by Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes Of The Homoeopathic Materia Medica
Sensation of heaviness in inner parts.
Screwing pains.
Pressing-tearing in the bones of the hands and of the feet.
Pressing pain in the eyes, head, abdomen and testicles.
Vomiting of all fluids (children).
Most symptoms disappear during motion.
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Bismuth appears in 6 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Hydrated Oxide of Bismuth (Bi2O3OH2.) Solitude is unbearable ; desires company , child holds on to its mother's hand for company (Kali c., Lil., Lyc.); Anguish ; he sits, then walks, then lies, never long in one place . Headache returning every winter; alternating with, or attended by gastralgia. Face, deathly pale…”
“Hydrated oxide of Bismuth, Bi2O3 Preparation , Trituration of the oxide prepared according to Hahnemann's instructions. Authorities. Solitude is unendurable, 2. Ill-humor the whole day; he was very quiet and would not talk; in the evenings more cheerful, 4. He is morose and discontented with his condition and…”
“Hydrated oxide of Bismuth. Bi 2 O 3 OH 2 . Hahnemann proved with his students, and published the result in 1827, what he supposed to be pure wismuth oxide, but what now is known as the basic bismuthi subnitras, or magisterium bismuthi. The symptoms (4 and 97) reappeared in the second edition, in 1807 (11 and 97)…”
“Common name: hydrated oxide of bismuth. Gastralgia alternating with headache (Bl.). Dull, heavy headache (Bry., Cocc., Nux-V., Phos-Ac., Sil.) (Bt.). Sensation of heaviness in inner parts (Bry., Calc., Nux-V., Phos.). Flushes of heat, especially upon the head and chest. ANGUISH, HE SITS, THEN WALKS, THEN LIES,-NEVER…”
“Diarrhœa; stools watery, profuse, painless and offensive or cadaverously smelling. Vomiting of large quantities and intense thirst; water is vomited the moment it reaches the stomach; food is retained a little longer. Restlessness, anguish, great prostration; pale with blue rings around the eyes; surface covered with…”
Kent's Repertory lists Bismuth in 605 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in GENERALITIES (110), EXTREMITIES (100), HEAD (74), STOMACH (53), MIND (44).
