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William Boericke 1922

Rheumatic pain in intercostal and lumbar muscles: sieeple.ssness from pain in back and hips.

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William Boericke 1922

A ral, : Copaiv. ; T ercb.; Cubeb.; Samb.; Silphion cyrcnaicum (phthisis pulmonum, with incessant cough, profu.se night-sweats, emaciation, etc.) ; Polygonum aviculare (has been found useful in phthisis, when given in material doses of the mother tincture); Salvia (tickling cough). Arum dracontium (loose cough at night on lying down). 686 SILPHIUM — SIN APIS NIGRA — BRASSICA NIGRA titia adhatoda (bronchial catarrh, hoarseness, oversensitive).

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Third potency. Lower triturations preferred by some. SINAPIS NIGRA — BRASSICA NIGRA (Black Mustard) Is of use in hay-fever, coryza, and pharyngitis. Dry nares and pharynx, with thick, lumpy secretion. Smallpox.

William Boericke 1922

Third potency.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

Is used in various forms of asthma and chronic bronchitis. Catarrh of bladder. Catarrhal influenza. Dysentery ; attack preceded by constipated stools covered with white mucus.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Scalp hot and itches. Sweat on upper lip and forehead. Tongue feels blistered.

Nose

William Boericke 1922

Mucus from posterior nares feels cold. Scanty, acrid discharge. Stoppage of left nostril all day, or in afternoon and evening. Dry, hot, with lacbrymation, sneezing, hacking cough; better lying down. Nostrils alternately stopped. Dryness of anterior nares.

Relationships

William Boericke 1922

(Compare; Sulph.; Capsic.; Colocy.; Sinapis alba ^ White Mustard — (throat symptoms marked, especially burning, with obstruction in oesophagus; similar symptoms in rectum). Mustard oil by SIN. NIG. — BRASS. NIG. — SKATOL — SKOOKUM 687 inhalation acts on the sensory nerve endings of the trigeminal. Relieves pain in middle ear disease and in painful conditions of nose, nasal cavities, and tonsils.

Respiratory

William Boericke 1922

Cough is relieved by lying down. Throat, — Feels scalded, hot, inflamed. Asthmatic breathing. Loud coughing-spells with barking expiration.

William Boericke 1922

Expectoration profuse, stringy, frothy, light-colored. Constriction of lungs. Catarrh, with copious, stringy, mucus discharges. Desire to hawk and scrape

Stomach

William Boericke 1922

Ojfcnsive breath, smelling like onions. [Asaf.; Antorac.] Burning in stomach, extending up oesophagus, throat, and mouth, which is full of cankersores. Hot sour eructations. Colic; pains come on while bent forward; better, sitting up straight. Sweat better when nausea comes on.

Throat

William Boericke 1922

Irritation of posterior nares, involving mucous membranes of nasal passages with constriction of supraorbital region.

Urinary

William Boericke 1922

Pain in bladder, frequent copious flow day and night.

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