• The chief action is centered on the articulations and their component elements: bones, cartilages, and ligaments.

• Small blood vessels become closed up or withered, resulting in carious affections.

• Affections come on insidiously, lingering, but progress.

• Sensation of expansion is a keynote.

• Left-sided pains are characteristic.

• Desire for fresh air is pronounced.

• Marked debility and trembling.

• Symptoms often develop slowly and insidiously.

• Emaciation can be prominent, especially in chronic conditions.

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• Suited to thin patients with hollow eyes, pale skin, tendency to tubercle, caries, cancer, deep ulcers, imbecility.

• Corresponds to deep-seated insidious disease.

• The more deeply seated the troubles, the more likely they are to be painless.

• Affects cartilages, joints, and bones, causing tearing and bruised pains, tenderness, and weakness.

• Tearing pressure and pains in the bones.

• Parts feel bruised when pressed on.

• Electric shock through body wakens her.

• Frequent, spasmodic, though painless twitchings in the whole heart muscle, < lying on back.

• Sensation as if drunk.

• Symptoms < in sleep.

• Restless sleep.

• On waking, limbs powerless.

• Paralytic weakness.

• Systemic convulsions.

• Epileptic attacks followed by delirious rage, jumping about, striking those near.

• Affects the intellect more than the affections.

• Strong effects on the secretions of the mucous membranes.

• Sensation of excoriation in the skin and internal organs.

• Sensation of numbness and stiffness in the limbs; as if asleep.

• Aggravation of the symptoms every day, in the afternoon.

• Burning itching in different parts of the skin.

• Sensation of pressure in internal organs.

• Great weakness and exhaustion.

• Emaciation.

• Tendency to profuse sweating.

• Aversion to being touched.

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• Restlessness, which forces one to walk quickly.

• Ill-humor and aversion to talking.

• Disinclination to talk in society; discouraged. (Reaction: great inclination to talk, mind very clear.)

• Excessively merry when pleased, but cries for a long time about a trifle.

• Delirious rage (mania; after epilepsy).

• Fears apoplexy.

• Headache and dyspepsia induced by mental agitation, nursing the sick, mental exertion.

• Dulness and sensation of emptiness.

• Confusion as if caused by smoke, and sensation of intoxication, with tingling.

• Anxious dreams.

• Great sadness and weeping mood.

• Loss of memory and concentration.

• Irritability and impatience.

• A tendency to dwell on unpleasant subjects.

• Forgetfulness, especially regarding names.

• Mental prostration from overwork.

• Timidity and bashfulness in company.

• Hysterical tendencies.

• Great weariness and prostration; seemingly out of proportion to the disease.

• Paralytic weakness.

• Catarrhal affections.

• Scrofulous diathesis.

• General aggravation from mental exertion.

• It feels generally cold.

• Burning pains in various parts.

• Numbness and tingling sensations.

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• The patient is hasty and hurried in everything.

• The patient is irritable and easily angered.

• Great sadness and despondency are present.

• The patient is apprehensive and anxious, especially about health.

• Fear of failure.

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• Aversion to being alone.

• The patient feels as if neglected or forsaken.

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• Great restlessness and fidgetiness.

• The patient is easily startled.

• Emotional fragility; easily moved to tears.

• Confusion and mental dullness.

• Over-sensitivity to noise.

• Melancholy mood.

• Suicidal thoughts, but the patient fears to commit the act.

• Fixed ideas.

• Anxious about trifles.

• Lack of self-confidence.

• Mental prostration after exertion.

• Scalp sensitive to touch.

• Heaviness and fullness in the head.

• Weakness of vision.

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• Itching, principally in the angles.

• Zinc (itching in canthi─Zn. more in inner canthi and acts more on muscular system and skin).

• Swelling and redness of the edge of the eyelids.

• Stricture of lachrymal duct.

• Photophobia.

• Diplopia.

• Dim vision.

• Spots before the eyes.

• Ulceration of the cornea.

• Spots before the eyes.

• Photophobia.

• Inflammation of the eyes with copious lachrymation.

• Ptosis.

• Discharges from the ears.

• Coryza with profuse, watery discharge.

• Sneezing.

• Epistaxis.

• Loss of smell.

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• Epistaxis, after blowing the nose, or preceded by itching and tickling.

• Stoppage, with itching in the nostrils.

• Violent fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing.

• Flowing of purulent matter mixed with clots of blood.

• Loss of smell.

• Dryness of the nasal passages.

• Ulceration of the nostrils.

• Coryza with hoarseness.

• Hoarseness and loss of voice, especially in singers and speakers.

• Rawness and soreness in the throat.

• Pain in the larynx, aggravated by talking and singing.

• Dry cough.

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• Dyspnea, especially on exertion.

• Cough, dry or with expectoration of mucus.

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• Soreness, as if there were a tumor in the gullet, with difficulty of swallowing.

• Hoarseness (or complete aphonia in singers, speakers, &c.) and scraping.

• Hoarseness of singers and speakers, < speaking or singing.

• Inflammation, with sensation of excoriation on swallowing and on breathing.

• The throat feels more sore from coughing than when swallowing, although the food passes with difficulty.

• Yawning gives pain in the fauces.

• Pricking and tingling.

• Accumulation of greyish and viscid mucus, with easy expectoration.

• Secretion from mucous membranes like boiled starch.

• Thin and thick yellow or greenish discharge from mucous membranes.

• Sensation of a lump in the throat.

• Aphonia from overuse of voice.

• Oppression of the chest.

• Palpitation of the heart, especially with anxiety.

• Angina pectoris-like pains.

• Weakness of the heart.

• Pain in the chest, often left-sided.

• Constriction of the chest.

• Feeling of suffocation.

• Rattling of mucus in the chest.

• Shortness of breath on ascending.

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• Craving for sweets.

• Aversion to meat.

• Weak digestion.

• Belching and flatulence.

• Diarrhea or constipation.

• Distension of the abdomen.

• Rumbling in the bowels.

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• Diarrhea, often with undigested food.

• Constipation with hard, difficult stools.

• Hemorrhoids with burning and itching.

• Tenesmus.

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• Frequent urination.

• Involuntary urination.

• Burning during urination.

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• Prolapse of the uterus.

• Leucorrhea.

• Painful menstruation.

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• Weakness and impotence.

• Sexual desire diminished or absent.

• Prostatic affections.

• Rheumatic pains in the joints.

• Swelling and stiffness of the joints.

• Trembling of the limbs.

• Weakness and paralysis of the limbs.

• Caries of the bones.

• Pains in the bones, as if bruised.

• Back pain, especially in the lumbar region.

• Curvature of the spine.

• Sciatica.

• Lameness.

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• "Hysterical" joint pain.

• Joint affections

• Hip-joint disease

• Exostosis on skull.

• Exostosis

• Cramps in limbs.

• Calves feel too short when going downstairs.

• Stiffness.

• Numbness.

• Electric-like shocks in joints and limbs.

• Frequent, spasmodic, though painless twitchings in the whole heart muscle, < lying on back.

• Cramp-like pains in the shoulders and in the shoulder-blade.

• Pains as of bruising or of drawing in the loins.

• Tension and acute pullings, cramp-like and pressive pains in the arms and hands.

• Cramp-like pressive pains in the bones and in the joints of the hands and fingers.

• Contraction of the fingers.

• Shooting, pressive, and paralytic pain in the coxo-femoral joint when walking.

• Jerking in the muscles of the thighs.

• Cramp-like, acute, and incisive pains in the knees and in the ankle-bones.

• Cramp in the calves of the legs, with sensation of contraction of the muscles, on going downstairs.

• Pain as of bruising and throbbing in the joints of the feet.

• Cramp-like pain in the bones and in the joints of the feet and toes.

• Tearing in the bones of the feet and toes.

• Sensation of numbness in the heel and in the tendo Achilles.

• Feet edematous (diabetes).

• Rheumatism.

• Gout.

• Sciatica.

• Lumbago.

• Osteomyelitis.

• Caries of bones.

• Curvature of the spine.

• Burning itching in different parts of the skin.

• Sensation of excoriation in the skin.

• Eruptions, papular, vesicular, pustular.

• Dryness of the skin.

• Ulcers, deep and indolent.

• Warts.

• Corns.

• Chilblains.

• Sweaty palms and soles.

• Jaundice.

• Sleeplessness.

• Restless sleep.

• Frequent waking.

• Anxious dreams.

• Nausea in dreams.

• Vivid dreams.

• Nightmares.

• Dreams of falling.

• Dreams of the dead.

• Somnambulism.

• Talking in sleep.

• Eruptions with itching and burning.

• Ulcers, especially on the legs.

• Glandular swellings.

• Insomnia.

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• Anxious dreams.

• Vivid dreams.

• Dreams of business or work.

• Cold air.

• Night.

• Motion.

• Touch.

• Mental exertion.

• Talking.

• Singing.

• Jarring.

• Lying on the left side.

• Damp weather.

• Before menses.

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• Warmth.

• Rest.

• Fresh air.

• Pressure.

• Lying on the right side.

• Gentle motion.

• Eating.

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• Compare: Selen; Alum; Platina; Stannum; Aurum met; Phosphorus; Silica.

• Ampelopsis: Chronic hoarseness in scrofulous patients.

• Antidotes: Hepar Sulph. Mercurius.

• Complementary: Calcarea Carb, Lycopodium.

• Useful in cases of locomotor ataxia, paralysis agitans, and other nervous affections.

• Scrofulous conditions with glandular swellings and skin eruptions.

• Catarrhal affections of the respiratory tract.

• Hoarseness and loss of voice in singers and public speakers.

• Articular rheumatism and caries of the bones.

• Anemia.

• Epilepsy.

• Hysteria.

• Neurasthenia.

• Common Names: Silver Leaf and Precipitated Silver

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• Chemical Symbol: Ag (Atomic Weight 107.66)

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• Preparation: Trituration

• Blepharitis

• Brain-fag

• Caries

• Chlorosis

• Cough

• Diabetes

• Enuresis nocturna

• Epilepsy

• Affections of epithelial tissue

• Exostosis

• Heart affections

• Hip-joint disease

• Hysterical joint

• Joint affections

• Laryngitis

• Ovary affections

• Phthisis

• Pollutions

• Rheumatism

• Uterine cancer; prolapse of uterus

• Loss of voice

• Vertigo on entering a room after a walk.

• Vertigo on looking at running water.

• Frontal headache of business men.

• Headache increasing gradually and ceasing suddenly, at acme as if a nerve being torn, usually left side.

• Pressing, tearing pain in the skull, principally in the temporal bones, renewed every day at noon, with soreness of the external head, aggravated by pressure and contact, ameliorated in the open air.

• Migraine (left-sided) as if in brain substance, coming gradually to a great height; ceasing suddenly.

• Drawing and pressive pain in the occiput, as if caused by a foreign substance, with a sensation of stiffness in the nape of the neck.

• Numbing pressure in the sinciput.

• Compression in the brain, with nausea and burning in the epigastrium, on reading and stooping for any time.

• Cramp-like pains and shootings in the head.

• Pain as of excoriation in the scalp, on the slightest pressure.

• Cramp-like and pressive pains in the bones of the head.

• Painful dartings in the temporal muscles and in the forehead.

• Pimples on the temples, with pain as of ulceration.

• Shootings, with incisive pain, extending to the base of the brain.

• Gnawing itching in the external ear, causing the part to be scratched until it bleeds.

• Itching of the lobes of the ears.

• Sensation of stoppage.

• Tinnitus, with roaring and buzzing noises.

• Impaired hearing.

• Sensitivity to noise.

• Discharge from the ear.

• Redness.

• Pale and earthy complexion.

• Gnawing, cramp-like, and pressive pains in the bones of the face (in the right zygoma, sometimes in the left; a violent pain in the bone of the right lower jaw).

• Swelling of the upper lip, immediately under the nose.

• Neuralgia of the face.

• Eruptions on the face.

• Herpes on the lips.

• Stiffness of the facial muscles.

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• Teeth

• Pain, as if the gums had receded.

• Painful sensibility of the gums on being touched.

• Gums loosened and readily bleeding.

• Caries

• Teeth feel elongated.

• Toothache aggravated by cold drinks.

• Dryness.

• Extreme dryness of mouth; tongue sticks to palate. (This symptom with polyuria suggests diabetes, especially with swelling of ankles.)

• Sensation of dryness on the tongue, though it be moist.

• Accumulation of a viscid saliva, with shuddering (sometimes the teeth seem coated with it, maybe sticking them together, the lower with the upper, making talking difficult).

• Vesicles on the tongue, with burning pain of excoriation.

• Stomatitis.

• Ulcers in the mouth.

• Metallic taste in the mouth.

• Speech difficult due to dryness.

• Pain of excoriation in the larynx, especially on coughing.

• Accumulation of mucus in the trachea, which detaches itself on stooping, laughing, or going upstairs, and which is easily expelled by expectoration.

• Abundant accumulation of mucus in the chest.

• Cough excited by incisive pain in the trachea, with expectoration of serous matter.

• Sensation of rawness or soreness of the larynx.

• Cough, caused by stinging, cutting in the trachea, with mucus in the chest, and expectoration of transparent mucus, like boiled starch.

• Laughing causes cough.

• Stan. (cough excited by laughing).

• Paroxysms of coughing, short and rattling, during the day, with easy expectoration of thick and whitish matter.

• Difficult breathing.

• Asthma.

• Wheezing.

• Oppression of the chest.

• Expectoration of blood-streaked mucus.

• Frequent, spasmodic, though painless twitchings in the whole heart muscle, < lying on back.

• Sensation as if heart stood still, followed by trembling, then irregular, violent throbbing.

• Palpitation: at night; during pregnancy.

• In evening, in bed, quick pulse with thirst.

• Painless twitching in cardiac muscle, < lying on back; with feeling that he would have apoplexy.

• Stitches in the (right) side, when inhaling and exhaling.

• Pressure.

• Pressure and shooting in the sternum and in the sides.

• Pain in the lower (left) rib cartilages.

• Articular rheumatism without swelling.

• Pain in rib cartilages, especially the left.

• Incisive pain in the sides, on breathing and on stooping forward.

• Cramp-like pain in the muscles and in the sides.

• Angina pectoris.

• Weakness of the heart.

• Irregular heartbeat.

• Enlargement of the heart.

• Cyanosis.

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• Great hunger even after a full meal.

• Appetite much increased; hungry after eating a full meal.

• Gnawing hunger that cannot be appeased by food.

• Extreme dryness of mouth; tongue sticks to palate. (This symptom with polyuria suggests diabetes, especially with swelling of ankles.)

• Repugnance to all food, even to the thought of it, with prompt satiety.

• Desire for wine.

• Viscid saliva and mucous expectoration, which is easy.

• Pyrosis.

• Hiccough on smoking tobacco.

• Constant nausea and uneasiness.

• Burning, ascending to the chest.

• Inclination to vomit, and vomiting of acrid matter of a disagreeable taste, leaving a sensation of scraping and burning in the throat.

• Pressure in the epigastrium.

• Violent pressure on the entire abdomen, extending to the pubis, appearing as soon as one begins to eat; aggravated by breathing, and mitigated by rising up.

• Pressive and painful inflation.

• Cutting pains.

• Tension in the abdominal muscles.

• Contraction of the muscles on walking.

• Loud borborygmi.

• Frequent inclination to stool, with scanty evacuation of soft matter.

• Dry, sandy stool after dinner.

• Vomitings during the stool.

• Pain of contraction in the abdomen after a stool in the morning.

• Diarrhea.

• Constipation.

• Dysentery.

• Hemorrhoids.

• Anal fissures.

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• Urinary

• Frequent inclination to make water, with abundant emission (diabetes).

• Spasmodic enuresis nocturna.

• < At night (profuse urine).

• Incontinence of urine.

• Burning during urination.

• Sediment in urine.

• Albuminuria.

• Diabetes insipidus.

• Effects of onanism: impotence; atrophy of penis; bruised pains in testicles.

• Pain, as from a bruise, in the testes.

• Pollutions.

• Seminal emissions.

• Prostatitis.

• Hydrocele.

• Spermatorrhea.

• Sexual desire increased or decreased.

• Pains in left ovary; feels enormously swollen.

• Pallad. (ovaries; Pall., r., Arg., l.).

• Prolapse of uterus (scirrhus).

• Uterine cancer; prolapse of uterus

• Prolapsus uteri, with pain in the left ovary.

• Acts more on the left side than the right; left ovary is especially affected.

• Metrorrhagia, large lumps with violent pains, < by every motion.

• Leucorrhea.

• Amenorrhea.

• Dysmenorrhea.

• Sterility.

• Nymphomania.

• Fibroids.

• Cysts.

• Painful swelling of breasts.

• Follows well: Alum., Plat.

• Is followed well by: Calc., Puls., Sep.

• Antidoted by: Merc., Puls. (an occasional dose of Puls. favors action of Arg. nit. in ophthalmia).

• Teste classes Arg. met. with Merc., and with Arsen.

• Zinc (itching in canthi─Zn. more in inner canthi and acts more on muscular system and skin).

• Pallad. (ovaries; Pall., r., Arg., l.).

• Stan. (cough excited by laughing).

• Compare with Aurum, Stannum, Phosphorus, and Mercurius.