Materia Medica
Oleum Santali
Oil of Sandalwood
The action in the urinary and sexual spheres is most utilizable, especially in gonorrhoea. It is also a stimulat- ing, disinfectant expectorant. Two or three drops on sugar will frequently relieve the hacking cough, when but little sputum is expectorated.
Head
Boring pain behind right ear in mastoid process. [Caps.] Violent pulsation of arteries. [Pothos; Glonoine.l Painful pressure above the root of nose.
Stomach
Persistent pressure in cardiac orifice. Vomiting.
Abdomen
Distended ; meteorism: very severe colic. Urine.-- Cutting, burning in urethra. Tenesmus of Uladdcr and rectum, with absence of stool and urine.
Male
Painful erections; swelling of the prepuce. Thick, yellowish, muco-purulent discharge. Deep pain in perinuem. Urine. -- Frequent, burning, smarting, swelling, and redness of meatus. Stream small and slow. Acute aching in kidney region. Sensation of a ball pressing against the urethra; worse, standing. Gleet, with pro- fuse, thick discharge; chronic rystitis.
Relationships
Compare: Pothos. fat.; Canth.
Dose
Two to ten m. in capsules. (Wood-louse) Has distinct diuretic properties; hence its use in dropsies. Asthmatic conditions, with bronchial catarrh. Sixth potency.