Alumina
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General EN
Alumina.
Argilla. Oxide of Aluminium. Pure Clay. AL2 O3 3H2O. Trituration.
Clinical EN
Anus, affections of. Boils. Bubo. Catarrh. Chlorosis. Constipation. Constipation of nursing infants. Cough. Disappointments, effects of. Dysentery. Dyspepsia. Eczema. Eyes, affections of. Fissures. Fistula. Headache. Hernia. Irritation. Leucorrhoea. Locomotor ataxy. Nails, affections of. Otorrhoea. Ozaena. Paralysis. Pregnancy, constipation of. Pregnancy, toothache of. Prostatorrhoea. Rhagades. Scrofula. Strabismus. Taste, disordered. Tetters, moist and itching. Throat, affections of. Trismus. Typhus.
Characteristics EN
Like its relative Alumen, Alumina produces irritation of mucous membranes with dryness or extreme secretion and paralysis of involuntary muscles, as those of the rectum and of the nervous and muscular systems generally. Alumina paralyses the bowels in the same way as lead, to which it is an antidote. Even small and soft stools are passed with great difficulty. Pregnant women and children are liable to this kind of constipation.
A very prominent characteristic is that a person must strain at stool in order to urinate. Teste groups Alumina with Sepia and Copaiva. He considers it the chronic of Sepia as Silic. is of Puls. Paralysis of the internal rectus muscle of the eye, causing squint.
Also ptosis. Drawing, pains appear in the limbs; a sensation of constriction in several organs. Several painful symptoms show themselves after the midday meal, and continue till evening, when they disappear or are replaced by others which begin only then. On the other hand the pains which appear in the morning or in the evening are abated after eating.
Trembling, convulsive movements of the limbs and head; spasms, with tears and laughter alternately. There is exaltation of the whole nervous system. Trembling of the whole body with desire to lie down, which, however, < the fatigue. Great general fatigue, even after a short walk, but chiefly after speaking.
Frequent stretching while sitting. The nates go to sleep while sitting. Drags legs (especially left). Many of the symptoms of locomotor ataxy are reproduced by Alumina, and it is one of the most useful remedies in that disease.
Boenninghausen cured a case with Aluminium. Sluggishness of action is characteristic of this medicine; urine is slow in passing; great straining to pass even a soft stool; can only evacuate bowels when standing; has to strain as if abdomen and rectum were paralysed. (Caust. has defecation only when standing; but the straining is less.) Sensations are slow in being transmitted to the centres. In the mental sphere there is confusion.
"When he says anything he feels as if another person had said it, and when he sees anything, as if another person had seen it, or as if he could transfer himself into another, and only then could see." A feeling of hurry follows, things do not move fast enough. Impulses. Suicidal tendency, a sudden impulse from seeing blood on a knife. Sad; apprehensive; wants to getaway; fears going crazy.
Mental symptoms mostly come on in the morning on waking. Vertigo on closing eyes. Catarrh is a very general feature. Catarrh with dryness of mucous membranes.
The throat looks parched and glazed. The nose is stopped, feels dry, and the point of it is cracked. Alm. has the fish-bone sensation in the throat on swallowing. There is profuse leucorrhoea running down to the heels, sometimes excoriating.
As with the mucous membrane so with the skin: itching eruptions < from warmth of bed. Eruptions of all kinds, indurations, ulcers. Granular eyelids. Hairs fall out all over body.
The skin of the face feels as if covered with dried white of egg, or as if a cobweb was on it. Fissures. Alumina has some curious symptoms in the digestive sphere. There is a craving for dry rice and dry food.
It has < from starch, especially the starch of potatoes. < From salt, wine, vinegar, spirits. Burning pains in the back are very characteristic, and especially a sensation as if a hot iron were forced through the lower vertebrae.
There are pulsations in various parts. The pains go upward. Upper left; lower right affected (opposite of Lyc.).
The symptoms are < on alternate days; periodically. Guernsey describes a characteristic periodicity thus: "Patient gets along nicely for a time, then, from no apparent cause, gets worse for a time, then better, and soon a relapse may be worse than the original illness, another relapse not so bad, and so on with longer intervals between." In afternoons; at new or full moon; < in the morning on waking. < After coitus.
< In cold air, out of doors; in dry weather. They are > by cold washing; by moistening the part; by warm food or drink; by warmth generally.
Alumina is suited to persons of sedentary habits who suffer from chronic ailments; to constitutions with diminished animal heat. Psoric persons. The action of Alumina is slow in developing, and the remedy must not be changed quickly.
Relations EN
Compare: Aluminium (which has been used on indications taken from the proving of Alumina). Antidote to: Lead. Antidoted by: Bry., Camph., Cham., Ipec. Complementary: Bry.
Follows well: Bry., Lach., Sul. Similar to: Alumen; Arg. nit. (clergyman's sore throat, paralysis);
Bar. c. (hypochondriasis of aged; constipation); Bry., Calc.; Cham.
(useful as an intermediate remedy); Con. (old people; squint) Ferrum (chlorosis; relaxed abdomen; disgust for meat, &c.) Fer. iod. (profuse transparent leucorrhoea);
Graphit. (chlorosis, skin rough, chapped, itching nails; blepharitis, &c.); Ipec.; Kali bi.
(clergyman's sore throat) Lach. (sad on waking; climaxis); Lyc. (clergyman's sore throat) Pic. ac., Plumb.
(colic, constipation) Puls. (tearful, peevish; head, &c., > in open air; ozaena; taste lost averse to meat; scanty menses complaints at puberty; lack of animal heat; soles of feet sore, < walking; toes red, itching, &c.); Ruta (loss of power of internal recti); Sepia (irritable, tearful; ozaena; scanty menses; puberty prolapsus uteri; inactive rectum weakness in urinary organs, &c.);
Sil., Sul., Zinc. (inner canthus granular lids; < from wine).
Causation EN
Anger. Disappointments. Lifting. Bodily exertion.
Mind EN
Humour morose, sad, with despair of cure
Involuntary tears
Anguish and anxiety as if one were threatened with some fatal accident, or had committed some crime
Time passes too slowly; intolerable ennui; an hour seems half a day
Seeing blood on a knife she has horrid ideas of killing herself, though she abhors the idea
Apprehensions
Disposition to be frightened
Air sorrowful and morose
Ill-humour, with unfitness for labour
Disposition to be angry
Obstinate, and contradictory humour
Taking everything in bad part
Humour changeable; at one time bold, at another timid
Weakness of memory
Distraction, inadvertence, and incapability of following up an idea
Absence of ideas
Blunders in speaking
Great vivacity of apprehension, alternately with inadvertence, and deprivation of sight and hearing
Sensation, as if self-consciousness were outside the body.
Head EN
Dizziness, whirling sensation, everything turns in a circle, most frequently so as to cause falling; sometimes with nausea, or tension in the nape of the neck;
< before breakfast; on opening eyes; when closing eyes
Easily made drunk
Vertigo, with white stars before the eyes
State of intoxication after smoking tobacco, or after having taken the weakest spirituous drink, and principally in the morning
Headache, as if one were dragged by the hair; or smart shootings in the brain, with inclination to vomit
Stitches in the brain with nausea
Heaviness of the head, with paleness of face, and fatigue
Compressive cephalalgia
Headache with constipation
Headache from chronic catarrhs in the head
Beatings and pulsations in the head
Congestion of blood towards the eyes and nose, with pressure in the forehead and epistaxis, with a chill when walking in the open air; better after lying or eating
Headache < while walking in the open air;
> lying down, the head being softly supported
Itching in the forehead
Pain, as from excoriation, in the scalp.—(Moist crusts on the temples.)
Dryness of the hair
Itching in the scalp, with profuse desquamation.
Eyes EN
Pressure on the eyes, which renders it impossible to open them
Pressure, as from a grain of sand, in the corner of the eye, in the evening
Sensation of burning in the eyes, with nocturnal agglutination of the lids, and diurnal lachrymation
Sensation of coldness in the eyes and eyelids on walking in open air
Swelling of the eyelids
Paralysis of the upper lid
Hordeolum
Eyelashes fall out
Inclination to stare
Spasmodic drawing of the lids at night, with pain in the eyes on opening them
Stitches in the eyes
Photophobia
Confusion of sight, as from a mist, and sparkling before the eyes
Yellow aspect of all objects
Coloured reflection round the candle in the evening
Strabismus of both eyes; esp. loss of power of internal rectus
Glittering before the eyes on shutting them
Far sight.
Ears EN
Shooting pains in the ears, principally in the evening, or at night
Stitches in the (l.) ear (evening)
Itching and sensation of burning in the ears
Frequently, in the evening, heat and redness of one ear
Purulent discharge from the ears
Crackling noise and buzzing in the ears, chiefly when chewing, but also on swallowing.
Nose EN
Pain in the root of the nose and in the forehead
Pain, swelling, and redness of the nose
Soreness and scabs in the nose, with discharge of thick yellow mucus
Discharge of solid, yellow, greenish substances from the nose
Accumulation and flow of a thick and yellowish matter from the nose
Nostrils ulcerated
Furunculus in the nose
Ozaena
Blood from the nose when blown
Epistaxis
Sour smell in the nose
Smell either exceedingly delicate or weak
Coryza, with defluxion from one nostril, with stoppage of the other
Coryza, alternately dry and flowing
Stoppage of the nose.
Face EN
Aspect gloomy, morose
Rapid alternation of redness and paleness of countenance
Copper-like redness of the cheeks, as in drunkards
Tingling on the face, and tension of the skin, as if it were covered with white of egg dried
Sensation of swelling, and of heaviness of countenance
Bulbous swellings and blood-boils on the face and nose
Red painful spot on the cheek
Roughness of the skin of the face, esp. over the forehead
Heat and redness
Itching and eruption of small pimples over the face
Moist scabs on the temples
Shooting and drawing sensation in the cheek-bones
Transient heat of face
Furunculus in the cheeks
Leprous tubercles in the face
Lips dry, and cracked, with exfoliation of the skin
Swelling of the lips
Pimples and scabby eruptions on the lips
Swelling of the jaws, with tensive pain on opening the mouth, and on chewing
Shortening of the lower jaw
Involuntary spasmodic twitching of lower jaw
Trismus.
Teeth EN
Pains in the teeth on chewing, or in the evening, in bed
Tearing in the teeth, extending to other parts, as far as the zygomatic bone, and in the forehead and temples
Piercing pain in the carious teeth
Ulceration of the roots of the teeth
Ulcer on the gums
Swelling of the gums, which have a tendency to bleed
Sensation as though the teeth were elongated
Odontalgia, with nervous irritation, as after a chill, or after the use of Chamomilla.
Mouth EN
Pain as of excoriation in the mouth, palate, tongue, and gums, which almost prevents eating
Small ulcers in the mouth
Dryness of the mouth, chiefly on waking
Accumulation of a sweetish or sour saliva in the mouth, like actual salivation
Musty or putrid smell from the mouth
Tongue loaded with a black or yellowish coating
Expectoration of bloody mucus.
Throat EN
Sore throat, which is aggravated in the evening and at night, but which is ameliorated on taking anything warm, and which is less painful in the morning
Contractive, or shooting pains in the throat, chiefly on swallowing
Difficult deglutition, as if the gullet were contracted
Cramp-like pressure and squeezing in the oesophagus
Sensation, as if the oesophagus were contracted when swallowing a small morsel of food; it is felt until it enters into the stomach
Pains in throat < evening and night
Swelling of the tonsils
Great dryness in the throat
Accumulation of a thick and viscous mucus in the throat, with difficult expectoration
Painful ulcers in the fauces, secreting a brown, badly-smelling pus
Sensation of a splinter in the throat.
Appetite EN
Sweetish taste, or a taste of blood in the mouth
Rough taste, astringent, or bitter and insipid
Bulimy
Irregular appetite; at one time too strong, at another too weak
Food appears insipid, esp. in the evening, and principally bread and meat
Distaste for animal food
Craving, with want of appetite
Appetite for dry foods; for starch; chalk; clean white rags; charcoal; cloves; acids; coffee or tea grounds; dry rice
Desire for hot drinks
Desire for vegetables, for fruits, and spoon meats
After having eaten, and chiefly in the evening, hiccough, pressure in the stomach and abdomen, distaste, nausea, and lassitude
Potatoes excite nausea and bitter eructations
All irritating things immediately start cough.
Stomach EN
Eructations, sour and acrid, and pyrosis
Chronic tendency to eructation
Frequent eructations
Nausea, with faintness
Frequent nausea and inclination to vomit, chiefly when speaking, when re-entering the room after walking, and in the morning
Pressure in the stomach, chiefly in the evening and after eating
Contraction and constriction in the region of the stomach, often as far as the throat and breast, and sometimes with difficult respiration
Pain, as from excoriation, in the pit of the stomach and in the hypochondria, principally on turning the body in bed, or on stooping.
Abdomen EN
Painful sensibility of the liver on stooping, followed sometimes by shooting pains
Colic whenever the body is exposed to a chill
Colic with drawing pains, principally in the evening, or at night, or after dinner
Cutting pains, chiefly in the morning
Flatulent colic
The colic is ameliorated by heat applied externally
Painter's colic
Protrusion and incarceration of inguinal hernia.
Stool And Anus EN
Stools hard, unfrequent, and scanty, sometimes with pain in the anus
Constipation and obstruction of the abdomen
Difficult stool, from inactivity of the intestines
Difficult evacuations from want of peristaltic motion of the intestines; even the soft stool can only be passed by great pressing
Constipation of pregnant women, children, and painters
No desire for, and no ability to pass stool, until there is a large accumulation
Hard, knotty stools, covered with mucus
Small stools, sometimes like pipe stems (also Phosphor.)
Voiding of much slimy matter with the stool, during the continuance of colic
Loose stools with pain in the belly and tenesmus
Green stools in summer complaints
Loss of blood during and after the stools
Burning and itching in the anus
Blind piles protrude, become moist, with lancinating pain; are hard and itch
Pressure and shooting pain in the perinaeum.
Urinary Organs EN
Pain in the kidneys, principally when walking or stooping
Sensation of weakness in the bladder and in the genital parts
Eager desire to make water, with increased aqueous evacuation, accompanied sometimes by a sensation of burning
Frequent ineffectual desire to urinate: the urine can only be passed during a stool
Urine less copious, with red and sandy sediment
Nocturnal urination
Urine turbid, white, as if chalk had been put into it
Thick whitish sediment in the urine.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Sexual desire increased; or suppressed
Frequent pollutions and nocturnal erections
Copious secretion behind the glans
Excoriation of the prepuce
Contractive pain in the spermatic cord, with contraction of the testicle
Hardness and painful sensibility in one of the testes
Flowing of prostate fluid during difficult stools
Pains in the perinaeum, during coition, and while the erection continues
Increase of suffering after pollution
Sweat on perinaeum at beginning of erection or during coition.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Menstruation scanty, too early, and of short duration; blood pale
Menses too copious, with inflation of the abdomen
During the period of menstruation, sleep agitated, with many dreams, great activity in the circulation, heat in the face, headache, and palpitation of the heart
Before and during menstruation, colics, headaches, and other painful affections
After the menses great fatigue
Corrosive leucorrhoea, with smarting in the genital parts
Leucorrhoea before or after the menses, and often with trembling, fatigue, and colic
Leucorrhoea flesh-coloured, or aqueous, and causing stiffness of the linen; transparent mucus before and after menstruation.
Respiratory Organs EN
Dry cough, principally in the morning, sometimes, at a later period, followed by expectoration
Short, dry cough
Dry, short cough, esp. in the morning, with dyspnoea
All irritating foods immediately start cough
Cough with impeded respiration, or with pains in the head and at the nape of the neck
Catarrh of the larynx and of the bronchi, with scraping sensation in the throat
Sudden taking cold, with loss of voice, morning and evening.
Chest EN
Oppression at the chest
Dyspnoea when seated
Nocturnal pressure in the chest
Sensation of constriction in the chest, chiefly when seated in a bending attitude, or while stooping
Pain, as of excoriation, in the chest and in the pit of the stomach, sometimes with cough
Pain in the sternum on touching it.
Heart EN
Palpitation and shocks at the heart
Palpitation every morning on waking; irregular beats
Wakes 4 to 5 a.m. with anxiety at heart, > immediately after rising.
Neck And Back EN
Itching of nape of neck and throat
Stitches in nape
Pain in the loins during repose
Pain like that of a bruise in the loins and in the back
Shooting pains in the back
Sensation in the back as if it were pierced with a hot iron; through the lower vertebrae.
Upper Limbs EN
Pains in the arms while kept hanging down or extended on the bed
Tearing in the arms from the shoulder to the fingers
Pain, as if burned by a hot iron, in the elbows and the fingers
Paralytic weight in the arms
Swelling of the arm and the fingers
Tetters and moist scabs on the forearms
Mealy desquamation of the hands
Fissures in the hands, which readily bleed
Gnawing pain under the nails, sometimes with tingling in the arm
The nails have a tendency to break when they are cut
Panaris.
Lower Limbs EN
Stiffness, numbness, and insensibility of the legs at night
Sensation of tearing in almost all parts of the lower limbs
Great heaviness and weakness of the legs, chiefly in the hips
When sitting, the nates go to sleep
Drawing pain in the knees when going upstairs
Tension in the calves when walking, and cramps on crossing the legs and on resting the toes on the ground
Pain as from fatigue in the joints of the feet when seated
Pains in the soles of the feet when walking
Cold in the feet
Itching and redness in the toes, as if from chilblains
Sensation of burning under the toes.
Generalities EN
Pulling pains in the limbs Sensation of constriction in internal organs (oesophagus, stomach, rectum, bladder) Aggravation of suffering from potatoes, and often on alternate days Several painful symptoms show themselves after dinner, and continue till evening, when they disappear, or are replaced by others, which begin only then
The pains which appear in the morning, or in the evening, are abated after eating Suffering in consequence of disappointments Trembling and convulsive movements of the limbs, and even of the head Great heaviness in the legs and arms
Spasms, with tears and laughter alternately Exaltation of the whole nervous system Illusive sensations; some parts of the body feel as if they had become larger Trembling of the whole body, with desire to lie down, which, however, increases the fatigue
Great general fatigue, even after a short walk, but principally after speaking Frequent stretching while sitting Want of vital heat.
Skin EN
Miliary eruption in the arms and legs, with much itching and serous bleeding after having scratched
Chapped skin and bulbous eruptions
Boils or itching exanthemata on perinaeum
The slightest injuries of the skin smart, and become inflamed
Leprous pimples
Scurf and tetters, which itch or become moist chiefly in the evening
Renewal of cutaneous symptoms at every new or full moon
Rhagades
Brittle nails.
Sleep EN
Sleep tardy, and wakefulness before midnight
Restless sleep, always awakening with palpitation of the heart
Nocturnal sleep too light, agitated, with frequent starts
Deep sleep, not refreshing, with a desire in the morning to sleep more
Frequent waking in the night
Dreams frequent, anxious, with talking, laughter, tears, lamentations, groans, and somnambulism
Dreams of horses, of quarrels, and of vexations, of fire, of marriages, of spectres, of death, of robbers
Dreams, with fear of death after waking
Nightmare
During the night, anxiety, agitation, and tossing about; or heat, toothache, headache, spasms, and oppression of the chest, or diarrhoea, with pains in the stomach, and shiverings
After sleep, on waking in the morning, mind weighed down by vexatious ideas, or nausea, with insipidity in the stomach, and feverish movements.
Fever EN
Pulse full and accelerated
Shivering, even when near a fire, and at night, in bed, not able to warm oneself
Fever towards the evening, with predominant chilliness
Sensation of cold immediately after taking soup at midday
During the day chill; during the night, fever
Heat in the evening which spreads from the face; at times only over the r. side of the body
Perspiration at night, or more towards morning, in bed; mostly in the face, or on one side of the face
Inability to perspire.