The homoeopathic materia medica : arranged systematically and practically / by A. Teste ; translated from the French and edited by Chas. J. Hempel.

  • Teste, Alph. (Alphonse), 1814-
Date:
1854
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    rheumatism, diseases of the bones ; and lastly, and perhaps principally, the various affections caused by abuse of mercury ; these are the diseases for which this drug has been principally given. According to Hahnemann, it has been used with success in the following affections :— Sadness, peevish mood ; uneasiness concerning the result of one's sickness, with fear of death; excessive irritability; quarrelsomeness and caprice; aversion to work ; vertigo when sitting or walking; vertigo which obliges one to lie down; sick headache ; tearing pains in the forehead, vertex and occiput; throbbing headache; rush of blood to the head; itching of the hairy scalp; falling of the hair ; paralysis of the upper eyelid ; pressure in the eyes ; stitches in the eyes ; suppuration of the eyes ; difficult dilatation of the pupils: black points which float before the eyes ; stitches in the ear ; swelling of the left lobule ; discharge from the ear; stoppage of the ear; hardness of hearing; buzzing in the ears; beating in the ear ; cracking in the ear; crusts in the right nostril; nose-bleed; disagreeable smell when breathing- through the nose ; fetid smell in the nose; pimples in the face; paleface; chapping of the lips; ulcerations of the vermilion border; looseness of the teeth; bleeding of the gums; heat in the throat; smarting pain in the throat; bitter taste in the mouth, even after a meal; sweetish taste in the mouth; thirst; aversion to meat; inability to digest milk; nausea after eating fat; sweat during and after a meal; sense of fulness in the stomach after eating ; lassitude after dinner; acid eructations; desire to vomit; starts after drinking rapidly; stitches in the pit of the stomach ; tensive pain under the false ribs ; frequent pinching in the abdomen; cutting colic; stitches in the abdomen when touching it; smarting pain in the hypogastrium ; swelling of the inguinal glands; inguinal hernia of children ; accumulation of wind in the belly ; emission of wind morning and evening ; gurg- ling in the abdomen; borborygmi; constipation; desire to go to stool; irregular and difficult stool; too frequent stool;