PETROLEUM – KEY-NOTES TO THE MATERIA MEDICA by HENRY N. GUERNSEY, M.D.

PETROLEUM

Affections in general, of any kind, appearing on the right eye, internal
or external occiput; behind the ears; inner surface of the thighs; ball or under part of the
toes; knee-joint.

When a person complains of eruption or itching at night (affecting the
scrotum particularly), the eruption being either dry or moist; chilblains, particularly
where they itch a good deal and are moist. Exanthema corroding and spreading; very difficult
to heal; sensibility of the skin in general; sores produced by lying in bed.

Strong aversion to fat food, to meat; to the open air; made worse eating
cabbage.

Catalepsy; tonic spasms; cracking of the joints; inflexibility of the
joints. Sprains; chronic sprains.

Remedies following:–

Calc. carb.,
Lycop., Bryon., Nux vom., Pulsat., Sepia, Silic., Sulphur.

Antidote:–

Nux vom.