CANTHARIS
Source indications
Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
- Bladder affections
- Burns
- Chordee
- Diphtheria
- Dysentery
- Eczema
- Emissions
- Erotomania
- Erysipelas
- Eyes, inflammation of
- Gastritis
- Gonorrhea
- Herpes zoster
- Hydrophobia
- Kidneys, affections of
- Mania
- Neuralgia
- Nymphomania
- Ovaries, affections of
- Peritonitis
- Pleurisy
- Pregnancy, disorders of
- Retained placenta
- Satyriasis
- Scarlatina
- Spermatorrhea
- Strangury
- Thirst
- Throat, sore
- Tongue, inflammation of
- Urine, abnormal
- Vesication of skin
- Anger
- Paroxysms of rage
- Irritation
- Burning pains
- Sharp pains
- Lancinating pains
- Neuralgia of head and face from taking cold
- Loud screams
- Jerking of muscles
- Violent spasms reproduced by touching larynx
- Amorous frenzy
- Unbounded sexual desire
- Sexual erethism
- Sexual excitability
- Inflammation of brain tissues
- Bright eyes
- Widely dilated pupils
- Erysipelas commencing in nose
- Pale face
- Yellowish face
- Deep-seated suffering
- Diphtheritic inflammation of throat
- Severe burning in throat
- Constriction in throat
- Aversion to drinking
- Inflamed stomach
- Colic-like pain in abdomen
- Cutting pain in abdomen
- Burning pain in abdomen
- Lancinating pain in abdomen
- Dysenteric stools with tenesmus
- Extreme superficial sensitiveness in hypogastrium
- Unbearable tenesmus vesicae
- Cutting pain from kidney to urethra
- Burning pain from kidney to urethra
- Can pass only a few drops of urine
- Sexual appetite aroused to point of mania
- Pleurisy with effusion
- Burning stitches
- Shooting pains
- Exudation
- Frequent micturition with burning cutting pain
- Tenacious mucus
- Ropy mucus
- Symptoms worse when urine is scanty
- Increased secretions of membranes
- Expels moles
- Expels dead fetus
- Expels placentae
- Promotes fecundity
- Dejected humour
- Lachrymose humour
- Anxious inquietude
- Agitation
- Want of confidence
- Pusillanimity
- Timidity
- Disposition to be angry
- Paroxysms of rage with cries, blows, and barkings
- Delirium
- Insanity
- Mania with extravagant acts and gestures
- Constantly attempting to do something, but accomplishing nothing
- Vertigo with loss of consciousness
- Mist before the sight
- Headache that interrupts sleep
- Pressive lancinations in the head
- Acute drawing pains in the head
- Vertigo
- Congestion in the head
- Throbbing in the brain
- Heat ascending to the head
- Sensation of burning in the head, as if the interior were raw
- Inflammation of the brain
- Drawing, jerking, and gnawing in the bones of the head
- Headache, as if the hair were pulled
- Hair standing on end
- Headache, as if coming from the nape of the neck, and wishing to escape by the forehead
- Burning in the sides of the head, ascending from the neck
- Soreness in head
- Giddiness
- Pain in the eyes
- Sensation as if the eyelids were excoriated
- Inflammation of the eyes with burning smarting
- Yellowish colour of the eyes
- Prominence and convulsive movements of the eyes
- Fiery look
- Sparkling look
- Staring look
- Objects seemed to be tinged with a yellow hue
- Inflammation and burning heat of the ears
- Swelling of the nose
- Redness of the nose
- Burning heat of the nose
- Erysipelatous inflammation of the dorsum of the nose
- Extending to the cheeks (r.)
- Hardness of nose
- Subsequent desquamation of nose
- Fetid smell before the nose
- Sickly smell before the nose
- Coryza of long duration
- Catarrh
- Copious flow of viscid mucus from the nose
- Paleness of the face
- Hollow face
- Hippocratic face
- Features which express anguish and despair
- Yellowish colour of the face
- Erysipelatous inflammation and desquamation of the cheeks
- Burning redness and swelling of the face
- Swelling at one side of the face (r.)
- Tension in face
- Swelling and inflammation of the lips
- Fissure and exfoliation of the lips
- Trismus
- Toothache, generally drawing
- Fistula in the gums
- Ulceration of the gums
- Taste of cedar pitch in the mouth
- Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth
- Inflammation of the mouth and pharynx
- Inflammation and suppuration of the tonsils
- Inability to swallow
- Burning in the mouth, extending down the pharynx
- Esophagus and stomach
- Phlegmonous inflammation of the interior of the cheek
- Aphthae in the mouth
- Frothy salivation
- Streaks of blood in saliva
- Foam at the mouth
- Coagulated blood coming from the mouth
- Inflammatory swelling and suppuration of the tongue
- Suppuration of the gums
- Fistula dentalis (suppurating) (upper incisors)
- Weakness of the organs of speech
- Languid diction
- Sore throat, on swallowing
- Difficult deglutition
- Strangulation in the throat
- Nocturnal regurgitation of food
- Impeded deglutition, esp. in the case of liquids
- Burning in the throat, on swallowing
- Inflammation and ulceration of the tonsils and of the throat
- Burning pains in the throat
- Loss of taste
- Taste of pitch in the mouth and in the throat
- Thirst, from dryness of the lips
- Repugnance to all drinks
- Want of appetite
- Disgust and repugnance to all sorts of food
- Risings, with burning sensation
- Pyrosis
- Sob-like risings, which seem to take an inverse direction and to return towards the stomach
- Vomiting of undigested food
- Vomiting of bilious and slimy substances, or of blood
- Great sensitiveness of the precordial region
- Pressive fullness, with anxiety and inquietude in the stomach
- Smarting and burning pains in the stomach
- Inflammation of the stomach
- Pains in abdomen, after taking coffee
- Inflammation of the liver
- Shootings and contraction in r. hypochondrium
- Great sensibility of the abdomen to the touch
- Burning pain in the abdomen, from the gullet to the rectum
- Burning pain above the navel, on coughing, on sneezing, on blowing the nose, with yellowish spots on the part affected
- Inflammation of the intestines
- Dropsical swelling of the abdomen
- Incarceration of flatulency under the hypochondria
- Constipation and hard faeces
- Diarrhoea, with evacuation of frothy matter, or of greenish mucus
- Cutting pains after the evacuation
- Burning pains in the rectum
- During stool, burning in the anus
- Prolapsus ani
- After stool, chilliness and tenesmus
- Dysenteric diarrhoea, with nocturnal evacuation of whitish mucus, and of solid pieces, like false membranes, with streaks of blood
- Sanguineous evacuations
- Retention of urine, with cramp-like pains in the bladder
- Urgent and ineffectual efforts to make water, with painful emission, drop by drop
- Difficult emission of urine, in a weak and scattered stream
- Increased secretion of urine
- Urine, pale yellow, or of a deep red colour
- Flow of sanguineous mucus from the bladder
- Emission of blood, drop by drop
- Purulent urine
- Burning smarting, on making water
- Incisive pains in the front part of the urethra, during the emission of urine, and afterwards
- Sharp, tearing, and incisive pains, successive pullings and pulsations in the urinary organs
- Burning, stinging and tearing in the kidneys
- Pressing pain in the kidneys, extending to the bladder; along the ureters; relieved by pressing upon the glans
- Inflammation and ulceration of the kidneys, of the bladder, and of the urethra
- Exceedingly painful sensibility of the region of the bladder on its being touched
- Draggings in the spermatic cord, on making water
- Inflammation and gangrene of the genital parts
- Painful swelling of the testes
- Sexual desire greatly increased, with painful, frequent erections (with gonorrhoea), of long continuance, as in priapismus
- Ready emission, during amorous caresses
- Spermatorrhoea
- After coition, burning pain in the urethra
- Catamenia premature and too copious, with black blood and pains during the flow
- Voiding of moles, of foetus, and of placentae
- Inflammation of the ovaries
- Swelling of the cervix uteri
- Corrosive leucorrhoea, with burning sensation on making water, and excitement of sexual desire
- Hoarseness, with painful rattling of viscid mucus, copious, and coming from the chest, and with incisive shootings in the trachea
- Oppression of breathing, with sensation of constriction of the pharynx
- Stitches in the chest during air inspiration
- Inflammation of the lungs
- Inflammation of the larynx
- Sensation of excessive weakness in the organs of respiration, on speaking and on breathing deeply
- Voice feeble, timid, and trembling
- Respiration rendered difficult and oppressed by constriction of the throat, and dryness of the nose
- Suspension of respiration in going up a hill, with rattling in the chest and nausea
- Shootings in the chest, and in the sides
- Burning pains in the chest, from whence small clots of blood are at times detached
- Palpitation of the heart
- Stiffness in the nape of the neck, with tension when bending it over
- Acute drawing pains in the back
- Tearing in the back (after rising from a seat)
- Sensation of constriction in the spine
- Emprosthotonos and opisthotonos
- Weakness and swelling of limbs
- Dropsical swelling of hands and feet
- Cold sweat of hands and feet
- Acute tractive pains in the arms
- Want of strength in the hands
- Eczematous eruption on dorsum of hand and between fingers, itching and burning fearfully
- Pains in the hips, with spasmodic sufferings in the urinary passages
- Acute tractive, piercing pains, in the legs, from the feet to the hips
- Trembling of the legs
- Darting pain from r. foot to r. side of h cad in paroxysms
- Burning pains, as from excoriation, in all the cavities of the body
- Acute shootings towards the interior in different parts
- Drawing, arthritic pains in the limbs, with affection of the urinary ducts, mitigated by rubbing
- Violent pains, with groans and lamentations
- Sensation of dryness in the joints
- Want of flexibility of the whole body
- Dejection and weakness, with excessive sensibility in all parts of the body, trembling, and desire to lie down
- Prostration of strength, proceeding even to paralysis
- Convulsions, tetanus
- The sufferings show themselves chiefly on the r. side, and are mitigated in a recumbent posture
- The symptoms are renewed every seven days
- Itching vesicles, with burning pain on being touched
- Blisters, from burns
- Erysipelatous inflammations
- Acute drawing pains in ulcers, with increased suppuration
- Great drowsiness, esp. in the afternoon, with yawnings and stretching
- Sleeplessness without apparent cause
- At night, half sleep, with frequent waking
- Pulse hard, full and rapid
- Fever, which manifests itself only by cold
- Cold and shivering, with cutis anserina and paleness of the face
- Thirst only after the shivering
- Perspiration; cold, esp. on the hands and feet; on the genitals
- Sweat, of the smell of urine
- Pulsation through the trembling limbs