Homoeopathy — Page 356
Gratiola 356 ameliorates the pain. Therefore, Gratiola patient drinks fluids in sips so that the discomfort at the throat may be relieved. The Gratiola patient feels dizzy while eating, more so after having finished eating. Closing the eyes, reading, and getting up suddenly also produces dizziness, showing that the patient is anaemic or has low blood pressure. Another type of stomach upset is associated with nausea and distension of the stomach due to gas. In Gratiola nausea disappears as soon as food is taken. Usually in nausea, one does not feel like eating, but in Gratiola, strangely enough, the treatment for nausea is eating food. Acidity of the stomach can be relieved by food intake, but returns after a short while. Acidity of the stomach is not necessarily due to Hydrochloric acid (HCl). Very often, due to a lack of hydrochloric acid, food remains undigested, producing various other acids. In the case of hyperacidity of the stomach, nausea or belching cause a reflux of the acidic contents of the stomach into the distal part of the food pipe (oesophagus). The patient feels burning behind the breast bone (sternum) and feels tightness of the chest, as in angina. In Gratiola, there is a feeling of burning all over, but an inflammation and a burning sensation of the reproductive organs, male and female both, can provoke unusual and unnatural physical reactions. In the Gratiola patient, typically there is palpitation after passing stools. Homoeopathic physicians must prepare a library of similarly acting remedies, store them in their memory and then sub-classify them according to their peculiar, distinctive features. Then alone will they be able to make proper diagnoses. If they do not do so, they will always remain confused and find difficulty in treating their patients properly. Potency: 30 to 200