Mouth


Mouth chapter from Joseph’s Repertory, based on Boericke’s Materia Medica. Symptoms related to Mouth….


Abscess at root of teeth — SILICEA TERRA.

Acrid feeling in mouth and throat — JUGLANS CINEREA.

Adenoid growthsCALCAREA SULPHURICA.

Affects teeth and bones of upper jaw — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Affects teeth and bones of upper jaw — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

After eating feels sleepy pyorrhea (Plantago) — STAPHYSAGRIA.

Alternations of taste, bitter, bilious, greasy, salty, foulPULSATILLA PRATENSIS.

Alveolar abscess, worse at night — MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Aphthæ on roof of mouth — AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. Aphthæ; gums bleed readily — SULPHURICUM ACIDUM.

Aphthæ; thrush; white ulcers in mouth — KALIUM MURIATICUM.

AphthæBORAX VENETA.

Aphthæ — AETHUSA CYNAPIUM.

Aphthæ — KALIUM CARBONICUM.

Aphthæ — MERCURIUS IODATUS RUBER.

Aphthous and denuded spots with burning and rawness — LACHESIS MUTUS.

Aphthous mouth — MURIATICUM ACIDUM.

Aphthous stomatitis — RHUS GLABRA.

Astringent taste — MERCURIUS CYANATUS.

At night, bites tongue in voluntarily — PHOSPHORICUM ACIDUM.

Aversion to water — STRAMONIUM.

Awakes with dry mouth — BARYTA CARBONICA.

Bad odor from it — ALUMINA.

Bad odor from mouth — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Bad taste in mouth — THYROIDINUM.

Bad, slimy taste — KALIUM CARBONICUM.

Beer tastes sweet — CORALLIUM RUBRUM.

Bites cheek while eating (Caust) — OLEUM ANIMALE AETHEREUM.

Bites inside of cheek from chewing — CAUSTICUM.

Bites tongue; trembles; feels as if swollen and too large; protruding — ABSINTHIUM.

Bitter taste (Colocy) — ARNICA MONTANA.

Bitter taste (Nux; Col) — BRYONIA ALBA.

Bitter taste and eructations — TARAXACUM OFFICINALE.

Bitter taste in morning — SULPHUR.

Bitter taste, blisters on palate — NATRIUM SULPHURICUM.

Bitter taste — CHINA OFFICINALIS.

Bitter taste — CHININUM ARSENICOSUM.

Black, gangrenous looking wedges on dorsum and sides of  tongue — BISMUTHUM SUBNITRICUM.

Bleeding after tooth extractionTRILLIUM PENDULUM.

Bleeding gums; retract from teeth — PHOSPHORICUM ACIDUM.

Bleeding of gums — CALCAREA CARBONICA.

Bleeding of gums — NITRICUM ACIDUM.

Blisters on inner surface of lips and cheeks — MEDORRHINUM.

Blisters on lips — MAGNESIUM MURIATICUM.

Blisters on tip of tongue, with stinging in  evening — NATRIUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Blisters on tongueLYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Blisters on tongue — ZINCUM METALLICUM.

Bloated face — MEPHITIS PUTORIUS.

Blood oozing from gums when cleaning  teeth — CARBO VEGETABILIS.

Bloody salivaNITRICUM ACIDUM.

Bloody saliva — ANTIPYRINUM.

Bloody saliva — ARSENICUM ALBUM.

Bloody taste — ZINCUM METALLICUM.

Blubbering op lips — OPIUM.

Boils on gums — SILICEA TERRA.

Bread tastes like straw — CORALLIUM RUBRUM.

Breath cold, foul — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Breath cold, musty odor — EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS.

Breath cold — HELODERMA.

Breath fetid — BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM.

Breath horrible — PYROGENIUM.

Breath offensive, fetidKALIUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Breath smells like urine — GRAPHITES.

Breath smells sour (Cham) — RHEUM PALMATUM.

Burning and itching; bleeding of gums — ARUNDO MAURITANICA.

Burning and pustules in throat, with difficult  swallowing — AETHUSA CYNAPIUM.

Burning and rawness of tongueRANUNCULUS SCELERATUS.

Burning and smarting on lips — AGARICUS MUSCARIUS.

Burning around lips as from  pepper — ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE.

Burning blisters of tongue, lips and cheeks — MERCURIALIS PERENNIS.

Burning blisters on tongue, salivation — GRAPHITES.

Burning in lower lip in old smokers — BRYONIA ALBA.

Burning in mouth, throat and stomach — CORNUS CIRCINATA.

Burning in œsophagus — PHOSPHORUS.

Burning of fauces — MANCINELLA.

Burning of mouth and gums — ANTIPYRINUM.

Burning on the tongue — UPAS TIEUT.

Burning pain at tip of tongue; worse, anything warm taken into  stomach — CALCAREA CARBONICA.

Burning pain in tip of tongue; with tingling and numbness of tongue and lips, as if scalded — LATHYRUS SATIVUS.

Burning sensation of tonguePODOPHYLLINUM.

Can swallow liquids only; least solid food gags — BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM.

Cancer of the tongue — APIS MELLIFICA.

Cancer of tongue (Galium) — SEMPERVIVUM TECTORUM.

Cancer of tongue with hæmorrhage — CROTALUS HORRIDUS.

Canker sore between gums and lips — RHAMNUS CALIFORNICA.

Canker sores of lip and cheeks — NATRIUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Canker soresANTIMONIUM CRUDUM.

Canker sores — ARGENTUM NITRICUM.

Canker; gums recede and bleed easily; corners of mouth and lips crack; tongue dry and swollen; sores; dirty brownish — ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA.

Cankers; small, superficial ulceration over inside of mouth and tongue — NITROMURIATICUM ACIDUM.

Cannot put it out, seems  paralyzed — PLUMBUM METALLICUM.

Cannot swallow on account of spasm — STRAMONIUM.

Chewing motionHELLEBORUS NIGER.

Chewing motion — STRAMONIUM.

Child nurses greedily, with disgust for food — HELLEBORUS NIGER.

Choking feeling — SANTONINUM.

Choking sensation in throat — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Coated — SULPHUROSUM ACIDUM.

Coating may be brownish-yellow — PTELEA TRIFOLIATA.

Coating of tongue grayish-white, dryish, or slimy — KALIUM MURIATICUM.

Cold-sores on lips — DULCAMARA.

Complaints during teething; teeth develop slowly; rapid decay of  teeth — CALCAREA SULPHURICA.

Complaints of teething childrenMAGNESIUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Constant drooling at night (Merc) — NITROMURIATICUM ACIDUM.

Constant flow of dark, putrid saliva; very  offensive — MERCURIUS DULCIS.

Constant protrusion and retraction of the tongue, like a snake (Lach) — CUPRUM METALLICUM.

Constant spitting; saliva tough, viscid — LYSSINUM.

Constantly full of saliva — IGNATIA AMARA.

Constantly moves lower jaw as if chewing — ACONITUM NAPELLUS.

Constricted sensation on swallowing solid food — CAJUPUTUM.

Copious, offensive saliva — MANCINELLA.

Coppery taste, as after eating onions — MEPHITIS PUTORIUS.

Coppery taste — CONVALLARIA MAJALIS.

Corners of mouth sore and crackedARUM TRIPHYLLUM.

Corners of mouth ulcerated; fever-blisters around mouth and chin (Nat mur) — RHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Cough with aphonia — NATRIUM HYPOCHLOROSUM.

Covered with ulcerations — MERCURIUS CYANATUS.

Crack in middle of lower lip — PULSATILLA PRATENSIS.

Cracked appearance of the tongue, with or without  pain — CALCAREA FLUORICA.

Cracking of jaw on chewing — AMMONIUM CARBONICUM.

Cracking of jaw while eating (Nit ac;  Rhus) — LAC CANINUM.

Cracks in corners of mouth, yellow coated tongue, thirst — EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM.

Cracks in corners of mouthANTIMONIUM CRUDUM.

Craves salt — CORALLIUM RUBRUM.

Crown of teeth decay — MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.

Crying when nursing — BORAX VENETA.

Deep crack in middle of lower lip — NATRIUM MURIATICUM.

Deep ulcers on tongue — MURIATICUM ACIDUM.

Delicate taste — COFFEA CRUDA.

Dental fistula, with persistent bloody, salty discharge — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Dental fistula, with persistent bloody, salty discharge — FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Dentition — TEREBINTHINIAE OLEUM.

Desire for tonics — PULSATILLA PRATENSIS.

Difficult and delayed dentition — CALCAREA CARBONICA.

Difficult articulation and swallowing — OPIUM.

Difficult dentition; child weak; cold and restless feet — ZINCUM METALLICUM.

Difficult dentition — PODOPHYLLINUM.

Difficult swallowing — CADMIUM SULPHURATUM.

Difficult teething; restless and irritable — RHEUM PALMATUM.

Diminished saliva — BERBERIS VULGARIS.

Disagreeable smell from mouth — CAPSICUM ANNUUM.

Dribbling of saliva at dawn — BARYTA CARBONICA.

Drinks fall audibly into stomach — THUJA OCCIDENTALIS.

Drooling in diphtheria — LAC CANINUM.

Dry and brown in center, with dry and glistening edges; surface cracked and sore — BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM.

Dry and thirsty — ARNICA MONTANA.

Dry at night — MAGNESIUM CARBONICUM.

Dry in center not relieved by water — VERATRUM ALBUM.

Dry lips — ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM.

Dry mouth, without thirst; wants it washed frequently — PULSATILLA PRATENSIS.

Dry mouth — CUPRUM ARSENICOSUM.

Dry pharynx and larynx — LEMNA MINOR.

Dry sensation not relieved by water, also profuse saliva — CHIONANTHUS VIRGINICA.

Dry, retching with eructation — LEDUM PALUSTRE.

Dry, rough tongue, rough scraping in throat, after taking cold in damp weather — DULCAMARA.

Dry; dribbling of viscid saliva — STRAMONIUM.

Dry; tip of tongue burning — GERANIUM MACULATUM.

Dry; viscid saliva — KALIUM BICHROMICUM.

Dry — BELLADONNA.

Dry — AETHUA CYNAPIUM.

Dry — OPIUM.

Dryness in pharynx and fauces — PHOSPHORUS.

Dryness of mouth and tongue, without  thirst — LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM.

Dryness of mouth, tongue, and throat, with excessive thirstBRYONIA ALBA.

Dryness of mouth — RADIUM BROMATUM.

Dryness of root of tongue and fauces — JUGLANS CINEREA.

Dryness of throat — MERCURIALIS PERENNIS.

Dryness of throat — NUX MOSCHATA.

Dryness of tongue at night — CALCAREA CARBONICA.

Dryness — JABORANDI.

Dysphagia from constriction of throat and  œsophagus — MANCINELLA.

DysphagiaNATRIUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Earthy, pasty taste, like rotten eggs — FERRUM METALLICUM.

Easily bites inside of cheeks — IGNATIA AMARA.

Empyæma of maxillary sinus — ARNICA MONTANA.

Epithelioma of lips — ARSENICUM ALBUM.

Epithelioma; edges bluish-red (Carbol  ac) — MURIATICUM ACIDUM.

Eruptions around mouth and vesicles like pearls on lipsNATRIUM MURIATICUM.

Excess of saliva, with dry bitter tastePTELEA TRIFOLIATA.

Excessive flow of saliva; it runs out of mouth when sleepingSYPHILINUM.

Excessively dry, in the morning — KALIUM PHOSPHORICUM.

Facial neuralgia; worse, slightest exposure to coldDULCAMARA.

Joseph Fernandez
Joseph S Fernandez started his career as an assistant in the High Court of Kerala after obtaining a master’s degree in English language and literature. Later, he opted for a banking career.
Even as a student, Joseph was deeply interested in homoeopathy and made an in-depth study of the subject. He uses his expertise for the management of an occasional minor ailment in the family or among friends. It is in this context that he decided to compile a handy and easy-to-use repertory. The task required deep study and a sentence-by-sentence analysis of Boericke’s Materia Medica. Joseph’s Repertory is the result of this work.