BACK PAIN

Question 1

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM

Answer 1

SI JOINT PAIN - SCIATIC W HEMORRHOIDS!! - ACHING BACK W SUPPRESSED MENSES, stooping, walking
< RAISING from CHAIR
< BEFORE CHILL
(rectum feels like FULL OF STICKS)
Lameness of back on waking

Question 2

ARGENTUM METALLICUM

Answer 2

LUMBAGO
< SITTING
> WALKING
restricts respiration
STIFFNESS
WALKS BENT FORWARD
starting AWAKE from ELECTRIC SHOCKS - sleepnessness from shocks

Question 3

BELLADONNA

Answer 3

BACK PAIN - AS IF IT WOULD BREAK! / AS IF BROKEN - DURING MENSES! -
sciatica INCREASING & DECREASING SUDDENLY!
< JARRING, MOTION, MISSTEP, COUGHING
< R SIDE!

Question 4

BERBERIS VULGARIS

Answer 4

LUMBAR- PAIN & NUMBNESS! - extends to forehead
pain is ITCHING, BURNING
pain AS IF CRUSHED
stitching pain EXTENDING AROUND TO ABDOMEN!
< lying, sitting
< rising up from sitting

Question 5

CALCAREA CARBONICA

Answer 5

LUMBAGO - SLIGHTEST EXERTION / LIFTING - WEAK FEELING! / AS IF SPRAINED - before/during MENSES
pain EXTENDS DOWN sciatic nerve (to sole of foot)
sciatic w ATROPHY OF LIMB!
< rising from sitting

Question 6

COBALTUM

Answer 6

BACK PAIN - LUMBAR/SACRUM/SCIATICA - ASSOC W NIGHTLY POLLUTIONS! … AFTER EMISSIONS!
> LYING, rising
< sitting
cannot straighten spine wo sharp pains shooting into foot

Question 7

COLOCYNTHIS

Answer 7

LUMBAGO - LANCINATING PAIN ON INSPIRATION!/ON LYING
stitching pain ON MOTION
weaking IN EVENING
SCIATIC ASSOC W NUMBNESS - R - FLEXING LEG ONTO ABDOMEN!, < NIGHT, TOUCH, MOTION
LYING ON PAINFUL SIDE AMEL.!

Question 8

DULCAMARA

Answer 8

LUMBAGO - CHANGES TO COLD WEATHER/ &laquo_space;DAMP WEATHER! … LAMENESS AFTER TAKING COLD/GETTING WET! … AFTER STOOPING FOR LONG TIME
SCIATICA AFTER WET WEATHER!
MOTION AMEL.
> becoming warm in bed

Question 9

GNAPHALIUM

Answer 9

• LUMBAGO w NUMBNESS! w heaviness in pelvis - R sided SCIATICA accomp. by NUMBNESS/FORMICATION … ALT W NUMBNESS!
• SCIATICA w UTERINE COMPLAINTS
  > flexing limb on abd

Question 10

IRIS VERSICOLOR

Answer 10

- SCIATICA AFTER INFLUENZA!... CRAMPING!.. L
cramping in lumbar
motion AGG
burning of alimentary canal
ropy salivation

Question 11

KALI BICHROMICUM

Answer 11

- LUMBAGO < COUGHING
PAIN WANDERS in spine
stitching pain to legs
NUMBNESS in lumbar
- SCIATICA accomp by JERKING IN HIP
increase/decrease suddenly 
< change of weather

Question 12

KALI IODATUM

Answer 12

- LUMBAGO - AS IF IN A VISE:
< LYING PAINFUL SIDE
< walking
- SCIATICA:
< EVENING/NIGHT
< LYING DOWN
< coughing, sneezing
> OPEN AIR, MUST WALK (rhus-t)

Question 13

LAC CANINUM

Answer 13

PAIN FROM BASE OF BRAIN TO COCCYX (SPINE)
PULSATING in lumbar
- SCIATICA - ALTERNATING SIDES!! W numbness, SENSITIVE SPINE
< beg of motion (rhus-t, ruta)
fear of snakes

Question 14

LEDUM PALUSTRE

Answer 14

• LUMBAGO: @ BEGN OF MOTION, RISING FROM SITTING
  SACRAL - STIFFNESS
• SCIATICA: accomp by COLDNESS of PAINFUL LIMB
  » COLD
  < ascending
  < WARMTH!

Question 15

LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM

Answer 15

- LUMBAGO AS IF BROKEN [during stool], WOULD BREAK. 
PASSING URINE and FLATUS AMEL. 
R to L 
- SCIATICA 
> warmth
> walking

Question 16

MAGNESIA PHOSPHORICUM

Answer 16

• SCIATICA IN SUDDEN PAROXYSMS - SHOOTING PAIN - AT NIGHT - appearing and disappearing suddenly
  < COLD, COLD APP
  > HEAT, PRESSURE

Question 17

NATRIUM MURIATICUM

Answer 17

• LUMBAR LAMENESS
• BACK PAIN - STOOPING FOR LONG TIME AGG
• LUMBAR - AS IF BROKEN; LYING ON HARD SURFACE AMEL.
• LUMBAGO/STIFFNESS after GRIEF/SUPPRESSED EMOTION!
• contraction of hamstrings

Question 18

NUX VOMICA

Answer 18

SEVERE PAIN W SENSITIVITY AND ANGER

• aching back pain MUST SIT UP OR TURN OVER IN BED
• LUMBAGO w LABOR-LIKE PAIN on URGING W STOOL
• SCIATICA w chill, w contraction in legs / MADDENING, CRAMPING pain

Question 19

OLEUM JECORIS

Answer 19

CHRONIC BACK PAIN W WASTING, EMACIATION [lower leg] - painful
- SCIATICA w ATROPHY OF AFFECTED LIMB

Question 20

RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS

Answer 20

LUMBAGO - STITCHING PAIN < AFTER EATING! … extends to Abd
SORE LAST RIB
lumbago > sit bent forward
- SCIATICA < cold/damp weather, motion

Question 21

RHUS-T

Answer 21

STIFFNESS/IMMOBILITY W PAIN
> CONTINUED MOTION!
restlessness from pain
< BEG OF MOTION
< sitting still, cold damp, getting wet, lifting
- SCIATICA w NUMBNESS, < COLD/COLD WATER

Question 22

RUTA

Answer 22

• LUMBAGO W STIFFNESS, LAMENESS; flatus amel, walking amel
  < AFTER INJURY/STRAIN
• SCIATICA - R, after injury, SHOOTING PA EXT DOWNWARD TO THIGH, HOLLOW OF KNEE

Question 23

SULPHUR

Answer 23

SCIATICA/LUMBAGO in SEDENTARY/INTELLECTUAL TYPES
weak back, stooped shoulder
< evening, night menses, lying on L side, rising from stooping, sitting
SCIATICA < standing, walking

Question 24

TELLURIUM METALLICUM

Answer 24

SEVERE PAIN FROM SACRUM DOWN INTO R THIGH or sciatic N.
< SNEEZING, AFTER URGING for BM, during stool, coughing, laughin
- SCIATICA < lying on painful side
DISCHARGE FROM EAR LEAVES VESICLES ON LOBE!

Question 25

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS

Answer 25

LUMBAGO
< WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND
< jarring, menses, rising from sitting
BACK FEELS FRAGILE
BACK PAIN - AGG from standing erect after sitting for long time
LUMBAR VERT SORE < STEPPING
(secretive, warts, avoids exposing themselves)

Question 26

VALERIANA

Answer 26

BACK PAIN LUMBAR AS IF SPRAINED - AGG SITTING - extending above hips on standing or sitting
< standing w both feet flat on ground
- SCIATICA W INSOMNIA
- DRAWING PAIN IN EXTREMETIES
- PAIN IN ANKLES on running upstairs