Terebinthina (Oleum)

by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica

Head

Sudden vertigo with obscuration of sight.

Dun headache, with colic.

Ears

Sensation in the ears as of the striking of a clock.

Face

Face pale and sunken.

Nose

Violent bleeding at the nose.

Abdomen

Distended abdomen; frequent colic; constipation.

Burning in the right hypochondrium.

Stool and Anus

Stools consisting of mucus and water.

Violent burning in the rectum and at the anus after water.

Burning and tingling at the anus, with the sensation as if ascarides would crawl out.

Urinary Organs

Pressure in the kidneys when sitting, going of during motion.

Sensation of heaviness and pain in the region of the kidneys.

Violent burning, drawing pains in the region of the kidneys.

Burning in the bladder and in the urethra.

Difficult micturition, the urine smells of violets; deposit of mucus, or thick muddy deposit.

Suppression of urine.

Strangury.

Hæmaturia.

Respiratory Organs

Dryness of the mucous membranes of the air-passages.

Burning in the chest; along the sternum.

Terebinthina (Oleum) across the other classic books

Terebinthina (Oleum) appears in 10 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.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Oil of Turpentine (A Volatile Oil.) The urine has the odor or violets Relations . - Compare: Alumen, Arn., Ars., Canth., Lach., Nit. ac. Is recommended as a prophylactic in malarial and African fevers.”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Oil of Turpentine. Obtained from various species of conifers. The various oils of Turpentine differ in physical and chemical properties according to their different sources. French Turpentine is obtained from Pinus maritima, Venetian from Pinus larix, American from Pinus tæda. Preparation , Dilutions with pure alcohol.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Turpentine (TEREBINTHINA) Has a selective affinity for bleeding mucous surfaces . Tympanites and urinary symptoms very marked. Inflammation of kidneys, with hæmorrhages-dark, passive, fetid. Bright's disease preceded by dropsy (Goullon). Drowsiness and strangury. Coma. Unbroken chilblains . Dull pain like from a band…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“GLISTENING HEMORRHAGE, bloody discharges URINARY ORGANS”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Mucous membranes: KIDNEYS. Bladder. Bronchial. Respiration. Heart. Blood. Dampness. Cold. Night. Lying. Pressure. Motion. Kidneys affected, with rheumatism. Sudden, grippy aching. Stiff, sore muscles. Pain; excites urination; along larger nerves. Burning; tip of tongue, epigastrium; small of back; kidney; uterus, etc…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Oleum terebinthinæ. Oil of Turpentine. C 10 H 16 . The oil distilled from the oleo-resin (turpentine) obtained from various species of Pinus, purified by repeated rectification with water. Solution in rectified spirit. Ozonised Oil of Turpentine (prepared by exposure of the common oil to sun and air in a half-filled…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Oil of Turpentine. A Volatile Oil. Obtained by distilling the oleoresinous exudation of various species of pine. The dilutions are prepared from the alcoholic solution. Ozonized oil of turpentine, recommended as a prophylactic in malarial and African fevers, is prepared by exposing a quantity of common oil of…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: turpentine. Fresh ecchymoses in great numbers occur from day to day (Sulph-Ac.) (A.). Great languor and loss of strength (Ars., Bapt., Gels., Kali-P.) (Ho.). Hæmorrhages from all outlets, especially in connection with urinary or kidney troubles (N.). Purpura hæmorrhagica (Arn., Crot-H., Lach., Phos.) (N.).”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Burning and smarting on passing urine; urine red, brown, black or smoky in appearance. Tongue smooth, glossy, red, with excessive tympanites (typhoid).; Hemorrhages from all outlets, especially in connection with urinary or kidney troubles. Terebinthina ought to come in here, because it, like Berberis, has much pain…”

Terebinthina (Oleum) in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Terebinthina (Oleum) in 700 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (89), ABDOMEN (69), STOMACH (48), URINE (37), HEAD (36).

BLADDER - PAIN - burning - walking in open air amel.
BLADDER - PAIN - cutting - walking - open air,in,amel.,rest agg.
FEMALE GENITALIA - TUMORS - Uterus
URINE - COLOR, - smoke-color
KIDNEYS - PAIN - drawing
KIDNEYS - INFLAMMATION - acute parenchymatous
KIDNEYS - PAIN - drawing - region of
BLADDER - PAIN - cutting
ABDOMEN - ULCERS
URINE - COLOR, - black
KIDNEYS - PAIN - burning
URINE - CLOUDY - passed,when
URETHRA - INFLAMMATION
SKIN - PURPURA - haemorrhagica
BLADDER - PAIN - sore,tender
URETHRA - CHORDEE
FEVER - EXANTHEMATIC fevers - measles - scarlatina
ABDOMEN - PAIN - sore,bruised,tenderness,etc - Hypogastrium
BLADDER - PAIN - burning
RECTUM - WORM - ascarides

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