Curare

▲   GENERAL

Dose

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Cystisin (motor paralysis); Conium Mac ^Conium; Causticum ^Causticum; Crotalus Horridus ^Crotalus; Nux Vomica ^Nux. Curare antidotes Strychnin.

▲   MIND

Mind

Indecision; no longer wishes to think, or act for herself.

Aversions, dislikes

company

company; avoids the sight of people; and shuts herself up

Behaviour

biting

chases; persons

cruelty (see moral feeling, malicious)

destructive

kleptomania

striking; himself

tears things; himself

Delirium; on waking

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

environment and surroundings; that everything is dirty

environment and surroundings; everything appears foul

visions or presence of phantoms, figures, people; night

Desires, wants

to kill

travel

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

boredom, dissatisfaction (see loathing of life)

envy

ecstatic

night

indecisive

unhappy; despair

unhappy; wants to injure self; suicidal disposition

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

during period

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

in sleep

wicked disposition

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; on waking

Insanity

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

fear; of death

fear; of falling

fear; hydrophobia (fear of water)

frightened easily; starting, startled

during sleep

Restlessness, nervousness

tossing about in bed

Shameless; lack of moral feeling

Sighing (see respiration)

Unconsciousness; automatic conduct (see mental insensibility)

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Epileptic

On exertion of vision

As if intoxicated

From looking at.

looking at a moving object

looking steadily

While reading

▲   HEAD

Head

Head drawn backward

Brain feels full of fluid.

Congestion (see pulsation)

Pulled; backward

Hot

Pulsating

Headache

Lancinating pains all over head

Pain, headache

hammering pain

in women

during period

in forehead

top of head (vertex)

stitching, sudden, sharp; forehead; over eyes; right

Scalp

Falling out of hair

▲   EYES

Eyes

Sharp, stitching pains over right eye

Black spots before vision

Ptosis of right side.

Discoloration; yellow

Pain; pulling

Paralysis

lids; upper

lids; upper; right

Quivering; lids

Sunken

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes

colours; black; spots

colours; black; spots; after reading

Dazzling; trembling objects (see dazzling)

▲   EARS

Ear

Noises; unbearable earache

Lancinating pains start from ears; extending down to legs

Swelling of lobes of ear.

Discharges from ear

pus

Sensation of fullness

Inflammation

inside

media

Noises in ear

whistling

Pain

fainting with pain in ear

forced to lie down

extending to other parts

extending to downward

extending to other parts; extending to legs

aching

cutting

piercing, stabbing

▲   FACE

Face

Facial and buccal paralysis

Tongue and mouth drawn

Red face

Tongue and mouth drawn to right.

Distortion; mouth

Expression; anxious

Lips; discoloration; bluish

Pain

right

affected by movement (for better or worse); while eating; when chewing (see movement)

with paralysis

Paralysis

left

Skin

discoloration; red

out-breaks on skin; eczema

▲   NOSE

Nose

Ozaena

Tubercles on nose; fetid lumps of pus.

Discharge from nose

offensive smelling

offensive smelling; fetid

offensive smelling; from ulcer or disease of nasal bones

containing pus

Dryness; inside; evening

Liquids come out through nose on attempting to swallow

▲   MOUTH

Saliva

Dryness

Tongue

Bleeding; tongue

Cracked; tongue

Discoloration; tongue; red

Paralysis; tongue; pulled to right

▲   THROAT

Throat

Blood oozing

Choking, constricting

Sensation of coldness

icy coldness

Sensation of something in throat; lump

Inflammation; tonsils

Liquids drunk are forced into nose

Mucus

thick

Pain

burning

burning; larynx

sudden, sharp; larynx

Paralysis

Roughness; air passage

Tonsils suppurating (producing pus)

Swallowing

constantly

difficult

must drink, in order to swallow

impeded; solids

impeded; must drink at every mouthful to wash down the food

impossible

from paralysis

▲   CHEST

Chest

Breast; nipples; cracked nipples

Heart; palpitations; while lying down

Inflammation; breast

Lungs; emphysema

Numbness; left side

Pain

breast; nipples

sides; left

pressing

sore, bruised

from coughing

damp weather

stitching, sudden, sharp; coughing

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; coughing

Perspiration; arm pit

Swelling; breast

Respiration

Threatened paralysis of respiration on falling asleep

Short breath

Short dry cough; provokes vomiting, followed by fainting

Chest sore to pressure

Very distressing dyspnoea.

Difficult (dyspnea)

waking with difficulty breathing

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

Night

In cold air

in damp, cold air

From insufficient breathing

Dry cough

morning

in damp weather

during measles

From eating (including certain foods)

When laughing

In women; during period

Movement

Racking

Short

Intermittent

Damp weather

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

Blackish

Greyish

Greenish

White

albuminous (white, thick)

Yellow

Thick; like jelly

▲   SKIN

Skin

Leprosy

Dirty-looking skin

Boils

Tubercles on nose

Liver spots

Blood oozes through

Itching.

Worse, dampness, cold weather, cold wind; 2 am; right side.

Discoloration

bluish

brown, liver spots

red

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain

sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back)

Neck

neck

after walking

pulling; neck

Pulsating

neck

neck; extending to lumbar (lower half of back)

Stiffness; neck; during headache

Back

Pain

travels downwards

while lying down

on back

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between

lumbar (lower half of back)

on stooping

spine

extending to other parts; down

aching; lying down

burning; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between them

with rigidness; lumbar (lower half of back)

stooping

Pulsating

while sitting

dorsal (shoulder level)

spine

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine)

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

As if something were in abdomen (movements, lumps, etc.); movements in abdomen

movements in abdomen; sensation of something alive

Pain; stabbing, piercing

Swelling

from watery fluid; abdominal cavity

liver

Bladder; urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); anxious

Kidneys

pain; during period

pain; digging

Stomach

appetite; changeable

appetite; increased (hunger in general); during fever

thirst; evening

thirst; night

thirst; during heat

ulcers

Eating

aversion to certain foods or drinks; bread

Nausea

nausea; morning

nausea; after eating

nausea; if urine retained

Vomiting

vomiting; on coughing

vomiting; bile; night

vomiting; black

vomiting; green

night

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Skin and lining; splits in lining of rectum

Swelling of anus

Unnoticed stool

Stool

Odourless

Watery

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Burning (includes hot)

Cloudy

Colour; dark

Copious

Scanty

Sugar in urine

Thick

Thick and sticky

Urethra

Male; erections; painful (see urethra)

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); painful during erection

discharge

bloody

discharge; greenish; yellow

discharge; profuse

discharge; yellow

haemorrhage

pain; burning; during urination

pain; tearing; during urination

Male

Male

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

thick emission from penis; emission of prostatic fluid; after urination

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

vaginal discharge; copious

vaginal discharge; offensive smelling

vaginal discharge; pus

vaginal discharge; thick

inflammation; vagina

irritation; itching; from vaginal discharge

swollen; vagina

Womb

gangrene; womb

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain)

pulsating

pain; bearing down; womb, and region of womb (see labour-like pains, also pains in abdomen)

pain; burning; womb

pain; cutting; womb

pain; digging; womb

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; womb

pulsating; womb

Genitals

Dysmenorrhoea

Leucorrhoea, thick, purulent, offensive.

Female

pain; burning

pain; griping; ovaries

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; ovaries

sexual intercourse; desire increased

swollen; sensation, as if ovaries enlarged

Menses

Menses too early, during menses, colic, headache, kidney pain

Female

contractions; womb; before period

irritation; itching; after period

period; copious

period; frequent

period; irregular

period; late

profuse

period; protracted

period; scanty

pain; burning; womb; before period

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Tired pain up and down spine

Arms weak, heavy

Cannot lift the fingers

Weakness of hands and fingers in pianists

Legs tremble; give way in walking

Debility; paralysis

Catalepsy

Favors development of corns

Reflexes lessened or abolished.

Cramps; hip

Hands and feet; corns

Heat

hand

foot; sole; uncovers them

Heaviness

upper limbs

upper limbs; playing piano

upper limbs; typing

Movements and positions; trembling; lower limbs; while walking

Numbness (see tingling); upper limbs

Pain

upper limbs; left

upper limbs; paralytic

lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh)

foot; on movement

aching

shoulder

foot

foot; lying in bed

burning; upper limbs

burning; hip

sore, bruised; upper limbs

as if sprained; elbow

Paralysis

evening

hysterical

painless

shoulder

upper arm

deltoid (top muscle of arm)

wrist; extensors

from playing piano or typing

hand; sensation of paralysis; from playing piano

hand; sensation of paralysis; from typing

Problems from playing musical instrument; piano

Skin; felon (whitlow, onychia, paronychia, foot rot, etc.); whitlow, foot rot

Stiffness

hand

lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh)

Swollen

upper limbs

upper limbs; evening

hand; painful

Inclination to uncover

feet

feet; toward morning

Weakness

upper limbs

wrist

hand

fingers

when playing the piano

when typing

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Afternoon

Beginning in particular area

abdomen and extending from abdomen

pit of stomach

After eating

From environment; during rains

During movement

Periodic, recurring; recurring daily

Dangerously cold

At certain time of day or night

from 2 p.m.

from 2 p.m.; to 3 p.m.

from 3 p.m.

Afternoon

Afternoon; with chilliness

Night

with chilliness

Open air

Burning heat

afternoon; with transient chills

Fever without chill

afternoon

2 p.m.

to 3 p.m.

3 p.m.

With chilliness

After eating

Infectious fevers

Movement

Septic fever (see infectious, continued, from childbirth, etc.)

With shivering

When walking in open air

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

of business

of business; of the day

previous events; events of the previous day

fire

Falling asleep; after dinner

Sleepiness, tiredness

morning

after dinner

Waking; late

Convulsions

Convulsions

epileptic

during the heat

with tetanus rigidity

Perspiration

Night

Bloody

Bloody; night

Cold

night

After eating

On movement

Staining the linen; bloody

Cold wind

Generalities

Catalepsy (dazed, allows others to position limbs)

evening, in bed

Faintness, fainting

after stool

while walking

Heaviness; externally

Straining of muscles and tendons, from lifting

Numbness; externally

Paralysis; painless

Sluggishness

Trembling; externally

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

nervous weakness

aged people

standing

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