Colocynthis [Coloc]
Feeling of emptiness in the stomach; pit of stomach very sensitive to touch; nausea rising from ther stomach, vomiting of bitter-tasting yellow fluid; diarrhoea after eating ever so little.
Digitalis [Dig]
Sinking and pressure in upper part of chest, accompanied by yawning and flatus; increased activity of the heart with headache, vertigo and nausea, (>) after bilious vomiting; dry tongue;dark rings around eyes (Cooper).
Graphites [Graph]
Hiccough after nearly every meal; rancid heartburn after dinner; vomiting sour or of food; constricting pain in gastric region; griping in stomach, with flatulency; disagreeable taste mornings as if he had eaten eggs; wakes up gasping for breath, (>) by eating; haemorrhoids and fissura ani.
Hepar-sulph [Hep]
Frequent odorless and tasteless eructations; constant sensation of water rising in the oesophagus as if he had eaten sour things; heartburn; nausea, with coldness and paleness; stomach frequently and easily disordered; pressure in stomach after moderate eating; colic and constipation, or diarrhoeic slimy stools; desire for brandy from weakness of stomach.
Ipecacuanha [Ip]
Clean tongue, or thickly coated with yellowish mucus; dry mouth; loathing of food, especially fat food, with desire to vomit; violent ineffectual straining, or vomiting o of the ingesta or of
slimy substances easy, but with great force; foetid smell from the mouth; bitter taste in the mouth and of food; violent pains, pressure and fulness in the region of the stomach; colic and diarrhoeic stools of yellowish color, or foetid, putrid smell; chilliness or shuddering over whole body; pale yellowish complexion; aching in ther forehead or sensations as if all the bones of the skull were broken; sometimes nettlerash.
Kali-bichrom [Kali-bi]
Periodical headaches from gastric irritation preceded by blindness, and as sight returns headache gets worse; dislike to meat; longing for beer; feeling of coldness in stomach and bowels; no appetite but must eat, or he faints.
Lobelia-infl [Lob]
Acidity in the stomach, with contractive feeling in the pit of the stomach; hiccough with profuse flow of salvia. followed by drowsiness in the evening; incessant violent nausea and vomiting; sensation of weight in the stomach as from undigested food;worse on pressure.
Lycopodium [Lyc]
Derangement of stomach from pastry; sour eructations; frequent belching, without relief; heartburn, water brash, nausea after cold, not after warm drinks; fulness and flatulency in stomach and bowels; gnawing, griping in gastric region.
Mercurius [Merc]
Moist tongue, or coated white or yellowish; dry burning lips; offensive, foul and bitter taste; nausea, desire to vomit or bilious mucous vomiting; painful sensitiveness of the epigastrium and abdomen, especially at night, with anguish and restlessness; drowsy in the daytime, sleeplessness at night; sometimes aversion to drink. (Is frequently suitable after Belladonna)
Natrum-phos [Nat-p]
Moist, thick, golden-yellow tongue, palate and tonsils, sour eructations; vomiting of our fluid or of curdlike masses; greenish diarrhoea; pain and spasms in bowels,(>) by walking about; restlessness.
Nux-vomica [Nux-v]
Dry and white tongue, or yellowish towards the root; no thirst, or burning thirst with heartburn; accumulation of albuminous mucus ar water in the mouth, bitter or foul taste in the mouth, or the food tastes flat; BITTER ERUCTATIONS, constant nausea, especially in the open air; desire to vomit, or vomiting of the ingesta; cardialgia; painful pressure and tension in the epigastrium and hypochondria; constipation, with frequent but ineffectual urging to stool, or small diarrhoeic, slimy or watery stools; dullness of the head, with vertigo; heaviness, especially in the occiput; ringing in the ears, rheumatic pains in the teeth and limbs; worn-out feeling inability to think; restless, quarrelsome, vehement disposition; hot and red, or yellowish and sallow face. (After Nux v., Chamomilla,, is frequently suitable).
Pulsatilla [Puls]
Tongue coated with whitish mucus; foul pappy, or bitter taste, especially after swallowing; bitter taste of food, especially of bitter, sour or putrid eructations, or tasting of the ingesta; aversion to food, especially warm (boiled food), also to fat and meat, with desire for acids or spirits; acidity of the stomach; excessive mucus in the stomach; REGURGITATION OF THE INGESTA; excessive nausea, desire to vomit, especially after eating and drinking, or with evening exacerbations; vomiting of food or mucus, or bitter and sour vomiting ( especially at night); hard distended abdomen, with flatulence, rumbling; slow stool, or slimy and bilious, diarrhoea, hemicrania. tearing or darting; chilliness with languor and drawing through the whole body; ill- humor; taciturn, vehement without reason, especially when the
patients are habitually of a bland and obliging disposition. (Compare Dyspepsia.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.