Coca

▲   GENERAL

General

The mountaineer’s remedy. Useful in a variety of complaints incidental to mountain climbing, such as palpitation, dyspnoea, anxiety and insomnia. Exhausted nervous system from physical and mental strain. Caries of teeth. Loss of voice. - Give 5-6 drops, every half hour, two hours before expected demand on voice. Nocturnal enuresis. Emphysema (Quebracho ^Quebracho).

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

BETTER, from wine; riding, quick motion in open air. WORSE, ascending, high altitudes.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Arsenicum Album ^Ars.; Paulin.; Cypripedium Pubescens ^Cyp; Chamomilla ^Chamom.

Antidotes

Antidote: Gelsemium Sempervirens ^Gels.

▲   MIND

Mind

Melancholy; bashful, ill at ease in society, irritable, delights in solitude and obscurity

Sense of right and wrong abolished.

Aversions, dislikes

company

indolence, aversion to work

evening

reading

Behaviour; makes gestures; of hands; involuntary movements

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

sees beauty

environment and surroundings; was carried into space, while lying

hears sounds; voices

visions; beautiful

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people

figures; sees figures

frightful

Desires, wants

to kill; on waking

desire for mental work

Dishonesty; deceitful, lying

Fantasies

of exaltation

of exaltation; pleasant

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

cheerful, happy

deceitful, lying

ecstatic; exhilaration

forsaken feeling; sensation of isolation

indecisive

irritability

morning; on waking

during headache

on waking

suspicious

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

evening

during the heat

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); evening

Hurry; in movements

Intellectual faculties

bright, intelligent, clear; abundant ideas, clearness of mind

bright, intelligent, clear; abundant ideas, clearness of mind; night

impaired thinking; confusion; drinking coffee

impaired thinking; confusion; washing the face

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; evening

impaired thinking; mistakes; speaking

ideas; abundant ideas, clearness of mind

night

Insanity; mania, madness

Insecure, uncertain, scared

fear

fear; of falling; of letting things fall

fear; of falling; when walking

timidity

bashful

Memory; active memory

Perception; time; time passes too quickly

Quiet, peace (or lack of); wants to be quiet

feeling of tranquillity

Restlessness, nervousness

night

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Shocks coming from occiput with vertigo

Headache with vertigo, preceded by flashes of light

Drinking; after drinking wine

During headache

Lying down; lying on face

When lying down

while lying down

lying on face

With nausea

Perception of objects distorted; seem to turn in a circle

Rest

On rising; from a seat

While sitting

While walking

when climbing stairs

▲   HEAD

Head

Fainting fit from climbing mountains

Noises in ear

Like a band across forehead

Diplopia

Tongue furred

Tinnitus.

Coldness

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness; afternoon

fullness

forehead

fullness; back of head (occiput)

lying on face

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

Pulsating

afternoon

side

Headache

Headaches of high altitudes

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); morning

Pain, headache

daytime

morning

afternoon

1 p.m.

evening

9 p.m.

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); eating

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after eating

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); wine

eyes and vision (affecting or affected by); looking upward

from emotions; nervous

with high or low temperature; headache during the chill

in high altitudes

increasing gradually; and decreasing rapidly

from certain movements; raising head

from certain movements; rising (see morning, noon, night, etc., on rising, also movement; raising head); from lying

when reading

walking; after walking in open air

walking; while walking

warm room

in forehead

left side

morning

afternoon

evening

coughing

when indoors

while walking

while walking in open air

above eyes

above eyes; above right

back of head (occiput)

afternoon

evening

on coughing

extending to other parts; temples

sides; right

sides; afternoon

temples; morning; on rising

temples; afternoon

temples; on coughing

temples; pulsating; while reading

top of head (vertex)

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead; as from a band

pressing (see bursting, pulling); sides

pressing (see bursting, pulling); temples

shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.); temples

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; night

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; temples

Shocks, blows, jerks, etc. (see jerking pain, pulsation, plug, nail)

▲   EYES

Eyes

Sparkling

Pain

aching

pressing

Pupils; dilated

Staring

Sunken

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes

colours; dark; clouds

colours; white; spots

fiery; spots

flashes

sparks; before headache

Double vision; while writing

Flickering

Large field of vision; night, distant sheet lightning, in dark, 11 p.m.

Lost vision, blindness; ascending stairs

Merging together; letters

Swimming; letters

▲   EARS

Ear

Noises in ear

when swallowing

cracking

when swallowing

ringing

distant

roaring

Pulsation

late morning

Hearing

Sounds seem distant

voices seem

Lost, deafness

Too sensitive; evening

▲   FACE

Face

Lips

discoloration; pale

dryness; on waking

out-breaks on lips; on waking

Pain; pressing

Skin; discoloration; lead-coloured

▲   NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed; right; to left

Discharge from nose; watery

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Odour (halitosis, bad breath); putrid

Pain; burning, raw and smarting; as from pepper

Saliva

Dryness; morning; on waking

Saliva

aromatic

bitter

scanty

Taste

Taste; tasteless, lacks taste; morning

Palate

Pain

burning, raw and smarting; palate (roof of mouth); morning

burning, raw and smarting; palate (roof of mouth); as from pepper

▲   THROAT

Throat

Sensation of coldness; as from cold air

Dryness

Feels hot

Irritation

larynx

larynx; afternoon

2 p.m.

Tickling in the air passages

larynx

Voice

hoarseness

hoarseness; morning

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; Palpitation, with weak heart and dyspnoea.

Swelling; sensation of swelling

Fullness; afternoon

Heart

angina pectoris

palpitations; tumultuous, violent, intense

Oppressed feeling; night

Pain

aching; below collar bone

stitching, sudden, sharp; collar bone; under; noon

Respiration

Hawking of small, transparent pieces of mucus

Weak vocal cords

Hoarseness; worse after talking

Want of breath, short breath, especially in aged athletes, and alcoholic users

Hemoptysis

ASTHMA, spasmodic variety.

Accelerated

Deep; desire to breathe deeply

Difficult (dyspnea)

night

ascending

after exertion

physical exertion

while walking

Irregular

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

Afternoon

2 p.m.

4 p.m.

Evening

in bed

8-30 p.m.

In cold air

In open air

in the wind

in the wind; in cold wind

Dry cough

evening

from smoking

from tickling in larynx

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); from irritation in air passages; in larynx

from irritation in air passages

in larynx; afternoon

2 p.m.

While lying down; bed

Lying down

Comes on suddenly

afternoon

4 p.m.

evening

in cool wind

walking in hot sun

while walking in cool wind

Short; when smoking

While sitting

while sitting still

while sitting still; afternoon

Smoking

Sun

Tickling

throat

Walking; fast

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Morning; after rising

Yellow

Difficult

Lumpy

Mucous

Like starch

Must swallow what has been loosened

Thick; and sticky

▲   SKIN

Skin

Discoloration

bluish

white; spots

yellow, jaundice, etc.

Out-breaks on skin

like nettle rash

like nettle rash; nodular; rosy (erythema)

Pain; like bruising

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Peppery sensation in mouth

Longing for alcoholic liquors and tobacco

Great satiety for a long time

Tympanitic distention of abdomen

No appetite but for sweets.

Pain

extending to other parts; to sides

extending to other parts; to sides; left

Bladder

urination; frequent; morning

urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting

Stomach

appetite; capricious (hunger, but knows not for what, or refuses things when offered)

contraction

desires, cravings; alcoholic drinks; brandy

emptiness, weak feeling, faintness, hungry feeling; after breakfast

disordered; after rising

disordered; after walking

burping, belching; after drinking coffee

burping, belching; loud

fullness; afternoon

Eating

burping, belching; after dinner

Flatus

Incarcerated flatus; rises with noise and violence, as if it would split the oesophagus

Nausea

Stomach; nausea; after eating; after breakfast

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constipation; inactivity of rectum

Urging, desire to stool (see pain; urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); during stool

Stool

Odour; offensive

Soft

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Cloudy

Skin forming on the surface of urine (includes fatty); rainbow coloured

Sediment

sticking

fluffy, woolly

like jelly

oxalate of lime

yellow

reddish

white

Male

Male

pain; testes; during stool

Genitals

pain; spermatic cords; during stool

prostate gland; pain; at close of urinating

Menses

Female

period; night; more at night

period; copious; night

period; gushes during sleep

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness

lower limbs; foot; afternoon

lower limbs; foot; during headache

Cramps

calf; night

calf; when descending stairs

calf; on movement

calf; on walking

Heaviness; foot

Movements and positions

incoordination

movement of wrist; hands; automatic

trembling; hand

trembling; leg

Numbness (see tingling); hand

fingers

fourth finger

on waking

foot

Pain

joints

wandering

forearm

fingers; fourth finger

buttocks

afternoon, 5 p.m. open air

lower leg; calf; evening; sitting with knees bent

aching; shoulder

morning, in bed; on waking

sore, bruised; forearm

sore, bruised; leg; calf

as if sprained; ankle

morning; standing

night, standing

stitching, sudden, sharp; hip

extending to other parts; abdomen

Skin; discoloration; fingers; bruising

Weakness

hip; while walking

ankle; morning

foot

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Night

Night; with chilliness

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Can find no rest anywhere, but sleepy

Nervousness and nightly restlessness during teething.

Deep

Disturbed

Dreams

amorous

anxious

busy

disconnected

previous events

fights

hurried

laughing

unpleasant

not remembered

vivid

Falling asleep

morning

after dinner

Interrupted

Position; on back

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

morning

evening

9 p.m.

after dinner

while sitting

Sleeplessness, insomnia

evening

night

from after 11 p.m.; until 2 a.m.

night; from before midnight; until 2 a.m.

Waking

from dreams

early

frequent

late

Yawning

late morning

after supper

Convulsions

Convulsions

Perspiration

Night

Generalities

Morning

Open air

Walking up stairs or hill

Walking in high altitudes

Fluid build up; external

Inflammation; nerves

Jerking; internally

Movement

Numbness; externally

Pain; pulling; walking

In aged people

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold air

Tobacco

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness); morning; on waking

afternoon

evening

night

lying

on rising

after sleep

walking

after breakfast

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