Homoepathic therapeutics.

  • Lilienthal, Samuel, 1815-1891.
Date:
1878
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    § 4. For Apoplexia of drunkards, give: lack., n. vom., op.; or baryt., cofif., con., puis. For Apoplexia of old people: baryt. or op.; or con., dig., mere, etc. For Apoplexia from loss of blood, or other debilitating causes: chin., ipec.; or also, carl), v., cocc, n. vom., puis., sep. For Apoplexia from overloading the stomach: A few tablespoons of black coffee; or if this should be insufficient: ipec, n. vora., puis. § 5. Particular indications. iESCULUS. Severe vertigo, with reeling, like drunken men; vertigo, with nausea and dimness of sight; confused stupor; thick- ness of speech ; great weakness, with trembling. Aconitum. Heat of the head ; pulsation of the carotids ; skin more warm than cold; pulse full, hard, strong, even suppressed, but not intermittent ; especially when fright or vexation was the cause of it in plethoric apoplectic subjects. Arnica. Full and strong pulse with paralysis of the limbs (espe- cially on the left side), loss of consciousness and stupefaction, with stertorous breathing ; sighing, muttering, involuntary discharge of urine and faeces. Chief remedy on account of its great power to produce absorption of the extravasated blood. It suits middle-aged, plethoric, and stout constitutions. Baryta. Apoplexy of old people, especially those addicted to the excessive use of stimulating drinks ; the patient cannot speak ; acts childish, at times anxious and full of fear; general paralysis of old age; paralysis of the tongue, with loss of memory; anxiety and fear and great trembling of the limbs; inability to keep the body erect. Belladonna. The first stage of the disease, where severe conges- tive symptoms are still present, or at a later period, when the extrav- asation causes severe inflammatory reaction ; stupefaction ; loss of consciousness and speech, or convulsive movements of the limbs and muscles of the face; paralysis of the extremities, especially on the right side ; the month is drawn to one side ; paralysis of the tongue ; ptyalismus, difficulty of swallowing, or entire inability to swallow; loss of sight; dilated pupils; red protruded eyes; red bloated face; reaching with the hands to the genitals. CactUS. Vertigo from sanguineous congestions to the head ; face bloated and red, with pulsating pain in the head ; heat in the head and face, causing madness and horrible anxiety; pulsating pain with sensation of weight on the right side of the head ; pressing pain in the forehead, increased by bright light or loud noises. All these S37mptorns caused by profound cardiac disturbance. Calcarea Cirb. With fat persons, suffering also from fatty de- generation of the heart, and atheromatous state of the bloodvessels. Causticum. Paralytic states remaining after the apoplexy is removed. Paralysis and contraction of the lower extremities ; im- possibility to find the right word. COCCUIUS. The paroxysms are preceded or attended by vertigo, nausea, convulsive motions of the eyes; paralysis, especially of the lower limbs, with insensibility. Cuprum. Nervous apoplexy, with convulsions, distortions of the face and palsy of speech. Atrophy of paralyzed parts with paralysis of motor nerves, whereas sensation is normal; paralysis of tongue; choreic movements.