ARSENICUM ALBUM
Phys. Generals : Great prostration with rapid sinking of the vital forces. Burning pains; the affected parts burn like fire, BETTER by heat, hot drinks, hot applications. Great thirst for cold water; drinks often but little at a time. Eats seldom but much. Teething children are pale, weak, fretful and want to be carried rapidly.
Symptoms generally worse from 1-2 p.m. and 12-2 a.m. (Midday and midnight). Bad effects from decayed food (food poisoning), causing gastro-enteritis (diarrhoea and vomiting together). Complaints return annually. Ailments From : chewing tobacco, alcoholism, ptomaine poisoning; dissecting wounds and anthrax poisoning, stings of venomous insects.
MIND : Extremely fastidious; wants everything neat and tidy; a perfectionist. Extremely anxious and RESTLESS; keeps on changing position. Exacting, fault-finding. Avarice; her desires exceed her needs. Suspicious, distrustful.
Watery coryza, discharge causes burning or smarting of nostrils as if sore sneezing.
BARYTA CARB.
Pre-eminently a remedy for children and the elderly. Children both physically and mentally weak. Even the least cold precipitates an attack of tonsillitis, prone to suppuration (Psor). Memory deficient, forgetful, inattentive; cannot be taught for it cannot remember. Elderly : fat, and those who suffer from gouty complaints.