Materia Medica de A a Z

NITRI SPIRITUS DULCIS = SPIRITUS NITRICOAETHEREUS = AETHYLIUM NITROSUM (nit-s-d)

SENSORIAL APATHY in low fevers when there is stupor, difficulty of arousing patient, is met by this remedy. Dry skin, nausea, flatulence. Salty taste. ILL-EFFECTS OF SALT (halophagia) (Ars; Phos). Catching cold in stormy weather. Acute nephritis following Scarlet fever. Dropsy. Is an excellent diuretic.

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 beneath sternum.

Modalities

Worse: from mental disturbance, during winter and spring.

Relationship

Increases the action of Digitalis.

Compare: Ph-ac; Lyc.