APIS MELLIFICA mit generierter deutscher Übersetzung Farrington fr2 Pleurisy: One of the best remedies to bring about absorption of the fluid [DD Bry. fr3, Kali-i. fr3, Phos. fr3, Sulph. fr3]. It comes in when the fever has abated and the pains are very little if present, but there is great oppression, worse at night and from warmth; feels as if he could not take another breath [; wants to be fanned; danx] Face pale and edematous, feeble pulse, scanty urine. Great oppression and faintness from the quantity of exudation. Chronic or latent cases. Tyler tl3 -Constant sensation in chest as if he couldn't live. -Anguish of mind. Impossible to get another breath, so great is the suffocative feeling. -Apis. and Sulph. will cure most cases". -Apis. cannot stand heat. (Puls., Sulph.) Hering hr1 Shrill, sudden, piercing screams - in pneumonia. [More or less apathy, with quick, stinging pains which may make patient cry out. modx] Das danx Stages: First stage; second stage. Location: Right side; left chest near middle of sternum. Causes: Cold weather; acute exanthema imperfectly developed or suppressed. Sequel of eruptive diseases. Expectoration: Scanty or none at all; more rarely profuse, transparent albuminous in frothy bloody mucus; no expectoration or sweetish or tasteless. Cough: Cough with ringing sound; irritating cough caused by pressure on larynx; cough which loosens with difficulty, rouses from sleep before midnight and ceases as soon as the least particle is loosened which is swallowed; cough after lying down or sleeping, cough with pain in head and chest; cough with inability to retain urine; cough from 9 P.M. to 4 A.M. Cough ceases as soon as least sputa is loosened; cough dry ringing, spasmodic; dry cough with gagging; short dry cough. Cough at night preventing sleep; Respiration: Respiration hurried and difficult; dyspnea, especially difficult inspiration; oppression of chest ... better in open air; worse lying down. Chest: Sensation of coldness in chest or sensation of heat on chest; dull aching pain in left chest, near middle of sternum; fullness, constriction, or suffocation in chest; Sharp stitches in left chest; soreness in chest; sensation of soreness, lame bruised feeling in chest; stitches in left side of chest and through back; burning, stinging pain through entire front of chest. Pulse: Full and rapid; small and trembling; intermitting. Fever: Dry heat towards the evening with sleepiness; no thirst with the fever; [No thirst - as a rule, though Apis patients are sometimes thirsty modx] hoarse cough; heat with difficult breathing, as if every breath would be the last; heat with thirst, wishes to uncover; much burning; sweat goes and comes alternately; breaks out and dries up continually. Chilliness on uncovering; continuous deep sleep. Accompaniments: Indifference, fidgety, jealous, hard to please, whining, tearfulness, sensitiveness; dullness, stupor; [general drowsiness, without thirst, even with high temperature modx] delirium with or without muttering, cannot bear to be left alone; vertigo on closing the eyes; copious sweat on the head, scalp and forehead; brain feels very tired; pale and waxen face; puffiness about the eyelids. Tongue fiery red; tongue red, hot trembling; red fiery appearance of the buccal cavity; very tender, dry tongue; can't protrude the tongue it trembles and catches on the teeth, tongue hangs from the mouth; Dry brown streak down the middle of tongue, sides being moist; gums look watery; viscid, tough frothy saliva. Craving for milk; absence of thirst or insatiable or thirst for little and often; hard and costive stools with stinging pains; diarrhoea, stools involuntary and painless; scanty urine; bloody or milky urine or very dark and frothy or very fetid; albuminous urine; foot sweat checked by cold; dreams of long journies, of flying through air, of hot stones; surface of body very sensitive to touch; burning stinging pains; oedematous swellings; red rosy hue; ... tight feeling; ... cold legs; cold hands; abdomen sensitive to touch; soreness. [Nothing can be borne about the throat (cp. Lachesis). The over - sensitiveness to pain of the apis - patient is found only very rarely with Lachesis. modx] Aggravation: Heat modx; touch; pressure; afternoon; after sleep; closed heated room; right side; cold weather; lying down. [16 - 17h p.m.] Amelioration: Cold applications; open air; uncovering; during day when sitting erect. Rehman Sulph. as intercurrent or follow-up-remedy in pleurisy with effusion. Compare with: Bry. fr3, Kali-i. fr3, Phos. fr3, Sulph. fr3 Followed by: Ars. danx, Puls. danx, Sulph. rma1 Intercurrent remedies: Sulph. rma1