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A Primer of Materia Medica
for practitioners of Homoeopathy
by Timothy Field Allen
Presented by Médi-T.
LITHIUM
General action :
Similar to other alkalies, but a more decided diuretic than even Potassium.
Generalities
Feels sore and beaten, and stiff in the muscles, bones and joints.
Paralytic stiffness of the whole body.
Pains mostly sharp, from within outward, usually in small spots, worse on the left side.
Eyes
Vanishing of the right half of objects.
Photophobia, blinded by sunlight.
Clinical
Asthenopia.
Retinal anaemia.
Vanishing of the right half of objects, with pain over eyes.
Stomach
Appetite diminished ; distress on beginning to eat.
Acidity.
Gnawing in the stomach, > while eating.
Urinary Organs
Soreness in the region of the bladder, with frequent micturition.
Pain in the region of the right kidney.
Urine scanty, dark red, acid.
Heart and Pulse :
Pain and soreness in the region of the heart ; < in the morning on stooping.
Clinical
Trembling and fluttering in the region of the heart ; sometimes painful, extending to between the shoulders ; has been found valuable in organic diseases of the heart ; valvular ; especially when associated with chronic rheumatism of the joints.
Back
Sticking pain in the region of the sacrum, seeming to be in the bone.
Soreness in the right side, in the region of the kidney, extending to sacrum ;
< pressure ;
> rising and moving about.
Extremities
Pain in the right shoulder joint and arm near the shoulder.
Burning, stinging pains in the finger joints and balls of fingers and thumbs.
Pain in the hollow of the foot, extending up to the knee.
Pains like rheumatism in the foot at night ; > rising.
Swelling and tenderness of the joints of the fingers and toes ; > hot water.