Materia Medica
Sanguinarina Nitric
Nitrate of Sanguinarine
Is of use in polypus of the nose. Acute and chronic catarrh. Acute pharyngitis. (W'ycthia) Smarting and burning in throat and chest especially under sternum. Influenza. Lachrymation, pains in eyes and head, sore scalp; sense of obstruction. Chronic follicular pharyn- gitis.
Nose
Feels obstructed. Prcjuse, watery mucus, with burning pain. Enlarged turbinates at beginning of hypertrophic process. Secretion scant, tendency to dryness. Small crusts which bleed when removed. Post-nasal secretions adherent to nasopharynx, dis- lodged with difficulty. Dry and burning nostrils; watery mucus, with pressure over root of nose. Nostrils plugged with thick, yellow, bloody mucus. Sneezing. Rawness and soreness in posterior nares.
Mouth
Ulceration on the side of the tongue.
Throat
Rough, dry, constricted, burning. Right tonsil sore, swallowing difficult.
Respiratory
Short, hacking cough, with expectora- tion of thick, yellow, sweetish mucus. Pressure behind center of sternum. Dryness and burning in throat and bronchi. Tickling cough. Chronic nasal, laryngeal, and bronchial catarrh. Voice altered, deep, hoarse.
Relationships
Compare: Sanguin. tartaricum (ex- ophthalmos; mydriasis; dim vision) ; Arum triph.; Psorin.; Kal. bich.
Dose
Third trituration.