Borax
Dewey, Essentials of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 1894, p. 258
Questions
"What is Borax ?
It is the Bi- borate of Soda. Give three grand characteristic uses of Borax. 1. Where there is dread of downward motion. 2. Nursing sore mouth of children. 3. Copious, clear and albuminous leucorrhoea.
What is the character of the sore mouth ?
Aphthae form on the inside of the cheeks, on the tongue and in the fauces; the mouth is hot; the membrane around these aphthae bleeds easily and the child lets go of the nipple and cries with vexation or refuses to nurse.
When is Mercurius indicated in this condition ?
When there is salivation, the water dribbles from the child's mouth, diarrhoea with tenesmus.
What is a symptom of Bryonia which is sometimes useful in sore mouth ?
The child refuses to nurse until the mouth has been moistened, the mouth is so dry.