Nitri Spiritus Dulcis
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General EN
Nitri Spiritus Dulcis.
Spiritus aetheris nitrosi. Nitrous Ether. Sweet Spirit of Nitre. [A mixture of alcohol, water, and ethyl nitrite (C2H5NO2): it contains no "nitre" (Kali nit.)]. Dilution.
Clinical EN
Diarrhoea. Gall-stones. Mouth, sore. Prosopalgia. Tibiae, pains in. Typhoid. Warts.
Characteristics EN
Nit. spi. dulc. has been proved by Lembke. It has been found to be an antidote to several medicines (an instance is given under Nat. m.). It was recommended by Hahnemann for hospital typhoid with apathy, and has been used with success in typhoid fevers with symptoms of cerebral paralysis; in diarrhoea and sore mouth of salt caters. Poisonings with N. s. d. give a perfect picture of the typhoid state.
It has been used as a remedy for incarcerated gall-stones, given beaten up with yolk of egg, and applied outwardly in the same form. The symptoms of N. s. d. go from below upward. They are much < on passive motion, riding in carriage. Catching cold in stormy weather = prosopalgia.
Cold <. Walking < breathing and heart. < Afternoon. Among the effects of salt cured by N. s. d. are: Sore mouth; scurvy; bloody diarrhoea; hands covered with warts.
< From cheese. In fevers Hahnemann advised that N. s. d. should be given thus: a few drops dissolved in an ounce of water, a teaspoonful every three hours.
Relations EN
Antidote to: Nat. m. (crude or in potencies); Nat. c.; Phyt. Antidoted by: Calc., Carb. v., Caust., Con., Kali c., Nat. c., Nat. m., K. nit., Op., Sep. Incompatible: Dig., Ran. b. Compare: Lyc. (< afternoon; fulness after meals). Coloc. (< from cheese). Hell., Phos. ac. (typhoid, sensorial apathy, stupor—Phos. ac. has apathy more pronounced than N. s. d., Hell. most of all).
Causation EN
Cheese. Salt. Stormy weather.
Mind EN
Complete apathy, without desire for anything
Delirious and incoherent in manner; dizzy as if intoxicated; when roused could answer questions, complained of headache, and said he found it difficult to walk straight of late
Excessive ill-humour, irascibility, passion, and quarrelsome disposition, with tendency to weep, dislike to labour and conversation.
Eyes EN
Black spots and rings float before eyes; pupils contracted
Stitches in eyes and lids; burning on margins
Pupils somewhat dilated, acting feebly.
Face EN
Sensation as of a cloud over upper part of face
Haggard look
Paleness of face, with eyes sunken, and surrounded by livid circles
Chronic soreness at corners of mouth (in salt eaters)
Boring and pressure in bones of face.
Mouth EN
Tongue dry
Heat in mouth; sour taste
Cankers after eating cheese
Accumulation of water in mouth.
Throat EN
Sensation of contraction in throat, with pain, as of a plug, in gullet.
Appetite EN
Want of appetite.
Stomach EN
Continued nausea and loathing
After a meal, vomiting of sour matter and mucus, followed by headache
Vomiting and purging
Pyrosis
Contractive pain and aching in stomach, with sensation of fulness, immediately after a meal.
Abdomen EN
Shootings, cuttings, and burning pains in abdomen.—Gall-stones.
Stool EN
Epidemic dysentery with lethargy
Bloody diarrhoea after purging (from salt)
Constipation marked.
Urinary Organs EN
Urine very scanty.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Stitches in glans.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Catamenia scanty and irregular.
Respiratory Organs EN
Inhalations intermit
Stertorous breathing
Breathing slow, regular; on walking a short distance it becomes very hurried; if persisted in, quick, difficult, painful, and a most distressing sense of painful constriction is felt under sternum
Short, dry cough.
Chest EN
Cramp rising up in oesophagus, extending to upper chest wall.—Pressure in and under sternum.
Heart EN
Pulse 60, small, hard.—Violent, tumultuous beating, < walking; frequently in evening on lying down.
Neck And Back EN
Violent pressure in nape and cervical vertebrae.—Sensation as of hot water creeping through back from below upward.
Upper Limbs EN
Weakness, heaviness, stitches through shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers.—Nails blue.
Lower Limbs EN
Boring, pressing pains in lower limbs
Boring in tibiae
Stitches in toes
Nails blue.
Generalities EN
Great fatigue; a recumbent position can alone mitigate and tranquillise it.—Excessive emaciation.—Swelling of veins.—< Afternoon.—Very sensitive to cold.
Skin EN
Shiverings and acute drawing pains in the bones.—Skin and tongue dry.
Fever EN
Chilliness: internal with cold hands; frequent; creeping, under skin, from small of back to lower limbs
Heat: in head and face; nape and occiput; with swollen veins; from cervical spine into occiput; in head and face with chilliness in back and cold hands; in back; with inclination to perspire
Typhoid with sensorial apathy and semi-paralysis of brain; wild, staring eyes
Adynamic fevers, with nervous symptoms such as shootings, jerkings, &c.