Joint pain
Rhus tox. Rheumatic pains come on at rest. The pains are worse at rest and in wet, rainy weather. Worse after midnight and before a storm. Better from motion.
The patient is constantly moving to get relief. Cannot lie in one position. pain, stiffness, feeling of numbness; worse at rest; chilliness from dampness.
The first movement is extremely painful. With continued movement, the patient feels much better. Rheumatism from dampness. Ailments in people who are very hot and perspire. Relief from movement. The pains are relieved by motion. Worse after midnight.
Worse from stretching and from stretching the arms up. Worse from getting wet in the rain in the heat. Limbs ache in wet weather. Depression and despair. The patient is full of anxiety and worries. He thinks he will die or go insane. Crying without knowing why.
Bryonia. Pale swollen joints. The joints are very swollen, reddened, sensitive to touch and very painful when moving. The condition is relieved by warmth. Every part of the body is painful when pressed. Joint rheumatism.
Bile, dark-haired, swarthy skin, shooting and tearing pains, worse motion and dry cold. The muscles are painful to touch and swollen. The pains are aggravated by the slightest movement. Synovitis. The joints are pale red and swollen. The pains are sharp, stitching, worse from motion.
Synovitis of rheumatic or traumatic origin. Pain and swelling change very slowly. The joints are very hot, dark or pale red in color. The tongue is dry and white in the middle of the back. Constipation. Motion, cold, mental excitement, sitting and noises greatly aggravate the pains. Worse at night.
Severe pain in the joints, the slightest movement is unbearable. Better during rest, in a warm bed, and after perspiration. The pain is aggravated by touch and the slightest movement. Red, swollen and stiff joints. Stitching pains in the joints from the slightest movement.
Ledum. Swollen and painful joints. Worse in warm bed. First, the joints of the foot become inflamed, then the joints of the hands. Painful hard knots and lumps. Periostitis of the phalanges is painful with pressure. The soles are sensitive and painful.
The ankles are swollen. Inflammation of the big toe. Painful hard knots form in the hands. The effusion is minor. Tight knots. Strong chilliness. Acute swelling of the hip joint. The patient can hardly walk.
Pale tumors. Swollen hot joints do not turn red. Pain at night from warmth of bed. The patient is thrown off the blanket from the diseased joints. The rheumatism rises up from the foot.
Silicea. Arthritis of the hip and knee joints, with discharge of offensive pus from fistulas. Rheumatism of the feet, ankles and soles. Lack of heat. Sweat and diaper rash of legs.
Fetid sweat in armpits (Petroleum). The glands swell and suppurate. Great sensitivity to touch (Lachesis). Curvature of the bones and spine.
Colchicum. Swelling of the joints passes from one to another. Worse in the evening. The joints are swollen and dark red. Urine scanty, red.
Burning and jerking pains in the urethra. Pain in neck and shoulders. With pressure on the swelling, a hole remains. The swelling of the joints worsens with changes in the weather.
Acidum fluoricum. Rheumatism. Pain in arms and shoulders. The hands are weak and numb. The brushes are very hot. Sharp stitching pains in the tips of the fingers. Nails grow very fast. Inflammation of the knee joint. Anasarka. Edema of the chest and abdomen. The calluses are very painful.
Apis. Synovitis of the knee. Sharp, cutting and stitching pains. Effusion in joints. Thickening of tissues and cartilage of the joint.
Actea spicata. Inflammation of small joints. When walking, the joints hurt and swell.
Antimonium crudum. Arthritis of the elbows, joints of the feet and fingers. Pale swelling of the knee. Warts on the hands. Nails peel off. Horny growths under the nails. Legs get tired while sitting; marked sensitivity of the feet when walking. Calluses on soles near toes.
Viola odorata. Inflammation of the right hand.
Caulophyllum. Pain in the small joints of the arms and legs. Inflammation of the phalangeal and metacarpal joints in women.
Guajacum. The joints are disfigured by the deposition of stones. Pleural pain in tuberculosis.
Ferrum met. Pain in the hip joint drives the patient out of bed and is relieved only when the patient walks slowly.
Phosphorus. Arthritis of the hip and knee joints. Because of the burning sensation in the hands, the patients cannot bear covered hands. Heat passes from hands to face. Fistulas in the glands and about the joints. Ulcers with elevated margins.
Liquid pus. The redness around the ulcer radiates (Belladonna). Burning and stitching pains. Fever with night sweats and diarrhoea. Evening restlessness. Mastitis with fistulas (Silicea).
Lithium carb. Swelling, redness and great tenderness of small joints.
Petroleum. Cracking in the joints. Eczema of the hands in winter.
Psorinum. Itching in the folds of the joints.
Cactus. Rheumatism of all joints begins in the upper extremities.
Menyanthes. Painful twitching in the little finger of the left hand. Shootings in the hip joint when walking. Drawing in right knee tendon when sitting.
Shooting pain in right heel. Fatigue and exhaustion. Often yawns, as if he hadn’t slept long enough. Lustful dreams, no ejaculation.
Angustura vera. Itching in the hands. Paralysis in the ankle joint. Heat in back of left arm. Sharp cutting pain in shoulder blade. Aching in back of right arm in evening. Pain in right middle finger. Trembling in the neck muscles on the left side. Cutting pain in armpit.
Stiffness in elbow joints. Pain in the ball of the left thumb. Drawing pain in joint of thumb when flexing. Drawing pain in groin on rising. Goosebumps and pain on the skin of the gluteal muscles.
Cramps in the feet. Weakness in arms with chilliness. Pain in foot when stepping on it. Dull pain in right ankle when sitting. Burning and heat in right ankle when walking and sitting. On the protrusion of the fifth metatarsal bone of the left leg, drawing pain, as in a cramp.
Pain in the anterior muscles of the right thigh when bending the knee. Numbness of the ring finger. The fingers of the right hand are cold. Sharp pain over right wrist. Pain on movement in the cervical muscles on the left passes in the fresh air. It’s hard to raise your hand. Legs numb to the knees. Sudden drawing pain in occiput.
Excessive weariness in the thighs after walking in the open air, Weariness in the limbs. Itching in thighs. Inaudible crunch in all joints. Can’t go fast. Intermittent stitches in left patella when walking in open air.
In the pelvis, when walking, drawing squeezing pain. Burning in tibia when walking. Shootings in the heel when sitting, in the evening. Feet sweating. Tearing pain in left heel when crossing legs.
Kalmia. Rheumatism goes from top to bottom. The pain suddenly moves from one part of the body to another. Joint pain without fever; pains change their place.
Arnica. Sharp pain in the right back on inspiration. Aching pain and itching between the shoulder blades. Shoulder blade. The limbs of the side on which it lies go numb. Tiredness in the legs and arms when walking in the open air, compelling to lie down. Dizziness and weakness when walking goes away when he stops.
Aching pain when bending the head in the lower cervical vertebrae. Spasmodic drawing pain when sneezing or yawning. Can’t bend fingers. Pain in sacrum when coughing, breathing deeply or walking. Burning pain in back when walking in open air.
Goosebumps in arms and forearms. Twitching in the muscles of the shoulder. Sharp pain under the elbow joint. Expansion of veins in the arms. Cramp in the fingers of the left hand. Pimple between thumb and forefinger.
Itching at tip of middle finger. Drawing pain in left hip-joint when sitting with stretched out leg. Pain in thighs when walking. The knees tremble when the patient stands. Pain in right knee when going up stairs. Cramp in the toes of the left foot.
Intense burning and tingling in the feet. Pain in the foot, through the big toe. Dull pain in right big toe. Tearing pain under left knee. Tearing pain in heel and ankle. The pains are aggravated by blowing the nose, by motion, and by any noise. Perspiration of soles and toes.
Twitching in feet and shoulders, with heat in feet. Sudden swelling of the foot. Excessive sensitivity of the whole body. In the ankle joint, pain as if dislocated. The whole body seems to be tightly bound. Heaviness in the limbs, can hardly stand.
Veratrum album. Worse in wet weather. Severe pain lifts the patient out of bed.
Berberis. Gouty pains. The pain spreads from the center to the periphery. Polyarthritis, especially of the knee joint, due to diseases of the kidneys. Stiffness, soreness, feeling as if the knee were bruised. Gouty pains extend from the center radially.
Aconitum. Shooting pain in left side of spine descending to sacrum. The pain is so aggravated on inspiration that tears run from the eyes. The pain goes from the sacrum through the back to the back of the head. Pain in spine, as if bugs were crawling there. Pain in the middle of the right shoulder during rest does not respond to movement and pressure.
Sudden shooting pain in back of right shoulder. Shooting pain in occiput when moving head. Fever, restlessness and joint pain.
Pain in the left shoulder joint. Tearing from shoulder to fingers on every movement. In pain, the hand turns blue. Boring pain from right scapula to chest, aggravated by inhalation.
Kalium sulphuricum. Transient, wandering pains in the joints.
Kalium bichromicum. Rheumatism with diarrhea. Tearing pains in the joints after a cold.
Ruta. Bruises and paralysis after injuries. Pain in wrists and ankles.
Plumbum met. Loose brushes.
Calcarea carb. Hands sweat. Sweat on the head, cold clammy feet and hands, pain from every movement. Cold extremities.
Carbo veg. Hands and feet are cold. Cold hands and feet on the left. Blue nails.
Sepia. Feet alternately become hot. When the feet are hot, the hands are cold and vice versa.
Cocculus. Feeling of a swollen hand. Alternately, one brush becomes numb, then the other. Knees crunch and buckle with weakness.
Calcarea phosphoricum. Worse in autumn and spring from melting snow.
Chamomilla. Severe pain lifts the patient out of bed at night and makes him walk.
Lac caninum. Inflammation crosses from one side to the other, back and forth.
Kalium iodatum. Inflammation of the periosteum.
Actea racemosa. Muscular rheumatism. Neck stiffness. Patients cannot turn their heads. Painful lumps and hard knots in the joints. Pain in the back, neck, neck; eye pain.
Causticum. Painful indurations in the joints. Shortening of the flexors. Joint stiffness. Cracking in the joints. Joint stiffness in rheumatism. Shortening of the flexors.
Pulsatilla. The pain moves from joint to joint. Worse pains in the evening and at night, at rest and in a warm room, better from motion and open air. Affection of small joints, pains change place, worse at night and in a warm room, better in the open air and from motion. Swollen red joints.
Tuberculinum. Wandering pain in the joints. Difficulty in moving and standing. The pain is relieved by prolonged movement.
Acute inflammation of the knee joint, Apis, Stict. Chronic – Rhus, Kali-i. Cold knees – Ag.n. Wrapping up warm is better, Ars. Pain in one joint, stinking and clammy sweat, worse at night;
Pain and swelling of the joints with redness; they are hot to the touch; worse from motion and heat; suppuration; patients very sensitive to cold, Merc-v.
Urine with a strong odor; pain, swelling right knee; arthritis of right knee – Benz-ac. Stiffness of joints and induration of surrounding tissues, Iod.
Pain after dry cold and windy weather, Rhod. Worse from cold, damp weather; rheumatism from cold and damp, Dulc.

