Materia Medica
Amyl Nitrosum
Amyl Nitrite
On inhaling this drug, it rapidly dilates all arterioles and capillaries, producing fushing of face, heat, and throbbing in the head. Palpitation of the heart and. similar conditions are readily cured by it, especially the -fushings and other discomforts at climacteric. Hiccough ad yazoming. Often relieves temporarily epileptic con- vulsions.
Mind
Fixed ideas. Hallucinations, thinks he is possessed of two personus or wills. Anxiety when walk- ing, as if pursued. Profound melancholy and nypo- chondriasis, with tendency to use violent language. Brain-fag. Impaired memory. Very easily offended. Malicious; seems bent on wickedness. Lack of con- fdence in himself or others. Suspicious [Hyos.]. Clairaudient, hears voices far away or of the dead.
Head
An.xicty, as if something might happen; must haz'c fresh air. Surging of biood to head and face; sensation as if biood would start through skin, with heat and redness. Flushings, follorved by sweat at climacteric. Ears hyperrmic. Throbbing. Vertigo. Pressing pain, as from a plug; worse after mental exertion —in forehead; occiput, temples, vertex; better during a meal. Itching and little boils on scalp.
Eyes
Pressure like a plug on upper orbit. Indis- tinc vision. Objects appear too far off.
Ears
Pressing in the ears as from a plug. Hard of hearing.
Nose
Frequient sneezing. Sense of simcll pcrrcrted. Coryza with palpitation, especially in the aged.
Face
Blue rings around eyes. Face pale.:
Mouth
Painful vesicles; fetid odor. Tongue feels swollen. impeding speech and motion, with saliva in Burning around lips as from pepper. . Stomach. — Weak digestion, with fullness and dis- tention. Empty feeling in stomach. Eructation, nausea. vomiting. Fating relicv'cs the Anacardium dyspepsia. Apt to choke when eating or drinking. Swallows food and drinks hastily.
Throat
Constriction ; collar seems too tight.
Abdomen
Pain as if dull plug were pressed into in- testinrs. Rumbling, pinching, and griping.
Rectum
Bowels inactive. Ineffectual desire; rec- tum res porccrlcss.as if plugged up; spasmodic con- striction of sphincter ani; even soft stool passes with difficulty. Itching at anus; moisture from rectum. Hamorrhage during stool. Painful haemorrhoids. [Nitr. ac.: Hyrcr.; Ratanh.]
Male
Voluptuous itching; increased desire; semi- nal emissions without dreams. Prostatic discharge dur- ing stool.
Female
After-pains; hamorrhage associated witli facial fushing. Climacteric headache and flushes of heat,' with anxiety ad palpitation. Leucorrhcea, with soreness and itching. Menses scanty.
Respiratory
Pressure in chest, as froin a dull plug. Oppression of chest, with internal heat and anxiety, driving him into open air. Cough excited by talking, in children, after ft cf temper. ( Cough after eating with vomiting of food and pain in occiput.
Chest
Dyspncea and asthmatic feelings. Great op- pression and fullness of chest; spasmodic, suffocative cough. Pracordial anxiety. Tumultuous action of heart. Pain and constriction around heart. Fluttering at slight- est excitement.
Heart
Palpitation, with weak memory, with coryza in the aged; stitches in heart region. Rheumatic peri- carditis with double stitches.
Back
Dull pressure in the shoulders, as from a weight. Stiffness at nape of neck.
Extremities
Constant stretching for hours. Veins ( f hands dilated; pulsations felt in tips of fingers. Neuralgia in thumb. Paralytic weak- ness. Knees feel paralyzed or bandaged. Cramp in calves. Pressure as from a plug in the glutei. Warts on palms of hands. Fingers swollen with vesicular eruptio:1.
Skin
Intense itching eczema, with mental irrita- bility; vesicular eruption; swelling, urticaria; eruption like that of Poison-Oak. [Xerophyl.; Grindel.; Croton.] Lichen planus; neurotic eczema.
Sleep
Spells of sleeplessness lasting for several nights. Anxious dreams.
Fever
Much fushing of heat; sometimes followed by.cold and clammy skin and profuse sweat. Throbbing
Modalities
IW'orse, on application of hot water. Better, from eating. When lying on side, from rub- bing and talking hold of anything.
Relationships
Compare: Glonoine ; Lachesis. Antidotes: Cactus; Strych.; Ergot. Antidote: Grindelia; Coffca; Juglans; Rhus. Compare: Anacard. occidentale (cashew nut) (ery- sipelas, vesicular facial eruptions), anasthetic variety of leprosy; warts, corns, ulcers, cracking of the skin on soles of feet). Rhus; Cypriped.: Chelidon.; Xerophyl. I'latina follows well.
Dose
Third potency. For palliations. In all conditions where the blood- vessels are spasmodically contrac ted. as in angina pec-' toris, epileptit seizure, megrim, accompanied 1by cold, pallor, etc., also in paroxysms of asthma, inhalation of the Amyl. nit. will give immediate relief. For this non- homceopathic application, two to five minims (put up in pearls) dropped on a handkerchief may be required ANACARDIUM· g: (Marking Nut) The Anacardium patient is ‘found mostly among the neurasthenics; such have a type of nervous dyspepsia, relieved by food; impaired memory, depression, and irritability; diminution of senses (smell, sight, hearing). Syphilitic patients often suffer with these conditions. Intermittency of symptoms Fear of cxamination in students. Aversion to work; lacks self-confidence; irresistible desire to swear and curse. Sensation of a plug in various parts --eyes, rectum, bladder, etc., also of a band. Empty feeling in stomach: eating temporarily relieves all discomfort. This is a sure indication, often verified. Its skin symptoms are similar to Rhus, and it has proved a valuable antidote to Poison-Oak. Sixth to two hundredth potency.