Other names and synonyms
menthol.Description Source
Homeopathic Materia Medica – William BoerickePharmacological Group
Description
(MENTHOL).
The stearopten from the essential oil of Mentha. Mucous membrane of naso-pharynx and spinal nerve plexus, producing neuritic pains and parethesias. Menthol has proved curative in acute nasal catarrh; in acute eustachian catarrh; pharyngitis; laryngitis; neuralgias, etc (Wm. в. Griggs, M. D). Itching, especially pruritus valvae.
The stearopten from the essential oil of Mentha. Mucous membrane of naso-pharynx and spinal nerve plexus, producing neuritic pains and parethesias. Menthol has proved curative in acute nasal catarrh; in acute eustachian catarrh; pharyngitis; laryngitis; neuralgias, etc (Wm. в. Griggs, M. D). Itching, especially pruritus valvae.
Head, face, and ears
Frontal headache, pain over frontal sinus, descends to eyeballs. Mental confusion. Supra orbital pain over left eye. Pain in face above zygoma with numbness. Pain in eyeballs. сoryza with post-nasal dripping. сold sensation in nose. Eustachian tubes feel blocked and some deafness.
Chest organs
Tickling in the fauces. Stabbing pains in the praecordia, radiating over entire chest. Short, dry cough, worse smoking. Asthmatic breathing, with congestive headache.
Limbs and spine
Muscular pain in cervical region, Soreness of lumbar muscles.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Kali bich; Spigel.
Method of drug use and dosage
Sixth potency. Externally for itching, use 1 per cent solution or ointment.
Included in the composition
- 2.7-4.2€ Ointment Flemings (3 firms)