Camphor.
CHARACTERISTICS.
Vomiting, diarrhoea, cramps and coldness of the extremities in cholera. Diarrhoea with cramps and coldness of the extremities in cholera. Diarrhoea with cramps and adults, caused by exposure to cold. Adynamic fever with stupor, spasmodic trembling, delirium, and weak pulse. Collapse. Weak and irregular heart.
TOXIC EFFECTS.
Paleness and cold skin, cyanosis.1. Headache, giddiness, faintness, delirium, stupor.2. Vomiting.3. Feeble, slow and intermittent pulse.4. Tonic contraction of the muscles. General convulsions. Strangury.5.
DOSE.
Aqua camphorae, I dr.-I oz.
Spiritus camphorae, 5-20 m.
Camphora monobromata, 2-10 gr.
Rubini’s saturated solution is powerful and should be used in one or two drop doses only.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
Collapse in adults.1-2-4. (Ten drops of the spirit in milk, frequently repeated).
Nervous headache, usually occipital, from prolonged mental strain.2. (Camphor water, or one to five drops of the spirit on sugar).
Adynamic fever, exhaustion, stupor, spasmodic trembling, subsultus, delirium, weak pulse.2-4-5.
Palpitation, weak and irregular heart.4.
Whooping cough. Hiccup. Spasmodic dysphasia.5. (Five grains of the monobromide in mucilage three or four times per day).
Strangury.5.
Nervous vomiting in pale, weakly women, with poor heart action.3-4. (Two to five drops of the spirit every half hour or hour).
Cholera: vomiting, Diarrhoea, cramp, coldness of the extremities.1-2-3-4-5. (Four to six drops of the stronger spirits every ten minutes or one or two drops of Rubini’s saturated solution).
Diarrhoea of infants or adults caused by exposure to cold, and accompanied by intestinal cramps and coldness of the extremities.1-3-5. (One to five grains triturated with mucilage and cinnamon water).
