Homeopathy Medicine Homeopathic Remedy
Fat, light-haired persons who suffer from catarrhal, syphilitic or psoric affections.
Fat, chubby, short-necked children disposed to croup and croupy affections.
Affections of the mucous membranes – eyes, nose, mouth, throat, bronchi, gastro-intestinal and genito-urinary tracts – discharge of a tough, stringy mucus which adheres to the parts and can be drawn into long strings (compare Hyd. , Lys. ).
Complaints occurring in hot weather.
Liability to take cold in open air.
Rheumatism alternating with gastric symptoms, one appearing in the fall and the other in the spring; rheumatism and dysentery alternate ( Abrot. ).
Pains: in small spots, can be covered with point of finger ( Ign. ); shift rapidly from one part to another ( Kali s. , Lac c. , Puls. ); appear and disappear suddenly ( Bell. , Ign. , Mag. p. ).
Neuralgia every day at same hour ([Chin. s.]).
Gastric complaints: bad effects of beer; loss of appetite; weight in pit of stomach; flatulence; < soon after eating; vomiting of ropy mucus and blood; round ulcer of stomach ([Gym.]).
Nose: pressive pain in root of nose (in forehead and root of nose, [Stict.]); discharge of plugs, "clinkers;" tough, ropy, green fluid mucus; in clear masses, and has violent pain from occiput to forehead if discharge eases.
Ulceration of septum, with bloody discharge or large flakes of hard mucus ( Alum. , Sep. , Teuc. ).
Diphtheria: pseudo-membranous deposit, firm, pearly, fibrinous, prone to extend downwards to larynx and trachea ( Lac c. - reverse of, Brom. ).
Oedematous, bladder-like appearance of uvula; much swelling, but little redness ( Rhus ).
Cough: violent, rattling, with gagging from viscid mucus in the throat; < when undressing ( Hep. ).
Croup: hoarse, metallic, with expectoration of tough mucus or fibro-elastic casts in morning on awakening; with dyspnoea, > by lying down (worse when lying down, [Aral.], Lach. ).
Deep-eating ulcers in fauces; often syphilitic.
Headache: blurred vision or blindness precedes the attack ( Gels. , Lac d. ); must lie down; aversion to light and noise; sight returns as headache increases ([Iris], Nat. , Lac d. ).
Prolapsus uteri, seemingly in hot weather.
Sexual desire absent in fleshy people.
Relations. – Compare: Brom. , Hep. Iod. in croupy affections.
After: Canth. or Carb. ac. has removed the scrapings, in dysentery.
After: Iod. in croup, when hoarse cough, with touch membrane, general weakness and coldness are present; Cal. in acute or chronic nasal catarrh.
Ant. t. follows well in catarrhal affections and skin diseases.
Aggravation. – Heat of summer; hot weather.
Amelioration. – Skin symptoms are better in cold weather (reverse of, Alum. and Pet. ).
