Materia Medica
Ailanthus Glandulosa
Chines Sumach
This remedy shows by its peculiar skin symptoms its Nonounced power of disorganizing the blood, causing conditions we meet with in low fevers, low types of eruptive diseases, diphtheria, follicular tonsillitis, etc. The skin appears livid or purplish; face dark as ma- hogany, hot; sordes; throat swollen, purple, livid; semi- conscious, delirious; weak pulse, general torpor and prostration. Symptoms remarkably like to malignant scarlatina. I Diarrhoea, dysentery and great weakness are very marked. Adynamia characterizes all its condi- tions. Lividity, stupor and malignancy.
Head
General stupor, with sighing. Confused mind, mental depression. 1 Headache, frontal, with drowsiness. Sufused, dilated eyes; photophobia. Face dusky. Thin, copious, ichorous, bloody nasal discharge.
Throat
Inflamed. . oedematous, dusky red. Much swelling, internal and external. Dry, rough, scraping, choking feeling. Neck tender and swollen. Hoarse, croupy voice. Tongue dry and brown. Teeth covered with sordes. Pan in szvallowing extends to the ears.
Respiratory
Hurried breathing: irregular. Dry, hacking cough. Lungs sore and tired.
Skin
Miliary, livid rash, returns annually. Large blisters filled with dark serum. Irregular, patch, livid eruption, disappearing on pressure. Cold.
Sleep
Drowsy, restless. Heavy, disturbed, unre- freshing.
Relationships
Antidotes : Rhus; Nux. Compare: Ammon. carb.; Bapt.; Arn.; Mur. ac.; Lach.: Rhus.
Dose
First to sixth potency.