{"id":576,"remedy_name":"Alumen","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Syphilitic Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Night","keynote_indications":"The well-known astringent action of Alum, gives a leading indication f or its use in practice. \nOn the other hand, it is equally available for the states of relaxation, which corresponds with its secondary \naction. \nStools as hard as stones. No desire for stool for days. Aggravated constipation and hemorrhage from bowels \nduring the course of typhoid. Cancer of uterus and rectum  with the most obstinate constipation. \nConstrictions and contractions of sphincters and various parts. \nTendency to induration of glands and other tissues. Tongue, rectum, uterus etc., are hardened, ulcers w ith \nIndurated base. Indurations following inflammation. Lupus or cancer of nose. Scirrhus of the tongue.  \nParalytic weakness of all the muscles of the body with typhoid. Relaxation of muscles. \nProlapsed uterus and rectum, excruciating pains. Sensation of dr yness and constric tion. Mental paresis, \ndysphagia especially to liquids. \nSluggish action of muscles, hemorrhages of various kinds, large clots in typhoid, relaxed mucus membranes, \nrelaxed uvula, hoarseness and bronchial affections, diar rhea. Sensitive to  cold, exposure to air causes \nroughness and chaps in the skin. Yellow bland discharges. \nUseful after operations on the eyes and teeth. Hemorrhages from leech bites, ex tracting teeth,  etc. \nParenchymatous bleeding from mouth, gums, nose, uterus. Hemor rhages of dark blood. Mucus membrane \ndry in nose, on tongue in mouth, larynx. Emaciation. Joints of arms, hands and feet feel bruised.","modalities":"Worse from cold, except head ache, which is relieved by cold. Worse during sleep. Worse lying \non right side. Worse bad news.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Nervous tremors from bad news. Doubting people. Lectophobia. Desires to remain in bed. Fear of \nfalling. Spells of rage, attacks people. \nThinking about disease causes palpita tions. Anxiety at night.  Anxiety at night with nausea and headache. \nSadness in morning. Weeping in morning. Nervous tremors from bad news. Doubting people. Lectophobia. Desires to remain in bed. Fear of \nfalling. Spells of rage, attacks people. \nThinking about disease causes palpita tions. Anxiety at night.  Anxiety at night with nausea and headache. \nSadness in morning. Weeping in morning.","Vertigo":"Vertigo with weakness in the pit of stomach, better opening eyes, turning on right side. Vertigo when \nlying on his back. \nCOMMENTS - The Alumn. patient is very sensitive to cold, exposure to air roughens and chaps the skin. Slight \nscratches bleed. Bleeding after tooth extraction. Catarrhal conditions prevail throughout.  \nSensations of dryness and contraction. Contractive sensation in abdomen and pelvis and retraction of \nabdomen as in lead colic. Paralytic states with the sensation as if bound with a tight band. \nTendency to indurations whenever inflam mations occur. Scirrhus indurations, indurat ed glands. Pains are \ninsupportable. Attacks come and go suddenly, periodically. \nMany complaints come on during sleep, like nightmares. Turning on right side improves the vertigo. Lying on \nright side brings on palpitations. There is sensitiveness to all sorts of weather changes and especially to cold. \nW. P. Wesselheft cured bronchitis char acterized by scrap ing from upper sternum to throat with free \nexpectoration of thick, yellow mucus, paroxysmal cough, morning cough with gagging.  \nAching in chest and in the lower part of the back in region of lower ribs. Profuse expectoration with a scraping \npain, for scraping coughs are usually dry. All-c. had helped the preliminary sneezing and coryza.","Head":"Alopecia. Rush of blood to head. Headache, better drinking cold water. Burning pain and weight on \nvertex, better ice-cold cloths pressed on the part. Headache shoot ing through temples with nausea, better \ndrinking cold water. Jerk ing pain in left forehead, evening. Pains coming and going, from place to place. \nHeadache in morning on awaking. Alopecia. Rush of blood to head. Headache, better drinking cold water. Burning pain and weight on \nvertex, better ice-cold cloths pressed on the part. Headache shoot ing through temples with nausea, better \ndrinking cold water. Jerk ing pain in left forehead, evening. Pains coming and going, from place to place. \nHeadache in morning on awaking.","Eyes":"Wild look with spells of rage.  Bruised feeling on pressure or by moving eyelids. Spots on cornea. \nProlapse of iris after cataract operation. Right eye squints towards the nose. Varicosities of con junctiva. \nPurulent ophthalmia of infants. Itching burning on border of lower lids. Dilated pupils. Diplopia by candlelight. \nSees double by candlelight.","Ears":"Heat in both ears and left side of face at night. Purulent otorrhea. Hears every noise in sleep.","Mouth":"Mouth dry, without thirst. Dry ness of mouth, tongue and throat. Taste bitter, sourish, astringent.  \nTaste sweetish. Disgusting after-taste. Spreading ulcers in mouth. Noma. Profuse salivation, mercurial in origin \nor not. \nNose - Nasal polyps, left side with rough skin all over the face and body. Lupus or cancer on nose. Dryness \nof nostrils and choanae. Nosebleed.","Throat":"Tendency to throat colds. Burning and severe pains.  Hoarseness worse from talking. Aphonia. \nEnlarged and indurated tonsils from frequent colds. Every cold settles in throat. Mucus membrane red and \nswollen. Throat relaxed. Throat sore and dry when swallowing fluids. Uvula inflamed and enlarged.  Uvula \nelongated, relaxed. Scraping in throat with cough. \nTickling in throat. Burning pain down the esophagus. Constriction, spasms of esophagus, liquids can scarcely \nbe swallowed. \nTongue - Dryness of tongue. Tongue dry, black. Tongue burning in evening. Tongue sour feeling, stitches \nworse at tip. Tongue clean, except a slight coating of slime on back part. Scirrhus of tongue.","Chest":"Palpitations worse from thinking of her disease. Palpitationsfrom lying down on right side.  \nPalpitation from mental excitement. Pain from heart to lower part of right leg. Dilatation of heart.  Strong \npulsation through whole body. \nKidneys - Frequent and painful urging with painful passing of small quantities of urine. Must urinate every hour \nor two, night and day. Diabetes mellitus. Urine passed with difficulty. Oily iridescent film on urine. Urine falls \ndown perpendicularly (Hep.). Urine scanty, clear flow, containing lumps of blood.  Urine sediment slimy, \ntough or membraneous. Scanty, reddish urine in colic. Asthma. Croup and bronchitis. Catarrh of chest. Hemoptysis. Great weak ness of chest. Difficult to \nexpel mucus. Copious ropy, expectoration in morning in elderly persons. Ropy sputa. Atonic hemoptysis.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Burning heat, better by drinking cold water. Sinking sensation, better by eating. The pain is better \nby pressing on stomach. Nausea with faintness and weakness. Attacks of nausea in mor ning before \n \n \nbreakfast. Vomits large quantities of glairy mucus or tough, colorless slime. Vomiting of everything he eats. \nVomits blood. Habitual vomiting in alcoholics. \nTeeth - Teeth loose. Teeth and gums scor butic. Gums swollen, inflamed, spongy. Profuse bleeding after \nextraction of tooth. \nTemperature - Chill during nausea. Cold ness followed by headache. Coldness of skin followed by heat and \ntingling. Coldness during pain in stomach, followed by heat with rush of blood to head, can hardly hold it up. \nFurious delirium. Fever with intense thirst, nausea, etc. Internal heat throughout body. Heat in forehead. \nWarmth creeps over abdomen. Colic worse by walking, with fullness and heaviness. Potter's colic, lead colic. Abdomen retracted, \nbetter from pressure. Contractive sensation deep in pelvis with complaints of rectum and bladder. Appetite increased, even with fullness in stomach. Loathes food. Emaciation. Thirst, throat dry and \nincreased appetite with heat in stomach, bett er by drinking cold water, intense with fever. Mouth dry, but no \nincrease of thirst.","Urinary & Genital":"Eczema on the back of penis and scrotum. Erections while at dinner. Frequent emissions. Gonorrhea, \ngleet. Shooting pain from middle line of belly, as along a thread, down into penis. Cutting pain in left side of \npenis. Induration of cervix. Left ovary affected. Menses scanty, watery. Hands weak, drops things during \nmenses. Chronic gonorrhea, yellow with little lumps along urethra. Weight and prolapse of uterus. Affections \nof left ovary with troublesome constipation. Chronic yellow vaginal discharge. Leucorrhea and emaciation \nwith yellow complexion. Vagina very sensitive, and narrowed by swellings of various size. Vaginismus. Itching. \nAphthous patches in vagina (Caul.). Bleeding after childbirth.","Extremities":"Bruised pain in joints of arms, hands and feet. Weakness of all muscles, especially arms and legs. \nConstricted feeling around limbs. Cold hands and feet during pain in stomach. Chilblains.","Neck & Back":"Sensation as if cold water were poured down back, with headache. Backache in evening on both sides \nof spine, with every deep inhalation. Weakness of spine in evening. \nBladder - Irritable bladder alternating with pain in vertex. Catarrh of bladder, mostly with the aged. Discharge \nof mucus from urethra. Itching of orifice of urethra. \nBreasts - Sore, inflamed nipples. Induration of cervix and breasts (Carb-an., Con.). Breast cancer. \nCausations - Bad news. Operations on eyes, on teeth. \n \n \nConstitutions - Adapted to elderly people, especially bronchial catarrhs. Disease of bladder. Children with \nprofuse bronchial catarrh. \nCoughs - Cough in morning before breakfast, better after. Dry cough, in evening after lying down. Chronic \nmorning cough of elderly people. Cough from tickling in larynx caused by talking.","Skin":"Skin roughens and chaps after exposure to cold air. Skin dry. Eczema. Proud flesh, chilblains, indolent \nulcers. Ulcers with indurated base.  Indolent ulcers. Scorbutic ulcers. Indurations resulting from chronic \ninflammations. Glands inflame and harden. Furu ncles on body, on thighs. Fungus granulations. Alopecia. \nEpithelioma. Veins become varicose and bleed.","Sleep":"Many complaints come on during sleep, like nightmares. Light sleep, hears every little noise. Can't get \nto sleep on account of orgasm of blood. Sleeplessness from fever. Disturbed by nightmare, at 4 a.m.","Generalities":"Sensation of dryness. Sensa tion of constriction, as if a cord or band around limbs in paralytic \nstates. ;"},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}