Cedron

▲   GENERAL

General

Periodicity is the most marked characteristic of Cedron. Is particularly useful in tropical or in damp, warm, marshy countries. It has been found curative in malarial affections, especially neuralgia. Adapted to persons of a voluptuous disposition, excitable, nervous temperament. Has powers of anti-doting snake-bites and stings of insects. Tincture of pure bean scraped on wound. Mania.

Dose

Tincture to third attenuation.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Arsenicum Album ^Ars.; China ^China.

Antidotes

Antidote: Lachesis ^Lach.

▲   MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes

company

friends

Bed; shuns bed

Behaviour

nymphomania

shrieking

before convulsions

Excitement; before chill

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anguish

mildness

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion; evening

impaired thinking; confusion; night

Insecure, uncertain, scared

fear; of the bed

fear; of people; friends

Memory; weakness of memory; for people

Perception; senses; dull

Restlessness, nervousness

night

on waking

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

On rising

▲   HEAD

Head

Roaring in ears produced by Cinchona

Coldness

morning

forehead

morning

Congestion (see pulsation)

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing); forehead; as from a band

Pulled; backward

Hot; during chill

Pulsating

morning

temples

Swollen, and feeling swollen

Headache

Pain from temple to temple across eyes

Pain over whole right side of face, coming on about 9 a.m

Crazy feeling from pain across forehead; worse working on black

Whole body seems numb with headache.

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); evening

pressing); after eating

pressing); sides

Pain, headache

noon

evening

7 p.m.

night

from open air

cold applications

from emotions; nervous

with high or low temperature; headache before the chill

with high or low temperature; headache after the chill

certain movements; movement in general

recurring headache

every day

every other day

sudden pain or sudden increase of pain

pain comes on suddenly and go suddenly

in forehead

above eyes

above eyes; above left

above eyes; above left; after sexual intercourse

above eyes; after sexual intercourse

above eyes; cold applications

back of head (occiput)

morning

night

sides; one side; alternating from one to the other

temples

pulsating

extending to other parts; backward over ears

extending to other parts; to eye

extending to other parts; temple to temple

and forehead

top of head (vertex)

on waking

from walking

bursting; night

jerking; back of head (occiput)

pressing (see bursting, pulling); morning

pressing (see bursting, pulling); noon

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead

as from a band

pressing (see bursting, pulling); back of head (occiput)

morning

pressing (see bursting, pulling); sides

pressing (see bursting, pulling); temples

right

pressing (see bursting, pulling); top of head (vertex)

shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.); forehead; over eyes

left

shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.); back of head (occiput)

stitching, sudden, sharp; forehead; extending to other parts; back of head (occiput)

stitching, sudden, sharp; forehead; over eyes

▲   EYES

Eyes

Shooting over left eye

Severe Pain in eyeball, with radiating pains around eye, shooting into nose

Scalding lachrymation

Supraorbital neuralgia periodic

Iritis, choroiditis.

Sparkling

Dryness

Dullness

Glassy appearance

Inflammation

wounds; back of eye (behind retina - choroid)

wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye)

wounds; iris

Infected

Pain

evening

7 p.m.

while lying

periodic

before a storm

extending to other parts

across forehead

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

during heat

sore, bruised, tender

stitching, sudden, sharp; before a storm

Intolerance of light (photophobia)

Protrusion

Pupils

dilated

insensitive to light

Sunken

during period

Swellings

conjunctiva (external lining of eye)

Tears; acrid smell (strong and sharp)

Twitching

lids

upper

Ulceration; cornea (transparent part of eye)

Unsteady look

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes

colours; red

colours; red; night

and yellow during day

colours; yellow; day

and red at night

flashes

Confused vision

Dim

Foggy

Lost vision, blindness; rising

▲   EARS

Ear

Noises in ear

noon

during chill

buzzing

noon

chirping

ringing

during chill

roaring

singing

Pain

above ear

behind ear

extending to temples

aching; behind ear

extending to temples

pressing; above the ear

Hearing

Impaired

night

▲   FACE

Face

Bloated (see swelling, congestion)

Coldness

morning

lips

during period

Heat

afternoon

6 p.m.

evening; 6 p.m.

during chill

hot flashes

afternoon

evening

evening; 6 p.m.

alternating with chills

Motions of jaw; lockjaw

Lips

discoloration; bluish

discoloration; bluish; during period

Pain

right

left

evening

7 to 8 p.m.

heat

intermittent

periodical

sudden pain; recurring, sudden pain

burning (see heat)

sudden, sharp

Skin

discoloration; bluish

discoloration; pale

during period

discoloration; red

night

before chill

after dinner

during fever

discoloration; yellow

▲   NOSE

Nose

Coldness

during chill

icy coldness

tip of nose

Discharge from nose

clear

copious

wearing away skin

glassy

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Cold breath

Froth, foam, from mouth

Odour (halitosis, bad breath); offensive; during period

putrid

during period

Pain; burning, raw and smarting

Prickling

Speech

difficult

difficult; during period

stammering; after sexual intercourse

Gums and teeth

Bleeding

gums

gums; during period

Teeth

pain; night

pain; sensation as from air; cold air

pain; in women; during period

Saliva

Dryness

during period

Saliva

metallic tasting

mucus, slime

thick (see thick and sticky)

Salivation; after period

Tongue

Dryness; tongue; during period

Itching; tongue

Pain

burning, raw and smarting; tongue

stitching, sudden, sharp; tongue; morning

Paralysis; tongue; sensation of paralysis; during period

Prickling

tongue

tongue; during period

Taste

Taste

bad

metallic

Palate

Discoloration; palate (roof of mouth); red; soft palate (back of roof of mouth)

▲   THROAT

Throat

Choking, constricting

larynx

Sensation of something in throat

crawling

powder; prickly

powder; extending down gullet

Inflammation

tonsils

larynx; evening

Pain

burning

burning; gullet

Sensitive; larynx

Swallowing

constantly

difficult

Swelling

tonsils

tonsils; from fluid build-up

Voice; lost

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart

palpitations

palpitations; in hysteria

Oppressed feeling

Pain

sides

cutting (sudden sharp pain)

sides

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides

Perspiration

arm pit

Skin; abscess; arm pit

Respiration

Accelerated

Asthma attack; after sexual intercourse

Deep; desire to breathe deeply

Difficult (dyspnea)

after sexual intercourse

eating

while lying down

while sitting

after sleep

forces to stand straight

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

6 a.m.

6 to 8 or 9 a.m.

▲   SKIN

Skin

Discoloration; yellow, jaundice, etc.

Itching; perspiring parts

Out-breaks on skin; herpetic; zoster, zona

Stings of insects

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Cramp (see also pain: cramp-like pains); intermittent pulling; neck (head bent back)

Stiffness; neck

Back

Coldness

after dinner

travelling down back

Inflammation; spinal cord

Pain

morning; on rising

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; under; afternoon

aching; morning; on rising

aching; lumbar (lower half of back); morning; on rising

burning; lumbar (lower half of back)

Restlessness, lumbar (lower half of back)

Stiffness

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Bloated; evening

Hard; evening

Pain

morning

night

in bed

behind lower ribs; right

behind lower ribs; night

in bed

behind lower ribs; in bed

behind lower ribs; on rising

spleen; 2 p.m.

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.)

behind lower ribs

liver

spleen

Complaints of spleen

Bladder

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual

urination; unconscious; no feeling in urethra (urinary part of genitals)

urination; unsatisfactory (see incomplete and fullness, after urinating); feeling as if urine remained in urethra (urinary part of genitals)

Kidneys

pain

pain; burning; along ureters (tubes between kidneys and bladder)

pain; burning; ureters (tubes between kidneys and bladder)

Stomach

appetite; reduced

desires, cravings; cold drinks

desires, cravings; warm drinks

during chill

during fever

distended (swollen from inner pressure)

while eating

movement

walking

burping, belching; morning; on rising

burping, belching; bitter; morning; on rising

burping, belching; empty; morning

on rising

sensation of lump; stone

thirst; night

thirst; during heat

thirst; during period

thirst; while perspiring

Eating

Pain; while eating; during dinner

Stomach; aversion to certain foods or drinks; water

Flatus

Flatulence; morning

Nausea

Stomach; nausea; during headache

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Diarrhoea; after eating

Flatulence

morning

offensive

Involuntary stool

Pain; urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during stool

Stool

Frothy

Pasty, mushy

Thin, liquid

normal consistency

White

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Albuminous (white, thick); chronic

Colour

dark

pale

during fever

red

dark-red

with perspiration

yellow; dark

Copious; during fever

Odourless

Scanty

while perspiring

Sediment

bran-like

mealy

Clear as water

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; sharp mucous or pus

discharge

gonorrhoea

discharge; mucous

discharge; thin; sharp mucous or pus, with feeling of insects crawling over body

sensation of dropping from urethra

numbness

uneasy feeling

sensation absent, when urinating

pain; when not urinating

pain; burning

when not urinating

during urination

as if urine remained in urethra some time after urinating

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

vaginal discharge; before period

vaginal discharge; instead of period

Genitals

Male

erections; strong

sexual passion; increased

Female

miscarriage

sexual intercourse; desire increased; morning, in bed

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Lancinating pain in joints; worse, feet and hands

Sudden pain in ball of right thumb, extending up arm to shoulder

Pain in ball of right foot, extending to knee

Shingles, with radiating pain

Dropsy of knee-joint.

Chilliness; feet

Coldness

upper limbs

elbow

extending to hands toward noon

upper limbs; forearm

upper limbs; hands

during chill

icy

lower limbs; leg

after dinner

lower limbs; foot

evening; 6 p.m.

icy cold

Contraction of muscles and tendons

leg

evening

Cramps

lower limbs

Sensation of enlargement; leg

Movements and positions

chorea (convulsive twitching, involuntary movements of limbs)

chorea (convulsive twitching, involuntary movements of limbs); sexual intercourse

lameness; ankles

twitching; leg

Achilles tendon

twitching; foot

Numbness (see tingling)

upper limbs

forearm

hand

fingers

during chill

leg

foot; with chill

Pain

rheumatic

wandering, shifting

joints

night

night

10 p.m.

movement

rheumatic

after walking

wandering

warmth

upper arm; deltoid region (by top muscle of arm); right

elbow

noon

forearm

noon

lower limbs

knee

rubbing

foot; joints in foot

foot; heel

burning; hand

evening

cutting; elbow

sore, bruised; upper arm

sore, bruised; elbow

sore, bruised; forearm

stitching, sudden, sharp; joints

night

wandering

stitching, sudden, sharp; elbow

stitching, sudden, sharp; knee

tearing

Skin; discoloration; hand; paleness

Swollen; foot

Weakness

shoulder

shoulder; painful

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chilliness toward evening; then frontal headache extending into parietal region

Red eyes

Heat, with itching of eyes, tearing pain in limbs, Numbness of limbs.

Morning

Morning; 4 a.m., followed by sweat

Afternoon

Evening

followed by sweat

Bathing (see water); in cold water

Beginning in particular area

back

legs

thighs

Chilliness (see also whole body; temperature)

Cold travels downwards (see coldness of back)

When drinking; warm drinks are tolerated

From environment

malarial influences

during rains

swamps

tropical countries

from becoming wet

After exposure

During movement

Periodic, recurring

recurring daily

recurring every third day

regular and distinct intervals

clock-like regularity

With perspiration

With fever, but chill predominating

Shaking, shivering, rigors

during movement

with perspiration

In summer

At certain time of day or night

from 3 a.m.

from 4 a.m.

and 4 p.m.

from 3 p.m.

to 4 p.m.; 9 p.m.

from 4 p.m.

from 5 p.m.

to 6 p.m.

from 6 p.m.

from 7 p.m.

from 9 p.m.

In warmth; in warm weather

From getting wet

Late morning

Night

Night

dry burning heat

with perspiration

Fever without chill; afternoon; 5-30 p.m., with pricking in tongue

Dry heat

night

External heat

Perspiration with heat

Stages of chill, heat and sweat

chill followed by heat, then sweat

chill then sweat, without intervening heat

sweat with heat, followed by dry heat, irregularly intermingled with chill

Summer, hot season

Tropical

▲   INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

Injuries and accidents

Stings of insects

Wounds; bites of poisonous animals

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Deep

Dreams; confused

Falling asleep; during heat

Sleep between heat of fever

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

during the heat

Sleeplessness, insomnia

Waking; frequent

Yawning; morning

Convulsions

Convulsions

epileptic

with falling

hysterical

in women; during period

in women; during pregnancy

periodic

Perspiration

After convulsions

Profuse

With shivering

After waking from sleep

Generalities

Late morning

Afternoon

Evening

Night

Open air

Anaemia

Blood vessels; blue discoloration (from lack of oxygen in blood)

Eating and food; warm drinks

Faintness, fainting

Fluid build up; external

Numbness

externally

externally; whole body

Pain

burning externally; internally

pressing; externally

pressing; internally

sore, bruised

externally

sudden, sharp; externally

sudden, sharp; bones

tearing; externally

ulcerative; externally

wandering

Periodic, recurring

complaints return at same hour

Pulsation; internally

Pulse

frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid

frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid; morning

full

intermittent

weak

Rubbing

Symptoms after sexual intercourse

Symptoms not symmetrical; right

At approach of a storm

Stretching; morning; 7 a.m.

Swelling

of affected parts

puffy

swollen sensation

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); warmth; warm bed

Trembling; externally

Twitching

twitching, involuntary movements (chorea)

twitching, involuntary movements (chorea); after sexual intercourse (in woman)

Warmth; warm bed

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

after waking

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