• Fibrous tissues – tendons, ligaments, periosteum
• Joints – especially small joints, like fingers, wrists, toes
• Testes and scrotum – drawing, aching pain
• Head and occiput – neuralgic pain with weather change
• Nerves – particularly periosteal and dental neuralgia
• Eyes – sensitive to light and pressure
• Bones – affected by cold and damp

• Warm weather
• Continued motion
• Pressure on affected parts
• Lying on the painful side
• Eating

• Before and during storms
• Change in barometric pressure
• Cold, damp weather
• Rest
• Touch
• Night
• Wind and drafts
• Thunderstorms

Apathetic, gloomy, and forgetful. Anxiety, particularly before storms or during weather changes. Mental dullness accompanies physical ailments. Hypersensitivity to changes in environment, leading to restlessness or melancholic brooding. May be overwhelmed by trifles. Unrefreshed by sleep and averse to effort. Irritability during pain episodes, often sullen and uncommunicative.

Headaches localised in the occiput or behind the ears, with a sensation as if the head were compressed or about to burst. Pain often comes before a storm, making this a hallmark symptom. Drawing, tearing pain in the scalp, sometimes shifting. Scalp sore, especially to touch or cold air. Vertigo when rising or looking up. Head feels heavy, and symptoms often extend down the spine.

Eyes ache and feel bruised, especially when touched or moved. Photophobia common, and vision may blur during headaches. Painful pressure in orbits. Tearing of eyes in wind. Lids twitch or feel swollen. Neuralgic pain extending from eyes to temples, or behind eyes. Worse before a storm.

Buzzing, roaring, or tingling in ears during headaches or before storms. Earaches with shifting neuralgic pain extending to jaw or neck. Sensation of fullness or pressure. Hearing may be temporarily reduced during stormy weather.

Dryness and tingling in nostrils. Periodic coryza, worse from exposure to wind. Sneezing may precede joint pain. Nasal congestion with frontal heaviness. Oversensitivity to smells during headaches.

Tearing or neuralgic pain in the zygomatic region, especially right side, extending to teeth or ears. Drawing sensation in facial muscles. Face may appear pale or flushed during pain attacks. Worse before weather changes. Cold drafts aggravate.

Dry mouth with sticky saliva. Tongue coated white. Taste metallic or bitter. Tongue trembles when protruded. Occasional toothache that alternates sides. Tongue may feel scalded or sore. Mucous membrane of the mouth dry and numb.

Key symptom: Toothache that is worse before storms, better from eating and warm drinks. Pain drawing, tearing, or jerking. Sometimes alternates between upper and lower jaw. Sensitive to pressure and cold air. Dental neuralgia associated with atmospheric changes is a keynote.

Dryness, constriction, and scraping. Sensation as if a lump were lodged. Worse in cold, damp weather. Pain on swallowing. Tickling causing cough. Throat pain may precede or alternate with joint symptoms.

Appetite low before a storm. Belching, bloating, and distension after eating. Pain in epigastrium with tension or pressure. Nausea with heaviness. Better from eating warm food. Symptoms appear when joints are inactive.

Flatulence, colicky pains, worse in damp weather. Drawing pain in hypogastrium, sometimes shifting. Abdomen bloated with sensitivity to touch. Symptoms may appear after suppression of sweat. Constipation alternating with diarrhoea is possible.

Scanty urine, with burning during or after micturition. Urging frequent but ineffective. Pressure in bladder worse before weather changes. Dark-coloured urine with strong odour. Renal pain referred to thighs.

Constipation with ineffectual urging. Stool dry, crumbling. Pain in anus post-defecation. Haemorrhoids in storm-sensitive individuals. Diarrhoea when joints feel better—a symptom alternation worth noting.

Profound action on the testes. Drawing, pressing, or bruised pain in testicles, especially the right. Testes feel retracted. Pain may alternate from one side to another. Worsened before weather changes. Often used in orchitis, epididymitis, or post-traumatic testicular pain.

Menses delayed and scanty, often brought on by weather changes. Uterine cramps worse in stormy weather. Breasts sore before periods. Neuralgic pelvic pain with numbness. Discharge acrid, irritating.

Breathing may become short or oppressed before or during storms. Cough from tickling in larynx or throat. Worse from cold air. Dry cough alternates with rheumatic pains. Spasmodic cough possible with storm tension.

Palpitations with anxiety before a storm. Drawing or tight sensation over heart. Pulse may be irregular during barometric shifts. Pain extending to left shoulder and arm. Rare, but useful in climactic cardiac sensitivity.

Oppression or tightness across chest before storms. Drawing or dull pain between ribs. Pain shifting from shoulder to chest. Stitching pain on inspiration. Chest sensitive to touch and wind. Chills or shivering along thorax in bad weather.

Stiffness and drawing pain in dorsal and lumbar spine, worse from rest and cold damp weather. Pain often shifts sides or locations. Stiff neck from exposure to wind. Lumbago better from motion and warmth.

The primary sphere of action.
Tearing, drawing, or stitching rheumatic pains in limbs and joints, worse before a storm, during cold damp weather, or while at rest. Pain is often shifting, changing location or side. Joints may feel swollen or bruised, but without much visible inflammation. Knees, wrists, ankles, and fingers are commonly affected. Patients may feel like their bones are brittle or about to snap. Motion relieves, but only briefly. Gouty nodes may appear. Neuralgia of fingers, toes, or arms. Fingers may tremble. Worse at night and during thunderstorms.

Sensitive to cold and damp. Skin dry, occasionally itching or burning during storms. Tingling or crawling sensation. Neuralgic skin pain. No prominent eruptions, but numbness or dull soreness over limbs. Rheumatic nodules may be found under the skin.

Sleep restless, disturbed by joint or neuralgic pain. Sleepiness before storms. Dreams of danger, pursuit, or restlessness. Wakes unrefreshed. Better after warmth and warmth of bed.

Vivid, anxious dreams, often of dark skies, storms, or losing one’s way. May dream of being paralysed or unable to move. Storms or wind may appear symbolically.

Chilliness before and during stormy weather. Alternating cold and heat. Fever often low-grade, with aching in limbs. Sweats profuse at night. Fever may accompany rheumatism or dental pain.

Chill in back and limbs, especially before storms. Heat localised to head or face. Sweat sticky or offensive. Chilly even in warm rooms. Sweat may ameliorate joint pain.

Desire for sour things. Appetite reduced during pain or before storms. Worse from cold drinks. Better from warm food. Nausea after rich food. Aversion to meat.

Extremely weather-sensitive remedy, especially to approaching storms, thunder, and barometric changes. Symptoms may shift side to side, or joint to joint. Patient feels beaten, sore, and brittle. Motion relieves, but pain returns. Suitable for chronic sufferers of gout, arthritis, and neuralgia. Worse from cold damp air, storms, and rest. Better from warmth and motion.

• Rhus toxicodendron – Worse in cold and damp, but more restlessness and red skin
• Bryonia – Pain worse from motion, opposite of Rhod.
• Dulcamara – Worse from cold damp, but more cutaneous eruptions and mucosal involvement
• Colchicum – Gout remedy with sensitivity to touch, but less weather focus
• Ruta – Focused on ligaments and tendons, especially after strain
• Calcarea carbonica – Cold-sensitive, but more constitutional coldness and swelling

• Complementary: Rhus tox, Calcarea phos
• Antidotes: Camphora, Aconitum
• Follows well: Bryonia, Pulsatilla
• Inimical: Sulphur (when used in high potency during active storm symptoms)

• A top remedy in rheumatism or neuralgia preceding a storm
• Useful in testicular pain or inflammation, especially from cold exposure
• Consider for dental neuralgia in barometric-sensitive patients
• Helps patients with gout aggravated by cold and weather
• Excellent for climactic sensitivity in elderly or debilitated constitutions

Extremities

• Rheumatism, before storms
• Pain, shifting
• Joints, tearing pain
• Gout
• Motion ameliorates

Teeth

• Toothache, before storms
• Neuralgia of jaw

Mind

• Anxiety before storm
• Forgetfulness
• Dullness during pain

Male Genitalia

• Pain in testes
• Testes, drawing sensation

Generalities

• Weather changes aggravate
• Storms, before and during, aggravate
• Motion ameliorates
• Cold damp air aggravates

• Samuel Hahnemann – Materia Medica Pura: Provided original proving and characteristic modalities related to weather
• C. Hering – Guiding Symptoms: Expanded on shifting pains and meteoropathic sensitivity
• J.H. Clarke – Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica: Deepened understanding of neuralgic and testicular pain
• Boericke – Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Practical emphasis on rheumatic disorders aggravated by storms
• T.F. Allen – Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica: Detailed description of shifting pains and joint involvement