LYCOPERSICUM ESCULENTUM

(SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM)

Marked symptoms of rheumatism and influenza. Severe aching pains all over body. Pains left after influenza . Head always shows signs of acute congestion. Hay-fever, with marked aggravation from breathing the least dust. Frequent urination and profuse watery diarrhœa.

Head

Bursting pain, beginning in occiput and spreading all over. Whole head and scalp feels sore, bruised, after pain has ceased.

Eyes

Dull, heavy; pupils contracted; eyeballs feel contracted; aching in and around eyes. Eyes suffused.

Nose

Profuse, watery coryza; drops down throat. Itching in anterior chamber; worse, breathing any dust; better, indoors.

Heart

Decided decrease in pulse rate with anxiety and apprehensiveness.

Respiratory

Voice husky. Pain in chest, extending to head. Hoarseness; constant desire to clear throat. Expulsive cough, deep and harsh. Chest oppressed; dry, hacking cough coming on at night and keeping one awake.

Urine

Constant dribbling in open air . Must rise at night to urinate.

Extremities

Aching through back. Dull pain in lumbar region. Sharp pain in right deltoid and pectoralis muscles . Pain deep in middle of right arm. Rheumatic pain in right elbow and wrist, and hands of both sides. Intense aching in lower limbs. Right crural neuralgia. Tingling along right ulnar nerve.

Modalities

Worse , right side, open air, continued motion, jars, noises. Better , warm room, tobacco.

Relationship

Compare: Bellad (follows well); Eup perf; Rhus; Sanguin; Caps .

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.