Alumina

Characteristic symptoms

Compare Calc, Merc, Silic, Cham., Ignat. — Constrictive sensation in various organs ; soreness of the mucous membranes / aggravation or renewal of many pains after eating, or amelioration of those which arose in the morning and evening ; aggravations of symptoms from walking in the air and talking; paroxysms of convulsive laughter ; itching of the skin in the evening ; humid herpes and scurfs / renewal of the diseases of the skin on every full and new moon ; rhagades ; dreams with anxiety and nightmare ; much chilliness and horripilations, especially in the evening ; sad mood, whining and moaning ; lowness of spirits ; absence of mind and no desire to do anything serious ; inability to think or recollect ; stitches in the brain, sometimes with inclination to vomit ; throbbing in the head with stitches ; pressure or lacerating ; itching scales on the hairy scalp; profuse secretion of mucus in the eyes, with copious lachrymation in daytime and nightly agglutination ; squinting of either eye ; for many evenings a hot, red ear : otorrhœa of a purulent character; amenorrhœa of the nose with ulcerated nostrils ; painful swelling and redness of the nose ; discharge of pieces of dry, hard, yellow green mucus ; the smell is weak, wanting ; disposition to catarrh for many years y heaviness of the face and tightness of the skin of the face, as if covered with the white of an egg ; blotches and formication of the face ; violent itching of the face, with pimples or boils ; humid scurf on the temples ; toothache, especially when chewing, with sensation as if the teeth were loose and elongated ; bleeding of the gums ; swelling and ulceration about the gums ; increased secretion of mucus and saliva in mouth and throat ; difficult deglutition, as if the fauces were paralyzed or from spasmodic constriction of the oesophagus / soreness of the mucous membrane of the mouth and throat ; irregular appetite, at times excessive, at times deficient ; after eating potatoes, pain in the stomach, nausea and colic ; heartburn, waterbrash, frequent sour eructations; colicky pinching and lacerating, with chilliness in the abdomen, relieved by heat ; pressing and pulsations in the abdominal ring ; difficult stool, as from inaction of the bowels; mucous diarrhœa, itching in ano and bleeding haemorrhoids; pains in the renal region ; frequent desire to pass water, with an increased secretion of aqueous urine; sexual desire increased (or suppressed), with erections and nocturnal emis. sions and amorous dreams ; tabes-dorsalis ; scanty and pale menses, slimy and corrosive leucorrhœa ; short dry cough with arrest of breath ; frequent hoarseness, especially evenings ; orthopncea, as if from constriction of the chest, irregular beating and shocks of the heart.