Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

sleeping". It is important for you to know what that sleeping means. As I have said before, the patientvery often is worse after a little sleep, but the common state is relief after a prolonged sleep. If he cansleep long enough it will subside, unless it be the congestive sleep, or coma, and then it is a differentthing. "Amelioration from cold and external pressure". "Vertex burning hot, likewise upper part ofback". The whole crown of the head feels as if it were covered by a hot iron, as if an oven were closeby. Hot, especially in the back of the neck and between the shoulders. The burning heat seems toappear at the top of the head and extend down between the shoulders; a sensation of heat, as from aband."Face bluish, with a heavy, stupid expression". The face is bright red, but if the conditionbecomes severe the face assumes a dusky appearance, and the longer this state lasts the more dusky itbecomes; that is true with apoplexy and also with sunstroke. When the sunstroke first comes on theface is bright red, intensely hot and shiny, but as the heat increases the face grows dusky, even topurple. In all of these cerebral congestions there is a stupid, heavy expression, even going on to coma."Frequent deep inspirations". With this congestion of the head there is commonly vomiting,palpitation of the heart, pain in the stomach, great difficulty in breathing and finally loss ofconsciousness. In another clinical case reported we read: "Every pulsation is felt as if the head wouldburst". Now, suppose the head bones were already intensely sensitive and sore and the head filled asfull as possible with blood, and then you commenced hammering upon the blood column you canunderstand that the pain would be most intense and would soon end in stupefaction. "Sunken eyes,bluish pallor under the eyes". "Red eyes, with photophobia; optical illusions. Black specks before theeyes; blindness"."Face pale, in spite of high fever". In all of these cerebral congestions of great violence thepulse fluctuates; it even becomes fine and wiry and hard; sometimes becomes irregular and also slow.Another common accompaniment of these congestions is tumefaction about the neck. The neckfeels full. The collar must be opened as it causes choking, as if he would suffocate. Even in the chronicstate in the one who stands upon the street corner not knowing his way home because of the surging ofblood in the head, that state is accompanied by choking and the collar causes uneasiness about the necklike Lach. He chokes and swells up under the ears. There is not only a sensation but with the sensationthere is actual swelling. Tumefaction about the neck and throat, under the chin, and the glands becomeswollen.The next circumstance in the text that brings forth the general aspect of the remedy is inconnection with the catamenia.The menstrual flow does not appear, it is delayed, with violent congestion to the head, violenthead aches and these symptoms already described. These congestions may also come on during themenstrual period. Again, if a uterine hemorrhage stops suddenly, or a copious flow from any part stopssuddenly, the patient comes down with great violence and the blood rushes to the head.There are many conditions and complaints in life where we have surging of blood to the head,when this will be the remedy wanted. Persons who are subject to palpitation with dyspnoea, upon anyeffort, he cannot go uphill, he cannot walk along the pavement without bringing on palpitation anddyspnoea; any little exertion or excitement brings on the rush of blood to the heart and fainting spells;fainting spells in women, who are not supposed to be subject to fainting. Great weakness, palpitation,trembling of the limbs, shaking of one or both hands as with palsy. "Laborious action of the heart" is astrong feature of the remedy; pulsation all over. Fluttering in the region of the heart. Pulse quick,irregular, slow or quick and wiry. There are some persons that are apparently plethoric; very muchaffected by the slightest exertion and who have pulsation all over; pulsation in a warm room. They aresometimes relieved by opening the window if it is cool, by fanning, by cold air, by cold applications tothe head. In keeping with the remedy, this is a clinical application of it: "Children get sick in the nightafter sitting up at an open fire or falling asleep there". "Bad effects from having the hair cut". Bell isgenerally thought of for taking cold in the head from having the hair cut. "Bad effects from beingexposed to the sun's rays". "Bad effects from sunstroke".GRAPHITES [graph] [Kent’s]The complaints of Graphites are worse morning, evening and during the , especiallybefore midnight. It is useful in people who are morbidly fat, or have been fat and are now emaciating;with constipation more commonly than diarrhea; in women in these conditions whose menstrual habitis pale, late, short and scanty; catarrhal discharges that are albuminous and viscid represent to the mindsome peculiar general states of the sick man not explainable and not common to diseased conditionsnor to many remedies; hence, strange, rare and peculiar. Raw surfaces upon the skin are generallymarked by such viscid glutinous discharges.