Palladium

▲   GENERAL

General

An ovarian remedy; produces the symptom-complex of chronic Oophoritis. Useful where the parenchyma of the gland is not totally destroyed. Acts also on mind and skin. Motor weakness, averse to exercise.

Dose

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Complementary

Complementary: Argentum Metallicum ^Arg.; Helonias Dioica ^Helon.; Lilium Tigrinum ^Lil.; Apis Mel ^Apis.

▲   MIND

Mind

Weeping mood

Love of approbation

Pride; Easily offended

Inclined to use violent language

Keeps up brightly when in company, much exhausted afterwards, and pains aggravated.

Aversions, dislikes

indolence, aversion to work; evening

aversion to mental work

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

about self; body; size; enlarged; very tall

about self; body; size; tall; had grown tall while walking

about self; circumstances; is not appreciated

about self; circumstances; deserted, forsaken

about self; circumstances; thinks is insulted

about self; circumstances; of being neglected

Desires, wants

company

company; while alone

flattery

to kill; takes everything in bad part

to kill; on waking

longing; for good opinion of others

Symptoms follow intense emotions

bad news

egotism

Excitement

when in company

ailments from emotional excitement

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); with trembling

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); violent

conceited

forsaken feeling

haughty

impatience

during headache

indecisive

morning

irritability

evening

during headache

takes everything badly

on waking

quarrelsome, argumentative

rudeness

insolent

impertinence

sensitive, oversensitive; easily offended

unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.

with everything

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

Facial expressions; grimaces

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; mistakes; in time

Insecure, uncertain, scared

lacking self confidence

fear; of evil

frightened easily; starting, startled; on waking

Ailments after death of part of body

Perception; time; time passes too slowly

Talking, conversation

obstinate

cursing

speech; embarrassed

Thinking of complaints

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

In house; on entering house

Sleep

▲   HEAD

Head

Feels as if swung backward and forwards

Sallow complexion.

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness; forehead

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing); temples

Movements in head; shaking sensation

Sensation of numbness; top of head (vertex)

Headache

Temporoparietal neuralgia with pain in shoulder

Pain across top of head from ear to ear; worse after an evening’s entertainment, with irritability and sour eructations

Heaviness (see pain

pressing); morning

pressing); afternoon

pressing); forehead

morning

afternoon

Pain, headache

morning

afternoon

night

1 a.m.

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

after sleep

sleep

after sleep

after a siesta

thinking of pain

walking; after walking in open air

back of head (occiput)

after sleep

sides; left

sides; evening

temples

right

right to left

noon

after dinner

top of head (vertex)

morning

extending to other parts; from one ear to other

dull pain; evening

pressing (see bursting, pulling); during dinner

pressing (see bursting, pulling); sensation as if a load were pushed forwards to forehead from back of head (occiput)

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

Scalp

Skin and scalp; itching; forehead

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids

out-breaks on skin; blisters

out-breaks on skin; blisters; on margins

Dryness

evening

Itching

evening

not relieved by rubbing

eyebrows

around eyes

lids

Pain

right

after walking

around the eyes

aching

while walking in open air

▲   EARS

Ear

around ear; morning, after a walk

Skin

out-breaks on skin; itching

out-breaks on skin; behind ears; pimples

▲   FACE

Face

Lips

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); corners of mouth

out-breaks on lips

pimples

pimples; lower

Pain

jaw; lower jaw

burning (see heat)

right

Skin

discoloration; bluish; circles around eyes

discoloration; earthy

discoloration; sallow

itching (see skin)

out-breaks on skin

nose; tip

itching; nose

pimples

pimples; itching

pimples; nose

pus-filled pimples

pus-filled pimples; cheeks

rough; on forehead

▲   NOSE

Nose

Discharge from nose; watery

Itching; left

Pain

burning, smarting

burning, smarting; evening

Smell; acute, over sensitive; sensitive to strong odours; unpleasant odours

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Teeth

sensation of elongated teeth

sensation of elongated teeth; incisors

sensitive, tender

incisors

Saliva

Saliva; mucus, slime; thick and sticky

Tongue

Discoloration

tongue; red

tongue; red; stripe down centre

Pain; burning, raw and smarting; tongue

Taste

Taste

slimy

sour

▲   THROAT

Throat

Larynx (voice box); sensation of a crumb

Dryness; without thirst

Sensation of something in throat

bread crumbs

crawling

Hawks often

Inflammation

Mucus; clinging

Pain

Scratching; like bread crumbs

▲   CHEST

Chest

Congestion; morning

Pain

sides; left

aching; sides

griping

pressing; sides; left

pressing; heart

stitching, sudden, sharp; walking in open air

stitching, sudden, sharp; extending to back

stitching, sudden, sharp; collar bone

stitching, sudden, sharp; middle of chest

bending body forward

while sitting

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; right

Respiration

when breathing; breathing deeply

stitching, sudden, sharp; respiration; deep

stitching, sudden, sharp; breast; when breathing in

Asthma attack; after emotions

▲   COUGH

Cough

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); sensation of foreign body in throat; like a crumb in larynx

▲   SKIN

Skin

Discoloration; spots; like flea bites

Itching

burning

crawling

changing place on scratching

undressing

Out-breaks on skin

pimples

like nettle rash

nodular

Pain

gnawing, biting

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

sore, bruised, beaten; dorsal (shoulder level)

Neck

neck

burning; neck

pulling; neck

Skin

out-breaks on skin; pimples; neck

itching; neck

Stiffness; neck

Back

Pain

afternoon

comes on suddenly

while sitting

lumbar (lower half of back); while sitting

lumbar (lower half of back); extending to other parts; hip

sacrum (base of spine); extending to other parts; hips

aching

afternoon

aching; lumbar (lower half of back); while sitting

burning; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right; under

burning; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; left; and itching on place below and to right of shoulder blade

pressing

Skin

like insects crawling on skin

itching

morning; 7 a.m.

scratching

changes place after scratching

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine)

morning

lumbar (lower half of back)

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Shooting pain from navel to pelvis

Sensation as if intestines were bitten off

Intestines feel strangulated

Soreness of abdomen, swelling in right groin

Flatulency.

Heaviness

lying on left side

lower part of abdomen

lying on left side

standing

Pain

morning; in bed

during cough

after exertion

lying down; lying on side; lying on left side

in women; during period; heat

on sneezing

after stool

warmth

behind lower ribs; left

lower part of abdomen; evening

groin region; pulling up the knee

groin region; on stepping

liver

spleen

during period

burning; groin region; left

cutting; lower part of abdomen; after stool

dragging, bearing down

when standing

with urging to urinate

pressing; on exertion

pressing; lying on left side

pressing; lower part of abdomen

downward

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; after period

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; lower part of abdomen

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; groin region

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.)

groin region

navel

navel; extending to other parts; pelvis

twisting

Skin

itching; groin region; left

itching; groin region; evening

itching; like insects crawling on skin

Bladder

fullness

fullness; without desire to urinate

pain

evening

before urinating

aching

aching; before urination

pressing, pressure

sudden, sharp, stinging

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); absent

with swollen bladder

urination; weakness

sphincter

Kidneys

pain; if desire to urinate be delayed

pain; while sitting

pain; aching; region of kidneys

pain; pressing; while sitting

pain; pressing; region of

Eating

Stomach

aversion to certain foods or drinks; beer

Nausea

nausea; evening

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Diarrhoea; after quinine

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

Stool

Hard; first hard, then pastry

Soft

White

normal consistency

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Bloody

water-like

Cloudy

Colour; dark

Copious

evening

Muddy

Scanty

Sediment

red

sand; red (brick-dust)

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); pain; stitching, sudden, sharp

pain

stitching, sudden, sharp; extending to head of penis (glans)

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; at front

Male

Male; pain; sore; testes

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

vaginal discharge; albuminous (white, thick)

vaginal discharge; jelly-like

vaginal discharge; before period

vaginal discharge; after period

vaginal discharge; transparent

vaginal discharge; white

vaginal discharge; yellow

Womb

Uterine prolapse and retroversion

Cutting pain in uterus; relieved after stool

It is indicated in the gynecological condition where the disease had its inception in the right ovary, the uterine prolapse and retroversion, the subacute pelvic peritonitis and concomitant symptoms being secondary ( F)

Female

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); womb

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); evening

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); after exertion

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

lying

lying on left side

standing

on urging to urinate

pain; cutting; womb

after stool

prolapse; womb

Genitals

Subacute pelvic peritonitis, with right-sided pain and backache; menorrhagia

Pain and swelling in region of right ovary

Shooting or burning pain in pelvis and bearing-down; relieved by rubbing

Soreness and shooting pain from navel to breast

Glairy leucorrhoea

Menstrual discharge while nursing

Stitches in right breast near nipple

Aguilar, M.d.)

Male

erections; troublesome; morning; only

erections; impotency; evening and night

Female

congestion; ovaries

heaviness

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); ovaries

right

inflammation; ovaries

right

pain; ovaries

right

during animated conversation

company

bending thigh

jarring

lying down

lying down; on left side

movement

from music and excitement

pressure

rubbing

from parties

when standing up

stepping

walking

extending to other parts; limbs; down limbs

extending to other parts; thighs

pain; aching; ovaries; right

pain; pulling; ovaries

right

rubbing

pain; sore, tenderness; ovaries

right

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp

swollen; enlarged; ovaries; right

swollen; ovaries

right

Menses

period; copious; walking

period; when producing milk

while breast feeding the child

pain; ovaries; during period

pain; ovaries; after period

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

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

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Pruritus

Tired feeling in small of back

Fleeting, neuralgic pains in extremities

Heavy and tired in limbs

Darting pains from toes to hips

Rheumatic pain in right shoulder; in right hip

Sciatica.

Coldness

upper limbs

right

hands

hands

right

lower limbs; foot

Contraction of muscles and tendons; thigh; hamstrings; while walking

Cramps; leg; night

Heaviness; morning

Movements and positions

jerking; wrist

jerking; wrist; right

jerking; wrist; painful

jerking; wrist; sudden

jerking; hand

jerking; hip

twitching; wrist

sudden

twitching; fingers; morning

twitching; fingers; first finger

while sitting

Numbness (see tingling); upper limbs

upper limbs

morning; pain in region of heart

upper limbs; night

upper limbs; while lying on it

forearm

extending to finger

hand; night

Pain

rheumatic

upper limbs

right

noon, after walking

after walking

shoulder

right

evening

rheumatic

while walking

wrist

extending to other parts; into forearm

fingers; first finger

thumb

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

evening

night

cold

movement

warmth

hip

right

left

during stool

on walking

knee; left

lower leg; rheumatic

toes; extending into hip

boring; hand

burning; hand; night

burning; leg

as if dislocated; hip

pulling; upper limbs

pulling downward

pulling; shoulder

after walking

pulling; forearm

open air

gnawing, biting; hip

pressing; hip; during stool

shooting (see stitching, sudden, sharp); toes; extending to hips

sore, bruised; afternoon

as if sprained; shoulder

as if sprained; hip; right

stitching, sudden, sharp; upper limbs

stitching, sudden, sharp; shoulder

right

stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers

stitching, sudden, sharp; thumb

stitching, sudden, sharp; thigh

extending downward

stitching, sudden, sharp; leg

stitching, sudden, sharp; toes

extending upward

extending to hip

tearing; leg

Paralysis

upper limbs; left

upper limbs; with pain in heart

shoulder; right

Sensitive; shoulder

Skin

discoloration; fingers; joints

itching

like insects crawling on skin; upper limbs

like insects crawling on skin; thigh

like insects crawling on skin; leg

like insects crawling on skin; ankles

scratching

upper limbs

shoulder

upper arm

upper arm; scratching

elbow

lower limbs

lower limbs; scratching

lower limbs; tickling

thigh

thigh; scratching

thigh; tickling

leg

ankle

ulcers; lower limbs

not irritating

warts; hand; knuckles

Tension, tightness

knee

knee; hollow of knee

leg; calf

Weakness

morning

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Sleepiness, tiredness

afternoon

afternoon; 3 p.m.

evening

while travelling

Sleeplessness, insomnia

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

night; after midnight; 2 a.m.

Generalities

Formication (like insects crawling around); external parts

Lying down; after lying down

Movement

Pain; sudden, sharp; downward

Pulsation; afternoon, 2-30 p.m.

Rubbing

Symptoms not symmetrical; right

Trembling

externally

from anger

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

evening

walking

Weariness (see weakness); evening

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