Lost: Loss of appetite is usually only one symptom of a general disorder, and the whole bodily condition must be considered in treating it. The use of condiments to restore appetite is bad. When there is a strong craving for salt things or acids, these may be given until the craving is satisfied. Open-air exercise is the best restorative, and the free use of cold water. Water should be drunk very sparingly at meals, but freely before and an hour or two after meals. A glass of cold water first thing in the morning, and last thing at night, is often efficient. See also TONICS.
Nux. vom. 3-
Tongue coated at back; bitter taste; tendency to constipation. Half an hour to fifteen minutes before meals.
Iodine.-
Loss of appetite with emaciation, two drops of the 3x tincture half an hour before meal times.
China I.-
Loss of appetite after debilitating diseases; want of appetite, which returns while eating.
Depraved Appetite:
Calcarea c, 6.-
For indigestible things, as chalk or coal.
Natrum muriaticum 6.-
For salt things.
Pulsatilla 3.-
For beer.
Hepar 6.-
For sour, highly flavoured, pungent things.
Increased Appetite.:-
Iodium 3.-
Canine hunger feels faint if food is not taken every three or four hours.