Cinchona ( China ) Officinalis - Skin symptoms - T.F. Allen

SKIN

Skin

Objective.

A jumping in the skin of the abdomen in several places, as if a hair were pulled up,

Eruptions, Dry.

In the morning, frightful swelling of face, forearms, and hands (urticaria); eight days after this had disappeared the dose was repeated, upon which the eruption returned with the same intensity; this time the nettlerash pimples were mingled with vesicles like varicella,

Eruption in the concha,

(Red rashlike eruption on the forepart of the throat, without itching),

Eruptions, Moist.

Watery blisters behind the ears,

Eruptions, Pustular.

Boil upon the cheek,

A boil in the pectoral muscles,

(Offensive matter is discharged from an ulcer, with burning and itching in it; he cannot let the foot hang down; the foot is painful when standing),

Subjective.

Fine sticking at various points in the skin,

Itching of the skin; blood oozes on scratching,

Intolerable itching at night,

Itching of the skin; after scratching, vesicles, as from burning nettles, appear,

Sensation at the elbow-joint as if the skin were infiltrated with blood,

Contractive pain on the left side of the occiput externally; it seems as though the skin were drawn to one point; not aggravated by touch,

Boring pain in an ulcer,

Digging pain in a sore,

An ulcer becomes painfully sensitive, with boring pain in it,

Painful sensitiveness of the skin of the thighs to the rubbing of the clothes, as though the skin were raw and covered with pimples (after eight days),

Throbbing pain in an ulcer on moving the part, but not during rest,

(Sticking-throbbing pain in an ulcer, even while at rest),

(Creeping in the skin of the forehead),

Itching-crawling in the scrotum, in the evening in bed, which causes rubbing,

Itching on the left lid,

Itching on the arms, loins, and chest, especially in the evening; after scratching pimples appear,

Violent itching on the right sole while walking and sitting, relieved for awhile by scratching,

Burning-itching under the knees, on the inside of the arms, when warm and at night in bed, with eruption of small blisters which contain water, but which disappear in the cold air,

Sticking-itching on the scrotum,

In a sore (an ulcer) sticking-itching pain, lasting two hours (after a few hours),

Biting-itching, almost only on those parts upon which he does not lie, and which are turned upward (during the midday nap), (after twenty-six hours),

Biting-itching almost only in those parts upon which he lies in bed; scratching relieves only for a moment; but if he lies upon the other side, so that the itching side may be upward, then the itching soon disappears (after eight and nine hours),

Crawling-itching on the coccyx, which disappears for only a short time on rubbing (after one hour),