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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    RHUS TOXICODENDRON. clinical observations of the Homoeopaths, this drug has the best chance of curing. Sense of fulness about the head, worse when stooping, sensation in the brain as if bruised or fluctuating. Stupe- fying headache, such as exists in acute fevers, or as is caused by intoxication with brandy, with redness or livid paleness of the face, margins around the eyes, pointed nose, comatose drowsiness, occasional reveries, delirium, coldness of the body, numbness of the limbs, general sinking of strength, frequent and depressed pulse. Acute hydrocephalus ; serous and sanguineous apoplexy. Paralysis. Epistaxis. Ting- ling in the hairy scalp, at the forehead, nose, and in the whole face. Cracking and ulceration of the vermilion border of the lips. Hot swelling of the upper lip. Burning pus- tules around the mouthy followed by crusts which resemble dried honey. Heat and smarting all over the face. Bloating and deformation of the face. Parotitis. Enormous swelling of the whole head. Itching of the skin of the trunk and extremities, especially of the hairy parts; it is at first a tingling, afterwards a burning itching, and is made worse by scratching. Burns (see page 74); chilblains. Conse- quences of sunstroke, (even in cases of meningitis, as we know from experience). Erysipelas, pemphigus, zona, eczema, (see page 78.) Hot and painful engorgements of the subcutaneous glands. Rheumatic pains, which are some- times very violent, and always spread over a large surface, at the nape of the neck, loins and extremities. Gout, (especially when characterized by cutaneous symptoms.) Hydrarthrosis. Warts on the hands. Red or colorless infiltration of the extremities with burning pain. Erythematous gastritis and gastro-enteritis, with hot mouth, as if burnt, keen desire for cold drinks, red and dry tongue, and covered with a sort of false membrane, beneath which vesicles are perceived; tingling m the oesophagus and stomach ; sense of burning at the stomach, nausea, vomiting, dull colic, or pinching pains,* or prickings in the abdomen, which is hot, tense, tympanitic, but only moderately sensible to pressure; constipation fol-