Materia Medica
Chloralum
Chloral Hydrate
This drug, used in physiological doses, is a powerful hypnotic and cardiac depressant. Jt has a marked ef- feet on the skin, producing erythema, ecchymosis, etc., which symptoms have bveen utilized homceopathically with much success, especially in the treatment of hives. Emotional excitability, hallucinations. Night terrors 1m children.
Head
Morning headache; worse in forehead, on motion; better in open air. Feeling as if hot band were drawn from temple to temple.
Eyes
Eyes blood-shot and watery. Circles of light, black spots. Dim vision. ( Conjunctivitis, burning in eye alnd lids; eyeball feels too large; everything looks white.
Respiratory
Extreme dyspnoea, with sensation of weight and constriction of chest. Asthma, with sleep- lessness.
Skin
Red blotches, like measles. Uriiraria, zoorsc. spirituous liquors, hot drinks. Erythema aggravated by alcoholic drinks, with palpitation; causes pain in tendons and extensors. Intense itching. Surface of body stone-cold. Heals come on from a chill; better, warmth. Purpura. [Phos.; Crotal.]
Sleep
Insomnia, hallucinations, horrid dreams.
Modalities
H'orse, after hot drinks, stimulants, eat- ing, night.
Relationships
Antidotes: Ammon.; Atrop.; Dig.; Mosch. Compare: Bcll.; Opium: pis; Vcronal (confuent, reddish spots; dermatitis, itching of glans and pre- puce; circumscribed dermatitis patch on first metacar- pal phalangeal joint).
Dose
First trituration in hives, otherwise, higher potencies. Locally, in offensive foot-sweat, bath with one per cent. solution. For its physiological effects, five to twenty grains. Use cautiously.