Endocarditis: see Heart: INFLAMMATION OF, AND ITS MEMBRANES.
Enteralgia: see Bowels: PAIN IN: also Colic.
Enteric-fever (Typhoid Fever); Baptisia, Gelsemium (earliest symptoms); Arsenicum (developed disease), Ipecac. (excessive diarrhoea); also with Epistaxis); Ver-Alb. (involuntary diarrhoea); Arsenicum, Ac-Mur., or Rhus (extreme prostration); Terebintha or Ac-Nit, (intestinal haemorrhage); Phosphorus, Bryonia (lung complication); Hyoscyamus, Belladonna, Opi. (brain disturbance); A-Phosphorus, China. Ammon-Carb., Nux V. (debility Following).
Enteritis (Inflammation of the bowels); Aconite alt. Merc-Cor., Merc- Dulcamara, Ver-Vir., Arsenicum Also hot fomentations, and a wet compress afterwards.
Enuresis: see Urine: INCONTINENCE OF.
Epilepsy: RECENT- Ignatia (in children and females): Viscum (menorrhagic subjects); Ac-Hydriody., k-Hydriod., Belladonna in 3 to 5 drop doses, stram., Ceonanth-Croc, Ver-Vir., Arg-Nit.
CHRONIC- Belladonna, Bufo., Cup-M., Arg-Nit., Hyoscyamus, Stramonium, Zincum met., Calc-C., Sulphur; Opi. (fits in sleep); Cina Teuc., Ign =. (from worms); Nux V., Agaricus, Ceonanth-Croc., Opi., Cocc. (from alcohol); Phosphorus, Ac-Phosphorus, China, Nuph., Arg-Nit., Ferrum, (from sexual excesses); Plumb., Arsenicum, Cicuta, Zizia Scutel, K.Bromium
Epistaxis: see Nose. BLEEDING FROM.
Erection: ABNORMAL- Ac-Phosphorus, Ac-Picr., Lycopodium, or Nuph. (feeble and painful); Aconite, Belladonna, Gelsemium (spasmodic).
See also Chordee.
Eructations: Nux V., Bryonia, Arg-Nit., Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Rob., Iris, Ac- Sulph., Calc-C., Arsenicum, Carbo V., Nux Mosch.
See Dyspepsia.
Eruptions: GENERAL- Rhus (vesicular with much itching); Sulph., Mercurius (non-vesicular, with excessive itching, worse in warmth); Bryonia (popular, burning itching); Aconite (recent burning itching, dryness of the skin); Arsenicum, Phyto. (chronic, much burning, and formation of scales); Ant-T., Hepar, Seneg. (Pustular); Apis., Ledum (similar to bee-stings, with itching, and oedematous swelling); Cantharis (patchy eruption, with superficial redness, and burning); Belladonna (bright red patches); Pulsatilla (similar to Measles); Calc-., Rhus, Viola Tric., graphites (formation of scabs); Hep-S. (dry scabs); Staphysagria (sinking); Silicea, Sepia, Phyto., Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Clem.
SUPPRESSED- Sulph., Bryonia, Ant-T., Camph., Pulsatilla
See also Eczema, Psoriasis, Herpes, Acne, Nettle-rash, etc.
Erysipelas: Aconite or Ver-Vir. int. and ext. (at commencement and occasionally during its course); Belladonna (bright renders with very little swelling: also when brain is involved); Apis (much swelling); Rhus (simples vesicular); Cantharis int. and as a lotion (F.29) (vesicular with much burning; also for Arnica- erysipelas); Ver-Vir. (vesicular, with severe head symptoms); Arsenicum Lachesis (much prostration); Sulph. (chronic). Also Ver-Vir. O ext., 10 to 20 drops to eight ounces of water, or pure tinct. as a paint. Also Glycerole of Belladonna or Ver-Verbascum (F.13) covered with muslin.
Erythema (a superficial inflammatory redness of the skin); Belladonna, Aconite, Apis, K-Bich., Nux V., Ferrum, Rhus (E. nodosum).
Excitement: MENTAL- EFFECTS OF- Aconite, Belladonna (headache and palpitation); Coffea (sleeplessness); Chamomilla (with bilious derangement); Nux vomica
Excoriation: Chamomilla (in infants); Lycopodium, Sulphur, Merc-Sol., Calc-C. (unhealthy subjects); Calendula or Hydras. ext.
PREVENTION OF Tepid washing, careful drying, and Calendula lot., morning and night, for the earliest symptoms. Starch powder, r a weak solution of Borax. Bismuth powder.
Excrescences: IN WOUNDS. ETC- Ac-Nit., Carbo An., Silicea, Ac- Carbol, Ext. (for “proud flesh”); Arsenicum, Ant-C., Phosphorus, Lach, Thuja, Phyto.
See also Warts.
Exhaustion and Fatigue: MENTAL- Ac-Phosphorus, Nux V., Gelsemium, Calc- C., Ignatia, Anacardium, Silicea, Ac-Pic.
MUSCULAR or PHYSICAL- Arnica, Ruta. Rhus., Hydras. Arnica bath, strong beef tea, see Myalgia.
Exophthalmic Goitre: see Goitre: EXOPHTHALMIC.
Expectoration: see Cough: Moist.
Extremities: see Hands, Feet, etc.
Eyes: ACHING OF, and PAIN IN- Spigelia, Cimic.; Ruta, Euphr, Jabor., Arnica int. and ext. (from over-use); Nux V. (over-use, especially by artificial light); Gelsemium (pain in the eyes with dizziness); Euphr. )profuse lachrymation); Aconite, Belladonna (burning in eyeballs, with frontal headache).
BLACK- Arnica or Hamamelis ext.
BLEAR-EYES- see Eyelids: GRANULAR.
BLOOD-SHOT-Aconite (recent. from cold); Belladonna; Arnica (from mechanical causes-sneezing, foreign bodies, etc.); Arsenicum (chronic; also with ulceration of cornea); Spigelia, Cact., Sulphur (tubercular Ophthalmia).
INFLAMMATION OF- Aconite, Euphr., Mercurius, Arg-Nit., Macrot., Sulphur (catarrhal); Merc-Cor., Belladonna, Coni., Nux V., Spigelia, Gelsemium (great intolerance of light); Arsenicum Ant-T. (great intolerance, with tubercular Ophthalmia); Clem., Calc-C, Hep-S., Iodium, Hydras., Sulphur (chronic tubercular). In Ophthalmia, the instillation of Atropine -gr. j. ad. aq. distill 3zj-giving Belladonna internally at the same time, and afterward Sulph. or Arsenicum, is almost invariably successful. Mercurius, Ac-Nit., Aurum, K-Hydriod., Thuja (syphilitic); Arg-Nit., Calcarea C. (in infants); Arsenicum (corneal ulceration); Pulsatilla, Belladonna, Mercurius, Ant-T., Sulphur (following the eruptive fever). Also Calendula ext. (for soreness); Euphr. (profuse discharge of tears). Poultice- An excellent poultice may be made by mixing a pinch of powdered alum with a tablespoonful of cream, and clotting the whole by means of a gentle heat. This not only relieves the pain, but also reduces the inflammation and prevents agglutination of the eyelids.
OVER-USE OF- see above.
SPECKS or SPORTS FLOATING BEFORE- Hyoscyamus, Belladonna, Cocc., Coni., Mercurius, Ruta. Chelidonium, Solanum (rings and gauze before the eyes); Ferri Cit. et Quin. (from Anaemia); Kali Hydriod. (chronic).
WEAKNESS OF-Ruta int. and ext.; Sulph., Phosphorus Iodium; Ver-Vir. (dimness from congestion). Baptisia, Ac-Oxal., Nux-Mosch.
WOUNDS OF- Aconite alt. Arnica; Arnica or Calendula ext.-n weak lotion.
See also Sight and Amblyopia.
Eyelids: AGGLUTINATION OF- Merc-Cor., Calc-C., Hep-S., Sulphur, K- Bich., Pulsatilla, Graphites
See also Eyes: INFLAMMATION OF.
GRANULAR-Merc-Cor., Arsenicum, K., Bich., Graphites, Hep-S., Sulphur Calc- S., Pulsatilla, Phyto., Zincum met.
STYE ON- Pulsatilla, alt. Aconite; Hep-S., Sulphur, Calc-C., Apis, Merc- Iodium, And ointment of (F.51); Thuja (chronic); Sulph. or Staphysagria (to prevent recurrence).
VESICLES ON- Rhus, Hep-S. Also calend. or Euphr. ext.
Face: ACHE-Aconite (from cold or depressing influences”); Belladonna (redness of the face and brain-disturbance); cham. and Merc-S. alt. every two or three hours (one-sided face-ache from cold); Colc., Cimic. (severe neuralgic shooting or cutting pains); Arsenicum (periodical), Spigelia (pain extending to the orbits); Gelsemium (with twitching of the face); Chelidonium (morning neuralgia; or from hepatic disorder); Cimic, (with uterine derangement); Chamomilla (with swelling and irritability); Chin-Sulph., I or IX trit. (face-ache relieved by pressing a cold object on the cheek, or by walking up and down a room).
See also Gum-boil, Toothache, and Neuralgia.
PALE AND SUNKEN- Arsenicum (emaciation); Ferrum, Helonias (anaemia; see also Anaemia); Calc-C., Iodium, Ac-Phosphorus; China or Cin. (from worms).
REDNESS OF- Nux V. (flushing after meals); Aconite (from excitement), or Belladonna (scarlet redness), Melilotus; Sepia (flushes); Ferrum, Carbo Veg.
SALLOW- Mercurius, China, Bryonia, Podoph., Arsenicum
SWELLING OF- Belladonna (with bright redness); cham. (with toothache); Apis (puffy swelling). Local applications of hot and moist chamomile or elder flowers in flannel. See also Gum-boils.
Faeces:Bryonia (very large); Mercurius pale and costive, with depressed spirits); Nux V., Collinsonia Ix trit. (hard and large, and expelled only after frequent effort); Nux V. (when the difficulty arises from irritable spasm of sphincter); Sulph. (knotty); Plumb. (dark, hard, small balls); Opi. (dark and knotty, with great torpor of the bowels); Alumina (soft but difficult); Digitalis (white); Graphites (hard and knotty); Arsenicum, China, or Ferrum (containing undigested food); Arsenicum, Ver-Alb. (watery): Secale, Phosphorus, or Ac- Phos (passed involuntarily); Pul., Chamomilla, Caps., or Mercurius (mucous); Lept. (black).
See also Diarrhoea, Dysentery, etc.
Fainting: Mosch. or Camph. by olfaction: Aconite, Opi.(from fright); Nux V., Mosch. Also the HORIZONTAL POSTURE.
TENDENCY TO- IOD. (from constitutional causes); China (from loss of Fluids); Arsenicum (great debility); Ver-Alb. (coldness and blueness of the skin, with clammy sweat); Nux mosch, (neurotic patients who wake early with a dry mouth); Chamomilla, Cocc., or Ignatia(hysterical)
Faintness: SENSE OF AT EPIGASTRIUM- Cimic., Gelsemium, Lept.
Falls and Stuns: see Contusion, and Brain, Spine, etc.
Famine-Fever: see Relapsing Fever.
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; LICENTIATE IN MIDWIFERY, LONDON AND EDINBURGH, ETC. PHYSICIAN TO THE READING AND BERKSHIRE HOMOEOPATHIC DISPENSARY.
Author of "The Stepping Stone to Homeopathy and Health,"
"Manual of Homoeopathic Treatment". Editor of "The Homoeopathic World."