Musca domestica
It is also known as house fly. The proving was conducted with 9 provers, 3 males and 6 females and published in the journal The American Homeopath, in June 2001. It was proved by Susan Sonz and Robert Stewart. Extracts from the proving is given to the readers to have a glance.
Mind
Desire for physical exercise. Delusion; as if he/she is being watched, died and alive again, 1000 fingers scratching his body, everything is dirty and foul, floating on a man’s back, things are beautiful,
dead animals with insects eating out eyes.Impatient with children.Anxiety when alone, when driving from place to place, about health.
Head
Pain in frontal region of head, from pressure, worse lying down, before menses.
Eyes
Eyelid opens and shuts involuntarily. Difficulty in focusing. Dryness of the eye. Styes and discharge from the right eye. Blurry when reading.
Ears
Cutting, aching pain in both ears. Ringing noise in ear. Eruption; oozing in the earlobe.
Nose
Obstruction of nose with catarrh. Odour of chemicals in the air couldn’t breathe.
Face
Painful eruptions oncorners of mouth, lower lip, forehead and eyebrows worse from touch.
Mouth
Increased salivation with mumps. Taste as if lemon in the mouth. Bleeding gums. Sore chancre on tongue and lip.
Throat
Sensation of tightness in the throat. Sore throat, better by drinking tea. Pain in the left side sub-mandibular region.
Stomach
Stomach upset better drinking cold water. Sharp pain in the stomach with eructation. Flashes of nausea. Sour eructations. Desire to bacon, beer, chocolate, sour food, cheese and vinegar. Aversion to water.
Rectum
Constipation; must strain, insufficient, incomplete, unsatisfactory, stool with excessive flatulence and smelly. Dry, pasty, soft and loose stool.
Male
Pinching pain in the testes. Increased sexual desire.
Female
Boil on the labia. Increased sexual desire. Desire to do masturbation.
Back
Pain in the nape neck, coccyx, with dull and throbbing pain. Tension in the neck and shoulders. Sensation of neck pulling to left. Sensation of gap in middle of the back; as if back were separated.
Chest
Pain and swelling in the breast, before menses. Painful nipples in men.Pain like radiating gas in the centre of chest.
Extremities Coldness of feet. Numbness and insensibility of both limbs, especially on waking. Aching of shoulders and upper arms. Cracking pain in the groin worse walking. Awkwardness of hands and lower limbs.
Sleep
Unrefreshing; desire to sleep. Deep, soporific sleep.
Dreams
Of abortion, sick babies, beaches, betrayal, disgusting, dying of cholera, picking sores until they bleed, and water.
Skin
Eruptions; boil in right upper back and cervical area.
Generalities
Sensation of paralysis.Weakness in general with restlessness. Heaviness in general, externally and internally, alternating with lightness.
Modalities
Aggravation during storm weather
