(Honeybee)
Acts on cellular tissues causing edema of skin and
mucous membranes. | ||
| Mind. Apathy,
indifference, and unconsciousness. Awkward; drops things readily.
Stupor, with sudden sharp cries and startings. Stupor alternating with
erotic mania. Sensation of dying. Listless; cannot think clearly. Jealous,
fidgety, hard to please. Sudden shrill, piercing screams. Whining.
Tearfulness. Jealous, fright, rage, vexation, grief. Cannot concentrate
mind when attempting to read or study. | ||
| Head. Whole
brain feels very tired. Vertigo with sneezing, worse on lying or
closing eyes. Heat, throbbing, distensive pains, better on pressure, and
worse on motion. Sudden stabbing pains. Dull, heavy sensation in occiput,
as from a blow, extending to neck (better on pressure), accompanied with
sexual excitement. Bores head into pillow and screams out. | ||
| Eyes. Lids
swollen, red, edematous, everted, inflamed; burn and sting.
Conjunctiva bright red, puffy. Lachrymation hot. Photophobia.
Sudden piercing pains. Pain around orbits. Serous exudation,
edema, and sharp pains. Suppurative inflammation of eyes. Keratitis
with intense chemosis of ocular conjunction. Staphyloma of cornea
following suppurative inflammation. Styes, also prevents their
recurrence. | ||
| Ears. External
ear red, inflamed, sore; stinging pains. | ||
| Nose. Coldness
of tip of nose. Red, swollen, inflamed, with sharp
pains. | ||
| Face. Swollen,
red, with piercing pain. Waxy, pale, edematous. Erysipelas with stinging
burning edema. Extends from right to left. | ||
| Mouth. Tongue
fiery red, swollen, sore, and raw, with vesicles. Scalding in mouth and
throat. Tongue feels scalded, red hot, trembling. Gums swollen. Lips
swollen, especially upper. Membrane of mouth and throat glossy, as if
varnished. Red, shining, and puffy, like erysipelas. Cancer of the
tongue. | ||
| Throat.
Constricted, stinging pains. Uvula swollen, sac-like. Throat
swollen, inside and out; tonsils swollen, puffy, fiery red. Ulcers
on tonsils. Fiery red margin around leathery membrane. Sensation of
fishbone in throat. | ||
| Stomach. Sore
feeling. Thirstless. Vomiting of food. Craving for milk. [Rhus-t.] | ||
| Abdomen.
Sore, bruised on pressure, when sneezing. Extremely tender.
Dropsy of abdomen. Peritonitis. Swelling in right groin. | ||
| Stool.
Involuntary on every motion; anus seems open. Bloody, painless. Anus
feels raw. Hemorrhoids, with stinging pain, after confinement. Diarrhea
watery, yellow; cholera infantum type. Cannot urinate without a
stool. Dark, fetid, worse after eating. Constipation; feels as if something
would break on straining. | ||
| Urine. Burning
and soreness when urinating. Suppressed, loaded with casts; frequent and
involuntary; stinging pain and strangury; scanty, high colored.
Incontinence. Last drops burn and smart. | ||
| Female. Edema
of labia; relieved by cold water. Soreness and stinging pains; ovaritis;
worse in right ovary. Menses suppressed, with cerebral and head
symptoms, especially in young girls. Dysmenorrhea, with severe ovarian
pains. Metrorrhagia profuse, with heavy abdomen, faintness, stinging pain.
Sense of tightness. Bearing down, as if menses were to appear. Ovarian
tumors, metritis with stinging pains. Great tenderness over abdomen and
uterine region. | ||
| Respiratory.
Hoarseness; dyspnea, breathing hurried and difficult. Edema of
larynx. Feels as if he could not draw another breath. Suffocation;
short, dry cough, suprasternal. Hydrothorax. | ||
| Extremities.
Edematous. Synovitis. Felon in beginning. Knee swollen, shiny, sensitive,
sore, with stinging pain. Feet swollen and stiff. Feel too large. Rheumatic
pain in back and limbs. Tired, bruised feeling. Numbness of hands and tips
of fingers. Hives with intolerable itching. Edematous
swellings. | ||
| Skin. Swellings
after bites; sore, sensitive. Stinging. Erysipelas, with
sensitiveness and swelling, rosy hue. Carbuncles, with burning, stinging
pain. [Ars.] Sudden puffing up of whole
body. | ||
| Sleep. Very
drowsy. Dreams full of care and toil. Screams and sudden starting
during sleep. | ||
| Fever.
Afternoon chill, with thirst; worse on motion and heat. External
heat, with smothering feeling. Sweat slight, with sleepiness. Perspiration
breaks out and dries up frequently. Sleeps after the fever paroxysm.
After perspiration, nettle rash, also with shuddering. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, heat in any form; touch; pressure; late in afternoon;
after sleeping; in closed and heated rooms. Right side. Better, in
open air, uncovering, and cold bathing. | ||
| Relationship.
Complementary: Nat-m., the "chronic" Apis; also Bar-c., if lymphatics are involved. Inimical: Rhus-t. Compare: Zinc.; Canth.; Lach. | ||
| Dose. Tincture
to thirtieth potency. In edematous conditions the lower potencies.
Sometimes action is slow; so several days elapse before it is seen to act,
and then urine is increased. Apium virus, sixth trituration. |