Aqua Marina

Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. I, p. 150

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water. Dilutions. 01illicaL-*Biliousness. Constipation. Headache. Sea-sidcness. Seaside, effects of. CharaoieriBiies. — Aq. mar. has been principally used (in high potencies) for the effects of residence near the sea (as biliousness, constipation, headache, &c.). It has been used in wineglassful doses and also in potencies as a remedy for sea-sickness. It has been proved by C. Wesselhoeft Among the symptoms were : Neuralgic pains down right temple and forehead. Faceache left side ; cold water intolerable. Sensation of a hair or fishbone in throat, tickling and urn to swallow, causing cough, which does not relieve. Pain on swallowing, extending to ear and temples. Nausea ; and nauseous sensation in stomach and abdomen. This symptom seems peculiar : ''Constant hawking and raising of phlegm, tough and white like cotton." The leading indication for it is : < at seaside ; or on the sea. BalationB. — Compare: Nat. mur., Chlorum (but in addition to its chief ingredient, sea-water contains in solution every inorganic substance in the world) ; also Silica marina.

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