affected side, or with head low. better Lying with head high.
Relations
*Antidotes: To poisonous doses: milk, albumen, demulcent drinks, followed by emetics of mustard, Sulphate of Zinc or Sulphate of Copper (Tartar emetic is too irritating). Castor oil is the best purgative. *Chemical *antidotes: Animal charcoal, Hydrated peroxide of iron, Magnesia, Limewater. *Dynamic *antidote: Opium, it may be administered by clyster if not retained on stomach. Brandy and stimulants if there is depression and collapse. If urine is suppressed, Sweet spirits of nitre in large quantities of water.
*Antidotes *of *potencies: Camph., Chi., Chin-s., Ferrum, Graphites, Hepar, Iodium, Ip., Nux-v., Sambucus, Tabacum, Veratrum *Arsen. *is antidote to: Carb-v., China, Ferrum, Graphites, Hepar, Iodium, Ip., Lachesis, Mercurius, Nux-v., Phosphorus, Sambucus, Stry., Tabacum, Veratrum *Follows *well: Aconite, Agaricus, Arnica, Belladonna, Chamomilla, China, Ip., Lachesis, Veratrum *Followed *well *by: Aranea, Nux-v., Iodium, Sulphur, Rhus-t. follows well in skin affections, especially in cases treated allopathically with large dose of arsenic. *Complementary: Allium sat., Carb-v., Phosphorus *Similar *to: Aconite, Apocynum, Arg-n., Belladonna, Bism., Calcarea, Cann-i., Carb-v., China, Ferrum, Hyoscyamus, Ip., Kreosotum, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Nux-v., Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Rhus-t., Silicea, Tabacum, Veratrum The restlessness of Arsenicum differs from that of Mag-c.; Arsenicum goes from room to room, from bed to bed; Magnesia carb.; must get out of bed and walk the floor to relieve pain. The fear of death is not that of Aconite, but is an anxiety and a feeling that it is useless to take medicine as they will surely die (more like Agnus). Bryonia drinks much seldom; Arsenicum little and often, Arsenicum eats much at a time, Bryonia often and little.
Causation
Chill in the water. Eating ices. Poor diet. Fruits, ailments from. Drunkenness. Effects of tobacco, of quinine, of iodine. Sea-bathing and sea-travelling. Climbing mountains. Strains. Fit of passion. Care. Grief. Fright.
Mind
Melancholy, sometimes of a religious character, sadness, care, chagrin, cries and complaints. Anguish, driving one out of bed at night, and from one place to another in the daytime. Restlessness. Great fear of being left alone. Anger, with anxiety, restlessness and sensation of coldness. Anxiety, restlessness, and excessive anguish which allows no rest, principally in the evening in bed, or in the morning on waking, and often with trembling, cold sweat, oppression of the chest, difficulty of breathing, and fainting fits. Anxiety of conscience, as if a crime had been committed. Inconsolable anguish, with complaints and lamentation. Hypochondriacal humour, with restlessness and anxiety. Fear of solitude, of spectres, and of robbers, with desire to hide oneself. Indecision and changeable humour, which demands this at one time, that at another, and rejects everything after having obtained it. Despair, he finds no rest, especially at night, with anguish. Despondency, despair, weariness of life, inclination to suicide, or excessive fear of death, which is sometimes believed to be very near. Too great sensibility and scrupulousness of conscience, with gloomy ideas, as if one had offended all the world. Ill-humour, impatience, vexation, inclination to be angry, repugnance to conversation, inclination to criticise, and great susceptibility. Caustic and jesting spirit. Extreme sensibility of all the organs, all noise, conversation, and clear lights are insupportable. Great apathy and indifference. Great weakness of memory. Stupidity and dulness. Delirium. Delirium, with great flow of ideas. Loss of consciousness, and of sensation, dotage, maniacal actions and frenzy. Madness, loss of mind (from the abuse of alcoholic drinks).
Head
Heaviness, sensation of weakness, and confusion in the head, chiefly in a room, mitigated in the open air. Stupor and confusion. Vertigo, principally in the evening, on shutting the eyes, on walking, or in the open air, and sometimes with tottering, with danger of falling, intoxication, loss of sense, obscuration of the eyes, nausea, and headache. Tearing in the head, with vomiting, when raising up the head. Pains, throbbing, oppressive, stunning, or drawing, shooting and burning in the head, often on one side only, and chiefly above one eye, or at the root of the nose, or in the occiput, and sometimes with inclination to vomit, and buzzing in the ears. Tension, tightness, and pain as of a bruise in the head. Headache better by applying cold water, or by walking in the open air. Periodical headaches. The pains in the head often occur periodically, and especially after each meal, in the morning, at night, and in the evening in bed, and sometimes they are insupportable, and accompanied by tears and wailings, being mitigated for a moment by cold water, but returning much more strongly afterwards. Sensation, on moving the head, as if the brain struck against the cranium. Cracking or buzzing in the head. Pain in the scalp and in the integuments of the head, as if they were ulcerated or bruised, greatly increased by the slightest touch. – Excessive swelling of the head and face. Erysipelatous burning, swelling of the head (face and genitals) with great weakness and coldness, worse at night. Gnawing or burning itching, scurfy eruptions, pustules, and corroding ulcers on the scalp. Eruptions, white, dry, like bran, burning, itching on the fore-part of the head, when scratching it burns and bleeds violently. Burning, biting boils on the scalp, with sensitiveness to touch and cold.
Eyes
Aching, burning, and shooting pains in the eyes, worse by light, as also by the movement of the eyes, accompanied sometimes with a necessity to lie down, or with anguish which does not permit to rest in bed. Eyes inflamed and red, with redness of the conjunctiva, or of the sclerotica, and injection of the veins of the conjunctiva. Swelling of the eyes. Inflammatory or oedematous swelling of the eyelids. Inflammation of the eyes and lids, preventing the opening of the eye. Great dryness of the eyelids, chiefly in the edges, and on reading by the light (of a candle). Corrosive tears. Agglutination of the eyelids. Spasmodic closing of the eyelids, sometimes from the effect of light. Excessive photophobia. Specks and ulcers on the cornea. Eyes convulsed and prominent, look fixed and furious. Pupils contracted. Yellowish colour of the sclerotica. Yellow colour, spots, or white points and sparks before the eyes. Blue colour around the eyes. Weakness, obscuration, and loss of sight. Eyes dull and deep sunk.
Ears
Squeezing, sharp pains, shootings, voluptuous tickling and burning in the ears. Tinkling, roaring, buzzing and sound, as of bells, in the ears. Sensation, as if the ears were stopped, and hardness of hearing, especially to the human voice.
Nose
Aching pains in the nose. Swelling of the nose. Swelling of and burning in the nose. Violent bleeding of the nose. Desquamation of the skin of the nose, in furfurs. Knotty tumours in the nostrils. Ulceration at the top of the nostrils, with flow of ichor fetid, and of a bitter taste. Smell of pitch or sulphur before the nose. Violent sneezing. Great dryness of the nostrils. Fluent coryza, with stopped nose, burning in the nostrils, and secretion of serous and corrosive mucus. Cancer of nose.
Face
Face pale, hollow, and cadaverous. Yellowish, bluish, or greenish colour of the face. Leaden and earth-coloured tint, with greenish and bluish spots and streaks. Face discomposed, with distortion of features, or with eyes deep-sunk and having a dark circle around them, and nose pointed. Distorted features, death- like countenance. Redness and bloated appearance of the face. Hard and elastic swelling of the face, chiefly above the eyelids, and especially in the morning. Swelling of the face, with fainting fits and vertigo. Papulae, pimples, scurfy ulcers. Rosacea and mealy tetters in the face. Blackish tint round the mouth. Lips bluish or black, dry and chapped. Brownish band in the red part of the lips. Skin rough and tettery round the mouth. Eruption on the mouth and on the lips, near the red part. Cancer of the face and lips with burning pain. Hard knots and cancerous ulcers, having thick scurf with lard-like bottoms on the lips. Lips excoriated, with a sensation of tingling. Swelling and bleeding of the lips. Swelling of the submaxillary glands, with contusive pain, and soreness on being touched. Paralysis of the lower jaw. Drawing stitches here and there in the face.
Teeth
Sharp aching pains, or successive pullings in the teeth and gums, chiefly at night, extending sometimes to the cheek, to the ear, and to the temples, with swelling of the cheek and insupportable pains, which impel to furious despair, or which are aggravated when one lies on the diseased side, and mitigated by the heat of the fire. Convulsive grinding of the teeth. Sensation of elongation and painful loosening of the teeth, with swelling and bleeding of the gums. Pain in teeth better by hot applications.
