Ledum

William Boericke 1922

Ruta; Ham.; Beilis; Arnica.

William Boericke 1922

Third to thirtieth potency.

William Boericke 1922

Gouty pains shoot all through the foot and limb, and in joints, but especially small joints. Swollen, hot, pale. Throbbing in right shoulder. Pressure in shoulder, worse motion. Cracking in joints; worse, warmth of bed. Gouty nodosities. Ball of great toe swollen. [Bothrops.] Rheumatism begins in lower limbs and ascends. [Kolmia opposite.] Ankles sw'ollen. Soles painful, can hardly step on them. [Ant. c.; Lyc.] Easy spraining of ankle.

William Boericke 1922

Extravasation of blood in lids, conjunctiva, aqueous or vitreous. Contused wounds. Cataract with gout.

William Boericke 1922

Red pimples on forehead and checks: stinging when touched. Crusty eruption around nose and

William Boericke 1922

Coldness, want of animal heat. Sensation as of cold water over parts; general coldness with heat of

William Boericke 1922

Affects especially the rheumatic diathesis, going through all the changes, from functional pain to altered secretions and deposits of solid, earthy matter in the tissues. The Ledum rheumatism begins in feet, and travels upward. It affects also the skin, producing an eruption like Poison-oak, and is antidotal thereto, as well as to stings of insects. There is a general lack of animal heat, and yet heat of bed is intolerable. For , punctured wounds, produced by sharp-pointed instruments or bites, particularly if the wounded parts are cold, this is the remedy.

William Boericke 1922

Vertigo when walking, with tendency to fall to one side. Distress when head is covered. Nosebleed. [Mclilot.; Pry.]

William Boericke 1922

Better, from cold, putting feet in cold water. Worse, at night, and from heat of bed.

William Boericke 1922

Dry. retching with eructation. Musty taste with catarrhal affection.

William Boericke 1922

Cough, with bloody expectoration. Dyspnoea: chest feels constricted. Suf- LEDUM — LEMNA MINOR 457 focative arrest of breathing. Haemoptysis, alternating with rheumatism. Chest hurts when touched. Whooping-cough ; spasmodic, double inspiration with sobbing.

William Boericke 1922

Anal fissures. Hacmorrhoidal pain.

William Boericke 1922

Burning in

William Boericke 1922

Acne on forehead, sticking pain therein. Eczema (facial). Itching of feet and ankles; worse, scratching and warmth of bed. Ecchymosis. Long discoloration after injuries. Carbuncles. Antidote to Rhus poisoning, [Grindel.; Cyprip.; Anac.]