Relations
*Antidoted by: Calcarea, Hepar, Mercurius, Mez., Sul. *It antidotes: Calcarea, Digitalis, Mercurius *Compatible before: Calcarea, Pulsatilla, Sul., Arnica (collapse in dysentery), Kreosotum (diphtheritic dysentery), Secale (gangrene of mucous membrane), Sul. (scrofulous ophthalmia). *Compatible after: Calcarea, Nat-c., Pulsatilla Sul., Thuja (Rupia), Carb. an. (bubo), Kali-ca. (phthisis, etc.), Aurum (abuse of Mercurius), Mez. (secondary syphilis), Hepar (throat, etc.). *Complementary: Caladium, Arsenicum *Resembles: Arsenicum (morbid fear of cholera). *Incompatible: Lachesis *Compare: Medorrh., Syphilinum, Ps., Mur-ac., Nit-m-ac. Mercurius (Mercurius suited to light-haired people, nitricum acidum to dark). Dark-haired people, Iodium better Riding in carriage, Graphites (Graphites is not sensitive, nitricum acidum is). Spinal injuries, Arnica, Rhus, Hypericum Calcarea Punctured wounds, Ledum Worse on awaking, Lachesis, Natrum mur. Sul. Worse hat on, Carb-v., Calc-p., Nat-c. Ingrowing toe-nail. Mgt. aust. Stringy leucorrhoea, Kali- bi. Pains appear and disappear suddenly, Lycopodium, Belladonna Pains affect violently, Aco., Chamomilla, Hepar Sensitiveness, Hepar Choking easily, Kali-ca. worse Warmth or cold, Mercurius Dyspepsia from effects of salt, Nit. s. d. Shooting from below upward in vagina, Sul, Sepia, Pul., Pho., Alumina Piles worse walking, Aesculus h. Phimosis, Can s., Mercurius, Sul., Thuja Strong odour of urine, Benz-ac. Brownish scattered spots in dark-haired people, Petroleum Splinter pains, Arg- n., Hepar, Sul. Ulcers. Mercurius (Mercurius more superficial. nitricum acidum deeper, granulating, bleeding easily). Sore, excoriated anus, Mercurius, Sul., Chamomilla, Arsenicum, Pul., Syphilinum, Chi. Straining at stool, Mercurius, Nux (with Mercurius there is straining before, during, and after stool, with Nux there is complete better after stool, with nitricum acidum there is excoriating, cutting pain going on for hours after stool). Ulcers threatening to perforate cornea, Silicea, Calcarea (nitricum acidum follows Calcarea). Condylomata, enlarged tonsils (syphilitic or sycotic), fissures, balanorrhoea, greenish leucorrhoea, Thuj, (nitricum acidum has more aching in bones, especially bones without muscular coverings, as shin bones). Disposition to swear, Anacardium Diphtheria, sore mouth, scarlatina. Ar. t. Constriction at anus, Lachesis
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Sadness, despondency. Excessive melancholy and fits of anguish, especially in evening, or at night. Uneasiness respecting health, with fear of death. Excessive nervousness, great excitability, especially after the abuse of Mercury. Easily startled and frightened. Unfitness for labour. Concentration in self, _ Taciturn, disinclined to communicate anything. Vexed at trifles. Attacks of rage, despair, with cursing and maledictions. Irritability and obstinacy. Passion. Prolonged rancour. Fits of rage and despair, with oaths and imprecations. Inclination to weep. Nostalgia. Timid and apprehensive disposition. Weakness of intellectual faculties, with unfitness for intellectual labour. Excessive weakness of memory. Comes over with feeling as if would go out of her mind, with burning feeling on vertex (Agg. from 3x, ***R.T.C.). Women, 20, intemperate, syphilitic, poor physical condition, restless, destructive of clothing, talking incoherently and continuously sleepless, excited at any one’s approach, using profane and vulgar language (cured with 2x. ***G. S. Adams,. *Westb. *As. *Rep., 1889).
Head
Vertigo when walking and when seated. Vertigo, which compels lying down, especially in morning and evening. Vertigo, with weakness, nausea, or headache. Pressing headache from without to within, with nausea,: worse by noise, better on lying down or when riding in a carriage. Headache, on waking in morning. Great sensitiveness of head to nose of carriages, or to a heavy tread. Attacks of headache, with nausea and vomiting. Sensation of fulness and heaviness in head, with tension and pressure extending into eyes. Tearing in forehead, vertex, and occiput. Lancinations in almost all parts of head, which sometimes compel patient to lie down, and disturb sleep at night. Pulsative headache. Congestion of blood to head, with internal heat. Flushing and great heat of head, with tendency to perspiration of head and general wave of heat (produced in man, 60, when taking 30th ***R.T.C.). Drawing and pressive pains in bones of head, with sensation as if they were constricted by a tape. Worse in evening and at night, better from cold air and while riding in a carriage. Painful sensitiveness of scalp, a head-dress is oppressive. Tension in scalp. Itching of scalp. Humid eruption on head. Humid, stinging-itching eruption on vertex and on temples, extending down to whiskers, bleeding very easily on scratching it, and feeling very sore when lying on it Inflammatory swelling on the scalp, suppurating or becoming carious, most painful from external pressure or when lying on them. Wens. Falling off of hair, with humid eruptions, paining as if splinters were thrust in, or when touched, also on the genitals, after abuse of Mercury, with nervous headaches, great debility and emaciation. Ulcerated, running and burning places on head.
Eyes
Eyes dull and sunken. Aching and shootings in eyes. Pressure and stinging in eyes. Inflammation of eyes, especially after suppressed syphilis or after the abuse of Mercury. Ulceration of eyes. Fistula lachrymalis. Specks on cornea. Swelling on lids. Frequent lachrymation, especially when reading, with painful sensitiveness of eyes. Difficulty to open eyes in morning (they are surrounded by a yellow circle). Paralysis of upper lids. The pupils contract with difficulty. Myopia. Diplopia. Mist, spots, nets, sparks, and black spots dancing before eyes. Sight confused, eyes clouded. Eyes dazzled by daylight. Double vision of horizontal objects, _ Obscuration of sight while reading, short-sighted. Iritis, which continually relapses, also old cases spoiled by Mercury. (Smarting of eyes after iritis. Constantly recurring pustular ophthalmia. Proliferation of cornea, result of scrofulous inflammation).
Ears
Shootings in ears. Stitches in the (r) ear. Dryness in interior of ear. Ulceration of mastoid apophysis. Discharge from ears. Excoriation behind ears, with itching and suppuration. Obstruction of ears. Hardness of hearing., esp., when relieved by riding in a carriage or in the cares, *i.e., hears better (like *Graphit.). Hardness of hearing, principally from elongation, induration and swelling of tonsils (after the abuse of Mercury). Clapping, throbbing, and rumbling in ears. Beating and humming in ears. Echo in ears of one’s own speech. Cracking in ears during mastication. Swelling of parotids. Swelling of glands beneath and behind left ear with stitches and tearing extending through the ear. Wen on the lobe of the ear. (*Nit.ac. has a special but very ill-defined power in deafness and tinnitus. Women, 55, deaf fifteen years with tinnitus in both ears, constant in left, intermittent in right, not better in noise, *Nit ac. 200 caused great worse of noises for two days, then gradual cessation with complete relief of tinnitus in three days. In another lay *Nit. ac 6. always causes noises. In young man *Nit ac. always causes heavy, dull deafness with fullness of head as from a cold, a regular eustachian blockage. Deafness after measles, hiccough and clear expectoration (cured). (***R.T.C.).
Nose
Redness of point of nose, which is covered with scabby vesicles. Itching tetters on alae nasi. Shooting prickings in nose (as from splinters) when touched. Pain, as of excoriation, and burning, with scabs in nose. Bleeding of nose, excited by weeping, or in morning, the blood that is emitted is black. A fetid odour is perceived when breathing though nose. Fetid odour from nose. Condylomatous excrescence, like a sycosis in nose. Abortive sneezing. Dryness and obstruction of nose. Violent fluent coryza, with headache, cough, swelling and ulceration of nose (the mucus is only discharged though the posterior nares). Dry coryza, with dryness of throat and nose. Coryza, with dry cough, headache, hoarseness, and stitches in throat. Wings of nose inflamed and swollen. Discharge of thick and corrosive mucus from nose. Fetid and yellowish mucus in nose. Large soft protuberances on alae covered with crusts, syphilis. (Ozena with clear discharge.).
Face
Paleness of face, with eyes deep-sunk. Yellow colour of face, and especially round eyes, with redness of cheeks. Dark yellow, almost brown complexion. Dark freckles on face. Cramp-like pain and tearing in cheeks and zygomatic process. Swelling of cheeks, _ Bloatedness around eyes on waking early. Eruption of pimples on face, forehead and temples. Scurfy pustules on face, with margins, large, red, and covered with scabs, syphilis. Erysipelatous swelling of cheek, with shooting pain, nausea, and fever. Furfuraceous skin over whole face. Itching eruption and tetters in whiskers. Black pores in face. Swelling (and itching) of lips. Lips cracked. Ulceration of lips, commissures, _ Ulcers on red of lips, _ Furunculi on chin. Painful swelling of the submaxillary glands. Cracking of jaws when chewing and eating.
