Alumina

Mind

(Alumina)

Great weakness or loss of memory. (Ambr., Anac., Kreos., Lach., Merc ., Natr. mur., Nux m., Phos. ac.)

Time passes too slowly (Nux v.) ; intolerable ennui. (Aur.)

Changing mood, at one time confident, at another timid.

Peevish and whining ( Cham .) ; obstinate ( Bry., Nux v., Cham .) ; low-spirited (Puls.) ; dread of impending evil. (Anac., Ars ., Chin. sulph., Calc. c.)

Head

(Alumina)

Vertigo ; everything turns in a circle. (Arn., Bell ., Coni., Bry., Nux v.) ; with a fainting nausea (Lob.) ; in the morning (Phos., Nitr. ac.) ; on opening the eyes. (Lack.)

Great stupor, with dread of falling forward.

Severe stitches in the brain, with nausea.

Burning, pressive pain, with heat in forehead, while standing or sitting ; better in the open air.

Pulsative headache in vertex.

Pressure on forehead, as from a tight hat.

Eyes

(Alumina)

Burning and pressure in the eyes. (Ars.)

Dimsightedness ; obliging to wipe the eyes constantly, which relieves. (Croc., Puls.)

Yellow halo around the candle.

Eyes agglutinated on waking (Ant. crud., Sil., Sulph .) ; burn on being opened, with dread of light. (Acon., Bell., Lyc.)

Eyelids thickened ( Puls ., Graph.) ; dry and burning.

Ears

(Alumina)

Heat and redness of one ear, evenings ; stitches in the ears, evening or night.

Nose

(Alumina)

Septum of nose swollen, red, and painful to touch. (Ars., Merc .)

Swelling and hardness of left ala nasi ; point of nose cracked.

Ulcerated nostrils. (Ant. crud., Aur., Graph., Kali bi., Nitr. ac., Puls .)

Chronic nasal catarrh, with scurfy sore nostrils, and discharge of thick yellow mucus. (Baryt. c., Graph., Hep. s., Hydras, Kali bi., Merc., Puls .)

Face

(Alumina)

Tension of the skin of the face, as though white of egg had dried on it. (Baryt. carb., Calad., Graph., Sulph. ac.)

Involuntary spasmodic twitching of lower jaw.

Mouth

(Alumina)

Teeth feel loose and elongated. (Carb. an., Merc., Nitr. ac.)

Swelling and bleeding of the gums. (Merc., Nitr. ac.)

Saliva increased, though the mouth may feel dry.

Throat

(Alumina)

Throat red and inflamed. ( Bell ., Lach., Merc.)

Great dryness, which induces frequent clearing of the throat in the evening.

Thick viscid mucus in the throat, evening and morning. (Amm. mur., Kali bi .)

Feeling of a splinter in the throat. ( Arg. nit., Nitr. ac., Hep. s.)

Sense of constriction from pharynx down to stomach in swallowing food. ( Lyc .)

Pressure in the throat as from a lump, with soreness, roughness, and dryness.

Stomach

(Alumina)

Entire loss of appetite. (Ars., Calc. c., Cinch ., Natr. mur., Sulph .)

Aversion to meat. (Arn., Carb. v., Graph ., Puls .)

Appetite for starch, chalk, charcoal, and other indigestible things.

Sour eructations ( Carb. v ., Phos., Nux v., Sulph .) ; heartburn.

Constriction and twisting in the stomach ; extending up the oesophagus to the throat.

Abdomen

(Alumina)

Pain in right hypochondrium, as if bruised, when stooping ; stitches when rising again.

Sticking, pressive pain in the region of the abdominal ring, as from hernia. ( Cocc ., Nitr. ac., Nux v .)

Stool

(Alumina)

Inactivity of the rectum ( Camph ., Op., Sep .) ; even the soft stool requires great straining. ( Carb. v., Cinch .)

No desire for and no ability to pass stool, until there is a large accumulation.

Itching and burning of the anus. (Ars., Cina, Graph., Sulph .)

Excoriation in the anus after an evacuation, with contraction of the rectum and constriction of the anus. ( Natr. mur .)

Stools hard and knotty like sheep dung (Op ., Plumb.) ; with cutting in the anus, followed by blood. ( Merc ., Nux v.)

Constipation of nursing children. (Op., Nux v.)

Urinary Organs

(Alumina)

Urine voided while straining at stool, or cannot pass urine without much straining.

Feeling of weakness in the bladder and genital organs.

Female Organs.- (Alumina)

Profuse, transparent ( Agar .), acrid leucorrhoea running down to the feet, during the day.

Acrid, corrosive leucorrhoea, with burning in the genital organs ; parts inflamed and corroded (Coni., Iod., Kreos. Merc ., Phos., Puls .), making walking difficult ; relieved by washing with cold water.

Menses scanty, pale, and painful. ( Phos .)

After menses great exhaustion in both body and mind. (Amm. carb., Carb. an., Coccul.)

Respiratory Organs.- (Alumina)

Continued dry, hacking cough, with vomiting, and arrest of breathing.

Dry cough at night (Cimic., Hyos ., Lyc .), with dryness of the throat.

Cough with tearing pain, and involuntary emission of urine. (Caust., Colch.)

Every morning a long attack of dry cough, ending in difficult raising of a little white mucus.

When stooping, a stitch from the left side of the abdomen, to the middle of the chest.

Talking increases soreness of chest ; lifting aggravates or produces soreness of the left chest. (Rhus tox.)

Back

(Alumina)

Pain, as if bruised in small of back and back.

Pain in the back as if a hot iron were thrust through the lower vertebrae.

Upper Limbs.- (Alumina)

Pain, as from a sprain in shoulder joint, especially on raising the arm.

Gnawing beneath the finger nails.

Lower Limbs.- (Alumina)

Itching and redness of the toes. (Agar.)

Great heaviness in the lower limbs ; can scarcely drag them ; when walking staggers, and has to sit down ; in the evening.

Inability to walk, except with the eyes open and in daytime.

Nates go to sleep when sitting.

Great weariness of the legs when sitting.

Long, continued tension in the thighs and legs, almost like a cramp ; extending downward.

Trembling in the knees.

Frequent cramps in the calves.

Numbness of the heel, when stepping.

Pain on the sole of the foot, on stepping, as though it were too soft and swollen. (Ant. crud.)

Generalities

(Alumina)

Excessively faint and tired, must sit down. (Cinch., Sulph.)

Slow tottering gait, as after a severe sickness.

Tremulous lassitude. (Cinch., Sulph .)

Paralysis from spinal disease ; cannot walk with the eyes closed.

Tired and drowsy.

Skin

(Alumina)

Intolerable itching of the whole body, especially on becoming heated, and in bed ; scratches until the skin bleeds, which is then painful. (Clem., Merc., Mez., Sulph .)

Dry, tettery, itching eruptions.

Sleep

Dreams, anxious, confused ; about thieves.

Amelioration

Therapeutic Range.-

Chronic diseases, especially those of a catarrhal character, as bronchitis, pharyngitis, etc., also leucorrhoea and gonorrhoea.

Constipation ; lead colic ; liver complaint ; spinal affections ; progressive locomotor ataxia ; chlorosis ; prolapsus uteri.

Conditions

(Alumina)

Dry, thin, withered subjects, and in old people.

In infancy (constipation).

Puberty (chlorosis).

Has frequent relapses.

Compare

(Alumina)

Aur., Graph., Bry., Baryt. c., Coni., Ferr, Ipec., Lach., Phos.,, Merc., Nux v., Plumb., Puls., Sulph.

Antidotes

(Alumina)

Bry ., Camph., Cham., Nux v., Ipec., Aluminum.

Alumina Antidotes.-

Plumbum ; lead poisoning.

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