- Graphites is a mineral carbon, related to Carb -an and Carb -v.
- It contains a small percentage of iron, and so is also related to Ferr.
- Weinhold first thought of using this substance as a drug.
- He was led to it by seeing workmen in a mirror -factory use it as a local application for tetters.
- Rugg eri followed him, using it both internally and locally.
- Tendency to produce excoriations, cracks or fissures, at muco-cutaneous junction of eyes, nostrils, mouth, anus, nipples, finger tips, folds of skin.
- Mucus membranes are cracked and fissured and have scanty secre- tions.
- Excoriations between toes.
- Thickening and indurationHardening of body tissueThe hardening of normally soft organic tissues, usually due to chronic inflammation, infiltration, or scarring. of skin, glands, tarsi, nail, scars.
- Thick crusts on the skin.
- Tendency to callosities.
- Aids the absorption of scar tissue (Thiosin.).
- Cancerous diathesis in old scars.
- Recrudescence of scars.
- Syphilitic and constitutional ulcers.
- Tendency to grow cystic tumors, wens.
- Eradicates tendency to erysipelasAcute bacterial skin infectionAn acute, sometimes recurrent, bacterial skin infection characterized by large, raised red patches, especially on the face..
- Watery hemorrhages.
- DropsyFluid retention and swelling (edema)An old medical term for edema, which is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues..
- EdemaSwelling caused by excess fluid in tissuesA condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body..
- ParalysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body. or sensation of paralysis.
- Con tractions of muscles.
- Cramps and burning in d ifferent places.
- Offensive discharges and secretions.
- Discharges are, thin, foul, scanty and acrid.
- Sweat stains are yellow, sour, offensive.
- Gushing leucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection..
- Swollen genitals.
- Alternating digestive and skin symptoms.
- Gastro-intestinal disorders altern ating with acne and erythemaRedness of the skin from inflammationAn abnormal redness of the skin caused by congestion and dilation of the capillaries, often from inflammation. of face, herpetic lesions or scrofulousProne to swollen glands or tuberculosisRelating to scrofula, a constitutional tendency to tuberculous swelling of the lymph nodes. hypochondriasis.
- Sourness of taste, belchings, stools, urine, blood about teeth etc.
- Frequently feels faint with partial loss of senses.
- Sensitive to cold aggravates bone pains, cor yza and stomach.
- Emanation of suffering parts.
- Sensation of burning, numbness and deadness.
- Pains go to parts not lain on General sense of uneasiness, tremulousnessInvoluntary trembling or shakingA state of shaking or quivering involuntarily, often due to weakness, fear, or nervous exhaustion., which elicits groans.
- Sudden sinking of strength.
- Cancer of pylorus.
- Duodenal ulcerOpen painful sore on skin or mucous membraneAn open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane..
- Infi ltrations.
- Weakness, then a relaxed condition, anemiaLack of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobinA condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness., and chlorosis.
- Lymphatic glands are swollen.
- Take colds easily.
- Anemia with redness of face.
- Tendency to obesity