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MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

COLIC.

Bryonia.—Pinching pain in the stomach; bilious vomiting after eating or drinking.

Cham.—Spasmodic pains in the stomach; caused principally from strong coffee.

Coloc.—The principal remedy for cramp colic, particularly if patient bends themselves double, or lies down putting the entire weight on the stomach, which relieves; pain the stomach as though it were squeezed between stones.

Ipecac.—Vomiting the principal symptom, horrible pain in the stomach.

Nux vom.—Cutting, pinching pain; worse from motion; chronic constipation.

Puls.—Gripping pain, with diarrhoea; caused from eating fruits, ice cream, or slightly tainted meat, such as venison.

JAUNDICE.

Cham.—Yellowness of face and white of eyes; green, watery stools.

Mercury.—Skin very yellow; thickly coated tongue; bad smell from the mouth; loathing of food.

Nux vom.—Pain in the region of the liver; sour or putrid taste; constipation.

DIARRHOEA.

Aloes.—Yellow stools; pain in the bow-

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