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Petroleum
PETR
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Origin Mineral · Simple
Habitat Preparations of the non-rectified oil should also be made
ClarkePreparation Trituration and tincture of the rectified oil.
Sources 19 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
30X, ↑
Third to thirtieth and higher potencies. Material doses often better
Reason for useLippe

[90] Twitching in the limbs ; epileptic attacks. The limbs go to sleep and become stiff. Cracking and arthritic stiffness in the joints. Great debility with trembling. Aversion to the open air ; and from it chilliness. [95] Fainting, with ebullitions, heat, pressing on the heart and palpitation of the heart.

By regionLippe
Mind And Disposition Excited, irritable, with inclination to anger and to scold ; anxious and irresolute. Sadness and despondency, inclination to weep. Weakness of memory. …
Head [5] Headache when stooping or rising from bed. Pulsation in the cerebellum. Pressing stinging in the cerebellum. …
Eyes Inflammation, with itching of the eye. Fistula lachrymalis. Like a veil before the eye.
Stomach And Abdomen Taste, putrid, flat, mucous. Violent thirst (for beer).
Women Soreness and moisture on the sexual organs. Aversion to an embrace. Menses too early, the discharge causes itching. …
Extremities Upper. Brown or yellow spots on the arms.
Sleep Sleep with distressing dreams, as if somebody were lying alongside of him in bed.
Fever Pulse full and accelerated from every exertion ; as soon as reposing, the pulse becomes again slow. …
Skin Swelling and indurations of the glands ; also after contusions. Itching herpes. Itching, sore, moist surfaces. …
Books*
Antidoted by Nux Vomica 3, Cocculus Indicus 2, Aconitum Napellus +3
Complementary Sepia Officinalis
Follows well —
Compare Sulphur, Graphites, Tabacum +30
* 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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