Ears

Sensitive to noise. "Earache after exposure to cold or wet." (Copeland.) Inflammatory earache, with burning or throbbing pain, or sharp, stitching pain. Tension, throbbing and heat in the ears. Noises in the ears arising through blood-pressure, from relaxed condition of the veins not returning the blood properly. First stage of otitis; radiating pains, pulsation in the ear; every impulse of the heart is felt there. Quick pulse, should be feeble and compressible, indicating marked debility. Circumscribed, dark, inflammatory appearance. Deafness from inflammatory action, or suppuration when there is cutting pain, tension or throbbing. Tinnitus aurium. A marked tendency of the inflammatory process to be diffused instead of circumscribed; dark, beefy redness of parts, mucopurulent discharge, if any, and a tendency to hemorrhage; the complete establishment of the discharge is not followed by the relief of the pain; paroxysmal and radiating character of the pain. Inflammation of the external ear. Mastoid process swollen and sore.

Chronic, non-sup-purative catarrh of the middle ear, with thickening of mem-brana tympam and probable anchylosis of small bones.

Nose

First stage of all colds in the head, predisposition to catch cold. Smarting, especially in the right nasal passage, worse on inspiration. Nasal catarrh, with trickling sensations. Congested nasal mucous membranes. Catarrhal fever. Epis-taxis, especially in children, and a concomitant of other complaints. Nosebleed of bright red blood. "Its indication in beginning of colds or in congestion of the mucous membranes anywhere is similar to Aconite, but its period of usefulness is much longer. Unless Aconite be given immediately after exposure in my experience it is useless, but the remedial value of Ferrum phos. continues for several hours." [R. S. Cope-land].

Face

A florid complexion, with less nerve tension than that of Bellad. Faceache, with flushing, heat and quickened pulse; worse on moving; with throbbing or pressing pain, flushed face, with accompanying sensation of coldness in the nape of the neck; flushed face when a precursor of recurring headaches. Anaemic, chlorotic face; earthy, pale, sallow. Cheek sore and hot, when cold applications are grateful. Congestive or inflammatory tic douloureux.

Mouth

Gums hot and inflamed; redness of the mucous membrane of the mouth.

Tongue

Furred tongue, or clean and red, with headache. Inflammation of the tongue with dark red swelling.

Teeth

Toothache with hot cheek, worse with hot, better with cold liquids or food; teething troubles with feverishness; great soreness of tooth to touch or pressure. Teeth feel elongated.

Throat

Inflammation of the fauces. Redness and pain without exudation. Ulcerated throat, to relieve congestion, heat, fever, pain and throbbing. Sore throat, dry, red, inflamed, with much pain. Pharyngeal abscess. Red and inflamed tonsils and swollen glands. First stage of diphtheria to lessen the fever. Hemorrhages from pharynx, larynx, trachea and, perhaps, bronchi. Acute catarrhal affections of the Eustachian tubes. Sore throats of singers and those who use the voice daily.

Gastric Symptoms

Aversion to meat and milk. Thirst for cold water. Desire for some stimulant, brandy, ale. Greasy eructation. First stage of gastritis, with pain, swelling and tenderness at the pit of the stomach. Dyspepsia with flushed, hot face, epigastrium tender to the touch. Furred tongue, beating and throbbing pain, red, flushed face, vomiting of undigested food. Indigestion from relaxed condition of blood vessels of the stomach, pain after taking food and on pressure. Deathly sickness at the stomach. Inflammatory stomachache in children from chill, with loose evacuations. Vomiting of bright-red blood. Flatulence bringing back the taste of the food eaten, loss of appetite, distaste for milk. After eating, nausea and vomiting of food; vomited matters are sometimes very sour; cannot take acids, herrings, meat, or coffee and cakes. Persistent vomiting of food. Vomits sometimes before breakfast.

Abdomen And Stool

First stage of all gastric and enteric fevers; the chilly stage, also in the first stage of cholera and of peritonitis. Constipation with heat in the lower bowel, associated with prolapse and hemorrhoids and aversion to meat diet. Diarrhcea. Cholera infantum, with red face, full, soft pulse; stools watery, even bloody, after checked perspiration. Stool watery, contains mucus and blood; urging, but no tenesmus. Diarrhoea from a relaxed state of the intestinal villi, not taking up the usual amount of moisture. Stools undigested. Diarrhoea caused by a chill. Dysentery (alternately with Kali mur.). Hemorrhoids, inflamed or bleeding, bright-red blood with a tendency to coagulate, before any induration occurs. Disposition to prolapsus recti. Inflamed and incarcerated herniae. Intestinal and thread-worms.

Urinary Organs

Frequent desire to urinate; urine spurts out with every cough. Haematuria. First stage of cystitis with heat, pain or feverishness. Diabetes when there is a quickened pulse or when there exists pain, tension, throbbing or heat or congestion in any part of the system. Incontinence of urine from weakness of the sphincter. Diurnal enuresis depending on irritation of the neck of the bladder. Ischuria; suppression of the urine with heat, especially in little children. Any inflammatory pain in the kidneys. Bright's disease with febrile disturbances. Irritation at the neck of the bladder and prostate. Symptoms are worse the longer the patient stands and better after urinating. Polyuria simplex, excessive secretion of urine.

Sexual Organs

Varicocele with pain in testicles. Bubo with heat, throbbing or feverishness. First stage of orchitis or of epididymitis and gonorrhoea. Seminal emissions. Fer~ rum phos. has a close relationship with conditions of irritability of the womb, associated with trouble in the bladder, and also with the lining membrane of the womb. Menstrual colic with flushing of the face and quickened pulse, vomiting of undigested food, sometimes tasting acid. First stage of metritis to remove fever, pain and heat. Excessive congestion at the monthly periods, blood bright red. Menses every three weeks; profuse, with pressure in abdomen and small of the back and pain on top of the head. Bearing-down sensations and constant, dull ovarian pains. Dysmenorrhcea with frequent urging to urinate. Congestive dysmenorrhcea pains before, and during first days of flow. Vaginismus; vaginitis, vagina dry and hot, pain in the vagina on coition or examination. Spasm of the vagina on account of the increased sensitiveness and dryness.