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Habitat I follow Hering and Hahnemann in combining the two, as I agree with Hering that "there is hardly any difference between the two, and certainly none in the symptoms cured."
ClarkePreparation Solution of acetate; trituration of carbonate.
Sources 16 entries across 14 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth potency, the latter to remove the predisposition to quinsy. Baryta is slow in action, bears repetition
By regionHering
Mind ► Memory deficient ; child cannot be taught, for it cannot remember ; is inattentive. ► * Forget ; in the middle of speech the most familiar words fail him. ► Great mental and bodily weakness, childishness ; old people. ► Child does not want to play, but sits in the corner doing nothing. ► Sadness, dejection of spirits, grief over trifles. ►* Dread of men, of strangers ; imagines she is being laughed at or criticised, hence so fearful she will not look up. ► Solicitude ; about his future ;* about domestic affairs. ►* Irresolute, constantly changing his mind. ► Loss of self-confidence ; desponding ; pusillanimous. ►* sudden ebullitions of anger, but coupled with cowardice. ► Thinking of one's complaints makes them worse. ► Thinks his legs are cut off and he is walking on his knees.
Inner Head ► Headache in the evening ; every noise, especially male voices, affect the brain painfully. ► Headache just above the eyes. ► Pressive sticking on the vertex which extends through the whole head whenever he stands in the sun.
Eyes ► Weakness of sight caused by old age. ► Dim-sighted, cannot read. ► Flying webs and black spots before the eyes. ► Light dazzles ; fiery sparks before the eyes in the dark. ► * Quick succession of dilatation and contraction of the pupils ; pupil irregular. ► Pressure deep in the eyes ; worse looking fixedly, or upwards and sideways ; better looking downwards. ► Opaque cornea ; inflammation of the eyes with sensation of dryness ; shuns the light. ► Lids agglutinated.
Stomach ► Pressing in stomach, also after eating. ► Sensation of soreness in the stomach. ► Pressure as from a stone ; better from eructations.
Female Sexual Organs ► Menses scanty, last only one day. ► Before the menses : toothache, swollen gums, colic with swelling of the limbs ; immediately before leucorrhoea. ► During the menses, weight over the pubes ; bruised pain in the small of the back.
Lungs ► Sensation of soreness in the chest when coughing.
Neck And Back ► Stiffness in the nape of the neck. ► Tension in neck and scapulae ; pain in the loins in cold air. ► Stinging pains in the neck. ► Chronic torticollis. ► Swelling of the glands in the nape of the neck and occiput. ► Pain in small of the back. ► Tensive pain in the small of the back ; worse in the evening ; he can neither rise nor bend backwards.
Limbs In General ► Tearing in the limbs, with chilliness. ► Stitches in the joints, they feel relaxed.
Sleep ► Talking in sleep (old men). ► Awakes often at night ; feels too hot ; soles of feet feel bruised. ► Twitching of muscles of the whole body during sleep. ► Ravings of the fancy at night and stupefaction. ► On awaking, pressure in limbs ; tired, weary limbs.
Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Chill and chilliness predominating : often as if cold water were poured over one ; better from external warmth ; thirst during chill. ► Chill from the face or pit of the stomach down the body ; or beginning in the feet. ► Chill alternating with heat ; evening and night. ► Frequent flushes during the day ; nightly attacks with great anxiety and restlessness. ► Anxiety sweat. ► Debilitating night-sweat. ► Offensive sweat of one (mostly left) side. ► Sweat returning every other evening. ► Sweat increased by eating.
Skin ► Pimples on the feet suppurate and spread like ulcers. ► Ringworms. ► Skin humid, sore. ► Warts. ► A small wound, as from a splinter, throbs and ulcerates. ► Itching, pricking, burning, here and there ; not relieved by scratching or rubbing. ► Scratching causes pricking, pimples.
Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 3, Antimonium Tartaricum 2, Belladonna 2 +4
Complementary Dulcamara, Psorinum, Silica Marina
Follows well —
Compare Silicea Terra, Calcarea Carbonica, Graphites +35
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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