Graphites naturalis Kind Anhang

 

Comparison.x of Carcinosinum and others

Learning disability

 

Frech/unverschämt, lacht über Ermahnungen.

Loves to listen to organ music, music played by a single instrument

 

[Robin Murphy]

Fat, chilly and costive. Can be impudent, teasing, laugh at reprimands. Thickening and induration of skin. Aids absorption of scar tissue. Eradicates the tendency to erysipelas.

Music makes her weep. Nails thick, rough, ingrown. Fissures in and behind ears. Eczema of lids.

 

Mind:

Family-oriented children; at a young age will stand as a watchdog for the family’s reputation in society.

Always anticipating some fear and tend to be very anxious.

Fastidious (Anac. Ars. Carc. Nux-v).

Irresolution with poor self-confidence. Like a pendulum, the child vacillates and hesitates over every decision.

Negative from the core of his heart (Bar-c. Calc.).

Sluggish and lazy children; aversion to work.

Timid children, with a lack of self-assurance; need constant support.

All emotions (anxiety/apprehension/fear/sadness) > weeping.

Child is slow and dull in the morning, but by evening becomes extremely cheerful and active.

Conscientious about trifles.

Dread of anything new (playing a new game/going to a new school/making new friends).

Fidgety.

Girls who like playing games that boys play, wear boy’s clothes and shoes, prefer the company of boys (Plat-met.), etc.

Physical:

Extremely chilly children, in spite of profuse perspiration, with a desire for warmth.

Most complaints < from any kind of exertion/> eating.

Corpulent, costive and sluggish children, with fatty deposits around the trunk, and thin limbs.

Wounds tend to heal very slowly.

Other important symptoms

Mind:

Ailments from insecurity, grief and fright in children due to constant quarrels and squabbles between their parents (Mag-m).

Child has a strong fear of thunderstorm (Borx. Phos), along with other fears (at night/accidents/darkness/evil/failure/falling/strangers).

All his fears > weeping (Dig. Phos) and by eating; giving rise to a tendency to obesity in young children.

Child hates to study and is always < any kind of mental or physical exertion (Calc. Nat-c. Pic-ac).

Child anxious before going to sleep out of fear of the frequent nightmares that he gets.

Easily moved to laughter and tears.

Likes to listen to music played by a single instrument.

Melancholic mood after listening to music.

There are two spectrums of this remedy:

1. the child can be extremely fearful and timid;

2. the child can be very rude, captious, hostile and contentious.

Useful remedy for bulimia in dull, lazy and inactive children, who like to remain sitting in one place all the time.

Head:

Head needs to be warmly wrapped at all times; is very sensitive to cold air.

Moist, crusty, foul eruptions that spread by eroding at the edges; scratching causes excoriation and more moist secretion, which then dries into crusts; more on the vertex.

Psoriatic and eczematous lesions, with excessive scaling and itching, < at night (Mez) and from cold; > warmth (Anac) and washing the head.

Catarrhal and meningeal headaches; < after sleep/on waking in the morning.

Excessive perspiration of the scalp; yet needs to keep it covered.

Premature hairfall in young children (vertex), after some kind of worry, mortification or unhappiness.

Examination findings:

- Abundant white scaly dandruff all over the scalp.

- Obstinate lice in the hair.

- Plica polonica.

- Sebaceous cyst.

Eyes:

Chronic blepharitis (Ant-c).

Lids completely agglutinated (Lyc. Phos) in the morning.

Inflamed, red, swollen eyelids with photophobia.

Examination findings:

- Gluey discharge that dries up and adheres to the lids.

- Myopia.

Ears:

Chronic otitis media.

Examination findings:

- Eruptions and excoriation behind the ears (Petr).

- Perforation of the eardrum (Tub).

- Eczema of the external ear.

- Yellow, excoriating discharge.

Nose:

Coryza on becoming cold (Merc).

Congestion during the day.

Persistent, purulent nasal discharge.

Examination findings:

- Black pores on nose (Sulph).

- Foul, offensive discharge.

Face:

Examination findings:

- Erysipelas (Ant-c).

- Hard, swollen submaxillary glands.

- Obstinate facial acne (Ars-i).

- Pale yellow face.

Mouth:

Gums swell and bleed easily (Kreos).

Throat:

Examination findings:

- Husky voice.

- Hypertrophy of the tonsils (Bar-m).

Respiration:

Cough excited by deep breathing (Bry. Kali-c).

Stomach:

Great weakness of digestion, < cold food (Ph-ac).

Although obese (Caps. Phyt), they have a strong aversion to sweets (Caust).

Always hungry (Iod. Lyc) with a large appetite (Sulph).

Frequent hunger pangs within few hours after a meal.

Great thirst early in the morning (Nit-ac).

Most of the digestive complaints (indigestion, constipation, colic) occur when the child is exposed to undue mental stress.

<: Cold food/cold water/fatty food (Puls. Tarent);

>: (hot) Milk;

Aversions: Cooked food/fish (Phos. Zinc)/meat/sweets;

Desires: Bland food/chicken/juices/meat (at dinnertime)/sweets;

Abdomen:

Abdominal colic is better only by taking hot milk (Crot-t).

Distension of abdomen after eating.

Excessive gaseous distension with discharge of fetid flatus (Asaf).

Intolerant of anything tight around the abdomen (Arg-n. Lach. Nux-v).

Examination findings:

- Distended abdomen in babies with colic.

- Liver enlarged and indurated.

Rectum:

Large stool (Bry), with quite a lot of stringy white mucus from the rectum (Borx. Kali-chl).

Stools hard and too large, OR soft and small.

Bladder:

Sour-smelling urine (Nat-c. Sep).

Male organs:

Examination findings:

- Edematous swelling of the foreskin and scrotum (Apis, Ars, Rhus-t).

Female organs:

Excoriation of vulva.

Limbs:

Examination findings:

- Excoriation between the fingers and lower limbs.

- Thick, crippled toenails (Sec).

- Thick, distorted fingernails (Ant-c. Sil).

Skin:

Tendency to allergic eczema (Anthraco. Mez) in the folds of skin (Ars. Psor), back of ears (Lyc. Olnd), canthi of eyes, groins, bends of elbows, around the wrists, and  around the anus.

Harsh, dry skin, with a tendency to crack (when exposed to cold).

Unhealthy skin.

Examination findings:

- Cracked skin (Calc. Petr) with a tendency to bleed, and ooze out a thick, yellow, sticky discharge that dries up quickly and forms thick crusts

            This crust piles up as the secretion of matter continues underneath. The crust then falls off, revealing the same kind of gluey, yellow discharge (often streaked with blood).

Generals:

Extremely chilly children; < slightest draft (Kali-c. Puls) or exposure to cold air (Bar-c. Hep).

Fat, heavy children with enlarged abdomens (Calc).

Tendency to excoriation, cracks and fissures in the angles of the mouth (Arum-t. Nit-ac. Sil), margins of mucous membranes of eyes, mouth, anus (Cham. Mur-ac. Nit-ac), and nose.

Wants fresh air (basic trait of all Carbons).

Children who are prone to develop obstinate and recurrent skin disease. (Carb-v has obstinate eczema of scalp).

Emaciation of affected parts (Led. Puls. Sec).

Fair complexion with pallor, but immediately flushes red with simple stress, anxiety, or excitement.

General emaciation, muscular weakness with easy exhaustion, in spite of husky appearance; child cannot stand any travelling or exertion.

Intolerance to stuffy atmosphere or lack of air.

Lumpy, thick, or hard skin, glands, nails, stools, scars, and crusts.

Majority of the complaints disappear while walking in open air (Cann-i).

Scanty, foul, thin, sticky, corrosive discharges.

Strong family history of rheumatoid arthritis and skin diseases.

Strong personal history of obstinate constipation.

Tendency to erysipelas inflammation (Apis. Bell. Euph. Lach).

Tendency to take cold easily.

 

 

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