Staphysagria

▲   GENERAL

General

Nervous affections with marked irritability, diseases of the genito-urinary tract and skin, most frequently give symptoms calling for Staphysagria. Acts on teeth and alveolar periosteum. Ill effects of anger and insults. Sexual sins and excesses. very sensitive. Lacerated tissues. Pain and nervousness after extraction of teeth. Sphincters lacerated or stretched.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

Worse, anger, indignation, grief, mortification, loss of fluids, onanism, sexual excesses, tobacco; least touch on affected parts.

Better

BETTER, after breakfast, warmth, rest at night.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Ferrum Met ^Ferrum Pyrophos ( tarsal cysts); Colocynthis ^Colocy.; Causticum ^Caust.; Ignatia ^Ign.; Acid Phos ^Phos-ac.; Caladium Seguinum ^Calad.

Complementary

Complementary: Causticum ^Caust.; Colocynthis ^Colocy.

Antidotes

Antidote: Camphora ^Camph.

Inimical

Inimical: Ranunculus Bulbosus ^{Ranunc. Bulb}.

▲   MIND

Mind

Impetuous, Violent outbursts of passion, hypochondriacal, sad

Very sensitive as to what others say about her

Dwells on sexual matters; prefers solitude

Peevish

Child cries for many things, and refuses them when offered.

Behaviour

throws things away

throws things away; morning

throws things at people; who offend

Desires, wants; sex, lustful

Symptoms follow intense emotions

anger

ailments from grief

indignation

ailments from rudeness

Excitement; ailments from emotional excitement

Mental exertion

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); with indignation

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); with silent grief

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); from suppressed anger

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); at unfairness (indignation)

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); violent

impulsive; capriciousness

indifference, apathy, etc.

after masturbation

irritability

morning

after emission

sensitive, oversensitive; to rudeness

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

ideas; deficiency of ideas

Memory; weakness of memory; for what was read

Ailments after death of part of body

Restlessness, nervousness

Mental symptoms from sexual excesses

▲   HEAD

Head

Brain feels squeezed

Sensation of a ball of lead in forehead

Itching eruption above and behind ears ( Oleander ^Oleand.)

Headache

Stupefying headache; passes off with yawning

Pain, headache

from emotions

from emotions; from grief

from emotions; after stress (see anger)

in forehead; above root of nose

pulling; on touch

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead; as from a ball

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; back of head (occiput)

Scalp

Skin and scalp

out-break on skin

out-break on skin; extremely sensitive

▲   EYES

Eyes

Heat in eyeballs, dims spectacles

Recurrent styes

chalazae ( Platanus ^Platanus.) Eyes sunken, with blue rings

Margin of lids itch

Affections of angles of eye, particularly the inner

Lacerated or incised wounds of cornea

Bursting pain in eyeballs of syphilitic iritis.

Lids; nodules in lids; edges of lids

Discoloration; redness; after sexual excesses

Dullness; after sexual excesses

Growth, tumour

sty

sty; indurated (hard from inflammation)

tumours; glands under eye lids

tumours; nodules in the lids

Inflammation

wounds

wounds; iris; bursting pain in eyeball, temple and side of face

wounds; lids

Itching; lids; margin

Skin around eyes (see face); out-breaks on skin

Vision

Merging together; letters

▲   EARS

Ear

Skin; out-breaks on skin; behind ears

▲   FACE

Face

Pain

Skin; out-breaks on skin; cheeks

Swelling; lips; upper

▲   NOSE

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

After eating feels sleepy

Pyorrhoea ( Plantago.)

Gums and teeth

Toothache during menses

Teeth black and crumbling

Salivation, spongy gums, bleed easily ( Merc Viv ^Merc.; Kreosotum ^Kreos.) Submaxillary glands swollen

Pain; gums

Teeth

decay, hollow

decay, hollow; premature tooth decay in children

discoloured; black

pain

lower teeth

right

from cold; from cold drinks

after eating

in women; during period

extending to other parts; ear

as if being bitten

tearing

▲   THROAT

Throat

Stitches flying to the ear on swallowing, especially left.

Tickling in the air passages

larynx

External throat; swelling; cervical glands (on side of neck)

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; palpitations; from exertion

Pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; heart

Respiration

Difficult (dyspnea); after emission

▲   COUGH

Cough

From emotions; after stress

Tickling

larynx

▲   SKIN

Skin

Eczema of head, ears, face, and body; thick scabs, dry, and itch violently; Scratching changes location of itching

Fig-warts pedunculated ( Thuja ^Thuja.) Arthritic nodes

Inflammation of phalanges

Night-sweats.

Abnormal growths

ulcers

discharges; offensive

ulcers; with gnawing, biting pain

ulcers; red with red circle

warts; sensitive to touch

Itching

crawling

Out-breaks on skin

crusty; moist

itching

pus-filled pimples

Pain

gnawing, biting; eating at skin

stinging

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

from sexual excesses

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Flabby and weak

Desire for stimulants

Stomach feels relaxed

Craving for tobacco

Canine hunger, even when stomach is full

Colic after anger

Colic, with pelvic tenesmus

Severe pain following an abdominal operation

Diarrhoea after drinking cold water, with tenesmus

Constipation (2 drops tincture night and morning), hemorrhoids, with enlarged prostate.

Heaviness

As if intestines were loose; as if intestines were hanging down

Pain

after drinking

after intense emotions; after indignation (anger from something unfair, unjust)

cramping, griping; after anger

Sense of weakness; as if abdomen would drop

Bladder

gall stones; after operation to remove

pain; after surgical removal of gall stones

retention of urine (see urination delayed); from enlarged prostate

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); in women; shortly after loss of virginity (see urination, painful or difficult urination)

urination; painful or difficult urination; shortly after loss of virginity

Stomach

appetite; increased (hunger in general); before chill

appetite; ravenous, excessive; during intermission of fever

pain; after stress

Eating

Pain; after eating (including certain foods)

Flatus

Hot flatus

Swollen abdomen in children, with much flatus

Incarcerated flatus

Nausea

Nausea after abdominal operations.

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Skin and lining; wart-like growth; extremely sensitive

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Scanty

Bladder

Female; Parts very sensitive, worse sitting down ( Berberis Vulgaris ^Berb.; Kreosotum ^Kreos.) Irritable bladder in young married women

Pressure upon bladder; feels as if it did not empty

Urethra

Urinary Organs.

Burning in urethra during micturition

Prostatic troubles; frequent urination, burning in urethra When not urinating ( Thuja ^Thuja; Sabal Serrulata ^Sabal; Ferrum Picricum -pic">Ferr)

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); irritation

Male

Male

withered; testes; after sexual excesses

itching; scrotum; erotic itch; after sexual excesses

pain; testes

thick emission from penis

frequent

after masturbation

emission of prostatic fluid

sensitiveness; scrotum

testes and scrotum (balls); relaxed, scrotum

Female

Female; sensitive; vagina

Genitals

Male; Especially after self-abuse; persistent dwelling on sexual subjects

Spermatorrhoea, with sunken features; guilty look; emissions, with backache and weakness and sexual neurasthenia

Dyspnoea after coition.

Leucorrhoea

Prolapsus, with sinking in the abdomen; aching around the hips.

Cystocele (locally and internally)

Cystitis in lying-in patients

Ineffectual urging to urinate in Newly married women

Sensation as if a drop of urine were rolling continuously along the channel

Pic.) Urging and pain AFTER urinating

Pain after lithotomy.

Male

masturbates frequently

sexual passion; diminished

sexual passion; increased

Female

pain; sore, tenderness

sensitive

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Muscles, especially of calves, feel bruised

Backache; worse in morning before rising

Extremities feel beaten and painful

Joints stiff

Crural neuralgia

Dull aching of nates extending to hip-joint and small of back.

Heat; hand

Pain

joints; gouty

joints; paralytic

sore, bruised

tearing; joints; paralytic

Perspiration; foot; cold

Skin

itching; lower limbs

out-break on skin; hand; burning; after scratching

out-break on skin; lower limbs; itching

Weakness

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

With fever, but chill predominating

Shaking, shivering, rigors; without subsequent heat

At certain time of day or night; from 3 p.m.

Attack brought on by anger

Heat absent

Desire to uncover

▲   INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

Injuries and accidents

Poisoning; poisoning by mercury

Wounds

cuts

painful

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

amorous

pleasant

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; sleepy all day, sleepless all night, body aches all over

Perspiration

Mental exertion

Odour; putrid

Generalities

Anaemia

Dehydration

Physical exertion

Eating and food; symptoms while fasting

Inflammation

indurated (hard from inflammation)

externally

bones

hair follicles

Pain

gnawing, biting; externally

pressing; externally

sudden, sharp; externally

sudden, sharp; muscles

burning in muscles

tearing; muscles

Polyp (growth on mucus lining)

Sensitive

externally

to pain

excessive physical irritability

Scurvy

Symptoms from masturbation

Symptoms after sexual intercourse; symptoms after sexual excesses

After sleep; afternoon sleep

Siesta

Swelling; bones

Tobacco

Touch

Trembling

after emotions

internally

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

after emission

nervous weakness

Weariness (see weakness)

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