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GUMS, DISEASES OF

Homoeopathic Therapeutics · Samuel Lilienthal

Alumen Alumn

Gums swollen and inflamed; spongy, covered with a gray dirty coating; teeth surrounded by proud flesh; stomatitis.

Alumina Alum

Swelling of the gums, they bleed easily and ulcerate; saltish blood seems to come from the teeth.

Ambra Ambr

Bleeding of gums which are painful and swollen; foetor oris; vesicles in mouth, with a burning pain; (<) morning, evening, on awaking, when talking, from eating warm things.

Anacardium Anac

Swelling of gums which bleed upon slight rubbing; flat, offensive taste in mouth.

Antimonium crud Ant-c

Gums detach from teeth and bleed easily; toothache from decayed teeth.

Antimonium tart Ant-t

Spongy gums, as if scorbutic, which bleed easily, with nosebleed; red gums.

Apis mell Apis

Gums sacculated, look watery child awakens with violent screams; swelling and redness of gums and cheeks, with sore pain and stinging in teeth; gums bleed easily.

Argentum nit Arg-n

Gums tender and bleed easily, but neither painful nor swollen; gums inflamed and stand off from the teeth in the shape of indentations; chronic irritation of gums.

Arnica Arn

Beating and tingling in the gums; toothache and swelling of the gums on left upper jaw.

Arsenicum Ars

Swollen, bleeding gums, painful to touch; gums and teeth covered with brown or black slime (typhoid); jerking and burning pains in gums.

Arsenicum hydr Ars-h

Sore bleeding gums around the remaining root of the right upper incisor; lips and tongue fuliginous, furred.

Aurum met Aur

Gums swollen, dark-red, sore when touched or when eating gums bleed easily; metallic taste in mouth.

Aurum mur Aur-m

Great tenderness of gums and slight salivation; gums inflamed, white or bluish, painful in spots, even ulcerated.

Baptisia Bapt

Teeth and gums sore, by pressing with finger large quantities of blood ooze out.

Baryta carb Bar-c

Gums bleed, are swollen, pale-red, with a dark-red border, gums hurt when touched; gums swollen, pale-red, with a dark-red border, gums swollen around a hollow tooth.

Belladonna Bell

Extremely troublesome itching of gums, with pain in throat; vesicle in gum below one of the front teeth, with pain as if burnt or lacerated; bleeding of gums.

Berberis Berb

Pain as if gums were torn or tooth pulled out; dingy red edge of gums; small white nodules on gums, which bleed easily; sore gums during dentition.

Borax Bor

Inflamed large swelling on outer side of gum, which pains severely (gum-boil); dark redness in lower portion of gums beneath the roots of the teeth, along the lower jaw and sensation as if teeth were too long; redness of gums above roots of teeth in front of upper jaw.

Bovista Bov

Scorbutic gums, easily bleeding.

Bryonia Bry

Painful swelling of gums in teething children, teeth and gums sore.

Calcarea carb Calc

Gums painfully tender with stitching, pulsating pains; swelling, bleeding, even at night, bleeding of gums after suppressed menses; gums eaten away, the exposed bones covered with callous membrane; foul breath.

Calcarea sulph Calc-s

Gums bleed while brushing teeth; inside of gums swollen and sore.

Cantharis Canth

Scurvy, gums spongy and swollen: coagulated blood in mouth mornings on waking.

Capsicum Caps

Stomatitis; gums hot, burning, swollen, inflamed and sensitive; spongy, retracted from teeth, which are dirty and painful.

Carbo an Carb-an

GUMS-BOILS, pustules gums; scurvy, gums bleeding, painful, red and swollen; vesicles in mouth, forming ulcers.

Carbo veg Carb-v

Gums painfully sensitive when chewing, sore during day and retracting from lower incisors; when sucking gum pure blood flows into mouth; gum-boils; teeth and gum affections from abuse of mercury.

Causticum Caust

Swelling of gums, readily bleeding and tedious suppuration; frequently recurring abscesses in gums , which are painfully sensitive, without pain in teeth salivation.

Cistus can Cist

Scorbutic, swollen gums, separating from teeth; easily bleeding, putrid, disgusting.

Cobaltum Cob

Gums swollen, tender, as if ulcerated, (<) from cold air.

Cuprum sulph Cupr-s

Greenish tint along free borders of gums.

Dioscorea Dios

Soreness of gums, extending to roof of mouth; gums on inner side of front upper teeth swollen; tongue sore on sides, as if burnt.

Dolichos pruriens Dol

Soreness and tenderness of gums, even in teething children; gums swollen, red, painful, can scarcely eat or drink; pain in gums preventing sleep; gums irritated, child wants them continually rubbed.

Dulcamara Dulc

Scurvy from cold; receding spongy gums; ptyalism.

Erigeron Erig

Profuse bleeding from gums.

Graphites Graph

Painful soreness on inner side of gums; swelling of gums and dryness of mouth; gums bleed readily when rubbing them, foetid odor from gums and mouth.

Hamamelis Ham

Gums sore, painful swollen, bleed easily; passive, dark fluid bleeding; bleeding and spongy gums; blisters on sides of tongue.

Hepar Hep

Gums and mouth very painful to touch bleed easily; gums ulcerated, tender and painful; aphthae on gums and roof of mouth; foul breath; mercurio-syphilis.

Iodum Iod

Gums puffed, red, inflamed, painful to touch, bleed easily; absorption of gums and alveolar process; softening and bleeding of gums; little blisters on gums or painful ash-colored ulcers.

Kali bichrom Kali-bi

Stomach ache; gum of right lower jaw much swollen, dirty white and very tender to touch; profuse ptyalism; liquid food causes gums to feel very sore.

Kali iod Kali-i

Ulcerative pain swelling of gums; gums recede from teeth; gums- boils; decayed teeth, bloody saliva, with sensation as if a worm were crawling at root of tooth.

Kali mur Kali-m

Scorbutic, especially after mercury; ulceration of edges of gums which bleed easily; gum-boil, before suppuration; foetid breath.

Kali phos Kali-p

Gums spongy and receding; breath foetid and offensive; stomatitis; noma.

Kreosotum Kreos

Gums bluish-red, soft, spongy, easily bleeding, inflamed, ulcerated, scorbutic; protruding gums infiltrated with dark, watery fluid; persistent oozing of dark blood after extraction of tooth; absorption of gums and alveolar process.

Lac can Lac-c

Gums swollen, ulcerated, retracted, bleeding, teeth loose, caused by defective nutrition and exposure.

Lachesis Lach

Gums swollen and spongy, easily bleeding, aching (<) from warm drinks; protruding, dark-purple; haemorrhage from gums.

Lycopodium Lyc

Profuse bleeding of gums when touched or cleaning teeth; gums- boils; dental fistula; swelling of gums above front teeth, with swelling of upper lip.

Magnesia carb Mag-c

Burning vesicles on gums, inside of cheeks, tongue, lips, palate, bleeding from least contact; looseness of teeth with swelling of gums.

Mercurius Merc

Gums painful to touch, swollen, receding from teeth; edges whitish; bleeding; foul breath; ulcers with dark-red edges; gum boil.

Mercurius cor Merc-c

Swollen gums are covered with a false membrane, gangrenous, bleed freely.

Muriatic acid Mur-ac

Gums swollen, bleeding, ulcerated, teeth rise from sockets; stomatitis with great adynamia.

Natrum mur Nat-m

Gums sensitive to warm and cold things, swollen, bleed easily; are putrid; decayed teeth feel loose, burn, sting and pulsate; difficulty of talking.

Natrum sulph Nat-s

Gums burn like fire, toothache lessened by cool air; blisters with burning pain on tip of tongue; mouth dry; thirst.

Nux vomica Nux-v

Gum boils which seem about to burst; gums white, putrid, bleeding; roof of mouth, throat and gums inflamed and swollen; scorbutic gums and ptyalism; coagulated blood is spat out.

Oxalic acid Ox-ac

Small ulcers on gums, painful in spots and bleeding.

Petroleum Petr

Stinging, burning pains in swollen gums, (<) when touched; foetid breath; numbness of teeth, which pain when biting on them.

Plumbum Plb

Swollen gums show a lead-colored line; painful, with hard tubercles; forth of sweetish saliva in mouth.

Sabina Sabin

Swelling of gums around broken tooth; offensive breath.

Sanguinaria Sang

Spongy, bleeding and fungoid condition of gums; tongue sore, pain like a boil, tip of tongue burns as if scalded.

Sepia Sep

Dark-red, painful swelling of gums, bleeding from slightest touch; sensation as if burned, early decay of teeth.

Silicea Sil

Gum-boils sore and inflamed; discharge of offensive matter from openings near roof of mouth or from gums; suppuration of salivary glands.

Staphisagria Staph

Gums, white swollen, ulcerating, spongy, bleed when touched.

Sulphur Sulph

Swelling of gums, with beating pain in them; bleeding of gums.

Tellurium Tell

Salivation, gums bleed easily and profusely.

Terebinthina Ter

Scorbutic affections, with haematuria.

Thuja Thuj

Gums swollen, inflamed, dark-red in streaks.

Zincum Zinc

Gums painful while eating, ulcerated, white, bleed easily.

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These titles sit beside the repertory: Allen’s Keynotes, Anshutz on the twelve tissue remedies, Boericke’s materia medica, Clarke’s Dictionary, Hering, Jones, Kent’s lectures, Nash, and Boger’s Synoptic Key. Philosophy includes Hahnemann’s Organon (5th and 6th), Kent, Close, Burnett, Haehl, Gibson Miller, Royal, J. H. Allen, and Anshutz. Clinical, therapeutics, regional works, and short remedy pictures follow the same shelf.

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