COMMON NAME:
TURPENTINE.
Symptoms
Fresh ecchymoses in great numbers occur from day to day (Acid sulphuricum). (A.).
Great languor and loss of strength (Arsenicum, Baptisia, Gelsemium, Kali-P.) (Ho.).
Haemorrhages from all outlets, especially in connection with urinary or kidney troubles (N.).
Purpura haemorrhagica (Arnica, Crotalus horridus, Lachesis, Phosphorus) (N.).
Congestion and inflammation of the urinary organs (Belladonna, Ferr- P.)., with scanty,. high coloured urine (Cantharis, Lycopodium). (Bt.).
Nephritis (Apis., Cantharis, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mercurius) (Bl.).
BURNING, DRAWING PAINS IN THE KIDNEYS (Zincum met.) (Bt.).
Dull aching pains in the renal region (Berberis, Lycopodium, Nux vomica). (D.).
Albuminous urine (Apis., Cantharis, Merc-C., Phosphorus, Sepia). (N.).
HAEMATURIA (Cantharis, Hepar, Lachesis, Merc-C., Sarsaparilla). (N.).
BLOOD IS THOROUGHLY MIXED WITH THE URINE LIKE COFFEE-GROUND SEDIMENT (Bt.).
Urethritis (Cannabis sativa, Cantharis, Merc-C., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sepia) (D.).
Burning and smarting on passing urine (Cantharis, Caps.). (N.).
Pressure in the bladder, extending up into the kidneys when sitting, disappearing when walking (Ha.).
URINE: SCANTY, BLOODY, DARK AND SMOKY, LOOKING AND SMELLING LIKE VIOLETS (d.).
Violent burning and cutting in the bladder; tenesmus; sensitive hypogastrium; cystitis and retention and from atony of the fundus (A.).
Spasmodic retention of urine (Belladonna, Cantharis, Nux vomica) (A.).
ALBUMINURIA AFTER DIPHTHERIA, SCARLATINA OR TYPHOID (A.).
Incontinence of urine (Calcarea, Sepia) (R.).
Constant desire to urinate (Cantharis, Nux vomica). (R.).
TONGUE SMOOTH AND GLOSSY, AS IF DEPRIVED OF ITS PAPILLAE, IN TYPHOID FEVERS, (ALSO IN STOMATITIS AND ENTERO-COLITIS) (Wd.).
TONGUE VERY SORE RED, AND GLOSSY, BURNING LIKE FIRE (Bt.).
Choking sensation in the throat (Ignatia Lachesis, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus) (Br.).
Stomatitis (Borax, Kali bichromicum, Mercurius) (Br.).
Rancid eructation (Carbo vegetabilis) (R.).
Burning sensation in the stomach (Arsenicum, Cantharis,. Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Sulphur) (R.).
Griping colic (Belladonna, Coloc., Magnesia phos.) (R.).
Nausea and vomiting (Colchicum, Ipecac.) (Br.).
Burning in the chest along the sternum (Phosphorus).
Complaints from living in basements and damp dwellings (A.).
PERITONITIS (Apis., Belladonna, Bryonia, Lachesis) (R.).
Abdomen extremely sensitive to touch (Apis., Belladonna, Lachesis,) (A.).
Flatulence (Aloe., Nat-S., NUx-V., Podophyllum) (A.).
IMMENSES TYMPANITES (Carbo vegetabilis, Lycopodium,) (Bt.).
Stools: Copious, watery, greenish, and very foetid; has motions from ten to twenty from 12 A.M. to 12 P.M.
Entero-colitis, with frequent and exhaustive stools (Ha.). Griping, pinching colic, with muco-purulent stools (Mercurius) (Bt.).
Fainting after each stool (Arsenicum, Calcarea, Conium, Lycopodium, Nux-M., Phosphorus, Podophyllum, Sulphur, Verat; before stool-Arsenicum, Digitalis, Gloninum, Pulsatilla, Sarsaparilla, Sumb., during stool-Aloe, Collinsonia, Dulcamara, Dioscorea, Nux- M., Ox-Ac., Pulsatilla, Sarsaparilla, Sulphur).
BURNING IN THE RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIUM (Arsenicum, Aur-M., Bryonia, Chelidonium, Crot-C., Gambogia, Kali carb., Lac-C., Lachesis, Mag-M., Medorrhinum, Mur-Ac., Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Sulphur).
HAEMORRHAGES FROM THE BOWELS IN TYPHOID FEVER (Kali-P., Lachesis, Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Sulphur) (Bt.).
Burning in the anus and rectum (Aloe., Arsenicum, Cantharis, Caps., Graphites, Iris., Lachesis, Acid nitricum, Sulphur) (A.).
Ascarides, lumbrici or tape-worms (Calcarea, Stann., Sulphur) (A.).
Tickling at the anus (Aloe., Calcarea, Mercurius).
Worms, with foul breath, choking (Cina, Spig); dry, hacking, cough (A.).
Irregular chills and flushes of heat (A.).
Coldness and chill in the abdomen (A.).
Heat with great thirst (Arsenicum, Bryonia, Sulphur) (A.).
Copious haemorrhage, black fluid, from the nose, stomach, kidneys, lungs, bowels, with ulceration of Peyer’s patches; great prostration and emaciation (A.).
Low, muttering delirium (Bryonia, Hyoscyamus, Rhus toxicodendron) (Bl.).
Cold, clammy sweat over the whole body (A.).
Post-scarlatinal dropsy or dropsy after scarlatina), with smoky urine (Apis, Colchicum, Helleborus, Lachesis). (N.).
Dryness of the mucous membranes of the air-passages.
Expectoration streaked with blood (Calcarea sulph., Phosphorus, Silicea) (R.).
Haemoptysis (Acalypha., Ipecac., Phosphorus) (Br.).
Short, hurried and anxious breathing (Lachesis, Lycopodium, Phosphorus) (R.).
Capillary bronchitis (Ant-T.). (R.).
Bronchial asthma 9Ant-T., Ipecac., Lobelia). (B.).
Haemoptysis (Aconite, Belladonna, Ferr-P., Lachesis, Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Rhus- T., Sepia, Sulphur). (N.).
Intense burning in the uterine region (Arsenicum, Lachesis, Sulphur) (Br.).
Metritis (Belladonna, Lachesis, Pulsatilla, Rhus toxicodendron) (Br.,).
Puerperal peritonitis (Bryonia, Lachesis, Sepia). (Br.).
Metrorrhagia, with burning in the uterus (Lachesis, Phosphorus, Secale, ) (Br.).
Thin, offensive acrid lochia after miscarriage or childbirth (Arsenicum, Secale,) (R.).
Intense pressure and fullness of the head (Belladonna, Bryonia, Nux vomica) (C.).
AGGRAVATION:
From dampness; from cold; at night; from lying down; from pressure; when urinating; and when sitting.
AMELIORATION:
From motion; when walking.
RELATIONSHIP:
Compare: Alumn., Apis., Arnica, Arsenicum, Berberis, Cantharis, Digitalis, Equiset.,, Ferr-P., Gelsemium, Helleborus, Ipecac., Kali bichromicum, Kali carb., Kali-P., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Merc-C., Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Rhus toxicodendron, Sepia, Sulphur, Thuj and Verat-V.
Is recommended as a prophylactic in malarial and African fevers.
Antidotes: Phosphorus
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)