Materia Medica Flashcards
1
Q
Give the hereditary or personal history elements we consider for the prescription of Lycopodium
A
Hereditary:
- Atopic terrain
- Migraines
- Gastro-duodenal ulcers
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hyperuricemia
Personal:
- As above +
- Tics of the face
- Acetone vomiting during childhood
- Hepatic colic
2
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Sepia
A
Usually a woman: depressed, exhausted, irritable, indifferent to those around her, introvert, melancholic, hepatic and gall bladder disorders, skin problems, bearing down sensation, circulatory disorders
3
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Nux vomica
A
- Active person (man or woman)
- Sedentary
- Nervous
- Impatient
- Aggressive
- Authoritarian
- Overworked
- Digestive disorders, spasmodic coryza
4
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Lycopodium
A
- Lively and precise intelligence
- Lack of self-confidence
- Intolerant to contradiction
- Self-control
- Seeks affection
- Hepatic, renal, skin and allergic disorders
5
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Pulsatilla
A
- Gentle and variable nature
- Tendency towards sadness
- Changeable mood
- Timid and fearful
- Circulatory disorders
- Mucous membranes catarrh
6
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Argentum nitricum
A
- Nervous
- Always in a hurry
- Anxious - Fearful
- Hyperactive, disorganized, inefficient - Phobic
- Digestive disorders, acidity, diarrhea, eructation
7
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Calcarea carbonica
A
- Slowness
- Late milestones
- Fear of the future
- Tendency towards spasms
- Hypersensitivity
- Intellectual slowness
8
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Phosphorus
A
- Hypersensitive to the environment
- Alternation excitement/weakness
- Easily tired
- Tendency towards hemorrhages
- ENT or pulmonary inflammations
9
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Arsenicum album
A
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Anxiety
- Meticulous, even obsessive
- Respiratory and skin allergies
- Gastroenteritis
10
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Aurum metallicum
A
- Short tempered, authoritarian
- Violent, tyrannical
- Tendency towards depression
- Obsessive suicidal thoughts
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Short bone infections
11
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Lachesis
A
- Alternation between excitement/depression - Talkativeness
- Distrust, jealousy
- Circulatory disorders
12
Q
Give the characteristic behavior or general symptoms often found in patients sensitive to Natrum muriaticum
A
- Respiratory and skin allergies
- Acrocyanosis
- Chronic ENT disorders
- Desire to be alone
- Appetite disorders
- Phobia about self-image
13
Q
What symptoms of Sulfur make this medicine one of the Psoric reactional mode?
A
- Respiratory and skin allergies
- Recurring periodical manifestations (migraines, herpes)
- The tendency towards parasites
- Lack of good reaction to well indicated acute medicines
- Difficult convalescence
14
Q
What symptoms of Psorinum make this medicine one of the Psoric reactional mode?
A
- Respiratory and skin allergies
- Recurring periodical manifestations (migraines, herpes)
- The tendency towards parasites
- Lack of good reaction to well indicated acute medicines
- Difficult convalescence
15
Q
What symptoms of Lycopodium make this medicine one of the Psoric reactional mode?
A
- Respiratory and skin allergies
- Recurring periodical manifestations (migraines, herpes)
- The tendency towards parasites
- Lack of good reaction to well indicated acute medicines
- Difficult convalescence
16
Q
What symptoms of Arsenicum album make this medicine one of the Psoric reactional mode?
A
- Respiratory and skin allergies
- Recurring periodical manifestations (migraines, herpes)
- The tendency towards parasites
- Lack of good reaction to well indicated acute medicines
- Difficult convalescence
17
Q
What symptoms of Thuya make this medicine one of the Sycotic reactional mode?
A
- After-effects of vaccinations or chronic infections
- Aggravation by humidity
- Mucous membranes catarrh
- Benign tumors
- Phobic tendencies
- Slow and progressive installation
18
Q
What symptoms of Medorrhinum make this medicine one of the Sycotic reactional mode?
A
- After-effects of vaccinations or chronic infections
- Aggravation by humidity
- Mucous membranes catarrh
- Benign tumors
- Phobic tendencies
- Slow and progressive installation
19
Q
What symptoms of Medorrhinum make this medicine one of the Sycotic reactional mode?
A
- Mucous membranes catarrh
- Phobic tendencies
- Benign tumors (warts, condylomas, polyps)) - Slow and progressive installation
20
Q
What symptoms of Sepia make this medicine one of the mixed Psoro Sycotic reactional mode?
A
- Psoric: herpes, migraines, respiratory allergies
- Sycotic: chronic eczema or suppurations, depressive tendency
21
Q
What symptoms of Silicea make this medicine one of the mixed Psoro Sycotic reactional mode?
A
- Psoro-tuberculinic:closely recurring ENT infections, sensitivity to cold, emotional sensitivity
- Sycotic: chronic suppurations
22
Q
Among the different “Kalium”, give 3 specifying on which symptoms they are indicated
A
- Kalium carbonicum: digestive slowness with stomach flatulence, lumbar pains in tired individuals
- Kalium phosphoricum: intellectual fatigue, headache due to intellectual overwork
- Kalium muriaticum: inflammation of the cavum with white or grayish discharge and Eustachian tube catarrh
- Kalium Bromatum: papulo-pustular acne
- Kalium sulfuricum: coryza with mucous or mucopurulent discharge, anosmia and ageusia
- Kalium iodatum: irritating aqueous coryza becoming rapidly purulent with pains in the sinuses, mainly frontal
23
Q
Among the different “Natrum”, give 3 specifying on which sensations and modalities they are indicated
A
- Natrum muriaticum: aggravation at the seaside, in the sun, sensation of pins and needles
- Natrum carbonicum: aggravation by sun, by mental efforts, noise, sensorial hyperesthesia
- Natrum sulfuricum: aggravated by humidity, sensation of bruising and abdominal bloating
24
Q
What are the characteristic symptoms indicating Drosera in case of cough?
A
A dry, spasmodic and fitful cough
25
What are the characteristic symptoms indicating Bryonia in case of cough?
Dry, painful and improved by holding the painful area
26
What are the general symptoms indicating the prescription of Kalium bromatum in children?
Night frights in a nervous child who sleepwalks, moves his hands and sees his symptoms aggravated at new moon
27
What are the nervous symptoms indicating Stramonium?
Nightmares, night frights and fear of dark
28
What are the nervous symptoms indicating Hyosciamus?
Night frights in an emotional and jealous child who talks and laughs during his sleep and presents with tics
29
What are the nervous symptoms indicating Lachesis?
Nightmares with suffocating sensations in a child who has difficulties in falling asleep before midnight and who wakes up depressed. Can be jealous
30
What symptoms indicate Ipecac in an asthma attack?
Spasmodic coughing with nausea (vomiting), disseminated fine rales, hyper salivation and clean tongue
31
What are the symptoms indicating the prescription of Kalium carbonicum in an asthma attack?
Aggravation between 2 and 4 am
| Improved sitting, thorax bent forward with elbows on the knees
32
What are the symptoms indicating the prescription of Antimonium tartaricum in an asthma attack?
Breathing is difficult and noisy with heavy humid rales inducing a very difficult expectoration and severe dyspnea
33
What are the symptoms indicating the prescription of Drosera in an asthma attack?
Nighttime attacks of dry cough accompanied by cyanosis and hypochondrium pains
34
What are the symptoms indicating the prescription of Arsenicum album in an asthma attack?
- Dyspnea with difficult expectoration of white mucus
- Asthenia with anxious agitation
- Occurs between 1 and 3 am
- Sitting up because aggravated lying
35
Give the symptoms indicating Ferrum phosphoricum in a fever
Asthenia, fever under 102 appearing progressively, tendency towards localized congestive phenomenon (epistaxis), the skin is clammy without abundant perspiration, the face alternates between paleness and redness
36
Give the symptoms indicating Belladonna in a fever
Tumor, rubor, calor, dolor. Thirst, sweating of the face, dryness of the mucous membranes, alternation between agitation and prostration
37
Give the general symptoms indicating Silicea
Tired, easily tired, cold sensitive, abundant and foul smelling perspiration of head and feet, chronic infections
38
Give the aggravation modalities indicating Silicea
Cold, badly indicated vaccinations that are not well tolerated, new moon, humidity and suppression of the perspiration
39
Give the improvement modalities of Silicea
Heat, dry and warm weather, warm wraps (head)
40
Give the modalities indicating Natrum muriaticum in pediatrics
- Aggravation: in the morning around 10 am - Improvement: by perspiration
- Improvement: outside
- Aggravation: at the seaside (after a stay)
- Rhythm: Frequent and short periodicity
41
Give the privileged targets of Cimicifuga
- Female genital tract: PMS, dysmenorrhea
- Muscles and tendons: neck and back pains
- Neurological and emotional tract: headache, excitement logorrhea
42
Give the main clinical symptoms indicating the prescription of Cimicifuga
- Sensitivity (spontaneous or with pressure of the spinous process of T4, T5 and T8
- Dysmenorrhea proportional to the menstrual flow
- Pain under the left breast
- Cervix spasms
- Regulation of obstetrical work
43
Give the privileged targets of Phytolacca and give some clinical examples
- Mucous membranes of the pharynx
- Mammary glands
- Locomotor system and sciatica
- Infectious syndromes
44
What are the symptoms indicating Sepia in PMS?
- Bearing down sensation in the pelvis
- Migraine
- Sadness, depression
- Leucorrhea before the periods
- Herpes
45
What are the symptoms indicating Lachesis in PMS?
- Symptoms improved by the appearance of the periods
- Headaches
- Irritability, jealousy, nervousness
- Insomnia, nightmares
- Painful congestion of the lower abdomen and breasts
46
What are the symptoms indicating Natrum muriaticum in PMS?
- Dryness of the vaginal mucous membranes - Lumbar pains
- Aggravation of the acne on the face
- Sadness
47
What are the symptoms indicating Pulsatilla in PMS?
- Venous congestion
- Bearing down sensation
- Breast pains
- Very variable mood
48
What are the general symptoms indicating Graphites during menopause?
- Hot flashes of the face
- Overweight and cold sensitive woman
- Constipation
- Skin disorders
49
What are the symptoms indicating Kalium carbonicum during menopause?
- Tired, anemic and cold sensitive woman
- Digestive and cardiovascular disorders
- Sensation of weakness of the back and knees
50
What are the symptoms indicating Aurum muriaticum during menopause?
- Congestive flashes with palpitations
- Tendency towards fibroids
- Irritable woman prone to depression
51
What are the general symptoms indicating Lachesis during menopause?
- Hypersensitivity of the skin
- Intolerance to tight clothes
- Congestive hot flashes
- Frequent migraines
- Bruises easily
52
What are the general symptoms indicating Thuya during menopause?
- History of sycotic reactional mode
- Frequent genital infections
- Fibroids, polyps, mastitis
- Constructive dermatosis
- Tendency towards obesity, cellulitis
- Obsessive tendencies: nosophobia, cancer phobia
53
What are the characteristic symptoms indicating Graphites in dermatology?
Lesion oozing a, honey like, translucent, yellow, sticky liquid, drying up and becoming yellow or brown crusts Localization on the face, the hands, the genitals and the folds. Can also be seen in fissure lesions with the same
54
What are the symptoms indicating Nitricum acidum in dermatology?
Essentially the constructive dermatosis of the sycotic reactional mode (warts, condyloma, molluscum) and in fissure dermatosis with yellow edges and bleeding easily. Preferential localization on the junctions between skin and mucous membranes
55
What are the symptoms indicating Antimonium crudum in dermatology?
- Impetigo
- Hyperkeratosis dermatosis
- Horny warts
56
Give the characteristic dermatology symptoms indicating Arsenicum iodatum
- Lichen aspect
- Burning pruritis
- Ichthyosis
- Eczemas in children
- Preferential localization on flexes and scalp - Squamous dermatosis with fine squames on an erythematous background and dry skin
- Fungus
57
Give the characteristic dermatology symptoms indicating Dulcamara
- Transparent flat warts
- Urticaria due to cold
- Oozing eruptions due to humidity
58
Give the characteristic dermatology symptoms indicating Croton tiglium
- Micro-vesicles localized mainly on the genital area
- Intense pruritis with pain preventing the scratching
- Nappy rash in children, large genital fungus in adults
- Genital herpes in women
59
Give the dermatology symptoms indicating Petroleum
Vesicles going towards crusts accompanied by black fissures of the fingers and nails, on a skin that looks dirty with deformations of the nails, aggravated in winter. Corresponds to eczema of mechanics and gardeners
60
What are the dermatology symptoms indicating Arsenicum album?
- Very fine desquamation like « rice powder » on a pale and cold skin
- Large and scaly squames on a very thickened skin (« elephant skin »)
- Edema of the lower eyelid on translucent skin
61
Give the characteristic dermatology symptoms indicating Sepia
- Atopic eczema
- Fungus
- Catamenial herpes
- Eruptions around the mouth
- Fissured psoriasis
62
Give the characteristic dermatology symptoms indicating Natrum muriaticum
- Chronic urticaria
- Acne with comedones
- Peri-labial herpes
- Dry eczema of folds
- Allergy to sunlight
- Seborrheic dermatitis
63
Give the characteristic dermatology symptoms indicating Rhus toxicodendron
- Small vesicle containing a transparent liquid like lemon juice, pruritic, improved by warm compresses (eczema, herpes zoster, herpes, chicken pox)
- Erythematous eruption in ” leopard skin“»
64
Give the symptoms indicating Argentum nitricum in a patient presenting with colopathy with diarrhea
- Eructation, bloating, flatulence
- Emotional motor diarrhea
- Agitated and hurried behavior
- Heartburn
65
Give the symptoms indicating Antimonium crudum in a patient presenting with colopathy accompanied by diarrhea
- Stools half solid, half liquid
- White coating on the tongue
- Sensation of heaviness in the epigastric area
- Gluttonous patient overindulging in food
66
Give the symptoms indicating Alumina in a patient presenting with colopathy with constipation
- Intestinal inertia, no urges
- Anal fissure
- Important efforts to expulse a stool
67
Give the symptoms indicating Bryonia in a patient presenting with colopathy with constipation
- Large, hard and dry stools as if ”burned”
- Thirst for large quantities of cold water
- Dry mouth
68
Give the digestive, general or behavioral symptoms indicating Ignatia for the chronic treatment of a functional colopathy
- Very localized spasmodic pains
- Diverse spasmodic symptoms (ball in the throat, hiccups, yawning)
- Modalities: paradoxical, variable during the day, aggravated by worries, improved by distraction
- Reactional depressive syndrome
69
Give the clinical, local and general symptoms indicating Pulsatilla for the treatment of recurring hemorrhoids
Locally: Non-painful hemorrhoids
General:
- Venous stasis, varicose veins, venous insufficiency
- Catarrh of the mucous membranes
- Aggravated by heat of a room, improved by fresh air
- Constipation
- Dyspepsia
70
Give the characteristic symptoms leading to the prescription of Chelidonium
- Stinging pain in the right hypochondrium irradiating in the back
- Constant fixed pain at the inferior angle of the right shoulder blade, sometimes spreading up over the right scapula
- Aggravated by palpation, aggravated after 4 pm
- Improved from deep and extensive pressure, improved by warm drinks
71
What are the digestive indications of Cinchona?
- Painless and exhausting diarrhea, mainly after eating fruit or milk
- Colitis with abdominal distension and tympanism, not improved by passing a gas
- Great sensitivity of the abdomen to touch
72
Concerning Colocynthis, what are the improvement modalities of the spasmodic pains?
Bending double, heat, strong pressure
73
Give the aggravation modalities indicating Nux vomica in a dyspeptic syndrome
- In the morning on awaking
- After overindulging
- By alcohol, tobacco, spices - Aggravated by fatigue, by stress
74
Give the characteristic digestive sensations indicating Nux vomica
- Acid or sour taste in the mouth
- Hunger with disgust of food
- Sensation of false urges to go to the stool - Sensitivity of the hepatic area
- In postprandial, sensation in the stomach area
- Postprandial sleepiness of pressure as by a stone, a knot, a tight belt
75
Give the characteristic digestive symptoms indicating Lycopodium
- Sensation of stomach fullness after the first bite
- Bloating of the lower part of the abdomen at the end of the meal
- Desire for sugar and very hot food. Aversion for meat
- Food intolerances (onions, garlic, starchy food, oysters)
76
Give the improvement modalities indicating Lycopodium
- By hot foods and drinks
- By cool air
- By slow movement
77
Give the aggravation modalities indicating Lycopodium
- Between 4 and 8 pm
- On awakening
- By heat
- By contradiction
78
Give the hepatic and digestive symptoms indicating Sepia
- Gall-bladder dyskinesia
- Constipation
- Prolapsed hemorrhoids
- Morning sickness
- Migraine induced by digestive disorders
- Empty sensation in the stomach
79
In case of functional gastric disorders, give 3 symptoms indicating Antimonium crudum
- Sensation of weight, of fullness of the epigastric area
- Eructation with the taste of food
- Etiology = overindulging (quantity))
- White coating on tongue as chalk
80
In case of digestive disorders, give the symptoms indicating Nux vomica
- Tongue with yellow coating in the posterior half
- Constipation with false urges
- Etiology = excess of food, alcohol, coffee
- Eructation with taste of digested food
- Burning and cramping sensations, heaviness in the epigastric area
81
For the chronic treatment of gastro-duodenal ulcers, on which clinical symptoms would you prescribe Argentum nitricum?
- Burning pains, as if by a splinter, pyrosis - Always in a hurry
- Stomach bloating with noisy eructation
- Motor diarrhea
82
At the established phase of viral hepatitis, when a homeopathic treatment is indicated, on which digestive clinical symptoms do you prescribe Arsenicum album?
- Alternation between agitation and prostration
- Congestive headaches
- Fever
- Vomiting
- Burning pains
- Weakness, anxiety
83
For the chronic treatment of gastro-duodenal ulcers, on which clinical symptoms would you prescribe Lycopodium
- Bloating of the lower abdomen immediately after eating
- Sensation of hunger that is quickly satiated
- Fullness after the first bite
- Desire for sugar and very hot food
- Extremely emotional, lack of self-confidence, anxiety, depressive tendency
84
What are the preferential localizations of Natrum sulfuricum on the locomotor tract?
Lumbar spine, hips, knees, ankles
85
Give the main symptoms of Natrum sulfuricum in the digestive sphere
- Coated tongue
- Important thirst
- Bloating and pain in the hepatic area
- Alternation between diarrhea and constipation
- Squirting diarrheic stools after breakfast
86
Give the characteristic symptoms or modalities indicating Natrum sulfuricum in pulmonology and/or ENT
- Aggravation by humidity and at the seaside - Painful cough
- Symptoms are mainly on the left
- Thick, purulent and abundant bronchorrhea, asthma
87
Give a few characteristics of the morphology and behavioral symptoms of Natrum sulfuricum
- Tendency towards overweight, fat on the abdomen and lower half of the body
- Skin growths (sycosis)
- Patient is not very tonic with depressive tendencies, mainly in humid weather
- Irritability on awakening
88
Give the behavioral symptoms of the sensitive type and the modalities of reactional depressive manifestations indicating Pulsatilla
- Craves affection
- Changeable mood
- Gentle, emotional, shy, blushing easily
89
What is the indication for Natrum sulfuricum in traumatology? Give an example of prescription
Head traumas – 10 pellets in 30 C, once
90
What are the precise symptoms of the digestive sphere indicating Kalium carbonicum in a patient complaining of having difficulties digesting?
- Throbbing pains in the hepatic area - Excessive flatulence
- Constipation with large and hard stools
- Protruding hemorrhoids with tendency to bleed abundantly and prolapse
91
Confronted to a dyspnea, what characteristics indicate Kalium carbonicum?
- At the slightest effort or around 4am
- Difficult expectoration, not abundant and compact
- Sitting bending forward with elbows on the knees
92
Give the indications of Kalium carbonicum during pregnancy
- Pyrosis
- Constipation
- Lumbar pains improved sitting and leaning on a hard surface
- In post partum: lumbar pains with sensation of weakness, uterine bleeding
93
Give the modalities indicating Kalium carbonicum
- Aggravated by cold, by drafts
- Aggravated at night between 2 and 4
- Improved by heat - Improved sitting on a hard surface (hemorrhoids)
94
Give the non-digestive indications of Kalium carbonicum
- Effort dyspnea, palpitations, edema
- Asthma
- Post partum lumbar pains
- Dysmenorrhea with lumbar and sacral pains
- Asthenia of elderly patients with cardiac manifestations evoking a beginning myocardial insufficiency
95
Give the sensations indicating Kalium carbonicum
- Stinging or throbbing erratic pains
- Weakness
- Of having a splinter in throat
- Anxiety felt in the pit of the stomach
96
What are the symptoms indicating Calcarea fluorica in arthritis?
- Dystrophic constitution, asymmetry
- Important osteophytes
- Aggravated by first movements and improved after
- Scoliosis
97
Give the medicines indicated on the modality « improved by cold », for joint inflammations
- Apis and Ledum palustre
98
The medicines indicated for Frozen shoulder giving a characteristic symptom for each
- Solanum malacoxylon: Tendon calcification
- Sanguinaria: Right shoulder
- Bryonia: Pain improved by rest - Ferrum phosphoricum: Joint inflammation
99
Give the indispensable symptoms indicating Rhus toxicodendron in rhumatology
- The stiffness
- Aggravation by humidity, immobility
- Improved by movement, by heat
100
In rheumatology, what symptoms indicate the prescription of Kalium bichromicum?
Pains in small circumscribed points, erratic, moving from one place to another
101
Give the characteristic symptoms of the headaches of Iris versicolor
- Periodic, on rest days
- Accompanying digestive symptoms: acid, burning and abundant vomiting
- Frequent dyspepsia with burning sensations, possible visual prodromes (fog)
102
Give the characteristic symptoms of headaches indicating Kalium bichromicum
- With thready vomiting
- Desire for beer
- Small circumscribed points
- Over the orbit
- Improved by local pressure
103
Give 2 headache symptoms or modalities indicating Lycopodium
- Aggravated by heat, a warm room
- Aggravated when a meal is late
- Aggravated between 4 and 8 pm
- Need for fresh air
104
Give the other characteristic symptoms indicating Nux vomica for a patient complaining of headache after overindulging
- The posterior part of the tongue is coated
- Alcoholic excess
- Sedentary patient, hypersensitive to medicine, sthenic, irritable, authoritarian
- Postprandial sleepiness, usually improved by a short nap
105
Give the modalities indicating Glonoinum in headaches
- Intense throbbing
- Context of high blood pressure
- Improved by local and general cold
- Aggravated by heat
106
What are the general symptoms indicating Ferrum metallicum?
Patient that is pale, tired, with low blood pressure, complaining of throbbing headaches with episodes of vasomotor flashes to the face
107
Give the symptoms indicating Kalium phosphoricum in the treatment of headaches
- Anxiety
- Convalescence and intellectual overexertion in students
- Insomnia and irritability
- Aggravation by coitus
108
What symptoms indicate Anacardium in an overexerted student complaining of headaches?
- Improved by eating
- Irritability
- Tendency to insult people
- Memory disorders
109
What are the clinical symptoms indicating Calcarea phosphorica in an adolescent complaining of headaches?
- Tall and thin morphology
- Quick growth
- Pains in back and epiphysis
- Easily tired
110
What behavioral symptoms indicate Argentum nitricum?
- Afraid to be late, anticipates everything
- Agitated, in a hurry
- Accompanying symptoms: diarrhea, pollakiuria, vertigo
- Multiple phobias
111
Give 2 symptoms indicating Cyclamen in a patient presenting with symptoms of anxiety and depression
- Scrupulosity, perfectionism
| - Frequent catamenial headaches with visual prodromes and vertigo
112
Give the characteristic behavioral disorders indicating Iodum in an anxious patient
- Cannot stay still, always busy, hyperactive, thin despite a good appetite
- Thermophobia, tachycardia, trembling, hot flashes
113
Give the emotional symptoms of the sensitive type and the modalities of the anxious manifestations indicating Phosphorus
- Emotional, hypersensitivity to the environment
- Need to be appreciated and loved
- Phases of exaltation, of emotional or intellectual excitement alternating with periods of anxiety, withdrawal, depression
- Easily tires
- Aggravated at night, at dusk
- Aggravated by solitude
- Aggravated by storms
114
Give some characteristics of the clinical picture of Lachesis in a reactional depression
- Alternation between excitement, talkativeness in the evening and mutism and withdrawal in the morning
- Jealousy, sighs, insomnia, dreams of death
- Palpitations, anxiety, intolerance to tight clothes
- Desire for alcohol
