, succeeded by ptyalism
Ptyalism with nausea, from the abuse of mercury
Painful swelling of the tongue towards the root
Failure of speech
Flow of blood from the mouth
Dryness of the throat
Shootings in the throat, esp. on swallowing, provoked by the least current of air
Swelling of the palate and of the uvula
Sickly, mucous, or watery taste, esp. after drinking
Aliments appear insipid or too salt
Sweetish taste in the mouth
Acid, or bitter taste in the mouth; also of food and drink
Repugnance to food and drink, with a sensation of fulness
Sour taste of coffee and of rye-bread
Bitter taste of beer, and of wheaten bread (beer, tobacco)
The food tastes too salt
Dislike to butter, beer, and coffee
Great desire for wine
Great desire for acid fruit
Dislike to water, with desire for beer
Burning thirst
The patient drinks often, but little at a time
Bulimy, with sickly taste in the mouth, nausea, and inclination to vomit
Voracity
No desire for eating and drinking
Appetite only while eating, with indifference to all food
Desire for a variety of food, and confused longing for dainties, without knowing exactly which
Violent thirst for cold water
Violent thirst for cold water (drinks but little at a time, but often)
After each draught of liquid, shuddering or shivering, with corrugated skin, shootings in the chest, or colic
Acid risings, and derangement of the stomach, after drinking milk
Great weakness of digestion
After the most moderate meal, uneasiness, drowsiness, great fulness in the stomach, and in the inferior part of the abdomen, lassitude and indolence, insipid taste in the mouth, hypochondriacal humour and headache
Weakness of digestion; the food is not digested, if taken too late in the day
Bitter, acid, or tasteless risings, esp. after eating
Indigestion after a late supper
Risings, esp. after a meal, mostly bitter, acid, or tasteless
Risings, with taste of food
Pyrosis, accumulation of water in the mouth, inclination to vomit, and pressure on the stomach after eating the least thing
Vomiting of acidulated slimy matter, of water and of food
Vomiting of blood
Pressure at the stomach and cramp-like pains, esp. after having eaten
Sensation of excoriation and pressure on the epigastrium, esp. in the morning
Pains in the hypochondria
Shooting and pressive pains in the hepatic region, especially when it is touched
Hardness and swelling of the liver
Swelling (inflammation) and hardness of the spleen
Shootings in the spleen when walking slowly
Cuttings in the umbilical region, with shuddering
Pulsations in the pit of the stomach
Strong pressure, as if from a hard body, and fulness in the abdomen, esp. after a meal
Fermentation after eating fruit
Dropsical swelling of the abdomen (meteorism), with asthmatic sufferings and fatiguing cough
Partial swelling of the abdomen, as from encysted ascites
Excessive inflation of the abdomen, as from a kind of tympanitis
Hardness of the abdomen, as from induration of the viscera
Colic, with insatiable thirst
Excessively painful colic
Cramp-like and constrictive pains in the abdomen
Inflammation and ulceration of the abdominal viscera
Pressive shooting colic (under the navel) esp. on walking quickly
Incarceration of flatus, which escapes neither upwards nor downwards
Flatulent colic in the depth of the abdomen, with contraction of the intestines, and pressing forward of flatus towards the hypochondria
Escape of fetid flatus
Pressure towards the inguinal ring, as if a hernia were about to protrude
Feces small, and evacuated slowly
Difficult evacuation of soft feces, as if from inactivity of the intestines
Frequent evacuations of the consistence of pap, or frothy
Putrid or bilious evacuations
Slimy, watery, yellowish diarrhea
Diarrhea after eating fruit
Diarrhea, particularly after meals, at night, involuntary
Loose evacuations, with excretion of all the undigested food
Painless diarrhea, accompanied by great weakness
Blackish evacuations
White feces, sometimes with urine of deep-red colour
The loose evacuations take place chiefly after a meal or at night
Involuntary, liquid and yellowish evacuations
Discharge of mucus from the rectum
Pressure and shootings in the rectum and the anus
In the rectum, stitches, also during stool
Bleeding of the hemorrhoidal tumours
Crawling in the anus, as of worms
Discharge of lumbrici
Frequent and almost ineffectual urging to make water, followed by pressure on the bladder
Urine: turbid, dark, scanty
Urine: white, turbid, with white sediment
Urine scanty, greenish-yellow, with sediment like brickdust
Slow emission of urine, with feeble stream and frequent inclination to urinate
Wetting the bed
Hematuria
Excitement of sexual desire, with lascivious ideas, day and night
Impotence, with excited lascivious fancy
Swelling of the testes and of the spermatic cord
Drawing pains in the testes
Pollutions frequent, with too ready an emission, followed by great weakness
Congestion in the uterus, with fullness and painful bearing-down, especially when walking
Constant discharge of clotted blood from the vagina
Catamenia scanty
Painful induration of the neck of the matrix
During the catamenia, startings with cramps in the chest, and in the abdomen, or congestion in the head, with pulsation in the carotid arteries, face puffed, eyes prominent and watery, convulsive movements of the eyelids, and loss of consciousness
Metrorrhagia, with discharge of black blood; with fainting and convulsions
Leucorrhea, even before the catamenia, and sometimes with cramp-like contraction of the uterus, and painful sensation of bearing-down towards the groins and the anus
Watery and sanguineous flux from the vagina, with clots of blood or of fetid pus; itching and excoriation in the thighs
Hoarseness, indistinct speech, and low voice when singing, in consequence of mucus difficult to detach from the larynx
Shootings and scrapings in the larynx
Sensation of soreness in the larynx and trachea
Short, dry cough, as if produced by the vapour of sulphur, in the morning, after rising
Suffocating, nocturnal cough, with pains in the chest and in the shoulder-blades, so as to extort cries
Cough, < in the evening, or after midnight from laughing; from continued talking; from lying with the head low from slightly touching the larynx; from a draught of air, after awaking; from loss of fluids
Cough, with difficult expectoration of viscid mucus of a clear colour, painful shocks in the shoulder-blades and vomiting of convulsive cough, sometimes even with inclination to vomit
Cough, provoked by laughing, drinking, eating, speaking and by breathing deeply, as well as by movement
Expectoration of whitish mucus, mixed with blackish particles
Suppuration of the lungs, after hemoptysis or frequent venesections with stitches in the chest, which are < by pressure
On coughing, expectoration streaked with blood
Expectoration of purulent matter on coughing
During the cough pressure on the chest, and pains as of excoriation in the larynx
Spasm of the glottis
Breathing, wheezing, crowing, rattling, tight, oppressed and painful
Difficult inspiration and quick expiration
Inclination to take a deep breath
Difficulty of respiration and great oppression on the chest, with excessive anguish, as if from fullness of the stomach, or as if excited by too long a conversation
Fits of suffocation from mucus in the larynx, especially in the evening, and at night on waking
Respiration difficult, and possible only when lying with the head very high
Wheezing and groaning respiration
Breathing labored, loud and stertorous, with puffing, blowing out of cheeks
Respiration short and quick
Pressure on the chest, sometimes as from a hard body, esp. on the sternum, and after a meal
Stitches in the chest
Stitches in the diaphragm
Nightly suffocative cough, with stitches in chest
Shootings in the chest, on coughing and on breathing
Cough, with pain in the larynx and sternum
Stitches in the side; with great heat, pulse strong and hard, and fixedness of look
Great congestion in the chest, and violent palpitation of the heart
Tension in the muscles of the nape, and of the neck
Pains, as from a bruise, in the back and sacrum, on the least movement
Pain in the loins at night, when lying on the back
Pulsative, shooting pains in the back
Readily excited perspiration, at the back and the nape of the neck, on the least movement
Pressure between the shoulder-blades, as from a stone
Tractive and starting tearings in the loins, the back, the shoulder-blades, and the nape of the neck, with pains on moving the parts, provoked by the least movement
Paralytic, starting tearings, in the muscles, and in the bones of the arms, the hands, and the fingers, provoked by the touch
Tension and weakness in the arms and the hands
Trembling hands when writing
Icy coldness of one hand, while the other is warm
Extension of the arms, with contraction of the fingers
Swelling of the dorsum of the left hand
Swelling, stiffness, and pains in the joints of the fingers
Blue colored nails
Paralytic starting, tearings in the muscles and in the bones of the legs, the thighs, the knees, the feet and the toes, esp. on the parts being touched
Rheumatic pains, not worse from motion
The legs become soon benumbed when seated
Weakness and want of stability in the coxo-femoral joint, the knees, and the ankle-bones, which yield when walking
Red and hard swelling of the thigh, painful on being touched
Arthritic swelling of the knees, and of the feet, with heat, and painful sensibility to the touch
Hot swelling of right knee, painful to the touch
Hard abscess, of a deep-red colour, in the calf of the leg
Uneasiness in the legs; it is found necessary to move them constantly; to curve them and draw them up
Swelling of the feet, sometimes with red spots, hardness, tension, and deep-coloured urine
Soft swelling of the soles
Paralysis of the feet
Tensive pullings, or starting and shooting tearings, esp. in the large bones of the limbs, with paralytic pains, and weakness of the parts affected
Tearing rheumatic pains in the limbs, on beginning to walk
Pains and sufferings provoked or aggravated by touch, at night, or after a meal
Uneasiness in the parts affected, which obliges the patient to move them
Sensation of torpor in different parts
Numbness of the parts which are pressed, on lying down
Arthritic swelling, which is hard and red in some parts
Dropsical swelling of some parts, or of the whole body
Erysipelatous swelling of the whole body
Great general weakness, with trembling, difficulty in walking, and great tendency to perspiration during movement and sleep
More than ordinary vivacity, with fixedness of the eyes
Convulsive movements of the limbs
Over-sensitiveness of the nerves from loss of fluids
Congestions
Veins are much enlarged
Emaciation
Over-excitability of the whole nervous system
Aversion to mental and bodily exertion
Fainting-fits, especially if resulting from loss of animal fluids
Attacks, of asphyxia
Atrophy and emaciation, especially of the arms and legs
Great sensibility to a current of air, and sufferings on being exposed to it even slightly
Heaviness of the whole body
Spermatorrhea
Nasal secretion bloody, mucous
Affections of the shoulder-blades, bones of the arm; thighs; knee joints
There may be bleeding from every infernal part of the body; coldness and passive hemorrhage
Newly-born children lose much blood during parturition; the mucous membrane looks very bloody if there is only a slight bleeding going on; deficiency of blood; congestion of single parts; distension of blood vessels (Guernsey)
Contraction of inner parts; also dropsy of inner parts
Induration after inflammation
Excessive sensibility of the skin of the whole body
Yellow colour of the skin Jaundice
Skin flabby and dry
Piercing shootings and beatings in ulcers
Burning, itching, or gnawing sensation, esp. in the evening in bed, sometimes with eruption of pimples, or prominent spots, as if from the sting of nettles
Rheumatic, hard, red swellings
Humid gangrene of external parts
Swelling of the limbs
Drowsiness during the day and after eating
Palpitation of the heart
Frequent yawning, with stretching
Retarded sleep, and sleeplessness, caused by a great influx of ideas
Confused dreams when falling asleep
Sleeplessness with pressive pain in the head, or bulimy
Disturbed, unrefreshing sleep
Starting with fright, on going to sleep
On sleeping, the patient lies on the back, with the head turned back, and the arms extended over the head, with slow respiration, and with full and quick pulse
Groans, snoring, and blowing expiration during sleep, even in children
Painful, frightful dreams, which continue to produce agitation after waking
Disordered, senseless dreams, after midnight, with a sort of stupidity on waking
Dreams of failing from a height
Shiverings, with shuddering, or feverish trembling, commonly without thirst
Cold in the body, with congestion in the head, heat and redness of the face, and forehead hot
General increase of heat, with veins swollen, without thirst
After the heat, violent thirst
Shiverings with headache, nausea, adypsia, vertigo, congestion in the head, paleness of the face, cold in the hands and in the feet, and vomiting of mucus
Shivering more violent after drinking
Heat, with dryness of the mouth, and of the lips, which are burning, redness of the face, headache, morbid hunger, delirium, pulse full and quick
Heat, with prickings here and there, and burning thirst
Heat, with strong inclination to be uncovered, or shivering as soon as one is uncovered
Quotidian fever, or every two days, or tertian, commencing chiefly in the evening or in the afternoon, or in the morning, by shivering with trembling, followed by heat and nocturnal sweat
Internal violent chill with icy cold hands and feet, and congestion to the head
In the evening, in bed, he cannot get warm
Fever, with pressive pain, and congestion in the head, soreness and swelling of the liver and of the spleen, bitter and bilious risings and vomitings, yellowish colour of the skin and of the face, short, convulsive cough, great weakness, pains in the limbs, and painful stitches in the chest
The attacks of fever are often preceded by sufferings, such as palpitation of the heart, sneezing, anguish, nausea, excessive thirst, bulimy, headache, pressive colic, &c
Chilliness over the whole body
The thirst is generally felt only before or after the shiverings, or during the sweat, rarely during the heat (or only desire for cold drink), and scarcely ever during the shiverings
Pulse small, weak, hard and rapid, less frequent after eating; irregular
Ready perspiration during sleep, during movement and from exercise in the open air
Perspiration very profuse, and very debilitating
Perspiration on the side on which he lies
Suppressed perspiration
Nocturnal debilitating sweats
Oily sweat in the morning

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