SANGUINARINUM NITRICUM

(SANGUINARINA NITRICA)

Is of use in polypus of the nose. Acute and chronic catarrh. Acute pharyngitis ( Wyethia ) Smarting and burning in throat and chest especially under sternum. Influenza . Lachrymation, pains in eyes and head, sore scalp; sensee of obstruction. chronic follicular pharyngitis.

Nose

Feels obstructed. Profuse, watery mucus, with burning pain . Enlarged turbinates at beginning of hypertrophic process. Secretion scant, tendency to dryness. Small crusts which bleed when removed. Post-nasal secretions adherent to nasopharynx, dislodged with difficulty. Dry and burning nostrils; watery mucus, with pressure over root of nose. Nostrils plugged with thick, yellow, bloody mucus. Sneezing . Rawness and soreness in posterior nares.

Throat

Rough, dry, constricted, burning . Right tonsil sore, swallowing difficult.

Mouth

Ulceration on the side of the tongue.

Respiratory

Short, hacking cough, with expectoration of thick, yellow, sweetish mucus. Pressure behind center of sternum . Dryness and burning in throat and bronchi. Tickling cough . Chronic nasal, laryngeal, and bronchial catarrh. Voice altered, deep, hoarse.

Relationship

Compare: Sanguin tartaricum (exophthalmos; mydriasis ; dim vision); Arum triph; Psorin; Kal bich .

Dose

Third trituration.