The Homoeopathic Guide (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881. Excerpt: ... THE MOST IMPORTANT HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES, AND THEIR LEADING INDICATIONS IN DISEASE.- --.- -Aconitum Napellus.--The prominent uses ot Aconitum are as follows: All feverish and inflammatory affections, chiefly at their commencement, and often during their course. Thirst, and dry, hot skin; chills and shiverings, succeeded by burning heat; strong rapid pulse; restlessness, anxiety, flushing of the face; pain; quick or labored breathing; dry cough, with fever; first stage of cold-in-the-head; etc. It probably surpasses all other known remedies in its power of controlling the circulatory system, and triumphantly supersedes the lancet and leech. Had Hahnemann's labors been limited to the discovery and demonstration to the wide curative power of this great remedy, they would have entitled him to the gratitude of countjess myriads of his fellow-creatures in every succeeding generation. He most appropriately ranks it as first and foremost in his Materia Medica, not because its name begins with the first letter of the alphabet, but because of its transcendent power and extended sphere of action; he terms it a precious plant, whose efficacy almost amounts to a miracle. Antimonium Tartaricum.--Tartarus Emeticus..--The chief sphere of act ion of this medicine lies in the mucous membranes, the lungs, and the skin. Clinical experience has amply proved its value in certain inflammations involving those parts, especially in Catarrhal Croup, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia. On the skin it causes a pustular eruption resembling that of SmallPox. It also produces vomiting, and that peculiar alteration of the blood, which are characteristic of Small-pox. As it might be supposed, then, Ant.-Tart, has been found a remedy of the first importance in this disease, and if ti...