Hippocampus kuda, a proving of sea horse
written by Susan Sonz, CCH
with Robert Stewart, CCH,  and Sonam Kushner, CCH
edited by Barbara Aria 
 

Provers Words, Dreams and Symptoms (continued)


VERTIGO:

Very light headed. #2, 00 (ten minutes after taking rx.) #16, 01.

Dizziness while sitting at the computer #8, 09.

Slight dizziness when standing up, twice. #8, 12.

Slightly dizzy. #13, 12.

Sensation of lightness, ten minutes after taking rx. #14, 00.

Not quite dizzy, but feeling a bit off center, 15 mins. after taking rx. #15, 00.

Vertigo. #18, 00, 01, 02.

"Swaying sensation, in circular motion while sitting. Like being in a cylinder." #19, 00.
 

HEAD:

Sensation of sounds amplified inside head. #1, 00, 09.

Brain felt like a big blob. (With headache and sinus pain.) #1, 13

"Some movement in my forehead- like energy moving around, trying to get out" (ten minutes after taking remedy). #2, 00.

Feeling of a band sensation around forehead. #2, 06.

Energy feels trapped in my head, pushing outwards from the back of my face. The most affected areas are forehead, eyes and tops of cheeks.#2, 01.

Sluggish, with the same pressure behind the forehead and eyes #2, 02.

Shaved my head bald. Been thinking about this on and off for a year or so, but more in the past few days. Liking the bald head- I feel sort of free! #2, 03.

Feels as if full of cotton wool. #5, 03.

Feels in an equilibrium. #5, 04.

Sensation as if top of head is off, and feeling as if under water. #9, 00.

Ten minutes after first dose, experienced a feeling of intense lightness in my head. "As if all the contents of my skull, the brain were lifted up, folded and placed high up in my skull." #14, 00.

After second dose, upon moving my head to look in different directions, it felt as if the movement was sharp and abrupt. #14, 00

Feeling of lightness. #14, 00.

As I turned my head, I noticed I did not have peripheral vision, seeing only what was in front of my face. Again a turning of my head in an abrupt manner, which felt as if I was taking quick "snap- shot" pictures of what was in front of me. #14, 00.

Got a haircut, wanted to get it very short. #14, 08.

Heavy on movement. #15, 00.

Sensation of fullness. #16, 00
 

HEAD PAIN:

Headache, top of head, left to right, pressing. #1, 00.

"Coffee" headache over forehead, got <. Headache still over forehead, bad enough that I want to lie down. Pressing or boring. #1, 00, 13.

Headache <, moved around. Now over left eye. Headache upon waking. #1, 01.

Head pain clearing at noon. #1, 01, 06.

Head pain, dull forehead. #1, 05.

Head pain on waking. #1, 06.

Boring, intense headache behind left ear. #1, 10.

Kept waking at night with a bad headache. Left-sided, strong. #1, 13.

Headache and sinus pain, brain felt like a big blob. #1, 13.

Terrible headache all day. #1, 15.

Headache off and on all day. #1, 16.

Throbbing, top right quadrant. #2,00.

Temporal, at 4:00 PM   #4 00, 01.

Headache developing, over left eye to left ear and left temple. #8,03.

Head pain, > open air #8, 04.

Slight dull headache beginning to develop. #8,01.

Left headache still present with sinus pressure, < rain, humidity.#8,03.

Headache, < right. Pain is quite strong, makes me quite tired. Like a band over the top of the head. #8, 015.

R.sided, vertex #9,00.

L.sided, below occiput #10,11.

L.sided  head pain, lower occipital, 4am. #10,16.

Headache all day over left eye. #13, 12.

Fuzzy headache on both temples lasting all day. #14, 07, 08.

Headache disappeared on passing a blood clot (with menses) #14, 09.

Woke with headache over right eye. #15, 02.

Headache over the right eye, boring in nature. #15, 05.

Left-sided headache, intense aching. #15, 06.

Parietal, both sides. Dull ache, with fullness. #16, 00, 03, 016 (from noon to 6pm).

Forehead, pressure on my temples, pressing in. #17, 02.

Woke with forehead headache and on top of the head. #17, 02.

Right side of head, radiating to right top teeth and right neck. #17, 04.

Woke with pain on right side of the forehead which moved to right temple. #17, 012.

Headache. #18, 00.

Intermittent pain, temporal and top of head. Sharp at times. #19, 04.
 

EYE:

When I was in the shower, I imagined myself with racoon eyes.#2,01.

Twitching, lids  #4, 17

Stye started to appear. (OS)#5, 02. Went away without developing #5,04.

Eyes dry and sticky #10,00.

Sharp pain in right eye. #13, 00, (2x)

Tingling around my eyes, as if someone is rubbing the backs of my eyes. #14, 00.

A slight pressure pain above the eyes, with an awareness of frontal sinuses. #15, 03.

Sharp pain flying in right eye, felt like a bunch of little things on eyelids.
#15, 13.

Burning caustic ash sensation in eye. #15, 13.

Itching, r.eye, lower lid. #16, 01, 07.

Left pupil larger that right pupil. #17, 04.

Swollen under eyes in morning. #19, 03.
 

VISION:

A bit hazy, needs to blink to clear vision. Difficult focusing. #15, 00.

Difficult to focus from one thing to another quickly. #17, 00.

Eyesight in general getting more blurry than usual, a lot faster than usual.
#17, 04.

Blurry. #18, 00.
 

EAR:

Muffled sound. #1, 00, 09.

Ringing in the ears- a high vibration. #2,00 (20 mins after).

High pitched ring in ears this morning. #2,03.

My ears have the high vibration sensation. #2,06.

Itching in left ear (OS)  #3  (every day of proving)

Feels like water in the ear as if she needs to swallow. Strong crackling in the ears. Ears continue to pop as if descending, ascending in airplane.#5,00.

Crackling and popping in ears #5, 01.

High pitched ringing in ears. #9, 00.

Crackling and popping in ears still there, worse R.side #5, 03.

No pain, full feeling. #5, 05

Liquification in ears, a wave sensation like bubbling. Fullness, feeling like underwater in R. ear. #9, 05.

Roaring in r.ear, fills my entire head. Ends within seconds. #10, 01,04.

Itching, alternating sides. #15, 05.

Around 7 pm, ears became plugged, diminishing my hearing, and no amount of swallowing would clear them. I had trouble hearing what clients were saying. But I could hear a constant "wump, wump" sound, coming from ceiling fans in the apartment. #15, 30.

Driving was a little scary because my hearing was so weird and the weirdness of it was making me feel vertiginous. At Home Depot, I had to lean way over the paint counter to make out what the staff person was saying, but I could hear every pair of wheels on every cart that was rolling around the store, on the cement floor, in my head. It made me a little queasy. #15, 30.

Blocked sensation, shortly after taking remedy. #17, 00, 07.

Sensation as if water in ears. #17, 00.

Left ear banging to her heartbeat. #17, 00.

Dull ache all day. #19, 02.

Ear pain alternating sides. #19, 04, 05, 06, 08.
 

HEARING:

Hearing more acute, can notice far off noises. #14, 00.

Muffled. #1, 00, 09. #5,00

Sensation that I am hearing better than usual. #13, 00.
 

NOSE:

Sinus congestion. #1, 13.

Cold sensation in r.nostril.#5, 00.

Stopped up sensation when eating. #5, 03.

Post nasal hawking. #5, 04.

Left nostril alternates running with stuffed up.#8, 01, 03.

Left nostril blocked #10, 05.

Sneezing five times after taking rx. #13, 00.

Slightly runny nose. #13, 05.

Runny, first yellow and then like egg-white consistency. #16, 01.

Nose running. #17, 00.
 

SMELL:

Sense of smell acute. Faint odors, cigarette ash, damp denim, seem offensive #1, 01.

Acute awareness of smell of clean sheets- chlorox smell. #1, 02.

Acute. #1, 00, 13.
 

FACE:

Discolored, red, itchy, from sun  #4, 05, 11

Eruptions, hives  #4, 11

Discoloration, redness around nose and mouth. #16, 01.

Sensation of heat. #17, 02.

Jaw muscle throbbing. Lips tingling. Throbbing and aching from jaw radiating into the inner ear. #19, 00, 01.

Puffy under eyes, dark circles under eyes. #19, 03.

Jaw pain alternating sides. #19, 04, 05, 06, 08.
 

MOUTH:

Feels "like cotton" #3, 01

Took rx and immediately had unpleasant taste like sweaty socks. #5,00.

Salivated, with thickness to aftertaste. #5,00.

Dry mouth. #7,00, 04,05,06

Cold sore appearing, but disappears after a few hours. #12, 03.

Eruption inside lip on lower right side. #17, 15.
 

TASTE:

Taste in mouth putrified. "I suddenly thought of stagnant water inside of old plumbing pipes". #5,00 (hr later).

Taste of peroxide after taking rx. #13, 00.

Taste of tobacco. #13, 00

Bad breath, or bad taste in mouth. #15, 00, 08.

Loss of taste. #15, 07, 08.

Taste bland and salty, similar to taste during vomiting. #16, 00.

Metallic taste in mouth. #16, 01, 03, 04, 07, 08.

Coated tongue. #16, 01.

Taste acute. #1, 00.
 

TEETH:

Seem different, like the gums have that "forehead" energy. Trying to push energy out through the teeth, but the teeth are blocking the release. #2,01.

My teeth feel funny again, like they're going to disintegrate. #2,07.

My teeth are bothering me on the right side #2

Teeth feel like the enamel has been worn away and nerves are exposed. #2

Upper left incisor sore when brushing teeth.#10,02.

Sensitivity of lower back molars, < cold food. #13, 04.

Tenderness of gums, > cold drinks. #19, 01-05.
 

THROAT:

A little raw #7, 00.

Pain, r.side into ear. #9, 00.

Constant swallowing, choking sensation. Can't clear my throat of mucous. #10, 05.

Sore pain, r.sided. #10, 16.

Tightness in throat, like a lump. #11, 00.

Woke with quite a lot of mucous in throat. #11, 01.

Still have lump in throat. (RS). #11, 02.

Throat feels raw and tingly, < breathing in. #14, 00.

Mucous in my throat, feels like a little ball of mucous stuck in my larnyx area. #14, 18.

Pain on waking, sore, > hot tea. #17, 01, 03, 07.
 

EXTERNAL THROAT:

Pain in right side of neck #3, 01, 09

Appearance, eruptions of skin tags. #12, 04.

Severe itching around thyroid gland, and clavicle.  Better pressing nails into skin.#12, 10.
 

STOMACH:  

Feels painfully full after eating a meal. #1, 06.

Pain in pit of stomach after eating. #1, 08.

Nausea after eating, pit of stomach. #1, 09.

Nausea, > outdoors, lasted three to four hours. #1, 09.

Waves of nausea, in the pit. "Sea analogy", like sea-sickness, the way it comes in waves as if the boat lurches. #1, 10.

Nausea after drinking coffee. #1, 10.

"Nervous"  #3, 00

Appetite, diminished #3, 01 and continuing

Queasy sensation #3, 01,  #15, 00, 08, #16, 00.

Appetite, capricious  #3 , 01 and continuing.

Nausea  #4,04, 11, #19, 01, 15 to 26.

Felt the urge to vomit but was too tired to go to bathroom #4, 04.

Pain, cramp like knot, like twisting intestines, like stabbing pain. #4,  11,12.

Vomiting, red  #4,11

Nauseous and queasy four hours after taking rx. #7,00,07.

No appetite, #7,00.

Noticed today that haven't had any heartburn since taking the rx. #8,03.

Frequent burping. #13, 0        

Pain #13, 02.

Slight upset stomach. #13, 19.

Appetite increased. #15, 05.

Gurgling and rumbling. #15, 06, 08.

Nausea, < smells. #15, 08.

Fullness at base of esophagus with eructations. #16, 00.

Eructation into back of throat, after eating Chinese food, burning. #17, 00.

Thirst increased. #19, 05.
 

ABDOMEN:

Rumbling in the belly with flatulence #8,00.

Much bloating after eating. #13, 12.

Upon waking, shooting pain, from lower right quadrant of abdomen, down the inner right thigh, ending at the knee. Lasted ten minutes. #14, 01.

Shooting pain from left lower quadrant, down inner left thigh, ending at knee. #14, 02.

Pain in abdomen above pubic bone, like a "peppermint" sensation. #15, 01.

Slight cramping pain in lower right abdomen. #15, 01.

Flatulence. #15, 06.

Just below liver, stitching, > bending forward. #17, 00.

Pain in spleen, alternating with pain in liver. #17, 00.

Pain in spleen area. #17, 03, 07.

Muscle twitching around and near right side of navel. #19, 09 to14.

Gurgling moved to lower intestines. #19, 10.
 

RECTUM:

Unsatisfactory stool #3

Constipation  #4  00 until 05.

Diarrhea  #4, 06  (may be food reaction.)

Slower bowel movements, didn't go until late morning, early afternoon.
#7, 04, 08, 09

Urgent need to pass stool. #8, 07

No bowel movement this morning. #8, 04.

Loose sensation. #8. 07.

Unusual constipation. #11, 01.

Constipation. #19, 02.

involuntary stool in pants, #8, 07, #17, 12.
 

STOOL:  

Passed soft, mushy stool (in pants) #8, 07.

Stool loose, passed stool (in pants) #17, 12. (REP: Loose sensation?)

BLADDER:

Urgent desire to urinate, uncontrollable. #8, 07.

Urination frequent.#8,15.

Urination more frequent at night, without drinking more. #17, 00.

URINE:

Odor, cheese  #4, 00.

Odor, antiseptic like after eating asparagus. #17, 02.

MALE:

Low sex drive #7, 04.

Cannot keep an erection. #18, 01.

Sexual desire increased. #18, 09.

FEMALE:  

Menses, scanty, early. #3

Initiated love making, 4pm and 11.30pm #10, 01.

Increased libido. Feels desire to connect in playful way. #13, 00.

Menses comes on 22nd day, usually 26 or 28th day. #14, 07.

Menses painless, which is unusual. #14, 08.

Bleeding a lot on third day of period. Passed a blood clot (after which, headache improved). #14, 09.

Difficulty in reaching an orgasm. #17, 17.

Menses came three days early. #17, 18.

LARYNX/TRACHEA:

Feels like a little ball of mucous stuck in my larynx area. #14, 18.
 

SPEECH AND VOICE:

Voice hoarser than usual. #5,04.

Monotonous, flat, indifferent. Slurring, indistinct, as if with food in mouth?
#16, 02.

EXPECTORATION:

'Phelgm-y', bringing it up from my chest. #2,01.

CHEST:

Eruption, sternum, circular, itching, pimples  #4, 01

Palpitations, lasting a few seconds and then vanished. #8, 00,02.

Palpitations while standing, sitting.#8, 017, 019.

Pain in right nipple. #9,00.

Palpitations, several times pounding heart sensation lasting a few seconds (OS).#11, 00.

Rash on chest (OS) got worse, itching. #12, 03.

Itching again on the chest, collar-bone area. No redness. #12, 09.

Itching on chest very annoying. #12, 011.

Poking pain like a finger pressing, between left breast and collarbone. #13, 00.

Vague pain in the left breast. #13, 05.

Slight pain in center of breastbone, more like a pressure. #13, 07.

Dull pain underneath right clavicle. #16, 00.

Pain as if skewered, going from sternum to spine. < deep inspiration. #16, 03.

Pain in left side, just below ribs, < inspiration. #17, 00, 02, 05.

Pain in r. breast, sudden manifestation. Felt as if one inch round hole in breast.
#17, 00.

Pain, gripping, below each breast. #17, 09.

Pain in breasts as if getting period, which is due one week from now. #17, 14.

Lots of pain in chest . #18, 00, 01, 02, 03.

Pain, burning sensation under sternum/lungs , > cold drinks. #19, 03, 06, 07.

BACK:

Pain in rib cage area, with nausea.  #3, 03

Pain, with deep inspiration, extending up to back of head.  #3, 03

Pain in right shoulder  #3, 03

Lower back,  better lying, worse rising  #4, 01

Feels extraordinary well- very limber. A cervical stiffness, disc damage. Hasn't felt this good in a long time.(CS) #5, 04.

Pain in one spot- pulsating. I feel as if my muscles cannot support my back. Have to lie down. #8, 00.

Itching in spot over left kidney. #12, 03, 04, 05

Pain in neck gone (CS) #13, 02.

Pain in left wing of back (NS) #13, 06.

Stiffness. #13, 14.

Back pain #13, (RS)

Noticed disappearance of usual lower back pain. #14, 11.

Heaviness in neck and shoulders. #15, 00.

Pain between shoulder blades, < sitting. #15, 03.

Back pain- achy, mid to upper back. #15, 05.

Shooting pains on right side of spine, just above hips. #15, 10.

Aching pain between scapulae. #19, 00, 01.

Tired and achy. #19, 03.        

Right sided lumbar region, sharp, deep pain. Severe and moving down into sacral area. Radiating into right hip and right quadraceps. #19, 09 to 18.

EXTREMITIES:  

Numbness in arms and hands  #4,00

Numbness, hands, on waking  #4,01

Heaviness in arms  #4,00, 04,05

Heaviness in hands, on waking.  #4, 01

Heaviness in legs. #17, 00.

Lying made arms better  #4, 00

Letting arms hang down, amel  #4,00

Eruptions, left shoulder, pimples, itching  #4,01

Eruptions, right shoulder, pimples, itching  #4,03

Legs feel heavy, and they're "humming". They feel tingly from the calves down. #5,03.

cold feet but I need to be barefoot. They are cold to the touch but they feel warm to me. I usually wear closed toed shoes. #9, 02

About 5pm, noticed quarter sized rash on heel of palm, both hands, with small red pinpricks. #10, 01

Waking with right arm extremely numb. #10, 04.

Pressure around ankles #12, 04,05.

Slowness and stiffness. #12, 06.

Itching on pad of right index finger. #13, 00.

Hips feel "out of whack". #13, 00.

Feet warm, afternoon, 2 pm. #14, 00.

Itching on backs of hands while exercising. #14, 00.

Warm feet, tingling, itching between toes. < scratching, .> rubbing. #14, 01.

External coldness of feet, internal sensation of warmth #14, 02.

Moments of being still, and then sudden jerky movements. #14, 01.

Itching left elbow, > scratching. #15, 01.

Sensation as if hair between toes on left foot. #15, 01.

Itching on backs of hands, and forearms (as if a caustic substance got under the skin). #15, 03, 04, 05, 09.

Restless legs and sensation of formication in bed. #15, 08.

Red, itchy, inflamed and slightly flaky rash on back of left knee. #16, 04- 10. 

Clicking in right knee, when walking. #17, 00.

Trembling hands. #18, 00, 01, 02.

Trembling of legs. #18, 00, 01, 02.

Itching between toes. #18, (general).

Aching in forearms. #19, 00.

Tingling in fingers. #19, 00.

Twitching of legs. #19, 13 to 16.

EXTREMITIES PAIN:

Right scapular shooting arm pain (electrical) RS. #10, 09.

Legs and calves cramping. #10, 00.

Sharp downward pain, back of thigh to knee #13, 00

Pain in small toe and middle toe. #13, 00.

Finger joints stiff. #13, 06.

Ankle so sore, I can hardly walk. #13, 16.

Right sided sciatic pain, upper thigh. #16, 00.

Cramping, lateral thighs. #17, 00.

Cramping, right shoulder, < movement. #17, 04.

Legs tired and achy. #19, 01, 03, 04.

Arms tired and achy. #19, 03, 04.

SLEEP:

Waking early. #1, 01, 02.

Waking early with headache. #1, 06, 13.

Waking at night with bad headache. #1, 13.

Unusual symptom- nap at 5pm. #1, 02, 04, 06.

Needs less sleep  #3

Restless sleep, #1, 01, 14.#7,01

Not  very restful, #7,08.

Soundly, did not get up to go to bathroom. #8, 00.

Woke tired. Sleepy feeling all day.#8, 03.

Woke up feeling much less tired. #8, 05.

I feel sleepy (1pm), I'd love to take a nap but I have too much work to do and not enough energy or time to do it.

later that day: too tired, had to take nap- I felt better after. #8, 017

Waking at 3am, 4am and 7am. #10, 06.

Waking at 1am, 4am and 6.30am. #10 07.

Waking at 1.30 am, 3 am and struggles awake at 7.30 am. #10, 09.

Sleep light and restless  (RS) #12.

Sleep deep.(RS) #13, 04.

Daytime sleepiness #13, (RS).

Sleepiness, dozed off three times while massaging a client. #15, 00.

Restless.#15, 05,08.

Sleeplessness, brooding thoughts. #16, 16.

Unrefreshed. #18, 02.

Deep and heavy. #19, 00, 01, 02, 03.

Great sleepiness, took a nap for two hours- a deep sleep. #19, 06.

CHILL:

Chills throughout the day.#7,03.

PERSPIRATION:

Increased during chill. #18, 01.

SKIN:

Pricking sensation. #16, 00

GENERALITIES:

Better open air. #1, 00 (throughout proving).

Feeling extremely chilled all day. #1, 06.

Overwhelmingly tired, even worse after a snack. #1, 06.

Desiring fish. #1, 08.

Craving ocean, salt air. Outdoors. #1, 08.

Fruit desires. #1, 13.

Food:  desire for melon, juicy fruit  #3, 02, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, etc.

Heat, lack of vital  #3, 05, 06, 07, 08

Warm sensation #4 00

Evening, amel  #4 00

Fatigue  #4  01, 04, 05

Fatigued #5, 00.

Craving honey, hot water and lemon, makes throat better. #5, 02

Exhaustion. #5,02, #13, 07.

Craving chocolate and rubbish. #5,10

Energy low, #7,02.03, 04,08,09.

Felt very heavy, couldn't move any part of body or answer when asked a question, no strength. #8,00

Feeling exhausted, wants to go to sleep. #8, 03.

Trembling. #11, 00.

Feel heavy in the body today. #13, 05.

Pains have been darting in nature. #13, 07 (RS)

Desires fruit, melons- watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew. Stopped at the store to get more fruit. The smell of the fruit was almost intoxicating, especially the cantaloupes. #13, 05, 07

Desire for gourmet food. #13, 07

Very heavy and lethargic. #13, 08.

Desires sweetened, cold drinks. #13, 08.

Craving for sweet drinks and fruit. #13, (RS).

Craves salad, normally doesn't like salad. #14, 02.

Desires sweets, junk food. #15, 05.

Craves chewing ice. #15, 08.

Pulse increasing. #16, 00.

Sudden manifestations, coming and going. #16, 00, #17, 01.

Craves beer, #16, 00, 04.

Moving/(open) air > (fan). #16, 16.

Open air >, #17, 00.

No desire for meat, chicken or fish. #17, 01.

Increased energy in the afternoon. #17, 01.

Desiring cold drinks. #17, 01.

Weariness, desires nap. #18, 13.

Desires alcohol, pot and cigarettes. #18, 13.

Sudden tiredness. #19, 00, 01, 02, 03.

Feels heavy. #19, 02.

Sluggishness. #19, 04.

Alternating pains. #19, 04.
 

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