Skin lumpy, thick, hard. Excoriations, cracks or
fissures. Gluey moisture.
Moist, crusty eruptions. Obesity. Sourness.
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COMMON NAME
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Black lead, Amorphous
Carbon
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A/F
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Supression of skin
eruptions
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Extremes of heat and
cold
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PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION
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- SKIN
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Moist,
sticky eruptions
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Fissures,
corns
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Eczema
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- LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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Enlarged
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Secretions
acrid
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- SEXUAL ORGANS
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Excited
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Prostrated
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Anaemic
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- G.I.T.
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MODALITIES
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During and after menses |
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Suppression of eruptions |
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MIND
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Simple, basic, earthy
and unrefined patients.
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Slow thinking,
irresolution, poor concentration. Dullness. SLOWNESS.
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Sad, tearsome,
irresolute, hesitates at trifles. Timid, dread of work.
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Fidgety while sitting
at work.
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Feels miserable and
unhappy.
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Weeps, without cause,
from MUSIC. Sensitive to music. Weeping from music (Aur), especially organ.
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Forgetful, makes
mistakes in speaking and writing.
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Child impudent,
teasing, laughing of reprimands.
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Remembers all the
events of youth; recent events are forgotten.
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So sad that death is
thought of.
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Thinks of nothing but
salvation.
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There is a changeable
mood.
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Memory weak for recent
events, > for long past events.
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Anxiety and dullness in
the morning on waking. Anxiety about trifles.
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Restless, agitated
anxiety. restlessness and anxiety at night.
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IRRESOLUTION.
Insecurity. Anxiety about the consequences of the decision.
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Discontented. Easily
offended.
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Irritability about
trifles.
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TRIFLES SEEM IMPORTANT.
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Fear something will
happen, of misfortune.
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Anxiety and fear <
morning. Irritation, excitement, sleeplessness in evening.
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Aversion to mental work.
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Difficult
concentration, mental exertion gives restlessness (Kali-p).
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Absence of thoughts.
Impressions don't penetrate. Hard to get information from them.
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Confusion with weeping
and awkwardness < before and during menses.
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GUIDING INDICATIONS
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Especially adapted to
women of climacteric age. Generally inclined to obesity, who suffer from
habitual constipation and delayed menstruation. Tendency to put on
unhealthy fat; plump, anemic, fair.
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Sensitive to cold;
Chilly.
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Cracks and FISSURES on
end of fingers of toes, nipples, labia, commissures, anus, etc.
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Left sided complaints.
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OBESITY. Rapid
emaciation in stomach diseases.
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Emaciation of affected
parts (Plb).
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AILMENTS FROM
SUPPRESSED ERUPTIONS, DISCHARGE.
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Discharges: thick,
sticky, offensive, honey like, foul, scanty and acrid.
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Sudden weakness.
Cataleptic.
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Sourness - of taste,
eructations, stools, urine, teeth, etc.
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Sensation of burning,
NUMBNESS and deadness.
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General sense of
uneasiness, tremulousness, sudden sinking of strength.
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Skin symptoms <->
digestive symptoms.
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Cancerous diathesis in
old cicatrices. Tendency to grow cystic tumours. Dropsy.
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Desire: CHICKEN, beer,
sweets, bland food.
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Aversion: SALT, SWEETS,
MEAT, fish, soup, warm food, cooked food.
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Vertigo - < Morning
on waking; looking upward; rising from stooping.
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Head - NUMBNESS OR
EMPTY FEELING (Cocc, Plat).
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Headache < left
side, sunlight, while eating.
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ERUPTIONS < occiput.
Psoriasis.
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Alopecia. Falling of
hair at temples.
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Eyes
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PHOTOPHOBIA (Nat-s),
< sunlight.
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Conjunctivitis.
BLEPHARITIS. Keratitis.
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Eruptions on lids.
Fissures of canthi.
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Ear
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Otitis < left.
Chronic otorrhea, gluey, offensive.
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Noises < night,
left side.
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HEARING IMPAIRED
> BACKGROUND NOISE.
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Eruptions or cracks
behind ear.
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Ear discharge smells
like spoiled fish.
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Nose
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Cracked nostrils.
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Frequent colds.
Coryza before menses.
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Face
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Sensation of cobweb
over the face and forehead, tries hard to remove it (Alum).
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Eruptions, especially
around mouth. Acne.
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Circulation is affected
causing, irregular distribution of blood, producing especially rush of
blood to head with flushed face.
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Phlegmonous erysipelas,
of face, with burning, stinging pain, commencing on right side, going to
left.
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Mouth
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Fissures in corners
of mouth, lips.
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Offensive breath,
like smell of urine.
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Throat - Constant
inclination to swallow.
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Stomach - Stomach
complaints after suppressed eruptions.
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Ulcers. Cancer. Stomach
disorders with rapid emaciation.
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Gastric complaints >
eating, (WARM) MILK (Chel).
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Eruptions, especially
in inguinal region.
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Rectum
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Chronic constipation:
stool difficult, large hard knotty with lumps, united by mucous threads
too large < during menses, suppressed menses; instead of menses.
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Fissure in ano
(Nit-ac, Rat). Smarting sore pain, remains after stool in anus. Bleeding
anus > hot milk.
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Diarrhoea: stools
brown, fluid mixed with undigested substance, of an intolerable odour,
often caused by suppressed eruptions.
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Male genitalia - HIGH
DESIRE OR LACK OF INTEREST, ENJOYMENT.
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Impotency. Ungovernable
desire with poor results (Con, Gels, Lyc).
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Erections failing
during coition (Lyc). Premature ejaculation.
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Hydrocele.
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Eruptions, herpes;
spreading to thigh.
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Cracks.
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Female genitalia - HIGH
DESIRE, nymphomania, OR LACK OF INTEREST.
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Enlargement and
induration of ovaries.
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Uterine fibroids,
cancer.
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Menarche late. Menses
scanty, late, not appearing.
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Eruptions. Cracks.
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Menses late, scanty,
pale, irregular, painful, delayed by getting feet wet.
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Morning sickness during
menstruation, prostrated.
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Leucorrhoea - acrid,
excoriating, occurs in gushes day and night, before and after menses.
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Hard cicatrices
remaining after mammary abscess, retarding the flow of milk.
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Cancer of breast, from
old scars, and repeated abscess.
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Respiratory system -
Hoarseness during menses.
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Dyspnoea, from
suppressed eruptions > eating.
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Suffocative, wakes from
sleep.
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Chest - Cancer of breasts,
esp. old scar tissue.
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Eruptions in axilla,
under breasts.
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Extremities - Swelling
feet and toes during menses.
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CALLOSITIES of palms
and soles (Ant-c, Ran-b).
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Eruptions < bend of
elbows and knees.
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NAILS DISTORTED,
BRITTLE, thick, hard, crumbling, deformed, painful, sore as if ulcerated.
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Ingrowing toe nails
(Sil).
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Burning heat of foot
soles, uncovers them.
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Skin - Affects the
folds skin, at flexures, mucocutaneous junctions, behind the ears.
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FISSURES, where skin
and mucus membrane joins.
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THICK, hard, dry, rough
(Ant-c, Fl-ac). Thickening and induration of skin.
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ERUPTIONS. Eczema.
Herpes. Psoriasis.
Thick CRUSTS AND
SCALES, OOZING HONEY-LIKE, THICK, YELLOW, STICKY FLUID, sometimes
offensive.
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Itching < heat,
during menses.
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KELOID (Fl-ac, Sil) or
cicatrices.
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Unhealthy.
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Tendency to produce
excoriation.
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KEYNOTES
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Watery, transparent
sticky honey like fluid discharge.
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Morning sickness during
menses.
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Hears better when in a
noise, when riding a carriage.
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Sensation of cobweb on
face; tries hard to brush it off.
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CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS
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Cracks, fissures,
dryness, bleeding- Cracks or fissures in the ends of fingers, nipples,
labial commissures. Eczema of lids, eruptions moist and fissured.
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Affections of skin
folds, flexures, behind the ear. Skin becomes thick and indurated.
Obstinate dryness of skin and absence of sweat.
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Crustiness- Eyelids red
and margins covered with scabs and crusts, milk crusts. Crusty and scabby
ulcers, moist crusty eruptions.
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Dry, rough skin that
breaks easily and exudes a "gluey moisture".
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Discharge, always
sticky, transparent, thin, watery, may be thick honey like.
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Menses late, scanty,
pale, delayed due to getting feet wet, irregular.
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NUCLEUS OF REMEDY
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Suited to women
inclined to be fat, who suffer from constant chilliness, habitual
constipation and herpetic eruptions which crack and ooze a gelatinous
fluid.
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CLINICAL
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Constipation, Eczema,
Fissures, Flushes, Gastritis, Impetigo, Keloids, Malignancy, Obesity,
Otitis media and externa, Peptic ulcer, Psoriasis, Styes.
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Almost a specific for
women's disease due to a diminished hormonal activity - Dr Karo.
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For singers, who cannot
control their vocal cords or who develop hoarseness or cracked voice as
soon as they sing - Dr. Farrington.
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REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS
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Complementary: Caust, Hep, Lyc
Follows Well: Calc, Lyc, Puls, Sep, Sulph
Compare: Alum, Ant-c, Ars, Aur, Bism, Bor, Calc, Calc-ar, Canth,
Carb-an, Carb-v, Caust, Euphr, Lach, Lyc, Nit-ac, Op, Paeon, Pall, Petr,
Pic-ac, Puls, Rat, Rhus-t, Sil, Stram, Sulph
Antidoted By: Acon, Ars, Nux-v
It Antidotes: Ars-i, Rhus-t
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