Rheumatism – a general term for a number of disorders that cause inflammation and pain in muscles, bones, joints, or nerves.
In common usage arthritis, bursitis, neuritis, and gout are frequently designated by this term.
The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology.
The use of this remedy is generally confined to symptoms of the kidneys, bladder, uterus, rectum and anus; inflammatory and hemorrhagic symptoms principally of these parts. Sabina establishes a turmoil in the circulatory system, with violent pulsations all over the body. The patient is disturbed by heat, is worse in a warm room or from
The action of Silica is slow. In the proving, it takes a long time to develop the symptoms. It is, therefore, suited to complaints that develop slowly. At certain times of the year and under certain circumstances peculiar symptoms will come out. They may stay with the prover the balance of his life. Such are
Spigelia is especially known by its pains. It is indicated in persons who are debilitated from taking cold and who have become rheumatic, run down, victims of pain. Hardly a nerve in the body escapes; shooting, burning, tearing, neuralgic pains; they are most marked about the eyes and jaws, neck, face, teeth, shoulders, burning like
The mental symptoms are very important, and the impressions made upon the mind and thence upon the body guide to Staphisagria as a remedy. Excitable, easily aroused to anger, but seldom irascible, that is, easily disturbed and excited, but seldom manifests it. Suitable in cases where complaints come from pent up wrath, suppressed anger, suppressed
Whenever the symptoms that are representative of the patient himself have been suppressed in any case of syphilis, and nothing remains but weakness and a few results of the storm that has long ago or recently passed, this nosode will cause reaction and restore order and sometimes do much curing, and the symptoms that must
1. Uric acid diathesis especially if gonorrhoeal or syphilitic taint. 2. Urine dark, brownish with intensely strong, odour in urinary or other complaints. 3. Rheumatic and arthritic conditions ; gouty concretions ; tearing stitching joint pains, < cold open air, > wrapping up ; ganglia. 4. Diarrhoea in children ; profuse, watery, very offensive, exhausting
1. Chilly, nervous women especially if with “moth patches” on forehead (Sepia). 2. Internal trembling. 3. Spasmodic disorders of female system ; dysmenorrhoea with irregular spasmodic pains and bearing down, especially. left ovarian region (almost specific, cp. : Magnesia phosphorica, Viburnum). In labour with rigid os. Pains spasmodic, irregular and ineffectual, nervous excitement ; after-pains.
1. First stage of inflammatory diseases before exudation takes place ; heat with soft, full quick pulse (lacks Aconit tension) ; thirst ; sweating does not > pains ; in mucous inflammations discharge gen. blood streaked. 2. Complaints from taking cold or suppressed perspiration, especially inflammation of mucous tracts ; special affinity for lungs and
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. Scrofulous, fat, fair subjects, disposed to catarrhal troubles. 2. No very characteristic mental symptoms. 3. Catarrhal conditions of any mucous membrane with tough, tenacious, ropy discharges, gen. yellow ; also tough membranes on mucous surfaces. 4. Ulcerations especially of mucous membranes ; solitary, penetrating, punched-out appearance ; usually with foetid, cheesy exudation ; also