Text Book of Materia Medica.
By Adolph Lippe, M. D.
Professor of Materia Medica at the Homœopathic
College of Pennsylvania.
Presented by Médi-T.
Antimonium crudum.
Mind and Disposition.
Ecstasy and exalted love, with great anxiety about his fate and
inclination to shoot himself ; worse when walking in the moonlight,
and then his conduct is like that of an insane person.
The child cannot bear being touched or looked at.
Head.
Giddiness, with nausea, or bleeding of the nose.
Congestion of blood to the head, followed by bleeding of the nose.
[5] Stupefying headache, with
nausea ; worse in the evening ; after eating ; and
smoking tobacco ; and better in the open air.
Headache, from bathing.
Eyes.
Stitches in the eyes.
Gum in the canthi of the eyes.
Moist place on the outer canthus.
Ears.
[10] Redness, swelling and heat of the
ears.
Continual roaring in the ears.
Deafness, as if a leaf were lying before the ears.
Nose.
Sensation of coldness in the nose, when inspiring air.
Soreness of the nostrils ; nostrils cracked and full of crusts.
[15] Bleeding of the nose (in the
evening, after headache, with giddiness).
Face.
Sad countenance.
Heat, especially on the cheeks, with itching.
Red, burning, suppurating eruptions, with yellow crusts.
Sore, cracked corners of the mouth.
Mouth and Teeth.
[20] Bleeding of the teeth and gums.
Pain in decayed teeth, aggravated by cold water.
Bitter taste in the mouth.
Dryness of the mouth.
Ptyalism (tasting salty).
[25] Tongue coated white.
Stomach and Abdomen.
Aversion to all food.
Longing for acids.
Thirst at night.
Nausea and vomiturition, from overloading the stomach, or after drinking
(sour) wine.
[30] Vomiting of mucus and bile -with
convulsions- with diarrhœa.
Cramp-like pains in the stomach.
Stool and Anus.
Difficult evacuations ; the fæces are too large in size.
Alternate diarrhœa and constipation, especially in aged persons.
Watery diarrhœa, with cutting in the bowels.
[35] Continuous discharge of mucus from
the rectum.
Urinary Organs.
Increased and frequent discharge of urine at night, with discharge of
mucus, burning in the urethra, and pain in the small of the back.
Upper Extremities.
Rheumatic pains in the arms.
Drawing (gouty) pains in the fingers and their joints.
Lower Extremities.
Rheumatic pains in the legs.
[40] Painful stiffness of the knee
(fungus of the knee).
Large, horny corns on the soles of the feet.
The soles of the feet feel sore when walking.
Inflammatory redness of the heel.
Generalities.
Disposition to grow fat.
[45] Dropsical swelling of the whole
body.
Inflammation of the muscles.
Sleep.
Very sleepy during the day, especially in the forenoon.
Fever.
Pulse very irregular, changing every few beats.
Chilliness predominating, even in the warm room.
[50] Sensation of coldness in the nose
when inhaling air.
Heat, especially during the night, before midnight, with cold feet.
Great heat from little exercise, especially in the sun.
Perspiration, when awaking in the morning, returning periodically,
(every other morning).
Intermittent fevers, with desire to
sleep, and want of thirst.
Skin.
[55] Horn-like excrescences, and
disposition to abnormal organizations of the skin, (corns on the soles
of the feet).
Eruptions like boils and blisters ; as from the bites of
insects ; like measles.
Fistulous ulcers.
Fungus of the joints.
Conditions.
When the symptoms re-appear, they change their locality, or go from one
side of the body to the other.
[60] Aggravation,
from drinking sour wine ; after eating (pork) ; after
bathing ; in the heat of the sun ; or at night.
Amelioration, during rest ; or in
the open air.
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