Operculina Turpethum

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Watery diarrhoea, profuse with sinking sensation. Cholrea morlms. Haemorrhoids.

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Sick feeling in lower third of

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Hard, bloated, tympanitic. Lead colic. During colic, urging to stool and discharge of hard faeces. StooL — Obstinate constipation; no desire to go to stoQlUv Round, hard, black balls. Faeces protrude and OPIUM — PAP AVER SOMNIFERUM 559 recede. [Thuj.; SiL] Spasmodic retention of fseces in small intestines. Stools involuntary, black, offensive, frothy. Violent pain in rectum, as if pressed asunder. Urine. — Slow to start; feeble stream. Retained or involuntary, after fright. Loss of power or sensibility of bladder.

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Painless parlaysis. [Oleand.] Twitching of

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burning about

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then heat, with sleep and

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Apis; Bell.; Nux mosch.; Morphinum (extreme susceptibility to pain; twitching ; tympanites ; much itching) ; Codein (dry, teasing, incessant cough; twitching of muscles, especially those of eyelids) ; Eschscholtzia — California Poppy — (a harmless soporofic). Antidote: Ipecac.

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Chaparas amorgosa (which Mexican physicians laud as a specific in chronic diar-

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Third to thirtieth and 200th potency. Non-Homceopathic Preparations and Uses. — Palliative only in great pain, sleeplessness, peritonitis, and to check excessive secretion in diarrhoea, diabetes, etc. Opium (crude). Official dose, 1 grain. Laudanum (tincture) — Dose, 5 to 20 drops. Paregoric (an elixir of Opium) — Dose, up to 54 oz. Morphine — % to % grain. Magendie’s solution — 16 grains to 1 oz. or 5 drops equal to 1/6 grain. Codein — Yz to 1 grain. Dover's Powder (Opium and Ipecac) — 5 to 15 grains. Apomorphia — 1/20 to 1/10 grain hypodermically. OPUNTIA — FICUS INDICA (Pricldy Pear) Diarrhoea, with nausea. Feth as if bowels were settled dozsm in lower

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Opisthotonos. Swollen veins of

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“ Half-closed, dilated; pupils insensible, contracted. Ptosis. [Gels.; Caust.] Staring, glassy.

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Red, bloated, sivollen, dark suffused, hot. Looks intoxicated, besotted. [Bapt.; Lack.] Spasmodic facial twitching, especially corners of

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Serous Apoplexy — venous, passive congestion. Want of sensitiveness to the action of medicines. Reappearance and aggravation from becoming heated. Opium lessens voluntary movements, contracts pupils, depresses higher intellectual powers, lessens self-control and power of concentration, judgment; stimulates the imagination, checks all secretions except that of the

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Suppressed menses from fright. Cessation of labor-pains with coma and twitchings. Puerperal convulsions; drowsiness or coma between paroxysms. Threatened abortion and suppression of lochia, from fright, with sopor. Horrible labor-like pains in uterus, with urging to stool.

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Pulse full and slow. Heat extending over body. Hot perspiration. Fever characterized by stupor, snoring respiration, twitching of limbs, intense thirst and sleepiness. Back and

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Vertigo; lightness of head in old people. Dull, heavy, stupid. Delirium. Vertigo after fright. Pain in back of

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great weight there. [Gels.] Bursting feeling. Paialysis of brain.

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Cough, with dyspnoea and blue fare; with bloody expectoration.

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Numbness. Jerks as if flexors were overacting. Convulsions; worse from glare of light; coldness of

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560 OPIUM — PAP. SOM. — OPUNTIA — FICUS IND.

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Delirium associated with restlessness, loquacity. Tendency to escape from bed; ravings, pains cause fainting.

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Patient wants nothing. Complete loss of consciousness; apoplectic state. Frightful fancies, daring, gay, bright. Unable to understand or appreciate his sufferings. Thinks he is not at home. Effects of fright, generally. [Aeon.]

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Worse, heat, during and after

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Dry. Tongue black, paralyzed. Bloody froth. Intense thirst. Blubbering of lips.

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Veins of face distended. Hanging down of lower jaw. Distorted.

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Breathing stops on going to

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Dark, mahogany-brown

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Lymphatic glands enlarged and indurated. Boils and slowly suppurating abscesses. OPIUM. — PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM (Poppy) The effects of Opium as shown in the insensibility of the nervous system, the depression, drowsy stupor, and torpor, the general sluggishness and lack of vital reaction, contitute the main indications for the drug when used homoeopathically. All complaints art characterized by sopor. They are painless, and are accom- 558 OPIUM — PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM panied by heavy, stupid sleep, stertorous hreathuig. Sweaty

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Hot, damp, sweating. Constant desire to uncover. Hot perspiration over whole body except lower

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must be shaken to start it again. ,[Grindelia.] Hoarse. Deep snoring; rattling, stertorous breathing. Difficult, intermittent, deep, unequal respiration. Heat in

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Distant noises, cocks crowing, etc., keep him awake. Child dreams of cats, dogs, black forms. Bed feels so hot cannot lie on it. Pleasant, fantastic, amorous dreams. Shaking

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[Apis; Lack.] Better, cold things, constant walking.

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Great drowsiness. {Gels.; Nux mosch.] Loss of breath on falling asleep. [Grind.] Coma vigil. Picking at bedclothes Very sleepy, but cannot go to

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Vomiting, with colic and convulsions. Fitcal vomiting. Incarcerated hernia. Hungry ; no desire to eat.

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Thirst only during heat.