Text-book of homeopathic materia medica

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.1920 Excerpt: ... Anacardium is an extremely valuable remedy for eczema with the above symptoms plus an irritable mind. The itching and burning are marked (Rhus). Use 3rd and 6th. AGARICUS. Make-up: Nervous; anemic; frostbitten. Loc.: Nerves (spinal axis); heart and skin. Sen.: Twitching; jerking; trembling; burning; itching; drawing; cutting; griping; cramping. Nerves. Head: "Tearing; twitching; shooting; piercing; aching." Agaricus cures two varieties of headaches, one a dull, the result of prolonged office work, the other the result of anemia of the spine. The 3x of Agaricin given three times daily cured a most violent case of Tic Douloroux of the left side of face after Arsenicum, Magnesia phos. and Belladonna had failed. A slight touch would cause the paroxysms to recur. Eye: "Twitching of balls; spasmodic pains in lids while reading; contraction of lids; trembling; burning in left canthus; agglutination of canthi; motion of type with flickering when reading." Very frequently cured asthenopia caused by prolonged strain; also for spasm of accommodation with twitching of both eyeballs and lids. The muscles are weak as well as irritable. Face: "Pale with bluish appearance about the eyes, nose and mouth; itching and burning as after freezing; upper lips chapped with burning and smarting; dryness of lips; burning pimples with yellow serum; stitching as if splinters were forced between skin and flesh." For neuralgia of the face with the above symptoms. For chorea of the face of children. It is with the latter that the eruptions about the mouth occur. Mouth: "Tearing; gnawing; pulsating; stitching; burning pains in tongue; soreness of tongue; sensation of dryness yet profuse saliva with constant spitting." Has cured neuralgia of the teeth when worse in open air; also neuralgia...