A picture of coryza, with acrid nasal
discharge and laryngeal symptoms, eye secretion bland;
singers’ cold, worse in warm room and toward evening;
better in open air is presented by this remedy. Specially adapted to phlegmatic patients;
colds in damp cold weather. Neuralgic pains, like a fine thread, following amputations or injuries to nerves.
Traumatic chronic neuritis. Burning in nose, mouth, throat, bladder and skin. Sensation of
glowing heat on different parts of the body.
Head.–
Catarrhal headache, mostly in forehead; worse in warm room towards evening. Thread-like pains in face.
Headache ceases during menses; returns when flow disappears.
Eyes.–
Red. Much burning and
smarting lachrymation. Sensitive to light. Eyes suffused
and watery; profuse, bland lachrymation, better in open
air. Burning in eyelids.
Ears.–
Earache, shooting in eustachian tube.
Nose.–
Sneezing, especially when entering a warm room. Copious, watery and extremely acrid discharge. Feeling of a lump
at root of nose. Hay-fever (Sabad; Sil; Psor). Fluent
coryza with headache, cough, and hoarseness. Polypus.
Stomach.–
Canine hunger. Pain in pyloric region. Thirst.
Belching. Nausea.
Abdomen.–
Rumbling, offensive flatus. Pains in left
hypogastrium. Colic sitting, moving about.
Rectum.–
Diarrhśa with very offensive flatus. Stitches in
rectum; itching and rhagades in anus. Glowing heat in rectum.
Urinary.–
Sensation of weakness in bladder and urethra.
Increased secretion of urine with coryza. Urine red with much pressure and burning in urethra.
Respiratory.–
Hoarseness. Hacking cough
on inspiring cold air. Tickling in larynx. Sensation as if larynx is split or torn. Oppressed
breathing from pressure in middle of chest. Constricted feeling in region of
epiglottis. Pain extending to ear.
Extremities.–
Lame joints. Ulcers on heel. Painful affections of
fingers about nails neuralgia of stump. Bad effects from getting feet wet. Limbs, especially
arms, feel sore and tired.
Sleep.–
Yawning with headache and drowsiness. Gaping in deep
sleep. Dreams. Wakes at 2 am.
Modalities.–
Worse, in the
evening, in warm room. Better, in open air, and in cold
room.
Relationship.–
Compare: Gels; Euph;
Kali hyd; Aconite; Ipecac.
Complementary: Phosphor; Thuja; Puls.
Antidotes: Arn; Cham; Verat.
Dose.–
Third potency.