AQUA MARINA (SEA-WATER).
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
AQUA MARINA (SEA-WATER). Authority.
C. Wesselhœft, Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., 1871, sec. 2, p. 178, four provers.
HEAD
- Acute, paroxysmal, neuralgic pain in right anterior portion of head all the afternoon and evening (from inhalation by atomizer), 1.
- Acute, tensive, neuralgic pain above right frontal portion of head (from inhalation by an atomizer), 1.
- Severe neuralgic pains down right temple, and above right frontal protuberance, very acute, and vanishing without a trace; appearing after ten or thirty minutes in left side of neck (near edge of trapezius muscle), (immediately from inhalation by an atomizer), 1.
EARS
- Stinging pain (transient stitches), in right ear in the evening, 8.
FACE
- Faceache on left side of upper and lower jaw, extending under lower jaw to right side. The pain was acute, like toothache.
- Cold water was intolerable (4th dil.), 2.
THROAT
- Sore throat, with sensation of foreign substance in throat (5th dil.), 4.
- Sensation as if a small substance were in the throat, not unlike a hair or fishbone, tickling and urging to swallow, and causing a desire to cough, but not benefited by coughing (5th dil.), 4.
- Pain on swallowing, extending into ear and temples (4th dil.), 2.
STOMACH
- Nausea, and nauseous sensation in stomach and abdomen, with eructation of wind for two hours. (From a glassful of sea-water), 1.
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Afternoon and evening ), Neuralgic pain in anterior portion of head.
- ( Evening ), Pain in right ear.
- ( Cold water ), Faceache.
SUPPLEMENT: AQUA MARINA. Authority.
C. Wesselhœft, M.D., Pub. Mass. Hom. Med. Soc., vol iv, p. 31.
- Sea-water causes constant hawking and raising of phlegm, white and tough, like cotton.