SPHERE OF ACTION
Through the cerebro-spinal system, it especially acts upon the gastro-intestinal canal; genito-urinary organs, and skin.
GRAND CHARACTERISTICS
The teeth are black, or show dark streaks running through them.
Teeth turn black, and cannot be kept clean.
Gums spongy, and bleed easily.
The sound teeth, as well as those decayed, are very painful to the touch of food or drink.
Mercurial affections of the teeth and gums; carries in the former, suppuration in the latter.-.
Much pain in the teeth at the menstrual molimina.
The more trouble she has with her teeth and gums, the more constipated she becomes.
Extreme hunger, even when the stomach is full of food.
A feeling of weakness in the abdomen as if it would drop.- Diarrhoea, worse after drinking cold water.
Pot-bellied children, with much colic and worms.–RAUE.
Spermatorrhoea, in which the prostatic portion of the urethral mucous membrane is the seat of chronic inflammatory irritation, which sometimes extends into the ejaculatory canals, and seminal ducts.–DR. HUGHES.
Head.–Sensation of a round ball in the forehead, sitting firm there, even when shaking the head.-.
Bad effects of chagrin.
She is very sensitive to the least impression; the least word that seems wrong, hurts her very much.
The least motion makes the heart beat.-.
(1836-1897)
Characteristic materia medica Published 1873
Physiological materia medica, containing all that is known of the physiological action of our remedies; together with their characteristic indications and pharmacology. Published 1881