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Hot, cachetic. Puffy, indurated or fistulous
tissues. Bedsores. Puffy glabella.
Acrid, eroding sweat.
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COMMON NAME
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Hydroflouric Acid.
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SOURCE
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Solution of spar.
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FAMILY
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Mineral acid.
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A/F
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| - | Abuse of mercury or silica
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MODALITIES
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| < | Warmth; warm room, warm food or drinks /
applications
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| < | Delayed menses or micturition
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| > | Cold, cool bathing, cold air
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MIND
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| - | Impulse to walk fast; necessity to be on the move.
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| - | Lasciviousness; ogling the women as they pass by so great is his lust.
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| - | Aversion to his own, to loved ones, but becomes interested and converses
pleasantly with strangers. Internally he feels isolated and often anxious.
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| - | Inability to realize responsibility.
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| - | Insanity with reticence and silence (Mathur).
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| - | Fear of suffering (Vithoulkas).
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| - | Materialistic. Dominering. Libertinism. Preoccupied with the fulfillment of
his sexual cravings.
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| - | Indifferent to business affairs.
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| - | Irritability; sends nurse home.
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| - | Mistakes; uses wrong words, opposites, right for left and vice-versa.
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| - | Hurried, rapid speech, rapid eating. |
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GUIDING INDICATIONS
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| - | Suited to pale, miserable, cachetic, flabby, broken
down constitutions, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LOOK OLD [Arg-n, Kreos, Sec].
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| - | Destructiveness is marked; caries of bones especially long bones, ulcers,
bed sores.
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| - | Always feels too HOT, wants to bathe in cold water < warmth in general
> cold [ Reverse of Silicea: < cold > warmth].
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| - | Discharges - thin, foul, acrid or salty causes itching [Coca].
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| - | Increased ability to exercise his muscles without fatigue, regardless of
most excessive heat of summer or cold of winter.
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| - | Pain - lightning- like, on small spots, come suddenly, lasts for a short
time, disappears quickly [Bell, Mag-p].
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| - | Old cicatrices become red around edges and threaten to become open ulcers
[Caust, Graph].
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| - | Tissues puffy, indurated, fistulous especially dental and lachrymal.
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| - | Symptoms seem to go from below upwards (Clarke).
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| - | Cannot bear extremes of heat and cold (F.V. Concordance).
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| - | Head - Falling of hair; after fevers.
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| - | Headache worse from not urinating, and better from urination.
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| - | Headache along the suture lines.
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| - | Eyes - Sensation of cold air blowing through the eyes.
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| - | Ears - Deafness > bending head back.
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| - | Nose - Copious watery coryza.
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| - | Mouth - Teeth discoloured, decay rapidly, at roots, sensitive to touch and
food, teeth feel warm.
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| - | Toothache > washing with cold water but cold drinks < toothache
(Clarke).
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| - | Tongue - fissured in all directions with large, deep, phagdenic looking
ulcers in centre; painful when talking (F.V. - Concordance).
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| - | G.I.T. - Desire for pungent, highly seasoned food, cold water.
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| - | Aversion to coffee. Thirst; craves refreshing drinks.
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| - | Warm drinks and salmon produce diarrhoea.
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| - | Gnawing hunger, eating relieves temporarily.
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| - | Stomach symptoms > tight clothing [Nat-m] [opp. of Lach, Hep, Sulph].
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| - | Ascites from hepatic disorders, induration, enlargement and portal
congestion.
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| - | In dropsy, produces frequent and free discharge with great relief.
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| - | Chest - Oppression in chest > bending backwards.
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| - | Difficulty in breathing <-> metrorrhagia.
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| - | Male genitalia - Swollen scrotum. Varicocele.
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| - | Oily, pungent smelling sweat on genitals.
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| - | Increased sexual desire. Promiscuity.
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| - | Female genitalia - Feels distressed if menstrual flow is delayed.
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| - | Menses - too early, profuse, copious, frequent, too long.
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| - | Extremities - Nails grow rapidly, distorted, crumble, have longitudinal
furrows. Grow too thick in some places, too thin in others, break easily.
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| - | Sensation of splinter under nail.
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| - | Feet hot, must be uncovered at night.
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| - | Varicose veins - painful, especially in women who have borne many children.
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| - | Whitlow with terrible, throbbing pain.
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| - | Skin - Scars; surrounded by pimples, become red around edges.
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| - | Itching especially of orfices; in spots < warmth.
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| - | Feels as if hot vapours emitted from all pores.
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| - | Naevi; flat of children. |
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KEYNOTES
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- YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LOOK OLD.
- < warmth in general > cold.
- Increased ability to exercise without fatigue.
- Lascivious; ogling women as they pass by.
- Cold drinks < toothache, but toothache > washing with cold water.
- Desire for highly seasoned food, cold drinks. Aversion to coffee.
- Old cicatrices become red around and edges, threaten to become open
ulcers.
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CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS
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- Prematurely old people.
- < warmth > cold.
- Destructive tendency.
- Increased ability to exercise > rapid motion.
- Lasciviousness with increased sexual desire.
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NUCLEUS OF REMEDY
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| - | A remedy for deep destructive processes; the
periosteal, osseous and connective tissue being especially affected.
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| - | Cancer, ulcers and fistula formations. All symptoms are relieved by cold
applications. |
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CLINICAL
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| - | Bone disorders, Peptic ulcer, Sexual disorders,
Varices.
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| - | Falling out of hairs after typhoid. - Dr. Boger. |
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REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS
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Followed Well By: Nit-ac, Sulph
Follows Well: Ars, Kali-c, Ph-ac
Compare: Coca, Coff, Ox-ac, Sep
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