SENEGA mit generierter deutscher Übersetzung Pulfords Remarks: The Seneg.-individual is of necessity of the catarrhal type whose being dwells intimately around the respiratory organs and whose sufferings are sharp and acute from taking cold, in cold weather esp. In its pleuro-pneumonias it comes in cases too deep for Bry. As Ferr-p. is sort of a cross between Acon. and Bell., and as Cadm-met. is sort of a cross between Ars. and Bry., so is Seneg. a sort of cross between Bry. and Rhus-t. The violent symptoms simulate those of Bry. but there is amel. motion, agg. rest. The chest pains are amel. motion, but the cough is agg. motion. The rattling in the chest is as marked as that of Ant-t. and Ip., but not so loud as Ip. The expectoration is as copious, gluey and sticky as Kali-bi., and hard to raise as Caust., so that it must be swallowed. Chest pains agg. during rest and when inspiring and when lying on right side. Cough usually agg. evening and night, in warm room and lying on right (left danx) side. Expectoration of tough mucus. Soreness of moving arms; stitches and rattling of mucus in chest; dyspnea; congestion of lungs, etc. Profuse secretion of lungs in old people even with no other symptoms. Pleuro cases with exhaustion as extreme as that of Ars. and Phos. Esp. useful for old people. Is the ONLY known remedy for: Pain behind sternum when walking fast; clawing pain in chest. Is THE leading remedy for: Pain in chest while sitting. Seneg.: THERAPEUTIC HINTS - The mixed symptoms of Bry., Kali-bi. and Rhus-t. Borland bl4 (Ed.: Is one of Borland's "Complicated pneumonia / bronchopneumonia" - remedies. (Nat-s., Lob., Puls., Seneg.) The third of these drugs [Nat-s., Puls., Seneg.] is Seneg. In many ways it is not unlike the other two drugs we have taken. There is much the same kind of pathological state, but I think there is rather more bronchitis surrounding the patch of consolidation than there is in the two previous drugs. In other words, there are more rales, coarse rales, which are pretty generalized in the chest, and amongst them you will pick up definite patches of consolidation. You usually meet your Seneg-case after the patient has been ill for some days. And most of those I have seen have given me the impression that had one seen them earlier they would probably have been Bry., a missed Bry. might quite well run on to a Seneg. In appearance the Seneg- patients are very flushed. It is not a very bright flush but it is pretty general, and the patients give you the impression of being puffy and rather bloated looking. They have a hot, sweaty skin, and they always have very intense respiratory embarrassment. Their main complaint is always a feeling of intense oppression in the chest, very often they say it feels as if they had a ton weight sitting on the chest, and they just cannot breathe. The impression these patients give you is that they are intensely tired; they are weary, and phlegmatic, and just tired out. Yet underneath that tiredness there is definite anxiety. I remember seeing one patient exceedingly ill with an influenzal pneumonia who had a small daughter ill at the same time, with the same condition, and it was astonishing how little interest the mother took in the illness of her daughter. She never even asked how the child was. She was very definitely anxious about her own state and as to whether she was going to get better because she had so many responsabilities about the house, and yet the fact that her child was seriously ill at the moment made no impression at all. It is a weird mixture of a mental state, and it is pretty typical of Seneg. The Seneg-cough is awfully troublesome. It is a practically constant, violent cough, and it produces a strange sort of hyperaesthesia of the walls of the chest [when moving the arm especially left one danx]; which pains when touched, or when patient sneezes. modx]. Very often in these cases with a generalized bronchitis, when you are percussing the chest you will get on to an area of hyperaesthesia, and you will always find it is over a consolidated area. [Patient complaints of flying pains in inner chest with rattling of mucus. modx] With this generalized aching in the chest wall [, esp. left side, mrr5] which accompanies the violent coughing there is always a certain amount of restlessness; the patients say they are rather more comfortable and the aching pain is rather easier if they move about a bit. With the paroxysms of coughing they become frightfully hot, very red in the face, and covered with a hot sweat. And with this profuse sweating there is apt to be a good deal of sudaminous rash. These Seneg-patients say, they feel too hot and that they like air, but in spite of that they start coughing at once if you open the windows. Though the patients feel far too hot, and they are sweating and want to push off their blankets, yet an actual current of air will start them coughing. Mostly in their pneumonias there is a certain amount of hoarseness [and scraping from larynx mrr5], and I have seen several Seneg-pneumonias now in which there was complete loss of voice. As a rule the condition is more extensive on the right side, but it tends to spread from the right side over to the left. Every Seneg-case I have seen has had peculiarly loud, harsh, breathing with their respiratory distress. There is liable to be a certain amount of cyanosis of the extremities. The patients frequently have a very high temperature, and they are liable to develop signs of a failing heart early in the Subdivision; the right side of the heart begins to dilate, and a definite generalized edema of the lungs is very likely to develop. The most striking cases of Seneg-pneumonia which I have seen have been in middle-aged women, about 45 or so, always rather heavy, over-weight, and rather short necked, [fat people with lax fibre fr2] just the bronchial type. You will get indications for Seneg. in senile patients suffering from coughs, but that is in cases of chronic bronchitis, which present quite a different picture. Raue rec1 "... Small, scarcely perceptible pulse; ... somnolence; dejected features" Lilienthal ll1 "... Violent afflux of blood to chest with beating of heart; dull stitches and burning pain in left chest, when sitting or lying; violent beating of heart, shaking the whole chest; pulse unequal; throat dry and sensitive so that even talking is painful." Hering hr1 Pleuro-pneumonia in left lung; at first Bry., Acon., Bell., had been given; the lancinating pains had completely disappeared, but there was still some oppression; expectoration was without blood, but very difficult, and strength was greatly reduced; in evening covered with cold sweat; pulse very small and wiry; oppression so great he must sit upright constantly; mucus stagnating and rattling in chest. Subacute and chronic pleuritic exudation, broncho-pleuro-pneumonia. McMichael mcx Cough with vomiting and involuntary urination. Short breathing and oppression of chest. Agg. by going up stairs. Choudhuri cda1 It is also used in effusion of the lungs and thickening of the pleura consequent on pleurisy. These subacute and chronic stages are critical stages. Negligence often leads to fatal issues. We often hear of patients gradually drifting into phthisis after neglected cases of pneumonia and pleurisy. Seneg. often rectifies the mistakes and inexperience of the initial stage, and gradually re-establishes the lost equilibrium and prevents the patient from gradually sinking into an incureable stage. ... Pressure on chest as though lungs were forced back to spine. Clarke c1 Pneumonia of both bases esp. the right side. Pleurisy right side of chest with thickening. Gupta gtr1 In bronchiectasis - dilatation of bronchi - due to an inflammatory process, backing cough, difficulty in raising the tough profuse mucus in aged persons. Cough followed by sneezing. Das danx Cough: ... Shaking cough in morning. Cough worse ... during rest, in the room, when sitting, when lying on the side (left side). ... Before or after coughing great burning in chest. Dry cough with aphonia worse in cold air and from walking. Violent cough, shakes him from head to foot. ... Pain under right scapula when coughing. Respiration: Dyspnea especially during rest. Troublesome oppression of chest worse open air, stooping. Thorax feels too narrow. ... oppression and weight on chest. Shortness of breath from accumulation of mucus in the chest and trachea. Suffocation when lying down from adhesiveness of mucus. Chest: Feeling of soreness either diffused or in spots in chest worse coughing, sneezing, or any other jarring of body. Stitches in left lung, through to back, with soreness to touch, worse deep inspiration, in open air, walking fast. ... Pressure on chest as if the lungs were pushed back upon the spine. ... Pain under right scapula during cough. The chest pains are better while walking in the open air. ... Pleurisy, right side of chest, with thickening. Majority of the chest symptoms are most violent during repose. ... Soreness of chest worse by pressure, coughing, sneezing. Stitches in chest when coughing and breathing. Great sensitiveness of the inner chest, also to the touch. Patient: Plethoric and phlegmatic persons. ... Conditions: Right sided pneumonia with rattling of mucus and violent stitches in chest on coughing and deep breathing. Burning sensation under sternum worse motion and deep inspiration. Burning in chest before or after coughing. Cough worse lying on right side and in a warm room. Soreness of the walls of the chest. ... Mucus expectorated with difficulty. Oppression of the walls of the chest, worse coughing, sneezing, pressure, moving the arm. ... Chest symptoms are aggravated when at rest and relieved when walking in open air. Accompaniments: ... Headache worse warm room, better in cold air. Painful sensitiveness of hearing, white tongue. Dry throat, urine like taste in mouth. Great thirst. Hard, retarded and insufficient stool. Pain under right shoulder-blade as if the chest would burst when coughing or drawing a long breath. Great weakness which seems to originate in the chest. Perspiration wanting. Throat dry and sensitive so that even talking is painful. Dryness of inner parts which are usually moist. ... Left sided medicine. [Lung troubles alternate with bowel complaints. modx] Aggravation: Touch, pressure, rubbing, rest, ... motion of arms, ascending, stooping, bending forward, ... open air, ... looking intently at an object. Amelioration: Sweat, bending head back, rest (dry cough), walking, open air, pressure on left side. Rehman rma1 Followed by: For absorption of effusion in pleurisy - Squil., Sulph. Compare with: Ant-t. pfa3, Bry. pfa3, Ip. pfa3, Kali-bi. pfa3, Rhus-t. pfa3 Followed by: Squil. rma1, Sulph. rma1 Senega: Patient complaints of flying pains in inner chest with rattling of mucus. Patient has sensitive chest walls which pains when touched, or when he sneezes. Mucus is clear, albuminous difficult to expectorate, causes shortness of breath. Oppression of breathing at rest. In Senega mucus is profuse, with loose rattling cough in old people. Pneumonia,pleuro-pneumonia in left side. Useful in Pleural exudation which is either subacute or chronic. That is why Senenga is very useful in cases of pleural thicking after pleurisy. Imporatant indication of Senega is seen in weakness seems to originate in inner chest. Also where lung troubles alternates to bowel complaints.