Alumina

William Boericke 1922

Colic, like painter’s colic. Pressing in both groins toward sexual organs. Left-sided abdominal complaints. Stool. — Hard, dry, knotty; no desire. Rectum sore, dry, inflamed, bleeding. Itching and burning at anus. Even a soft stool is pas.<ied zvith difficulty. Great .straining. Constipation of infants [Collins.; P.w.; Paraf.] and old people from inactive rectum, and in women of very sedentary habit. Diarrhoea on urinating. Evacuation preccacd by painful urging long before stool, and then straining ai stool.

William Boericke 1922

Stitches. Gnawing pain, as if from hot iron. Pain along cord, with paralytic weakness.

William Boericke 1922

Silica — Sulphocalcite of Alumina 3x (anal itching, piles, constipation, flatulent distention) ; Sccale ; Lathyr.; Plumb. Aluminum acetate solution. (Externally as lotion for putrid wounds and skin infections.) Alumina silicata, Andalasitc rock (Alumina 63 and Silica 37 parts). (Deep acting remedy for chronic complaints of brain, spine and

William Boericke 1922

Sixth to thirtieth and higher. Action slow in developing.

William Boericke 1922

Humming ; roaring. Eustachian tube feels plugged.

William Boericke 1922

Pain in arm and fingers, as if hot iron penetrated. Arms feel paralyzed. Legs feel asleep, especially when sitting with legs crossed. Staggers on walking. Heels feel numb. Soles tender ; on stepping, feel soft and swollen. Pain in shoulder and upper arm. Gnawing beneath finger nails. Brittle nails. Inability to walk, except when eyes are open or in daytime.

William Boericke 1922

Objects look yellow. Eyes feel cold. Lids dry, burn, smart, thickened, aggravated in morning; chronic conjunctivitis. Ptosis. Strabismus. 40

William Boericke 1922

Feels as if alI)uminous substance had dried on it. Blood-ljoils and pimples. Twitching of lower jaw'. Rush of lilood to face after eating.

William Boericke 1922

Menses too early, short, scanty, pale, followed by great exhaustion. [Carb. an.; CoccuL] Leucorrhoea acrid, profuse, transparent, ropy, with burning; worse during daytime, and after menses. Relieved by washing with cold water.

William Boericke 1922

Urine. — Muscles of bladder paretic, must strain at stool in order to urinate. Pain in kidneys, with mental confusion. Frequent desire to urinate in old people. Difficult starting.

William Boericke 1922

A very general condition corresponding to this drug is dryness of mucous membranes and skin, and tendency to paretic muscular states. Old people, with lack of vital heat, or prematurely old, with debility. Sluggish functions, heaviness, numbness, and staggering, and the characteristic constipation find an excellent remedy in Alumina. Disposition to colds in the head, and eructations in spare, dry, thin subjects.

William Boericke 1922

Stitching, burning pain in head, with vertigo, worse in morning, but relieved by food. Pressure in forehead as from a tight hat. Inability to walk except with eyes open. Throbbing headache, with constipation. Vertigo, with nausea; better after breakfast. Falling out of hair; scalp itches and is numb.

William Boericke 1922

wheezing, rattling respiration. Cough on talking or singing, in the morning. Chest feels constricted. Condiments produce cough. Talking aggravates soreness of

William Boericke 1922

Epileptiform convulsion. Coldness during pains.) Complernentary : Bryonia. Antidotes: Ipecac.; Chamom.

William Boericke 1922

Excessive desire. Involuntary emissions when straining at stool. Prostatic discharge.

William Boericke 1922

Low-spirited; fears loss of reason. Confused as to personal identity. Hasty, hurried. Time passes slowly. Variable mood. Better as day advances. Suicidal tendency when seeing knife or

William Boericke 1922

Worse, periodically ; in afternoon ; from potatoes. Worse, in morning on awaking; warm room. Better, in open air; from cold washing; in evening and on alternate days. Better, damp weather. 42 ALUMINA — AMBRA GRISEA

William Boericke 1922

Sore. Bad odor from it. Teeth covered with sordcs. Gums sore, bleeding. Tensive pain in articulation of jaw when opening mouth or chewing.

William Boericke 1922

Constriction is a marked general symptom, also constriction of orifices. Venous distention. Weakness, especially spinal. Aching and burning in

William Boericke 1922

Pain at root of

William Boericke 1922

Sense of smell diminished. Fluent coryza. Point of nose cracked, nostrils sore, red, worse touch. Scabs with thick ycllozv mucus. Tettery redness. Or.ccna atrophica sicca. Membranes distended and boggy.

William Boericke 1922

Cough soon after waking in the morning. Hoarse, aphonia, tickling in

William Boericke 1922

Chapped and dry. Brittle nails. Intolerable itching when getting warm in bed. Must scratch until it bleeds ; then becomes painful. Brittle skin on fingers.

William Boericke 1922

Restless; anxious and confused dreams. Sleepy in morning.

William Boericke 1922

Formication, numbness, pain in all

William Boericke 1922

Abnormal cravings — chalk, charcoal, dry food, tea-grounds. Heartburn ; feels constricted. Aversion to meat. [Graph.; Arn., Puls.] Potatoes disagree. No desire to eat. Can sivaUoiv hut small morsels at a lime. Constriction of oesophagus.

William Boericke 1922

Looks parched and glazed. Clerg> man’s sore throat in thin subjects. Thick, tenacious mucus drops from posterior nares.

William Boericke 1922

Irritable, and relaxed

William Boericke 1922

Dry, sore ; food cannot pass, cesophagus contracted. I'eels as if splinter or plug were in