BISMUTHUM SUBNITRICUM
Precipitated Sub-Nitrate of Bismuth
(BISMUTHUM)Irritation and catarrhal inflammation of the alimentary canal, is the
chief and action of this drug.
Mind.–
Solitude is unbearable. Desire
for company. Complains about his condition. Anguish.
Discontented.
Head.–
Headache alternates with gastralgia. Neuralgic pain, as
if torn by pincers; involves face and teeth; worse, eating; better, cold; alternate with
gastralgia. Cutting or pressure above right orbit extending to occiput. Pressure in occiput;
worse, motion; with heaviness.
Mouth.–
Gums swollen.
Toothache; better, cold water in mouth (Coff). Tongue
white. Swollen. Black, gangrenous looking wedges on dorsum and sides of tongue. Profuse
salivation, teeth loose. Thirst for cold drinks.
Stomach.–
Vomits, with convulsive gagging and pain. Water is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach. Eructation
after drinking. Vomits all fluids. Burning; feeling of a load.
Will eat for several days; then vomit. Slow digestion, with fetid
eructations. Gastralgia; pain from stomach through to spine. Gastritis. Better, cold drinks, but vomiting when stomach becomes full.Tongue coated white; sweetish, metallic taste. Inexpressible pain in
stomach; must bend backwards. Pressure as from a load in one spot, alternating with burning,
crampy pain and pyrosis.
Stool.–
Painless diarrhśa, with great thirst, and frequent
micturition and vomiting. Pinching in lower abdomen, with rumbling.
Respiratory.–
Pinching in middle of diaphragm, extending
transversely through chest. Angina pectoris; pain around heart, left arm to fingers.
Extremities.–
Cramps in hands and feet. Tearing in wrist.
Paralytic weakness, especially right arm. Tearing in tips of fingers under nails (Berb). Itching erosion near tibia and back of feet near
joints. Cold limbs.
Sleep.–
Restless on account of voluptuous dreams. Sleepy in
morning, a few hours after eating.
Relationship.–
Antidotes: Nux;
Capsic; Calc.Compare: Antimon; Ars; Bellad; Kreosot.
Dose.–
First to sixth potency.
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