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Nervous system
Apathy
- Apathetic depression / Torpidity
- Painlessness, Insensibility of the nervous system
- Stupor / Depression / Apathy / Great drowsiness (Gels, Nux-m)
- Torpor / General sluggishness / Profound coma / Inactivity as a general characteristic
- He wants nothing
Alternating states
- Op has alternating confusion and consciousness.
- It is a remedy with alternating state / Opposite states (Med)
Eyes
Modalities
- Heat agg
- Agg during and after sleep (Apis, Lach)
- Better by cold things
- Amel by constant walking
- Diseases that originate from fright. (Vertigo/ Menses suppression )
CVA
- Consider Alum and Op in stroke with confusion and cerebral congestion.
- Op is the main remedy. Alum, Phos, Plb complete the cerebral effects of OP in stroke (Alum ₳ Op)
- Painless paralysis (Oleand)
- Limb paralysis: Unilateral paralysis of the limbs, esp right
EXTREMITIES - PARALYSIS - hemiplegia - right
Cranial nerve palsy
- Eyelids, esp upper eyelid/ Ptosis
- Optic neuritis
- Auditory nerve
- Anosmia
- Face palsy, esp the lower jaw, as if saliva is flowing from the side of the lips
- Tongue stretched to the left or right
- Difficult speech due to paralysis of the mouth or vocal cords
- Dysphagia
- Ptosis
Sympathetic / Parasympathetic paralysis
- Fecal incontinence (Rectal paralysis, Sphincter)
- Heart, lungs
- Diaphragm paralysis caused by PLV
Neurogenic bladder
- Bladder paralysis, esp sphincter and bladder neck (Caust, Alum) (Op ₳ Stram)
- The main remedy for urinary retention caused by bladder paralysis
- Urinary incontinence
- Scanty, Dark and Turbid (a lot of sediment) urine
- Intermittent urination due to bladder neck spasm
- Bladder pain with a feeling of fullness and desire to defecate but cannot urinate.
- Retention of urine as a result from fright or following parturition.
- Weak urination
- Micturition only after long exertion.
- Retention of urine + Full bladder
- The bladder is full, but he does not feel it
- Esp after Delivery or Tobacco
- Urethra cutting pain, when he goes to the toilet he has to wait a long time for urine to come out.
Constipation
- Obstinate constipation; No desire to go to stool, Want of sensibility (Alum ₳ Op)
- Feces protrude and recede (Thuj, Sil)
- Hard, dark brown, small pieces. (Bry ₳ Op), (Op ₳ Plb)
- Constipation due to abuse of enemas.
- Intestinal obstruction with fecal vomiting + violent colic.
- Intestinal sluggish so that the strongest purgatives lose their power.
- Bowel inactivity due to cerebral complications esp in old people
- Retention of stools because of intestinal paresis.
- Constipation + Colic due to pressure of a gravid uterus or abdominal tumor.
Abdomen
- The abdomen is distended but has no power to expel its contents.
- Painful flatulence in upper part of the bowels
Paralytic Ileus
- Esp after Abdominal surgery / Laparotomy
- Hard/ Bloated / Tympanitic abdomen
Others
Children
- OP is a child who has experienced drowsiness, narcolepsy,
- Withdrawal experiences
- Feelings of threat following panic.
- Op is a liar and likes to hide things
- Spasms from fright
- Tetanic rigidity starts in with a loud shriek, foaming at mouth, Dark / Red face + Hot sweat, then follows with Deep snoring sleep
Typhoid Fever / States
- Profound congestion resulting from cerebral paralysis
- Loud stertorous breathing
- Dropping of the lower jaw
- Paralysis of the sweat glands
- Involuntary stools
- Perspiring body is burning hot
- Lach is a good DD for Op esp in Typhoid fever with threatened paralysis of the brain.
Cholera infantum
- Fatally advancing stupor, pupils sluggish
- The disease involves the brain, child appears as if it had been drugged
- Diarrhea
- Op will restore consciousness
Cough
- Spasmodic dry cough
- Esp tormenting at night with scanty expectoration, which prevent sleep
- Never give Op in cough with profuse expectoration
- Hoarseness with dry mouth and throat
- Slow full pulse.
- Suppuration of the lungs in those addicted to intoxicating liquors, the face is blue during cough.
Skin
- Very troublesome itching all over, redness, skin hot and damp or sweating.
- Sudden retrocession of acute eruptions, paralysis of the brain setting in, convulsions, nervousness and diarrhea.
Fever
- Intermittent fever, drowsiness during chill, stupidity as fever comes on, unconsciousness.
- Puerperal fever from fright.
- Shaking chill with deep soporous sleep.
- Complains that the bed is too hot, bed feels so hot he cannot lie on it.
Miasms
DDs
Lach
- Illusion of snakes, hideous objects
- Throat symptoms such as choking
- Spring out of sleep suddenly as if he had a dream
Cann-i
- Errors in time and space, things at the other end of the room seem thousands of miles off and it seems as it it would take days to walk there( A minute seems a thousand years
- They say they have not had any thing to eat for days even five minutes after eating.
Ars
- Fear of death and do not want to be left alone.
Calc
- The minute the eyes are closed vision are seen, compelling them to keep the eyes open.
Rubrics
- MIND - HIDING - himself - old people, in
- MIND - UNCONSCIOUSNESS - cheyne-Stokes respiration; with
- MIND - FACE - hot; with face op