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Malaria Officinalis

Keynotes and Characteristics · H. C. Allen

Open remedy: Malar.

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General

Mind.

Feels stupid and sleepy. [Very thoughtful] Head. Feeling as though he would become dizzy. Waving dizziness on falling asleep. Dizziness on rising from reclining position. Dull aching through forehead and temples. [Dull headache, dizzy and drowsy]. Frequent attacks of headache, especially in the forehead. Throbbing pain all over head. Vertigo; confused sensation; worse by walking, turning around, rising or stooping. Headache beginning in forehead, extending all over head. Eyes. Aching above inner angle of r. eye. Eyes feel heavy and sleepy. [Eyes weak, blurring, reading difficult.] Eyes burn like coals of fire. Ears. Drawing pain in r. external ear. Nose. A kind of concentration of feeling at root of nose and just above, as though I should have a severe cold like hay-fever. Face. Itching on r. cheek over malar bone [and various parts of face and limbs]; (>) by slight rubbing or scratching. Face bones warm as if flushed; and spreads over body. Mouth. pain in upper l. teeth. Sensation on point of tongue as if a few specks of pepper were there. Saliva more profuse than usual, keeps him swallowing often. Tongue coated slightly yellowish-white. [Bitter taste, parched mouth; tongue white.] Tongue white, with brown streak down the middle. Tongue white and thickly coated. Mouth very dry, subjectively, but really moist. Appetite. Wants cold drinks. Can't eat anything; vomits everything. Craves sour. Thirsty; craves cold water. No appetite; aversion to food, thought of it sicken. Thirsty for lemonade; not so much for water. Variable; craves potatoes, apples, beefsteak. Bitter, nauseating bad taste in the mouth. Dryness at root of tongue; buccal cavity seems constricted and contracted. Stomach. Unusually hearty appetite [for supper]. Odor from cooking is pleasing, but no desire for dinner; on sitting down eats a good dinner with relish. Feels better after eating dinner. Easy belching, several times, no taste. Qualmish. Nausea. Retching and gagging from hawking mucus. abdomen. Sense of heat in abdomen. Uneasiness in lower abdomen. Liver, spleen and kidneys affected. [Cannot breathe on account of pain in liver, (<) lying down, (>) hard pressure.] [Drawing or pricking in liver.] [Cramping in liver, pain under r. scapula.] Great uneasiness through abdomen, a sense of heaviness, Constipation. Diarrhoea, no pain; weakness in bowels. Steady, dull pains in region of liver (>) after urinating. Aching under right scapula; cramp with soreness and sensitiveness in region of liver; from pressure (<) by lying down. Stool and Anus. Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea in morning, stools thin, yellow, foul. Respiratory Organs. Shallow breathing, which seems from languor, desire to breathe occasionally. Residence in malarial districts is said to cure phthisis. A consumptive constitution is protected against malaria. Chest. Tired feeling through chest and abdomen. Constant hacking cough, half minute guns, when talking and turning over in bed. Frequent sighing, takes a deep inspiration: restless and nervous. Neck and Back. Neck feels tired, with slight aching in upper parts on moving the head. Lumbar region tired as though it would ache. [Rheumatism of back and limbs, with lameness.] Stiff neck, and r. arm and shoulder painful and helpless. [Aching under r. scapula; cramping in liver.] Backache in lumbar region, shoots up back: worse when first lying down; worse after walking; better lying on the abdomen. Upper Limbs. A sense of coldness ascending over body from the legs. Gout. Limbs get numb and cold. Aching in both elbows. Aching and tired feeling in wrists; tired ache in the hands. Arms tired. Hands seem to be semi-paralyzed, useless, but can use them by force of will. Very cold hands during the day; hands and feet very cold at night. Lower Limbs. pain, upper part of r. ilium. Tired ache in knees and for some distance above and below. Aching in and old [cured] bunion on l. foot. Legs restless, feel like stretching and moving them. Soles of the feet cold, almost numb. Right knee weak and painful, worse when bending and raising up. Generalities. General sense of weariness; from a very short walk; esp. through pelvis, sacral region, and upper thighs; strong desire to lie down. A kind of simmering all through the body. Typhoidal, semi-paralytic condition [No. III]. Rheumatism. Rheumatic paralysis and emaciation. Feels very weak and languid; restless; does not want to move. Great weakness as though he had a long illness, with loss of appetite. Great exhaustion. Must have doors and windows open; a close room (<) head and stomach, and fresh, cool air chills her. Skin. [Skin, eyes, and face very yellow.] Skin dry all over; no sweat at all. Sleep. Impelled to lie down, and on falling asleep a sense of waving dizziness passes all over, preventing sleep. Gaping, yawning, and desire to stretch. Sleep all the time; can go to sleep while standing. Sleepy and drowsy, but sleep does not relieve; wakes up weary and unrefreshed. Fever. Coldness ascending over body from legs. A feeling as if he would have a chill, then as if he would become feverish, though neither is very marked. Intermittent: quotidian; tertian [No. II]. [Ague every other day, weak and drowsy between attacks.] [Dumb chills.] Shooting pains all over in the muscles; bones ache. High fever during night; also in the morning. Chill begins about noon; every other day. Icy cold from hips down; chilly all over: fever worse about the trunk and slight general sweat. Aching all over body, especially in arms and legs; chilly sensation, then breaks out in slight perspiration; frequent recurring attacks. Chilly every second day followed by heat; profuse sweat during the night; wakes up chilly and takes cold as perspiration ceases. Stool. Haemorrhoids for many years; external bleeding; no pain but very unpleasant. Diarrhoea; four or five motions daily of thin, bloody, streaked mucus; not fecal matter. Limbs in General. Sensation of fatigue in upper extremities first; later extending to lower extremities and entire system. Dull pain in the muscles of the back, lumbar region; uneasy; tired. Dull, aching pains in left sciatic nerve, and on outer surface of left hip. Sensation of burning flush, rising from knees to throat, but without sweat; relieved by lying down. Dull pain in right hip with soreness and tenderness on pressure in the sheaths of the muscles about the hip and tendons of muscles of the thigh. Waking at midnight, feet extremely hot with burning palms and soles; this was followed by profuse sweat on lower part of body, more marked on flexor surfaces and on the back. Drawing shooting pain on left hypochondrium, extending down left leg. Arms feel heavy. Burning of hands and feet; aching of hands and arms. Nerves. Great restlessness all night, worse towards morning. Could not find a position in which he could rest. Hypochondria. Dull, throbbing pain in hepatic region for three days, relieved by pressure of corset and by lying on the painful side.

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These titles sit beside the repertory: Allen’s Keynotes, Anshutz on the twelve tissue remedies, Boericke’s materia medica, Clarke’s Dictionary, Hering, Jones, Kent’s lectures, Nash, and Boger’s Synoptic Key. Philosophy includes Hahnemann’s Organon (5th and 6th), Kent, Close, Burnett, Haehl, Gibson Miller, Royal, J. H. Allen, and Anshutz. Clinical, therapeutics, regional works, and short remedy pictures follow the same shelf.

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