Indicated in condition of great debility, in the aged; in those who are recovering imperfectly from a severe illness (China, Phos. ac.). being unable to rally; state of collapse, as in cholera and typhoid fever; in coughs with great fetor of expectoration; asthma; in foul, old ulcers, carbuncles; gastric and intestinal complaints with much flatulency.
Indicated in deep-seated, chronic diseases, especially of persons who are weak muscularly, but have a keen, active brain; who are subject to digestive disturbances with much flatulency; catarrhal conditions; hepatic involvements, with tenderness and stitches in the liver, swallow complexion, yellowish sports on the abdomen; dropsy dependent upon disease of the liver; uric acid diathesis; tonsilitis; diphtheria; chronic pneumonia, especially of old people; indigestion, with flatulency and colic, of babies.
Indicated in low dynamic states, with great prostration and with livid, purplish appearance of the skin. Has proved very valuable in malignant scarlet fever.
Indicated in neuralgia of malarial origin and in malarial fevers, with startling regularity in the occurrence of the paroxysms. Also used as a direct local application to cure the bites of insects and snakes.
Indicated in a great variety of affections, characterized by aggravation from damp, rainy weather and at night, constant and copious sweating without relief, and flabby tongue with induration of teeth. Of service in involvement of glandular and lymphatic structures; in sore throats, diphtheria, hepatic derangements, diarrhoea, catarrh (nose, throat, ears, respiratory organs, genital mucous membrane, etc.), with tendency to involvement of the deep structures; gastric and bilious fevers of a lingering type; venereal diseases.
Indicated in affections of children and elderly people, nervous, of lymphatic temperament; particularly useful in the treatment of catarrhal affections, coughs, bronchitis, etc.
Indicated in diseases of the liver and gall bladder and in disorders associated with or depending on hepatic disease. Acts best in persons of light complexion, thin, fretful, and subject to gastric, abdominal and hepatic derangements. Also used in coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia and rheumatism.
Indicated in certain affections of the skin and bones, and in neuralgia; seems best adapted to persons of light complexion, hesitating, irresolute.
Indicated in gastric disturbances of children who are inclined to get fat and are subject to skin troubles; often useful in rheumatic and gouty pains and in chronic diseases due to the suppression of an eruption.
Indicated in convulsive and spasmodic affections (chorea, puerperal convulsions), with drawing back of the head and neck, even to opisthotonos (opisthognathous – retreating jaws). Particularly valuable in cerebro-spinal meningitis and in the sequels of concussion of the brain and spinal marrow.