Adapted to highly nervous organisms, especially choleric affections
where whole body, or right arm and left leg are affected (left arm
and right leg, Agar. ).
Constant movement of the legs, arms, trunk, with inability to do
anything; twitching and jerking of muscles.
Restlessness, could not keep quiet in any position; must keep in
motion, though walking < all symptoms (rev. of Rhus , Ruta ).
Hyperaesthesia: least excitement irritates, followed by languid
sadness; extreme of tips of fingers.
Slight touch along the spine provokes spasmodic pain in chest and
cardiac region.
Headache: intense, as if thousands of needles were pricking the
brain.
Abscesses, boils, felons, affected parts of a bluish color ( Lach.
), and atrocious burning pain ([Anth.], Ars. ); the agony of a felon,
compelling patient to walk the floor for nights.
Malignant ulcers; carbuncle, anthrax; gangrene.
Symptoms appear periodically.
Headache, neuralgic < by noise, touch, strong light, > by
rubbing head against pillow.
At every menstrual nisus, throat, mouth and tongue intolerably
dry, especially when sleeping ( Nux m. ).
Sexual excitement extreme even to mania; spasms of uterus pruritus
vulva becomes intolerable.
Relations. - Similar: to, Apis , Crot. , Lach. , Plat. , [Mygale],
Naja , Ther.
Aggravation. - Motion; contact; touch of affected parts; noise;
change of weather.
Amelioration. - In open air; music; rubbing affected parts.
Termini of nerves becomes so irritated and sensitive that some
kind of friction was necessary to obtain relief.
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