Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

are cold while the head and face are hot, with much coughing and troubles in the chest. He wants to goabout with the head uncovered, because there is so much congestion in the head. This patient has afeeble reaction. There is no tendency to repair and the history of the case is that the troubles haveexisted since an attack of bronchitis or pneumonia. Besides the dry, teasing cough, Lyc. goes intoanother state in which there is ulceration, with copious expectoration of thick yellow or green mucopus,tough and stringy. Finally night sweats, with fever in the afternoon from 4 to 8 o'clock, come on.Its use in the advanced stage of pneumonia, in the period of hepatization, with the wrinkled face andbrow, the flapping wings of the nose and scanty expectoration, we have already spoken of. Then it hasmarked catarrh of the chest with much rattling, especially in infants. . The right lung is most affected, or more likely to beaffected than the left, or it is affected first in double pneumonia and troubles that go from one side tothe other. Think of Lyc. among the remedies for neglected pneumonia, in difficult breathing from anaccumulation of serum in the pleura and pericardium.I have mentioned sufficiently the gouty tendencies of the limbs and the nerve symptoms. Butthere is a restlessness of the lower limbs which comes on when he thinks of going to sleep and thisprevents sleep until midnight. Much like . It is often a very distressing feature..Drawing, tearing in the limbs at night; better by warmth of bed and motion. These pains aresometimes found in chronic intermittent fever and are cured by this remedy. Sciatica that comes onperiodically, better by heat and walking. Varicose veins of the legs. One foot hot, the other cold. Edemaof the feet.It has all manner of fevers, continued, intermittent and remittent. It is especially suitable in oldage, and in premature old age, when a person at 60 years appears to be 80 years, broken down, feebleand tired. It is eminently suited in complaints of weakly constitutions. It is suitable in various dropsies,associated with liver and heart affections. Scabs remain upon the skin, do not separate; they crust overand the crust does not fall, or may become laminated like rupia. and are notlonger acting or deeper acting than Lyc. These substances that seem to be so inert in their crude formcome out strongest when potentized and form medicines of wonderful use.MAGNESIA CARBONICA [mag-c] [Kent’s]This remedy has only been partially proved, and comes to us now as Hahnemann left it. Themental symptoms and symptoms of some portions of the body and particulars have not been fullybrought out. The remedy really needs reproving with high potencies upon sensitive provers that thefiner shades may be understood. I would not speak of it but for the fact that it relates to a class of casesso very important that you will not be able to get along without it. It is related to the older and deeperpsoric sickness. It is deep acting and long acting and permeates the economy as thoroughly as.Some of the most striking general features are: Amelioration from motion; desire for open air,yet very sensitive to cold air; wants to be covered during all stages of fever; daily evening fevers;symptoms recurring every twenty-one days. Sensation of heat and even sweat from eating and drinkingwarm things; evening thirst.Like other it has most violent neuralgic Pains, pains along the course of nerves,pains so violent that he cannot keep still and he moves about and . The proversfelt these pains mostly in the head and face, but clinical experience has demonstrated that it has violentneuralgia everywhere. We are justified, from the proving, in considering it as especially related to the, keeping him in constant motion.As soon as he stops moving the pain becomes very severe, shooting, tearing and cutting.It has varied eruptions upon the skin; dry, scaly, dandruff- like eruptions upon the skin, veryunhealthy hair and nail.Particularly does it affect the teeth and roots of the teeth. In every change of the weather theroots of the teeth become violently painful, burn, shoot and ache continuously. Toothache before andduring menstruation. During pregnancy she suffers all the time with toothache, tearing pains side of theface, although the roots of the teeth are perfectly sound. The hollow teeth are unusually sensitive, andpainful. The teeth are so sensitive that they cannot be manipulated by the dentist. This is like ,but Magnesia carb. especially affects the roots of the teeth, while affects thedentine more particularly.Sensitiveness of the teeth, so that he cannot bite upon the teeth, and the teeth feel too long.Magnesia carb. and , when no other symptoms are present, are prominent remedies among theaffections of the teeth during pregnancy.