Theridion

▲   GENERAL

General

Nervous hyperaesthesia. Has affinity for the tubercular diathesis. Vertigo, sick headache, peculiar pain around heart region, phthisis florida, scrofula have all been treated successfully with Theridion. Sensitive to noise; it penetrates the body, especially teeth. Noises seem to strike on painful spots over the body. Rachitis, caries, necrosis. Phthisis, stitch high up in left apex ( Anthrax.) Where the indicated remedy does not hold long.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, touch; pressure; on shipboard; riding in carriage; closing eyes; jar; noise; coitus; left side.

▲   MIND

Mind

Restless; finds pleasure in nothing

Time passes too quickly.

Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work

Behaviour; singing

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

about self

body; head; belongs to another

about self; body; head; can lift it off

Desires, wants; desire for mental work

Excitement; evening

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

cheerful, happy

indifference, apathy, etc.

to pleasure

mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.

sensitive, oversensitive

to noise

to noise; slightest

unhappy; despair

discouraged

of recovery

unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.

with himself

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; evening

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; during headache

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; while walking

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; confusion; laughing

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

impaired thinking; imbecility

impaired thinking; mistakes; in time

Insanity; at menopause, or similar age in men

Insecure, uncertain, scared

lacking self confidence

frightened easily

starting, startled

starting, startled; easily

Memory; weakness of memory; for mental labour (compare daze)

Perception

senses; dull

time; time passes too quickly

Restlessness, nervousness; forcing out of bed

Talking, conversation; talkative

Unconsciousness; after exertion

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Vertigo, with nausea and vomiting on least motion, particularly when closing eyes.

Night

On closing eyes

On closing eyes; with nausea

When lying down; on going to sleep

From movement

vomiting and nausea

moving the head

on turning

With nausea

on closing eyes

From noise

During sleep

After sleep

On stooping

With vomiting

▲   HEAD

Head

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness; back of head (occiput)

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing)

like band or hoop

forehead

Expanded sensation (see swollen); enlarged sensation

Hot

laughing

Movements of head; jerking of the head; jerking head forward and knees upward during cough

Pulsating

from any jar

forehead

extending to back of head (occiput)

over eyes

Sense of separation

as if head were separated from body

as if bones of skull were separate

as if top of head were separate

Sunstroke

Swollen, and feeling swollen

Headache

Pain worse anyone walking over floor

Heaviness (see pain; pressing)

Pain, headache

evening

at peak of other symptoms

eyes and vision (affecting or affected by); on closing eyes

from emotions

nervous

from exertion; mental exertion

from any jar (see sensitive, coughing, laughing, stepping, riding)

from laughing

while lying down

from certain movements; movement in general

from certain movements; on beginning to move

from certain movements; on moving head

from noises

rattling of vehicles

from stool; after stool

violent pains

at the peak of the headache

walking; while

from warmth; from exposure to sun

aching deep in brain

while lying

in forehead

morning; on waking

on movement

pulsating

extending to other parts; backward

extending to other parts; back of head (occiput)

above eyes

above eyes; during movement

above eyes; pulsating

back of head (occiput); jarring

back of head (occiput); heat of sun

top of head (vertex)

burning; forehead

bursting; top of head (vertex); pain as if top of head would come off

pulling; tightening

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

forehead

forehead; morning

forehead; on movement

forehead; sudden

forehead; after talking

forehead; over eyes

forehead; over eyes; left

sides; like a hoop

temples

temples; inwards

stitching, sudden, sharp; temples

Sensitive; to the least jar (see stepping and pain in general)

Scalp

Skin and scalp; itching; evening

▲   EYES

Eyes

Luminous vibrations before eyes; sensitive to light

Pressure behind eyeballs

Throbbing over left eye.

Pain

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

corner

pressing

Intolerance of light (photophobia)

Pulsation in eyes

Twitching; right

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes; flames

Dim

Double vision

when looking at light

Exertion of vision

Flickering

chill

when closing eyes

comes on suddenly

Foggy

Glittering; objects

Lost vision, blindness

▲   EARS

Ear

Inflammation; inside

Itching; behind ear

Noises in ear

night

buzzing

roaring

rushing

night

like a waterfall

rustling

Pain

behind ear

pressing; behind ear

Hearing

Impaired

Too sensitive

to noises

cause nausea

sounds of a hammer; affect the teeth

▲   FACE

Face

Motions of jaw

mouth opens involuntarily

lockjaw

morning, on waking

Skin

discoloration; pale

discoloration; red

itching (see skin); chin

wrinkled; forehead; eyebrows

Stiffness, muscles

lower jaw

lower jaw; morning

▲   NOSE

Nose

Discharge yellowish, offensive, ozaena ( Pulsatilla ^Puls.; Thuja ^Thuja.)

Wants to blow nose constantly

Catarrh

post nasal (see discharge)

Discharge from nose

greenish

offensive smelling

fetid

from ulcer or disease of nasal bones

thick

yellow

sh-green

Dryness; inside

Heaviness; root

Itching

inside

Pain

root

pressing; root

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza); evening

running, wet; evening

Sneezing

daytime

evening

frequent

comes on suddenly

violent

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Froth, foam, from mouth

shaking during chill

Sensation of hair in mouth

Numbness

Gums and teeth

Pain; burning, raw and smarting; gums

Teeth

pain

pain; afternoon

pain; evening

pain; in cold air

pain; from cold; from cold drinks

pain; noise

pain; burning

sensitive, tender; to cold; water

sensitive, tender; sounds reverberate painfully in

tension

Saliva

Dryness

Saliva; mucus, slime

Tongue

Biting self; tongue; night in sleep

Numbness; tongue

Pain; as if burnt; tongue

Taste

Taste

salty

tasteless, lacks taste

Palate

Pain

palate (roof of mouth)

aching; palate (roof of mouth)

burning, raw and smarting; palate (roof of mouth)

pulling; palate (roof of mouth)

▲   THROAT

Throat

Mucus; salty

▲   CHEST

Chest

Anxiety

region of heart

Heart

angina pectoris

palpitations

Lungs

tuberculosis

tuberculosis; acute

tuberculosis; like flowers

tuberculosis; early stages

tuberculosis; full of mucus

tuberculosis; damp weather or sea air

Movements in and of chest

trembling

trembling; heart (see fluttering)

Pain

lungs

top; left

heart

extending to other parts; to left hand

cutting (sudden sharp pain); heart

stitching, sudden, sharp

extending to shoulder

extending to throat

front part of chest

collar bone; under; left

collar bone; under; extending to shoulder blade

sides; left

sides; left; extending to back

tearing; region of heart

extending to left arm

Respiration

Pain in upper left chest ( Myrtus Communis ^Myrt.; Pix.; Anisum Stellatum ^Anis.) Pain in left floating ribs

cardiac anxiety and pain

Pinching in left pectoral muscle.

Deep

desire to breathe deeply

Difficult (dyspnea); ascending

Interrupted

Sighing

Sobbing

▲   COUGH

Cough

Night

Forced to bend double

Violent

spasmodic jerking of head forward and knees upward

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Noticeable taste; salty

▲   SKIN

Skin

Stinging thrusts everywhere

Sensitive skin in thighs

Itching sensations.

Coldness

Swelling; hard

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain

sore, bruised, beaten

sore, bruised, beaten; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

Neck

Skin

itching; neck

itching; neck; morning

itching; neck; evening

Back

Sensitiveness between vertebrae; avoids pressure on spine

Stinging pains.

Pain

jarring

leaning back against chair

noise

when stepping

false steps

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between

spine; irritation

footsteps

jar of bed

leaning against a chair

dorsal (shoulder level)

spine; jarring

spine; as from a shock from a bump in the road

Skin

itching

itching; shoulder blades

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine)

morning

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Seasickness

Burning in liver region.

Abscess; in liver

Pain

groin region; after sexual intercourse

groin region; when pulling up the leg

groin region; on movement

burning; behind lower ribs; right

burning; behind lower ribs; on touching

burning; liver

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; groin region

Swelling; groin region

Bladder; urination; frequent; night; seldom during the day

Stomach

appetite; capricious (hunger, but knows not for what, or refuses things when offered)

desires, cravings; alcoholic drinks

brandy

whisky

wine

claret

desires, cravings; bananas

desires, cravings; indistinct, knows not what

desires, cravings; oranges

desires, cravings; sour, acids, etc.

desires, cravings; tobacco

smoking

burping, belching; night

burping, belching; strong and sharp (acrid)

retching; night

retching; ineffectual

retching; warm drinks

thirst; after sleep

Eating

aversion to certain foods or drinks; everything

Nausea

nausea; morning

on rising

nausea; night

nausea; closing the eyes

nausea; after drinking; cold drinks

not after warm drinks

nausea; from exercising

nausea; during headache

nausea; from looking; looking steadily

nausea; from looking; after exertion of vision

nausea; on movement

nausea; from noise

nausea; while travelling

nausea; seasickness

nausea; when using the eyes

nausea; warm drinks

Vomiting

Nausea and vomiting when closing eyes and on motion ( Tabacum ^Tabac.) Stinging pain on left side over anterior aspect of spleen

Stomach

disordered; after vomiting

vomiting; night

vomiting; on closing eyes

vomiting; on physical exertion

vomiting; during headache

vomiting; on movement

vomiting; after stool; after straining

vomiting; during vertigo, dizziness

vomiting; strong and sharp (acrid)

night

vomiting; bile; morning

vomiting; mucus; night

vomiting; water

night

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constriction, contraction, closure, etc.

Diarrhoea; night

Dragging, heaviness, weight

perineum (between rectum and genitals)

Haemorrhoids; walking

Sensation of lump (see weight)

perineum (between rectum and genitals)

Pain

while sitting down

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during stool

Prolapse

painful

sitting

Stool

Pasty, mushy

Scanty

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Copious

night

Scanty

daytime

Male

Male

thick emission from penis

shrivelled; scrotum

spots; penis; red

spots; penis; head (glans)

Genitals

erections; incomplete

during sexual intercourse

erections; impotency

pain; spermatic cords; after sexual intercourse

sexual passion; diminished

sexual passion; increased; excessive

prostate gland; enlargement; sensation of enlargement

Female

menopause

pain; ovaries

left

movement

pain; sore, tenderness; ovaries

movement

sexual intercourse; aversion to

Menses

period; painful; and difficult (dysmenorrhea)

pain; ovaries; during period

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Bones; decay of bone

Coldness

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs; leg

hip

Heaviness

tired limbs

after breakfast

before chill

Movements and positions; jerking; knee; jerking upward; during cough

Pain

in bones

lower limbs; extending to other parts; downward

hip; evening

hip; while sitting

toes; fifth toe

burning; fingers

pulling; hip

right

evening

movement

while sitting

walking

extending downward

pressing; toes; fifth toe

stitching, sudden, sharp; upper arm

extending to shoulder

stitching, sudden, sharp; elbow

Skin

discoloration; fingers; red

itching; shoulder

itching; hand; palm

evening

itching; hand; fingers; third finger

itching; lower limbs

itching; buttocks

itching; leg; calf

out-break on skin; fingers; pimples

out-break on skin; thumb; pimples

beside the ball of

out-break on skin; lower limbs; lumpy

out-break on skin; lower limbs; nodules

out-break on skin; buttocks; knots

Swollen; foot

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Morning

Beginning in particular area; thighs

After eating

Internal

morning; during breakfast

Trembling and shivering

Warmth

warm room

external warmth

▲   GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Lethargic, tired

Sleep and dreams

Deep

Dreams

animals, insects, beasts; horses

animals, insects, beasts; horses; riding

journey

on horseback

many

teeth; breaking off

Prolonged sleep

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

morning

after breakfast

before chill

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; from before midnight

night; from vertigo, dizziness

Convulsions

Convulsions; with tetanus rigidity

Perspiration

Cold

While walking (see exertion)

Generalities

Anaemia

Bones

decay of bone

softening of bones

Faintness, fainting

night

on physical exertion

Jar, stepping

Movement

at beginning of movement

Pain

bones

bones; as if bones broken

sudden, sharp; internally

sudden, sharp; outward

Pulse; imperceptible; almost

While travelling

Symptoms after sexual intercourse

Symptoms not symmetrical; left

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold feeling; lack of vital heat

cold in general

Trembling; externally

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

morning

from slight exertion

trembling

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