Petroleum
Crude Rock-oil
Abdomen
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Diarrhoea only in the daytime; watery, gushing and itching of anus. After cabbage; with empty feeling of
Chest
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worse, cold air. Dry cough ati night, coming deep from
William Boericke 1922
Croup and laryngeal diphtheria (Petrol, oil 10 to 30 minims.).
Ears
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Scalp sore to touch, followed by numbness. Headache, must hold temples to relieve; provoked by shakjng while coughing. Use thirtieth.
William Boericke 1922
Noise unbearable, especially from several people talking together. Eczema, intertrigo, etc., in and behind ears, with intense itching. Parts sore to touch. Fissures in meatus. / Dry catarrh, with deafness and noises.
Extremities
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Chronic sprains. Fetid sweat in ax-
Eyes
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Loss of eyelashes. Dim sight; far-sighted; cannot read fine print without glasses; blenorrhoea of lachrymal sac; margial blepharitis. Canthi fissured. Skin around eyes dry and scurfy. 576
Face
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Dry; feels constricted, as if covered with albumin.
Female
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Before menses, throbbing in
Guiding symptoms
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Strumous diathesis, especially the dark type, who suffer from catarrhal conditions of the mucous membranes, gastric acidity and cutaneous eruptions. Very marked skin symptoms, acting on sweat and oil glands. Ailments are worse during the winter season. Ailments from riding in cars, carriages, or ships ; lingering gastric and lung troubles ; chronic diarrhoea. Long-lasting complaints follow mental states — fright, vexation, etc. Chlorosis in young girls with or without ulceration of the
Head
William Boericke 1922
Sensitive, os of a cold breeze hlounng on it. Feels numb, as if made of wood; occiput heavy, as of lead. [Opium.] Vertigo on fising, felt in occiput, as if intoxicated, or like seasickness. Moist eruption on scalp: worse, back and
William Boericke 1922
[Kreos.] Leucorrhoea, profuse, albuminous. [Alum.; Bor.; Bov.; Calc. />.] Genitals sore and moist. Sensation of moisture. [Eup. purp.] Itching and mealy coating of nipple.
Heart
William Boericke 1922
Sensation of coldness. [Carh. cm.; Nat. mur.] Fainting, with ebullitions, heat, and palpitation.
Male
William Boericke 1922
Herpetic eruption on perineum. Prostate inflamed and swollen. Itching in urethra.
Mind
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Marked aggravation from mental emotions. Loses his way in streets. Thinks he is double, or souje t)ne else lying alongide. Feels that death is near, and must hurry to settle affairs. Irritable, easily offended, vexed at everything, low-spirited, nhth dimness of sight.
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Gastralgia when stomach is empty; relieved by constant eating. [Anac,; Sep.] Must rise at night and eat. [Psorin.] Odor of garlic.
Nose
William Boericke 1922
Nostrils ulcerated, cracked, burn; tip of nose itches. Epistaxis. Ozsena, with scabs and muco-purulent discharge.
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Hoarseness. [Carho; Caust.; Phos.] Dry cough and oppression of chest at night. Cough produces headache. Oppression of
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Strong aversion to fat food, meat; worse, eating cabbage. Hunger, immediately after stool. Nausea, with accumulation of water in
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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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.