Badiaga
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General
{freshwater Sponffe.) Officinal I'REPAKATioBS.^Tincture and triturations from the dried
sponge. Anai.oooes. — Sportgia, Silicea, Oarbo animalis. Kaolin., Kali hicJiromi-
Cttirt, Clematis, Sulphur, Iodine, Mercuries, Phytolacca, Baryta jed. Mental Sphere,
In spite of the headache, he is still clear in his mind, and more inclined to mental activity than before.
Upon the slightest emotion or thonght, forcible pnlsation of the heart
Head
Dull, dizzy feeling of the head.
Congestion in the forehead.
Headache from two p. m. till seven in the morning, with slight aching pains in the posterior portion of both eyeballs, and in the temple.
Daring the day more or less headache, with pain in the eyeballs, worse in the left; more from one o'clock in the afternoon till seven in the evening.
Frontal headache dnring the forenoon, worse in the temples, and extending into the posterior portion of the left eye- ball, aggravated by moving the eye.
Headache, with inflamed eyes.
During t]ie afternoon, beat, pain and congestion in the tore- head, worse at seven p. m.
In the temples and eyeballs, pain; to the temples from the eyeballs.
A. very severe headache on the top of the head; i-emaine the same in all positions; better at night after i
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better in the morning, retnming violently after breakfast,
lasting several days. Headache, commencing between one and two p. m., lasting till
between six and seven in the eveninff. Headaclie and soreness of the body, aggravated, from seven to
ten in the evening. An excess of dandruff or dry, tetter-like appearance of the
scalp, with slight itching. Scalp sore to the touch, with tetter-like eruption on the fore- head and dnl], dizzy feeling of the head during the fore- noon.
Byes. "Slight intermitting pains in the posterior portion of right
eyeball and temple; more during the afternoon. Pain in tiie posterior portion of both eyeballs, more in the
left one; more between one and seven in the evening.
Inflammation of the eyes, especially the right.
Pain in left eyeball and temple, quite severe, extending to tho
left side of the head and tbrehead. Twitching of the left upper eyelid (from triturating the
Badiaga.) Left eyeball quite sore, even upon closing it tightly. Scrofulous inflammation of the eyes, with hardening of the
meibomian glands. Blnisb-pnrple margin of the eyelids and blue under the eye.
Ifose. Itching of the left wing of the nose (while triturating the
Badiaga.) Profttee coryza, mostly from the left nostril, worse in the
afternoon and p. m. Discharge of thick, yellowish mucus from left nostril, during
the afternoon. Occasional sneezing, with more profuse coryza, most on the
left side, with occasional stoppage of the nose; worse in
the afternoon and evening. Corj-za and cough.
Face
On forehead tetter-like eruption.
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Fale, ashy, or lead color of the taee.
Stiffness in the maxillary joints.
Mouth And Throat
Month hot and dry, with thirst for large quantities at a time
° Throat inflamed and sore, espeoially on swallovdng; tonsils red and inflamed.
Mouth and tongue feel as if scalded.
Hawked up a viscid, solid lump of bloody mucus, in the morning.
Stomach And Abdomen
Severe, lancinating pain in pit of stomach, extending to fhr vertehrfe opposite and to the right scapula, and at times tc the right side, resulting in a pleuritic pain.
A lancinating pain, witli a bounding movement in the region of the liver.
Bowels costive; hEemorrhoids.
TJrinary Organs.
Sharp pain in the right kidney.
Urine high-colored and reddish.
Severe, sharp lancinating pains in and near the orifice of the urethra.
Groins,
° Indurated, inguinal glands. {Heri/ng, Mat. Med.')
° Syphilitic bubo in the left groin ; a longish swelling, as hard aa a stone ; border rugged, like a scirrhus ; at night violent lancinations, as if with red-hot needles. (/J.)
" Buboes originating with consensus or cellnlar irritation, with shooting pains, if suppuration has not commenced, will disappear in three days completely, if with rest, low diet, cold local application, the tincture of Badiaga is given, one drop in a tablespoonful of water, every tliree or four hours. {/5.)
' Buboes, with decided fluctuation, are scattered and absorbed from six drops of tlie tincture, every day in water. {Tb-) Cough and Cheat.
While lying on the right side in bed, and at the moment of becoming unconscious by sleep, severe oppressive suffo- cating attacks, from suspended respiration, causing a
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quick effort to prevent suffocation, by cliaiiging position.
On full inspiration, pleuritic pain ; aggravated pain in side.
Occasional se\'ere paroxysms of spasmodic cougli, ejecting
viscid mucus from the bronchial tubes, which at times
comes flying forcibly out of the month, more during the
afternoon; caused by a tickling in the larynx. Cough, with yellowish mucous expectoration; better in the
warm room. A sense of sliarp, lancinating pain in the right snpra-clavic-
nlar region, in or near the snb-clavian artery, lasting
several minutea during the evening.
Pain in the upper part of the right chest.
Pleuritic pain in right side, also on the left; increased with
stitches on both sides, aggravated on motion or fiill res- piration, with soreness of the whole body, especially the
Chest
Severe stitches in the side, especially the right side, from the
seventh to the eighth rib ; aggravated by the least motion.
Heart
Severe vibrating tremulous palpitation of tlie Iieart, even while
sitting or lying quiet, upon the least elation or other
emotion of the mind. While lying in bed, forcible pulsations of the heart felt and
heard, extending from the chest up into the neck, upon
the slightest emotion or thought. Palpitation of the heart, with a fluttering and vibrating upon
the slightest emotion. Occasional spells of severe jerking, fluttering palpitation of
tlie heart upon a sudden elating thought or emotion of
the mind, even while sitting or lying. While lying on the right side, the heart is both heard and felt
to pulsate from the chest np to the neck. Midnight, while in bed, vibrating palpitation of the heart,.
lasting but a few minutes, after which, while lying on the
right side, a sensation aa if the lower lobe of the left
lung was settling down, or being collapsed — relieved by;
changing position.
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Neck
A very stiff neck.
Soreness and lameness, with stitches in the nape of the neok, aggravated hy bending the head baclc and foj-th,
" Gkndnlar swellings on the left side of the face, throat and neck, nearly all of the size of a hen's egg, some hard, some suppurating ; they disfigured and enlarged the whole region considerably, since his early youth, now twenty years; in often repeated doses, lessened it more than half the former size. {Mermg's Mat. Med.) Baok.
Painful drawing near the spine to the letl:, downwards from the shonlder blade.
Severe lacerating pains and stitches in the posterior right side below the scapula, aggravated very much by throwing the shoulders back and the chest forward.
Pain in sinall of the back, hips, and lower limbs.
Pain in the front of the upper part of the right shoulder, atterwards in the left shoulder and arm.
Limbs
Palms of the hands hot and dry, dry and husky.
An intermitting pain in the muscles of the lower posterior third of the right leg, with a sore, contracted, clumsy, bmised feeling of the arterior muscles of the lower third of the right leg, which is aggramated J>y flexing the foot and going v/p stcdrs, when the toes have a tendency to drop down, as if the foot were asleep.
The anterior muscles of the right leg sore, as if beaten.
Several small hard lumps along the shin bone.
° Lessened hard-cellular swelling of both legs.
Sharp, stinging pain in the posterior portion of the right heel, aggravated by the slightest pressure.
" Bad ulcers on the feet of horses. — {Popular retnedy.')
" Hurts of tho hoofs of horses. " "
= Ohilblai i^. " "
A general soreness of the muscles and integuments of the wliole body, especially the integiiments,; aggravated on motion, and especially by the fi-ietion of the clothes.
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Flesh feels sore, as if it bad been beaten, and very sensitive
to toucb or friction of the clothes.
Sleep
Awoke with frightful dreams and severe crarapj pains in the
metatarsal bones of both feet. Restless nigbt, conld lie only a short time in one position, on
account of the soreness of the muscles and whole body.
" At nigbt violent lancinating pains in the limbs.
In the night palpitation, lying on the right aide.
Headache better after sleep.
Fever
Feverish, hot breath and mouth. Hot and dry palms of hands.
Skin
Itching on scalp.
" Scrofulous diseases, particularly swollen glands. ° Bruised spots from falls or from being beaten. Flesb and skin sore to the touch.