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Materia Medica by William Boericke

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William Boericke
Materia Medica by William Boericke
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kalium sulphuricum

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Ailments accompanied by profuse desquamation. Applicable to the later stages of inflammation. Yellow, mucous and serous discharges, profuse and intermittent. Has been found of much use in oxaluria.

Head: Rheumatic headache, beginning in evening. Bald spots. Dandruff and scaldhead.

Ears: Eustachian deafness. Discharge of yellow matter (Hydr).

Nose: Cold, with yellow, slimy expectoration. Nose obstructed. Smell lost (Nat mur). Engorgement of the nasal pharyngeal mucous membrane, mouth breathing, snoring, etc, remaining after removal of adenoids.

Face: Aches in heated room. Epithelioma.

Stomach: Tongue coated yellow and slimy. Insipid, pappy taste. Gums painful. Burning thirst, nausea, and vomiting. Load feeling. Dread of hot drinks.

Abdomen: Colicky pains; abdomen feels cold to touch; tympanitic, tense. Yellow, slimy diarrhoea. Constipation, with haemorrhoids (Sulph).

Male: Gonorrhoea; discharge slimy, yellowish-green. Orchitis. Gleet.

Female: Menses too late, scanty, with feeling of weight in abdomen. Metrorrhagia.

Respiratory: Coarse rales. Rattling of mucus in chest (Tart em). Post-grippal cough, especially in children. Bronchial asthma, with yellow expectoration. Cough; worse in evening and in hot atmosphere. Croupy hoarseness (Hep; Spong).

Extremities: Pain in nape, back and limbs, worse in warm room. Shifting, wandering pains.

Fever: Rise of temperature at night. Intermittent fever, with yellow, slimy tongue.

Skin: Psoriasis (Ars; Thyroid). Eczema; burning, itching, papular eruption. Nettle-rash. Polypi. Epithelioma. Seborrhoea. Favus. Ring-worm of scalp or beard with abundant scales.

Modalities: Worse, in evening, heated room. Better, cool, open air.

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