Cinnabaris

Cinnabar. corresponds to sycosis as well as to syphilis, and to combinations

of the two. In warts on the prepuce it is more specific than Thuja; especially for fan-shaped

warts. In the mental sphere there is indolence and indisposition to mental labour. Forgetful.

Fretful, easily provoked. Headache with nosebleed. General sensitiveness to touch: bones of

skull, scalp, roots of hair; bridge of nose; warts bleed when touched. Sensation on bridge of nose

as if touched with metallic substance, uneasy creeping and pressing sensation about nasal bones

as from wearing spectacles when not used to them. Jerkings and pullings are frequent. Berridge

reports this symptom cured: "Left leg feels shorter than right whilst walking." jerking in penis;

occurring during sleep. Tearing stitches in glans. Burning, stinging, itching of corona glandis.

Leucorrheea, the discharge of which causes a pressure in vagina. Hemorrhages are frequent:

nose-bleed; bleeding piles. In addition to dysenteric symptoms there is obstinate constipation,

stools hard and too large. Protrusion of anus during stool. Formication as from a large worm.

Little pimples round anus with burning and itching. The skin is much affected. Redness

predominates (colour of the drug). Red spots. Heat, redness, and swelling of face, especially

about eyes. "We are led to use this for very red and very fiery-looking ulcers, which may occur

in the throat or on any other part of the body, in the mouth, on the legs; particularly if there be

nodes on the shin-bones. In very angry-looking chancres" (Guernsey). Eruption on posterior

cervical region; on inner and lower part of thigh with itching. Warts; pimples; pustules; ulcers;

violent itching and pricking, especially about joints. The back of the neck is much affected. Pain

• ▸extending to occiput when head is thrown back.
• ▸Pain r.
• ▸side of neck on turning head.
• ▸Muscles

• ▸seem contracted.
• ▸Glands enlarged.
• ▸The symptoms are > in open air.
• ▸Cold and chilly in warm

• ▸room.
• ▸< In summer.
• ▸Most symptoms are < at night.
• ▸Sweat < at noon.
• ▸Generally rest >; walking <.

Headache < after sleep. After dinner >. Symptoms intermit in severity.

Indisposition for mental labour.—Sensation of fulness in the head from mental

• ▸application.
• ▸—Forgetfulness (forgets things he has to do).
• ▸—Fretful, easily provoked.
• ▸—Desire to be

alone.

Sensation of lameness in all the limbs.—Pulling and shuddering in the arms

and the legs.—Paralytic pains in the limbs, with indolence and drowsiness.—Weariness, languor,

tired and prostrated; worse before eating, better when riding in the open air.—General nervous,

uneasy sensation.

Congestion to head; face purple red.

Violent and frightful attack of cephalalgia, in the sinciput and in the temples,

mitigated by compression of the head.—Stupefying buzzing in the head, a little after dinner, and

in the evening before lying down.—Giddiness in the morning after rising, when stooping, with

nausea.—Congestion of blood to the head, particularly to the vertex; worse after eating —Intense

headache; he cannot raise his head from the pillow; relieved by external pressure —Dull pain in

the forehead, which is cold; relieved by heat—In the morning, after waking, pain in the forehead

and top of the head; < when lying on the |. side and back; > and going off, when turning on r.

side, and after rising.—Shooting pain in the |. side of the head, with increase of saliva and great

flow of urine.—Shooting in the teguments of the head.—Painful sensitiveness of the cranium and

of the hair on being touched.

*Pains from lachrymal duct around eye to temple, from inner canthus across brows to ear. Severe shooting pain in bones of orbit, especially running from inner to outer canthus in the bone. Redness of whole eye*. Lids granulated; canthi and lids red.

Inflammation of the eyes, with pressive shootings and constant lachrymation when

fixing them on an object.—Shooting pains in inner canthus of r. eye, with burning and

• ▸itching.
• ▸—Inflammation of r.
• ▸eye, with profuse discharge of mucus from the nose.
• ▸—Flow of

tears —Sticking pain about the punctum lachrymale of the upper eyelid——Redness of the whole

eye, with swelling of the face.

Roaring in the ears with swelling of the face (after eating).—Scurfy eruption in r.

external ear.—Itching in r. ear.

Pressive sensation, as from heavy spectacles. Pain about root, extending into bones on each side (Aur; Kal hyd).

Violent fluent coryza, with secretion of burning serum.—Sensation as if touched by a

cold metallic body, on a small space over the root of the nose.—Itching of the nose, with bleeding

(very dark blood) after blowing it—Coryza, with lameness of the thighs and aching in the small

of the back; lumps of dirty yellow mucus are discharged from the posterior nares.

Both corners of the mouth are chapped.—Tongue coated white in the morning. —A

small ulcer on the roof of the mouth, on the r. side of the tip of the tongue; on the tip of the

tongue.—Burning, constrictive sensation in the palate; taste bitter in the morning.—Salivation and

increased flow of urine.—Putrid taste in the mouth.

Dryness and irritation of the throat (posterior nares, tonsils, fauces) at night, with

soreness during the day.—In the morning, secretion of tenacious mucus from posterior nares, in

lumps.—Increased dryness of mouth and throat, being obliged to moisten and rinse the mouth

every time he wakes.

10. Appetite-—Nocturnal dryness and heat in the mouth and in the throat, with much

thirst.—Scanty, tenacious, frothy saliva in the mouth, without thirst; better after

drinking.—Pressive contractions in the throat during deglutition —After a meal, disagreeable

sensation of swelling over the whole body, with tightness in the chest and in the

stomach.—Appetite increased.

Stringy mucus passed through posterior nares into throat. Dryness of mouth and throat; must rinse the mouth. Fiery-looking ulcers in mouth and throat.

At night, heat, which extends upwards from the stomach towards the neck and the

head, and disperses on rising up in bed.—Soreness in the stomach, with dizziness and lightness in

the head and tightness in the temples.—Nausea, alleviated by eructations.—Nausea, with water-

brash (in the evening).

Flashes of heat confined to the abdomen, with great flatulence (worse in the

forenoon).

Evacuations, soft and frequent, preceded by pinchings in the abdomen;

• ▸less afterwards.
• ▸—Bloody dysentery.
• ▸—Greenish mucous diarrhoea.
• ▸—Sensation of formication in

the anus, as if from a large worm.—Little pimples around the anus, with burning and itching; thin

stools and tenesmus.

Frequent and increasing emission of watery urine; also during the

night—Pain, as if from a sore in the urethra, when urinating; this pain wakes him up at night.

Leucorrhoea. Feeling of pressure in vagina.

Prepuce swollen; warts on it which bleed easily; testicles enlarged; buboes; angry-looking chancres. Syphilides, squamous and vesicular.

Swelling of the penis.—Pseudo gonorrhcea, with redness and swelling

of the prepuce.—Violent itching of the corona glandis, with profuse secretion of pus.—Small,

• ▸shining red points on the glans penis.
• ▸—Condyloma.
• ▸—Blennorrhcea.
• ▸—S ycotic

excrescences.—Sexual desire strongly excited, and great inclination for coition, with great

appetite for eating and drinking.—Strong erections in the evening in bed.—Fetid and corrosive

sweats, between the scrotum and the thighs when walking.

Hoarseness in the evening.—Dyspneea, with heat.—Cough from

tickling in the throat—Dry cough, in single shocks, when lying down; > by sitting up.

Chest oppressed, feels contracted; relieved by stretching himself.—Pain running over

the ensiform cartilage, from the seventh rib on the r. side diagonally through the chest —Pulsative

and shooting pains in the chest, esp. when walking.

Pain in back part of neck when head is thrown back, extending to

occiput.—Wrenching pains in the vertebree of the neck.—The muscles of the back part of the neck

seem as if contracted —Tearing in the side of the back, even at night on moving in the bed, > by

the heat of the fire——Aching in the small of the back, as if bruised.—Pain all over the back down

to the loins, aggravated on drawing a long breath.

Pain in the |. shoulder, between the clavicle and scapula, interiorly.—Pain in

the middle of the upper part of r. arm, as though it would break.—Periodical shooting pains in the

arms.—Tearing in the arms when writing, > by the heat of the fire—Sensation of lameness in r.

arm.—Numbness of |. arm, from elbow to end of little finger, it feels as if the "crazy-bone" was

struck.—The joints of the fingers and knuckles are red (and hot).

Painful jerking in the leg, in the evening, after sleeping. —Shooting, drawing,

and aching pains in the thighs, from the hip-joints nearly down to the condyles; < at

night——Violent itching on the inside of thighs, knees, and legs; worse in the knees, esp. at

• ▸night.
• ▸—Profuse perspiration between the thighs (when walking).
• ▸—Rheumatic pain in r.
• ▸knee-

joint; < when walking (ascending), > at rest.—Pain in the tendo Achillis and os calcis after

walking.—Coldness in the joints.—Coldness of the feet, day and night.

Pain in forearm from elbow down, including hands. Pain in long bones when barometer lowers; coldness of joints.

• ▸Very fiery-red looking ulcers.
• ▸Nodes on shin-bones.
• ▸Buboes.
• ▸Condyloma, easily bleeding.

Itching: of the nose (bleeding after blowing it); of eyelids; canthi (outer); ears; face (1.

side) palms of hands (r.); thighs (inside); knees; legs; at the anus (at night), on the shoulders

(evening).—Sensation as if pimples were coming out over the body.—Red papulous eruption,

without itching, on both elbows.—Redness of the skin —Red, fiery-looking ulcers, which may

occur in the throat or in any other part of the body, in the mouth, on the legs; particularly if there

be nodes on the shin-bones.—Very angry-looking chancres.

Sleepiness in the daytime and sleeplessness at night; unconquerable desire to sleep

after dinner, early in the evening (during the day).—Restlessness and sleeplessness at night, from

a constant flow of ideas changing from one thing to another.—Nightly sleeplessness, without

causing fatigue.—Restless sleep, with vivid dreams and much talking.—Nightmare after midnight.

Pulse slower in the forepart of the day, accelerated in the evening.—Coldness and

chilliness in the warm room.—Internal and external heat of the body during the whole

night.—Profuse perspiration between the thighs.—Perspiration most at noon.

• ▸Albuminuria.
• ▸Bubo.
• ▸Catarrh.
• ▸Chancre.
• ▸Cystitis.
• ▸Dysentery.
• ▸Eye, inflammation of.

• ▸Gleet.
• ▸Gonorrhcea.
• ▸Gout.
• ▸Nose, external, sensitive.
• ▸Priapism.
• ▸Rheumatism.
• ▸Sciatica.
• ▸Scrofula.

• ▸Sleep, abnormal.
• ▸Sycosis.
• ▸Syphilis.
• ▸Tapeworm.
• ▸Warts.

• ▸Antidoted by: Hepar, Nit.
• ▸ac.
• ▸, Opium, and Sulphur.
• ▸Compare: Camph.
• ▸(red spots);

• ▸Lach.
• ▸, Merc.
• ▸, Nit.
• ▸ac.
• ▸, Thuja (Cinnab.
• ▸is better than Thuja in warts on prepuce); compare also

• ▸Sep.
• ▸(warts on margin of prepuce); Ant.
• ▸t.
• ▸(warts at back of glans).
• ▸Seneg.
• ▸has > bending head

backward, Clem. has headache < from same; Clem. also has vertigo on lifting head up or moving

head; Cinnab. has pain in back of neck when head is thrown back.

Compare: Hepar; Nitr ac; Thuja; Sep.

Antidotes: Hepar; Sulph.

First to third trituration.

[Red Sulphide of Mercury,)

The symptoms are worse at night from warmth of the bed, and

when perspiring, like Mercurius, Worse from both heat and cold.

• ▸Catarrhal inflammation.
• ▸Fig warts [Thuja).
• ▸Ulcers.
• ▸Many complaints from eating.
• ▸Syphilis in ali stages.
• ▸Suppurating glands ;

chancres. It is best to study this remedy as a form of Mercurius,

which has a few cunning phases of its own. It is a deep acting remedy in sycosis.

• ▸The patient desires to be alone.
• ▸Aversion to mental work.
• ▸Forgets things which he intended to do.
• ▸Mind crowded with thoughts

preventing sleep.

The pains in the head are violent ; worse after eating ; better by

• ▸heat and pressure.
• ▸Fulness in the whole head.
• ▸Constriction.
• ▸Pain

in the cold forehead, which is ameliorated by heat. Tearing in the

forehead before the menstrual flow. Pain in the forehead and vertex in the morning, worse lying on the left side and back, ameliorated

lying on the right side, and it passes off after rising. Shooting pains

in the left side of the head with flow of saliva and copious urine.

Headache with nosebleed. Sensitive scalp and skull. Supra-orbital

neuralgia.

• ▸Stitching, and dull pains in the eyes.
• ▸Inflammation of the conjunctiva ; worse at night.
• ▸Red, congested lids.
• ▸Ptosis.
• ▸Weak vision.
• ▸Iritis of syphilitic origin.
• ▸The symptoms are worse at night.

Sharp paroxysmal pains from the warmth of the bed.

Roaring in the ears after eating. Itching in the ears.

Cold spot on root of nose Pressure on the bones of the nose.

Coryza with dirty yellow mucus drawn from posterior nares. Epistaxis ; pains in back and limbs.

The symptoms of the teeth are similar to Mercurius,

Tongue coated white every morning. Taste putrid, metallic and

• ▸bitter.
• ▸Sore ulcerated mouth.
• ▸Salivation.
• ▸Inflammation of mouth