Radium
Radium Bromide
Abdomen
William Boericke 1922
Pain, violent cramps, rumbling, full of gas , pain over McBurncy’s point, and at location of sigmoid flexure. Much flatulence! Alternating constipation and loose movements. Pruritus ani and piles.
Back
William Boericke 1922
Pain and lameness in cervical vertebrae, worse dropping head forward, better standing, or sitting erect. Lumbar and sacral backache, pain appears to be in bofte, continued motion relieves. Backache between shoulders and lumbar-sacral region, better alter walking.
William Boericke 1922
Aching in back of
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Severe pain in all the limbs, joints, ill luiee and ankles, sharp pains in shoulders,
Female
William Boericke 1922
Pruritus vulvte. Delayed and irregular menstruation and backache. Aching pains in abdomen over pubes when flow comes on. Right breast sore, relieved by hard rubbing.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
An important addition to the Materia Medica, especially since the provings by Diffenbach have precision - ized its use. Radium brom. of 1,800,000 radio-activity was employed. Found effective in the treatment of rheumatism and gout, in skin affections generally, acne rosacea, naevi, moles, ulcers and cancers. Lowered blood pressure. Severe aching pains all over, with restlessness, better moving about. Marked increase in the pol 3 rmorphonuclear ncutrophiles. Great weakness.
William Boericke 1922
Ijack to occiput and to vertex, better in open air. Head feels heavy. Frontal headache. Both eyes ache. Itchinjf and dryness of nasal cavities, better in open air. Aching? pain in angle of right lower jaw. V'iolent trifacial neuralgia.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Vertigo, with pain in back of head, left when in bed. Occipital and vertex pain, accompanying severe lumbar aching. Severe pain over right eye, spreading 626
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Apprehensive, depressed; fear of being alone in the dark ; great desire to be with people. Tired and irritable.
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Metallic taste. Prickling sensation on end of
William Boericke 1922
Dryness of
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Persistent cough with tickling in suprasternal fossa. Dry, spasmodic cough. Throat dry, sore, chest constricted.
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Warm sen- .sation in
William Boericke 1922
Aversion to sweets, ice-cream. Nausea and sinking sensation, belching of gas.
William Boericke 1922
Empty feeling in
Urinary
William Boericke 1922
Increased elimination of solids, particularly of chlorides. Renal irritation, albuminuria, granular and hyaline ('asts. Nephritis with rheumatic symptoms.
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.