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DysmenorrhOea.
Aconite, 2. In congestive form in plethorics; or sequent to sudden arrest Ammonium Acetate, 4 Amyl Nitrite, 2, 3, 4. In neuralgic form Apiol (Oil of Parsley), 4. As emmenagogue in neuralgic form; to be given just before the expected period Arsenic, 3. When membranous discharge from uterus Belladonna, 4. In neuralgic form; along with synergists Borax. In membranous form Butyl-Chloral Hydrate, 3. In neuralgic form Cajeput Oil, 3 Camphor, 2, 4. Frequently repeated in nervous subjects
Dysmenorrhoea.
Cannabis Indica, 2. Very useful
Chloral Hydrate, 2
Chloroform, 2. Vapour locally
Cimicifuga, 2. In congestive cases at commencement
Electricity. The galvanic current in neuralgic; an inverse current in congestive
Ergot, 2. In congestive cases at commencement, especially if following sudden arrest
Gelsemium, 2, 3
Ginger, 4. If menses are suddenly suppressed
Guaiacum, 4. In rheumatic cases
Hamamelis, 3. Often relieves
Hot Sitzbath, 3
Ipecacuanha. As an emetic
Iron, 2. In anaemia
Nux Vomica. In neuralgic form
Opium. Exceedingly useful in small doses of 3 to 5 ms. of tincture alone, or along with 3 or 4 gr. of chloral
Pulsatilla, 2. Like aconite
Rue
Dyspepsia.
Acids. Before or after meals, especially nitrohydrochloric acid Alcohol, 2, 4. Along with food when digestion is impaired by fatigue, etc. Alkalies, 1, 2, 3, 4. Very useful before meals in atonic dyspepsia or two hours after Alkaline Mineral Waters Aloes. As dinner pill, along with nux vomica, in habitual constipation Arsenic, 2, 3. mj. of liquor before meals in neuralgia of the stomach, or diarrhoea excited by food Asaf03tida
Belladonna, 3. To lessen pain and constipation
Berberine
Bismuth, 3. When stomach irritable; and in flatulence
Bitters, 2. Given with acids or alkalies to stimulate digestion
Bryonia. In bilious headache
Calabar Bean, 4. In the phantom tumour sometimes accompanying
Calumba. Very useful
Capsicum. In atonic dyspepsia
Cerium Oxalate
Chamomile
Charcoal. For flatulence
Cholagogues. Often very useful
Cocaine, 3. In nervous dyspepsia, 1/4 gr. twice or three times a day
Cod-Liver Oil, 3. In the sinking at the epigastrium in the aged without intestinal irritation
Colchicum, 3. In gouty subjects
Cold Water, 3. Half a tumbler half an hour before breakfast
Creasote, 3. If due to fermentative changes
Eucalyptus, 2, 3. In atonic dyspepsia due to the presence of sarcinae.
Gallic Acid. In pyrosis
Gentian, 1. In atony and flatulence
Ginger, 4. An adjunct
Gold, 2. The chloride in nervous indigestion
Hops, 2. A substitute for alcohol
Hot Water, 3. A tumbler twice or three times between meals, in acid dyspepsia, flatulence, and to repress the craving for alcohol
Hydrastis. In chronic dyspepsia or chronic alcoholism
Dyspepsia.
Hydrochloric Acid, 3, 4. Dilute after a meal, especially if there is diarrhoea
Hydrocyanic Acid. In irritable cases Ipecacuanha, 3. Useful adjunct to dinner-pill, in chronic irritable dyspepsia
Kino. In pyrosis
Lactic Acid. In imperfect digestion
Magnesia, 4. In acid dyspepsia
Magnesium Sulphate
Manganese. In gastrodynia and pyrosis
Mercury. Ascholagogue
Morphine. 3. Subcutaneously in irritable dyspepsia of irritable subjects
Nux Vomica. Exceedingly useful in most forms along with mineral acids
Opium, 3. In sinking at the stomach partially relieved by food which, at the same time, produces diarrhoea, a few drops of tincture before meals; with nux vomica in palpitation, etc.
Pancreatin. 1 1/2 or 2 hours after meals, very useful
Pepper, 4. In atonic indigestion
Pepsin, 2. Sometimes very useful with meals; and in apepsia of infants
Podophyllin, 3. A cholagogue, used instead of mercury; useful along with nux vomica and mineral acids
Potassium Iodide
Potassium Permanganate, 4. Like manganese
Potassium Sulphide
Quinine, 3. In elderly people, and to check flatulence
Sanguinaria. In atonic dyspepsia
Silver Nitrate, 4. In neuralgic cases
Silver Oxide
Sulpho-carbolate of Sodium, 3. In flatulence and spasm after a meal; in the latter, phosphorus is better
Sulphurous Acid. In acid pyrosis and vomiting
Tannic Acid. 3. In irritable dyspepsia
Turkish Bath, 3. In malaise after dining out
Wahoo (Euonymin), 4. As a cholagogue
Xanthoxylum. As stomachic tonic
Dysphagia.
Bromide of Potassium. In hysterical dysphagia; or dysphagia of liquids in children
Cajeput Oil. In nervous dysphagia
Cocaine, 3. In tonsillitis, etc. as cause, 4 per cent. solution painted over
Hydrocyanic Acid, 1. As gargle
Iced Fluids. Slowly swallowed in spasmodic dysphagia
Dyspnoea.
Vide Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, Emphysema, Phthisis
Dysuria.
Alkalies. When urine very acid Belladonna Camphor. In strangury Cannabis Indica. In haematuria Cantharides Tincture Chimaphila
Ergot. In paralysis, when bladder feels imperfectly emptied Gelsemium Nitrous Ether Opium
Ear-ache.
Atropine, 2. Along with opium
Blisters, 3. _Behind the ear
Cocaine, 3. As spray
Ether Vapour, 1. To tympanum
Glycerine, 3
Hop Poultice, 2
Lead Acetate, and Opium. As wash
Opium
Pulsatilla
Alcohol. Externally Arnica. Internally and externally Compressed Sponge, 1. Bound over Ice, 1
Solomon's Seal (Convallaria), 1. The juice of the root, especially in a 'black eye'
Ecthyma.
Cod-Liver Oil, 2. Internally and locally
 
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