Constipation is a widely used term usually referring to decreased bowel frequency, although it is sometimes used when the stools are hard or when there is pain or difficulty with bowel evacuation.
1. Venous congestions ; varicose veins and ulcers, phlebitis ; ecchymoses ; haemorrhoids bluish, bleeding, gen. without constipation. 2. Venous haemorrhages from any orifice ; flow dark gen. profuse. 3. Bruised soreness of affected parts ; even in rheumatism. 4. Wounds, especially incised or ragged ; relieves the pain and soreness. 5. Modalities ; <
1. Nervous, hysterical women ; dark hair and complexion ; pale, wan, drawn appearance ; disposition mild but easily excited ; quick in perception, rapid in execution (ctr. Puls.). 2. Rapid alternation of mental states (Crocus. Puls.) with underlying condition of melancholy ; moodiness ; full of silent grief, sits and sighs ; overdelicate conscience
1. Elderly persons with dark hair, lax fibre, inclined to obesity ; feeble circulation ; anaemic, broken-down constitutions ; tendency to local congestions. 2. Mental slackness and weakness ; disinclined to any exertion ; peevish ; unreasonable apprehensions ; easily frightened ; intolerant of least touch (especially if unexpected) and of pain ; dreads solitude.
1. Women with utero-ovarian disorders and ailments incidental thereto. 2. Profound melancholic state especially religious, < consolation fears solitude, insanity, incurability, or some impending disease or calamity ; crazy feeling on vertex. 3. Patient listless yet restless ; must keep busy ; aimless, hurried motion, often to suppress sexual desire. 4. Persistent bearing down in
1. Patients intellectually keen but physically weak ; emaciation upper part of body ; sedentary habit ; mentally absorbed ; complexion often sallow ; prematurely old in appearance. Children precocious, weakly. 2. Mental powers failing ; fatigue and forgetfulness ; uses wrong words, etc. ; hypochondriasis with irritability ; emotionally sensitive ; lachrymose ; apprehensive
1. Deep-seated sycotic chronic affections especially after maltreated or suppressed gonorrhoea, when best selected remedy fails to relieve or permanently improve. 2. Patient lachrymose ; cannot speak without weeping ; always anticipating events, even death ; memory weak ; mentally sensitive ; irritable, impatient. 3. Intensely restless and fidgety legs and feet (Zincum metallicum) ;
1. Light-haired, irresolute persons of phlegmatic temperament ; often scrofulous or syphilitic. 2. Hypochondriasis ; indifferent to everything and everyone ; angry at trifles but soon sorry. 3. Vesicular and pustular eruptions, especially after vaccination ; copious exudation of thick pus over which tough scabs form ; appear especially about the face and head ;
1. Cachectic, anaemic subjects ; pale, earthy or yellowish. greasy-looking complexion ; children emaciated (especially about the neck) and old in appearance ; debility from loss of vital fluids. 2. Great depression ; lachrymose yet irritable especially at small, non-essential noises ; seems to desire but is markedly < consolation ; dislikes company, > alone
1. Dark, sallow, spare subjects of passionate temperament ; sedentary brain workers ; chronic dyspeptics addicted to stimulants ; victims of drug habits, drastic medicines, excesses, etc. 2. Hypochondriasis with irascibility and impatience ; spiteful and malicious or sullen and surly, thinks everyone is against him ; melancholy > alone especially from relatives ; “spasmodic”
1. Children and old people of lax fibre ; fair-complexioned ; also indicated in drunkards. 2. Ailments from fright especially where fear still remains ; fear of impending death. 3. All complaints with great sopor ; no pain, no complaint, no desires. 4. Low types of fever ; mild delirium, constant talking, eyes wide open,