THE GUIDING SYMPTOMS
OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA
BY CONSTANTINE HERING, M. D.
Presented by Médi-T
Coca. (Erythroxylon Coca.)
 Inner head.
 Outer head.
 Sight and eyes.
 Hearing and ears.
 Smell and nose.
 Upper face.
 Lower face.
 Teeth and gums.
 Taste, speech, tongue.
 Inner mouth.
 Palate and throat.
 Appetite, thirst. Desires..
 Eating and drinking.
 Hiccough, belching, nausea..
 Scrobiculum and stomach.
| Lower limbs.
 Limbs in general.
 Rest. Position. Motion.
 Temperature and weather.
 Attacks, periodicity.
 Locality and direction.
 Touch. Injuries..
 Stage of life, constitution.
Coca * Full text (45 Ko) * Red and blue only * Red only
MIND.  [Coca]Melancholy from nervous exhaustion.
Hypochondriasis. θ Amenorrha. θ Dysmenorrha. θ Veta.
Bashful, timid, ill at ease in society.
Sadness, irritability ; he delights only in solitude and obscurity ; frequently he gives proof of obstinacy.
Remarkable aversion to exertion of any kind in consequence of nervous exhaustion.
Loss of energy.
Slow in finding the words to express himself at times.
Mental depression with beginning of atrophy.
Overpowered by an indescribable anxiety. θ Veta.
Feeling of anguish increased with failure of every effort to strive against the weariness ; torment only diminishes with perfect rest. θ Veta.
Stupidity. θ Veta.
Brain feels so muddled that he cannot read understandingly.
Gentle excitement, followed by wakefulness.
Peevish temper. θ Veta.
Imparts unusual buoyancy ; cheers the heart, brightens the mind and renews bodily strength for the vigorous tasks of life.
Want of will power ; shakiness and mental depression.
SENSORIUM.  [Coca]Giddiness and dizziness.
Vertigo. θ Veta.
Fear of falling when walking ; vertigo with involuntary quick stepping when walking, head inclined forward, with giddiness and fear of falling ; nausea and dizzy feeling make him unfit for mental work ; giddiness, with pressing on back of head and weariness.
Fainting and violent sickness. θ Veta.
Fainting fits from nervous weakness.
INNER HEAD.  [Coca]Sensation of tension over forehead, as if an india-rubber band was stretched over it.
Fulness in forehead and dull feeling over whole brow.
Violent headache just over eyes, with low ringing in ears.
Headache just above eyebrows, not constant ; < by elevating head or turning eyes up.
Dull frontal headache, which vanishes with the setting of the sun, followed by a state of mental exhilaration.
Slight shooting pains in right temple.
Headache in right temple in morning, sharp on first rising and all day when looking up, pain darts from temple in straight line to top of head, leaving a sore feeling.
Pressing headache on right side of occiput and on right side of forehead, with giddiness and chill after dinner ; > towards evening.
Shocks in the head, dull, full feeling in occiput, with vertigo, < by lying down, often only possible position in bed is on face.
Occiput painful, tender to touch ; pains < on coughing.
Headache in occiput, with chilliness and mild fever.
Headache in afternoon, with chilliness.
Headache with sensation of dryness in throat.
Flow of blood to head and lungs.
Headache > after eating, returning in three and a half hours and leaving at sunset.
Nervous sick headache ; megrim.
OUTER HEAD.  [Coca]Occiput painful and tender to touch, pain < on coughing. θ Phthisis.
SIGHT AND EYES.  [Coca]Great intolerance of light, with remarkable dilatation of pupils.
Dark cloud before eyes ; eyes deeply reddened until bloody tears gushed out. θ Veta.
White, dark or fiery spots before eyes ; flickering or flashing ; letters seem to run together.
Indistinct vision, soon followed by headache and nausea. θ Veta.
Aching pain behind eyes, making them feel as if they were squinting inward.
HEARING AND EARS.  [Coca]Ringing in ears with fever.
Loud ringing, buzzing and humming in ears. θ Veta.
Deafness of three months' duration, in an old soldier, æt. 102 ; complained of noise in head and inability to hear himself when he read aloud.
SMELL AND NOSE.  [Coca]Epistaxis passing from right to left.
UPPER FACE.  [Coca]Lips blue, swollen, chapped. θ Veta.
Lips and gums pale ; dryness of lips and mouth.
Ulcerations at commissure of lips.
TEETH AND GUMS.  [Coca]Prevents caries of teeth.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE.  [Coca]Taste and Tongue
No taste in morning.
Much furred tongue.
INNER MOUTH.  [Coca]Dryness of lips and mouth, especially on awaking.
At night and in morning a sensation in mouth and palate as if he had eaten pepper.
PALATE AND THROAT.  [Coca]A distinct feeling of swelling of uvula, difficulty of swallowing.
Early in morning, sensation of dryness in throat, very disagreeable on swallowing, as if swollen.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS.  [Coca]Great appetite.
Retards hunger and thirst.
Great satiety, without longing for nourishment, for a long time.
Loss of appetite, especially for solid food.
Longing for spirituous liquors and tobacco, accustomed stimulants.
EATING AND DRINKING.  [Coca]Can eat but little at a time. θ Chronic constipation.
Ailments from salt food.
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING.  [Coca]Nausea with vertigo.
Hiccough after supper.
Flatus rises with such force that it seems as if sophagus would be rent by it. θ Chronic constipation.
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