NATRIUM SALICYLICUM

(NATRUM SALICYLICUM)

Has an extensive range of action affecting the head, ear, throat, kidneys and liver and on metabolism. Hæmorrhages, especially epistaxis. Produces marked effects upon the internal ear, with vertigo, deafness, noises in ears and loss of bone conduction, hence, its use in Meniere's disease. One of the best remedies for the prostrating after-effects of influenza . Lassitude, drowsiness, listlessness, tremor. Incipient dementia. Increases the quantity of bile. Follicular tonsillitis.

Head

Perfectly rational periods, alternate with manifestations of insanity of a somber character. Vertigo; worse , raising head. All objects seem to move to the right. Dull headache and confusion. Fibrositis of the scalp.

Eyes

Retinal hæmorrhage, albuminuric retinitis with hæmorrhage. Iridocychitis due to traumatism with infection, and in sympathetic disease secondary to it (Dr. Gradel).

Ears

Tinnitus of a low tone. Deafness. Auditory vertigo.

Chest

Dyspnœa; breathing noisy, shallow, panting; pulse irregular. Complete loss of voice.

Skin

Œdema, urticaria, red in circumscribed patches. Tingling and itching. Pemphigoid eruption.

Relationship

Compare: Lobelia purpurascens (drowsiness; dizzy headache between eyebrows; cannot keep eyes open; tongue-white-feels paralyzed as also do the heart and lungs intense prostration of all vital forces; deadly chill, without shivering; useful for the low, nervous prostration of grippe); Gaulth; China. Pyrus malus -Crab apple tree--(Labyrinthine vertigo. Dr. Cooper).

Dose

Third potency.

Non-Homeopathic Uses

In acute articular rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, etc. Usual doses, ten to twenty grains every three hour. Must be used carefully, as it is often destructive of kidney tissue. Ordinary allopathic doses allay the pain of dysmenorrhœa and promote menstrual flow.