Severe concussions of brain or spine. Pains shooting up the limb or pains shooting centrally in the limb. In spinal injuries, pain moves up and down the spine. Worse from touch, cold, dampness, fog. Better from bending the head back.
Injured area is cold and numb, relieved by cold.
Worse at night from warm applications and from the heat of the bed. Excellent for torn ligaments and tendons. Painful when beginning to move- better after continued motion. Better from heat. The injured area is hot and swollen.