(Crude Rock Oil)
Strumous diathesis, especially the dark type, who
suffer from catarrhal conditions of the mucous membranes, gastric acidity
and cutaneous eruptions. | ||
| Mind. Marked
aggravation from mental emotions. Loses his way in streets. Thinks he is
double, or someone else lying alongside. Feels that death is near, and
must hurry to settle affairs. Irritable, easily offended, vexed at
everything. Low spirited, with dimness of sight. | ||
| Head.
Sensitive, as of a cold breeze blowing on it. Feels numb, as if made
of wood; occiput heavy, as of lead. [Op.]
Vertigo on rising, felt in occiput, as if intoxicated, or like
seasickness. Moist eruption on scalp; worse, back and ears. Scalp
sore to touch, followed by numbness. Headache, must hold temples to
relieve; provoked by shaking while coughing. Use thirtieth. | ||
| Eyes. Loss of
eyelashes. Dim sight; far-sighted; cannot read fine print without glasses;
blenorrhea of lachrymal sac; marginal blepharitis. Canthi fissured.
Skin around eyes dry and scurfy. | ||
| Ears. Noise
unbearable, especially from several people talking together. Eczema,
intertrigo, etc., in and behind ears, with intense itching. Parts sore to
touch. Fissures in meatus. Dry catarrh, with deafness and noises. Ringing
and cracking in ears. Chronic Eustachian catarrh. Diminished
hearing. | ||
| Nose.
Nostrils ulcerated, cracked, burn; tip of nose itches. Epistaxis.
Ozena, with scabs and mucopurulent discharge. | ||
| Face. Dry;
feels constricted, as if covered with albumin. | ||
| Stomach.
Heartburn; hot, sharp, sour eructation. Distension. Feeling of great
emptiness. Strong aversion to fat food, meat; worse, eating cabbage.
Hunger, immediately after stool. Nausea, with accumulation of
water in mouth. Gastralgia when stomach is empty; relieved by constant
eating. [Anac.; Sep.] Ravenous
hunger. Must rise at night and eat. [Psor.] Odor of
garlic. | ||
| Abdomen.
Diarrhea only in the daytime; watery, gushing and itching of
anus. After cabbage; with empty feeling of stomach. | ||
| Male. Herpetic
eruption on perineum. Prostate inflamed and swollen. Itching in
urethra. | ||
| Female. Before
menses, throbbing in head. Leucorrhea, profuse, albuminous. [Bor.; Calc-p.] Genitals sore and
moist. Sensation of moisture. [Eup-pur.] Itching and
mealy coating of nipple. | ||
| Respiratory.
Hoarseness. [Carbo-v.; Caust.;
Phos.] Dry cough and oppression of chest at night.
Cough produces headache. Oppression of chest; worse, cold air. Dry cough at
night, coming deep from chest. Croup and laryngeal diphtheria. | ||
| Heart.
Sensation of coldness. [Carbo-an.; Nat-m.] Fainting, with ebullitions, heat, and
palpitation. | ||
| Back. Pain in
nape of neck, stiff and painful. Weakness in small of back. Coccyx
painful. | ||
| Extremities.
Chronic sprains. Fetid sweat in axillae. Knees stiff. Tips of fingers
rough, cracked, fissured every winter. Scalding sensation in knee.
Cracking in joints. | ||
| Skin. Itching
at night. Chilblains, moist, itch and burn. Bedsores. Skin dry,
constricted, very sensitive, rough and cracked, leathery. Herpes.
Slightest scratch makes skin suppurate. [Hep.]
Intertrigo; psoriasis of hands. Thick, greenish crusts, burning and
itching; redness, raw; cracks bleed easily. Eczema. Rhagades worse
in winter. | ||
| Fever.
Chilliness, followed by sweat. Flushes of heat, particularly of the face
and head; worse at night. Perspiration on feet and axillae. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, dampness, before and during a thunderstorm, from riding in
cars, passive motion; in winter, eating, from mental states.
Better, warm air; lying with head high; dry weather. | ||
| Relationship.
Compare: Carbo-v.; Graph.; Sulph.; Phos. Complementary: Sep. Antidote: Nux-v.; Cocc. | ||
| Dose. Third to
thirtieth and higher potencies. Material doses often better. |