Conium Maculatum

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, lying down, TURNING or rising in bed; Celibacy; before and during menses, from taking cold, bodily or mental exertion.

Better

BETTER, while fasting, in the dark, from letting limbs hang down, motion and pressure.

▲   MIND

Mind

Excitement causes mental depression

Depressed, timid, averse to society, and afraid of being alone

No inclination for business or study; takes no interest in anything

Memory weak; unable to sustain any mental effort.

Aversions, dislikes; shuns light

Behaviour; inclination to sit

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

indifference, apathy, etc.; during fever

irritability; during chill

sensitive, oversensitive; to noise

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; during chill

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; from holding urine

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; while perspiring

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion; after sleeping; after a siesta

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; while reading

impaired thinking; imbecility

impaired thinking; weakness of mind

Insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety

Memory; weakness of memory

Slowness

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Vertigo, when lying down, and when turning over in bed, when turning head Sidewise, or turning eyes; worse, shaking head, slight noise or conversation of others, especially towards the left

During headache

When lying down; while lying down

From movement

moving the head

moving the head; moving head quickly

on turning in bed

Spinning

as if bed spinning

▲   HEAD

Head

Scorched feeling of top

Headache

Headache, stupefying, with nausea and vomiting of mucus, with a feeling as of foreign body under the skull

Tightness as if both temples were compressed; worse After a meal ( Gelsemium Sempervirens ^Gels.; Atropine.) Bruised, semi lateral pains

Dull occipital pain on rising in morning.

Pain, headache

on coughing

walking; stepping heavily

bursting

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

▲   EYES

Eyes

Photophobia and excessive lachrymation

Corneal pustules

Dim-sighted; worse, artificial light

On closing eyes, he sweats

Paralysis of ocular muscles ( Causticum ^Caust.) In superficial inflammation, as in phlyctenular conjunctivitis and keratitis

The slightest ulceration or abrasion will cause the intensest photophobia.

Lids; eyes closed; eyes close involuntary

Cornea (transparent part of eye); spots and specks, on cornea

Growth, tumour; sty

Heaviness; lids

Pain

light

when using eyes; when reading

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

Paralysis; optic nerve, total blindness, without eye damage (amaurosis)

Intolerance of light (photophobia)

without inflammation

Ulceration; cornea (transparent part of eye); right to left

Weak

Vision

Accommodation, movement of eyeball; slow

Colours and shapes in front of eyes

colours

colours; red

objects seem red

colours; striped

colours; variegated

stripes

Dazzling

Dim

Weak (see eyes, weak)

▲   EARS

Ear

Defective hearing; discharge from ear blood colored.

Discharges from ear

Pain

from noises

from sharp sounds

stitching, sudden, sharp

Stopped sensation

Ear wax; red

Hearing

Too sensitive

during heat

to noises

while perspiring

▲   FACE

Face

Skin

discoloration; bluish

discoloration; yellow

out-breaks on skin; cold sores, herpes; cheeks

▲   NOSE

Nose

Bleeds easily - becomes sore

Polypus.

Discharge from nose; containing pus

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza); blocked

▲   THROAT

Throat

Dryness

larynx

larynx; spot

Sensation of something in throat; crawling; larynx

Irritation

Tickling in the air passages

larynx

External throat

glands indurated (hard from inflammation)

swelling; cervical glands (on side of neck); hard

▲   CHEST

Chest

Breast

flabby breasts

indurated (hard from inflammation)

right

tumours

withered breast

Constriction, tension

Heart

palpitations

palpitations; after drinking

palpitations; after stool

Jerks

shocks

shocks; around heart

Lumps; sensitive nodules; in breast

Pain

breast

breast; before period

heart; during period; painful period

sore, bruised; breast; before period

sore, bruised; sides

touch

stitching, sudden, sharp; breast

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; night

Skin; itching; breast

Respiration

Dry cough, almost continuous, hacking; worse, evening and at night; Caused by dry spot in larynx with itching in chest and throat, When lying down, talking or laughing, and during pregnancy

Expectoration only after long coughing

Want of breath on taking the least exercise; oppressed breathing, constriction of chest; pains in chest.

▲   COUGH

Cough

Evening; in bed

With or after chill or fever; during fever

Dry cough

during fever

from tickling in larynx

Hacking cough; from dryness in larynx

When breathing; deep breathing

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

dryness from coughing

larynx; dry spot

from irritation in air passages; in larynx

as if from dry spot in larynx

While lying down

evening

must sit up

bed

only when lying down

was obliged to sit up and cough it out, then had rest

must sit up

as soon as cough commences

and cough it out, when had rest

Tickling

larynx

Violent

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Containing pus

Must swallow what has been loosened

▲   SKIN

Skin

Axillary glands pain, with numb feeling down arm

Induration after contusions

Yellow skin, with papular eruption; yellow finger-nails

Glands enlarged and indurated, also mesenteric

Flying stitches through the glands

Tumors; piercing pains; worse, at night

Chronic ulcers with fetid discharge

Sweat as soon as one sleeps, or even when closing eyes

Night and morning sweat, with offensive odor, and smarting in skin.

Discoloration

green spots

yellow, jaundice, etc.

spots

Abnormal growths

ulcers; crusty

ulcers; painless, slow developing

ulcers; mottled with red circle

ulcers; tense

Inactivity

Inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation), nodules, etc.

Out-breaks on skin

crusty

herpetic

crusty

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

Dorsal pain between shoulders

Ill effects of bruises and shocks to spine

Coccydynia

Dull aching in lumbar and sacral region.

Pain

when beginning to move

sacrum (base of spine); while standing

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; sacrum (base of spine)

while standing

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Soreness about the root of tongue

Painful spasms of the stomach

Severe aching in and around the liver

Chronic jaundice, and pains in right hypochondrium

Sensitive, bruised, swollen, knife-like pains

Painful tightness.

Constriction; behind lower ribs; as if bandaged

Bloated; after drinking milk

Pain

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); behind lower ribs; right

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); liver

Bladder

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); constant

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual; with headache

urination; interrupted (intermittent)

Eating

better from eating and worse a few hours after meals; acidity and burning; painful spot the level of the sternum.

Flatus

Pain; cutting; passing flatulence

Nausea

Terrible nausea, acrid Heartburn, and acid eructations; Worse on going to bed

Stomach

nausea; during headache

nausea; seasickness

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Pain; burning; during stool

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

Sensation of weight; perineum (between rectum and genitals)

Stool

Frequent urging; hard, with tenesmus

Tremulous weakness after every stool ( Veratrum Album ^Verat.; Arsenicum Album ^Ars.; Ac">Arg)

N.) Heat and burning in rectum during stool.

Watery

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Much difficulty in voiding

It flows and stops again ( Ledum Palustre ^Ledum.) Interrupted discharge ( clematis.) Dribbling in old men ( Copaiva.)

Cloudy

Colour; pale

Scanty

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); pain; cutting

pain; cutting; during urination

Male

Testicles hard and enlarged.

Male

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); testes

inflammation; testes

itching; penis; foreskin

thick emission from penis; during caresses

thick emission from penis; when with a woman; while frolicking with a woman

thick emission from penis; emission of prostatic fluid; with every emotion

thick emission from penis; emission of prostatic fluid; while fondling women

thick emission from penis; emission of prostatic fluid; during erotic thoughts

thick emission from penis; emission of prostatic fluid; during stool

Womb

Female

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); womb; cervix

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; womb

swollen; enlarged; womb

Genitals

Male; Desire increased; power decreased

Sexual nervousness, with feeble erection

Effects of suppressed sexual appetite

Female; Dysmenorrhoea, with drawing-down thighs

Mammae lax and shrunken, HARD, painful to touch

Stitches in nipples

Wants to press breast hard with hand

Itching around pudenda

Unready conception

Induration of os and cervix

Ovaritis; ovary enlarged, indurated; lancinating pain

Leucorrhoea after micturition.

Male

erections; incomplete

erections; impotency

from holding urine

sexual passion; increased

without erection

sexual passion; suppressed

prostate gland; enlargement

prostate gland; hardness

Female

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); ovaries

sexual intercourse; desire increased

swollen; enlarged; ovaries

Menses

Menses delayed and scanty; parts sensitive

Breasts enlarge and become painful before and during menses ( Calc Carb ^Calc)

C.; Lac Caninum ^{Lac Can}.) Rash before menses

Ill effects of Repressed sexual desire or suppressed menses, or from excessive indulgence

Female

period; amenorrhoea (suppression or absence of period)

period; late

period; scanty

period; suppressed

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Heavy, weary, paralyzed; trembling; hands unsteady; fingers and toes numb

Muscular weakness, especially of lower extremities

Perspiration of hands

putting feet on chair relieves pain.

Coldness; lower limbs; foot

Letting limbs hang down

arms

Heaviness

tired limbs

upper limbs

lower limbs

after exertion

while walking

Movements and positions; incoordination

Numbness (see tingling); leg

foot

Pain

lower limbs; letting limb hang down

sore, bruised; joints; on movement

Paralysis

painless

lower limbs; painless

Skin

discoloration; fingers; nails; yellow

itching; hand; fingers; back of

Weakness

tottering

joints

upper limbs

lower limbs

after walking

thigh

knee

when climbing stairs

leg

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Morning

Intense heat

Perspiration with heat

▲   INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

Injuries and accidents

Injuries in general

Injuries of glands

Injuries of soft parts

▲   GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Lethargic, tired

Sleep and dreams

Deep

Dreams; frightful

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; from before midnight

night; from perspiration

Waking; from perspiration

Convulsions

Convulsions; hysterical

Perspiration

Daytime; when closing the eyes

Night

On closing the eyes

Hot

On beginning to sleep; even when closing the eyes

During sleep

Generalities

Night

Constriction; sensation of a band

Physical exertion

Eating and food

while eating

after eating

milk

Faintness, fainting; after stool

Formication (like insects crawling around); glands

Glands

withered glands

itching, glands

Heaviness; externally

Inflammation

indurated (hard from inflammation)

indurated (hard from inflammation); glands

after injuries

Lack of irritability

Jar, stepping

Straining of muscles and tendons, from lifting

Lying down; lying down

Movement

at beginning of movement

continued movement

Numbness

externally

internally; of suffering parts

Pain

cutting; externally

cutting; internally

sore, bruised; glands

sudden, sharp; externally

sudden, sharp; outward

sudden, sharp; bones

tearing; internally

Paralysis; painless

Polyp (growth on mucus lining)

Pressure

Pulse

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

frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid; after stool

Quivering

Lack of reaction

Rubbing

Sensitive; glands

Suppression of sexual desire

Symptoms from masturbation

Symptoms after sexual intercourse; symptoms after sexual excesses

Symptoms not symmetrical; right

While sitting

On first sitting down

Snow-air

Standing

Swelling

glands

glands; cold

glands; hard

glands; inflammatory

Tension; externally

Trembling

externally

after stool

Walking

beginning of walk

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

from slight exertion

after stool

trembling

after stool

walking

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