Alumina

1 . Dark, spare withered-looking subjects ; disposition gen. mild and cheerful.

2 . Attacks of depression. Loss of memory ; time passes slowly.

3 . Great dryness of all mucous membranes (except female genitalia) with sense of constriction.

4 . Abnormal appetite, craving for indigestible things ; potatoes disagree.

5 . Inactivity of the rectum ; no desire and no ability until large accumulation, even soft stool requires great straining ; stool hard and knotty or soft, clayey and adhesive,

6 . Leucorrhoea, acrid , transparent, profuse, running down to the heels (Syph.) < daytime ; gen. assoc. delayed, scanty menses after which patient physically and mentally exhausted.

7 . Paralytic weakness of lower limbs with great heaviness and lack of co-ordination ; "must sit down" ; also with burning pain especially in the back.

8 . Chronic throat conditions, "every cold settles in the throat".

9 . Skin eruptions < winter ; intolerable itching < warmth of bed ; < starchy foods and all irritating things (salt, pepper, etc.).

10 . Modalities. Patient chilly < cold except headache ; at new and full moon ; on alternate days ; > eating.

Notes. A chronic of Bryonia .

Slow but long-acting chronic remedy.