Materia Medica de A a Z

THYMOLUM (thymol)

A remedy having a wide field in genito-urinary diseases. It is indicated in pathological emissions, priapism and prostatorrhoea. The provings show an action limited to the sexual organs, producing a typical sexual neurasthenia. Specific for hookworm disease [Chenopodium (Chen-a)].

Mental

Irritable, arbitrary, must have his own way. Craves company. Energy gone.

Back

Tired, aching throughout lumbar region. Worse, mental and physical labor.

Male

Profuse, nightly, seminal emissions with lascivious dreams of a perverted character. Priapism. Urinary burning and subsequent dribbling of urine. Polyuria. Urates increased. Phosphates decreased.

Sleep

Awakes tired and unrefreshed. Lascivious and fantastic dreams.

Relationship

Compare: Carbon Tetrachloride (Carbn-chl) as a remedy for Hookworms, according to Dr. Lambert, Suva, Fiji who employed it in 50,000 cases.

"1. Carbon tetrachloride is a vermifuge and vermicide of great potency, and has shown itself to be the best vermifuge for the treatment of hookworm in a country where the disease predominates.

"2. It gives little discomfort to the patient, is palatable, required no preparation of the patient, and when pure is apparently not toxic-all of which features are of advantage in a popular campaign.

"W. G. Smillie, and S. B. Pessoa, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, also have found carbon tetrachloride to be extremely efficient in removing hookworms. A single dose of 3 Cc given to adults has been proved to remove 95 per cent of all the hookworms harbored".

Modalities

Thymol. Worse, mental and physical labor.

Dose

Sixth attenuation.