MEDICAL ASTROLOGY
perspiration.
IGNATIA.
Duration of action 2 hours to 9 days.
Antidotes,—Chamomilla, Pulsatilla.
Ailments caused from grief or fright; adapted to excitable, hysterical people; spasmodic complaints; twitching of the muscles; hiccough from smoking; empty feeling in the pit of the stomach; pains pressing from within to without; cutting pains as from a knife; worse after dinner, after lying down, after sleep, from tobacco coffe, brandy, or perspiration. Better when lying on the back, and from changing position.
IPECACUANHA.
Duration of action, from 2 hours to several days.
Antidotes,—Arnica, Nux vomica, China.
Ailments accompanied by nausea and vomiting; pale face; aversion to food; suffocating cough; loose rattling of phlegm in the throat; chilliness; is unable to bear the least warmth. Adapted to malarial disorders; worse at night and after eating or drinking.
LACHESIS.
Duration of action, 4 or 5 weeks.
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