Procyon Lotor = Raccoon fur/= Waschbärpelz
Vergleich: Siehe: Mammalia
+ Begleiter
Katze. ↔ Waschbär. (Nachttier/begleitet Mensch/klettert Bäume hoch und herunter) ↔ Eichhörnchen.
[Sonya McLeod/Kathleen Taylor]
Sonya and
her husband tried closing the cat door halfway so that the raccoon would not be
able to fit through, but the raccoons simply slipped their human-like hands
under the door and lifted it back up. The raccoons
were
ripping through the paper bag of hard cat food, so she and her husband decided
to put the food in a plastic container, only to wake up to the sound of the
raccoons lifting and violently banging the container against the
ground so
that they could jar it open. Raccoons don’t seem to be terribly afraid of
humans, at least these ones didn’t. One time that summer Sonya’s husband chased
one of the raccoons out of the house, but it didn’t
go far. He
saw it lounging on their couch on the back deck, giving itself a good clean
with its tongue, looking very relaxed and at home. Another night Sonya saw one
on the back steps and looked it square in the eye to
measure its
reaction. It unwaveringly met her gaze and stood up on his hind legs with paws
in the air, looking just like a dog begging its master for food.
The word
raccoon is derived from the Algonquin word arakum meaning "he who
scratches with his hands".
First
Nations: many legends about the raccoon, usually portraying them as tricksters.
Northern
and Central America. Prefer to live in forests and woodlands close to streams,
lakes, and seashores. Trees provide the raccoons with shelter, and with fruits
and nuts to eat. Raccoon are excellent
swimmers
and often hunt in water for small animals such as crayfish.
Holes in
large trees are popular dens for raccoons because they are off the ground and
away from predators. They will also make their dens in any other space they can
find, such as small caves or holes dug by other
Animals,
usually have more than one den. Live comfortably in towns and cities. They can
make their dens in chimneys, attics, abandoned cars, and basements.
Every
raccoon has a home range/territory, or an area in which the animal has its den
and forages for food. Raccoons rarely leave their territories unless they can
no longer find food or suitable mates. The size of the
raccoon’s
territory depends on how much food is available there. A raccoon stays in their
territory for safety reasons. Within its territory, it knows where to find
food, water, and knows the safest places to hide from predators.
Raccoons
are clean animals. Raccoons that live in the same home range leave their
droppings in a shared pit or latrine.
Physical
Characteristics
One of the
most distinctive things about the raccoon is the wide band of black fur that
runs across its eyes and down its cheeks, very much resembling a bandit’s mask.
The tail is long and bushy, with a black tip and black
rings
around it. The raccoon uses its tail for balance, holding it straight out when
it runs or climbs along tree branches. A raccoon’s colours and markings act as
camouflage. They help the animal blend in with its
surroundings.
A raccoon is difficult to spot when it sits still among trees.
Coonskins
have historically been made into hats and coats by First Nations, and later by
the settlers. The coonskin hat is so warm that it is comfortable to wear only
during the coldest days of winter. During the 1920s,
the coats
were so popular that wild raccoons were almost hunted to extinction. The
racoon’s coat consists of two types of fur. The short, dense underfur makes up
90% of the coat. The remaining 10% consists of short,
stiff guard
hairs. The guard hairs help to protect the raccoon from the wind and rain, as
water runs off them easily.
Raccoons
are nocturnal, so their eyes are adapted for night vision. At the back of the
eye is a layer of cells called the tapetum, which reflects the light back
through the retina. Like many night-active animals, raccoons
are probably
colour-blind. Raccoons have a very acute sense of hearing. They can detect the
slightest rustling of leaves in the distance and can instantly locate the
direction of sounds. It also has a keen sense of smell.
Raccoons
make great use of their two front paws. They have a keen sense of touch, and
their long, slender toes work somewhat like fingers. A raccoon can use these
paws to snatch clams, pick fruit, flip lids off garbage cans, unlatch picnic
baskets, and even unscrew jars. The racoon’s sense of touch is vital to it in
its search for food (shoreline). When hunting for crayfish, it wades among the
boulders and reaches around the edges of the stones,
feeling for
its prey.
Raccoons are
strong and very agile. They can run up and down trees, or along small tree
limbs like squirrels. They can even climb down trees head first. Raccoons are
more nimble in trees than they are on the ground.
If they
meet an enemy, they can run on land in a burst of speed, but usually run up a
tree if one is nearby in order to escape. They are also very good jumpers. They
can leap from quite a height without hurting themselves.
Raccoons
are omnivores, meaning that they eat both plants and animals. Raccoons love
crayfish. They also fish for frogs, tadpoles and minnows, and they will feed on
field mice, turtles, garter snakes, snails and other small animals. Raccoons
that live along the sea coast catch clams and oysters. They also eat berries,
nuts, seeds, acorns and insects. They can also climb trees and steal honey from
bees. Farmland raccoons eat corn, grapes and
apples.
Sometimes they will even raid a chicken house for the eggs. Raccoons enjoy
handling their food before they eat it. They seem to enjoy the feel of the food
in their fingers. Their fingers become even more sensitive
than usual
when wet, so it is not surprising that raccoons often douse their food in water
before eating it.
In urban
areas, raccoons use their agile, sensitive hands to find food. They can easily
pry open sealed trash cans. They can open refrigerator doors, drawers and
cabinets can make them quite a pest if they can gain entry into someone’s
house.
Natural
predators include alligators, foxes, wolves, eagles, owls, coyotes, cougars and
bobcats.
Raccoons in
northern climates mate between late January and early March. Their southern
counterparts mate about two months earlier. When a male raccoon is ready to
mate, he finds a female. He knows where females have
dens in his
home range, or he may have to leave his home range if there are none in his
area. Male raccoons have been known to travel many miles to find a mating
partner. He uses his sense of smell to find females ready
to mate. He
will mate with as many females as he can. ‘
Female
raccoons are choosy about their partners. They are aggressive towards the males
who approach them. Though the males often fight over the females, the stronger
raccoon does not always win the female/she chooses
the
mate/turns away all the others.
After the
raccoons mate, they share the same den for about 2 weeks. After that, the male
leaves. The female then prepares her nursery den, usually in a tree hole. She
lives in her den alone until the babies are born, 9 weeks later.
4 - 5
babies in one litter, one time a year. Born tiny and helpless, with only a thin
layer of grayish fur. They feed on their mother’s milk. By the time they are
three weeks old, their eyes are open, their masks are thick and dark,
and their
tails are ringed. Once the kits are two months old, the mother moves them to a
den on the ground, so that they can leave the den easily and follow their
mother on short trips. The den is usually
near water
so that the babies can hunt near their home. Soon after moving them to the new
den, the mother weans them, and they are ready to start learning to hunt and
forage with their mother. Juveniles follow their mother
in single
file as they forage. The group must keep together because juveniles are still
easy prey for predators. The kits also imitate threat postures, poses that
adults use to scare away predators. They will play fight with
their
brothers and sisters so that they get used to their bodies before they leave
the mother. In northern climates, juveniles leave their mother’s den the next
spring, when they are almost a year old. In warmer climates they
can leave
their mother the first autumn, when they are five to seven months old.
In the
North, as the days shorten and the nights turn chilly, a feeding frenzy comes
over the raccoon. It begins its nightly hunt for food earlier than before, and
will hunt later. A thick layer of fat forms underneath its fur as it prepares
to sleep away the winter. Raccoons in warmer climates are active year round.
The ones in northern climates settle down in their dens to sleep away most of
the winter. They do not truly hibernate – their
body
temperature does not drop and their breathing and heartbeat do not slow down.
The raccoon stays warm and relaxed and can easily be woken up. In mild winter
days, the raccoon will come out of its den to bask in the sun
or look for
food. It will go back to sleep in its den when the weather turns colder again.
While the
vast majority of raccoons spend their adult lives away from other adults, they
can develop some degree of an organized social life under certain conditions.
Large numbers of raccoons are occasionally found denning together for the
winter.
Adult male
raccoons may sometimes travel together. Females may travel with one another or
with adult males.
Raccoons
communicate in many ways. They use sounds, body positions and scents to send
messages to raccoons and other animals. Some naturalists believe that raccoons
can make as many as 14 - 15 distinctly different
sounds,
each with a meaning of its own.
Scientists
who have tested raccoons say that they are close to rhesus monkeys in
intelligence. In one test raccoons were able to open doors fastened with many
different types of latches in order to reach their food. They also
have a good
memory, since they were able to open the same latches without any mistakes the
next year.
Affinities
Nervous
system
One side
(either right or left)
Hair
Sensory
organs (eyes, vision, ears, hearing, nose, smell, mouth, tongue, taste, touch)
Digestive
tract (throat, stomach, abdomen, rectum)
Urinary
tract
Female
reproductive system
Respiratory
system
Back &
Neck (pains)
Small
joints
Skin
Modalities
<: Late
afternoon (17 h.), evening, & night 14 h. (headaches)/on waking/becoming
cold or overheating/bright light/loud noises/pressure/swallowing (throat
pain)/drinking liquids/eating/menses;
>: After
sleeping/drinking liquids/eating/rubbing;
Miasm: both
sycosis and psora which puts the remedy in the ringworm miasm. Ringworm miasm:
periods of effort # inactivity.
Many of the
provers had this type of experience in regards to their energy: there were days
where they were very active and restless, alternating with times when they had
no energy to do much of anything.
Interestingly
enough, one of the provers said that she got a rash that looked like ringworm,
even though she knew that it wasn’t ringworm.
Themes
Animal
Themes: Survival
A few of
the provers felt dirty or ugly, with a lack of confidence in themselves.
Competition with other people came up in the dreams. A lot about survival.
People needing this remedy will fight for their survival, and are not
afraid to
establish and maintain their personal boundaries. There was a lot in the dreams
about victimization and subordination, abuse, being attacked, and then fighting
back or protecting oneself or others.
Mammal
Themes: Family/Nurturing/Female Complaints/Protecting Children/Fear of snakes
Many
provers, as well as supervisors/master prover, had an increased need to take
care of and nurture their children. Many also had dreams of family members.
This theme of nurturing and family also came out in the dreams
of many of
the provers. This is a theme common to all mammal remedies, including raccoons
who can stay with their young for up to a year.
Many of the
provers also experienced menstrual symptoms. It caused painful menses for a few
different provers. For a couple of provers, they had some cramping either
before or after their period. The pain was either cramping,
or there
was a bearing down sensation.
Two of the
provers had their periods come as early as 9 days early. One supervisor had
intermittent bleeding that came and went. For two provers it either caused or
cured heavy period flow. For some the periods tended to last longer than
normal.
We also
found it interesting that two of the provers had itching and dryness of the
nipples. This symptom fits in with the theme of nurturing.
Fear of
snakes is also common to all mammal remedies. This symptom showed up in a few
separate dreams of one of the provers.
General
Themes of Procyon Lotor
Increased
Creativity and Activity of the Mind/Dullness, Confusion and Foggy Mind
Many of the
provers experienced more ideas and flow of thoughts after taking the remedy.
Sometimes this rush of thoughts increased at night, preventing sleep. Other
provers found it very difficult to think and to concentrate,
like their
minds had become foggy, becoming absentminded and confused.
Physical
Restlessness and Activity/Weariness with Aversion to Work
Some
provers experienced an increase in energy even when they did not get a full
night’s sleep. They became physically restless and active. A couple provers
also experienced an increase of physical restlessness at night in bed, with
lots of tossing and turning. Other provers experienced lassitude with indolence
and an aversion to work/overpowering sleepiness with a desire to lie down and
nap. Sleeping or napping often restored the prover’s energy.
Anger,
Irritability, Quarrelsomeness and Intolerance
This aspect
of the remedy also came out in the dreams. Provers who were normally intolerant
and short tempered became more tolerant and sympathetic towards others,
accompanied by feelings of happiness and cheerfulness.
It also
caused or ameliorated a quarrelsome disposition. Fights and quarrels were also
prominent in the dreams.
Anxiety
This came
out in the dreams as well. For some provers, their normal anxiety was >
during the proving. One supervisor experienced a pronounced anxiety on waking
at 5 h.
Sensory
Sensitivity Increased or Diminished: Vision, Smell, Touch, Hearing, Taste
Some
provers became sensitive to colour and to bright light. One prover had the
desire to wear black, as she found bright colours too stimulating. We can guess
this symptom may be related to the raccoon’s increased
sensitivity
to light since their eyes are suited to night vision.
One prover
became very aware of and uncomfortable in her own skin. Sense of smell was
increased. Another prover became very sensitive to noise, but one master prover
had blocked ears and had trouble hearing.
One prover
had a diminished sense of taste, where food didn’t taste as good as it usually
did.
Difficult
Communication
This was a
symptom which was experienced by provers, supervisors and the master provers
during the proving. Provers and their supervisors often had difficulty getting
hold of each other during the proving. At the extraction meeting, the master
prover’s internet stopped working, making it impossible for the group in
Edmonton to communicate with the group in Vancouver via Skype. Some provers also
had the feeling of being separate
from other
people, talking to them at a distance or feeling like others were speaking a
different language. One related physical symptom is that one of the provers’
voice became very weak and she lost her voice, making communication with others
difficult.
Another
prover’s voice became much louder than usual and she had trouble keeping
opinions to herself, which was probably an ameliorated symptom since she
normally keeps more to herself.
Criminals,
Crimes, and Police
There were
lots of dreams about committing crimes, stealing, criminals, and police. One of
the provers had her proving journal stolen during the proving. The raccoon’s
reputation as a sneaky bandit and thief comes through
very
strongly in this proving.
Food,
Increased Appetite, Nausea and Digestive Issues
Lots of
dreams about food and eating. Many of the provers had increased appetite,
perhaps mimicking the raccoon’s voracious appetite in the fall, in preparation
for sleeping away the winter. Provers had all sorts of different
food
cravings. One prover had a capricious appetite, wanting various foods but not
being satisfied after she ate them.
Nausea
seems to be a big part of this remedy, since most if not all of the participants
experienced this symptom. A lot of the provers experienced nausea when hungry
> eating. Others just experienced a generalized nausea, not really >/<
by anything. The nausea was also sometimes + vertigo.
Emotions
were felt in the stomach of one prover. Some provers had gurgling in the
abdomen, with increased or offensive flatus. This remedy produced an increased
urgency for stool. For one prover it caused constipation with urging. It
ameliorated one prover’s hemorrhoids.
Flow &
Lack of Flow: Water & Dryness
Almost
every prover experienced this theme, as well as a master prover. A few days
before the extraction meeting, the master prover’s parking lot was flooded.
Flooding, rivers, streams, oceans, etc. were in the dreams of many
of the
provers, and master prover. Raccoons prefer to live near water, as it is one of
their main food sources in nature.
Many of the
provers became very thirsty. The throat, mouth, and lips became dry. Skin
eruptions were mainly dry. Hair became dry as well. The master prover had a
sensation of water in the ear. On the other hand, there was increased mucus
production. Some provers had mucus in the back of the throat, and had the
desire to clear the throat. There was sneezing and coryza. Two provers had dry,
non-productive coughs. One prover had no
urge to
urinate during the day, but the frequency of urination increased at night.
Another prover felt that the remedy had really < a UTI that had started to
come on before the proving. One prover had dry eyes, and
two provers
had lachrymation.
The
menstrual flow was also disrupted. Please see “mammal themes” for more details.
One prover
had vaginal dryness, while another had some vaginal discharge.
Stopped/lump/plug
sensations came up a few times in the physicals. It is interesting when viewing
this symptom in terms of water and dryness, how things are stopped up and not
flowing properly. These sensations were experienced in the throat, ears, and
stomach.
Dream
Themes
Dreams of
Animals: Large Felines, Birds, Slugs and Dogs
Bobcats and
cougars are natural predators of the raccoon. Provers and one master prover
dreamt of a cougar, panther, and a tiger. One prover had a dream of a dog.
Hunters use dogs to hunt raccoons. There were also dreams
about
different types of birds such as ducks and hummingbirds, and a dream about
invertebrates and slugs. Raccoons eat birds and slugs.
Dreams of
Forests, Trees, and Climbing Trees
The natural
home of a raccoon is in the forest. They make their dens in trees. They are
also excellent climbers. In the proving, many of the provers had dreams of
trees, and of climbing those trees. There were also dreams of the tropics (i.e.
palm trees and rainforest), which makes sense if one considers that raccoons
not only live in North America but also in Central America, which is tropical.
Dreams of
Magic & Fairytales
This theme
came out in the dreams. Historically the raccoon has been a part of many old
First Nations legends. One of the provers also had a dream about aboriginal
people.
Dreams of
Houses
A common theme
in the dreams of especially one prover in particular. Adult raccoons don’t
usually live in just one den, they may have several that they frequent. The
“house” or den of the raccoon is especially important to a mother and her
babies.
More
Physical Themes
Headaches(?)
We are not
sure whether this is a theme of this proving, since the provers who got
headaches usually had headaches normally, though the headaches they got during
the proving were different from their usual headaches.
One thing
that we can be sure of is that this remedy has an affinity for pains in general
(stitching).
Stitching
Pains, Come & Go Suddenly with Special Affinity for the Small Joints
Pains were
predominantly sharp, or stitching in nature [in the head, eyes, face, neck,
stomach, abdomen chest (small joints). Pains also had a tendency to come and go
suddenly, not staying around for very long.
Pressure/Pressing
Pains/Heaviness/Bearing Down
These
sensations were experienced in the head, eyes, face, stomach, abdomen, uterus, chest,
back
Constriction/Tension/Pinching
or Opposite: Swelling/Inflammation/Distension
In the
eyes, neck, back, chest and knees.
Swelling/Inflammation/Distension
in the face, ears, mouth, abdomen, and throat.
Trembling/Twitching/Fluttering
Fluttering
in the chest. Trembling or twitching of the extremities.
Heat/Chilliness/Flushes
of Heat
Some
provers became very chilly and found it hard to get warm even after covering
themselves with a blanket. Provers experienced a sensation of heat on the face.
One prover’s hot flashes increased. Another prover had a
flush of
heat during her headache.
Some
provers felt hotter than usual, even on a chilly day one prover took off her
jacket.
Most
provers tended to be chilly during the proving (sometimes # flushes of heat).
More
Physicals
Skin
eruptions tend to be dry or pustular, with or without itching.
Symptoms
(pain), tend to come and go suddenly
Early
waking, sometimes feeling refreshed after only a short sleep
Some
Particulars/SRP’s
Waking at 5
h.
Weeping in
the morning on waking
Sensation
as if inhaling cold air through one nostril
Dark
circles below the eyes
Urine
smelling as if one had eaten asparagus
Itching of
the right mammae
Repertory:
Mind: Absentminded
Activity –
creative/desires it/restless
Affectionate
Alternating
states - emotional
Anger
(stomach)
Anguish
with pain in stomach (pit)
Anxious
(about business/in chest/in throat/when time is set/on waking/cannot work)/
Fear (for failure in business or work)
Artistic
Aversion –
to herself/to company
Awkward
Business -
aptitude for/averse to
Cheerful
Children -
aversion to her own child/desires children - to beget, to nurture
Colors -
aversion to/desires black (clothes)
Communication
– not able to
Concentration
– active/difficult (studying while reading/during work)
Confidence
– in self/want of selfconfidence
Confusion –
in time/as to own identity (sensation of duality/personal boundaries)
Contented
Contradict,
disposed to
Delusions,
imaginations - is not appreciated/wearing a coat of armor/is controlled, every
movement and thought/is dirty/has been poisoned/is ugly/everything is unreal/is
a victim
Detached
Disgust -
himself, with
Distance -
inaccurate judgement of
Dullness
(does not comprehend conversation and is unable to relate properly/feels
enveloped in a fog)
Egotism,
self esteem
Estranged
Fight,
wants to
Forsaken
feeling
Gestures -
tapping with fingers
Growling
like a dog
Home -
desire to leave
Hurry,
haste
Ideas -
abundant
Impatience
Indifference,
apathy - duties - domestic
Indifference,
apathy - persons, to all
Indignation
Indolence -
housework, aversion to her usual
Indolence,
aversion to work
Injustice,
cannot support
Intolerance
Irresolution,
indecision
Irritable
(about trifles)
Laughing –
(during anxiety/joyless/loudly/nervous
Loquacity
Memory –
weak (for what he was about to do/time)
Mistakes –
reading/in time/of perception
Mood –
agreeable/variable
Neglects
household
Optimism/pessimist
Positiveness
Postponing
everything to next day
Prostration
of mind
Quarrelsomeness
Quick to
act
Restless,
nervous (during work)
Senses -
acute of skin surface
Sensitive,
oversensitive – to colors/to light/to noise/to odors
Slow in
motion
Starting
from sleep
Sympathetic
Thoughts -
rush, flow of and sleepy
Time - loss
of conception/passes too quickly, appearing shorter
Wearisome
Weeping -
morning on waking after dreaming/on waking
Vertigo: during headache
With nausea
- with
Suddenly
Turning -
< motion of head
Violent
Head: Hair – brittle/dry
Cutting
hair - desires
Eruptions
(margins of hair/rash)
Brain feels
“As if enveloped in a fog”
Fullness
Pain –
l./r./> lying/< 14 h./< night/with disordered/dull (in forehead/above
eyes/< loud noise)/in forehead (r./ext. eye)/< heat/before menses/<
noise/in occiput/pressing [one-sided/l./r./< pressure]/
Pulsating/sudden
(forehead)/in temples (r./< pressure)/< warmth
Pressure
Twisting
and sensation of
Eyes: Dryness
Eruptions - Lids
[(r./l./upper)/pimples/pustules]
Lachrymation (l.)
Movement -
rolling r.
Pain –
r./l. (aching/stitching)/canthi r./constricting/ext. forehead/pressing (>
dark/< pressure)
Redness
Turned –
r./upward
Vision: Blurred (with lachrymation)
Bright,
seems/dazzling
Bright
light <
Ears: Inflamed mastoid bones
Pain - dull
r./> pressure/> rubbing/swallowing
“As if stopped”
r./”As from water”
Hearing: Acute - to noise/voices and
talking
Impaired
(from water in ear)
Reverberating
(loud)
Nose: Air “As if cold”/
Discharge
profuse
Pain – in
cold air/< inhaling air/< open air/inspiration cold air
Sneezing: frequent
Smell: Acute (for offensive odors)
Bad/offensive
Face: Lips – with cracks/dry (with
thirst)/hot/pain
Dark -
below
Eruptions –
cheeks (l.)/fine/on forehead (l./rash)/pustules/rash (l.)/red on cheeks/rough
Heat
[cheeks (r./on waking)/”As if hot”]
Pain -
stitching in jaws [articulation (r.)]
Pressure
painless
Swollen –
r./hot/lower jaw (r.) - lower - right
Tingling,
Prickling – r./cheeks
Mouth: Dry
Tongue –
dry/inflamed - glossitis
Swollen -
salivary glands (submaxillary, submandibulary/r.)/edges of tongue
Taste: Diminished/food tastes insipid
Throat: Dry – painful/with thirst
Hawking –
ineffectual/from mucus in the larynx
Inflamed l.
“As if
lump, plug” - < swallowing/not > swallowing
Mucus
(difficult to detach/after eating)
Pain -
l./evening/> cold drinks/pulsating, throbbing/rawness (> cold drinks/<
hawking)/soreness/< swallowing
Scratching
sensation
Swollen l.
Neck: - Pain – r./drawing/ext.
downward/ext. shoulder/stitching (r.)
Tension
Stomach: < Anger
Appetite – capricious/increased
(morning/with nausea/sudden)/insatiable/ravenous (during headache/with nausea)
Gurgling
noise
Heaviness
(after eating)
“As if
lump” after eating
Nausea
[evening/night/< drinking water/> drinking/after eating/> eating/<
fasting/during headache/intermittent/paroxysmal/without vomiting]
Pain -
stitching (paroxysmal/> sitting)
Sadness,
with
Thirst
(with aversion to drink/extreme/often, frequent)
Vomiting -
desire to (but cannot)
Abdomen: Distended (with nausea)
Eruptions –
itching/urticaria
Flatulence
Heaviness
(in hypogastrium)
Nausea
Pain -
inguinal region [stitching (l./ext. downward/ext. thigh)]
Rectum: Constipation with urging
Diarrhea
during menses
Flatus -
offensive (foul)
Heamorrhage
– during stool - during
Hemorrhoids
- painful during stool/< stool
< during
Urging (at
night)
Bladder: Inactivity
Urging to
urinate, morbid desire - absent
Urination
frequent at night (seldom during day)
Urine: Smells like asparagus after eating
Profuse,
increased
Female
organs: Dry vagina
Eruptions -
labia/painful/on labia (pimples/pustules)
Heat -
flushes of
Heaviness
in uterus
Leucorrhea
- < standing/thin, watery/< walking/white
Menses - bright red/brown/clotted (dark)/frequent,
too early, too soon (5 days too early/9 days too early)/intermittent/irregular/painful
(> standing/> walking/dysmenorrhea)/profuse (and protracted)/
protracted,
prolonged (7 days)
Pain -
Bearing down (during menses/in region of uterus)/cramping [before
menses/cramping in uterus (during ovulation)/after menses (in ovaries)/before
menses
Pushing
sensation in uterus
Red spots
Speech
& Voice: Voice
- lost (after prolonged talking)/loud/weak
>
Talking
Respiration: Difficult during pain/
Impeded (at
night/from constriction in chest)
Cough: Deep breathing <
Dry
(morning/on waking/on deep inspiration
Tickling in
throat (on waking)
On waking
Chest: Constriction (at night in bed/and
restless)
Dry nipples
(r.)
Fluttering
sensation
Heaviness
Itching in
mammae (r.)
Pain -
stitching in region under mammae l.
Pressure on
chest
Scratching
sensation
Fluttering
Sensation in heart
Back: Pain - cervical region (ext.
back/ext. downwards/in trapezius muscle)/constricting in cervical region/dorsal
region between scapulae/drawing in cervical region/pinching (in dorsal
region/in scapulae/in lumbar
region)/pressing
(in dorsal region – scapulae/in lumbar region during menses/> sitting/<
standing)/> rubbing/between shoulders/> sitting/sore in cervical
region/< standing
Stiffness -
dorsal region/> stretching
Tension -
dorsal region/> stretching
Extremities: Chilliness (feet/legs/lower limbs)
Cracks -
hands
Dryness –
hands (palms)
Eruptions -
desquamating in hands/dry (in bend of elbows/hands/legs)/hands
(eczema/itching)/red [elbows/hands/legs/spots (lower limbs/upper limbs)/
Rough/spots
(lower limbs/upper limbs)/urticaria – hands/vesicles (itching/hands/between
fingers)
Itching -
feet (r./soles)/r./toes (first)
Pain –
r./16 - 17 h. – 18 h./aching in elbows/ankles (r./on waking)/elbow r. /in
fingers < pressure/intermittent/knees [l./< bending/in hollow/<
motion/patella (l.)/> rubbing/walking]/with numbness/
pinching
[knees (in hollow)]/> rubbing/sciatica (r./< night/with numbness)/<
standing/stiching [in knees standing/> rubbing/in ankles/in fingers [<
pressure/2nd l./tips)/knees (l./outer, lateral/patella (l.)/”As from
splinters”
in fingers/sudden in knees disappearing suddenly/wrists (r.)/weariness –
ankles/legs/lower limbs/in wrists (r./ext. to )arm
Pulling
Sensation - lower limbs
Redness in
fingertips
Restless –
at night (before going to bed/upper limbs)/while lying
Tingling,
prickling - in upper limbs (r./forearms)
Trembling –
hands/upper limbs
Twitching –
at night/in legs – calves
Sleep: Disturbed - during heat/from pain
Dozing
Falling
asleep late
“As if
interrupted by heat”
Position –
on r. side impossible/l.
Refreshing
Restless -
from anxiety/during heat/physical
Short -
refreshing
Sleepy –
morning on waking/17 h./during chill/early evening/intermittent/desire to lie
down/overpowering/with yawning
Sleepless -
first part of night/at night with activity of thoughts/from thoughts
Waking - 5
h./after anxiety/from cares, worries/from cough/too early/easily/after fright,
fear/slept one's fill (after short sleep)
Dreams: <(<(<( VIELE
)>)>)>
Chill: Chilliness (in bed/with desire to
wrap up)
During
vertigo
Warmth -
desire for
Fever,
Heat: Internal
Perspiration: With anxiety
Skin: Cracks
Dryness
Eruptions -
desquamating/dry/eczema (dry/itching)/granular/itching/painful (sore,
smarting)/painless/pimples/pustules/red (rash/spots)/spots/urticaria (with
itching)/vesicles (itching/red)/
Hot/
Itching
(sudden/violent)
Purpura –
haemorrhagica
Tingling,
prickling
Generalities: Activity desires
<
Afternoon (17 h.)/< evening (20 h.)/< night (21 h.)
Agility
Applications
> cold
Bed in
Clumsy
Conscious
of body
Covering
> and desire for
Energy -
lots of
Exercise -
desires
Faintness -
vertigo, in
Food and
drinks: Desires: choc./cold drinks (water)/fruit/indistinct, knows not
what/many things/milk/sugar/tea/water;
<:
water; >: cheese/choc.; Aversion: fat and rich food/sweets;
Heat
flushes (during headache/lack of vital heat)/”As if hot”
Heaviness
(before)
Lassitude
Inclined to
lie down
“As if a
lump”
Motion >
rapid, running, dancing/violent
Numbness
One-sided
Pains – constricting/one-sided/pressing/shooting,
darting, lightning quick/stitching
Physical
restlessness – wants to move about continuously
>/<
Waking
Weariness
(on waking)
>
Wrapping head