Brittle nails |
This is a case of brittle nails followed up with Graphites and Antimonium crum 200c in single dose.
GRAPHITES (graph.)
MIND:
– Blandness. Dullness. SLOWNESS.
– Timid, reserved.
– IRRESOLUTION. Insecurity. Anxiety about the consequences of the
decision.
– Obstinate. Censorious.
– Discontented. Easily offended.
– Irritability about trifles.
– Changeable moods.
– Anxiety about future, salvation. Anxiety about trifles.
– TRIFLES SEEM IMPORTANT.
– Fear something will happen, of misfortune.
– Anxiety and fear < morning. Irritation, excitement, sleeplessness in
evening.
– Sensitive to music. Weeping from music (Aur), especially organ.
– Depression.
– Aversion to mental work.
– Difficult concentration, mental exertion gives restlessness (Kali-p).
– Weakness of short-term memory, > for long past events.
– Absence of thoughts. Impressions don’t penetrate. Hard to get
information from them.
– Confusion with weeping and awkwardness , < before and during
menses.
GENERALITIES:
– Chilly (can be warm).
– < Cold and overheating (heat of bed).
– < Morning on waking.
– < Menses.
– Left sided.
– OBESITY. Rapid emaciation in stomach diseases.
Emaciation of affected parts (Plb).
– AILMENTS FROM SUPPRESSED ERUPTIONS, DISCHARGE.
– Discharges: thick, sticky, offensive.
– Sudden weakness. Cataleptic.
– Fissures.
– Numbness.
FOOD AND DRINKS:
– Desire: CHICKEN.
– Aversion: SALT, SWEETS, FISH, meat, warm food.
VERTIGO:
– < Morning on waking; looking upward; rising from stooping.
HEAD:
– NUMBNESS OR EMPTY FEELING (Cocc, Plat).
– Headache: < left side, sunlight, while eating.
– ERUPTIONS < occiput. Psoriasis.
– Alopecia. Falling of hair at temples.
EYE:
– PHOTOPHOBIA (Nat-s), < sunlight.
– Conjunctivitis. BLEPHARITIS. Keratitis.
– Eruptions on lids. Fissures of canthi.
EAR:
– Otitis, < left. Chronic otorrhea, gluey, offensive.
– Noises, < night, left side.
– HEARING IMPAIRED, > BACKGROUND NOISE.
– Eruptions or cracks behind ear.
NOSE:
– Cracked nostrils.
– Frequent colds. Coryza before menses.
FACE:
– Cobweb sensation (Alum).
– Eruptions, esp. around mouth. Acne.
MOUTH:
– Fissures in corners of mouth, lips.
– Offensive breath, like smell of urine.
THROAT:
– Constant inclination to swallow.
STOMACH:
– Stomach complaints after suppressed eruptions.
– Ulcers. Cancer. Stomach disorders with rapid emaciation.
– Pain > eating, (warm) milk (Chel).
ABDOMEN:
– Ascites.
– Eruptions, esp. inguinal region.
RECTUM:
– Constipation < during menses, suppressed menses; instead of
menses.
– Fissures (Nit-ac, Rat).
– Eruptions.
MALE GENITALIA:
– HIGH DESIRE OR LACK OF INTEREST, ENJOYMENT.
– Impotency. Ungovernable desire with poor results (Con, Gels, Lyc).
– Erections failing during coition (Lyc). Premature ejaculation.
– Hydrocele.
– Eruptions, herpes;spreading to thigh.
– Cracks.
FEMALE GENITALIA:
– HIGH DESIRE, nymphomania, OR LACK OF INTEREST.
– Enlargement and induration of ovaries.
– Uterine fibroids, cancer.
– Menarche late. Menses scanty, late, not appearing.
– Eruptions. Cracks.
– Leucorrhea profuse.
LARYNX/TRACHEA:
– Hoarseness during menses.
RESPIRATION:
– Dyspnea, from suppressed eruptions; > eating.
– Suffocative, wakes from sleep.
CHEST:
– Cancer of breasts, esp. old scar tissue.
– Sore, cracked nipples.
– Eruptions in axilla, under breasts.
EXTREMITIES:
– Swelling feet and toes during menses.
– CALLOSITIES of palms and soles (Ant-c, Ran-b).
– Cracks of fingertips.
– Eruptions < bend of elbows and knees.
– Numbness of forearms.
– NAILS: DISTORTED, BRITTLE, thick, hard.
– Ingrowing toe nails (Sil).
– Burning heat of foot soles, uncovers them.
– Rheumatic pains.
SKIN:
– FISSURES, where skin and mucus membrane joins.
– THICK, hard, dry, rough (Ant-c, Fl-ac).
– ERUPTIONS. Eczema. Herpes. Psoriasis.
CRUSTS AND SCALES,
OOZING HONEY-LIKE, THICK, YELLOW, STICKY
FLUID, sometimes offensive.
– Itching < heat, during menses.
– KELOID (Fl-ac, Sil).
– Unhealthy.
Compl: Arg-n, Ars, Caust, Ferr, Hep, Lyc, Sulph, Tab, Tub.
DD: Ant-c, Bar-c, Calc, Ferr, Olnd, Petr, Psor, Puls, Tell, Sulph.