Kalmia Latifolia

▲   GENERAL

General

A rheumatic remedy. Pains shift rapidly. Nausea and slow pulse frequently accompanying. Has also a prominent action on the heart. In small doses, it accelerates the heart’s action; in larger it moderates it greatly. Neuralgia; Pains shoot downwards, with numbness. fulgurating pains of locomotor ataxia. Protracted and continuous FEVERS, with tympanites. Paralytic sensations; pains and achings in limbs accompany nearly every group of symptoms. Albuminuria.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, leaning forward (Opposite, Kali Carb ^Kali-carb.); looking down; motion, open air.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Kalmia Latifolia contains Arbutin g.v. Derris pinuta (of great service in neuralgic headaches of rheumatic origin).

Compare: Spigelia Anthelmia ^Spigelia; Pulsatilla ^Pulsat.

Complementary

Complementary: Benzinum ^Benz. Acid.

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Vertigo; worse stooping

▲   HEAD

Head

Confusion of brain

Headache

Pain in front and temporal region from head to nape and to teeth; from cardiac origin.

▲   EYES

Eyes

Vision impaired

Stiff, drawing sensation when moving eyes

Rheumatic iritis

Scleritis, Pain increased by moving the eye.

Pain

daytime only

morning

begins in morning, increases till noon and ceases in evening

increasing until noon

on movement of eyes; sideways

pulling

on movement

turning sideways

Stiffness

of eyeballs

muscles around the eyes

lids

▲   FACE

Face

Neuralgia; worse Right side

Stitches in tongue

Stitches and tearing in bones of jaw and face.

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; Weak, SLOW pulse ( Digitalis Purpurea ^Dig.; Apocynum Cannabinum ^Apoc)

CAN.) Fluttering of heart, with anxiety

Palpitation; worse leaning forward

Gouty and rheumatic metastasis of heart

Tachycardia, with pain ( Thyroid.) Tobacco heart

Dyspnoea and pressure from epigastrium toward the heart

Shooting through chest above heart into shoulder-blades

Frequent pulse

Heart’s action tumultuous, rapid and visible

Paroxysms of anguish around heart.

Anxiety

region of heart

region of heart; comes on suddenly

Heart

hypertrophy of heart

palpitations

Inflammation

heart; endocardium

heart; endocardium; rheumatic

Murmurs

Pain

rheumatic

heart

extending to other parts; to left hand

stitching, sudden, sharp; lower part

stitching, sudden, sharp; heart

Respiration

Sharp pains take away the breath

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Pain from neck down arm; in upper three dorsal vertebrae extending to shoulder-blade

Back

Pain down back, as if it would break; in localized regions of spine; through shoulders

Lumbar pains, of nervous origin.

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Warm, glowing sensation in epigastrium

Pain in pit of stomach; worse by bending forward; relieved by sitting erect

Sensation of something being pressed under the epigastrium.

Urinary Organs.

Frequent, with sharp pains in lumbar region

Post-scarlatinal nephritis.

Nausea

Bilious attacks, with nausea, vertigo, and headache

Vomiting

NAUSEA; vomiting

▲   GENITALS ETC

Menses

Female; Menses too early, or suppressed, with pain in limbs and back and inside of thighs

Leucorrhoea follows menses.

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Deltoid rheumatism especially right

Pains from hips to knees and feet

Pains affect a large part of a limb, or several joints, and pass through quickly

Weakness, numbness, pricking, and sense of coldness in limbs

Pains along ulnar nerve, index finger

Joints red, hot, swollen

Tingling and numbness of left arm.

Pain

rheumatic

upper limbs

left; with heart symptoms

lower limbs; extending to other parts; downward

hip; extending to other parts; downward

pressing; upper limbs; left

tearing; lower limbs

Stiffness

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Sleepless, Wakes very early in morning.

Generalities

Pulse

heavy; and slow

slow

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

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