Books · Homoeopathic Therapeutics

NIGHTMARE

Homoeopathic Therapeutics · Samuel Lilienthal

Aconite Acon

For children and women, with feverish heat, thirst, palpitations, anguish, restlessness.

Guaiacum Guai

Nightmare when lying on back, walking with screams, feels unrefreshed when waking up, everything seems too tight, feels exhausted, as after great exertion, especially in thighs and arms; great accumulation of wind in abdomen, with pinching from incarcerated, flatulence.

Kali brom Kali-br

Nightmare, full of fearful dreams, exposing the sleeper to horrible dangers, with muscular twitchings, child shrieks out in its sleep and wants to cling to the nurse (Hyosc).

Mezereum Mez

Awakes after midnight from vivid dreams and with nightmare, (<) on awaking; burning and uneasiness in stomach RELIEVED BY EATING.

Nitric acid Nit-ac

Nightmare after falling asleep, shocks on dropping to sleep; on awaking feels as if he had not slept enough; excessive physical irritability, with weakness and trembling, especially in the morning.

Nux vomica Nux-v

Nightmare after taking a heavy supper or taking alcoholic beverages; during sleep blowing -snoring respiration; dreams full of bustle and hurry; springs up delirious, has frightful visions, awakes in fright from the least noise.

Opium Op

Severe paroxysms, with suppressed breathing, half- opened eyes, open mouth, stertorous breathing, rattling, anxious features, cold sweat, twitching and convulsive motions of extremities; stupid sleeplessness, with frightful visions; before midnight.

Pulsatilla Puls

Stertorous inspirations; anxious, sad dreams, with weeping, lying on one's back with the arms stretched above the head, or with the arms laid crosswise on the abdomen and the feet drawn up; dreams of black beasts; talking, whining and screaming during sleep, sleepy and drowsy by day.

Sulphur Sulph

Light, unrefreshing sleep, with aching or beating pains in the head, dreams about fire, the arms stretched above the head, the eyes sometimes half open; talks loudly while asleep; jerks and twitches during sleep; awakes with a star or scream.

Terebinthina Ter

Nightmare shortly after going to sleep; frequent walking and tossing about at night; great languor and loss of strength; worms, with foul breath, choking sensation in the throat; dry, hacking cough; vertigo.

What is in this library

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.

Chapter text is on this shelf for study: open a title, then a heading. For educational use by students and qualified practitioners. Not medical advice.

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