BISMUTH


Therapeutic symptoms of homeopathic remedy Bismuth, described by E.B. Nash in his book, Leaders in Homeopathic Therapeutics, published in 1898….


Diarrhoea; stools WATERY, PROFUSE, painless and offensive or cadaverously smelling.

Vomiting of large quantities and INTENSE THIRST; WATER is vomited the MOMENT it reaches the stomach, food is retained a little longer.

Restlessness, anguish, great prostration; pale with blue rings around the eyes; surface covered with sweat, but it is WARM SWEAT.

BISM., is one of our best remedies for cholera infantum;genuine cholera infantum, where the disease is sudden in its onset, and rapid in its course. Such cases die in a night or even a few hours, unless BISM., VERAT., KREOS., or some remedy of such rapid action saves them. With BISM., the stools are WATERY, PROFUSE, painless and very offensive; cadaverous smelling. There is also vomiting of large quantities and the INTENSE THIRST is accompanied with vomiting of the water drunk the MOMENT it touches the stomach. Water ONLY is so vomited. Food is retained a little longer (with ARS., both water and food are vomited). There is prostration equal to that of ARS., or VERAT., but the surface is warm and often covered with warm sweat. The face is deathly pale, with rings around the eyes. This is a perfect picture of BISM., and no remedy need be confounded with it

Again, BISM., is a remedy for purely nervous gastralgia. The pain is of a pressing nature, sometimes pressing between the shoulders and sometimes there is much burning in stomach(ARS.,). It is also often of benefit in cancer of the stomach, when there is at times vomiting of enormous quantities of food that seems to have lain in the stomach for days. In such cases there is much burning and pain. It has a restlessness and anguish, similar to ARS., wants to move around, can’t stay long in one place. In the neuralgic form of gastralgia the lower triturations have served me best, but in cholera infantum I never use lower than the 200th and have seen remarkable results. Solitude is unbearable, child wants mother to hold its hand for company (STRAM.,).

E.B.Nash
Dr. E.B. Nash 1838- 1917, was considered one of our finest homeopaths and teachers. He was Prof. of Materia Medica at the N.Y. Homoeopathic Medical College and President of International Hahnemannian Assoc. His book Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics is a classic. This article is from: :The Medical Advance - A monthly magazine of homoeopathic medicine - edited and published by H.C. Allen, M. D.