(Borate of Sodium)
Gastrointestinal irritation. Salivation, nausea,
vomiting, colic, diarrhea, collapse, albuminuria, casts and vesical spasm.
Delirium, visual changes, hematuria, and skin eruptions have all be
observed from overdosing. | ||
| Mind. Extreme
anxiety, especially from motions which have a downward direction, rocking,
being carried downstairs, laid down. Anxious expression of face during the
downward motions, starts and throws up hands on laying patient down, as if
afraid of falling. Excessively nervous; easily frightened. Sensitive to
sudden noises. Violent fright from report of a gun, even at a distance.
Fear of thunder. | ||
| Head. Aches,
with nausea and trembling of whole body. Hair tangled at tips, cannot be
separated, as in Plica Polonica. | ||
| Eyes. Lashes
turn inward. Visions of bright waves. Eyelids inflamed, lids cut against
eyeball. Entropium. | ||
| Ears. Very
sensitive to slightest noise; not so much disturbed by louder
ones. | ||
| Nose. Red nose,
of young women. [Nat-c.] Red and shining swelling,
with throbbing and tensive sensation. Tip swollen and ulcerated. Dry
crusts. | ||
| Face. Pale,
earthy, with suffering expression. Swollen, with pimples on nose and lips.
Feeling of cobwebs. | ||
| Mouth.
Aphthae. White fungus like growth. Mouth hot and tender;
ulcers bleed on touch and eating. Painful gumboil. Crying when nursing.
Taste bitter. [Bry.; Puls.; Cupr.] Taste of "cellar mold". | ||
| Stomach and
Abdomen. Distention after eating; vomiting. Gastralgia, depending
upon uterine disturbance. Pain as if diarrhea would result. | ||
| Stool.
Loose, pappy, offensive stools in children. Diarrhea, offensive,
preceded by colic; stools mucous, with aphthous sore mouth. | ||
| Urine. Hot,
smarting pain in orifice. Pungent smell. Child afraid to urinate, screams
before urinating. [Sars.] Small red particles on
diaper. | ||
| Female. Labor
pains with frequent eructations. Galactorrhea. [Calc.; Con.; Bell.] In nursing, pain in opposite breast.
Leucorrhea like white of eggs, with sensation as if warm water was flowing.
Menses too soon, profuse, with gripping, nausea and pain in stomach
extending into small of back. Membranous dysmenorrhea. Sterility.
Favors easy conception. Sensation of distention in clitoris with sticking.
Pruritis of vulva and eczema. | ||
| Respiratory.
Hacking and violent cough; expectoration, moldy taste and smell.
Stitches in chest, with inspiration and cough. Cough with moldy
taste; breath smells moldy. Pleurodynia; worse upper part of right chest.
Arrest of breathing when lying; is obliged to jump and catch breath, which
causes pain in right side. Out of breath on going up stairs. | ||
| Extremities.
Feeling as of cobwebs on hands. Itching on back of finger joints and hands.
Throbbing pain in tip of thumb. Stitches in sole. Pain in heel.
Burning pain in great toe; inflammation of balls of toes. Eczema of toes
and fingers with loss of nails. | ||
| Skin.
Psoriasis. Erysipelas in face. Itching on back of finger joints.
Unhealthy skin; slight injuries suppurate. Herpes. [Rhus-t.] Erysipelatous inflammation with swelling and
tension. Chilblains relieved in open air. Trade eruptions on fingers and
hands, itching and stinging. Ends of hair become tangled. | ||
| Sleep.
Voluptuous dreams. Cannot sleep on account of heat, especially in head.
Cries out of sleep as if frightened. [Bell.] | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, downward motion, noise, smoking, warm weather, after menses.
Better, pressure, evening, cold weather. | ||
| Relationship.
Incompatible: Acetic acid, Vinegar, and Wine. Antidote: Cham.; Coff. Compare: Calc.; Bry.; Sul-ac. | ||
| Dose. First to
third trituration. In skin diseases continue its use for several weeks.
Locally in pruritus pudendi. A piece of Borax, the size of a pea, dissolved
in the mouth, acts magically in restoring the voice, in cases of sudden
hoarseness brought on by cold, and frequently for an hour or so, it renders
the voice silvery and clear. |