Materia Medica de A a Z

BAPTISIA TINCTORIA (Bapt)

Region

BLOOD. Mind. Nerves. Mucous membranes (Digestive tract). Left side.

Worse

Humid heat. Fogs. In room. Pressure. On awaking.

General

SORE, HEAVY, ACHING MUSCLES; gall-bladder, heart, etc WITH RAPID PROSTRATION; the bed is too hard, yet he feels too sick to move. Dark; mucous membranes, exudates, hæmorrhage, stools, spots in body, etc. Brown; sordes, stripe down center of tongue, stool, menses, etc. FOUL; odor of body; excretions, stool, sweat, etc. Grippe. Zymoses. Sepsis. Typhoid states. Bed sores, etc. Insensible to pain. Restless mind but lifeless body. Bewildered. Thick speech. Sensation as of a blow on occiput. Dull, drowsy, besotted look. SENSE OF DUALITY; PARTS FEEL SCATTERED ABOUT, SEPARATED, numb or too large. Dull and confused. Falls asleep while answering or does not complete his sentence. Eyes feel swelled. DUSKY, SODDEN, BESOTTED, STUPID COUNTENANCE. Dark red, tumid mouth and throat. Throat, numb inside but sensitive outside. Fetor oris. Tongue cracked, bleeds, feels thick or is heavily coated. Viscid saliva. Aphthæ. Ragged ulcers in throat. Can't swallow solids. Spasm of gullet. Easy vomiting. Diarrhoa; sudden; horribly foul, mushy, painless, dark or slaty. Symptoms radiate from small of back. Dyspnoa from weakness in chest. Air hunger; on waking, amel. standing. Bronchial asthma. Drowsy, stupid and languid; slides down in bed and lower jaw drops (Mur-ac.). Hyperpyrexia. Livid spots on body. Uræmia.

Related: Arn; Gels; Hyos; Lach; Mur-ac; Op; Rhus-t.