MORGAN – GAERTNER

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Mainly pale, apprehensive anxious types. Perhaps socially dysfunctional. Gastrointestinal vulnerabilities.	Lycopodium Chelidonium (▲rel▼)
Main aetiology	? Sedentary habit , ? poor diet	▼
Secondary aetiologies	Drugs, Food-bourne bacterial toxins Stress	Nux vomica Sulphur
Emergent disturbance	Low grade chronic GI and GU inflammation	▲
Secondary disturbances	General immunological ? Uterine hyperplasia / menopause	Chenopodium Taraxicum Pulsatilla Lachesis Sepia Sanguinaria (▲rel▼)
Principle locations	Colon + Altered bowel habit flatulence	▼
Secondary locations	Liver & biliary Renal tract + Biliousness / nausea Stones / renal colic ? chronic cholangitis	Copiava Sarsaparilla Calcarea renalis
GI pathophysiology	Flatulence Distention	Carbo vegetabilis Dichepetalum

Morgan Gaertner has strong emphasis on the urinary tract: renal stones, renal colic, cystitis, vulvo-vaginitis. Flatulence is a common symptom.

Mind

Irritable; quick tempered; impatient. Tense; nervous. Restless; weepy; depressed. Jealous; particular; apprehensive. Fears crowds, excitement & company.

Head

Congestive headache. Flushed face.

Eyes

Blepharitis. Styes. Cysts on lids.

Ears

Otitis. Mastoiditis. Boils in ears. Singing in ears.

Nose

Nasal catarrh + +. Post nasal catarrh + +. Dry catarrh—crusts, ulcers in nose. Polypus nose. Red nose. Herpes nose. Epistaxis. Sinus infection.

Mouth

Bitter taste +. Bad taste. Gums inflamed. Pyorrhoea. Tongue burning. Pins and needles sensation in tongue. Tongue glutinous in morning; saliva glutinous. Dirty tongue. Fissures at angles of mouth.

Stomach

Flatulent indigestion; excessive eructation. Eructation of bad odour. Sour mouthfuls (Pyrosis). Fullness in epigastrium, unrelated to food. Pain in epigastrium after food. Vomiting after food (afternoon or night). History of duodenal ulcer.

Abdomen

Distended feeling. Distended colon. Pain in right and left hypochondrium and epigastrium. Pain right and left iliac fossae. Pain in ileocecal region. Pain in gall bladder: cholecystitis. Tenderness of gall bladder. Pain in right and left shoulder blades.

Extremities

Inflammatory arthritis.

Urine

Enuresis. Cystitis. Renal colic, renal stone. Nephritis; pyelitis.

Genitalia

PMT Dysmenorrhoea, Pruritis. Leucorrhoea: heavy, brown; bad odour.

Bowels

Flatulence excessive in bowel. Constipation more than looseness. Sluggish bowel. Looseness urgent. Stool — hard, dry with mucus.

Anus

Piles, painful, itchy bleeding. Anal fissure; pruritis ani. Prolapse rectum. Mucus per rectum even if motion is not stiff.

Sleep

Insomnia (common). Drowsy after food. Night terrors, shouts in sleep.

Skin

Psoriasis — elbows; knees and ankles, legs, or body, even toe nails. Eruption on thighs; wrist where metal contact. Herpetic eruption on soles.

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