Medorrhinum

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

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Keynotes

Stiff, puffy, achy, sore and rheumatic. Dwarfish. Many pains. SYCOTIC TAINT, poor reaction. Joints feel loose. Profuse, acrid discharges; causing itching (Tell.). Fishy odors. Nephritis. Small, very sore aphthæ, blisters, etc. Burnings. Burning at root of tongue. Formication; internal. Numbness. Tremor. Emaciation. Sour children. Offensiveness. Tumors. Loss of power in joints. .................... Memory weak, can't concentrate; forgets words, names; can't finish sentences. Mental confusion. Wild feeling. Meanness. Cruelty. Things seem strange. Tells it over again. Hurried; and anxious; and irritable; and sensitive. Forgetful; of names; of her errand. Suicidal. Fearsome. Apprehensive; anticipates events. Persistent ideas or alternating states, or erratic. Impulsive, abrupt or rude. Many ideas; but uncertain of execution; non- commital. Sensitive, nervous and hurried. Feels far off, unreal; some one behind her. Sad, tearful and fearful. Dismal out-look (Cimi.); > weeping. Vertigo; < in vertex. Head tight; tense pains; pulls hair. Occiput pains to behind eyes. Tousled heads. Coryza with loss of taste and smell. Post-nasal discharge. Face, grayish, greasy, greenish; yellow at edge of hair. Red spiderlets on face (r). Acne on face; < after menses. Water tastes like perfume. Exhaled breath feels hot. Craves stimulants. Morning nausea. Vomiting of pregnancy. Heavy lower abdomen or prostate. Grinding colic; must brace feet. Dysmenorrhœa. Leans back to force a stool; then shivers. Cholera infantum. Fiery red, moist, violently itching anus. Scalding ammoniacal urine. Air hunger. Cough, > lying on face. Sore, oozing or icy nipples. Cutting, crawling, burning above (l) scapula. Fingertips burn and crack. Heavy legs. Tender, itching ball and soles. Sleeps in knee-chest position. A short nap seems a long one, but > (Nux-v.). Cold skin, but blood feels hot (Sec-c.). Burning heat, with sweat; wants to uncover, but is chilled thereby. Burning feet. Sweat easy; toward morning. Hay fever. Body smells badly to her; can't wash it off (Lac-c.). Teeth soft, crumbly. Aphthæ under tongue. Burning in epigastrium. Flatulence with numbness. Dark fluid from rectum. Drawing in ovaries, > pressure. Sycotic sterility. Dysmenorrhœa. Profuse, dark, clotted, foul menses (Psor.). Blistering leucorrhœa (Am-c. Kre.). Pruritus, > rubbing. Lungs feel stuffed with cotton. Can't exhale. Asthma; sycotic; infantile. Sensation as of a cavity in chest or heart. Heat in spine. Spine sore and tender. Arms hairy. Hot palms. Bites nails. Leg cramps, > stretching leg. Itching soreness. Condylomata. Sycotic red node. Deep red spots. Follows: Rhus-t.

Worse

Damp; cold. Daytime. 3-4 A.M. After urinating. Touch. Close room. Before storms.

Better

LYING ON ABDOMEN. Bending backward. Stretching out. Fresh air. Being fanned. Uncovering. Hard rubbing. Seaside. Dampness. Sunset (Coca. Lil-t. Sele.).

Region

Mind. Nerves. Mucous membranes. Lymphatics. Cellular tissue: Lungs. Pelvis. Small joints. Spine. Kidneys. Left ovary.

Relationships

Related: Bar-c. Nat-m. Psor. Thu.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Medorrhinum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/medorrhinum. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.