HOMOEOPATHIC ALL MEDICINE

According to Wöhler and Liebig, the hydrocyanic acid, formerly supposed to be contained in the almond, is the result of the reaction of water on amygdalin, the characteristic constituent of bitter almonds.

The bitter almond is used for flavoring, and peach kernels and cherry seeds, which have similar properties, are often substituted.

The observations of Jörg, made in 1822, hardly deserving to be called a proving, were published in 1825. Regarding his

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trustworthiness, see British Quart., XVI, 693. These were added to a collection of symptoms from the Laurocerasus, the Aqua laurocerasi, and Hydrocyanic acid, and printed in Hartlaub’s Mat. Med., in 1828. In 1844 they were printed separately in Noak and Trinks’ Handbuch, with the addition of some toxic symptoms. Allen’s Encyclopedia contains all, and a carefully made, almost complete collection of poisonings. We only miss Gazin, Traité Pratique, 1853. The experiments of Douglas Maclacan are with a different preparation.

MIND.

Loss of consciousness.
Stupor.
Delirium, he mutters to himself and converses with persons not present ; speaks incoherently.
Delirium with face lit up with an expression of excessive joy, eyes shine brilliantly, with quiet intermittent pulse.
Delirium with slight convulsions.
She commences to cry , (toxic).
She suddenly raves and looks wildly around her, with dilated pupils and indistinct vision.
  
SENSORIUM.

Dulness of left half of head.
Insensibility ; drunkenness.
Excitement as after drinking champagne, succeeded by sudden insensibility.
Syncope, face deathly pale, nauseated ; pulse imperceptible ; on reviving vomits some undigested food and bile.
Vertigo with nausea and dimness of sight.
Faintness and pallid look.
Stupor.
  
INNER HEAD.

Heaviness in forehead.
Pressure over eyes.
Sense of weight and oppression on top of head.
Congestion or turgescence of vessels of brain , (toxic).
General effusion on both hemispheres , (toxic).
Dura mater gorged.
  
OUTER HEAD.

Head drawn backward.

SIGHT AND EYES.

Dimness of sight with vertigo.
Sight confused.
Pupils very much contracted, size of a pinhead.
Pupils dilated and fixed.
Eyes rolling from side to side ; half open, with dilated pupils.
Eyeballs directed upward, especially left.
Pupils dilated to their fullest extent, she cannot see distinctly.
Iris immovable.
Eyes almost protruding from their sockets.
Excessive brilliancy of eyes, even after death.
The eye had a brilliant and glassy appearance throughout ; mere physical brilliancy without mental expression.
Lid does not move when eye is touched.
Eyelids closed, both eyes drawn to left side.
Eyes half shut and glassy.
Upper lids convulsed for hours.\
FACE.

Face wears a natural expression, even with serious symptoms.
Face placid and deathly pale.
Mouth tightly closed.
Face very livid, lips separated, teeth clenched, eyes fixed and open, pupils dilated, features distorted, eyes turned upward, starting from their sockets.
Face lights up with an expression of excessive joy.
  
LOWER FACE.

Jaws firmly clenched in rigid spasm.
Lips pale and bluish.
Lips separated, teeth clenched, much froth about mouth.
  
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE.

Bitter taste in roof of mouth, palate and fauces.
Cannot speak a loud word.
PALATE AND THROAT.

Bitter taste in fauces.
Swallowing impeded, or impossible.
Rattling in throat.
Excessive burning heat in laryngo-pharyngeal region.
  
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING.

Hiccough.
Nausea with pallor.
Vomiting of undigested food and bile.
  
SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH.

A disagreeable sensation seems to come from epigastric region.
Pain and heat in epigastrium without tenderness.
Gastric mucous membrane red, congested, especially at cardiac end , (toxic).
Gastric mucous membrane pale with some red petechial patches along greater curvature , (toxic).
Mucous coat of stomach softened , (toxic).
  
ABDOMEN AND LOINS.

Colicky pains, abdomen distended like a balloon ; convulsive movements of jaws, loss of consciousness, frothing at mouth.
  
STOOLS AND RECTUM.

Involuntary stools and micturition.
  
URINARY ORGANS.

Scanty and painful urination.
Involuntary micturition and stools.
  
MALE SEXUAL ORGANS.

** Gonorrhoea.
Gangrene of penis ; scrotum bluish and greenish-yellow.
  
VOICE AND LARYNX, TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA.

Cannot speak a loud word.
Scratching in larynx, followed by copious phlegm all evening and next day.
Hoarseness.
Talking distresses her.
  
RESPIRATION.

Difficult breathing.
Snoring breathing getting slower and slower.
Panting.
Chest heaved spasmodically ; its movements were hurried.
Respiration slow and gentle.
Regular respiration had ceased ; chest expanded at intervals by convulsive action.
Rolling and panting for breath.
Hurried and convulsive heaving of chest.
Chest expands convulsively at short intervals.
Respiration 12, regular, slow and prolonged, with rattling in throat.
Convulsive and at intervals very short respiration, with fear of suffocation.
  
COUGH.

Cough, with soreness of chest extending down to stomach.

INNER CHEST AND LUNGS.

Inner Chest and Lungs
Great soreness of chest extending to stomach.
Stitches under left nipple, going deep in, making exhalation more difficult.
Lungs congested.

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HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION.

Slow, full, hard pulse.
Pulse almost imperceptible.
Absence of radial pulse on either side.
Heart beats feebly.
Carotids beat full and quick.
Heart’s palpitation extremely feeble, scarcely perceptible, absence of radial pulse.
Pulse : slow and vibrating ; strong or frequent and wiry ; rapid and feeble ; quick and intermittent ; 30, very feeble in carotid and radial arteries ; 100, 130, 140, very small, thready.
Right side of heart gorged with dark fluid blood.

NECK AND BACK.

Considerable swelling and undulatory motion of jugular veins.
Carotids beat free and quick.

Clinical

Constipation. Cramps. Headache. Hernia, Jaw, pains in. Toothache.

Characteristics

Amphisbaena is a snake-like lizard, without limbs, and progressing (as its name implies) either backwards or forwards. Mure is the

Amphisbena Vermicularis

authority for its effects. It is prepared from the jaw as well as the poison of the animal, and has symptoms indicating action on bone like that of Silicea It acts most markedly on the jaws, causing swelling and pain, especially in the right jaw, worse by air and dampness. Many kinds of severe headache are complained of, pains are frequent. Eruptions of vesicles and pimples. It is a right-side medicine. There is generally worse from motion.

Relations.

Compare: Heloderma, Silica.

Mind

Ennui. Sadness and lassitude in the morning. Impatience.

Head

Vertigo. Tendency to fall to one side and then to the other, worse when turning round. Horrible headache, with sensation as if the feet were in the brain. Beating as if from hailstones right side of forehead. Lancination and pain all through right side of head. Sweat about head.

Eyes

Constriction of right eye, as if strung together with a cord. Constant twitching of upper eyelids, especially left.

Ears

Pain in meatus auditorius, as if air were rushing in.

Face

Painful large pimple left side of upper lip, suppurating. Pains in right lower jaw with swelling worse by air and dampness.

Mouth

Teeth feel elongated and set on edge, especially right lower molars. Toothache worse afternoon and evening. Chewing is painful, but not contact with liquids.

Stomach

Chilliness and pains at epigastrium.

Abdomen

Protrusion of umbilical hernia. Tearing pain at navel, lancination as from stiletto. Suppuration of inguinal hernia. Hernia is painful and air is felt in it.

Stool and Anus.

Constipation.

Neck and Back

Violent pain in whole of vertebral column, worse walking, moving arms, or stooping.

Upper Limbs

Breaking out of little pimples, especially on forearm. Painful swelling of arm.

Lower Limbs

Painless drawing up of the legs. Cramp in left leg, it remains behind in walking, as if paralysed.

Sleep

Wakes at midnight for ten consecutive nights.

##culled from: Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke

Renal dropsies, hydrocele, and chronic hoarseness in scrofulous patients have been benefited by this drug. Choleric symptoms.
Generally worse about 6 pm. Dilated pupils. Left costal region sore and sensitive. Elbow joints pain, back sore. Soreness of all limbs. Vomiting, purging with tenesmus. Rumbling in abdomen.


Dose.–Second to third potency.

##Culled From: Materia medica by William Boericke.

Has many symptoms in common with Antimonium Crudum but also many peculiar to itself. Clinically, its therapeutic application has been confined largely to the treatment of respiratory diseases, rattling of mucus with little expectoration has been a guiding symptom. There is much drowsiness, debility and sweat characteristic of the drug, which group should always be more or less present, when the drug is prescribed. Gastric affections of drunkards and gouty subjects. Cholera morbus. Sensation of coldness in blood-vessels. Bilharziasis. Antimonium tart is homeopathic to dysuria, strangury, hćmaturia, albuminuria, catarrh of bladder and urethra, burning in rectum, bloody mucous stools, etc. Antimon tart acts indirectly on the parasites by stimulating the oxidizing action of the protective substance. By-effects following injection for Bilharziasis. Chills and contractures and pain in muscles.

Trembling of whole body, great prostration and faintness. Lumbago. Chills, contractures and muscular pains. Warts on glans penis.

Mind and Head.--Vertigo alternates with drowsiness. Great despondency. Fear of being alone. Muttering, delirium, and stupor. Vertigo, with dullness and confusion. Band-like feeling over forehead. Face pale and sunken. Child will not be touched without whining. Headache as from a band compressing (Nit ac).

Tongue.--Coated, pasty, thick white, with red edges. Red and dry, especially in the center. Brown.

Face.--Cold, blue, pale; covered with cold sweat. Incessant quivering of chin and lower jaw (Gelsem).

Stomach.--Difficult deglutition of liquids. Vomiting in any position, excepting lying on right side. Nausea, retching, and vomiting, especially after food, with deathly faintness and prostration. Thirst for cold water, little and often, and desire for apples, fruits, and acids generally. Nausea produces fear; with pressure in prćcordial region, followed by headache with yawning and lachrymation and vomiting.

Abdomen.--Spasmodic colic, much flatus. Pressure in abdomen, especially on stooping forward. Cholera morbus. Diarrhśa in eruptive diseases.

Urinary.--Burning in urethra during and after urinating. Last drops bloody with pain in bladder. Urging increased. Catarrh of bladder and urethra. Stricture. Orchitis.

Respiratory Organs.--Hoarseness. Great rattling of mucus, but very little is expectorated. Velvety feeling in chest. Burning sensation in chest, which ascends to throat. Rapid, short, difficult breathing; seems as if he would suffocate; must sit up. Emphysema of the aged. Coughing and gaping consecutively. Bronchial tubes overloaded with mucus. Cough excited by eating, with pain in chest and larynx. Śdema and impending paralysis of lungs. Much palpitation, with uncomfortable hot feeling. Pulse rapid, weak, trembling. Dizziness, with cough. Dyspnśa relieved by eructation. Cough and dyspnśa better lying on right side--(opposite Badiaga).

Back.--Violent pain in sacro-lumbar region. Slightest effort to move may cause retching and cold, clammy sweat. Sensation of heavy weight at the coccyx, dragging downward all the time. Twitching of muscles; limbs tremulous.

Skin.--Pustular eruption, leaving a bluish-red mark. Small-pox. Warts.

Fever.--Coldness, trembling, and chilliness. Intense heat. Copious perspiration. Cold, clammy sweat, with great faintness. Intermittent fever with lethargic condition.

Sleep.--Great drowsiness. On falling asleep electric-like shocks. Irresistible inclination to sleep with nearly all complaints.

Modalities.--Worse, in evening; from lying down at night; from warmth; in damp cold weather; from all sour things and milk. Better, from sitting erect; from eructation and expectoration.

Relationship.--Antidotes: Puls; Sepia.

Compare: Kali sulph; Ipecac.

Dose.--Second and sixth trituration. The lower potencies sometimes aggravate.



##Culled From: Materia medica by William Boericke.