(Precipitated Sub-Nitrate of Bismuth)
Irritation and catarrhal inflammation of the alimentary canal, is the chief action of this drug.
Mind
Solitude is unbearable. DESIRE FOR COMPANY. Complains about his condition. ANGUISH. Discontented.
Head
Headache alternates with gastralgia. Neuralgic pain, as if torn by pincers; involves face and teeth; worse, eating; better, cold; alternate with gastralgia. Cutting or pressure above right orbit extending to occiput. Pressure in occiput; worse, motion; with heaviness.
Mouth
GUMS SWOLLEN. Toothache; better, cold water in mouth. (COFF.) Tongue white. Swollen. Black, gangrenous looking wedges on dorsum and sides of tongue. Profuse salivation, teeth loose. Thirst for cold drinks.
Stomach
Vomits, with convulsive gagging and pain. WATER IS VOMITED AS SOON AS IT REACHES THE STOMACH. Eructation aftei
drinking. Vomits all fluids. BURNING; FEELING OF A LOAD. Will eat for several days; then vomit. Slow digestion, with FETID eructations. Gastralgia; pain from stomach through to spine. Gastritis. BETTER, COLD DRINKS, but vomiting when stomach becomes full.
Tongue
Coated white; sweetish, metallic taste. Inexpressible pain in stomach; must bend backwards. Pressure as from a load in one spot, alternating with burning, crampy pain and pyrosis.
Stool
Painless diarrhoea, with great thirst, and frequent micturition and vomiting. Pinching in lower abdomen, with rumbling.
Respiratory
Pinching in middle of diaphragm, extending transversely through chest. Angina pectoris; pain around heart, left arm to fingers.
Extremities
Cramps in hands and feet. Tearing in wrist. Paralytic weakness, especially right arm. Tearing in tips of fingers under nails. (BERB.) Itching erosion near tibia and back of feet near joints. Cold limbs.
Sleep
Restless on account of voluptuous dreams. Sleepy in morning, a few hours after eating.
Relationship
Antidotes: NUX; CAPSIC.; CALC.
Compare: ANTIMON.; ARS.; BELLAD.; KREOSOT.
Dose
First to sixth potency.