• Arbutus Andrachne (Strawberry Tree).

• A remedy for eczema associated with gouty and rheumatic symptoms.

• Symptoms shift from skin to joints.

• Arbutus Andrachne is a remedy to consider in chronic rheumatic and gouty diathesis with skin manifestations.

• General stiffness and soreness, particularly in the morning.

• A sensation of dryness throughout the body.

• Debility and fatigue; the patient is easily exhausted by exertion.

• Marked general soreness.

• Arbutus Andrachne is adapted to chronic conditions with skin and joint involvement.

• Great weakness and prostration.

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• Irritability and impatience; the patient is easily angered by trifles.

• A tendency to be introspective and withdrawn.

• Anxiety about health, with a constant fear of serious illness.

• Difficulty concentrating and poor memory.

• Restlessness and a desire to be constantly on the move.

• A feeling of being overwhelmed by responsibilities.

• Mental fatigue; the patient is easily overwhelmed by mental work.

• Melancholy and sadness.

• Aversion to company; the patient prefers solitude.

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• Derived from young shoots of the Strawberry Tree of the Levant (Ericaceae).

• The headache is worse from motion and better from rest.

• Vertigo, especially when rising from a sitting or lying position.

• Photophobia.

• Eyes feel dry and gritty.

• Vision is blurred.

• Hearing is diminished.

• Ears feel blocked.

• Dryness of the nasal passages, with frequent sneezing.

• Nose feels stuffed up.

• Loss of smell.

• Hoarseness.

• Dry, hacking cough, worse at night.

• Shortness of breath, especially on exertion.

• Oppression of the chest.

• The cough is aggravated by cold air.

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• Palpitations, especially after exertion or emotional upset.

• Weak heart action.

• Pulse is rapid and weak.

• Chest feels sore and bruised.

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• Loss of appetite, with a feeling of fullness after eating only a small amount.

• Nausea and vomiting.

• Abdominal pain, especially in the lower abdomen.

• Constipation, with hard, dry stools.

• Abdomen feels bloated and distended.

• Burning in the stomach.

• Eructations are sour.

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• There are vesical symptoms.

• Frequent urination, with a burning sensation.

• Urine is scanty.

• There are urinary sediments.

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• Decreased libido.

• Sexual weakness.

• In females, menses are irregular.

• Arthritis, especially larger joints.

• Lumbago.

• There are rheumatic pains in the joints, worse from motion and better from rest.

• Stiffness and soreness of the muscles and joints, especially in the morning.

• Limbs feel heavy and tired.

• Joints are swollen and inflamed.

• Weakness in the limbs.

• Skin is dry, red, and itchy, with vesicles.

• There are skin eruptions with burning and stinging pains.

• Skin is rough and cracked.

• Intense itching, which is worse at night.

• Dreams are vivid and disturbing.

• Insomnia, especially before midnight.

• The patient awakens unrefreshed.

• Motion, cold weather, damp weather, morning, night.

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• Cold air and drafts.

• Damp weather.

• Motion.

• Eating.

• Mental exertion.

• At night.

• Lying down.

• After sleep.

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• Rest, warmth, dry weather, pressure.

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• Warmth.

• Rest.

• Open air.

• Pressure.

• Warm drinks.

• Being alone but feeling connected.

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• Complementary remedies: Nux vomica, Pulsatilla.

• Antidotes: Camphor.

• Comparisons: Arsenicum album, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Lycopodium, Sulphur.

• Similar to: Ipecacuanha (nausea and vomiting), Mercurius (rawness and burning), Natrum muriaticum (desire for company, yet aggravated).

• Bryonia, Kalmia, Rhus Toxicodendron.

• Not clearly defined.

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• Benzoic Acid, Ledum Palustre, Urtica Urens.

• Sensitivity to cold air and drafts.

• Feeling of rawness, internally and externally.

• Periodicity of symptoms, recurring at similar times daily or weekly.

• Sensation of dryness in mucous membranes.

• Aversion to being covered.

• Craving for sour things.

• Aversion to sweets.

• Thirstless.

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• Irritability and impatience, easily angered by trivial matters.

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• Sense of foreboding; feeling something bad is about to happen.

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• Desire for company but aggravated by it (amelioration being alone but feeling connected).

• Weeping mood, easily brought to tears for no apparent reason.

• Procrastination, difficulty initiating tasks.

• Mental confusion.

• Forgetfulness.

• Aversion to mental work.

• Dwells on past unpleasant events.

• Sensation of pressure or fullness in the head.

• Vertigo, especially on rising or turning the head quickly.

• Burning and dryness of the eyes.

• Photophobia, sensitivity to light.

• Blurred vision.

• Tinnitus, ringing in the ears.

• Feeling of fullness or pressure in the ears.

• Dryness of the nasal passages.

• Frequent sneezing.

• Nasal congestion.

• Sore throat, with a raw, burning sensation.

• Dryness of the throat, causing difficulty swallowing.

• Hoarseness.

• Loss of taste.

• Increased salivation.

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• Feeling of constriction in the chest.

• Shortness of breath, especially on exertion.

• Palpitations, especially when anxious or excited.

• Feeling of fluttering in the chest.

• Oppression of chest.

• Vomiting, especially after eating.

• Loss of appetite.

• Gastric acidity, heartburn.

• Abdominal pain, cramping in the abdomen.

• Diarrhea, frequent, watery stools.

• Constipation, with hard, dry stools.

• Flatulence, excessive gas.

• Pain in the liver region.

• Hemorrhoids.

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• Frequent urination.

• Burning sensation during urination.

• Decreased libido.

• Impotence in males.

• Scanty menses in females.

• Leucorrhea.

• Weakness and heaviness in the limbs.

• Joint pain, especially in the knees and ankles.

• Cold hands and feet.

• Stiffness of the neck.

• Back pain, especially in the lumbar region.

• Sciatica.

• Restless legs.

• Dry skin.

• Itching without eruption.

• Profuse sweating, especially at night.

• Insomnia, difficulty falling asleep.

• Restless sleep.

• Dreams are vivid and anxious.

• Dreams of falling.

• Dreams of being chased.