Generalities
Milk of bitch acts upon THROAT, NERVES and female genital organs. It causes oversensitiveness of NERvES producing restlessness, nervousness, prostration and abnormal sensations; cannot bear one part of her body to touch the other; must keep even her fingers apart. SYMPTOMS ALTERNATE SIDES. Symptoms go from right to left then back again or reverse; throat, ovaries, skin troubles etc. Glistening parts; inflamed, ulcers etc. It dries up milk in women who cannot nurse the baby. Diphtheria and diphtheritic paralysis. Ozena. Erratic pains; or disposition of symptoms. Results of fall.
Worse
TOUCH. Jar. During menses. Cold air, wind or drafts. Morning of one day and evening of the next. After sleep.
Better
Open air. Cold drinks.
Mind
Full of imaginations; horrid; of snakes; vermin. Very forgetful; makes mistakes in writing and speaking. Every symptom seems a settled disease; which is incurable. Fear of disease; of falling downstairs. Child cross and irritable, screams all the time esp. at night. Despondent. Attacks of rage. Hysteria at the height of sexual orgasm. Feels as if walking on air or of not touching the bed when lying down. Thinks himself of little consequence. Absent minded. Imagines that he wears someone else’s nose. Thinks that whatever she says is a lie. Fits; of weeping. One’s body seems disgusting.
Head
Aches change side. Blurred vision. Nausea, and vomiting, at the height of attack of headache, which is worse by noise, talking, better by quiet. As if brain were alternately contracted and relaxed.
Eyes
Sees faces before her eyes worse in the dark. Sees vermins, creeping things. Eyelids heavy.
Ears
Noises in ears. Reverberations of voice, as if speaking in a large empty room. Sound seems very far off. Deafness from hereditary syphilis.
Nose
Coryza_one nostril stuffed up, other free and discharging. Profuse nocturnal nasal discharge, purulent, staining pillow greenish yellow. Fluids escape through nose, while drinking. Cracks in alae nasi. Smell of flowers seems to send chill over her.
Face
Pale, careworn, anxious. Jaws crack while eating.
Mouth
Tongue coated white, with bright red edges. Putrid taste worse sweets. Talking difficult, talks through the nose (nervous throat affections). Drooling in diphtheria (saliva drops down). Tongue stiff. Cracks in corners of the mouth. Stutters when talking fast; has to speak slowly. Salivation.
Throat
SORE; has glistening patches of china whiteness; or red glistening; tonsillitis and diphtheria; symptoms change repeatedly from side to side; better by cold drinks, or warm drinks, but worse empty swallowing. Sore throat beginning and ending with menses. Swallowing difficult worse solids; pain extends to ears.
Stomach
Craves; milk and drinks much of it; highly seasoned dishes. Aversion to liquids esp. water; anything sweet. Sinking at epigastrium with nausea. Salty food only tastes natural. Nausea better eructations. Everything except fish makes her Worse.
Urinary
Urine scanty, infrequent. Urination once only in twenty-four hours then copiously, but with some difficulty and slight irritation. Nocturnal enuresis (specific). Bladder seems full after urination.
Female
Menses; gushing; hot as fire; too early; bright red; profuse; green; or of ammoniacal odour. Breast swollen, painful worse least jar; has to hold breast firmly when going up and down; before menses; better on appearance of menses. Constant pain in nipples. Flatus from vagina. DRIES UP MILK. Galactorrhoea. Milk scanty. Leucorrhoea; profuse; during day, none at night; worse standing and walking. Sexual organs extremely excited, worse by putting hand on breast; pressure on vulva while sitting, or slight friction caused by walking.
Respiratory
Hoarseness during menses. Cough from constant tickling in the throat. Clavicles sore to touch.
Heart
Pain when going up and down the stairs.
Neck and Back
Stiffness of neck. Spine aches from base of brain to coccyx; very sensitive to touch or pressure. Cold creeping down back. Cramp in feet.
Extremities
Sciatica. Limbs cold to knees. Constant pain right hip. Rheumatic pains shifting from one side to other. Heels sore.
Sleep
Dreams of snakes. Lies with one leg flexed and other stretched. Dreams of urinating. Wakes at night with a sensation as if bed was in motion.
Related
Lach; Lyss; Pulsatilla
He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.
He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.