HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA
by
WILLIAM BOERICKE, M.D.

 

  
KAOLINUM
Bolus alba (China Clay) Alumina Silicate
(KAOLIN)

A remedy for croup and bronchitis.

Nose.--Itching and burning. Discharge yellow. Sore, scabby, stopped up.

Respiratory.--Soreness of chest along trachea; cannot stand percussion. Gray sputa. Capillary bronchitis. Larynx and chest sore. Membranous croup-extends down trachea.

Dose.--Lower triturations.

  
KOLA
Kola-nut
(STERCULIA)

Neurasthenia. Regulates the circulation, is tonic and anti-diarrheic, regulates cardiac rhythm and acts diuretically. Weak heart.

The remedy for the drinking habit. It promotes the appetite and digestion, and lessens the craving for liquor. Asthma. Gives power to endure prolonged physical exertion without taking food and without feeling fatigued.

Relationship.--Coca.

Dose.--Three to ten drops, even one dram doses, three times a day.

  
KOUSSO
Hagenia Abyssinica
(KOUSSO - BRAYERA)

A Vermifuge-Nausea and vomiting, vertigo, præcordial anxiety slowing and irregular pulse, subdelirium and collapse. Rapid and extreme prostration. To expel tapeworm.

Dose.--1/2 oz. Mix with warm water and let stand 15 minutes; stir well and administer. May be preceded by a little lemon juice (Merrell).

Relationship.--Compare: Mallotus-Kamala-An efficient remedy for tapeworm in 30-60 minims of tincture taken in cinnamon water.

  
KREOSOTUM
Beechwood Kreosote

Kreosotum is a mixture of phenols obtained from this distillation.

Pulsations all over the body, and profuse bleeding from small wounds. Very severe, old neuralgic affections; pains rather aggravated by rest. Excoriating, burning, and offensive discharges. Hæmorrhages, ulcerations, cancerous affections. Rapid decomposition of fluids and secretions, and burning pains. Overgrown, poorly developed children. Post-climacteric diseases. Tumefaction, puffiness, gangrene. Ailings of teething children.

Mental.--Music causes weeping and palpitation. Vanishing of thought; stupid, forgetful, peevish, irritable. Child wants everything but throws it away when given.

Head.--Dull pain, as from a board pressing against forehead. Menstrual headache. Occipital pain (Gels; Zinc pic).

Eyes.--Salty lachrymation. Lids red and swollen.

Ears.--Eruption around and pimples within. Difficult hearing and buzzing.

Face.--Sick, suffering expression; hot, cheeks red.

Mouth.--Lips red, bleeding. Very painful dentition; child will not sleep. Very rapid decay of teeth, with spongy, bleeding gums; teeth dark and crumbly (Staph; Ant c). Putrid odor and bitter taste.

Nose.--Offensive smell and discharge. Chronic catarrh of old people. Acrid rawness. Lupus (Ars).

Throat.--Burning, choking sensation. Putrid odor.

Stomach.--Nausea; vomiting of food several hours after eating; of sweetish water in the morning. Feeling of coldness, as of ice water in stomach. Soreness; better eating. Painful hard spot. Hæmatemesis. Bitter taste after a swallow of water.

Abdomen.--Distended. Burning hæmorrhoids. Diarrhœa; very offensive; dark brown. Bloody, fetid stools. Cholera infantum in connection with painful dentition, green stools, nausea, dry skin, exhaustion, etc.

Urine.--Offensive. Violent itching of vulva and vagina, worse when urinating. Can urinate only when lying; cannot get out of bed quick enough during first sleep. Dreams of urinating. Enuresis in the first part of night. Must hurry when desire comes to urinate.

Female.--Corrosive itching within vulva, burning and swelling of labia; violent itching between labia and thighs. During menses, difficult hearing; buzzing and roaring; eruption after. Burning and soreness in external and internal parts. Leucorrhœa, yellow, acrid; odor of green corn; worse between periods. Hæmorrhage after coition. Menses too early, prolonged. Vomiting of pregnancy, with ptyalism. Menstrual flow intermits (Puls); ceases on sitting or walking; reappears on lying down. Pain worse after menses. Lochia offensive; intermits.

Respiratory.--Hoarse, with pain in larynx. Cough; worse evening, with efforts to vomit, with pain in chest. Raw burning in chest; pains and oppression. Cough after influenza (Eriodyction). Winter coughs of old people, with heavy pressure on sternum. Gangrene of lungs. After every cough, copious, purulent expectoration. Hæmoptysis; periodic attacks. Sternum feels pressed in.

Back.--Dragging backache, extending to genitals and down thighs. Great debility.

Extremities.--Pain in joints, hip and knee. Boring pain in hip-joints. Scapulæ sore.

Skin.--Itching, worse towards evening. Burning in soles. Senile gangrene. Small wounds bleed freely (Crot; Lach; Phos). Pustules and herpes. Ecchymosis; dorsal surface of fingers and hands eczematous.

Sleep.--Disturbed with tossing. Paralytic sensation in limbs on waking. Anxious dreams of pursuit, fire, erections, etc.

Modalities.--Worse, in open air, cold rest, when lying; after menstruation. Better, from warmth, motion, warm diet.

Relationship.--Antidote: Nux. Inimical: Carbo.

Complementary in malignant diseases: Ars; Phos; Sulph.

Guaiacol (is the principal constituent of Kreosote, and similar in action. Used in pulmonary tuberculosis. Dose 1 to 5 m).

Matico-Artanthe or Piper augustifolia, (Gonorrhœa, hæmorrhage from lungs; catarrhal conditions of genito-urinary organs and gastro-intestinal tract. Topically a hæmostatic. Difficult, dry, deep, winter cough. Use tincture).

Compare also: Fuligo ligni; Carbol ac; Iod; Laches.

Dose.--Third to thirtieth potency. The 200th in sensitive patients.

 

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