Borax
Borate of Sodium
Abdomen
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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
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Membranous dysmenorrheea. Sterility. Favors easy conception. Sensation of distention in clitoris with sticking.
Chest
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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
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Very sensitive to slightest noise, not so much disturbed by louder ones.
Extremities
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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
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Lashes turn inward. Visions of bright waves. Eyelids inflamed, lids cut against eyeball. Entropium.
Face
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Pale, earthy, v ith suffering expression. Swollen, with pimples on no.se and lips. Feeling of cobwebs.
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Itching on back of finger-joints. Unhealthy
Female
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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
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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
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Aches, with nausea and trembling of whole body. Hair tangled at tips, cannot be separated, as in Plica Polonica. [Vinea fnin.]
Mind
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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
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Urine. — Plot, smarting pain in orifice. Pungent smell. Child afraid to urinate, screams ))efore urinating. [Sarsap.]
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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
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Red nose, of young women. Red and shining swelling, with throbbing and tensive sensatioii. Tip swollen and ulcerated Diy crusts.
Respiratory
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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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slight injuries suppurate. 146
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.
Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.