Other names and synonyms
lith-m.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Dilute Muriatic Acid was saturated with the caustic and сarbonate of Lithium and evaporated. Solution.
Nosology
Heartburn. Heart, pains in. Nose, sore. Tongue, numb.
Typical features
Hering, who proved Li. c., proved also this salt. He put one drop on his tongue. It had a salt taste, but different from common salt; a fatty-salt taste. The tongue became numb as if fat were on it. Pains in the head, back teeth, and heart. Gohrwisch, who took the 3rd dilution, had pains in heart region and notably: Hot, burning uprising in the throat and pit of stomach like heartburn. He also had pains in teeth. The tip of the nose was red, sore, and somewhat swollen.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Li. carb.
Head, face, and ears
Painful dulness right side of head; also left; with heat of face. Pain in middle of vertex. Pain in forehead above right eye. Dull pain through whole head.
Spasmodic twitching of right upper lid.
Difficult breathing through nose as in catarrh. Tip of nose red, sore, and somewhat swollen, with a rather sensitive pain, disappeared without suppurating.
Frequent heat in face.
Spasmodic twitching of right upper lid.
Difficult breathing through nose as in catarrh. Tip of nose red, sore, and somewhat swollen, with a rather sensitive pain, disappeared without suppurating.
Frequent heat in face.
Mouth and throat
Painful dulness in left lower back teeth. Pains in hollow teeth left side. Salty taste but not like common salt. Upper surface of tongue numb, as if fat were on it.
Uprising of something acid and stringy in throat, frequently.
Uprising of something acid and stringy in throat, frequently.
Gastrointestinal tract
Increased appetite. Uprising of food and sour water. Warmth in stomach, more left side. Frequent eructations. Hot, burning uprising in throat and pit of stomach like heartburn. Feeling of heat and weakness of stomach, as after a purge, as though diarrhoea would ensue.
Prickling in anus.
Prickling in anus.
Chest organs
Sharp but not violent pain in lower left chest, transient, frequently recurring.
Cardiovascular system
Pain in upper and inner part of heart.
Limbs and spine
Dull pressure from between shoulders and lower down on each side of spine between shoulders and small of back. - сonstant pain in back;
Trembling pain in left humerus, extending upward from middle, at different intervals, as if something were dropping or slipping outward.
Throbbing in right ankle.
Trembling pain in left humerus, extending upward from middle, at different intervals, as if something were dropping or slipping outward.
Throbbing in right ankle.