BISMUTH
Mind :
Morose, discontented and complaining.
Head :
Confusion.
Pressing and drawing here and there.
Attacks of vertigo, as if the anterior half of the brain were turning in a
circle.
Cutting pains above right eye, extending to occiput.
Pressure in the occiput < motion, with heaviness.
(The headaches sometimes seem to alternate with the pains in the stomach.)
Mouth :
Tongue coated white, without heat or thirst.
Taste nauseous and metallic, or sweetish-sour or bitter.
Stomach :
Eructations of gas, with discomfort in the stomach.
Nausea worse after eating, with pressure.
Burning pains after eating.
Clinical
:
Gastric catarrh, with terrible gastralgia, the pain extending from the
stomach through the body to the spine.
The gastric disorders requiring Bismuth vary, but usually are burning,
with a feeling of a load or hard lump in stomach (compare with
Abies) ; vomiting of food and of mucus ; gastric symptoms
relieved by cold drinks (Puls.).
Very valuable for inflammation of the stomach occurring during the
progress of chronic diseases ; for instance, scirrhus.
A marked indication for Bismuth is that while taking cold drinks there is
relief, yet when the stomach becomes full there is vomiting of enormous
quantities.
Abdomen :
Flatulence.
Rumbling and grumbling in the abdomen.
(Painless diarrhśa, with white-coated tongue, vomiting, etc.)
Urinary organs :
Frequent micturition, with copious, watery urine.
Respiratory organs :
Tightness of breath, caused by burning constriction in the chest.
Cough, with free expectoration, day and night.
Chest :
Pinching in the region of the diaphragm, extending transversely through
the chest.
Boring and burning pains in the chest.
Violent palpitation.
Back :
Boring and burning pains in the back.
Extremities :
General weariness.
Tearing pains > motion.
Sleep :
Sleepiness in the forenoon, but cannot sleep as usual after eating.
Night sleep restless on account of vivid dreams, or waking in fright.
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