Toasted snail. *N.O. Helicide. Trituration.
Clinical
Haemoptysis. Phthisis.
Characteristics
Snails have a traditional virtue in curing consumption, and homoeopaths have put the remedy to the test by potentizing it. W. H. Leonard (*Medorrhinum *Adv., xxii. 310) reports two cases cured with *Helix t. c.m. (1) A gentleman had frequent attacks of haemoptysis. Continuous hoarseness, dry, tickling cough, worse at night, preventing sleep, dyspnoea, worse ascending stairs. He had already had all the usual remedies. *Helix tost. CM., three powders given. There was no more haemorrhage. A few weeks later a return was feared and a few more doses were given. Four months later the patient was greatly improved in health and remained well. (2) A lady of tubercular diathesis developed the disease after confinement. Several well-indicated remedies failed to check its progress. At length haemorrhage set in. *Helix was given as in the other case with prompt effect. Haemorrhage ceased, cough and expectoration gradually improved, and in eight months the patient was well and remained so.