Persons of scrofulous diathesis, with dark or black hair and eyes;
a low cachectic condition, with profound debility and great emaciation
( Abrot. ).
Great weakness and loss of breath on going upstairs ( Calc. );
during menses ( Alum , Carbo an. , Coc. ).
Ravenous hunger; eats freely and well, yet loses flesh all the
time ( Abrot. , Nat. m. , Sanic. , Tub. ).
Empty eructations from morning to nigh, as if every particle of
food was turned into air ( Kali c. ).
Suffers from hunger, must eat every few hours; anxious and worried
if he does not eat ( Cina , Sulph. ); feels > while eating or
after eating, when stomach is full.
Itching: low down in the lungs, behind the sternum, causing cough;
extends through bronchi to nasal cavity ( Coc. c., Con. , Phos.
).
Hypertrophy and induration of glandular tissue - thyroid, mammae,
ovaries, testes, uterus, prostate or other glands - breasts may
dwindle and become flabby.
Hard goitre, in dark haired persons (light haired, Brom. ); feels
> after eating.
Palpitation, worse from least exertion (compare, Dig. - from least
mental exertion, Cal. ars. ).
Sensation as if the heart was squeezed together; as if grasped
with an iron hand ( Cac. , Sulph. ).
Leucorrhoea: acrid, corrosive, staining and corroding the linen;
most abundant at time of menses.
Cancerous degeneration of the cervix; cutting pains in abdomen
and haemorrhage at every stool.
Constipation, with ineffectual urging > by drinking cold milk.
Croup: membranous, hoarse, dry cough, worse in warm, wet weather;
with wheezing and sawing respiration ( Spong. ).
Child grasps at larynx ( Cepa ); face pale and cold, especially
in fleshy children.
Relations. - Complementary: to, Lycopodium.
Compare: Acet. ac. , Brom. , Con. , Kali bi. , Spong. in membranous
croup and croupy affections; especially in overgrown boys with scrofulous
diathesis.
Follows well: after, Hep. , Mer. ; is followed by Kali bi. in croup.
Acts best in goitre when given after full moon, or when moon is
waning - Lippe.
Should not be given during lying-in period, except in high potencies-
Hering.
Aggravation. - Warmth; wrapping up the head (reverse of, Hep. ,
Psor. ).
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