Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Native Black Oxide of Manganese. Pyrolusite. MnO2. Trituration.

Clinical.─Colic. Diarrhoea. Tibia, pain in.

Characteristics.─Lembke proved this. It caused a good deal of painful disturbance in the abdomen, with loose stools, pressive heat in the head, and pains in the leg bones. A tendency to become fatigued and heated were noticeable features. Burning and pressing pains predominate.

SYMPTOMS.

2. Head.─Dulness in fore-part of head, caused by pressure on head.─Heaviness and heat in sinciput.─Jerking burning in skin of forehead, obliging scratching, with heat in skin.─Pressure on forehead with vertigo.─Tearing in side of head and face.

3. Eyes.─Violent burning sensation below eyes (though the skin was cool).

4. Ear.─A peculiar pressure deep in l. ear.

11. Stomach.─Nausea several times towards noon.─Pressure in stomach.─Cutting in stomach.

12. Abdomen.─Violent persistent stitches in l. hypochondrium < by inspiration and pressure.─Violent cutting in umbilical-region shooting upward.─Violent colic and thin, light stool, after which the pain, esp. in umbilical region, continued and was < by pressure; other stools followed.

13. Stool.─Light-coloured, thin stool, followed by cutting in umbilical region; in morning (13th d.).─Stool harder than usual (9th and 10th d.); delayed, hard and scanty (1st d.).

14. Urinary Organs.─Urine rather increased.

17. Respiratory Organs.─Very frequent scraping and scrapy tickling in larynx, followed by dry cough.

18. Chest.─A peculiar pressure deep behind sternum.

20. Back.─Peculiar sensation of heaviness and pressure in l. lumbar region < bending to l.

22. Upper Limbs.─Prickling in l. hand.

23. Lower Limbs.─Boring in bones below r. (and l.) knee.─Very violent pinching pain in r. ankle, standing = pain, < by motion.

24. Generalities.─More easily made tired, hot and perspiring.─Pressure and boring in several bones.

27. Fever.─Much heat of whole body.─Much internal heat and much less sensitiveness than usual to cold air generally.