Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

"Felt as if the head would burst with inward blows. Neuralgia of the left eye graduallyincreasing from 10 to noon, then gradually decreasing, with lachrymation during pain.Intermittent supra-orbital neuralgia from 10 A.M. to 3 or 4 P.M., gradually increasing and attaining itsacme, and then again gradually decreasing, after the abuse of quinine". This is when the body is weak,with sallow countenance and tendency to phthisis, full of pain, and the earlier history shows thatinstead of taking cold in the chest or nose, as others take cold, every cold settles in the nerves. Finallyhe begins to take cold in the chest, with dyspnoea, violent, racking cough, gagging, retching, vomiting,and the most intense sufferings. Copious, thick, yellow-green, bloody expectoration, which tastessweetish .1 Retching when coughing is marked; thick, white, yellow or green tenaciousmucus. Cannot walk, cannot do anything without cough. Always tired; it is an effort to work. Wakensin the morning with the chest filled with mucus, and coughs and expectorates, and yet some remains;he gags, retches and vomits and it strings out of the mouth , sometimes salty or sour.This great weakness is manifested in the voice; hoarseness, loss of voice; the vocal cords willnot respond; a paralytic weakness. Talking makes him feel weak, especially in the chest."Hoarseness, weakness, emptiness in the chest on beginning to sing, so that she was constantlyobliged to stop and take a deep breath; at times a few expulsive coughs removed the hoarseness for afew minutes. Rawness in the larynx". Rawness in the trachea and smarting all the way down whencoughing. Irritation to cough, as from mucus in the trachea; or breathing, with cough either loose ordry, felt more while sitting bent over than when walking. "Accumulation of great quantities of mucusin the trachea, easily thrown off by coughing. Oppressed breathing from ascending, from the slightestmovement, when lying down, in the evening, from coughing". "Cough in fatiguing paroxysms;epigastric region painful as if beaten; violent, shattering, deep, short, from time to time, as fromweakened chest, with a hoarse, weak sound. Cough caused by talking, singing, laughing, lying on theside and from drinking anything warm". "Sputa like white of egg; yellow, green pus; sweetish, putrid,sour or saltish during day. Chest so weak that he cannot talk; empty feeling in the chest". This remedyis frequently indicated in cases where the routinist would prescribe , etc., in low potencies toloosen the cough. Stannum is not dangerous in phthisis, and will palliate the case if it is incurable. Itwill not rouse up the whole economy like , but there may be an aggravation of the nervoussymptoms; if there is anything to build on it will cause the patient to rally. If it brings back his oldneuralgic pains, and you know he has not a long time to live, and seems to suffer much, is thenatural antidote.When a loose; easy cough is turned into one that is violent, dry and racking under Stannum, andseems to be inclined to be prolonged, Puls. will restore the loose cough. This is not a good action of theremedy; in incurable cases you can get the best results by not going too high.Another feature is seen in women. If you ever meet with a case who has suffered with violentneuralgia and she says since the obliteration of these pains she has had a copious, thick, yellow, greenleucorrhoea, think of Stannum. There is great weakness, which seems to proceed from the chest. Theleucorrhoea has saved her from consumption.Menses too early and too profuse; bearing down in the uterine region; prolapsus uteri andvaginae.Paralytic symptoms; writers' cramp; women cannot let go of the broom 1 cures mostcases)."Constipation; stools hard, dry, knotty, or insufficient and green". Inactive rectum, , aparalytic state; even though there is much urging there is inability to pass the stool, which at times issoft. Colic better from pressure, lying on the stomach ; worse from motion; better frombending double."Very much exhausted from talking or reading aloud. Great lassitude from walking; wearinessof the whole body, especially when ascending stairs; great sense of weakness in larynx and chestthence all over the body, trembling worse from slow exercise".STAPHYSAGRIA [staph] [Kent’s]The mental symptoms are very important, and the impressions made upon the mind and thenceupon the body guide to Staphisagria as a remedy. Excitable, easily aroused to anger, but seldomirascible, that is, easily disturbed and excited, but seldom manifests it. Suitable in cases wherecomplaints come from pent up wrath, suppressed anger, suppressed feelings The person becomesspeechless from suppressed indignation; anger with indignation. Complaints brought on by thesecauses; irritable bladder with frequent urging to urinate, lasting many days after suppressed wrath, afterinsults. "Great indignation about things done by others or by himself; grieves about consequences".