====== ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Anagallis Arvensis.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Scarlet Pimpernel. {{anchor:s3}}Primulaceae.</span>

{{anchor:s4}}The common red chickweed. {{anchor:s5}}A little herb growing by the wayside, in fields and gardens, known since Dioscorides, and a famous polychrest through all ages. {{anchor:s6}}Allen has only Schreter's provings, not the French. {{anchor:s7}}We add Dr. Gnther's valuable proving. {{anchor:s8}}He collected the plants in Rhode Island. {{anchor:s9}}Gnther and his son took 10 drops of the tincture in water, finally the tincture itself from 10 to 15 drops every day from January 27th to February 14th, 1854. {{anchor:s10}}He took the red-flowered variety; some make a distinction between this and the blue-flowered, or coerulea.

====== MIND. [1] ======

{{anchor:s12}}Exhilarated, mind very active; thinks of everything.\\ {{anchor:s13}}Cannot collect his thoughts while listening to a sermon, on account of very joyful feelings, without special cause.\\ {{anchor:s14}}Great hilarity for several days; everything gives him pleasure.\\ {{anchor:s15}}Frenzy in continued fever; febrile delirium.\\ {{anchor:s16}}Anxiety in chest.\\ {{anchor:s17}}Despondency.\\ {{anchor:s18}}After mental exertion, great prostration.\\ {{anchor:s19}}(OBS:) Hypochondriasis, (hence its Greek name, signifying "to laugh").\\ {{anchor:s20}}(OBS:) Mania.

====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s22}}Vertigo (cerulea).</span>\\ {{anchor:s23}}(OBS:) Epilepsy.

====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======

{{anchor:s25}}Heat rising to head, slight sweat on forehead, followed by pressing stitching in eyeballs and a tickling pricking in urethra, inclining him to coition.\\ {{anchor:s26}}Headache just over supraorbital ridges, with eructations and rumbling in bowels.\\ {{anchor:s27}}Spasmodic lancinations in both temples, extending to eyes.\\ {{anchor:s28}}Headache with fever (cerulea).\\ {{anchor:s29}}Pressive aching in forehead and occiput from a current of air blowing on him.\\ {{anchor:s30}}Intense headache and nausea, with pains throughout body.\\ {{anchor:s31}}Occiput: dull or tearing pains and inclination to vomit; violent headache, with hard, knotty stools; knocking pain in left side; dull pain all night.\\ {{anchor:s32}}Headache relieved by coffee.

====== OUTER HEAD. [4] ======

{{anchor:s34}}Skin of forehead feels too tight, when closing eyes or wrinkling brows, agg. on left side.\\ {{anchor:s35}}Vehement itching on vertex and occiput.\\ {{anchor:s36}}Stitches on several places on scalp, chiefly over left ear and on occiput.\\ {{anchor:s37}}Chilly sensation on right frontal protuberance.\\ {{anchor:s38}}Violent pain as if occasioned by external pressure on occiput behind left ear.

====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s40}}Things seem to float to and fro, he cannot write.</span>\\ {{anchor:s41}}(OBS:) Amblyopia.\\ {{anchor:s42}}(OBS:) Cataract.\\ {{anchor:s43}}Glittering before left eye; evening by candlelight.\\ {{anchor:s44}}Pressing in eyes after headache.\\ {{anchor:s45}}Stitching in temples extending into eyes.\\ {{anchor:s46}}Pain in right eyeball, agg. from touching lids.\\ {{anchor:s47}}Itching of eyelids.\\ {{anchor:s48}}(OBS:) Spots on cornea.

====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======

{{anchor:s50}}Obstruction and pain in right ear following pressure in eyes.\\ {{anchor:s51}}Violent stitches in right ear.\\ {{anchor:s52}}Pain in right ear as if meatus auditorius externus was obstructed.\\ <span grade4>{{anchor:s53}}Tickling and itching in left ear.</span>

====== SMELL AND NOSE. [7] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s55}}Nosebleed.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s56}}~</span> <span grade3>Syphilis.</span>\\ {{anchor:s57}}Violent sneezing, expelling a lump of viscid yellow phlegm.\\ {{anchor:s58}}Unpleasant tickling on tip of nose, with violent sneezing.\\ {{anchor:s59}}Violent sneezing following pain in right side of back.\\ {{anchor:s60}}Frequent running of water from nose.\\ {{anchor:s61}}Copious secretion of yellow phlegm.

====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======

{{anchor:s63}}Neuralgic pains in right cheek bone, extending to supraorbital region; during night.\\ {{anchor:s64}}Pains in facial muscles.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s65}}Bran-like, ring-shaped tetters on face.</span>\\ {{anchor:s66}}Itching on cheek bones.

====== LOWER FACE. [9] ======

{{anchor:s68}}Itching and tickling stitches on left corner of mouth and lower lip, just under border.

====== TEETH AND GUMS. [10] ======

{{anchor:s70}}Dull pain in a hollow tooth, with trembling of heart.\\ {{anchor:s71}}Dull pain in upper molars and tearing pain in right cheek bone.\\ {{anchor:s72}}Teeth pain as from cold; agg. from touch; chilly sensation in teeth.\\ {{anchor:s73}}Gums swollen around a hollow tooth.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s74}}Dull pain in gums, accompanied by very hard stools.</span>

====== TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] ======

{{anchor:s76}}Sensation on tongue as if something cold was placed upon it; also near frenum.

====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======

{{anchor:s78}}Viscid saliva in mouth, raised by coughing.\\ {{anchor:s79}}Collection of water in mouth, with slight tearing pains in molars.

====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======

<span grade4>{{anchor:s81}}Sensation of dryness in throat, with scraping.</span>\\ {{anchor:s82}}Tickling at soft palate at night, as from touch of something cold.

====== EATING AND DRINKING. [15] ======

{{anchor:s84}}After eating: scratching in throat; pressure on lungs.\\ {{anchor:s85}}Coffee: relieves headache.

====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======

{{anchor:s87}}Eructations, nausea, inclination to vomit and rumbling in bowels, with headache.

====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======

{{anchor:s89}}Inflammation of stomach (horses).

====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ======

{{anchor:s91}}Hepatitis and indurated liver.

====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======

{{anchor:s93}}Abdomen distended with wind.\\ {{anchor:s94}}Weak feeling in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s95}}Rumbling in bowels, with headache.\\ {{anchor:s96}}Visceral obstructions.

====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======

{{anchor:s98}}Inflammation of rectum (horses).\\ {{anchor:s99}}Itching in rectum; pressure in sacrum; piles.\\ {{anchor:s100}}Passes offensive flatus.\\ {{anchor:s101}}Stools soft and pappy.\\ {{anchor:s102}}Diarrhea watery.\\ {{anchor:s103}}Stool hard like stone, knotty.\\ {{anchor:s104}}Itching at anus after evacuation of bowels.\\ {{anchor:s105}}Hemorrhoids.

====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======

{{anchor:s107}}Inflammation of kidneys.\\ {{anchor:s108}}Burning in urethra when urinating, mostly in morning.\\ {{anchor:s109}}Orifice seems agglutinated; presses to urinate; urine escapes in a divided stream.\\ {{anchor:s110}}Tickling, prickling along urethra, inclining to coitus.\\ {{anchor:s111}}Urine dark, sometimes straw-colored.\\ {{anchor:s112}}Copious urination (horses).\\ {{anchor:s113}}(OBS:) Gravel.

====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======

{{anchor:s115}}Desire for coition.\\ {{anchor:s116}}(OBS:) Is said to be useful in syphilis with deranged mind, nosebleed, pain in small of back; skin itches.\\ {{anchor:s117}}The burning in urethra before and during erection ceases during coition.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s118}}Drawing pains in right testicle and cord.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s119}}Tearing pains in spermatic cords.</span>\\ {{anchor:s120}}Tickling on symphysis pubis.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s121}}Gonorrhea.</span>

====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======

{{anchor:s123}}Amenorrhea.\\ {{anchor:s124}}(OBS:) Cancer of mamma.

====== PREGNANCY. PARTURITION. LACTATION. [24] ======

{{anchor:s128}}Is given to cows if they fail to become pregnant.

====== VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA. [25] ======

{{anchor:s131}}Sensation as if a brush was brought in contact with epiglottis, with hoarseness.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s132}}Scratching and scraping in throat, especially after meals.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s133}}Hoarseness proceeding from trachea.</span>

====== COUGH. [27] ======

{{anchor:s135}}Cough dry: with a scratching sensation when reading aloud; with yellow phlegm from nose; with spitting of saliva.

====== INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] ======

{{anchor:s137}}A kind of restlessness in chest.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s138}}Soreness on chest with fever.</span>\\ {{anchor:s139}}Pressure on right lung after a meal or when walking fast.\\ {{anchor:s140}}Stitches in left side in region of fourth and fifth ribs.\\ {{anchor:s141}}Pulsations in right side of chest.\\ {{anchor:s142}}Pains in lungs felt in front and in back up to scapulae.\\ {{anchor:s143}}Suddenly a feeling internally in chest, as if struck with a cushion full of pins.\\ {{anchor:s144}}(OBS:) Consumption.\\ {{anchor:s145}}Bluish red spot on condensed lungs.

====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ======

{{anchor:s147}}Violent trembling of heart, with general trembling and weakness, preceded by aching in a carious tooth and anxiety in chest in evening in bed.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s148}}Palpitation.</span>\\ {{anchor:s149}}Coagulated black blood in chambers of heart (horses).

====== OUTER CHEST. [30] ======

{{anchor:s151}}Itching on left side of chest, principally on nipple.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s152}}Eruption on chest.</span>

====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ======

{{anchor:s154}}Tensive drawing from left shoulder up to neck; returns when lifting or stretching arm.\\ {{anchor:s155}}Itching on neck and scapula; on right scapula.\\ {{anchor:s156}}Pains in right side of back, followed by violent sneezing.\\ {{anchor:s157}}Trembling of muscles of neck (horses).\\ {{anchor:s158}}Violent pains in sacrum when lifting a slight load, they take her breath.

====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======

{{anchor:s160}}Tensive drawing ascending from left shoulder to nape of neck, agg. raising and extending arm.\\ {{anchor:s161}}Pain in shoulder (cerulea).\\ {{anchor:s162}}Pain in lungs and back into shoulder blade.\\ {{anchor:s163}}Pains in muscles of upper arm, outside, near shoulder.\\ {{anchor:s164}}Drawing pains in muscles of upper arm, lasting for some time, especially felt when moving hand or arm, e. g., in writing.\\ {{anchor:s165}}Vehement pains in muscles of forearm, inside, near elbow joint.\\ {{anchor:s166}}Violent pains in carpal and metacarpal bones of right hand, extending up arm to shoulder.\\ {{anchor:s167}}Drawing pains in carpal and metacarpal bones of right hand.\\ {{anchor:s168}}Pains in left thumb, violent twitching in it.\\ {{anchor:s169}}Drawing tearing in right metacarpus, sometimes left, returning at regular intervals.\\ {{anchor:s170}}In metacarpus of thumb a dull drawing, or tearing mostly right side, sometimes also in left.\\ {{anchor:s171}}When cutting with shears cramp in ball of thumb, when it ceased it appeared on left, in evening.\\ {{anchor:s172}}Intense pains in palm of right hand, in fork of thumb and forefinger, with a sensation as if a pin was thrust through it.\\ {{anchor:s173}}Gouty swellings on joints of fingers.\\ {{anchor:s174}}Itching on upper arm, inside, immediately above joint of elbow.\\ {{anchor:s175}}Itching on back of right hand.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s176}}Skin of hands and fingers very dry, sticky and dirty looking.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s177}}Tetter on hands dry, bran-like, squamous; or groups of small vesicles, smarting and itching, oozing a yellow brown lymph when scratched, which soon turns into a scurf; new vesicles appear beneath.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s178}}Dry, bran-like, squamous tetters on hands and fingers, principally on fore and middle fingers of right hand.</span>

====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s180}}Pain in hip (cerulea).</span>\\ {{anchor:s181}}Lumbago and itching.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s182}}Tickling pains in right leg and at os ileum.</span>\\ {{anchor:s183}}Drawing pains in muscles of left leg; tearing during night.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s184}}Weakness like lameness in right leg, as if it was too short.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s185}}Pains in bend of left knee.</span>\\ {{anchor:s186}}Slight pain near left knee and in posterior muscles of left leg.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s187}}Sensation of tightness in bend of left knee, as if there was something swollen or sore.</span>\\ {{anchor:s188}}Pains in right leg, above knee, in knee and shin bone, when in a sitting posture and having legs lightly crossed.\\ {{anchor:s189}}Stitches in left shin bone, when in a sitting posture, but only in moving leg or foot.\\ {{anchor:s190}}Pain in right shin bone when extending leg.\\ {{anchor:s191}}Cramps in right calf, slight in left.\\ {{anchor:s192}}Pain in upper part of metatarsus of right foot.\\ {{anchor:s193}}Pains in great toe and little toe of left foot, in morning.\\ {{anchor:s194}}Pain in curved or concave part of left sole.\\ {{anchor:s195}}Pain in sole of left foot near toes.

====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ======

{{anchor:s197}}Trembling of muscles of hind legs and neck (horses).\\ {{anchor:s198}}(OBS:) Gout.

====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======

{{anchor:s202}}In bed: trembling of heart with toothache; chilliness.\\ {{anchor:s203}}Sitting with legs crossed: pains in and about right knee.\\ {{anchor:s204}}Stretching arm: tensive drawing from left shoulder to neck.\\ {{anchor:s205}}Lifting: tensive drawing in left shoulder; pain in sacrum.\\ {{anchor:s206}}Walking: pressure on right lung.\\ {{anchor:s207}}Motion of leg or foot: stitches in right and left tibia agg.

====== NERVES. [36] ======

{{anchor:s209}}A sort of chilly trembling; trembling all over.\\ {{anchor:s210}}Great prostration, especially after mental work.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s211}}Exhausted and drowsy.</span>\\ {{anchor:s212}}(OBS:) Epilepsy.

====== SLEEP. [37] ======

{{anchor:s214}}Falls asleep late; sleep restless; awakens early, feeling unrefreshed.\\ {{anchor:s215}}Agitation disturbs rest at night.\\ {{anchor:s216}}Sleep troubled by tearing or stitching pains.\\ {{anchor:s217}}Lascivious dreams.

====== TIME. [38] ======

{{anchor:s219}}Night: dull pain in occiput; neuralgia in cheek; tickling at palate; erections.\\ {{anchor:s220}}Morning: burning in urethra when urinating; pain in feet.\\ {{anchor:s221}}Towards evening: spells of chilliness.\\ {{anchor:s222}}Evening: glittering before left eye; trembling, anxious feeling in chest; toothache.

====== FEVER. [40] ======

{{anchor:s224}}Trembling with chills.\\ {{anchor:s225}}Crawling and trembling.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s226}}Chilliness followed by heat (cerulea).</span>\\ {{anchor:s227}}Spells of chilliness towards evening and in bed.\\ {{anchor:s228}}Chilliness penetrating teeth.\\ {{anchor:s229}}Fever with headache and sore chest.\\ {{anchor:s230}}Heat rises into head, with sweat on forehead, followed by sensation in eyeballs and tickling in urethra.\\ {{anchor:s231}}(OBS:) Bloody sweat; murrain of calves.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s233}}Below upward: pains in upper limbs.\\ {{anchor:s234}}Right: chilly sensation on frontal protuberance; pain in eyeball; pain and stitches in ear; drawing in testis and cord; pressure on lungs; itching on scapula; pains in palm of hand; tickling pains in leg and os ilium; weak, lame feeling in leg; pains in and about knee and tibia; pain in foot.\\ {{anchor:s235}}Left: knocking in side of occiput; stitches over ear; glittering before eye; itching in ear; itching and stitches in corner of mouth; itching on side of chest; tensive drawing from shoulder; drawing in muscles of leg; pain in knee and posterior muscles of leg; tight feeling in bend of knee; pain in tibia; pain in feet, in sole of foot.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s237}}As if skin of forehead was too tight; feeling of obstruction in right ear; itching and tickling stitches in left corner of mouth and lower lip: as if something cold was placed upon tongue; a kind of restlessness in chest; as if a brush was brought in contact with epiglottis; as if struck with a cushion full of pins in chest; as if a pin was thrust into palm of right hand; lameness in right leg as if too short; as if swollen or sore in bend of left knee.\\ {{anchor:s238}}Pain: in right eyeball; in right ear; in right side of back; in facial muscles; in lungs; in shoulder; in shoulder blade; in upper arm; in left thumb; in hip; in bend of left knee; in right leg above knee; in right knee and shin bone; in right metatarsus; in great toe and little toe of left foot; in left sole.\\ {{anchor:s239}}Teeth pain as from cold.\\ {{anchor:s240}}Violent pain: on occiput behind left ear; in sacrum; in muscles of forearm; in carpal and metacarpal bones; in palm of right hand, in fork of thumb.\\ {{anchor:s241}}Lancinations: in temples.\\ {{anchor:s242}}Stitches: in eyeballs; in temples; in scalp; in eyes, from temples; in right ear; in left corner of mouth; in left side, region of fourth and fifth ribs; in left tibia; disturb sleep.\\ {{anchor:s243}}Pricking: in urethra.\\ {{anchor:s244}}Neuralgic pains: in right cheek bone.\\ {{anchor:s245}}Tearing pain: in occiput; in right cheek bone; in molars; in spermatic cords; in muscles of left leg; disturbs sleep.\\ {{anchor:s246}}Drawing pain: in right testicle and cord; tensive drawing from left shoulder to neck; in right carpus and metacarpus, also tearing; in muscles of upper arm; in muscles of left leg.\\ {{anchor:s247}}Pressing: in eyeballs; in forehead and occiput; in eyes; on lungs; in sacrum.\\ {{anchor:s248}}Scratching: in throat, after eating; when reading aloud.\\ {{anchor:s249}}Scraping: in throat.\\ {{anchor:s250}}Soreness: on chest.\\ {{anchor:s251}}Aching: in forehead; in occiput.\\ {{anchor:s252}}Dull pain: in occiput; in hollow tooth; in upper molars; in gums.\\ {{anchor:s253}}Tension: in skin of forehead; tensive drawing from left shoulder to neck; in bend of left knee.\\ {{anchor:s254}}Weakness: in abdomen; in right leg.\\ {{anchor:s255}}Pulsations: in right side of chest.\\ {{anchor:s256}}Cramp: in balls of thumbs; in right calf, slightly in left.\\ {{anchor:s257}}Burning: in urethra.\\ {{anchor:s258}}Heat: rising to head.\\ {{anchor:s259}}Dryness: in throat with scraping; of hands.\\ {{anchor:s260}}Cold or chilly sensation: on right frontal protuberance; in teeth; as if something cold were placed on tongue; at soft palate, as from touch of something cold; a sort of chilly trembling.\\ {{anchor:s261}}Tickling: in urethra; in left ear; on tip of nose; at soft palate as from something cold; in urethra, and prickling; on symphysis pubis; as from a brush against epiglottis; pains in right leg and at os ilium.\\ {{anchor:s262}}Itching: on vertex and occiput; of eyelids; in left ear; in face; on cheek bones; in rectum; at anus; on left side of chest; on left nipple; on neck and scapula; on upper arm, inside, above elbow joint; on back of right hand; tetter; all over skin.

====== TISSUES. [44] ======

{{anchor:s264}}Pains in joints going from place to place (cerulea).\\ {{anchor:s265}}Rheumatic and gouty pains.\\ {{anchor:s266}}(OBS:) Dropsy.

====== TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] ======

{{anchor:s270}}Touch: aggravates pain in right eyeball; teeth painful.\\ {{anchor:s271}}(OBS:) Used in snake-bites and hydrophobia.

====== SKIN. [46] ======

{{anchor:s273}}Skin itches all over.\\ {{anchor:s274}}Skin rough, dry.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s275}}Dry, branlike tetter in rings.</span>\\ {{anchor:s276}}Ulcers and swelling on joints.\\ {{anchor:s277}}(OBS:) Ill-conditioned ulcers.\\ {{anchor:s278}}(OBS:) Promotes expulsion of splinters.

====== RELATIONS. [48] ======

{{anchor:s280}}Collateral relation. <span grade2>{{anchor:s281}}Cyclam.</span>\\ {{anchor:s282}}Similar to: <span grade2>Coffea</span> (joyous, excited); <span grade2>Cyclam.</span> (sneezing); <span grade2>Lith. c.</span> (rough skin, ringworm); <span grade2>Sepia, Tellur.</span> (ringworm); <span grade2>Pulsat.</span> (chilliness; catarrhs); <span grade2>Rhus tox.</span> (see below).\\ {{anchor:s283}}Smelling of <span grade2>Rhus tox.</span> and an hour later taking <span grade2>Coloc.</span>, relieved sacral pain; <span grade2>Rhus tox.</span> relieved swollen gums.\\ {{anchor:s284}}Coffee relieved headache.\\ {{anchor:s285}}It is said to form an important part of Stoy's medicine for hydrophobia.

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 01, 1879 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r440|Anagallis arvensis]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r440|Anagallis arvensis]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C. |
^ Year: | 1879 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}