Materia Medica
Nitri Spiritus Dulcis
Sweet Spirits of Nitre
Sensorial apathy in low fevers when there is stupor, difficulty of arousing patient, is met by this remedy. Ill-effects of salt (halophagia). [Ars.; Phos.] Catch- ing cold in stormy weather. Acute nephritis following Scarlet Fever. Salty taste.
Face
Prosopalgia, with photophobia. Burning in cheeks, and vomiting, followed by lassitude. Boring in facial bones; in angles of lower jaw. Very sensitive to cold.
Respiratory
Very rapid breathing by going only a short walk. Painful constriction beleath sternum.
Modalities
Worse, from mental disturbance, during winter and spring.
Relationships
Increases the action of Digitalis. Compare: Phos. ac.; Lycop.
Dose
A few drops of the pure spirits in water every two or three hours.