Abdomen.--Disposition to soft, shapeless stools. Griping in umbilical and left hypogastric region. Early morning diarrhea.
Its action on skin, mucous membranes, and kidneys is prompt and useful. It is strongly antiparasitic; redness, pain and inflammation; decreases tension. Excellent in winter coughs of old people. Polyarthritis. Chronic rheumatism. Uric acid diathesis. Hay-fever. Chronic hives. Tuberculosis, aids nutrition. Alcoholism when nothing will stay on stomach.
Dose.--Lower potencies. Externally, it is used as an ointment, with Lanoline 20 to 50 per cent; for chronic eczema and psoriasis, also acne rosacea and gouty joints. Chilblains, scabies. Rectal suppositories for senile prostate.
Extremities.--Lameness in right shoulder and right lower extremity.
Eyes.--Burn, red; worse, any change of temperature.
Face.--Skin feels dry and itches. Acne on chin.
Female.--Fullness in lower abdomen. Nausea at time of menses.
Head.--Dull, aching; better cold, pressure. Dull frontal and supra-orbital headache; worse moving eyes, cold air; better, warmth.
Mind.--Irritable and depressed. Forgetful, lack of concentration.
Nose.--Bland coryza; stuffed feeling; feels sore inside. Irresistible desire to sneeze.
Relationship.--Compare: Hepar; Calc; Silica; Sulph; Ars; Petrol.
Respiratory.--Coryza; dry, teasing cough. Bronchiectasis and phthisis. Bronchitis, especially of the aged.
Skin.--Heat and irritation; itching. Scaly and itching eczema. Crops of boils. Pruritus of pregnancy. Psorisis, Acne, rosacea, erysipelas.
Stomach.--Disagreeable taste, burning sensation, very thirsty. Nausea. Increased appetite.
Throat.--Irritated; pain to ears; sore, dry, with hawking and expectoration.
Urine.--Increased in quantity and frequency. Burning pain in meatus. Uric acid deposits.