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HOMEOPATHIC

MATERIA MEDICA

COMPRISING

THE CHARACTERISTIC AND GUIDING

SYMPTOMS OF ALL REMEDIES

4 BY
WILLIAM BOERICKE, M.D.
Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at the Hahnemann
Hospital College of San Francisco ; Author of "A Compend
of the Principles of Homoeopathy" ; Associate Author
of "The Twelve Tissue Remedies" ; Etc., Etc.

THIRD EDITION
REVISED AND ENLARGED
WITH THE ADDITIO .. OF A REPERTORY BY

OSCAR E. BOERICKE , A.B .; M.D.

Lecturer on Materia Medica and Sub-Clinician of Therapeutics
at the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia

PUBLISHED BY
BOERICKE & RUNYON
NEW YORK
1906

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COPYRIGH , 1903, 1906, BY
WILLIAM BOERICKE

THE OUTING PRESS,

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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

The kindly reception accorded the first two edi-

tions of this Pocket Manual of Materia Medica has
encouraged me to thoroughly revise the whole work,
in which I availed myself of all verifications pub-
lished since the second edition was issued. I have
also added all new remedies introduced since then .
The whole book in its present form is a complete
Pocket Encyclopædia of homoeopathic Materia
Medica.
It is with much pleasure that I call attention to
the fact that this edition is enriched by a reper-
tory, prepared by Dr. Oscar E. Boericke, whose thor-
ough and critical study of Materia Medica ensures
the production of a valuable and practical labor-
saving device and index to the symptomatology of
this book.
It is intended to be , and I think has proved itself
to be, a practical book and a time saver to the pre-
scriber, and is complete in giving everything essen-
tial in pure and verified Materia Medica . Imper-
fectly proved remedies necessitate the use of names
of diseases at times instead of the component symp-
toms that alone are the legitimate guide to the
choice of the indicated remedy. I have the high
authority of Hering himself for the legitimacy of
this method, which he has followed in his Guiding
Symptoms. Speaking of it , Hering once told me
that he used the disease designations in his Materia
Medica not for the purpose of recommending the par-
iv PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

ticular remedy for that disease, but to show the great

variety of remedies that can be used for any one
form of disease when otherwise indicated . For the
same reason I have included nosological terms in
the symptomatology, as this is a practical hand-
book for everyday service, and anything that will
certainly aid in finding the curative remedy I con-
sider a legitimate guiding symptom . As Dr. J.
Crompton Burnett expresses it : "The fact is we need
any and every way of finding the right remedy ; the
simple simile, the simple symptomatic similimum,
and the farthest reach of all- the pathologic simil-
imum ; and I maintain that we are still well within
the lines of the Homœopathy that is expansive,
progressive, science-fostered, science-fostering, and
world-conquering.”
WILLIAM BOERICKE , M.D.
SAN FRANCISCO, 1906.
 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

The second edition of this work has been brought

up to date, incorporating all homoeopathic remedies
introduced since the publication of the first edition
and such as had been inadvertently left out .
It includes many verifications that have been
brought to the author's notice by practitioners in
many lands, all that have been found recorded in
the leading homœopathic journals and works on
practice . I have also availed myself in the prep-
aration of this edition of Dr. Clark's invaluable
Dictionary of Materia Medica---a monumental work.
I am again under special obligation to Professor
Jas. W. Ward for many verifications and additions ,
and I also desire to make appreciative acknowledg-
ment to Dr. P. Rice, Lecturer on Rhinology and
Otology at the Hahnemann Hospital College of the
Pacific, for his revision of the symptoms of the eye
and ear. The addition of a Therapeutic Index and
a complete List of Remedies will materially aid to
make this edition a more practical hand-book and
companion in the daily work of the practitioner of
Homœopathy.
WILLIAM BOERICKE , M. D.
NOVEMBER, 1903.
 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION .

For many years the author has felt the need of a

pocket edition of our Materia Medica , containing the
characteristic and cardinal symptoms of all our
known remedies, arranged according to the Hahne-
mannian Schema for ready reference. I herewith
offer the profession an attempt to supply this need ,
of a handy multum in parvo edition , to be used at
the bedside or consulted while making the daily
rounds .
This work contains the well-known verified char-
acteristics of almost every drug, besides other less
important symptoms essential for the selection of
the curative remedy, and thus it supplements every
other work on Materia Medica . In its present com-
pact form it contains the maximum number of
reliable Materia Medica facts in the minimum space .
It is, therefore, an epitome of the whole Homœo-
pathic Materia Medica, brought up to date by
including the scattered verifications found in our
journalistic literature .
My part of the work has been mainly selective and
detective, in the endeavor to compile as accurate and
practical a book as possible, guided , however, by the
experience of over twenty years as a general prac-
titioner and a teacher of Materia Medica.
The dosage needs some apology. It is, of course ,
suggestive only ; more often to be wholly disregard-
ed. I have followed the lines of the earlier Homœop-
athists in this regard , and given what was then
viii PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION .

considered the usual range of potency, to which I

have added my own experience and that of many
observing practitioners . As a teacher of Materia
Medica, I am constantly importuned by students to
suggest the potency, something to start them with ,
at least.
The female symptoms throughout have been criti-
cally examined and enriched by Professor Jas . W.
Ward, the eminent gynæcologist and practitioner of
wide experience . This adds much to the practical
value of the book, and I hereby desire to acknowl-
edge my indebtedness to Dr. Ward for this impor-
tant aid and other valuable hints and suggestions.
If students and younger practitioners could be
encouraged to make use of this skeleton of drug
action, and note the verifications occurring in their
practice and gradually enlarge the symptomatology
by further study and observation, a most useful and
practical work would soon be theirs . A general
Index and Repertory is in preparation, and will be
published as a companion volume.
WILLIAM BOERICKE, M. D.
SAN FRANCISCO, May, 1901 .
 HOMOEOPATHIC

MATERIA MEDICA .

ABIES CANADENSIS.
(Hemlock Spruce.)
The gastric symptoms are most marked , and a
catarrhal condition of the stomach is produced .
There are peculiar cravings and chilly sensations
that are very characteristic, especially for women
with uterine displacement. Right lung and liver
feel small and hard. Gleet .
Head .- Feels light-headed , tipsy.
Stomach.-Canine hunger with torpid liver.
Gnawing, hungry, faint feeling at the epigastrium .
Great appetite, craving for meat , pickles, radishes,
turnips, artichokes, coarse food . Tendency to eat
far beyond capacity for digestion .
Burning and distention of stomach and abdomen,
with palpitation . Pain in right shoulder-blade , and
constipation, with burning in rectum.
Female. Sore feeling at fundus of uterus, re-
lieved by pressure . Prostration ; wants to lie down
all the time. Thinks womb is soft and feeble.
Fever. Cold shiverings, as if blood were ice-
water. [Acon .] Chills run down back. Cold-water
feeling between shoulders. [ Ammon . mur .] Skin
2 ABIES CANADENSIS - ABIES NIGRA.

clammy and sticky. Night-sweat. [ Agar.; Acet.

ac.]
Relationship. Compare : Ignatia; Sepia; Thuja .
Dose.-Tincture , to third potency .

ABIES NIGRA.
(Black Spruce. )
This is a powerful and long-acting remedy, capa-
ble of useful service in various forms of disease,
whenever the characteristic stomach symptoms are
present . Most of the symptoms are associated with
the gastric disturbances. In dyspeptic troubles of
the aged, with functional heart symptoms ; abuse of
tea and coffee. Constipation .
Mind. -Low-spirited . Dull during the day, wake-
ful at night. Unable to think.
Stomach. Sensation of a lump that hurts, as
if a hard-boiled egg had lodged in the cardiac end
of stomach; continual distressing constriction just
above the pit of the stomach, as if everything were
knotted up . Total loss of appetite
in morning, but
great craving for food at noon and night . Offensive
breath. Eructations. [Carbo ; Arg. nit .]
Chest. Painful sensation , as if something were
lodged in the chest and had to be coughed up ;
worse coughing; waterbrash succeeds cough . Chok-
ing sensation in throat. Dyspnœa .
Heart. Sharp, cutting pain in heart ; heart's ac-
tion heavy and slow; tachycardia, bradycardia.
Back.- Pain in small of back. Rheumatic pains
and aching in bones.
Sleep.- Wakeful and restless at nights, with
hunger. Bad dreams.
 ABIES NIGRA-ABROTANUM. 3

Fever. Alternate heat and cold ; chronic inter-

mittent fever, with pain in stomach.
Modalities.-Worse after eating.
Relationship. Compare : Bry.; Nux; Kali carb.
Dose. First to thirtieth potency.

ABROTANUM.
(Southernwood. )
A very useful remedy in marasmus. Emaciation,
yet with good appetite . Rheumatism following
checked diarrhoea. Metastasis. Ill effects of sup-
pressed conditions , especially in gouty subjects.
Tuberculous peritonitis . Exudative pleurisy and
other exudative processes .
Mind. Cross, irritable, anxious, depressed .
Face . -Wrinkled, cold , dry, pale. Blue rings
around dull-looking eyes. Comedones, with ema-
ciation. Nosebleed . [ Arn ; Melil. Bry.]
Stomach.-Slimy taste . Appetite good , but
emaciation progresses . Food passes undigested.
Pain in stomach ; worse at night ; cutting, gnawing
pain. Stomach feels as if swimming in water ;
feels cold. Gnawing hunger and whining.
Abdomen.- Hard lumps in abdomen. Distended .
Alternate diarrhoea and constipation. Hæmor-
rhoids ; frequent urging; bloody stools ; worse as
rheumatic pains abate. Ascarides. Oozing from
umbilicus.
Respiratory. Raw feeling. Impeded respiration.
Dry cough following diarrhoea. Pain across chest ;
severe in region of heart.
Back.- Neck so weak cannot hold head up. Back
 ABROTANUM- ABSINTHIUM.

lame, weak, and painful. Pain in lumbar region

extending along spermatic cord. Pain in sacrum ,
with hæmorrhoids.
Extremities.-Pain in shoulders, arms , wrists , and
ankles. Pricking and coldness in fingers and feet .
Legs greatly emaciated . Joints stiff and lame.
Painful contraction of limbs. [ Amm . mur.] Itch-
ing chilblains. [ Agaric; Tamus tincture.]
Skin. Eruptions come out on face ; are sup-
pressed , and the skin becomes purplish. Skin
flabby and loose. Furuncles. Falling out of hair.
Relationship.-Compare : Bryonia, Benzoic acid,
in gout. Iodine, Natr. mur. in marasmus.
Dose.-Third to thirtieth potency.

ABSINTHIUM.
(Common Wormwood. )
A perfect picture of epilepsy is produced by this
drug. Nervous tremors precede attack. Cerebral
irritation, hysterical and infantile spasms come
within the range of this remedy. Poisoning by
mushrooms. Chorea . Tremor. Giddiness. Ner-
vousness , excitement and sleeplessness in children.
Mind. Hallucinations. Frightful visions. Klep-
tomania . Loss of memory. Wants nothing to do
with anybody. Brutal.
Head.-Vertigo, with tendency to fall backward.
General confusion. Wants head low. Pupils di-
lated unequally. Face blue. Spasmodic facial
twitching. Dull occipital headache.
Mouth.--Jaws fixed . Bites tongue ; trembles ;
feels as if swollen and too large ; protruding.
 ABSINTHIUM-ACALYPHA INDICA. 5

Throat. Scalded sensation ; as of a lump.

Stomach. Nausea ; retching ; eructation. Bloat-
ed around waist and abdomen. Wind colic.
Urine. -Constant desire. Very strong odor ;
deep yellow color. [ Kali phos.]
Sexual. Darting pain in right ovary. Sperma-
torrhoea, with relaxed parts.
Chest. Sensation of weight on chest . Irregular,
tumultuous action of heart can be heard in back.
Relationship.-Compare : Alcohol; Artemisia;
Hydrocy. acid; Cina.
Dose. First to sixth potency .

ACALYPHA INDICA.
(Indian Nettle. )
A drug having a marked action on the alimentary
canal and respiratory organs. It is indicated in in-
cipient phthisis, with hard , racking cough, bloody
expectoration, arterial hæmorrhage, but no febrile
disturbance. Very weak in the morning, gains
strength during day. Progressive emaciation .
Chest. -Cough, dry, hard, followed by hæmoptysis;
worse in morning and at night. Constant and se-
vere pain in chest. Blood bright red and not pro-
fuse in morning ; dark and clotted in afternoon.
Pulse soft and compressible .
Gastric.-Burning in pharynx, oesophagus, stom-
ach, and intestines . Spluttering diarrhea with for-
cible expulsion of noisy flatus, bearing-down pains,
and tenesmus. Rumbling, distention, and griping
pain in abdomen, Rectal hæmorrhage ; worse in
morning.
6 ACALYPHA INDICA- ACETIC ACID.

Skin. Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed

furuncle-like swellings.
Modalities.-Worse in morning .
Relationship. -Compare : Millefol.; Phosphor.;
Acetic acid; Kali nit.
Dose.-Sixth to twelfth potency.

ACETIC ACID .
(Glacial Acetic Acid . )
This drug produces a condition of profound
anæmia, with some dropsical symptoms , great de-
bility, frequent fainting, dyspnoea , weak heart,
vomiting, profuse urination and sweat. Hæm-
orrhage from any part. Especially indicated in
pale, lean persons, with lax, flabby muscles. Wast-
ing and debility.
Mind. Irritable ; worried about business affairs .
Head. - Nervous headache, from abuse of nar-
cotics. Blood rushes to head with delirium . Tem-
poral vessels distended . Pain across root of tongue.
Face.- Pale, waxen, emaciated. Eyes sunken,
surrounded by dark rings. Bright red . Sweaty.
Stomach. Intense burning thirst . Cold drinks
distress. Vomits after every kind of food . Epi-
gastric tenderness. Burning pain as of an ulcer.
Sour belching and vomiting . Burning waterbrash
and profuse salivation.
Abdomen.- Feels as if abdomen was sinking in.
Frequent watery stools , worse in morning. Tym-
panitic. Ascites. Hæmorrhage from bowels.
Urine. Large quantities of pale urine. Dia-
betes, with great thirst and debility. [Phos. ac.]
 ACETIC ACID. 7

Female.-Excessive catamenia. Hæmorrhages

after labor. Nausea of pregnancy. Breasts pain-
fully enlarged, distended with milk. Milk impov-
erished, bluish, transparent, sour. Anæmia of
nursing mothers.
Respiratory.-Hoarse, hissing respiration ; diffi-
cult breathing; cough when inhaling. Membranous
croup. Irritation of trachea and bronchial tubes.
False membrane in throat.
Back.-Pain in back, relieved only by lying on
abdomen.
Extremities .-Emaciation. Edema of feet and
legs.
Skin.-Pale, waxen, ædematous. Burning , dry,
hot skin, or bathed in profuse sweat . Diminished
sensibility of the surface of body. Useful after
stings, bites, etc. Varicose swellings . Scurvy ;
anasarca. Bruises ; sprains.
Fever. Hectic, with drenching night sweats. Red
spot on left cheek. No thirst in fever. Ebullitions .
Sweat profuse, cold.
Relationship. - Acetic acid is antidotal to all an-
æsthetic vapors . Counteracts sausage poisoning.
Compare: Ammon. acet. (Profuse saccharine
urine, patient is bathed in sweat . ) Ars.; China;
Digitalis; Liatris (dropsy and chronic diarrhoea) .
Dose. Third to thirtieth potency. Not to be
repeated too often, except in croup.
8 ACONITUM NAPELLUS .

ACONITUM NAPELLUS.

(Monkshood. )
A state offear, anxiety , anguish of mind and body.
Physical and mental restlessness is the most charac-
teristic manifestation of Aconite . Acute, sudden,
and violent invasion , with fever, call for it. Com-
plaints caused by exposure to dry, cold weather,
draughts of cold air, checked perspiration , etc. First
remedy in inflammations, inflammatory fevers .
Burning in internal parts ; tingling and numbness.
Mind . Great fear, anxiety, and worry accompany
every ailment, however trivial. Forebodings and
fears. Fears death, but believes that he will soon
die ; predicts the day. Fears the future, a crowd
crossing the street. Restlessness, tossing about.
Tendency to start. Imagination acute, clairvoy-
ance. Pains are intolerable ; they drive him crazy .
Music is unbearable ; makes her sad . [ Ambra]
Head . Fullness ; heavy, pulsating, hot, bursting,
burning, undulating sensation. Vertigo ; worse on
rising and shaking head . Sensation on vertex as if
hair were pulled .
Eyes. - Red, inflamed . Feel dry and hot, as if
sand in them . Lids swollen, hard, and red. Aver-
sion to light. Profuse watering after exposure to
dry, cold winds, reflection from snow, after extraction
of cinders and other foreign bodies.
Ears. Very sensitive to noises; music is unbear-
able. External ear hot, red , painful , swollen. Ear-
ache. [Cham .]
Nose. Smell acutely sensitive . Pain at root of
nose. Coryza ; much sneezing ; throbbing in nos-
 ACONITUM NAPELLUS .

trils. Hæmorrhage of bright red blood . Mucous

membrane dry; nose stopped up; dry or with but
scanty watery coryza.
Face. -Red, hot, flushed , swollen . On rising the
red face becomes deathly pale. Tingling in cheeks
and numbness ., Neuralgia, especially of left side,
with restlessness , tingling, and numbness.
Mouth.- Numb, dry, and tingling. Tongue swol-
len ; tip tingles. Teeth sensitive to cold. Constantly
moves lower jaw as if chewing. Gums hot and in-
flamed. Tongue coated white . [ Antim. crud.]
Throat.- Red, dry, constricted, numb, prickling
burning, stinging. Tonsils swollen and dry .
Stomach. Bitter taste of everything except wa-
ter. Intense thirst. Drinks, vomits, and declares
he will die. Vomiting, bilious, mucous and bloody,
greenish. Pressure in stomach , with dyspnoea . Hæm-
atemesis . Burning from stomach to œsophagus.
Abdomen.- Hot , tense, tympanitic . Sensitive to
touch. Colic ; no position relieves.
Stool.- Frequent, small , with tenesmus ; green,
like chopped herbs. White , with red urine . Choler-
aic discharges , with collapse, anxiety, and rest-
lessness. Bleeding hæmorrhoids. [Hamam . ]
Urine. Scanty, red, hot, painful. Tenesmus and
burning at neck of bladder. Burning in urethra .
Urine suppressed , bloody . Anxiety always on be-
ginning to urinate. Retention, with screaming and
restlessness and handling of genitals. Renal region
sensitive .
Male . Crawling and stinging in glans. Bruised
pain in testicles, swollen, hard . Frequent erections
and emissions.
ΙΟ ACONITUM NAPELLUS .

Female. -Vagina dry, hot, sensitive . Menses

too profuse, too protracted , late . Frenzy on ap-
pearance of menses . Suppressed from fright, cold, in
plethoric subjects . Ovaries congested and painful.
Sharp shooting pains in womb. After-pains, with
fear and restlessness.
Respiratory. Hoarse, dry croupy cough; loud
labored breathing. Child grasps at throat every
time he coughs . Very sensitive to inspired air.
Shortness of breath . Larynx sensitive . Stitches
through chest . Cough, dry, short, hacking ; worse
at night and after midnight. Hot feeling in lungs.
Blood comes up with hawking.
Heart. Palpitation, with anxiety, fainting, and
tingling in fingers . Pulse full, hard; tense and bound-
ing; sometimes intermits. Temporal and carotid
arteries felt when sitting.
Back.- Numb, stiff, painful. Crawling and ting-
ling as if bruised . Stiffness in nape of neck. Bruised
pain between scapulæ.
Extremities . Numbness and tingling; shooting
pains ; icy coldness and insensibility of hands and
feet. Arms feel lame , bruised , heavy , numb. Hot
hands and cold feet. Rheumatic inflammation of
joints ; worse at night ; red shining swelling , very
sensitive. Hip-joint and thigh feel lame, especially
after lying down. Knees unsteady ; disposition of
foot to turn. [Escul .]
Sleep.-Nightmare. Nightly ravings. Anxious
dreams. Sleeplessness , with restlessness and tossing
about . Starts up in sleep. Long dreams, with
anxiety in chest.
Skin.- Red, hot , swollen , dry, burning. Rash
 ACONITUM NAPELLUS . II

like measles . Gooseflesh. Formication and numb-

ness. Chilliness and formication down back. Pru-
ritus relieved by stimulants.
Fever.-Dry heat; red face. Evening chilliness
soon after going to bed . Sweat constant. Cold
waves pass through him. Thirst and restlessness
always present .
Modalities.-Better in open air ; worse in warm
room, in evening and night ; worse lying on affected
side, from music, from tobacco-smoke.
Relationship.-Acids, wine and coffee, lemonade
and acid fruits modify its action.
Not indicated in malarial and low fevers or hectic
and pyæmic conditions, and in inflammations when
they localize themselves. Sulphur often follows it.
Agrostis acts like Acon. in fever and inflamma-
tions, also Spiranthes.
Compare : Bellad.; Cham.; Coffee; Ferr. phos.
Aconitine. (Heavy feeling as of lead; pains in
supra orbital nerve ; ice-cold sensations creep up ;
hydrophobia symptoms. )
Aconitum Lycotonum. Swelling of glands ; Hodg-
kin's disease. Diarrhoea after eating pork. Itching .
Skin of nose cracked.
Aconitum ferox. Rather more violent in its ac-
tions than A. napellus . It is more diuretic and less
antipyretic . It has proved valuable in cardiac
dyspnea, neuralgia, and acute gout. Dyspnea.
Must sit up. Rapid respiration . Anxiety, with
suffocation from feeling of paralysis in respiratory
muscles. [Curare; Phosph .] Quebracho (cardiac
dyspnoea).
Dose. Tincture, to thirtieth potency. Must be
repeated frequently in acute diseases.
12 ACTEA SPICATA- ADONIS VERNALIS .

ACTEA SPICATA.
(Baneberry. )
Is a rheumatic remedy, especially of the small
joints ; tearing, tingling pains characterize it. Wrist-
rheumatism . Pulsations over whole body, espe-
cially liver and renal region.
Face. -Violent pains in upper jaw, running from
teeth through malar bones to temples. Perspira-
tion on face and head .
Stomach. Tearing, darting pains in epigastric
region with vomiting. Cramp-like pains in stom-
ach and epigastrium, with difficult breathing ; sense
of suffocation . Sudden lassitude after eating.
Extremities. Tearing pains in loins. Rheumatic
pains in small joints, wrist , fingers, ankles , toes .
Swelling ofjoints from slight fatigue. Wrist swollen,
red, worse any motion. Paralytic weakness in the
hands. Sudden lassitude after talking or eating.
Relationship . Compare : Cimicif.; Cauloph .; Led.
Dose. Third potency .

ADONIS VERNALIS.
(Pheasant's Eye. )
A heart medicine, regulating pulse and increasing
the power of contractions of heart, with increased
urinary secretion. Valvular affections . Most val-
uable in cardiac dropsy . Low vitality, with weak
heart and slow, weak pulse. Hydrothorax , ascites .
Head. -Feels light ; aches across front, from
occiput around temples to eyes. Vertigo. Scalp feels
tight.
 ADONIS VERNÁLIS- ADRENALIN. 13

Mouth. Slimy. Tongue dirty yellow, sore, feels

scalded .
Heart. Mitral and aortic regurgitation . Præcor-
dial pain, palpitation, and dyspnea. Marked venous
engorgement. Cardiac asthma. [Quebracho. ]
Stomach.- Heavy weight. Gnawing hunger.
Faint feeling in epigastrium. Better out of doors .
Urine.-Oily pellicle on urine . Scanty, albu-
minous.
Sleep.-Restless, with horrible dreams.
Extremities. Aching in nape. Spine stiff and
aching.
Relationship.-Adonidin is a cardiac tonic and
diuretic . Quarter to half grain daily, or two to
five grains of first decimal trit . Increases arterial
pressure and prolongs the diastole, favoring empty-
ing engorged veins.
Compare: Digit.; Crateg.; Conval.; Strophantes.
Dose . Five to ten drops of the tincture.

ADRENALIN .

(Active principle of Supra-Renal Glands. )

Causes contraction of arterioles . Mucous mem-
branes are blanched . Heart stimulated as by Digi-
talis. Most powerful astringent and hæmostatic .
Addison's disease. Congestion of ethmoid and
sphenoidal sinuses . Use warm spray of Chloride of
Adrenalin 1 : 5000 . Here compare Hepar 1x, which
will start up secretions and so facilitate drainage .
Glycosuria. Chronic aortitis. Chlorosis ; hæma-
philia; angina pectoris.
Dose.-Internally 5-30 minims of the 1 : 1000 so-
14 ADRENALIN- ESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM.

lution. Locally as a spray 1 : 10,000-1 : 1000 . Sec-

ond and sixth triturations.

ESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM.
(Horse Chestnut. )
The action of this drug is most marked on the
lower bowel, producing engorged hæmorrhoidal
veins with characteristic backache. Torpor and
congestion of the liver and portal system, with con-
stipation. The back aches and gives out , and unfits
the patient for business. Flying pains all over.
Fullness in various parts; dry, swollen mucous
membranes.
Head.-Depressed and irritable. Head dull, con-
fused. Pressure in forehead, with nausea. Pain
from occiput to frontal region, with bruised sensa-
tion of the scalp ; worse in the morning.
Eyes. Heavy and hot, with lachrymation, with
enlarged blood vessels. Eyeballs sore.
Nose. -Coryza, sneezing. Pressure at root of
nose. Membrane over turbinate bones distended
and boggy, dependent upon hepatic disorders.
Mouth. Scalded feeling. Metallic taste . Sali-
vation. Tongue thickly coated , feels as if scalded .
Throat.- Hot, dry, raw, stitching pain into ears
when swallowing. Follicular pharyngitis connected
with hepatic congestion. Veins in pharynx dis-
tended and tortuous.
Stomach. - Weight of a stone, with gnawing, ach-
ing pain; most manifest about three hours after
meals. Tenderness and fullness in region of liver.
Rectum.-Dry, aching. Feels full of small sticks.
Anus raw, sore. Much pain after stool, with pro-
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lapse. Hæmorrhoids, with sharp shooting pains up

the back ; blind and bleeding ; worse during climac-
teric. Large, hard dry stools. Mucous membrane
seems swollen and obstructs the passage. Irritation
caused by ascarides and aids their expulsion.
Male. Discharge of prostatic fluid at stool .
Female. Constant throbbing behind symphysis
pubis. Leucorrhoea, with lameness of back across
the sacro-iliac articulation; dark yellow, sticky, cor-
roding ; worse after menses.
Respiratory.-Laryngitis ; coughs depending on
hepatic disorders; hot feeling in chest ; pain around
heart .
Extremities. Aching and soreness in limbs .
Back.- Region of spine feels weak; back and legs
give out. Backache affecting sacrum and hips; worse
walking or stooping. When walking feet turn under.
Soles feel sore , tired , and swell. Hands and feet
swell, and become red after washing.
Modalities. Worse in morning on awaking, and
from any motion ; from moving bowels ; after eat-
ing. Better while at rest.
Comparison.- Aesculus glabra (Very painful, dark
purple external hæmorrhoids with constipation and
vertigo . Speech thick, tickling in throat , impaired
vision, paresis . ) Aloes; Collinsonia; Nux; Sulph.
Dose. -Tincture , to third potency.
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ETHIOPS.

(Antimon. Sulph. and Quicksilver. )

This preparation is of use in scrofulous affections ,
ophthalmia, otorrhoea , painful, irritating, scabby
eruptions, hereditary syphilis .
Skin. -Eruptions . Favus-like . scrofulous, herpetic
and eczematous.
Dose. The lower triturations, especially the sec-
ond decimal.
Relationship.- Calc.; Sul. Psorin.

ÆTHUSA CYNAPIUM.
(Fool's Parsley.)
The characteristic symptoms relate mainly to the
brain and nervous system, connected with gastro-
intestinal disturbance. Anguish, crying and ex-
pression of uneasiness and discontent lead to this
remedy most frequently in disease in children, dur-
ing dentition, summer complaint, when with the
diarrhoea there is marked inability to digest milk, and
poor circulation. Symptoms set in with violence.
Mind . Restless, anxious, crying. Sees rats, cats,
dogs , etc. Unconscious, delirious. Inability to
think, to fix the attention . Brain fag . [ Picric acid .]
Head .--Feels bound up, or in a vise. Occipital
pain extending down spine ; better lying down and
by pressure . Head symptoms relieved by expelling
flatus and by stool. Hair feels pulled.
Eyes . Photophobia ; swelling of meibomian glands.
Rolling of eyes on falling asleep. Eyes drawn down-
ward; pupils dilated .
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Ears.- Feel obstructed. Sense of something hot
from ears . Hissing sound.
Nose.-Stopped up with much thick mucus.
Herpetic eruption on tip of nose. Frequent inef-
fectual desire to sneeze.
Face.-Puffed, red-spotted, collapsed . Expres-
sion anxious, full of pain ; linea nasalis marked .
Mouth. - Dry. Aphthæ. Tongue seems too
long. Burning and pustules in throat, with diffi-
cult swallowing.
Stomach. Intolerance of milk; vomited as soon
as swallowed or in large curds . [ Valer. ] Regurgi-
tation of food about an hour after eating. Violent
vomiting of a white frothy matter. Nausea at sight
of food. Painful contraction of stomach . Vomit-
ing, with sweat and great weakness, accompanied by
anguish and distress . Stomach feels turned upside
down, with burning feeling up to the chest . Tear-
ing pains in the stomach extending to oesophagus .
Abdomen. -Cold , internal and external , with ach-
ing pain in bowels . Colic , followed by vomiting ,
vertigo, and weakness . Tense, inflated , and sensi-
tive. Bubbling sensation around navel .
Stool. Undigested, thin, greenish , preceded by
colic, with tenesmus, and followed by exhaustion
and drowsiness . Cholera infantum ; child cold ,
clammy, stupid , with staring eyes and dilated pu-
pils. Obstinate constipation ; feels as if all bowel
action is lost. Choleraic affections in old age.
Urinary. Cutting pain in bladder, with frequent
urging. Pain in kidneys .
Female. Lancinating pains in sexual organs .
Pimples ; itching when warm. Menses watery .
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Swelling of mammary glands, with lancinating

pains.
Respiratory.-Difficult, oppressed, anxious res-
piration ; crampy constriction . Sufferings render
patient speechless .
Heart.- Violent palpitation, with vertigo , head-
ache and restlessness. Pulse rapid, hard and small.
Back and Extremities.-Want of power to stand
up or hold head up. Back feels as if in a vise. Ach-
ing in small of back. Weakness of lower extrem-
ities. Fingers and thumbs clenched . Numbness of
hands and feet. Violent spasms . Squinting of eyes
downward.
Skin. Excoriation of thighs in walking. Easy
perspiration. Surface of body cold and covered with
clammy sweat. Lymphatic glands swollen. Itching
eruption around joints. Skin of hands dry and
shrunken. Ecchymosis . Anasarca.
Fever.-Great heat; no thirst. Profuse , cold sweat.
Must be covered during sweat.
Sleep.-Disturbed by violent startings; cold per-
spiration. Dozing after vomiting or stool . Child is
so exhausted, it falls asleep at once.
Modalities. Worse, 3 to 4 A. M. , and evenings,
warmth, summer. Better, in open air and company.
Compare: Antimon .; Calc.; Ars.; Cicuta.
Dose. Third to thirtieth potency.

AGARICUS MUSCARIUS.
(Bug Agaric-Amanita. )
Jerking, twitching, trembling, and itching are
strong indications . Special anæmia, chorea, various
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forms of neuralgia and spasmodic affections, and

neurotic skin troubles are pictured in the symptoma-
tology of this remedy. It corresponds to various
forms of cerebral excitement rather than congestion.
Thus, in delirium of fevers , alcoholism , etc. Gen-
eral paralysis. Sensation as if pierced by needles of
ice.
Mind. Sings, talks, but does not answer. Lo-
quacity. Aversion to work. Indifference. Fear-
lessness. Delirium characterized by singing, shout-
ing, and muttering ; rhymes and prophesies. Begins
with paroxysm of yawning.
Head.-Vertigo from sunlight. Head in constant
motion. Falling backward, as if a weight in oc-
ciput. Lateral headache , as if from a nail. [Coff.;
Ignat.] Dull headache from prolonged desk-work.
Icy coldness, like icy needles or splinters. Desire to
cover head warmly. [Silica . ]
Eyes.-Double vision [ Gels.] ; dim and flickering.
Asthenopia from prolonged strain, spasm of accom-
modation. Twitching of lids and eyeballs. [ Codein.]
Margins of lids red ; itch and burn and agglutinate.
Inner angles very red.
Ears. Burn and itch, as if frozen. Twitching
and noises.
Nose.-Nervous nasal disturbances. Itching in-
ternally and externally. Spasmodic sneezing ; sen-
sitiveness ; watery non-inflammatory discharge . In-
her angles very red . Fetid dark, bloody discharge.
Nosebleed in old people.
Face.-Facial muscles feel stiff ; twitch; face
itches and burns. Lancinating, tearing pain in
cheeks, as of splinters. Neuralgia, as if cold needles
ran through nerves or sharp ice touched them.
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Mouth. Herpes on lips. Twitching. Taste

sweet. Aphthæ on roof of mouth . Splinter-like
pains in tongue. Thirsty all the time. Tremulous
tongue. [ Lach.] Tongue white.
Throat. Stitches along eustachian tube to ear.
Feels contracted . Small solid balls of phlegm
thrown up. Dryness of pharynx, swallowing diffi-
cult. Scratching in throat ; cannot sing a note.
Stomach. Empty eructations, tasting of apples.
Nervous disturbances, with spasmodic contractions ,
hiccough. Unnatural hunger. Flatulent disten-
tion of stomach and abdomen. Profuse inodorous
flatus. Burning in stomach about three hours after
a meal, changing into a dull pressure.
Abdomen. Stitching pains in liver, spleen and
abdomen. Diarrhoea, with much fetid flatus . Fetid
stools. Urination frequent. Stitches in urethra.
Female. Menses, increased , earlier. Itching and
tearing, pressive pains of genitals and back. Spas-
modic dysmenorrhoea . Severe bearing-down pains,
especially after menopause. Sexual excitement.
Nipples itch, burn. Complaints following par-
turition. Leucorrhoea, with much itching.
Respiratory Organs.—Violent attacks of coughing
that can be suppressed by effort of will. Spasmodic
cough at night after falling asleep, with expectoration
of little balls of mucus. Labored, oppressed breath-
ing. Cough