Vichy
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General
Vichy.
Mineral springs at Vichy, in France. [Grande-Grille springs, containing in 100 parts: Carbonic acid 4.418, Mur. ac. 0.344, Sulphuric acid 0.164, Sil. ac. 0.070, Phos. ac. 0.070, Arsenic acid 0.001, Ferric oxide 0.002, Sodium 2.488, Potassium 0.182, Calcium 0.169, Magnesium 0.097.] Dilution.
Clinical
Bladder, catarrh of. Constipation. Diabetes. Gall-stones. Gout. Gravel. Heartburn. Indigestion. Intermittent fevers. Liver, affections of. Neck, stiff. Rheumatism. Salivation. Skin, affections of. Uterus, affections of.
Characteristics
The springs of Vichy are alkaline, both hot and cold. They are used in a large number of maladies, especially (1) diseases of the digestive tract; (2) diseases of the liver with or without calculi; (3) abdominal engorgements consequent on paludal fevers;
(4) chronic engorgements of the uterus; (5) catarrh of the bladder; (6) gravel; (7) gout and rheumatism;
(8) diabetes mellitus; (9) skin diseases (Constantin James). Croserio proved Vichy, taking the water, and triturations of the salt and dilutions. His symptoms make up the Schema.
Among the most prominent symptoms were stitches: stitches below mastoid; in chest; in right loin and in heart. Across the chest there was a sensation as of a bar impeding breathing. Sinking sensation; and sensation as if about to be sick. Burning flatulence.
In the nose there were illusions of smell; corpse-like odour; odour of cucumbers. After coitus there was excessive weakness as if from hunger. The symptoms are: < From cold; from draughts of air. < After eating; when eating.
(Uneasiness is > by dinner.) < When seated. < After coitus.
Relations
Compare: Nat. mur. Stitching pains, K. ca. Bar sensation, Haematox., Ars., Ox. ac. < From coitus, K. ca., K. bi., Staph. Illusory smells, Anac.
Mind
Very low-spirited; felt as though some misfortune about to happen; causelessly anxious about the future.
Head
Slight compressive pain in forehead and temples
Painful stitching in r. temple for some minutes
Stitching below r. mastoid process, followed by griping in middle abdomen, then return of stitching
Stitches in petrous portion of temporal bone
Pressure at occiput with general uneasiness, as if fever were coming on
Stitches in occiput below l. tuberosity
Itching of head: violent in morning on rising; in forehead.
Eyes
Stinging in eyes with lachrymation
Pain below l. eye like pressure after breakfast
Different coloured sparks before eyes in morning.
Ears
Stitches in bones below ears.
Nose
Coryza
Fetid, corpse-like odour in nose, morning on rising
Very strong smell of cucumbers in nose, morning.
Face
Sharp stitching between articulation of jaw and l. temple
Twisting pain in lower jaw, near ethmoid process, as if jaw was swollen, when masticating on that side
Red and sore pimples on upper lip.
Mouth
Mouth very dry, with very bitter taste all day
Saliva: abundant, immediately; salty, with burning in stomach
Taste: bitter and clammy; bitter in evening with thirst; bitter, morning on rising.
Stomach
Great hunger
Keen relish
Diminished thirst (in spite of hot weather)
Longing for wine
Craving for food as from feebleness of stomach, with sick feeling without hunger
Heartburn
Transient nausea while eating
Acidity
Belching
Pinching; griping: burning in stomach
After the first swallow, cutting pain throughout whole stomach
Burning in stomach < afternoon.
Abdomen
Shooting in liver
Compressive pain in l. hypochondrium
Emission of burning flatulence, with slight urging to stool
Borborygmus, with gripings, during day
Distension and uneasiness
Burning borborygmi
Griping and colic
Feeling of desire for stool, only wind passes
In evening sensation as if diarrhoea would come on, with sensation of hunger at an unusual hour.
Stool And Anus
Ineffectual urging to stool, only wind passes
Very difficult stool with copious flatulence, followed by burning and uneasiness in rectum
Large, soft stool
Copious diarrhoeic stool.
Urinary Organs
Griping in bladder, morning
Frequent urination during night
Urine: abundant, watery, foamy.
Male Sexual Organs
Strong and long-lasting erections without desire
Excessive itching: at orifice of glans, fossa navicularis, scrotum
Desire diminished
Excessive weakness after coition, as if suffering from hunger.
Respiratory Organs
Dry cough produced by a pricking or tickling in the neck; followed by fluent coryza.—Cough at night with difficult expectoration.
Chest
Painful uneasiness in chest followed by expectoration of purulent matter
Sensation in chest as if a bar across it preventing respiration, followed by a cough with expectoration of thick mucus
Tearing pain at border of false ribs on both sides
Stitches in r. chest, evenings
Very painful stitches in r. chest, corresponding to commencement of cartilaginous portion of two first false ribs, and extending below and behind breast towards back.
Heart
Stitch in heart followed by stitch in r. lumbar region, when seated.
Neck And Back
Painful stiffness of muscles of back of neck and l. scaleni as after making a false step; moving these parts is very painful.—Stitch in r. loin when seated, following stitch in heart.
Upper Limbs
Bruised pain in arms.—Bruising pain in fingers and uneasiness as if a fever were coming on, after lunch.
Lower Limbs
Stitch in r. tibia, extending from upper part of instep.
Generalities
Uneasiness as if fever coming on.—Weakness after coition.—Very sensitive to cold and draughts.
Skin
Pimples: on lip: back of neck, with pricking.—Pricking and itching compelling scratching, which >, but itching returns.
Sleep
Sleepy: after dinner; in evening; fatiguing dreams, but sleep more prolonged than usual.