Materia Medica
Natrum Salicylicum
Salicylate of Sodium
Has an extensive range of action affecting the head, ear, throat, kidneys and liver and on metabolism. Hamorrhages, especially epistaxis. Produces marked effects upon the internal ear, with vertigo, deafness, noises in ears and loss of bone conduction, hence, its use in Meniere's disease. One of the best remedies for the prostrating after-effects of influenza. Lassitude, drowsiness, listlessness, tremor. Incipient dementia. Increases the quantity of bile.
Head
Perfectly rational periods, alternate with manifestations of insanity of a sombre character. Ver- tigo; worse, raising head. All objects seem to move to the right. Dull headache and confusion. Fibrositis of the scalp.
Eyes
Retinal hamorrhage, albuminuric retinitis with hamorrhage.
Ears
Tinnitus of a low tone. Deafness. Auditory vertigo. [Petrol.: Tabac.; Chinin.]
Chest
Dyspncea ; breathing noisy, shallow, panting ; pulse irregular. Complete loss of voice.
Skin
Cedema, ， urticaria, red in circumscribed patches. Tingling and itching. Pemphigoid eruption.
Relationships
Compare : Lobelia purpurascens (drowsiness; dizzy headache between eyebrows; can- not keep eyes open; tongue white — feels paralyzed as also do the heart and lungs; intense prostration of all vital forces; deadly chill, without shivering; useful for the low, nervous prostration of grippe); Gaulth.; China.
Dose
Third potency. Non-Homepathic Uses.-- In acute articular rheu- matism, lumbago, sciatica, etc. Usual doses, ten to twenty grains every three hours. Must be used carefully, as it is often destructive of kidney tissue. Ordinary all- pathic doses allay the pain of dysmenorrhoea and pro- mote menstrual flow.