Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

has it only in a limited way. If there is high fever; congestion to the head; throbbing carotids; muchredness, and the redness radiates from the nipple, is the remedy. When the entire gland isas heavy as a stone, and hard, and the patient is sensitive to motion and touch, when the general symptoms agree. and after suppuration isinevitable, especially when the only comfort is obtained from heat. when there is extremepain and soreness, irritability and this relief from heat; it limits the extent of the suppuration and opensthe part without pain.The most distressing, lingering, inveterate, old catarrhs with destruction of the bones of thenose. "Total obstruction of the nose; when riding must breathe through the mouth". "Coryza and cough,with redness of eyes and lachrymation; photophobia; feeling of sand in the eyes, with soreness andburning"."Syphilitic ozaena, with bloody, sagnious discharge and disease of bone". "Noli me tangere andcancerous affections of nose".It is somewhat like , in that it seeks out fissures in which to establish inflammation,induration and eruptions.Where the circulation is feeble it has the tendency to establish induration."Face sunken, pale, hippocratic; blue around eyes; yellowish complexion; looking blue andsuffering". "Pains in bones of head and face at night". "Swelling around left ear and side of face likeerysipelas; thence over scalp; very painful". "Lips everted and firm. Tetanus". "Ulcers on lips". "Parotidand submaxillary glands swollen". "Tongue thickly coated on back; coated yellow and dry". This isfound in all acute complaints and is like . Phytolacca holds a reputation among theEclectics, and in their results we see a shadow of its homeopathic action. In Cincinnati they used threedrops in a tumbler of water and gave it for ulcers in the mouth. It was a standard remedy with them andthey made some homeopathic cures. "Ulcerated sore mouth".Syphilitic ulcers find a curative remedy in Phytolacca, when the symptoms agree.There are several pages in the showing homeopathic cures of the throat;diphtheria; sore throat; inflamed glands; aching bones worse at night; violent cases, with difficultswallowing, pains in the tonsils; enlarged tonsils; tendency to slough. Syphilitic and mercurial sorethroats. The sore throats are often aggravated from warm drinks; he wants cool things; and there is anaggravation at night. Here is a summary: "Diphtheria; sick and dizzy when trying to sit up; frontalheadache; pains shooting from throat into ears, especially on trying to swallow; face flushed; tonguemuch coated, protruded, thickly coated at back, fiery red at tip; breath fetid; putrid; vomiting; difficultyof swallowing; tonsils swollen, covered with membrane, first upon left; three or four patches; tonsils,uvula and back part of throat covered with ash-colored exudation. Pain in the root of the tongue onputting-out".Old gout and rheumatism of the limbs; in acute rheumatism which is prolonged, worse at night,worse from the warmth of the bed, worse from warm applications. Gouty rheumatism; syphilitic cases;pains as if in the bones. "Sharp cutting pains in hip, drawing; legs drawn up; cannot touch floor"."Syphilitic or gonorrheal sciatica, etc". "Ulcers and nodes on the legs".A certain class of physicians used to call "vegetable ". Phytolaccaought to be called "vegetable " because it is so full of symptoms analogous to .PICRICUM ACIDUM [pic-ac] [Kent’s]The weakness of body and mind is the first impression wrought upon the mind of the readerwho goes carefully over this proving.It is progressive, passing from weariness to paralysis. The evidences of softening of brain andcord are strong. He soon becomes sensitive to heat and desires the cool air which ameliorates his headand bodily condition. Cold air and cold bathing are grateful to him. He is sensitive to wet weather.Numbness of many parts, trembling, lassitude, heaviness, must lie down, worse from leastexertion are marked features. Loss of sleep, mental worry, mental labor, are the exciting causes ofsymptoms. Extreme indifference.It is a typical brain-fag remedy with indifference and lack of will power, aversion to talk, think,or perform any mental exertion. He is quickly prostrated from the least mental work, and it bring onmany complaints, such as soreness and lameness, diarrhea, burning along the spine, general weaknessand heaviness of limbs and back. He loses all interest in things; becomes irritable from any mentalexertion. In young school children we have a common use for this very valuable but neglected remedy.When the child begins to learn the alphabet, headaches come, and return with every repeatedeffort, often with dilated pupils.