Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

, and his syphilitic condition had to a great extent been suppressed, until finally the wholetrouble had located in the heart. Kalmia removed all the dyspnoea and palpitation in a few months, andit was nearly two years before there was a marked return of the symptoms and a repetition put him in astate of health, so that he needed no more medicine. This shows what a deep-acting remedy Kalmia is,how long it may act, what wonderful changes it may effect. A remedy must be capable of going deepinto the life to do such things."Wandering rheumatic pains in the region of the heart". "When articular rheumatism has beentreated externally and cardiac symptoms ensue". Rheumatism that goes from the lower to the upperlimbs. Not uncommonly you will meet such things. These "rubbers" that go around the streets with astrong liniment and considerable magnetism frequently do cause a rheumatism to leave the knee joint,and, when it does that, the heart is likely to be the organ that suffers. Then Kalmia, and , and sometimes , are remedies that provesuitable for such cardiac affections.Rheumatic affections that are driven away in this manner are changed without being cured. Thepeople cannot realize the danger of merely removing symptoms. Every removal that is not inaccordance with cure affects the centres of man, that is the heart and brain. Rubbing is a dangerousthing. When you are importuned with the question, "Doctor, will it hurt me to have this rubbed?" youreply, "If rubbing does not affect any change in the symptoms, it will do not harm". In proportion as itmitigates the symptoms or relieves, just in that proportion it does the patient harm, for the whole vitaleconomy is weakened.There are instances where rubbing is of benefit, but not in rheumatism. In paralyzed muscles itis a beneficial exercise, for then rubbing can take the place of exercise of the patient himself of themuscles. But rubbing is not admissible if it is used to reduce pain. The more agreeable it is, the worse itis for the patient. In a patient you would be astonished what wonderful relief they canget from rubbing. There is no person more inclined to be weak in the vitality, in the internal economy,than the patient. He is an excitable, weakly patient, and feels better by rubbing andcraves it, but if he has rheumatism in the knees and the knee is rubbed the rheumatism may go to theheart. The patient loves to be rubbed, because rubbing relieves the symptoms; he loves to bemagnetized.Weariness of all the limbs; shuns all exertion". "Weakness the only general symptom withneuralgia". This weakness is a state that you can glean something from. When severe pain is fatiguingthe economy the heart is threatened. A general weakness, prolonged weakness after confinement, orfrom the pain, as we find in , but with the weakness, these pains are threatening to leave theirparts and go to the heart. He is perfectly exhausted and continuously tired.The text speaks only of and as the antidotes. follows thisremedy very well and antidotes it. is a natural complement to it. and are the remedies that are closely related and should be compared.KREOSOTUM [kreos] [Kent’s]There are three things that stand out most prominently in Kreosotum, and when they appeartogether the symptoms in minor degree will be likely to be associated. These three characteristics are:1. Excoriating discharges; 2. Pulsations all over the body, and 3. Profuse bleeding from small wounds.When these three things are associated in a high degree Kreosote should be examined. A prickof a pin will cause the oozing of bright red blood, and mucous membranes bleed easily.Any pressure upon the mucous membranes will cause oozing.Bleeding here and there about the body. The lachrymation is excoriating. It excoriates themargins of the lids and cheeks, and they become red and raw, and smart. If there is a purulent dischargeit is acrid. The corners of the lips and mouth are red and raw, and the saliva burns and smarts. Themoisture about the mouth, whatever it may be, excoriates and the mouth is raw. The eyes smart andburn as if raw. The leucorrhoea causes smarting and burning about the vulva, so that the mucoussurfaces of the labia are red and raw, sometimes inflamed, but always burning.The vagina burns during coition, and there is bleeding after coition; granulations of the vaginaand os uteri, so that the pressure of the act of coition brings on bleeding and burning, smarting andexcoriation. And the male organ will smart and burn after coming in contact with the secretion of thevagina during coition. The urine burns and smarts. This tendency to excoriation from the excretionsand secretions applies to all the tissues of the body.Every emotion and exciting circumstance is attended with throbbing all over the body,pulsations to the ends of the fingers. Every emotion is attended with tearfulness. Music that will in theslightest way excite the emotion, minor strains and music that strikes home to the heart, pathetic music,