Natrium carbonicum

Mental.--Marked degree of gaiety; difficulty of comprehension, which is unnatural to him when in health; imbecility, or weakness of the intellect.

Nose.--All troubles of the external nose, which may attain a morbid size; may have pimples on it, etc.; puffiness of nose. Bad smell of nasal secretion.

Sleep.--Waking too early in the morning. Dreams many; pleasant; amorous.

Stool.--Diarrhœa which is marked by a sudden and obligatory call to stool, which escapes with great haste, noise and rushing, often producing considerable commotion in the abdomen; yellow fluid; discharge almost involuntary; often a yellow substance like the pulp of an orange in the discharge, which may sometimes be observed in women at change of life.

Generalities.--Toothache in the lower jaw. Mucus in the urine. Nocturnal erections; nocturnal pollutions. Bad smell of the expectoration. Troubles appearing in the back part of head; also heel. Aversion to the open air; Cutting pain in the outer parts. Hysterics. Old sprains; one who is easily sprained, i.e., a disposition to be sprained by any exertion. Exanthema purulent, or filled with pus. Falling out of the hair. Inclination to perspire, which may be caused by any exertion.

Worse.--In the forenoon; before eating; from spraining the parts; from music; in the sun; from talking.

Better.--From boring with the fingers into the nose or ears (differing from Cina in this respect, that under Natr. carb., relief is afforded); after eating; pressure from without; rubbing; scratching; wiping with the hand.

Remedies following:--Calc. carb., Pulsat., Nux vom., Sepia, Sulphur.

Antidote:--Camphor.