Bad taste in
the mouth.
By Constantine Hering, M. D.
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
Dr Constantine
HeringIf the taste in the
mouth is altered and the other symptoms are not sufficient for the
selection of the proper remedy, consult the following list :
Bitter taste in the morning
.- Sulphur,
Mercurius vivus, Bryonia, Calcarea, Silicea.
When solid food tastes bitter
.- Sulphur,
Bryonia, Rheum, Rhus tox., Hepar, Colocynthis, Ferrum met. ; food and drink both bitter : Pulsatilla,
Cinchona ; bitter taste after eating or
drinking : Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Arsenicum ; in the morning or evening : Pulsatilla,
Arnica ; at different times, or
continually, besides the above medicines : Aconitum,
Belladonna, Veratrum, Nux vomica, Chamomilla, Antimonium crudum, Carbo
vegetabilis.
For sweet taste
.- Mercurius vivus,
Sulphur, Cuprum, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Cinchona, Ferrum,
Spongia ; in the morning :
Sulphur ; when bread tastes sweet :
Mercurius vivus ; beer :
Pulsatilla ; blood-like, sweetish taste :
Ferrum, Sulphur ; when like nuts :
Coffea.
For salt taste
.- Carbo vegetabilis, Rheum,
Phosphoric acid, Nux vomica, Sulphur, Arsenicum, Natrum muriaticum,
Cuprum ; when food tastes salt :
Carbo vegetabilis, Sulphur ; salt taste
when coughing : Carbo vegetabilis, Cocculus.
For sour taste
.- Rheum, Phosphoric acid,
Nux vomica, Cinchona, Sulphur, Capsicum, Calcarea, Natrum muriaticum,
Cocculus, Cuprum ; the food tastes sour :
Cinchona, Calcarea ; after meals :
Pulsatilla, Nux vomica, Carbo vegetabilis, Natrum muriaticum, Cocculus,
Silicea ; after drinking water :
Nux vomica, Sulphur ; after drinking milk :
Carbo vegetabilis, Sulphur ; in the
morning : Nux vomica, Sulphur.
Acrid, biting taste
.- Veratrum, Rhus
tox. ; brunt, smoky taste :
Pulsatilla, Nux vomica, Sulphur ; taste
like herbs : Veratrum, Nux vomica ; taste like peppermint : Veratrum.
Earthy taste
.- Pulsatilla, Hepar,
Cinchona ; insipid taste :
Pulsatilla, Rheum, Staphisagria, Bryonia, Cinchona, Sulphur, Dulcamara,
Rhus tox., Ipecacuanha, Capsicum ; slimy
taste : Belladonna, Rheum, Arnica, Rhus tox.,
Platina ; greasy, oily taste :
Silicea, Causticum ; greasy taste :
Causticum ; sticky taste : Phosphoric acid ; watery
taste : Staphisagria, Cinchona, Causticum.
Putrid taste
.- Arnica, Mercurius vivus,
Belladonna, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, Aconitum, Veratrum,
Phosphoric acid, Sulphur, Rhus tox, Natrum muriaticum, Cuprum,
Causticum ; in the morning :
Sulphur, Rhus tox. ; after meals :
Rhus tox. ; taste like pus :
Pulsatilla.
When tobacco has a sharp taste
.-
Staphisagria ; when bitter :
Cocculus ; loathsome :
Ipecacuanha ; disagreeable : Ignatia, Pulsatilla, Nux vomica,
Arnica, Calcarea, Cocculus.
When food has no flavor
.- Mercurius, Pulsatilla,
Staphisagria, Bryonia, Nux vomica, Arsenicum ; absence of taste : Veratrum, Belladonna,
Pulsatilla, Rheum, Bryonia, Hepar, Hyoscyamus ; in chronic cases : Silicea, Natrum
muriaticum.Source : The Homoeopathic Domestic Physician, p. 264.
Copyright © Sylvain
Cazalet 2004
