Resina Itu

▲   GENERAL

General

"A resin brought from the province of Saint Paul to Brazil." Origin unknown.

Authority. Murex ^Mure, Pathogénésie Brésilienne, p. 264.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Aggravation

(Air), Pains.

(Cold drinks), Toothache.

(Bending forward), Pain in left hypochondrium.

(Movement), Nausea.

(On rising), Numbness in the ankle-joints.

(When sitting still), Numbness in ankle-joints.

(After sitting), Pain at anus.

(Stooping), Pain in head; pain in hepatic region.

(Walking), Heaviness of eyes; pain in hepatic region; pain in left breast.

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Vertigo, with tendency to fall to the right (first day).

▲   HEAD

Head

The head is heavy and falls forward (eighth day).

Lancination in the right side of the forehead (second day).

Headache

Stunning pain in the head, worse when stooping (first day).

Pressive pain in the forehead and on the eyes (second day).

Throbbing in the right temple; the pain extends to the ear and the articulation of the jaw (second day).

▲   EYES

Eyes

Winking of the eyes (eighth day).

Heaviness of the eyes when walking (eighth day).

Lancinating pain in the left orbit, terminating at the eyebrow (eighth day).

Burning in the eyelids (eighth day).

Black muscae volitantes, like pin-heads (eighth day).

▲   EARS

Ear

Earache, from the least dampness, extending to the articulation of the jaw (first day).

Paroxysm of pain from the ear to the teeth, less severe but lasting longer than the previous one (eighth day).

Sudden report in the ear like a pistol-shot, with frightful pain extending to the teeth for two or three minutes; this attack recurs four times during the forenoon, at hourly intervals (seventh day).

The detonating sensations in the ear recur as often as eight times in the course of the day, and are succeeded by profuse sweat (eighth day).

▲   NOSE

Discharge

Repeated sneezing (ninth day).

Coryza (ninth day).

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Toothache aggravated by cold drinks (eighth day).

Tongue

Red tongue (twelfth day).

The tongue feels thick, as if it filled the whole mouth, though really but little swollen (twelfth day).

Great difficulty in moving the tongue and in speaking (twelfth day).

▲   THROAT

Throat

Pain in the throat, with sensation as of a plug in the pharynx (twelfth day).

Tonsillitis (twelfth day).

▲   CHEST

Chest

Pain in the left breast, worse when walking (twelfth day).

Great itching in the left breast and nipple, especially in the morning (twelfth day).

▲   SKIN

Skin

Violent itching near the sternal extremity of the right clavicle, followed by a moist herpes, which is dispersed in six hours (third day).

Great itching on the right arm; it is covered with red pimples rounded like pins' heads; the itching ceases before night, but the eruption lasts all day. Pimples break out on the left side of the neck; they are less inflamed but itch as much (fourth day).

The pimples on the arm and neck gradually disperse (fifth day).

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

NECK.

Pain like stiff neck on the left side (second day).

Very stiff neck, so that he cannot raise or incline the head (fifth day).

Pain at the nape of the neck, piercing to the forehead, and causing a numbness and heaviness which draws the head down (fifth day).

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Pain in the left hypochondrium when bending forward (second day).

Lancinating pain in the hepatic region, worse when walking or stooping (eighth day).

Pain in the abdomen, from within outward (first day).

Cold feeling in the hypogastrium, especially in the evening (first day).

Pain in the posterior iliac spine when stretching the leg or rising, for several successive days (twelfth day).

Nausea

Nausea, aggravated by movement (second day).

Stomach

Prolonged hiccoughing (second day).

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Stool

Involuntary stools (sixth day).

Profuse painless diarrhoea (seventh day).

Copious yellow diarrhoeic stools (seventh day).

Light-yellow stool, which cannot be retained after standing up (ninth day).

Burning pain at the anus after sitting (eighth day).

▲   GENITALS ETC

Female

Burning heat, followed by violent itching of the vulva (ninth day).

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Lower extremities

Severe pain in the knee-joint (twelfth day).

Heaviness in the legs, with lassitude, in the evening (ninth day).

Numbness of the legs; on rising from a seat he cannot stand upright (fourth day).

Crampy pain from the calf to the heel (ninth day).

Numbness at the ankle-joint, when sitting still (first day).

Numbness in the ankle-joint, every time on rising (seventh day).

Cramps of the left ankle-joint (sixth day).

Crampy pain in the tendo Achillis (ninth day).

Cramps at the left tarsal joint (sixth day).

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep

Light, but unbroken, night's sleep (second day).

Generalities

Air aggravates the pains (eighth day).