Category: Materia Medica

PREFACE NINTH EDITION

In preparing the ninth edition of this work, I have followed the lines laid out for all the previous editions, namely, to present in a condensed form the homśopathic Materia Medica for practical use.

The book contains the well known verified characteristic symptoms of all our medicines besides other less important symptoms aiding the selection of the curative remedy, All the new medicines and essentials of the published clinical experience of the school have been added. In its present compact form it contains the maximum number of reliable Materia Medica facts in the minimum space.

I have tried to give a succinct resume of the symptomatology of every medicine used in Homśopathy, including also clinical suggestions of many drugs so far not yet based on provings, thus offering the opportunity to experiment with these and by future provings discover their distinctive use and so enlarging our armamentarium.

I am aware that there is a difference of opinion about the advisability of further introduction of remedies, especially of such as seem obsolete or to some minds illusory. But it is not for the compiler to leave out information about any substance that has received the clinical endorsement from a reliable source.

Our Materia Medica must include all substances which have been proved and which have been used with apparent efficacy. It rests with the individual student to judge for himself the accuracy and, reliability of such observation. In this connection, I cannot forego to avail myself of the high authority of that master of Homśopathy, Dr. Constantine Hering, favoring the introduction of all remedies capable of producing reactions in the body that may guide to their medicinal employment. “Homśopathy is essentially not only many-sided but all-sided. She investigates the action of all substances, whether articles of diet, beverages, condiments, drugs or poisons. She investigates their action on the healthy, the sick, animals and plants. She gives; a new interpretation to that ancient, oft quoted saying of Paul, Prove all things–a new meaning, a new application that acts universally. Elimination of the useless may gradually take place with the growth of accurate physiological and pathological knowledge.”

Again, imperfectly proved remedies necessitate the use of names of diseases at times instead of the component symptoms that alone are the legitimate guide to the choice of the curative remedy. Here, too, I have Hering as pioneer guide for the ligitimacy of this method, which he also followed in his great work, the Guiding Symptoms. He said that he used the disease designations not for the purpose of recommending the particular remedy for that disease, but to show the great variety of remedies that may be used for any form of disease when otherwise indicated. For the same reason I have included nosological terms in the symptomatology and Therapeutic Index, as this is a practical handbook for every-day service, and any aid for finding the curative remedy ought to be utilized. As Dr. J. Compton Burnett expresses it:

“The fact is we need any and every way of finding the right remedy; the simple simile, the simple symptomatic similimum and the farthest reach of all-the pathologic similimum, and I maintain that we are still well within the line- of Homśopathy that is expansive, progressive, science fostered and science fostering.”

The dosage needs some apology. It is, of course, suggestive only; more often to be wholly disregarded. I have followed the lines of the earlier Homśopathists in this regard, and given what was then considered the usual range of potency, to which I have added my own experience and that of many observing practitioners. Every teacher of Materia Medica is constantly importuned by students to suggest the potency–something to start with at least.

The book is in no sense a treatise, and must not be considered or judged as such. It is as accurate and reliable a compilation and the fullest collection of verified Materia Medica facts and clinical suggestions as it is possible to obtain within the compass of the volume. It supplements every other work on Materia Medica, and if used as a ready reminder of the essential facts of our vast symptomatology and as an introduction to the larger books of reference and record of provings, it will fulfill its purpose and prove a useful aid to the student and general practitioner. As such it is again offered with much appreciation of past endorsement to his professional brethren.

I have been aided in seeing this edition through the press by the efficient help of Mr. F. O. Ernesty, who has lightened the labor of making the manuscript more acceptable to the printers, and I desire to express my hearty appreciation of this kind and helpful service.

BOERICK MD

  • CAMPHORA

    Camphor

    Hahnemann says: “The action of this substance is very puzzling and difficult of investigation, even in the healthy organism because its primary action, more frequently than with any other remedy, alternates and becomes intermixed with the vital reactions (after effects) of the organism. On this account it is often difficult to determine what belongs to the vital reactions of the body and what to the alternating effects due to the primary action of the camphor.”

    Pictures a state of collapse. Icy coldness of the whole body; sudden sinking of strength; pulse small and weak. After operations, if temperature is subnormal, low blood pressure, 3 doses camph. 1x, 15-minute intervals. This condition is met with in cholera, and here it is that Camphor has achieved classical fame. First stages of a cold, with chilliness and sneezing. Subsultus and extreme restlessness. Cracking of joints. Epileptiform convulsions. Camphor has a direct relationship to muscles and fascia. In local rheumatic affections in cold climates necessary. Distention of veins. As a heart stimulant for emergency use of Camphor is the most satisfactory remedy. Drop doses on sugar as often as every five minutes.

    It is characteristic of Camphor that the patient will not be covered, notwithstanding the icy coldness of the body. One of the main remedies in shock. Pain better while thinking of it. Very sensitive to cold and to touch. Sequelæ of measles. Violent convulsion, with wandering and hysterical excitement. Tetanic spasms. Scrofulous children and irritable, weakly blondes especially affected.

    Head.–Vertigo, tendency to unconsciousness, feeling as if he would die. Influenza; headache, with catarrhal symptoms, sneezing, etc. Beating pain in cerebellum. Cold sweat. Nose cold and pinched. Tongue cold, flabby, trembling. Fleeting stitches in temporal region and orbits. Head sore. Occipital throbbing, synchronous with the pulse.

    Eyes.–Fixed, staring; pupils dilated. Sensation as if all objects were too bright and glittering.

    Nose.–Stopped; sneezing. Fluent coryza on sudden change of weather. Cold and pinched. Persistent epistaxis, especially with goose-flesh state of skin.

    Face.–Pale, haggard, anxious, distorted; bluish, cold. Cold sweat.

    Stomach.–Pressive pain in pit of stomach. Coldness, followed by burning.

    Stool.–Blackish; involuntary. Asiatic cholera, with cramps in calves, coldness of body, anguish, great weakness, collapse, tongue and mouth cold.

    Urine.–Burning and strangury, with tenesmus of the neck of the bladder. Retention with full bladder.

    Male–Besire increased. Chordee. Priapism. Nightly emissions.

    Respiratory.–Præcordial distress. Suffocative dyspnœa. Asthma. Violent, dry, hacking cough. Palpitation. Breath cold. Suspended respiration.

    Sleep.–Insomnia, with cold limbs. Subsultus and extreme restlessness.

    Extremities.–Rheumatic pain between shoulders. Difficult motion. Numbness, tingling and coldness. Cracking in joints. Cramps in calves. Icy cold feet, ache as if sprained.

    Fever.–Pulse small, weak, slow. Icy coldness of the whole body. Cold perspiration. Congestive chill. Tongue cold, flabby, trembling.

    Skin.–Cold, pale, blue, livid. Cannot bear to be covered (Secale).

    Modalities.–Worse, motion, night, contact, cold air. Better, warmth.

    Relationship.–Camphor antidotes or modifies the action of nearly every vegetable medicine–tobacco, opium, worm medicines, etc. Laffa acutangula (whole body ice-cold, with a restlessness and anxiety; burning thirst). Camphoric acid–(a prophylactic against catheter fever; cystitis 15 grains three times a day; also for prevention of night sweats).

    Incompatible: Kali nit.

    Complementary: Canth.

    Antidotes: Opium; Nitr sp dulc; Phos.

    Compare: Carbo; Cuprum; Arsenic; Veratr.

    Dose.–Tincture, in drop doses, repeated frequently, or smelling of Spirits of Camphor. Potencies are equally effective.

  • CALTHA PALUSTRIS

    Cowslip

    Pain in abdomen, vomiting, headache, singing in ears, dysuria and diarrhœa. Anasarca.

    Skin.–Pemphigus. Bullæ are surrounded by a ring. Much itching. Face much swollen, especially around the eyes. Itching eruption on thighs. Pustules. Uterine cancer.

    Dose.–Tincture.

  • CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA

    Madar Bark
    (CALOTROPIS)

    Has been used with marked success in the treatment of syphilis following Mercury; also, in elephantiasis, leprosy, and acute dysentery. Pneumonic phthisis. Tuberculosis.

    Increases the circulation in the skin; has powerful effects as a sudorific. In the secondary symptoms of syphilis, where Mercury has been used but cannot be pushed safely any farther, it rapidly recruits the constitution, heals the ulcers and blotches from the skin, and perfects the cure. Primary anæmia of syphilis. Heat in stomach is a good guiding symptom. Obesity, while flesh decreases, muscles become harder and firmer.

    Relationship.–Compare: Merc; Potass iod; Berb aqui; Sarsap; Ipecac.

    Dose.–Tincture, one to five drops; three times a day.

  • CALENDULA OFFICINALIS

    Marigold

    A most remarkable healing agent, applied locally. Useful for open wounds, parts that will not heal, ulcers, etc. Promotes healthy granulations and rapid healing by first intention. Hæmostatic after tooth extraction. Deafness. Catarrhal conditions. Neuroma. Constitutional tendency to erysipelas. Pain is excessive and out of all proportion to injury. Great disposition to take cold, especially in damp weather. Paralysis after apoplexy. Cancer, as an intercurrent remedy. Has remarkable power to produce local exudation and helps to make acrid discharge healthy and free. Cold hands.

    Head.–Extremely nervous; easily frightened; tearing headache; weight on brain. Submaxillary glands swollen, painful to touch. Pain in right side of neck. Lacerated scalp wounds.

    Eyes.–Injuries to eyes which tend to suppuration; after operations; blenorrhœa of lachrymal sac.

    Ears.–Deafness; worse in damp surroundings and with eczematous conditions. Hears best on a train, and distant sounds.

    Nose.–Coryza in one nostril; with much green discharge.

    Stomach.–Hunger immediately after nursing. Bulimia. Heartburn with horripilations. Nausea in chest. Vomiting. Sinking sensation. Epigastric distention.

    Respiratory.–Cough, with green expectoration, hoarseness; with distention of inguinal ring.

    Female.–Warts at the os externum. Menses suppressed, with cough. Chronic endocervicitis. Uterine hypertrophy, sensation of weight and fullness in pelvis; stretching and dragging in groin; pain on sudden movements. Os lower than natural. Menorrhagia.

    Skin.–Yellow; goose-flesh. Promotes favorable cicatrization, with least amount of suppuration. Slough, proud flesh, and raised edges. Superficial burns and scalds. Erysipelas (use topically).

    Fever.–Coldness, great sensitiveness to open air; shuddering in back, skin feels warm to touch. Heat in evening.

    Modalities.–Worse, in damp, heavy, cloudy weather.

    Relationship.–Compare: Hamamel; Hyperic; Symph; Arn.

    Compare in deafness: Ferr pic; Kal iod; Calc; Mag c; Graph.

    Antidote: Chelidon; Rheum.

    Complementary: Hepar.

    Dose.–Locally. Aqueous Calendula (Marigoldin) for all wounds, the greatest healing agent. Also as an injection in leucorrhœa; internally, tincture, to third potency. For burns sores, fissures, and abrasions, etc, use Calendula Cerate.

  • CALCAREA SILICATA

    Silicate of Lime

    A deep, long acting medicine for complaints which come on slowly and reach their final development after long periods. Hydrogenoid constitution (Nat sulph). Very sensitive to cold. Patient is weak, emaciated, cold and chilly, but worse from being overheated; sensitive generally. Atrophy of children.

    Mind.–Absent-minded, irritable, irresolute, lacks self-confidence. Fearful.

    Head.–Vertigo, head cold, especially at vertex; catarrh of nose and posterior nares, discharge thick, yellow, hard crusts. Corneal exudation.

    Stomach.–Sensation of coldness, especially when empty. Sinking sensation at pit. Great thirst. Flatulence and distention after eating. Vomiting and eructations.

    Female.–Uterus heavy, prolapsed. Leucorrhœa, painful and irregular menses. Flow between periods.

    Respiratory.–Sensitive to cold air. Difficult respiration. Chronic irritation of air passages. Copious, yellow-green mucus. Coughs with coldness, weakness, emaciation, sensitiveness and peevishness, worse from cold air. Pain in chest walls.

    Skin.–Itching, burning, cold and blue, very sensitive. Pimples, comedones, wens. Psoric eruptions.

    Relationship.–Compare: Arsenic; Tubercul; Baryt carb; Iod.

    Dose.–All potencies from lowest to high.

  • CALCAREA SULPHURICA

    Sulphate of Lime-Plaster of Paris

    Eczema and torpid glandular swellings. Cystic tumors. Fibroids. Suppurative processes come within the range of this remedy, after pus has found a vent. Mucous discharges are yellow, thick and lumpy. Lupus vulgaris.

    Head.–Scald-head of children, if there be purulent discharge, or yellow, purulent crusts.

    Eyes.–Inflammation of the eyes, with discharge of thick, yellow matter. Sees only one-half an object. Cornea smoky. Ophthalmia neonatorum.

    Ears.–Deafness, with discharge of matter from the middle ear, sometimes mixed with blood. Pimples around ear.

    Nose.–Cold in the head, with thick, yellowish, purulent secretion, frequently tinged with blood. One-sided discharge from nose. Yellowish discharge from posterior nares. Edges of nostrils sore.

    Face.–Pimples and pustules on the face. Herpes.

    Mouth.–Inside of lips sore. Tongue flabby, resembling a layer of dried clay. Sour, soapy, acrid taste. Yellow coating at base.

    Throat.–Last stage of ulcerated sore throat, with discharge of yellow matter. Suppurating stage of tonsillitis, when abscess is discharging.

    Abdomen.–Pain in region of liver, in right side of pelvis, followed by weakness, nausea, and pain in stomach.

    Stool.–Purulent diarrhœa mixed with blood. Diarrhœa after maple sugar and from change of weather. Pus-like, slimy discharge from the bowels. Painful abscesses about the anus in cases of fistula.

    Female.–Menses late, long-lasting, with headache, twitching great weakness.

    Respiratory.–Cough, with purulent and sanious sputa and hectic fever. Empyæma, pus forming in the lungs or pleural cavities. Purulent, sanious expectoration. Catarrh, with thick, lumpy, white-yellow or pus-like secretion.

    Extremities.–Burning-itching of soles of feet.

    Fever.–Hectic fever, caused by formation of pus. With cough and burning in soles.

    Skin.–Cuts, wounds, bruises, etc, unhealthy, discharging pus; they do not heal readily. Yellow, purulent crusts or discharge. Purulent exudations in or upon the skin. Skin affections with yellowish scabs. Many little matterless pimples under the hair, bleeding when scratched. Dry eczema in children.

    Relationship.–Compare: Hepar; Silica.

    Dose.–Second and third trituration. The twelfth potency has been found effective in Lupus.

  • CALCAREA PHOSPHORICA

    Phosphate of Lime

    One of the most important tissue remedies, and while it has many symptoms in common with Calcarea carb, there are some differences and characteristic features of its own. It is especially indicated in tardy dentition and troubles incident to that period, bone disease non-union of fractured bones, and the anćmias after acute diseases and chronic wasting diseases. Anćmic children who are peevish, flabby, have cold extremities and feeble digestion. It has a special affinity where bones form sutures or symphyses, and all its symptoms are worse from any change of weather. Numbness and crawling are characteristic sensations, and tendency to perspiration and glandular enlargement are symptoms it shares with the carbonate. Scrofulosis, chlorosis and phthisis.

    Mind.–Peevish, forgetful; after grief and vexation (Ignat; Phos ac). Always wants to go somewhere.

    Head.–Headache, worse near the region of sutures, from change of weather, of school children about puberty. Fontanelles remain open too long. Cranial bones soft and thin. Defective hearing. Headache, with abdominal flatulence. Head hot, with smarting of roots of hair.

    Eyes.–Diffused opacity in cornea following abscess.

    Mouth.–Swollen tonsils; cannot open mouth without pain. Complaints during teething; teeth develop slowly; rapid decay of teeth. Adenoid growths.

    Stomach.–Infant wants to nurse all the time and vomits easily. Craving for bacon, ham, salted or smoked meats. Much flatulence. Great hunger with thirst flatulence temporarily relieved by sour eructations. Heartburn. Easy vomiting in children.

    Abdomen.–At every attempt to eat, colicky pain in abdomen. Sunken and flabby. Colic, soreness and burning around navel.

    Stool.–Bleeding after hard stool. Diarrhśa from juicy fruits or cider; during dentition. Green, slimy, hot, sputtering, undigested, with fetid flatus. Fistula in ano, alternating with chest symptoms.

    Urine.–Increased, with sensation of weakness. Pain in region of kidneys when lifting or blowing the nose.

    Female.–Menses too early, excessive, and bright in girls. If late, blood is dark; sometimes, first bright, then dark, with violent backache. During lactation with sexual excitement. Nymphomania, with aching, pressing, or weakness in uterine region (Plat). After prolonged nursing. Leucorrhśa, like white of egg. Worse morning. Child refuses breast; milk tastes salty. Prolapsus in debilitated persons.

    Respiratory.–Involuntary sighing. Chest sore. Suffocative cough; better lying down. Hoarseness. Pain through lower left lung.

    Neck and Back.–Rheumatic pain from draught of air, with stiffness and dullness of head. Soreness in sacro-iliac symphysis, as if broken (Aesc hip).

    Extremities.–Stiffness and pain, with cold, numb feeling, worse any change of weather. Crawling and coldness. Buttocks, back and limbs asleep. Pains in joints and bones. Weary when going upstairs.

    Relationship.–Complementary: Ruta; Hepar.

    Compare: Calcar hypophosphorosa (is to be preferred when it seems necessary to furnish the organism with liberal doses of phosphorus in consequence of continued abscesses having reduced the vitality. Give first and second decimal trits. Loss of appetite, rapid debility, night sweats; Acne pustulosa.–Pallor of skin, habitually cold extremities. Phthisis-diarrhśa and cough; acute pains in chest. Mesenteric tuberculosis. Bleeding from lungs; angina pectoris; asthma; affection of arteries. Veins stand out like whipcords. Attacks of pain occurring two hours after meals (relieved by a cup of milk or light food). Cheiranthus (effects of cutting wisdom teeth). Calcarea renalis-Lapis renalis–(arthritic nodosities. Rigg’s disease; lessens tendency to accumulation of tartar on teeth; gravel and renal calculi). Conchilion.–Meter perlarum.–Mother of pearl (Osteitis.–Has a wide range of action in bone affections, especially when the growing ends are affected. Petechić). Silica; Psorin; Sulph.

    Modalities.–Worse, exposure to damp, cold weather, melting snow. Better, in summer; warm, dry atmosphere.

    Dose.–First to third trituration. Higher potencies often more effective.

  • CALCAREA IODATA

    Iodide of Lime

    It is in the treatment of scrofulous affections, especially enlarged glands, tonsils, etc, that this remedy has gained marked beneficial results. Thyroid enlargements about time of puberty. Flabby children subject to colds. Secretions inclined to be profuse and yellow. Adenoids. Uterine fibroids. Croup.

    Head.–Headache while riding against cold wind. Lightheaded. Catarrh; worse at root of nose; sneezing; very little sensation. Polypi of nose and ear.

    Throat.–Enlarged tonsils are filled with little crypts.

    Respiratory.–Chronic cough; Pain in chest, difficulty breathing after syphilis and mercurialization (Grauvogl). Hectic fever; green purulent expectoration. Croup. Pneumonia.

    Skin.–Indolent ulcers, accompanying varicose veins. Easy perspiration. Copper-colored and papulous eruptions, tinea, favus, crusta lactea, swelling of the glands, skin cracked, falling out of hair.

    Relationship.–Compare: Agraphis-Bluebell (adenoids with enlarged tonsils). Here Sulph iod follows both Agraphis and Calc iod. Acon lycotonum (swelling of glands, Hodgkin’s disease).

    Compare also: Calc fluor; Sil; Merc iod.

    Dose.–Second and third trituration.

  • CALCAREA FLUORICA

    Fluoride of Lime
    (FLUOR SPAR)

    A powerful tissue remedy for hard, stony glands, varicose and enlarged veins, and malnutrition of bones. Hard knots in female breast. Goitre. Congenital hereditary syphilis. Induration threatening suppuration. Many cases of cataract have undoubtedly been influenced favorably by it. Congenital syphilis manifesting itself in ulcerating of mouth and throat, caries and necrosis with boring pains and heat in parts. Arterio-sclerosis; threatened apoplexy. Tuberculosis. Used after operations, the tendency to adhesions is reduced.

    Mind.–Great depression; groundless fears of financial ruin.

    Head.–Creaking noise in head. Blood-tumors of new-born infants. Hard excrescences on the scalp. Ulcers on the scalp with callous, hard edges.

    Eyes.–Flickering and sparks before the eyes, spots on the cornea; conjunctivitis; cataract. Strumous phlyctemular keratitis. Subcutaneous palpebral cysts.

    Ears.–Calcareous deposits on tympanum; sclerosis of ossicula and petrous portion of temporal bone, with deafness, ringing and roaring. Chronic suppuration of middle ear.

    Nose.–Cold in the head; stuffy cold; dry coryza; ozæna. Copious, offensive, thick, greenish, lumpy, yellow nasal catarrh. Atrophic rhinitis, especially if crusts are prominent.

    Face.–Hard swelling on the cheek, with pain or toothache, hard swelling on jaw-bone.

    Mouth.–Gum-boil, with hard swelling on the jaw. Cracked appearance of the tongue, with or without pain. Induration of the tongue, hardening after inflammation. Unnatural looseness of the teeth, with or without pain; teeth become loose in their sockets. Toothache, with pain if any food touches the tooth.

    Throat.–Follicular sore throat; plugs of mucus are continually forming in the crypts of the tonsils. Pain and burning in throat; better by warm drinks; worse, cold drinks. Hypertrophy of Luschka’s tonsil. Relaxed uvula, tickling referred to larynx.

    Stomach.–Vomiting of infants. Vomiting of undigested food. Hiccough (Cajup; Sulph ac). Flatulency. Weakness and daintiness of appetite, nausea and distress after eating in young children who are overtaxed by studies. Acute indigestion from fatigue and brain-fag; much flatulence.

    Stool and Anus.–Diarrhœa in gouty subjects. Itching of anus. Fissure of the anus, and intensely sore crack near the lower end of the bowel. Bleeding hæmorrhoids. Itching of anus as from pin-worms. Internal or blind piles frequently, with pain in back, generally far down on the sacrum, and constipation. Much wind in lower bowels. Worse, pregnancy.

    Male.–Hydrocele; indurations of the testicles.

    Respiratory Organs.–Hoarseness. Croup. Cough with expectoration of tiny lumps of yellow mucus, with tickling sensation and irritation on lying down. Spasmodic cough. Calc. Fluor removes fibroid deposits about the endocardium and restores normal endocardial structure (Eli G. Jones, M. D).

    Circulatory Organs.–Chief remedy for vascular tumors with dilated blood-vessels, and for varicose or enlarged veins. Aneurism. Valvular disease. When the tuberculous toxins attack the heart and blood-vessels.

    Neck and Back.–Chronic lumbago; aggravated on beginning to move, and ameliorated on continued motion. Osseous tumors. Rachitic enlargement of femur in infants. Pain lower part of back, with burning.

    Extremities.–Ganglia or encysted tumors at the back of the wrist. Gouty enlargements of the joints of the fingers. Exostoses on fingers. Chronic synovitis of knee-joint.

    Sleep.–Vivid dreams, with sense of impending danger. Unrefreshing sleep.

    Skin.–Marked whiteness of skin. Scar tissue; adhesions after operations. Chaps and cracks. Fissures or cracks in the palms of the hands, or hard skin. Fissure of the anus. Suppurations with callous, hard edges. Whitlow. Indolent, fistulous ulcers, secreting thick, yellow pus. Hard, elevated edges of ulcer, surrounding skin purple and swollen. Knots, kernels, hardened glands in the female breast. Swellings or indurated enlargements having their seat in the fasciæ and capsular ligaments of joints, or in the tendons. Indurations of stony hardness.

    Modalities.–Worse, during rest, changes of weather. Better, heat, warm applications.

    Relationship.–Compare: Con; Lapis; Baryt mur; Hecla; Rhus; Cacodylate of Soda (Tumors).

    Calcar sulph-stibiata (acts as an hæmostatic and absorptive in uterine myoma).

    Mangifera indica (varicose veins).

    Dose.–Third to twelfth trituration. A “chronic” remedy. Needs some time before manifesting its effects. Should not be repeated too frequently.

  • CALCAREA ARSENICOSA

    Arsenite of Lime
    (CALCAREA ARSENICA)

    Epilepsy with rush of blood to the head before attack; aura felt in region of heart; flying sensation. Complaints in fat women around climacteric. Chronic malaria. Infantile enlarged liver and spleen. Nephritis, with great sensitiveness in kidney region. Complaints of drunkards after abstaining (Carbon sulph). Fleshy women at climacteric, slightest emotion causing palpitation. Dyspnœa, with feeble heart. Chilliness. Albuminuria. Dropsy. Affections of spleen and mesenteric glands. Hemoglobin and red corpuscles are low.

    Mind.–Anger, anxiety. Desire for company. Confusion, delusions, illusions. Great depression.

    Head.–Violent rush of blood to head with vertigo. Pain in head better by lying on painful side. Weekly headache. Benumbling headache mostly around ears.

    Stomach.–Region of stomach distended. Enlarged liver and spleen in children. Pancreatic disease; relieves burning pain in cancer of pancreas. Belching with saliva and beating of heart.

    Urinary.–Kidney region sensitive to pressure. Albuminuria, passes urine every hour.

    Heart.–Constriction and pain in region of heart, suffocating feeling, palpitation, oppression and throbbing and pain in back extending to arms.

    Female.–Offensive, bloody leucorrhœa. Cancer of uterus; burning pain in uterus and vagina.

    Back.–Pain and stiffness near nape of neck. Violent backache, throbbing, drives out of bed.

    Extremities.–Removes inflammatory products in veins of lower extremities. Weariness and lameness of lower limbs.

    Modalities.–Worse from slight exertion.

    Dose.–Third trituration.