Silicea Terra

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KEY-NOTES TO THE MATERIA MEDICA

by HENRY N. GUERNSEY, M.D.

Presented by Médi-T

SILICEA

Dazzling of the eyesight; blindness, and momentary attacks of blindness; spotted vision, i.e. , on looking at an object, spots appear before the eyes; eyes water very much; dimsightedness; amaurosis. Affections appearing in the angles of the eye , in the region of the tear-duct.

Hardness of hearing; paralyzed auditory nerves; discharge of pus from the ears.

Larynx and Trachea.-- Cough and sore throat, with expectoration of little granules like shot, which, when broken open, smell very offensively (like Phosphor., excepting the latter remedy has a hot feeling in the throat); cough with expectoration in the day, without expectoration at night; expectoration bloody, or purulent.

Gastric.-- Want of appetite; extreme hunger; aversion to meat; taste is lost; nausea and vomiting in general, particularly of what has been eaten.

Constipation where the stool comes down with great difficulty, comes a little way through the anus, and then slips back before it can be voided ; obstructed evacuation of the bowels; fetid flatus. Stool like pus; with maw worms; with tape-worms.

Sexual.-- Female : Discharge of blood before proper period. Menses too late; protracted; suppressed; blood acrid.

Bones of the leg. Bending and caries of the bones; inflammation of the bones: bones very sensitive and tender to the touch.

Not being able to sleep again after waking; sleeplessness in general--especially after midnight.

Griping pains with a tearing away feeling, of twisting or of writhing; or as if something were being torn away ; sensation of heaviness in inner parts; jerking pains; debility; weakness of the joints, especially of the ankle-joints.

Affections in general of any kind appearing chiefly in light-haired people; in right side; left side; back; left lower extremity; scalp: external head behind the ears; external surface of the inguinal ring; inguinal ring and hernia of long standing; finger nails, especially if there are white spots on the nails.

Feet perspire very much, and smell very offensively; feet become sore and blistered between the toes. Head perspires very much in the evening on going to sleep (this looks like Calc. carb ., but in Silic . the perspiration extends lower down on the neck, and is apt to have an offensive smell). Incontinence of urine in bed at night. Imperceptible pulse.

Worse.-- In the night, chiefly in latter part; in the open air; in children of Silicea temperament where they are sickly, have worms, etc.; when single parts are cold; from taking cold in the feet; with profuse salivation; on uncovering; from a draft of air; after eating; after drinking; lying on the painful side; looking fixedly at an object; from wine; from outward pressure; from reading; stepping heavily on the ground or floor; in stone-cutters; when the weather changes; from getting the feet wet; from worm troubles of any kind; when writing; from uncovering the head; from wrapping the head up; in the room.

Remedies following:-- Arsen., Asaf., Bellad., Calc. carb., Hepar., Lycop., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sulphur, Nux vom .

Hepar ., sometimes Camphor .