The precipitated subnitrate is triturated with Sacch. lac. for use.
General Action
The chief action of Bismuth is manifested in the alimentary canal, causing irritation and catarrhal inflammation.
Affinities-Pulsatilla, (Arsen, in pat), Colchicum
Generalities
Swelling of face, hands, tongue and abdomen. Lying upon his back at night. Spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles, especially of lower limbs. Faintness. Weakness. Some relief from loose stools.
Mind
Delirium. Morose, discontented and complaining about his condition. High – humored all day, (>) in evening, and will not talk. Solitude unendurable. Restless peevishness. Begins one thing, then another, but keeps to one thing only a short time.
Head
Aching; burning contractive, especially in forehead and eyes. Pressive drawing now here, now their; (<) motion. Confusion; on rising;. Heaviness. Vertigo, in morning; on violent motion; in attacks, as if anterior half of brain were turning in a circle; as if brain were turning in a circle.
Forehead-Tearing above r. inner canthus and in back part of orbit. Cutting above r. orbit, extending to occiput. Digging and boring in F., eyes and in nose down to tip, an alternately contacting and distending sensation. Boring-outwards pain in eminences, at times in r., at times in I., sometimes in both. Pain; (<) motion, with heaviness; heavy, whey sitting, especially above root of nose and in temples.
Tearing in t. temple, especially, (<) pressure. Pressure outward in temples. twitching-tearing in whole I. occipital bone, more violent close to parietal bone. Pressure in occiput, (<) motion, with heaviness.
Clinical Violent neuralgic headache which alternate with gastralgia, the pains in the head involve the face and teeth, (<) eating, (>) cold, feeling as if the parts were torn by pincers (Pulsatilla).
Eyes
Redness, with dim vision: R. of conjunctiva. Pressure backward and upward on r. eyeball. Mucus in canthi.
Ears and Nose
Tearing in external cartilage of E. (>) pressure. Drawing pressure in I. external meatus. Roaring in E. Dryness of nose.
Face
Pallor, with coldness of whole body. Earthy colored, with blue rings around eyes and features changed as if he had been sick. Pressure in r. malarbone at regular intervals.
Mouth
Drawing pressure in black teeth, extending into front teeth, with drawing pain in cheeks. Gums swollen, sore and painful, with soreness of whole interior of mouth; blackish-blue seam on gums. Tongue coated; white coated white in evening without heat or thirst (Puls; under surface, tip and borders discolored. Salivation. Taste offensive; nauseous metallic (Puls); metallic, sweetish-sour, on back of tongue; bitter; bloody, in morning, and the mucus hawked up his colored with blood.
Throat
Uvula, palate, arches of fauces and inside of cheeks discolored. Inflammation, with pain and inability to swallow; I. of fauces and uvula, with burning in throat, difficult swallowing and thirst. Gangrene of esophagus, epiglottis and larynx.
Stomach
Appetite lost. Thirst; for cold drinks in evening without heat (Puls). Eructations of wind; after drinking water; frequently empty, with discomfort in violent E., with griping in bowels and sudden bilious vomiting; acid and bitter Hiccough. Nausea; (<) after eating; with pressure in stomach; with bilious vomiting. Vomiting, with diarrhoea, retching and burning in throat; violent, of brownish matter, with profuse diarrhoea. Pressure; (<) after eating (Ars); in region; in region, with burning (Arsenicum, Colch); changing to burning. Discomfort. Tenderness of epigastrium (Ars). Gastro-entireties (Ars). Oppression of epigastrium, with constriction.
Clinical Gastric catarrh, with terrible gastralgia, the pain extending from the stomach through the body to the spine. The gastric disorders requiring Bismuth vary, but usually are burning, Abies); vomiting to food and of mucus; gastric symptoms (>) cold drinks (Puls). Very valuable for inflammation of the stomach occurring during the progress of chronic diseases, for instance, scirrhus. A marked indication for Bismuth is that while taking cold drinks there is relief, yet when the stomach is that while taking cold drinks there is relief, yet when the stomach becomes full there is vomiting of enormous quantities.
Abdomen
Rumbling, with eructations; R. in r. side when standing; in lower. Frequent passage of flatus; passage of much F., then thin bilious stool Griping, then two liquid bilious stools. Colic. Pinching in lower, with rumbling and urging to stool; P now here, now there, in lower, also with rumbling and grumbling. Burning and shooting pain in various parts. Discomfort now here, now there, now there, in lower, with pressure.
Stool and Urinary and Sexual Organs
Ineffectual straining at stool in evening. Liquid, bilious stools; L. frequent, with griping. Micturition frequent, with copious watery urine. No urine was passed, and the region of the bladder was not distended. Urine contained albumen and casts. Aching in r. testicle, (<) touch. Emission of semen at night, without voluptuous dreams.
Clinical Painless diarrhoea, with great thirst. Cholera infantum, with tongue thickly coated white, vomiting etc.
Respiratory Organs
Difficult breathing. Cough disturbing him in sleep at night, with profuse expectation, and cough by day.
Chest
Stitches in middle of sternum; (pinching, in region of both nipples); tearing, in region of nipples; tearing, in region of nipples (apparently superficial in lungs and at the same time in pectoral muscles), at times (<) when inspiring or expiring. Tearing around and near I. nipple;sticking; in region of last ribs. Pinching in region of diaphragm, extending transversely through chest, when walking. Pain in spot in r. side near sternum, more severe at times; in C. and back a burning and boring near upper, extending inward towards sternum. Oppression. Burning contraction, so that it is difficult to breathe or speak.
Heart and Pulse
Severe beating of H. Pulse rapid; at midnight, and spasmodic; and hard, small; and contracted; and small, tense; and hard, full. Pulse spasmodic; and tense; and tense, small. Pulse small; and intermittent.
Neck and Back
Tensive pressure on r. side, in cervical vertebrae. Twitching sensation in muscles of r. side of N. Sharp pressure on upper border of r. scapula and clavicle. Pain in I. side of back when sitting, as after long stooping. Intermittent stitches on lowest I. ribs at their union with dorsal vertebrae.
Extremities
Spasms. Cramps in hands and feet. Tearing in r. shoulder- joint. (Spasmodic) contractive tearing in muscles of r. arm. Paralytic weakness of r. arm. Paralytic pressure in forepart of r. upper arm. Spasmodic contractive pain in anterior muscles of I. upper arm during complete rest of body.
Forearm-Paralytic tearing in r., especially in bones of wrist, in r., towards water side, at times more in upper part, at times more in lower part, (>) motion and touch. Cutting tearing in muscles of lower part of r. Pressure on l., more in lower and outer part. Grumbling pain in bones of l. as if bruised.
Tearing in bones of l. wrist; in bones of r., (>) motion; upon and around. styloid process, extending into muscles of hands, more violent in the process itself. metacarpal bones of r. index and middle fingers itching, in inner processes of both hands. Trembling of hands when eating. Weakness of hand, with trembling. Tearing in tips of r. fingers, especially under nails; in tips of r. fourth and fifth fingers; in last joints of I. fingers intermittent, in ball of I. thumb.
Lower Extremities
Intermitting pressure above I. knee, towards outer side. Drawing in middle of calf and in anterior part of I. leg, down into foot. Drawing in r. external malleolus, (>) on motion. Tearing below r. external malleolus, terminating every time in tendo- achillis; in I. heel; on r. heel near and on tendo-achillis; in I. hell; on r. heel; near and on tendo-achillis; between two last I. metatarsal bones, close to toes,. while sitting; in last phalanges of I. toes; in tip of I. great toe.
Skin
Itching erosion near tibia and backs of feet near joints, (<) scratching.
Sleep
Sleepiness mornings a few hours after rising, but inability after eating to take his accustomed nap; S. in forenoon during work, he reads without knowing what,. falls asleep and has vivid and confused dreams. Restless sleep; on account of voluptuous dreams, without, but oftener with, emission of semen. Frequent waking, with weariness; frequent W. as from fright. Startings evening slumber as if he fell. Vivid, anxious dreams.
Fever
Cold limbs. Heat; in flushes through whole body, in morning after rising, especially on head and over chest; of head, with confusion of it. Sweat (<) at night, with burning in skin.
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.