Part 90 (1/2)

For all bruises, black eyes, etc., apply Arnica lotion; for slight wounds, after was.h.i.+ng well with cold water, apply Arnica plaster; to stop bleeding when ordinary means fail, and for larger wounds, apply concentrated tincture of Calendula.

935. Cold in the Head or Catarrh.

_Symptoms_. Feverish feeling generally, and especially about the head, eyes, and nose, running from, and obstruction of, nose; soreness and irritation of the throat and bronchial tubes.

_Medicines_. Aconitum napellus for feverish symptoms; Belladonna for sore throat and headache with inclination to cough; Mercurius for running from nose and sneezing; Nux vomica for stoppage of nostrils; Chamomilla for children and women, for whom Pulsatilla is also useful in such cases.

936. Chilblains.

_Symptoms_. Irritation and itching of the skin, which a.s.sumes a bluish red colour.

_Medicines_. Arnica montana, taken internally or used as outward application, unless the chilblain be broken, when a.r.s.enic.u.m should be used. If the swelling and irritation do not yield to these remedies use Belladona and Rhus toxicodendron.

937. Cholera.

i. Bilious or English cholera.

_Symptoms_. Nausea, proceeding to vomiting, griping of the bowels, watery and offensive evacuations, in which much bile is present, accompanied with weakness and depression.

_Medicines_. Bryonia, with ipecacuanha at commencement of attack.

ii. Malignant or Asiatic cholera.

_Symptoms_ as in English cholera, but in a more aggravated form, followed by what is called the ”cold stage,” marked by great severity of griping pain in the stomach, accompanied with frequent and copious watery evacuations, and presently with cramps in all parts of the body; after which the extremities become chilled, the pulse scarcely discernible, the result of which is stupor and ultimately death.

_Medicines_. Camphor, in the form of tincture, in frequent doses, until the sufferer begins to feel warmth returning to the body, and perspiration ensues. In the later stages, Cuprum and Veratrum.

938. Tincture of Camphor

Tincture of camphor is one of the most useful of the h.o.m.oeopathic remedies in all cases of colic, diarrhoea, etc. In ordinary cases fifteen drops on sugar may be taken every quarter of an hour until the pain is allayed. In more aggravated cases, and in cases of cholera, a few drops may be taken at intervals of from two to five minutes. A dose of fifteen drops of camphor on sugar tends to counteract a chill if taken soon after premonitory symptoms show themselves, and act as a prophylactic against cold.

939. Colic or Stomach-Ache.

This disorder is indicated by griping pains in the bowels, which sometimes extends upwards into and over the region of the chest.

Sometimes the pain is attended with vomiting and cold perspiration. A warm bath is useful, and hot flannels, or a jar or bottle filled with hot water should be applied to the abdomen.

_Medicines_. Aconitum napellus, especially when the abdomen is tender to the touch, and the patient is feverish; Belladonna for severe griping and spasmodic pains; Bryonia for bilious colic and diarrhoea; Chamomilla for children.

940. Constipation.

Women are more subject than men to this confined state of the bowels, which will, in many cases yield to exercise, plain nutritious diet, with vegetables and cooked fruit, and but little bread, and an enema of milk and water, or thin gruel if it is some time since there has been any action of the bowels.

_Medicines_. Bryonia, especially for rheumatic patients, and disturbed state of the stomach; Nux vomica, for persons of sedentary habits, especially males; Pulsatilla, for women; Sulphur, for constipation that is habitual or of long continuance.