Borax

Borate of Sodium

Abdomen

William Boericke 1922

Distention after eating ; vomiting. Gastralgia, depending upon uterine disturbance. Pain as if diarrhcea would result. Stool. — Loose, pappy, offensive stools in children. Diarrhoea, offensive, preceded by colic; stools mucus, with aphthous sore

Back

William Boericke 1922

Membranous dysmenorrheea. Sterility. Favors easy conception. Sensation of distention in clitoris with sticking.

Chest

William Boericke 1922

Arrest of breathing when lying; is obliged to jump up andcatch breath, which causes pain in right side. Out of breath on *going up stairs.

Ears

William Boericke 1922

Very sensitive to slightest noise, not so much disturbed by louder ones.

Extremities

William Boericke 1922

Feeling as of cobwebs on hands. Itching on back of finger-joints and hands. Throbbing pain in tip of thumb. Stitches in sole. Burning pain in great toe; inflammation of balls of toes. Eczema of toes and fingers with loss of nails.

Eyes

William Boericke 1922

Lashes turn inward. Visions of bright waves. Eyelids inflamed, lids cut against eyeball. Entropium.

Face

William Boericke 1922

Pale, earthy, v ith suffering expression. Swollen, with pimples on no.se and lips. Feeling of cobwebs.

William Boericke 1922

Itching on back of finger-joints. Unhealthy

Female

William Boericke 1922

Labor pains with frequent eructations. Galactofrliaea. [Cal.; Con.; Hell.] In nursing, pain in opposite breast. Lcucorrhoea like w'hite of eggs, with sensation as if warm water was flowing. Menses too soon, profuse, with griping, nausea and pain in stomach extending into small of

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

Gastro-intestinal irritation. Salivation, nausea, vomiting, colic, diarrhoea, collapse, albuminuria, casts and vesical spasm. Delirium, visual changes, hcematuria, and skill eruptions have all been observed from overdosing. Dread of dowmmrd motion in nearly all complaints. For homcEopathic purposes, the peculiar nervous symptoms are very characteristic, and have frequently been verified, especially in the therapeutics of children. Of much value in epilepsy. Aphthous ulceration of mucous membranes.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Aches, with nausea and trembling of whole body. Hair tangled at tips, cannot be separated, as in Plica Polonica. [Vinea fnin.]

Mind

William Boericke 1922

Extreme anxiety, especially from motions which have a downward direction, rocking, being carried downstairs, laid down Anxious expression of face during the downward motions, starts and throws up hands on laying patient down, as if afraid of falling. Excessively nervous, easily frigtened. Sensitk'e to sudden noises. Violent fright from report of a gun, even at a distance. Fear of thunder.

Mouth

William Boericke 1922

Urine. — Plot, smarting pain in orifice. Pungent smell. Child afraid to urinate, screams ))efore urinating. [Sarsap.]

William Boericke 1922

Aphthcp. Mouth hot and tender; ulcers bleed on touch and eating. Painful gunibpil. Crying when nursing. Taste bitter. [Bry.; Puls.; Cup.] Taste of “cellar mould.” Stomach and

Nose

William Boericke 1922

Red nose, of young women. Red and shining swelling, with throbbing and tensive sensatioii. Tip swollen and ulcerated Diy crusts.

Respiratory

William Boericke 1922

Hacking and violent cough ; expectoration, mouldy taste and smell. Stitches in chesty with inspiration and cough. Cough with mouldy taste — breath smells mouldy. Pleurodynia ; worse upper part of right

Skin

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Erysipelas in

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References

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