Borax

COMMON NAME:

      BIBORATE OF SODA.

Symptoms

      Anxious expression of face during the downward motions (Br.).

Nausea and giddiness from exertions of the mind (Cocc., Ferr-P., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sepia).

The whole buccal cavity covered with a white fungous grown (Bt.).

SORE MOUTH OF NURSING CHILDREN (Bryonia, Calcarea, Kali-M., Mercurius, Rhus toxicodendron, Silicea) (D.).

APHTHAE OF THE MOUTH AND TONGUE, WHICH BLEED EASILY (Arsenicum, Carbo vegetabilis, Kreosotum, Nat- M., Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Sulphur).

Mouth hot and tender (Br.).

Painful gum-boil (Hepar, Mercurius, Silicea) (Br.).

Crying when nursing (Br.).

SENSITIVE TO SUDDEN NOISES. VIOLENT FRIGHT FROM REPORT OF A GUN, EVEN AT A DISTANCE (Br.).

FEAR OF THUNDER (Phosphorus) (Br.).

Excessively nervous, easily frightened (Gelsemium, Kali carb., Pulsatilla) (Br.).

Extreme anxiety, especially from motions which have a downward direction, rocking, being carried downstairs, or being laid down (Br.).

THERE IS DREAD OF DOWNWARD MOTION (D.).

FEAR OF FALLING IN CHILDREN, WHEN THEY ARE CARRIED DOWNSTAIRS (Gelsemium).

Starts and throws up hands on laying patient down, as if afraid of falling (Br.).

Acne in plethoric, young females (Bt.).

Parts which are usually red, turn while (Ferrum).

VERTIGO WHEN GOING DOWNSTAIRS (Carb-Ac., Chrom-Ac., Conium, Gins., Merl., Mercurius, Phys., Platina, tarent. (N.).

Stinging or drawing, stitching pains (Apis, Acid nitricum).

Pleurisy-like pain in the right pectoral region; so that the patient can’t move or breathe without a stitching pain (Bryonia, Kali carb., Phosphorus) (G.).

Salivation, especially during dentition (A.).

Weakness in the joints (Causticum, Not M., Silicea).

Stoppage of the right nostril, or first the right and then the left, with constant blowing of the nose (Amm-C., Lac-C., Mag-M.) (A.).

Unhealthy, easily suppurating skin (Hepar, Silicea, Sulphur)

The hair is rough and frowsy; can’t be combed smooth, gets into all kinds of snarls; splits; sticks together (G.).

Scabs and thick crusts in the nose (G.).

Granular eyelids (Arg-B., Causticum, Graphites, Natrum muriaticum, Sepia, Sulphur., Thuja) (G.).

Blepharitis, with much soreness of the eyelids and agglutination after sleep (R.).

DESIRE TO RUB THE EYES (All-C., Apis., Carb-Ac., Causticum, Conium, Croc., Fluor-Ac., Kali bichromicum, Mezer.) (K.).

LASHES TURN INWARD (Graphites, Nat M., Sepia) (Br.).

INVERSION OF EYELIDS (Anan., Calcarea, Graphites, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Sulphur, Zincum met.) (K.).

REDNESS OF THE MARGINS OF THE EYELIDS (Argentum nitricum, Arsenicum, Calcarea, Carbon sulph., Eup-P., Euphr., Graphites, Merc-C., Natrum muriaticum, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur, Zincum met.) (K.).

Anxious expression, when mother goes to lay the child down out of her arms (N.).

Menses too soon and too profuse, and attended with colic (Bt.).

Membranous dysmenorrhoea (Bromium, Chamomilla, Lac-C.) (Bl.).

COPIOUS, CLEAR AND ALBUMINOUS LEUCORRHOEA (Alumina, Bovista, Natrum muriaticum, Sepia) (D.).

LEUCORRHOEA OF TRANSPARENT MUCUS AFTER MENSES; FEELS AS IF WARM WATER WERE FOLLOWING (G.).

Sterility, with concomitant symptoms (G.).

Pruritus pudendi (Ambr., Caladium, Calcarea, Kreosotum, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum) (Bl.).

Eczema of the vulva (Arsenicum, Calcarea, Dulcamara, Graphites, Kreosotum, Petroleum, Rhus toxicodendron) (Bl.)

CHILD SCREAMS BEFORE URINATING (Lachesis, Lyc, Nux-V, Sarsaparilla, weeps before stool- Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Rhus toxicodendron) (Br.).

Child weeps during stool (AEth., Chamomilla, Cina, Phosphorus, Silicea, Sulphur) (k.).

Mucous stools, with aphthous sore mouth (Arsenicum, Ipecac., Mercurius, Nux vomica, (Br.).

Diarrhoea: stools loose, pappy and offensive|; preceded in colic (Br.).

Brown, watery or green stools in infants (G.).

Smoking may bring on diarrhoea (Bromium, Chamomilla). (A.).

The urine is hot and emits a pungent odour (Benz-Ac., Acid nitricum) (R.).

Is obliged every few minutes to take a deep breath (Bryonia, Ignatia, Phosphorus) (C.).

AGGRAVATION:

      From descending; from laughing: after menstruation; from downward motion; from sudden noises; before urinating; and during cold weather.

AMELIORATION:

      From pressure; holding painful side with the hand.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Borax follows: Calcarea, Psorinum, Sanic and Sulph.

Is followed by : Arsenicum, Bryonia, Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Silicea

Incompatible : Should not be used before or after Acetic Acid, vinegar and wine.

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)