Zingiber

▲   GENERAL

General

States of debility in the digestive tract, and sexual system and respiratory troubles, call for Zingiber. Complete cessation of function of kidneys.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

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Compare: Caladium Seguinum ^Calad.

▲   MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

cheerful, happy

irritability; during period

mood; agreeable, good mood

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

Memory; forgetful

Restlessness, nervousness

night; 2 a.m.

▲   HEAD

Head

Hemicrania; sudden glimmering before eyes; feels confused and empty

Coldness

Congestion (see pulsation)

temples

Empty, hollow sensation

Expanded sensation (see swollen); enlarged sensation

Hot; morning

Sensation of numbness; temples

Headache

Pain over eyebrows.

Heaviness (see pain; pressing)

Pain, headache

noon

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

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after dinner

from exertion

physical exertion

from laughing

from certain movements; movement in general

from certain movements; from stooping

sitting

warmth; warm room

cold weather; damp

in forehead

in cold air

from stooping

extending to other parts; back of head (occiput)

above eyes; above left then right

back of head (occiput)

sides; one side

sides; left

sides; evening

temples; afternoon

temples; evening

temples; after eating

temples; indoors

temples; while standing

temples; walking in open air

pulling

afternoon

forehead

forehead; noon

forehead; above root of nose

back of head (occiput); sides of back; warm room

temples

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

inward

on stooping

forehead; over eyes

forehead; extending to above nose

back of head (occiput)

back of head (occiput); at sides; evening

back of head (occiput); at sides; pulsating

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure

▲   EYES

Eyes

Pain

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

pulling

pressing; left

Intolerance of light (photophobia); afternoon

evening

Vision

Flickering; sudden

Weak (see eyes, weak)

▲   EARS

Ear

Heat

Noises in ear

humming

humming; morning; 11 a.m.

Pain

evening

7 p.m.

pulling in ear

tearing in

right

evening

evening; 7 p.m.

Hearing

Too sensitive

▲   FACE

Face

Heat

afternoon

afternoon; 5 p.m.

with headache

Pain

pulling

pulling; left

Skin

discoloration; red

discoloration; red; late morning; 11 a.m.

▲   NOSE

Nose

Feels obstructed and dry

Intolerable itching; red pimples.

Discharge from nose; behind nostrils (see catarrh)

Dryness; inside

Itching; inside

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza); blocked; sensation as if blocked

blocked

behind nostrils

running, wet; in open air

dry; warm room

Sneezing

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Pain; burning, raw and smarting

Gums and teeth

Growths, blisters, swellings; blisters; gums

Teeth

pain; molars

pain; pulling; afternoon; 5 p.m.

pain; pressing; in roots

Saliva

Dryness; morning

Saliva; mucus, slime; morning

Tongue

Growths, blisters, swellings; blisters; tongue

Taste

Taste

bad; morning

like flour in morning; especially bread

slimy

morning

Palate

Dryness

palate (roof of mouth)

▲   THROAT

Throat

on waking

Mucus

pulled from behind nostrils

Pain; sore

Swallowing; difficult; on waking

Voice; hoarseness

External throat; stiffness of sides

▲   CHEST

Chest

Movements in and of chest; fluttering

Pain

evening; 7 p.m.

during a cough

breast bone

burning; during coughing

pulling

evening, in bed; 7 p.m.

pressing; heart

stitching, sudden, sharp

sides; right

sides; left

Respiration

Hoarseness

Smarting below larynx; breathing difficult

ASTHMA, without anxiety, WORSE toward morning

Scratching sensation in throat; stitches in chest

Cough dry, hacking; copious morning sputa.

Pain

when breathing; breathing deeply

pulling; on breathing in; on breathing in deeply

Asthma attack; morning

Difficult (dyspnea); night

with cough

while lying down

Painful

▲   COUGH

Cough

Late morning

Evening

Night

waking from the cough

midnight

after midnight; 1 to 2 a.m.

Asthmatic

Dry cough

late morning

evening

night

after midnight

1 to 2 a.m.

from tickling in larynx

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); with burning sensation; larynx

scraping

scratching

in larynx

While lying down; disturbs sleep; woken by cough

Short

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Morning

Copious

Must swallow what has been loosened

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain

sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back); while standing

sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back); while walking

Neck

Skin; out-breaks on skin; pimples; neck

Back

Heaviness, weight; sacrum (base of spine)

Pain

afternoon

evening

travels downwards

leaning back against chair

during stool

urging to stool

while walking

in women; during period

lumbar (lower half of back); evening

lumbar (lower half of back); during period

lumbar (lower half of back); sitting straight

lumbar (lower half of back); standing

sacrum (base of spine)

while lying down

during period

before stool

aching; afternoon

aching; leaning against something

aching; lumbar (lower half of back)

leaning against something

during period

pulling

with urging to stool

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between; evening

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; between; evening; 6 p.m.

lumbar (lower half of back)

lumbar (lower half of back); evening

lumbar (lower half of back); sitting straight

sacrum (base of spine)

sacrum (base of spine); during period

sacrum (base of spine); before stool

with rigidness

after walking

lumbar (lower half of back); standing

lumbar (lower half of back); while walking

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); under shoulder blades

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; lumbar (lower half of back)

Stiffness

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Feels heavy, like from a stone

Complaints from eating melons and drinking impure water

acidity ( Calc Carb ^Calc.; Robinia.) Heaviness in stomach on awakening with wind and rumbling, great thirst and emptiness

Pain from pit to under sternum, worse eating.

Colic, diarrhoea, extremely loose bowels

Hot, sore, painful anus during pregnancy

Chronic intestinal catarrh

Anus red and inflamed

Hemorrhoids hot, painful, sore ( Aloe Socotrina ^Aloe.)

Urinary Organs.

Frequent desire to urinate

Stinging, burning in orifice

Yellow discharge from urethra

Urine thick, turbid, of strong odor, suppressed

After urinating, continues to ooze in drops.

Heaviness; night

Noises from abdomen; rumbling; morning; 7 a.m.

Pain

night

during diarrhoea (colic)

before stool

extending to other parts; downward

region of hip; around hip

groin region

navel; region of navel; night

cramping, griping; from eating melons

cutting; navel; around navel

pulling

night

before stool

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; groin region

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); behind lower ribs; night

Bladder; urination; dribbling (by drops); involuntary; after urinating

Kidneys

pain

pain; aching

pain; burning; left

Stomach

burping, belching; evening

burping, belching; ineffectual and incomplete

burping, belching; nauseous

indigestion

sensation of lump; stone

pain; after eating; bread

pain; pulling

pain; pressing; after bread

thirst; evening

thirst; night

thirst; with headache

thirst; unquenchable

Eating

Taste of food remains long, especially of bread and toast

aversion to certain foods or drinks; tobacco

Flatus

Diarrhoea from drinking bad water, with much flatulence, cutting pain, relaxation of sphincter

Nausea

Stomach

nausea; morning

nausea; on compressing abdomen; when in pain

nausea; feeling in abdomen

nausea; during backache

nausea; during headache

nausea; on rising

nausea; after sleep

nausea; after stool

nausea; in a warm room

Vomiting

vomiting; in alcoholics

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Diarrhoea

morning

after certain foods or drinks; fruit; melons

after catching cold

cold, damp weather

after not being careful what is eaten

after sleep

Dysentery

Flatulence

during diarrhoea

during stool

Haemorrhoids; congested

Inflammation

Pain; soreness

Redness of anus

Relaxed anus

Stool

Brown

Mucous, slimy; brown

Soft

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Cloudy

Colour

brown; dark

dark

pale

Copious

Odour; strong

Thick

Urethra

Male; erections; painful (see urethra)

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); painful during erection

discharge

yellow

pain; while urinating

pain; passage

pain; burning; passage

pain; cutting; passage

at the close of urination

Male

Male

Itching of prepuce

coldness; penis; foreskin

itching; penis; foreskin

Genitals

Sexual desire excited; painful erections

Emissions.

Menses

Female

period; clotted

period; clotted; dark

period; copious

period; dark

period; frequent

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Very weak in all joints

Back lame

Cramps in soles and palms.

Coldness

upper limbs; hands; noon

upper limbs; hands; alternating with cold feet

lower limbs; foot; noon

lower limbs; foot; alternating with cold hands

Cracking noise in joints; elbow

Cramps

hand; palms

foot; sole

evening

Heat; hand; palm

Heaviness

tired limbs

upper limbs

late morning, 11 a.m.

lower limbs; late morning; 11 a.m.

Movements and positions

lameness; shoulder

lameness; upper arm

lameness; hip

trembling; forearm

twitching; upper limbs

twitching; upper arm

extensor muscles of upper arm

twitching; forearm

evening, 4 p.m.

twitching; thigh

Numbness (see tingling); upper limbs; late morning

upper limbs; late morning; 10 a.m.

Pain

forearm; near the wrist

hand; back of hand

hip; comes on suddenly

foot; heel

aching; upper limbs

aching; foot; heel; after standing for a long time

sensation as if broken; hip

burning; foot

pulling

after catching cold

upper limbs

upper limbs; afternoon

upper limbs; evening

upper limbs; warm room

shoulder; night

upper arm; evening

forearm

forearm; near wrist

hand; rheumatic

hand; back of hand

hand; back of hand; rheumatic

hand; palm

hip; comes on suddenly

thigh

foot; back of foot

sore, bruised; hip

stitching, sudden, sharp

foot

Paralysis; upper limbs; sensation of paralysis

Skin

itching; like insects crawling on skin; foot; sole of foot

itching; like insects crawling on skin; foot; sole of foot; evening

while sitting

itching; like insects crawling on skin; foot; sole of foot; while standing

itching; like insects crawling on skin; foot; heel

itching; like insects crawling on skin; toes

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); foot

foot

sole

evening

foot; while sitting

foot; while walking

Weakness

joints

joints; after walking

shoulder

hip

standing

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

In the open air

Chilliness (see also whole body; temperature); during period

Creeping

evening

At certain time of day or night; from 12 a.m.

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Comatose

afternoon

Dreams

anxious

churches

dancing

fire

frightful

pleasant

vivid

Sleepiness, tiredness

morning

afternoon

evening

Sleeplessness, insomnia

evening

Not refreshing

Waking

3 a.m.

early

Yawning; morning

Perspiration

Generalities

Eating and food; bread

Faintness, fainting

during headache

Lying down; lying down

Pain

cutting; internally

pressing; as from load

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness); afternoon

standing

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