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Indigo

Indigo-dye-stuff, Indigo Tinctoria, Indg.

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Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Indigo in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.

  GENERAL

General

Marked action on the nervous system, and of undoubted benefit in the treatment of epilepsy with great sadness. Excited mood and desire to be busy. Neurasthenia and hysteria. Pure powdered Indigo placed on the wound cures snake and spider poison ( Kali-permang.; golondrina; Cedron Cedron.) Stricture of oesophagus; blue color ( Cuprum Metallicum Cupr.)

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.

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  MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, during rest and sitting.

Better

BETTER, pressure, rubbing, motion.

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  RELATIONSHIPS

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Compare: Cuprum Metallicum Cuprum; Oestrus cameli, an Indian medicine for epilepsy.

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  MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work

Behaviour; industrious

Delirium; maniacal

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions

illusions of fantasy

about self; body; imagines has an enlarged thyroid gland

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

irritability

irritability; evening

mildness

reserved

unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); night

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; confusion; from movement

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

Insanity

mania, madness

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

frightened easily; starting, startled; night

Perception; senses; dull

Restlessness, nervousness; night

Talking, conversation

muttering (see delirium); in sleep

in sleep

Wearisome, tired

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  VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Vertigo with nausea

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  HEAD

Convulsions

Sensation of a band around forehead

Undulating sensation through whole head

Sensation as if brain were frozen

Gloomy; cries at night

Head feels frozen.

Sensation of head bubbling

boiling sensation

as of boiling water

in back of head (occiput)

Congestion (see pulsation)

evening

fullness

morning

fullness; while reading

fullness; forehead

while reading

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing)

like band or hoop

forehead; as from a band

Expanded sensation (see swollen); enlarged sensation

Hot

morning

evening

as if hot water

heat rising up inside

from abdomen

while walking

in a warm room

forehead

morning

back of head (occiput)

Movements in head

morning

in open air

swashing sensation

when rising up

while indoors

while walking

shaking sensation

waving sensation

Movements of head; trembling

Pulsating

morning

evening

here and there

while sitting

back of head (occiput)

at sides

side

Swollen, and feeling swollen

forehead

Tingling; forehead

Sensation of turning and twisting

Headache

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); morning

pressing); afternoon

pressing); on movement of head

pressing); on stooping

pressing); forehead

pressing); back of head (occiput)

late morning

Hydrocephalus (water on the brain: headache, drowsiness, vomiting)

Pain, headache

late morning

noon

afternoon

evening

8 to 9 p.m.

11 p.m.

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after breakfast

constant

when hungry

before dinner

with stomach complaints

hammering pain

certain movements; movement in general

certain movements; rising (see morning, noon, night, etc., on rising, also movement; raising head); from stooping

pulsating

rubbing head

sitting

from stooping

extending to other parts; cheek

extending to other parts; face

aching deep in brain; late morning

in forehead; right side

in forehead; evening

back of head (occiput)

late morning

evening

while sitting

sides; late morning

sides; afternoon

sides; evening

sides; after rising

sides; sitting

sides; stooping

temples; late morning

temples; after eating

top of head (vertex); afternoon

top of head (vertex); extending to other parts; back of head (occiput)

forehead and top of head (vertex)

as from blows to the head

boring, digging, screwing

burning; back of head (occiput)

bursting; forehead

cramping; temples

left

pulling; sides

pulling; temples

pulling; top of head (vertex)

dull pain; back of head (occiput)

grumbling

jerking

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

deep-seated

outward

as if brain bound up

as if brain pressing; outward

forehead

forehead; as from a band

forehead; extending to other parts; side of head

forehead; over eyes

temples; outward

top of head (vertex)

top of head (vertex); when stooping

shooting (see cutting, piercing, stabbing, shocks, stitches, etc.)

on stooping

back of head (occiput)

top of head (vertex); deep

top of head (vertex); transient

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; forehead

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; back of head (occiput)

stitching, sudden, sharp

morning

afternoon

evening

while sitting

extending to other parts; cheek bone

forehead; middle of

back of head (occiput)

back of head (occiput); while sitting

back of head (occiput); sides

side of head

side of head; extending deep into brain

temples; late morning

top of head (vertex)

top of head (vertex); afternoon

tearing, rending

morning

while sitting

forehead

back of head (occiput)

sides of head

temples; late morning

top of head (vertex)

top of head (vertex); extending to back of head (occiput)

Shocks, blows, jerks, etc. (see jerking pain, pulsation, plug, nail)

Scalp

Hair feels pulled from vertex

Pain, headache

from combing or binding hair; from binding hair

sensation as if hair were pulled

top of head (vertex)

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  EYES

Eyes

Inflammation; wounds; glands under eye lids

Pain

pressing

pressing; left

stitching, sudden, sharp; corner; inner

Twitching; lids

Vision

Lost vision, blindness; afternoon

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  EARS

Ear

Pressure and roaring.

Coldness; above the ear

Noises in ear

roaring

Pain

evening

while sitting

extending to other parts

extending to side of skull

extending to other parts; extending to temples

behind ear

in front of ear

inside (in ear canal)

boring pain in ear

afternoon

gnawing, biting; left then right

gnawing, biting; afternoon

gnawing, biting; rubbing

pressing

stitching, sudden, sharp

above the ear

tearing in

afternoon

evening

while sitting

behind the ear

in front of ear

Pulsation

evening

after dinner

while sitting

Stopped sensation

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  FACE

Face

Heat

Pain

right

boring

cheek bones

lower jaw

lower jaw; right

pulling; jaws; lower jaw

as if being bitten

jerking

sudden, sharp

left

jaws; upper; afternoon

tearing

cheek bones

jaw; lower

Skin

discoloration; bluish; circles around eyes

discoloration; red

during headache

itching (see skin)

out-breaks on skin; pimples

forehead

forehead; painful

out-breaks on skin; rash; forehead

out-breaks on skin; blisters

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  NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed

afternoon

from blowing the nose

with cough

whooping cough

after the attack

with loss of sight

Pain

bones

cutting; bones

tearing; bones

Discharge

Excessive sneezing and bleeding from nose.

Nose bleed; when sneezing

Sneezing

constant

difficult to sneeze

violent

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  MOUTH

Mouth

Numbness

Gums and teeth

Teeth

pain; pressure

pain; rheumatic

pain; extending to other parts; ear

pain; boring

pain; as if being bitten

pain; jerking

pain; tearing

when opening mouth

extending to other parts; to temple

pain; tingling

Saliva

Saliva; bloody

Tongue

Growths, blisters, swellings

blisters; tongue

blisters; tongue; tip

Pain

aching; tongue; peppery

burning, raw and smarting; tongue

tip

Taste

Taste

metallic

sweetish; broth tastes sweet

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  THROAT

Throat

Choking, constricting

Pain

sudden, sharp; larynx

sudden, sharp; larynx; evening

Tickling in the air passages; in trachea (wind pipe)

External throat

pain; sides; pulling

pain; sides; pulling; right

to lower jaw

pain; sides; pulling; jerking left side

pain; sides; pulling; piercing, stabbing

pain; sides; pulling; extending to lower jaw

pain; tearing; sides

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  CHEST

Chest

Bubbling sensation in blood (see heat flushes)

Pain

boring

burning; breast

during period

stitching, sudden, sharp; during movement

stitching, sudden, sharp; sitting

stitching, sudden, sharp; breast

stitching, sudden, sharp; middle of chest

while sitting

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides

movement

while sitting

extending to shoulders

stitching, sudden, sharp; breast bone

while sitting

Respiration

Difficult (dyspnea)

while sitting

walking

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  COUGH

Cough

Day and night

Morning

after rising

Evening

in bed

Night

Dry cough

evening

lying down

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); pain from coughing in wind pipe

While lying down; bed

Lying down

Painful to cough; stitching, sudden, sharp pain; in larynx, from coughing

Comes on suddenly

evening

On rising

Intermittent

Suffocating

evening

in bed

night

Tickling; in wind pipe

Violent

evening

Whooping

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  EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage); morning

Copious

Lumpy

Mucous

Thick; and sticky

Tough

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  SKIN

Skin

Itching

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  BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain; sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back)

Neck

Skin; out-breaks on skin; boils; neck

Back

Pain

after dinner

lumbar (lower half of back); stool

lumbar (lower half of back); extending to other parts; shoulders

sacrum (base of spine); after stool

pulling; lumbar (lower half of back)

moving

extending to other parts; shoulders

pressing; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

after dinner

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; lumbar (lower half of back)

during stool

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; sacrum (base of spine); after stool.

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  ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Metallic taste

Bloating

Anorexia

Flushes of heat rising from stomach to head.

Heat; extending to head

Noises from abdomen; rumbling; before stool

Pain

during stool

groin region

navel

when fasting

on breathing in deeply

while sitting

region of navel

pressing; after stool

pressing; groin region

right

pressing; region of navel; during stool

cutting; navel

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); groin region

twinging; groin region

extending to chest

Skin; itching; lower part of abdomen

Bladder

catarrh mucous-pus (see urine, sediment containing pus)

pain

while urinating

burning

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); afternoon

Kidneys

pain; ureters (tubes between kidneys and bladder); right side

pain; cutting; ureters (tubes between kidneys and bladder)

Stomach

appetite; reduced; noon

epileptic aura

burping, belching; noon

burping, belching; ineffectual and incomplete

burping, belching; bitter

inflammation

pain; after drinking; soup

pain; extending to other parts; to arm

pain; extending to other parts; back

pain; cutting; evening

pain; cutting; after soup

pain; pressing; pressure

pain; pressing; after soup

pain; sudden, sharp; late morning

without thirst

tingling

Eating

hiccup; after dinner

Eructation

Eructations

Nausea

Stomach

nausea; afternoon

nausea; night; 2 a.m.

nausea; after eating; after breakfast

Vomiting

vomiting; on coughing

vomiting; during diarrhoea

vomiting; mucus; like jelly

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  RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Falling of rectum

Aroused at night with horrible itching at anus.

Urinary Organs.

Constant desire to urinate

Urine turbid

Catarrh of bladder.

Flatulence; during stool

Pain

cutting

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; after stool

Prolapse; after stool

Worm; worms

Stool

Bluish; clay-like

Scanty

Soft

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  GENITALS ETC

Urine

Burning (includes hot)

Cloudy

Colour; violet

Scanty

Sediment; mucous

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); contraction

contraction

during urination

itching

pain; contracting

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp

closing

spasmodic

Male

Male

coldness; penis

itching; penis

head (glans)

itching; scrotum

pain; sore; testes

Genitals

sexual passion; diminished

Menses

Female; period; frequent

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  EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Sciatica

Pain from middle of thigh to knee

Boring pain in knee-joint; better, walking

Pain in limbs worse after every meal.

Coldness; upper limbs; hands

Heaviness

lower limbs

lower limbs; evening; in bed

Pain

after eating

joints

rheumatic

upper limbs; after eating

upper arm; on pressure

lower limbs

after eating

movement

beginning to move

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh)

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); afternoon

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); evening

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); night

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); movement

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); sitting

sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); walking

while sitting

walking

hip

right

after eating

extending to other parts; downward

thigh

movement

walking

in bone

middle

knee

movement

while sitting

extending to other parts; shin bone

lower leg

movement

walking

boring; knee

while sitting

burning; knee; hollow of knee

pulling; upper limbs

pulling; upper arm

pulling; forearm; bones; thumb side of forearm

pulling; forearm; near wrist

pulling; fingers

pulling; thumb

pulling; knee

extending upward

pulling; leg; morning

pulling; leg; shin

pulling; ankles

afternoon

evening

movement

pulling; foot

back of foot

heel; while sitting

pulling; toes

gnawing, biting; elbow

pressing; upper arm

pressing; elbow

pressing; forearm

pressing; thumb; joints

pressing; leg

pressing; ankle

after dinner

movement

comes on suddenly

sore, bruised; upper limbs

sore, bruised; upper arm

sore, bruised; thigh; during period

sore, bruised; thigh; back part (hamstring)

sore, bruised; foot; back of foot

stitching, sudden, sharp; shoulder

afternoon

afternoon; 4 p.m.

stitching, sudden, sharp; upper arm

bone; ends of bones

stitching, sudden, sharp; elbow

extending to shoulder

ends of bones

stitching, sudden, sharp; wrist

movement

stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers; joints

stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers; first finger; joints of; middle finger

stitching, sudden, sharp; knee

while sitting

stitching, sudden, sharp; leg; calf

stitching, sudden, sharp; ankle

sudden

ankle bone; internal

tearing; upper limbs

tearing; shoulder; afternoon; 4 p.m.

tearing; upper arm

pressure

bone; while sitting

tearing; elbow

late morning; sitting

tearing; forearm

tearing; hand

joints

tearing; fingers; fourth finger; afternoon

tearing; fingers; thumb

tearing; lower limbs

tearing; knee

while walking

extending to other parts; to ankle

extending to other parts; downward

tearing; leg

afternoon

while sitting

while walking

calf

calf; movement

calf; while sitting

tearing; ankle

tearing; toes

first toe (large toe)

Pulsation, throbbing; elbow

Skin

itching

itching; elbow

itching; hand; back of hand

out-break on skin; blisters; containing fluid

out-break on skin; like nettle rash

out-break on skin; upper limbs; like nettle rash

out-break on skin; upper limbs; blisters

out-break on skin; hand; blotches

out-break on skin; hand; back of hand; like nettle rash

out-break on skin; hand; back of hand; blisters

out-break on skin; hand; between index finger and thumb; like nettle rash

out-break on skin; hand; between index finger and thumb; blisters

out-break on skin; buttocks; boils

Swollen; hand; veins; late morning

Weakness

upper limbs; late morning

forearm

hand; as if sprained

lower limbs; evening

knee

leg

while sitting

foot

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  FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

During sleep

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  GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

animals, insects, beasts; horses

animals, insects, beasts; horses; running

fights

flying

frightful

journey

riots

Sleepiness, tiredness

late morning

while sitting

afternoon

evening

Waking

frequent

late

Yawning; frequent; late morning

Convulsions

Convulsions

epileptic

epileptic; epileptic aura, abdomen to head

epileptic; from solar plexus

from fright

periodic

every 7 days

Generalities

Nerves; Hysterical symptoms where pain predominates

Excessive nervous irritation

Epilepsy; flashes of heat from abdomen to head; fit begins with dizziness

Aura from a painful spot between shoulders

Reflex spasms from worms.

Evening; after eating

Eating and food; after eating

Inflammation; thin, watery membranes

Movement

Pain

sudden, sharp; externally

tearing; externally

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); hot feeling; flushes of heat; upwards

Illusions of touch

Walking

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

daytime

late morning

evening

after dinner

walking

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