Tabacum

Common name: tobacco.

Symptoms occur in paroxysms (asthma, sick headache, vertigo and sneezing) (A.).

Icy coldness of the surface, covered with cold sweat (Camph., Colch., Carb-V., Sec., Verat.) (N.).

Death-like pallor (Ars., Carb-V., Sec.) (D.).

Nervous tremor and debility (Gels., Kali-P., Lach., Tarant.) (D.).

Intermittent pulse (Dig., Nat-M.) (D.).

Feeble, irregular pulse (Carb-V., Verat.) (G.).

Præcordial oppression with palpitation (Acon., Amyl-N., Lach., Naja) (D.).

VERTIGO, ON OPENING THE EYES (on closing the eyes- Lach., Therid., Thuj.) (N.).

Headaches increase with the rising of the sun and decrease with its going down (Nat-M., Spig.) (N.).

Sick headache, with deathly nausea and violent vomiting, greatly aggravated by noise and light (Bt.).

Paralysis and sudden hyperæmia of the brain, with violent nausea, vomiting and great prostration (Bt.).

VERTIGO, INCREASING TO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (Kali-P.); RELIEVED IN THE OPEN AIR AND BY VOMITING (A.).

VERTIGO, ON RISING OR LOOKING UPWARD (Puls.) (A.).

Periodical sick headache, lasting one or two days (A.).

Sudden pain on the right side of the head, as if struck by a hammer or a club (A.).

Renal colic (Berb., Canth., Lyc., Nux-V., Puls.); violent, spasmodic pains along the ureter, left side (Berb., Nux-V.); with deathly nausea and cold perspiration (Ipec.) (A.).

Constipation of years' standing (Alum., Plb., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).

Inactivity of the bowels (Alum., Bry., Sep.) or paralysis of the rectum (Op.) (A.).

Spasms of the sphincter ani muscle (Bell., Caust., Ferr., Lach.) (A.).

Prolapsus ani (Aloe, Merc., Podo., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).

Strabismus, depending upon brain troubles (Stram.) (A.).

Dim-sightedness (Cycl., Ferr., Gels.) (A.).

Sees as through a veil (Phos., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).

AMAUROSIS, FROM ATROPHY OF THE RETINA OR OPTIC NERVE (Phos.) (A.).

Diplopia (Aur., Gels., Hyos., Nat-M., Nit-Ac.) (K.).

Seminal emissions (Calc., Lyc., Nux-V., Phos., Puls.) (B.).

Impotency (Agn., Calad., Gels.) (B.).

Backache, worse from lying, and better from walking (Rhus-T.) (B.).

HICCOUGH AFTER COUGH (K.).

Much spitting (Ipec., Lob., Sep.) (B.).

SEA-SICKNESS, BETTER ON DECK, IN FRESH COLD AIR (Phos.) (N.).

DEATHLY NAUSEA, GIDDINESS, AND VOMITING (Ant-T., Ars., Cocc., Colch., Cupr., Dig., Ipec., Lobel., Phos., Sec., Verat.) (D.).

Dreadful faint feeling at the stomach (Carb-A., Sep., Zinc.) (Gr.).

UNCOVERING THE ABDOMEN RELIEVES THE NAUSEA AND VOMITING (G.).

SENSATION AS IF THE STOMACH WERE HANGING DOWN RELAXED (Ipec., Staph., Sulph.) (N.).

Violent vomiting (Ars., Cupr., Ipec., Phos., Verat.) (Bt.).

Vomiting during pregnancy (Puls., Symphori.) (A.).

Diarrhœa of yellowish or greenish slime (Merc., Puls.) (G.).

SUDDEN URGING WITH NAUSEA, VOMITING, PROSTRATION AND COLD SWEAT (Ars., Camph., Verat.) (A.).

Vomiting, as soon as he begins to move (or from the least motion) (Ant-T., Ars., Bry., Cadm., Colch., Cupr., Ferr., Lac-D., Lob., Nux-V., Petr., Theri., Verat.) (A.).

Diarrhœa, with extreme faintness (Ars.) (A.).

Complete prostration of the entire muscular system (Ars., Gels., Kali-P., Nux-V.) (A.).

Sensation of excessive wretchedness (A.).

Great despondency with indigestion, palpitation and intermittent pulse (A.).

Mental faculties much impaired (Kali-P., Lyc., Nat-M., Phos-Ac., Sil.) (G.).

Cannot read or study (Nat-M.) (G.).

Sudden attacks of extreme faintness (Ars., Camph.) (G.).

Strangulated hernia (Cocc., Lyc., Nux-V., Op.) (Bt.).

Complete marasmus (Abrot., Arg-N., Calc-P., Nat-M., Op., Sars., Sil.) (Bt.).

Emaciation of cheeks and back (A.).

Violent pain in the small of the back during soft stool, with tenesmus and burning (J.).

STATE OF COLLAPSE, AS IN CHOLERA (Ars., Camph., Carb-V., Kali-P., Laur., Phos., Sec., Sulph., Verat.) (Bt.).

Icy coldness of the legs from the knees down (Carb-V.) (Smi.).

Continual paroxysms of sneezing for weeks (Ars.) (G.).

During pregnancy an insupportable pruritus over the whole body, with pyrosis and other gastric symptoms (G.).

Pain between the shoulders (Bl.).

Hands icy cold, body warm (Sep.) (A.)

Trembling of the limbs (Ambr., Gels., Kali-Br., Lach., Merc., Phos.) (A.).

Palpitation, due to tobacco (N.).

VIOLENT PALPITATION WHEN LYING ON THE LEFT SIDE (Cact., Lach., Nat-M., Phos., Psor., Puls.), GOES OFF WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT (Glon., Lach., Phos., Psor.) (A.).

Angina pectoris, with nausea, cold sweat and collapse (B.).

Tightness of the chest, ameliorated by taking inspiration (N.).

Cough, followed by hiccough (Br.).

Breathlessness (Acon., Apis., Ign.) (Br.).

Dry, teasing cough; must take a swallow of cold water (Caust., Phos.) (Br.).

AGGRAVATION: From motion; from lying on the left side; from riding in a carriage; from heat; from opening the eyes; in the evening; in a warm room; and from walking.

AMELIORATION: In the fresh, open air; from uncovering the abdomen; in twilight; from vomiting; from vinegar; and from cold application.

RELATIONSHIP: Complementary: Op.

Antidotes for abuse of tobacco are:-

For ailments from tobacco-chewing- Ars.

For dyspepsia caused by tobacco- Ign. and Sep.

For impotence caused by tobacco- Lyc.

For bad taste and headache in the morning from smoking- Nux-V.

For tobacco heart, palpitation and sexual weakness- Phos.

For excessive nausea and vomiting- Ipec.

For annoying hiccough from tobacco-chewing- Ign.

For neuralgic affections of the right side of the face, and chronic nervousness, especially in sedentary occupations- Sep.

For spasms and cold sweat from excessive smoking- Lyc.

For occipital headache and vertigo from excessive use of tobacco (especially from smoking)- Gels.

N.B. - Caladium and Plantago Major cause a disgust for tobacco.

Tabacum antidotes: Cic. and Stram.