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Note: Wherever it is found,
"<" denotes aggravation (worse by) and ">" denotes
amelioration (better by) |
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| COMMON NAME |
: | Common
Potash Alum. |
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| SOURCE |
: | Double
salt of aluminium sulphate and potassium
sulphate. Trituration of the pure crystals. |
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| FAMILY |
: | Mineral
salt. |
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| Ailments from |
: | -Bad
news [Gels] -Operations on eyes; on teeth. |
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| MODALITIES |
: | < During
sleep. < Lying on right side. < Cold (except headache, which is relieved by cold) < Rest > Motion > Open air > Pressure > While eating > Touch > Drinking cold water. |
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| MIND |
: | -Nervous
tremors, from bad news. -Lectophobia. -Fear of insanity; of losing his reason. -Dreams of dead bodies with fear; wishes to end it by turning on side, but cannot. |
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| GUIDING INDICATIONS |
: | -Adapted
to old people suffering from bronchial
catarrh. -PARALYTIC WEAKNESS of the muscles in all parts of the body especially arms and legs. -Sensation of Constriction, as of a cord or BAND around limbs, in paralytic states. -Sensation of DRYNESS and CONSTRICTION in various parts. -Tendency to INDURATION of glands and other tissues. Scirrhous indurations. Indurations resulting from long continued inflammatory irritations. -Tongue, rectum uterus etc. are hardened; ULCERS WITH INDURATED BASE. -Sensitive to cold; exposure to air causes roughness and chaps in the skin. -Catarrhal conditions [Throat, lungs, vagina, urethra] Yellow bland discharges. -Haemorrhage from bowels in the course of typhoid. Haemorrhage, with large clots. -Head-Burning pain, as of weight on top of head, > pressure of cold hand. -Headache > drinking cold water. -Vertigo-With weakness in pit of stomach > opening eyes, > turning on right side. -Eyes-Prolapse of iris after cataract operations. -Bleeding after tooth extraction. -Throat-Every cold settles in throat. -ENLARGED and INDURATED TONSILS from frequent colds uvula elongated, relaxed. -Copious ropy morning expectoration in aged persons. -Catarrh of chest; chest weak; haemoptysis; and mucus expelled with difficult. -G.I.T.-CONSTIPATION of the most aggravated kind, as in cancer of uterus and rectum. -No desire for days. -HARD, MARBLE-LIKE MASSES passed, but rectum still feels full. -Stool as HARD AS STONE. -Long lasting pain and smarting in rectum after stools. -Male genitalia-Eczema on the back of penis and scrotum. -Female genitalia-Induration of cervix uteri; and mammary glands. [Carb-an, Con] -C.V.S.-PALPITATION < LYING DOWN ON RIGHT SIDE. |
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| KEYNOTES |
: | -Hears
every noise in sleep. |
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| NUCLEUS OF REMEDY |
: | -Paralytic
weakness of the muscles and induration
of glands or other tissues of the body. -Aged persons with paralytic weakness and scirrhous indurations. -Yellow bland discharges. -Sensation of dryness and constriction. -Band-like sensation. -Haemorrhages with large dots. -Very obstinate constipation. |
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| CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS |
: | -Constipation,
no desire for stool; marble like
masses pass, but rectum still feels full. Long lasting pain and
smarting in rectum after stool. |
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| CLINICAL |
: | -Powdered
alum, 10 grains, placed on tongue, is
said to arrest an attack of asthma. |
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| REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS |
: | -Antidoted
by-Cham, Ip, Nux-v, Sulph. -Antidote to-Lead poisoning, Calomel and other mercurials, Aloe. -Similar to-Alumina, Aluminium. |
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