Цитрус лимонум

Гомеопатические классические монопрепараты

 Lemon. Rutacea.
 A popular remedy with the Arabians.
  The сitrus Medica, like the orange-tree, is a native of Asia. It was introduced into Europe from Persia or Media, was first cultivated in Greece, afterwards in Italy, as early as the second century. It is considered almost a specific for prevention and cure of scurvy. Revillont, a French physician, recommends it as a gargle in diphtheritic affection of fauces, but states that it is without action on the white lenticular patches. -U. S. D.

 - Diphtheria, recommended by вuchner ; Dysentery, natives of Tchian, Persia, Ausland, p. 18, 1855 ; Dropsy and hydrothorax, Schwabe, сasper’s Wschrft., 1843, no. 8 ; Dropsy after scarlatina, вüttner, Pr. Medorrhinum Ztg., 1842, № 26 ; Dropsy with splenitis, Gross, Hom. Arch., vol. 20, p. 178 ; Hydrothorax (two cases), вörner, Frank’s Mag., vol. 1, p. 1 ; Hydrothorax and general anasarca, Frank’s Mag., vol. 1, p. 157, сonvulsions, caused by eating the seeds of Datura Stramonium, Rückert’s Hom. Therap., p. 377 ; сancer, Denny, в. J. H., vol. 24, p. 518 ; Willis and вrondini ; Sunstroke, Medorrhinum Inves, vol. 8, p. 477.
 Symptoms marked toxic are toxicological symptoms. See Encyclopedia.

 Women who are generally very attentive, suddenly become averse to domestic duties.
 Insensibility.

 Headache occurs daily, compels her to lie down. θ Splenitis.
 Lividity of face , (toxic).

 Scorbutis.
 Throat is sore posteriorly and low down, worse on waking.
 Diphtheria.

 Want of appetite. θ Splenitis.

 Empty eructations, particularly after eating. θ Splenitis.
 Scrobiculum painful to pressure of hand. θ Splenitis.
 Affections of spleen.
 Painful enlargement of spleen.
 Ascites.
 Constipation. θ Splenitis.
 ** Dysentery.
 Hemorrhage from bowels and death, in dropsy following intermittent , (toxic).
 Itching of anus from pin worms.

 Itching of scrotum.
 Dropsy of scrotum.
 Itching of pudenda.

 Breathing in the form of gasping , (toxic).
 Dyspnoea. θ Splenitis.
 Great dyspnoea, almost suffocation ; sits with face bent over as far as possible ; unconsciousness ; dry skin ; cold sweat on face and arms. θ Hydrothorax following metritis.
 Hamoptysis , (toxic).
 Hydrothorax.

 Heart beating very feebly ; absence of pulse at wrist , (toxic).

 Excessive dropsy of legs from ankle to knee (from eating lemons daily for months).
 Stiffness of joints, particularly in fingers ; bruised feeling, particularly in feet ; she is averse to domestic duties.
 Daily headache compels lying down.
 Great dyspnoea ; sits with face bent over as far as possible.
 Scrobiculum painful to pressure of hand.

 Great prostration and collapse , (toxic).
 Convulsions from poisoning by Stramonium.

 ** Typhus.
 ** Intermittent fever (lemon-juice with coffee during the apyrexia).
 Headache daily.
 Intermittent fever.

 Bruised feeling : in joints, particularly in feet.
 Soreness : of throat, posteriorly and low down.
 Stiffness : of joints, particularly in fingers.
 Itching : of anus from pin worms ; of scrotum ; of pudenda.
 Dryness of skin.
 ** сitric acid was applied with good results to assuage pain in three cases of cancer.
 ** Malignant cancer, which commenced some years since as an enlarged submaxillary gland, supposed to be caused by a carious tooth, pain at times excessive.
 Lotion of citric acid, one drachm to eight ounces of water, and mouth rinsed out as often as pleased, afforded perfect relief from pain.
 ** Pain from cancer of tongue ; also affords instantaneous relief in other affections ; is, however, not curative.
 ** Useful as a gargle in diphtheria, causing detachment of the false membranes, decrease of the glandular enlargement and rapid recovery.
 A man who was sun struck near the Dead Sea, heat being 125.5°F., was treated by a вedoin guide, who bathed his hands, head and face with lemon-juice, after which he was able to ride two hours, to the banks of the Jordan, where he could rest for several hours, and there completely recovered.

 Dry skin, with cold sweat on face and arms. θ Hydrothorax.
 General surface of body cold.
 Dropsy, particularly of chest, and after scarlatina.
 Herpetic eruption.

 A woman, at. 35 ; hydrothorax.
 A farmer’s wife, at. 60 ; hydrothorax.
 Innkeeper, at. 64, drank much beer and whisky ; hydrothorax and general anasarca.
 Man, at. 75 ; dropsy.

 Antidoted by : Aconite, Asarum, Datura, Euphorb., Hepar, Sepia.
 It antidotes : Acon. (diuresis of), Euphorb., Stramon., snake bites and all animal poisons.
 Compatible : after вellad. (increases curative effects, especially in women in childbed).
 Compare : Acet. ac. (dropsies), вellad., Laches., Mercur.
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