Adapted to the light-haired; old people, especially women; flushes
of heat in climacteric years.
Unwilling to answer questions not from obstinacy, but inaptness.
Feels in a great hurry; everything must be done quickly ( Arg.
n. ).
Pain of gradual and slowly-increasing intensity which ceases suddenly
when at its height, often repeated ( Puls. ).
The pain is pressure as of a blunt instrument.
Tendency to gangrene following mechanical injuries, especially
of old people.
Child has a sour odor despite careful washing ( Hep. , Mag. c.
, Rheum ).
Sensation as if the brain was loose in forehead and falling from
side to side ( Bell. , Bry. , Rhus , Spig. ).
Aphthae; of mouth, gums, or entire buccal cavity; gums bleed readily;
ulcers painful; offensive breath ( Bor. ).
Chronic heartburn, sour eructations, sets teeth on edge ([Rob.]).
Water drunk causes coldness of the stomach unless mixed with alcoholic
liquor.
Sensation as if trembling all over, without real trembling; internal
trembling of drunkards.
Bad effects of mechanical injuries, with bruises, chafing and livid
skin; prostration ( Acet. ac. ).
Ecchymosis; cicatrices turn blood-red or blue, are painful (turn
green, Led. ).
Petechia: purpura haemorrhagica; blue spots; livid, red itching
blotches.
Haemorrhage of black blood from all the outlets of the body ( Crot.
, Mur. ac. , Nit. ac. , Ter. ).
Concussion of brain from fall or blow where skin is cold and body
bathed in cold sweat.
Weak and exhausted from deep-seated dyscrasia; no other symptoms
( Psor. , Sulph. ).
Relations. - Complementary Puls.
Compare: Ars. , Bor. , Calend. , Led. , Ruta , Rheum , Symp.
In contusion and laceration of soft parts it vies with calendula
Follows well: after, Arn. with bruised pain, livid skin and profuse
sweat; after, Led. in ecchymosis.
Ailments from brandy-drinking.
Sulphuric acid , one part, with three parts of alcohol, 10 to 15
drops, three times daily for three or four weeks, has been successfully
used to subdue the craving for liquor - Hering.
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