Boenninghausen's Characteristics: Materia Medica
Kali Nitricum kali-n.
Mind
Anxious restlessness. Faint - hearted, and fear of death.
Sensorium
Stupefying heaviness of head, as after a debauch, early in morning.
Head
Congestion to. Sticking ache. Compressive sensation in occiput, binding up the hair. Pressive ache, coffee, driving in open air. Headache after eating veal. Painfully sensitive scalp. Eyes. - Burning in, after washing early in morning. Blackness before the eyes (after inhaling camphor), Rainbow colored circles around the light.
Ears
Nightly sticking in, when lying thereon. Deafness from paralysis of auditory nerve.
Nose
Inflamed tip, with stitches therein, with increased headache. Contractive pain in forehead, eyes and face, which concentrates itself in tip of nose.
Teeth
Sticking or tearing ache. Nightly, throbbing ache, cold things. Gums swell and bleed easily, as in scurvy.
Mouth
Stench from. Sticking sore throat, with inflammation of soft palate and uvula. Impeded swallowing, with tension and cutting in larynx. Shiny white coating on tongue.
Stomach
Spasmodic, contractive, cramp like stomach - ache, especially after eating veal. Burning in. Pressure in pit.
Hypochondriac: Stitches in kidneys.
Appetite: Greater in evening than at noon. Continuous, violent thirst.
Nausea: Nightly, as though he would vomit.
Abdomen
Violent pains after eating veal.
Flatulence: Obstructed, especially in afternoon.
Stool
Hard, difficult. Soft, with and without colic.
Urine
Frequent and profuse passage of bright - colored urine.
Female
Menses: Of black blood, too early and too profuse. Violent lumbar pains before and during. Leucorrhoea with pains in small of back.
Respiration
Tightness of chest compelling him to lie with head high. Oppression of chest when ascending.
Cough
Dry, especially early in morning. The cough awakens him at 3 o'clock in morning, with a stupefying headache. Chest pains when coughing lasting until expectoration is loosened. With stitches in chest and expectoration of clear blood. Purulent expectoration of clear blood. Purulent expectoration from lungs, with colliquative sweats.
Larynx
Hoarseness, with roughness and scratching in. Tracheal phthisis.
Chest
Stitches in, with anxiety and oppression, especially when taking a deep breath and lying with the head low. Contractive chest pains coming from the back, as though lungs were being constricted. Inflammation of lungs. Violent palpitation, most intense when lying in bed at night.
Back
Stitches in and between scapulae, with arrested breathing. Violent pain in small of, early in morning and when stooping. Pressive pain in lumbar region during rest, especially when coughing.
Neck: Neckache extending into shoulders, as though hair were violently pulled.
Upper Extremities
Nightly tearing and sticking in joints of arms. Sensation as though hands and fingers were thick and swollen.
Lower Extremities
Great paralytic weakness and debility in lower legs.
Generalities
Relaxation early in morning, with a sensation of warmth in face and a hot forehead. Greater debility when sitting than during moderate exercise. Tearing and sticking in limbs and joints. After - effects of eating veal which is too young and tender. Inflammation of internal organs. the symptoms are intensified after midnight and towards morning. Camphor aggravates.
Skin
Stitches as of needles in skin, especially of face then burning. Burning vesicles containing a yellowish fluid, which cease to burn after being scratched open. Sudden, dropsical swellings.
Sleep
Day sleepiness. Stupefying. Restless, especially after midnight. Nightmare.
Fever
Pulse: Full, hard and accelerated. Slow in morning, rapid in afternoon and evening. Chill: and coldness in afternoon and evening, increased by every motion, disappears, when lying. Succeeded by sweat, without previous heat. In evening, with pains. Coldness with thirst in afternoon. Heat: Some but insignificant heat in the evening. Nightly, without thirst or succeeding sweat. Sweat: Very exhausting, from the least exertion. Nightsweat, most profuse on legs. Early morning s., most profuse on chest.
Relationship
Allied Remedies: Amyl-n., Calc - c., Glo., Ip., Melil.