|
DESCRIPTIONS AND USES OF REMEDIES IN YOUR FIRST AID KIT
BAPTISIA can be needed in acute diseases
occasionally such as typhoid and influenza, diarrhea where there
is a septic tendency. The patient has offensive odors,
is confused, thinks his body is divided into parts and scattered
about, muttering, uncomfortable in bed, drowsy and falling asleep
after answering . Worse damp warm air, better open air. Characteristic
brown stripe down the center of the tongue. Purplish, foul throat,
dusky face.
BELLADONNA - Remedy for very high fevers.
Inflamed area, or the entire patient, is burning hot and red. The
eyes are glassy and pupils dilated. Onset of complaints is sudden,
pains are violent and throbbing ...rapid pulse. Patient
is angry and may be delerious. Thirsty. Better lying down. Suddenness
of illness with fever. Patient is hot and worse from the sun in
particular, though can be chilly and want covers when there is fever.
The face is red, hot and congested. The blood seems to go to the
head and brain. The mind is very active, with excitement. Can be
delirious in fevers with great excitement and talkativeness. Tends
to be indicated as an acute remedy in well-read and intelligent
people frequently, when the symptoms match of course. Can become
violent . Heatstroke and sunstroke with severe headache worse from
heat and the sun. Childhood eruptive fevers. Injuries when the local
area is red, hot and swollen, but unlike Apis, the pains are more
throbbing in Bell. and person is generally thirsty. Redness and
burning heat wherever the illness affects him: in throat, head,
chest, wounds, etc. Characteristic ‘strawberry tongue’.
Desires lemonade, lemons or something similar. Wants to lie with
the head propped up. Can be needed in delirium tremens where withdrawal
from alcohol or drugs for whatever reason creates a maniacal state,
and the person becomes irrational and violent.
BELLIS PERRENIS - Bellis Perrenis is a
remedy which is used for injuries which have caused damage to tissues
deep in the body. Injuries to areas like the groin or stomach, or
breast ...like when punched with great force in the stomach, or
damage by ramming into a blunt object. It acts upon the muscular
fibers of the blood-vessels. Much muscular soreness. Lameness, as
if sprained. Venous congestion, due to mechanical causes. First
remedy in injuries to the deeper tissues. Results of injuries to
nerves with intense soreness and intolerance of cold bathing. Traumatism
of the pelvic organs.
BRYONIA - Bryonia's chief characteristic,
no matter what the ailment, is that the patient is very much
aggravated by even the slightest movement. Indicated in injuries
to the joints when Arnica fails and pain is worse from motion. Pleurisy,
bronchitis, pneumonia, influenza with fever, dry hard painful cough.
Patient wants to be left alone, is irritable, hard to please,
doesn't want to be examined or questioned. Very thirsty
for large quantities of cold water . Pains are bursting, stitching,
worse from motion, coughing, sneezing, etc. Worse becoming heated,
better cool air. Wounds are better from pressure, bandaging. Headache
in fevers, worse from moving the eyes.
|