For persons who are wearing out under the physical and mental strain
of a busy life; who suffer from exhausted nerves and brains (compare,
Fluor. ac. ).
Melancholy, from nervous exhaustion; bashful, timid, ill at ease
in society.
Sad, irritable; delights in solitude and obscurity.
Longing for alcoholic liquors and tobacco; for the accustomed stimulants.
Want of breath: in those engaged in athletic sports; shortness
of breath, in old people; in those who use tobacco and whiskey to
excess.
Haemoptysis, with oppression of chest and dyspnoea.
Sleepy, but can find no rest anywhere.
Violent palpitation: from incarcerated flatus ( Arg. n. , Nux );
from overexertion; from heart strain ( Arn. , Bor. , Caust. ).
Bad effects: from mountain climbing or ballooning ( Ars. ); of
stimulants, alcohol, tobacco.
Prevents caries of teeth.
Relations. - Compare: patient desires light and company, Stram.
; desires darkness and solitude, Coca.
Was first used as a tobacco antidote.
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