Baryta Muriatica
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General
Baryta Muriatica.
Chloride of Barium. Ba Cl2 2H2O.
Clinical
Aneurism. Anus, abscess of. Asthma. Convulsions. Deafness. Dyspepsia. Fistula. Glandular swellings. Gleet. Gonorrhoea. Idiocy. Leucorrhoea. Mania. Mumps. Nymphomania. Otorrhoea. Pancreatitis. Paralysis. Scrofula. Sterility. Testicles, affections of. Tinea capitis. Tinnitus. Tonsillitis. Tumours.
Characteristics
The symptoms of Baryta mur. are like those of the other Barium salts, but it has a distinct character of its own. Convulsions are more marked in the muriate. Periodical attacks of convulsions, with excessive jactitation of the limbs. Idiocy.
Mania, with increase of sexual desire; "in every form of mania as soon as the sexual desire is increased." Offensive otorrhoea. Parotid glands hard and swollen (especially right). It has cured whizzing and buzzing in ears; noises on chewing and swallowing.
Deafness. Great salivation and odour from mouth as from mercurialisation. Swelling of salivary glands. Disposition to tonsillitis.
There is great indigestion. Below stomach to left a hardness from which paroxysms of dyspnoea come. Induration of pancreas. Distressing throbbing in abdomen (abdominal aneurism).
Many cases of aneurism have been benefited by Bar. mur. Both elements have a strong action on heart and arteries. In one poisoning case, that of a girl, the instant she swallowed the solution she exclaimed that she was on fire; vomitings, convulsions, pain in the head and complete deafness supervened; and death within an hour. Baryt. mur. acts on parotid glands and pancreas.
Is suited to scrofulous children. Attacks of tonsillitis occurring in spring and autumn. The earache is > by sipping cold water.
Relations
Compare: Con. (indurations of abdominal glands); Iod., Kali iod. and Iris (pancreas); Selen. (pulsations in abdomen). Useful after Ars. in extravasations of blood. The vomiting is antidoted by Absinthe.
Mind
Great anxiety, with gastralgia, nausea, and retching; has to bend double
Idiocy
Mania of every form as soon as sexual desire is increased.
Head
Vertigo, swimming before the eyes; things turn round
Head confused and heavy
Cephalalgia, with vomitings
Very purulent eruptions on the scalp
Scabby eruptions on the head and on the neck
Eruption at the nape of the neck.
Eyes
Eyes fixed and immovable
Shuns light; child lies all the time on its face
Pupils dilated and insensible, with fixed look
Blennorrhoea of the eyes, of the ears, and of the nose.
Ears
Deafness and vomiting
Otorrhoea; odour like rotten cheese
Abscesses behind ears
Parotids (esp. r.) swollen.
Nose
Sneezing in sleep.—Coryza.
Face
Tractive pains in the muscles of the face.—Painful nodosity at the point of the nose, with slight pricking.
Teeth
Shooting, throbbing pains in the teeth, esp. on waking, after midnight.—Looseness of the teeth.
Mouth
Swelling of the salivary glands and of the palate
Tongue loaded
Tongue and mouth dry
Fetor of the mouth, as if from mercury
Putrid taste in the mouth, also of food.
Throat
Uvula elongated
Varicose veins of throat
Suppuration of tonsils after every cold
Swallowing difficult.
Stomach
Loss of appetite
Thirst
Inclination to vomit
Retching
Vomiting in the morning, with anxiety
Vomiting of a small quantity of water, with nausea
Sickness
Pressure on the stomach, with spasm
Sensation of heat, ascending from the stomach to the chest and head
Burning pain in the stomach, with vomiting
The membranes of the stomach are of a blue red, with red spots on the muscular part
The pit of the stomach is inflamed, with isolated ecchymoses
Uneasiness, as if from worms.
Abdomen
Burning pains in the abdomen
Tumefaction of the liver
Throbbing of tumour in abdomen
Inguinal glands swollen; painful; ulcerating.
Stool And Anus
Faeces slimy
Easy evacuation
Chronic, painless diarrhoea, or diarrhoea with violent colic
Stools jelly-like, with blood, no pain; discharges every fifteen or twenty minutes
Stools white, hard as stones.
Urinary Organs
Urine frequent, involuntary, and painful
Urine yellowish, very offensive
Flow of urine
Whitish sediment in the urine.
Male Sexual Organs
Frequent emission of semen
Swelling of the testes
Buboes after suppressed gonorrhoea.
Female Sexual Organs
Catamenia too early
Pains, as from a bruise, in the cavity of the pelvis
Sterility
Leucorrhoea
Induration, tumour or atrophy of ovaries
Nymphomania.
Respiratory Organs
Weak voice
Dry cough
Chronic cough of scrofulous children.
Chest
Catarrh, with heat
Heat in the upper part of the chest
Oppression.
Heart
Throbbing of the heart accelerated
Palpitation of the heart
Heart-beats irregular, pulse scarcely perceptible.
Neck And Back
Enlargement and induration of cervical glands.—Pains in the back.
Limbs
Trembling of limbs
Convulsive jerkings of hands and feet
Paralysis of upper and lower limbs
Swelling of hands and feet.
Upper Limbs
Painless twitching in arm esp. at night.
Lower Limbs
Drawing pains in thighs
Haemorrhagic extravasations in knee-joint
Feet swollen
Effects of checked foot-sweat.
Generalities
Great weakness, which necessitates lying down.—Weakness and prostration, amounting almost to paralysis.—Syncope.—Stiffness and insensibility of the body, with periodical convulsions.—General heaviness.—Trembling of the limbs.—Convulsive trembling.—Twitching in the face or in some of the limbs, or in the whole body.—Periodical convulsive fits, with starting and excessive tossing about.
Skin
Pricking in the skin
Burning and pricking in excoriated places
Small itchy eruptions on the head, nape of the neck, abdomen, and thighs
Glands inflamed and ulcerated
Haemorrhage.
Fever
General dry heat, night and day
Redness and heat of the face
Pulse frequent and full
Tertian fever
Increased perspiration
Cold sweat.