Glonoinum

Common name: nitro-glycerine.

The symptoms calling for it are violent and appear suddenly (Amyl-N., Bell., Ferr-P.) (Bl.).

Head troubles from working under gas-light, when heat falls on the head; cannot bear heat about the head, heat of stove or walking in the sun (Lach., Nat-C.) (A.).

HEADACHE FROM BELOW UPWARDS; BRAIN AS IF MOVING IN WAVES (N.).

Headache: worse from bending the head backwards; is relieved in the open air; cannot keep still; must walk about (D.).

CEREBRAL CONGESTION, OR ALTERNATE CONGESTION OF THE HEAD AND THE HEART (A.).

Headache from recent exposure to the sun (N.).

Over-heating in the sun, or sun-stroke (Acon., Gels., Nat-M., Verat-V.) (N.).

Can't bear anything on the head especially hat; or pressure as of a hat (N.).

Sudden local congestion, especially to the head and chest; bursting headache, rising up from the neck, with great throbbing and sense of expansion as if to burst; cannot bear the least jar (N.).

Fullness of the head; distinct feeling of a pulse in the head; throbbing with or without pain (N.).

Can't bear any heat about the head; can't walk in the sun; must walk in the shade or carry an umbrella (G.).

IS AFRAID TO SHAKE THE HEAD; IT INCREASES THE ACHE AND SEEMS AS THOUGH THE HEAD WOULD DROP IN PIECES (N.).

Sun-stroke: face pale; full round pulse; laboured respiration; eyes fixed; cerebral vomiting; white tongue; sinking at the pit of the stomach (D.).

Tinnitus aurium (Chin.) (Bl.).

Throbbing in the head synchronous with contraction of the heart (Bl.).

Sun headache: increases and decreases every day with the sun (Kalm., Nat-C., Nat-M., Spig.) (A.).

Eyes injected, protruding, look wild; pupils dilated; objects dance before them with every pulsation (N.).

Sparks and flashes before the eyes (Bell.) (C.).

Great vertigo on assuming an up-right posture from rising up in bed; rising from a seat, etc.

"Meniere's disease" (Ther.) (Bl.).

Frequently congestion in the head is attended with convulsions (Acon., Bell.. Verat-V.) (Bl.).

Is useful in puerperal convulsions.

The face is red, the pulse is full and hard; the urine contains albumen; the patient is unconscious and froths at the mouth (Bl.).

VIOLENT ACTION OF THE HEART; DISTINCT PULSATION OVER THE WHOLE BODY, ESPECIALLY IN THE BACK OF NECK AND HEAD (N.).

Heart's action laboured, oppressed; blood seems to rush to heart, and rapidly to head (Amyl-N.) (A.).

Has exalted ideas; thinks she is the Almighty and every one her inferior (Plat.) (R.).

CONFUSION, CANNOT TELL WHERE HE IS; WELL-KNOWN STREETS SEEM STRANGE; FORGETS ON WHICH SIDE OF THE STREET HE LIVES (N.).

The chin feels too long.

Unusually bright and loquacious, with great flow of ideas (Cann-I., Coff., Lach., Stram.).

Acute and chronic interstitial nephritis with high arterial tension (Bl.).

Bad effects of mental excitement, fright, fear, mechanical injuries and their consequences; from having the hair cut (Acon., Bell.) (A.).

SHOULD BE REMEMBERED IN CASES OF INCREASED VASCULAR TENSION (BLOOD-PRESSURE) OF THE AGED (Bl.).

Desire to take a long, deep inspiration.

Children get sick in the evening when sitting before an open coal fire, or falling asleep there (A.).

Convulsions of children from cerebral congestion (A.).

Meningitis (Apis, Bell., Bry., Hell., Hyos., Lach., Nat-M., Op., Sulph., Verat-V.) (A.).

Flushes of heat: at the climacteric (Amyl-N., Bell., Graph., Lach., Sang.); also with the catamenia (Ferr., Sep., Sang., Sulph.) (A.).

Headache occurring after profuse uterine hæmorrhage (Chin., Ferr.) (A.).

Rush of blood to the head in pregnant women (A.).

Intense congestion of brain from delayed or suppressed menses (A.).

HEADACHE IN PLACE OF MENSES (A.).

Intense throbbing pains in the epigastrium (Acon., Chin., Ferr., Sep.) (Bt.).

Cardiac pains radiate to all parts-towards arms (B.).

Awakes fearing apoplexy (B.).

Heat, with hot sweat (Bell.) (B.).

Unsteady gait (Alum., Nux-V., Pic-Ac., Zinc.).

AGGRAVATION: In the sun; from exposure to sun's rays; from gaslight; from over-heat; from jar; from stooping; on ascending; from touch of hat; from having the hair cut; and from wine.

AMELIORATION: From cold applications; in cold air; and from pressure.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Acon., Amyl-N., Bell., Ferr., Ferr-P., Gels., Melil., Stram. and Verat-V.

Is of service in the cerebral congestion of children, when Bell. does not afford the desired relief.

Antidotes: Acon., Camph., Coff. and Nux-V.