Syphilinum

COMMON NAME:

      SYPHILITIC VIRUS.

Symptoms

      Is indicated in affections that are dependent upon a latent syphilitic taint (Bl.).

Is of great service in children with congenital syphilis, who show the effects of the disease (Aurum, Bar-C., Acid nitricum). (Bl.).

Rheumatism in syphilitic constitutions (Aurum, Kali bichromicum, Acid nitricum, Acid phosphoricum., Silicea) (D.).

Rheumatism of the shoulder-joint, or at the insertion of the deltoid; worse from raising the arm laterally (Rhus toxicodendron). (A.).

Sciatica, worse at night, better about day-break (B.).

Carious ulcers (Asafoetida, Fluor-Ac., Silicea). pains worse from sun down to sunrise (N.).

Caries of the spine (Calcarea, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Acid nitricum, Sil) (N.).

Severe pain in long bones (Br.).

ALL THE SYMPTOMS ARE WORSE AT NIGHT; THE PAIN BEGINS IN THE EVENING AND END AT DAYLIGHT (Bl.).

Ophthalmia neonatorum (Argentum nitricum, Calcarea, Hepar, Kali-S., Sulphur (A.).

Pain in the eyes intensified at night and are relieved by cold bathing (Pulsatilla). (A.).

Falling of the hair (Lycopodium, Natrum muriaticum, Acid phosphoricum.). (A.).

Chronic syphilitic headaches (Aurum, Kali bichromicum, Acid nitricum, Silicea). (D.).

Headache causing sleeplessness and delirium at night (A.).

Deep, crushing head pains (B.).

Profuse lachrymation (All-C., Euphr., Natrum muriaticum, Rhus toxicodendron). (R.).

Top of the head feels as if coming off (C.).

Eyes glued together in the morning (Argentum nitricum, Calcarea, carb-S., Clem., Graphites, Medorrhinum, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur) (R.).

Diplopia; one image seen below the other (C.).

Ptosis (Argentum nitricum, Causticum, Sepia). (A.).

Photophobia (Conium, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus) (C.).

Recurrent phlyctenular inflammation of the cornea (C.).

Otorrhoea with acrid, watery or purulent discharge (Kali-S.) (R.).

Abscesses or boils coming in succession (Sulphur) (R.).

Copper-coloured, reddish-brown eruptions over the body, with a disagreeable odour (B.).

Pustular eruption on different parts of the body (Ant-C., Mercurius, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur) (R.).

Pains increase and decrease in severity gradually (Platina, Stann.) (Bl.).

Offensive, thick, yellow-green nasal discharge (Kali bichromicum, Pulsatilla) (R.).

Scabs form in both nostrils during sleep (Nux vomica, Pulsatilla) (R.).

Ozaena (Aurum, Calcarea, Kali bichromicum, Lachesis) (C.).

Caries of nasal bones (Aurum, Kali-I.) (C.).

Face drawn to one side, with difficult speech and mastication (Causticum) (R.).

HEREDITARY TENDENCY TO ALCOHOLISM (N.).

CRAVING ALCOHOL IN ANY FORM (Sulph-Ac.). (N.).

Extreme emaciation of the entire body (Abrotanum, Iodium, Natrum muriaticum, Sanicula, Silicea) (A.).

Lancinating pains from the base to the apex of the heart at night (from the apex to the base of the heart-Medorrhinum; from the base of the heart to the clavicle or shoulder -Spigelia) (A.).

Salivation at night (Mercurius, Rhus toxicodendron,) (B.).

Vomiting of food, or dark, grumous matter (Conium, Lachesis,) (R.).

Heart-burn with pain and rawness from the stomach to the throat- pit (Iris) (R.)

Teeth decay at the edge of the gum and break off; are cupped edges serrated; dwarfed in size, converge at their tips (Staphysagria) (A.).

Stools dark, bilious and offensive (Baptisia, Nat-S., Sulphur) (R.).

Fissure in the anus and rectum (Graphites, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Petroleum, Thuja) (A.).

Prolapse of the rectum (Mercurius, Podophyllum, Sulphur) (A.).

Thick, yellow and offensive leucorrhoea, with constant pain across the back (Sepia) (R.).

Obstinate constipation for years; rectum seems tied up with strictures; when enema was used the agony of passage was like labour (Lac-C., Tuberculinum). (A.).

Ulcers on the labia (Mercurius, NIt-Ac.). (C.).

Leucorrhoea profuse, soaking through the napkins and running down to the heels (Alumina, Calcarea, Graphites, Sepia, Silicea, Stann.) (N.).

Menses have odour of rotten meat (B.).

Fears the terrific suffering from exhaustion on awakening (Lachesis) (A.).

Terrible dread of night on account of mental and physical exhaustion on awakening; it is intolerable, death is preferable (A.).

Sensation, as if going insane, as if about to be paralyzed (A.).

Sensation of apathy and indifference (Acid phosphoricum., Sepia). (A.).

Loss of memory (Kali-P., Lycopodium, Natrum muriaticum) (A.).

Cannot remember names of books, persons or places Mercurius, Nux-M., Psorinum) (A.).

Hopeless, despair of recovery (Psorinum) (C.).

Always washing her hands (K.).

AGGRAVATION:

      At night; from sundown to sunrise; from extreme cold or heat; in damp weather; from raising the arm laterally; during thunder-storm; every alternate full moon.

AMELIORATION:

      From change of position; from slow motion; by cold bathing; in high altitude; and during the day.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Compare: Asafoetida, Aurum, Calcarea, Fluor-Ac., Graphites, Kali-I., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Acid phosphoricum., Phytolacca, Platina, Rhus toxicodendron, Sepia, Silicea, Thuja and Zincum met.

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)