Aqua Marina.
Sea-water. Dilutions.
Clinical.─
Biliousness. Constipation. Headache.
Sea-sickness. Seaside, effects of.
Characteristics.─
Aq. mar.
has been principally used (in high potencies) for the effects of residence near the sea (as
biliousness, constipation, headache, &c.). It has been used in wineglassful doses and
also in potencies as a remedy for sea-sickness. It has been proved by C. Wesselhœft. Among
the symptoms were: Neuralgic pains down right temple and forehead. Faceache left side; cold
water intolerable. Sensation of a hair or fishbone in throat, tickling and urging to
swallow, causing cough, which does not relieve. Pain on swallowing, extending to ear and
temples. Nausea; and nauseous sensation in stomach and abdomen. This symptom seems peculiar:
“Constant hawking and raising of phlegm, tough and white like cotton.” The leading
indication for it is: < at seaside; or on the sea.
Relations.─
Compare:
Nat. mur., Chlorum (but in addition to its chief ingredient, sea-water contains in solution
every inorganic substance in the world); also Silica marina.® 2000
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