How to utilize Nerves Chapter of Murphy’s Repertory

Some important rubrics from Nerves chapter of Murphy’s Homoeopathic Repertory
Amyotrophic, lateral sclerosis – Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) is a devastating disorder of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and the motor cranial nuclei that leads to progressive muscle weakness and atrophy.

PLB :   Softening of spinal cord with – arg-n, lath

Analgesia, sensation of – The inability to feel pain while still conscious. From the Greek an-, without + algesis, sense of pain.

• COC, LYC, OLND, OP, PH-AC, STRAM
• Parts affected – PLAT

Anesthesia  sensation of – Loss of feeling or awareness. Total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensibility, induce by disease, injury, acupuncture, or an anesthetic, such as chloroform or nitrous oxide. HYDR-AC

Apoplexy– Sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke. A sudden effusion of blood into an organ or tissue. 

Ataxia, general – Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive, complex, multisystem disorder characterized by progressive neurologic impairment, cerebellar ataxia, variable immunodeficiency with susceptibility to sinopulmonary infections, impaired organ maturation, x-ray hypersensitivity, ocular and cutaneous telangiectasia, and a predisposition to malignancy. ALUM

Branchial  neuralgia –  A syndrome associated with inflammation of the brachial plexus. Neuralgic pain of acute onset caused by lesions of the peripheral nerves or nerve roots affecting the upper limb, shoulder girdle, or brachial plexus. BRY, HYPER 

Catalepsy– It is a sudden loss of all voluntary motor power. At first the muscles are rigid, but the gradually grow more pliant, assume a waxy flexibility, so that limbs may be brought into any position, in which they continue to remain.

• GRAPH, OP,   fright after – OP
• jealousy from – LACH
• joy from –COFF 

Cerebral palsy – Cerebral is a group of disorders affecting the development of movement and posture that are believed to arise from non-progressive disturbances in the  developing fetal or infant brain, epilepsy, secondary musculoskeletal problems, and disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behavior. Its classified as     Spastic – 70-80%,   Dyskinetic – 10-15%P,          Ataxic – <5%

• Arn, hell, ign, op
• Cerebro spinal axis, ailments of – gels 

 Chorea, general – It is defined as a neurosis, it is characterized by incessant inco-ordinate twitching and jerking’s of groups of muscles, either spontaneous in origin or excited by involuntary impulse, exclusively occurring in the waking state  and accompanied by psychical disturbance. Five forms are recognized the true cerebral, the spinal, the uterine the intestinal and rheumatic form.

• AGAR, ART-V, CALC, CAUST, CHIN, CIC,CIMIC, CINA, CUPR, IGN, LACH, MYGAL, STRAM, TARENT,              –     emotional – IGN, STAPH

• fright from – CAUST, IGN, OP
• grief after – IGN
• menses during – ZINC
• rheumatic – CAUST
• suppressed eruptions – SULPH
• utrine ailments with – CIMIC 

Collapse (emergency)

Coma (Mind, Unconsiousness)

Conduction of nerves delayed – alum, cocc

Convulsions, general
Seizures are a symptom of epilepsy. Epilepsy is the underlying tendency of the brain to produce a sudden burst of electrical energy that disrupts other brain functions, high fever, severe head injury and lack of oxygen, can affect the brain enough to cause a single seizure.

• ART-V, ATRO, BELL, BUFO, CALC, CHAM, CIC, CINA, CUPR, HYOS, LACT, LOB NUM-M, NUM-V,OP, PLB, STANN, STRAM, STRY, ZINC

• anger after – CHAM, NUX-V, STAPH,
• bright light from – STRAM
• childbirth during – CIC, HYOS, IGN, KALI-BR, VERT-V
• children in – BELL, ART-V, CALC, CINA, HELL, OP, STRAM, VERT, ZINC
• dentition during – CALC, CHAM, KALI-BR
• clonic – AGAR, BELL, BUFO, CHAM, CIC, HYOS, LYSS, OP, PLB, SEP,STRAM
• consciousness without – ARG-N, BUFO, CALC, CANTH, CIC, HYOS, OENA, PLB, VISC
• epileptic like convulsions – AGAR, ARG-N, BELL, CALC, CAUST, CIC, CINA, CUPR, GLON, HYOS, PLB, STRAM, SULPH, VISC
• eruptions fail to break out when – CUPR, ZINC
• falling with – BELL, CHAM, CUPR, HYOS, OENA
• fear from – CALC
• fever during – BELL, NUX-V, STRAM
• fright from – CALC, HYOS, IGN, INDG, OP
• hysterical – ASAF,CON, IGN, MOSCH
• injuries from – ARN, CIC, HYPER, NAT-S
• punishment after – IGN, STAPH
• sleep during – BELL
• sleeplessness with – KALI-BR
• vaccination after – SIL

Convulsive movements –

• BELL, CHAM, CIC, COCC, CUPR, HYOS, IGN, IP,OP, SEC, STRAM

Epilepsy, general
Epilepsy can be divided into two broad categories: Idiopathic and symptomatic, Idiopathic epilepsy is thought to be caused by genetic factors, as opposed to brain damage, Symptomatic epilepsy is caused by physical defects in the brain

• ARG-M, ARG-N, BAR-M, BELL, BUFO, CALC, CALC-AR, CAUST, CUPR, HYOS, KALI-BR, OENA, PLB, SIL, SULPH, VISC

• epilepsy, attack of during
• biting tongue – art-v, bufo, caust, cupr, oena, op
• froth, foam from mouth – art-v, aster, bufo, caust, cham, cina, cic, cupr, glon, hyos, ind, lach, oena, op, sil, stry
• involuntary urination – BUFO, HYOS
• epilepsy aura of headache – BELL, CALC-AR, LACH
• heart from – CALC-AR
• pupils dilated – ARG-N
• ravenous appetite – HYOS
• solar plexus from – CIC, NUX-V, SULPH

Fainting, faintness
ACON, BRY, CADM-S, CAUST, CHAM, CHIN, COCC, CROT-H, DIG, GLON, HEP, IGN, IOD, IP, LAC-C, LACH, MOSCH, NUX-M, NUM-V, PLB, PODO, PODO, PULS, SEP, STRAM, SULPH, SUMB, VERT

• bleeding from –CHIN
• closed room in – PULS
• dehydration from – CHIN, IPPH-AC, TRIL
• diarrhea after –NUX-V
• exertion on – SEP
• frequent – ARS, SULPH
• fright after – ACON, IGN, OP
• hunger from – CULX
• hysterical – COCC, IGN, MOSCH
• labour during – NUX-V, PULS, SEC
• menses during – LACH, NUX-V, SULPH
• rising on – BRY, CARB-V, COCC
• nausea during – COCC, IP, LACH, NUX-V
• odors from – NUX-V, PHOS
• pain from – HEP
• palpitation during – ACON, LACH, NUX-M
• stool after – CON, PODO
• vomiting with – IP, TAB, VERT

Guilian barrie syndrome – GBS  is an acute inflammatory demyelinating  polyneutopathy characterized by progressive symmetric ascending muscle weakness, paralysis and hyporeflexia with or without sensory or autonomic symptoms; absent or profoundly delayed conduction in action nerve fibers. This aberrant conduction results from axon demyelination occurring primarily in peripheral nerves and spinal roots

• carc,con ,thuj

 Incoordination, general-   ALUM, CON 

 Multiple sclerosis – is an idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the CNS a classic presentation is optic neuritis, transverse myelitis, internuclear ophthalmoplegia, paresthesias MS is regarded as an autoimmune disease.    CAUST, GELS, NAT-M, PHOS 

Myatrophy, progressive spinal – A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. PHOS 

Neuritis – Inflammation of a nerve or group of nerves, characterized by pain, loss of reflexes, and atrophy of the affected muscles. Inflammation of a nerve or group of nerves, characterized by pain, loss of  reflexes, and atrophy of the affected muscles. ACON, BELL, COFF, HYPER, PHOS 

Numbness, sensation –

-external – ANAC, BERB, CARB-S, COCC, CON, GRAPH, HYOS, KALI-C, LYC,  OLND, OP, PH-AC, PHOS, PLB, STRAM

– internally – GELS, PLAT

• single parts in– CARB-AN, CARB-S, COCC, CROC, GRAPH, KALI-C, KALI-N, LYC, MERC, PULS, RHUS-T, SIL, ZINC-P
• suffering parts of – CHAM, CON, KALI-N, PLAT, PLB, PULS

Painlessness of complaints, usually painful – ARN, OP, STRAM 

Paralysis, general – Hemiplegia, Palsy, Paraplegia, Quadriplegia
Paralysis is the loss of muscle function in part of your body. Paralysis can be complete or partial. Paralysis of  the lower half of your body, including both legs, is called  paraplegia. Paralysis of the arms and legs is quadriplegia.

• CAUST, COCC, CON, GELS, LACH, PHOS, PLB
  • atrophy with – GRAPH
  • child birth after – PHOS, RHUS-T
  • diphtheria after – COCC
  • elderly people of – OP
  • gradually appearing – CAUST, CON
  • hemiplegia – CAUST, RHUS

left – APIS, LACH, NUX-V, RHUS-T,   right – CAUST, CROT-C

• internally – BELL, DULC, HYOS, STRAM
• organs of – BELL, CAUST, DULC, HYOS, PULS, SEC, SIL
• painful – CAUST, NUX-V, PLB RHUS-T, ZINC
• painless – CANN-I, COCC, CON, GELS, LYC, OLND, PLB, RHUS-T
• paraplegia- NUX-V
• stroke after – PHOS

Parkinson’s disease – Paralysis agitans; Shaking palsy – Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the brain that leads to shaking (tremors) and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination. The cause for parkinsons disease is said to be defieciency of dopamine – MERC, RHUS-T, ZINC 

Poliomyelitis, infection– Poliomyelitis is an enteroviral infection that can manifest in 4 different forms:

• Abortive poliomyelitis- Anorexia Vomiting Abdominal pain Duration of illness usually less than 5 days.
• Nonparalytic poliomyelitis develops, symptoms, usually are those observed in abortive disease in addition to meningeal irritation.
• Paralytic poliomyelitis involves systemic manifestation, such as respiratory failure, in addition to symptoms observed in nonparalytic poliomyelitis.
• Patients who have recovered from poliomyelitis occasionally develop a post poliomyelitis syndrome, in which recurrences of weakness or fatigue are observed and which usually involve groups of muscles that were initially affected. This post polio syndrome may develop 20-40 years after infection with poliovirus.- GELS, LATH

Reflexes, general

• diminished – alum, sec

Shocks, electric like –

• ARG-M, ARS, VERT
  • Sleep during – ARG-M

Shuddering, nervous – ARN, NUX-V

Suppressed, discharge nervous illness after-  ASAR

Trembling, general
AMBR, ANT-T, ARG-N, CIC, CIMIC, COCC, CON, CROT-C, GELS, LACH, MERC, NAT-A, OP, PLAT, PULS, RHUS-T, STRAM, SULPH, THER, ZINC

–     anger from – STAPH

• anxiety from – ARG-N, GELS
• emotions after – COCC, STAPH
• exertion after – RHUS-T
• internally – CALC, GRAPH, IOD, RHUS-T, STANN, STAPH, SUL-AC
• rising from sitting, affected parts – CAUST

Weakness, nervous –

• CHIN, COCA, COCC, GELS, KALI-P, LEC, NAT-C, NAT-P, NAT-SI,   NAT-AC, NUX-V, PH-AC, PHOS, PIC-AC, PULS, SEL, SEP, SIL, STANN, STAPH, ZINC-P

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MURPHY’S REPERTORY