Terebinthinae oleum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
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.).
Congestion and inflammation of the urinary organs (Bell., Ferr-P.), with scanty, high-coloured urine (Canth., Lyc.) (Bt.).
Nephritis (Apis, Canth., Lach., Lyc., Merc.) (Bl.).
BURNING, DRAWING PAINS IN THE KIDNEYS (Zinc.) (Bt.).
Dull, aching pains in the renal region (Berb., Lyc., Nux-V.) (D.).
Albuminous urine (Apis, Canth., Merc-C., Phos., Sep.) (N.).
HAEMATURIA (Canth., Hep., Lach., Merc-C., Sars.) (N.).
BLOOD IS THOROUGHLY MIXED WITH THE URINE, LIKE COFFEE-GROUND SEDIMENT (Bt.).
Urethritis (Cann-S., Canth., Kali-B.) (Bl.).
Distressing strangury (Bell., Canth., Merc-C., Nux-V., Puls., Sep.) (D.).
Burning and smarting on passing urine (Canth., Caps.) (N.).
Pressure in the bladder, extending up into the kidneys when sitting, disappearing when walking (Ha.).
URINE: SCANTY, BLOODY, DARK AND SMOKY, LOOKING AND SMELLING LIKE VIOLETS (D.).
Violent burning and cutting in the bladder; tenesmus; sensitive hypogastrium; cystitis and retention from atony of the fundus (A.).
Spasmodic retention of urine (Bell., Canth., Nux-V.) (A.).
ALBUMINURIA AFTER DIPHTHERIA, SCARLATINA OR TYPHOID (A.).
Incontinence of urine (Calc., Sep.) (R.).
Constant desire to urinate (Canth., Nux-V.) (R.).
TONGUE SMOOTH AND GLOSSY, AS IF DEPRIVED OF ITS PAPILLAE, IN TYPHOID FEVERS, (ALSO IN STOMATITIS AND ENTERO-COLITIS) (Wd.).
TONGUE VERY SORE, RED AND GLOSSY, BURNING LIKE FIRE (Bt.).
Choking sensation in the throat (Ign., Lach., Nat-M., Phos.) (Br.).
Stomatitis (Bor., Kali-B., Merc.) (Br.).
Rancid eructation (Carb-V.) (R.).
Burning sensation in the stomach (Ars., Canth., Lyc., Phos., Sulph.) (R.).
Griping colic (Bell., Coloc., Mag-P.) (R.).
Nausea and vomiting (Colch., Ipec.,) (Br.).
Burning in the chest along the sternum (Phos.).
Complaints from living in basements and damp dwellings (A.).
PERITONITIS (Apis, Bell., Bry., Lach.) (R.).
Abdomen extremely sensitive to touch (Apis, Bell., Lach.) (A.).
Flatulence (Aloe, Nat-S., Nux-V., Podo.) (A.).
IMMENSE TYMPANITES (Carb-V., Lyc.) (Bt.).
Stools: Copious, watery, greenish, and very fœtid; has motions from ten to twenty from 12 A.M. to 12 P.M.
Entero-colitis, with frequent and exhaustive stools (Ha.).
Griping, pinching colic, with muco-purulent stools (Merc.) (Bt.).
Fainting after each stool (Ars., Calc., Con., Lyc., Nux-M., Phos., Podo., Sulph., Verat.; before stool- Ars., Dig., Glon., Puls., Sars., Sumb.; during stool-Aloe, Coll., Dulc., Dios., Nux-M., Ox-Ac., Puls., Sars., Sulph.).
BURNING IN THE RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIUM (Ars., Aur-M., Bry., Chel., Crot-C., Gamb., Kali-C., Lac-C., Lach., Mag-M., Med., Mur-Ac., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sulph.).
HAEMORRHAGES FROM THE BOWELS IN TYPHOID FEVER (Kali-P., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sulph.) (Bt.).
Burning in the anus and rectum (Aloe, Ars., Canth., Caps., Graph., Iris, Lach., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (A.).
Ascarides, lumbrici or tape-worms (Calc., Stann., Sulph.) (A.).
Tickling at the anus (Aloe, Calc., Merc.).
Worms, with foul breath, choking (Cina, Spig.); dry, hacking, cough (A.).
Irregular chills and flushes of heat (A.).
Coldness and chill in the abdomen (A.).
Heat with great thirst (Ars., Bry., Sulph.) (A.).
Copious hæmorrhage, black fluid, from the nose, stomach, kidneys, lungs, bowels, with ulceration of Peyer's patches; great prostration and emaciation (A.).
Low, muttering delirium (Bry., Hyos., Rhus-T.) (Bl.).
Cold, clammy sweat over the whole body (A.).
Post-scarlatinal dropsy (or dropsy after scarlatina), with smoky urine (Apis, Colch., Hell., Lach.) (N.).
Dryness of the mucous membranes of the air-passages.
Expectoration streaked with blood (Calc-S., Phos., Sil.) (R.).
Hæmoptysis (Acalypha, Ipec., Phos.) (Br.).
Short, hurried and anxious breathing (Lach., Lyc., Phos.) (R.).
Capillary bronchitis (Ant-T.) (R.).
Bronchial asthma (Ant-T., Ipec., Lob.) (B.).
Hæmoptysis (Acon., Bell., Ferr-P., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos., Rhus-T., Sep., Sulph.) (N.).
Intense burning in the uterine region (Ars., Lach., Sulph.) (Br.).
Metritis (Bell., Lach., Puls., Rhus-T.) (Br.).
Puerperal peritonitis (Bry., Lach., Sep.) (Br.).
Metrorrhagia, with burning in the uterus (Lach., Phos., Sec.) (Br.).
Thin, offensive, acrid lochia after miscarriage or childbirth (Ars., Sec.) (R.).
Intense pressure and fullness of the head (Bell., Bry., Nux-V.) (C.).
AGGRAVATION: From dampness; from cold; at night; from lying down; from pressure; when urinating; and when sitting.
AMELIORATION: From motion; when walking.
RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Alumn., Apis, Arn., Ars., Berb., Canth., Dig., Equiset., Ferr-P., Gels., Hell., Ipec., Kali-B., Kali-C., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Merc-C., Nit-Ac., Phos., Puls., Rhus-T., Sep., Sulph., Thuj. and Verat-V.
Is recommended as a prophylactic in malarial and African fevers.
Antidote: Phos.