Bromium
Abbrev.: Bromine
Abdomen
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Sharp burning from tongue to
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Painful hemorrhoids, with black stool.
Back
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tinnitus; vertigo, palpitation; arms heavy; a#emed as if parts did not belong to him. Seems to have a specific effect on the inferior cervical ganglion, increasing the tonic action of the sympathptic, thus promoting vaso-con- 152 BROMIUM — BRYONIA striction. Relieves headache, tinnitus and vertigo, especially in vaso-inotor stomach disturbance. Dose, 20 minims.)
Chest
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waves of heat over face and
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Chest pains run upward. Cold sensation when inspiring. Every inspiration provokes cough. Laryngeal diphtheria ; membrane begins in larynx and spreads upward. Spasmodic constriction. Asthma ; better at sea, of seafaring men when they come on land. Hypertrophy of heart from gymnastics. [Rhus.]
Compare
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Conium; Spongia; lod.; Aster.; Arg. nii. Avoid milk when taking Brom. Hydrobromic acid. (Throat dry and puckering; constriction in pharynx and
Dose
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First to third attenuation. Must be prepared fresh, as it is liable to rapid deterioration.
Face
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Glands stony, hard, especially on lower jaw and
Female
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Swelling of ovaries. Menses too early ; too profuse, with membranous shreds. Low spirited before menses. Tumor in breasts, with stitching pains; worse left. Stitch pains from breast to axillae. Sharp shooting pain in left breast, worse pressure.
Guiding symptoms
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Most marked effects are seen in the respiratory symptoms, especially in larynx and
Head
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Megrim of left side; worse stooping, especially after drinking milk. Headache ; worse heat of sun and by rapid motion. Sharp pain through
Larynx
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suffocative. Hoarse- 151 ness. Croup after febrile symptoms have subsided. Difficult and painful breathing. Violent cramping of
Male
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Swelling of testicles. Indurated, with pains worse slight jar.
Mind
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Delusion that strange persons arc looking over patient’s shoulder and that she would see some one on turning.
Modalities
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Worse, from evening, until midnight, and when sitting in warm room; warm damp weather. Better, from any motion; exercise; at sea.
Nose
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Corj'^za, with rorro.sive soreness of
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Stoppage of right nostril. Pressure at root of
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Tickling, smarting, as from cobwebs. Fan-like motion of aljc. [Lyc.] Bleeding from nose relieving the
Relationships
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Antidotes: Ammon, carb.; Camph, Salt inhibits the action of Brom.
Respiratory
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Whooping rough. (Use persistently for about ten days.) Dry cough, with hoarseness and burning pain behind sternum. Spasmodic cough, with rattling of mucus in the
Skin
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Acne, pimples and pustules. Boils on arms and
Sleep
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Full of dreams; jerking and starting during sleep, full of fantasy; trembling and weak on awaking.
Stomach
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Pressure as of stone. Ga.stralgia; better eating. Tympanitic distention of
Throat
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Hard goitre. [Spong.]
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Throat feels raw, evening, with hoarseness. Tonsils pain on swallowing, deep red, with network of dilated blood vessels. Tickling in trachea during inspiration. Hoarseness coming on from being overheated. Stomach and
Trachea
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It seems to affect especially scrofulous children with enlarged glands. Blond type. Enlarged parotid and goitre. Tendency to spasmodic attacks. Left-sided mumps. Sense of suffocation; excoriating discharges, profuse sweats and great weakness. Complaints fr(nn being over-heated. Tendency to ^ infiltrate glands, become hard, but seldom suppurate.
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
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