Animal
Apis Mellifica
The Honey-Bee
Repertory abbreviation: Apis
Acts on cellular tissues causing odema of skin and mucous membranes. The very characteristic effects of the sting of the bee furnish unerring indications for its s employment in disease. Swelling or puffing up of various parts, cedema, red rosy hue, stinging pains, soreness, intoler- ance of heat, and afternoon aggravation are some of the general guiding symptoms. Erysipelatous infamma- tions, dropsical effusions and anasarca, acute, inflam- mation of kidneys, and other parenchymatous tissues are characteristic pathological states corresponding to Apis. Extreme sensitiveness to touch and gener
Mind
Apathy, indifference, and unconsciousness. Awkzvard; drops things readily. Stupor, with sudden sharp cries and startings. Stupor alternating with erotic mania. Sensation of dying. Listless; cannot think clearly. Jealous, fidgety, hard to plcase. Sudden shrill, piercing screams. Whining. Tcarfulress. Jealous, fright, rage, vexation, grief.
Head
Whole brain feels very tired. Vertigo with sneezing, worse on lying or closing eyes. Heat, throb- bing, distensive pains, better on pressure, and worse on motion. Sudden stabbing pains. Dull, heavy sensa- tion in occiput, as from a blow, extending to neck (better on pressure), accompanied with sexual excitement. Bores head into pillow and screams out.
Eyes
Lids swollen, red, oedematous, everted, in- famed; burn and sting. ( Conjunctiva bright red, puffy. Lachrymation hot. Photophobia. Sudden piercing pains. Pain around orbits. Serous exudation, edema, and sharp pains. Suppurative inflummation of eyes. Keratitis with intense chemosis of ocular conjunctiva. Staphyloma of cornea following suppurative inflammation. Styes, also prevents their recurrence.
Ears
External ear red, inflamed, sore; stinging pains.
Nose
Coldness of tip of nose. Red, swollen, in- famed, with sharp pains.
Face
Swollen, red, with piercing pain. Waxy, pale, cedematous. [Acet. ac.]
Mouth
Tongue swollen, sore, and raw, with vesicles. Scalding in mouth and throat. Tongue feels scalded, red hot, trembling. Gums swollen. Lips swol- len, especially upper. Membrane of mouth and throat glossy, as if varnished. Red, shining, and puffy, like erysipelas.
Throat
Constricted, stinging pains. Uvula swollen, sac-like. Throat swollen, inside and out; tonsils swollen, puffy, cry red. Ulcers on tonsils. Fiery red margin around leathery membrane. Sensation of fishbone in
Stomach
Sore feeling. Thristless. Vomiting of food. Craving for milk. [Rhus.]
Abdomen
Sore, bruised on pressure, when sneez- ing. Fxtrcmely tender.1 Dropsy of abdomen. . Peri- tonitis. Swelling in right groin.
Stool
Involuntary on every motion; anus secmis open. Bloody, painless. Anus feels raw. Haemorrhoids, with stinging pain, after confinement. Diarrhcea watery, yellow; cholera infantum type. Cannot urinate without a stool. Dark, fetid, worse after eating. Constipation; feels as if something would break on straining. Urine.— Burning and soreness when urinating. Sup- pressed, loaded with casts; frequent and involuntary; stinging pain and strangury; scanty, high colored. In- continence. Last drops burn and smart.
Female
Edema of labia; relieved by cold water. Menses suppressed, with cerebral and head symptoms, especially in young girls. Dysmenorrhoea, with severe ovarian pains. Metrorrhagia profuse, with heavy abdomen, faintness, stinging pain. Sense of tightness. Bearing-down, as if menses were to appear. Ovarian tumors, metritis with stinging pains.
Respiratory
Hoarseness; dyspncea, breathing hur- ried and difficult. Edema of larynx. Feels as if he could not draw another breath. Suffocation; short, dry cough, suprasternal. Hydrothorax.
Extremities
Cedematous. Synovitis. Knee swollen, shiny. sensitive, sore, with stinging pain. Feet swollen and stiff. Feel too large. Rheumatic pain in back and limbs. Tired, bruised feeling.
Skin
Swellings after bites; sore, sensitive. Sting- ing. 1 Erysipelas, with sensitiveness and swelling, rosy hue. Urticaria. Carbuncles, with burning, stinging pain. [Ars.; Anthrac.] Sudden puffing up of whole body.
Sleep
Very drowsy. Dreams full of care and oil. Screams and sudden starting during sleep.
Fever
Afternoon c'ill, wuith thirst; worse on mo- tion and hieat. External heat, with smothering feeling. Sweat slighit, with sleepiness. Perspiration breaks out and dries up freqnently.S Sleeps after the fever parox- ysm.A After perspiration, nettle rash, also with shud- dering.
Modalities
Worse, warmth in any form; touch; pressure; late in afternoon; after sleeping; in closed and heated rooms. Right side. Better, in open air, un- covering, and cold bathing.
Relationships
Complementary : Nat. mur. The "chronic," Apis.; also Baryta carb. Inimical. Rhus. Compare: Apium virus (auto-toxemia. with pus pro- ucis). Zinc.; Canth.; Vespa: Lathcsis.
Dose
Tincture to thirtieth potency. Sometimes action is slow; so several days lapse before it is seen to act, and then urine is increased. Apium virus, sixth trituration.