Homoeopathy — Page 81
Argentum Nitricum 81 other symptoms also aggravate. In an Argentum Nitricum patient, the desire to eat sweets, if associated with wind and abdominal distension, is very typical. The patient cannot sleep on his right side. This symptom is also found in Naja. On lying on the right side, the pulse becomes rapid. The symptom of a rapid pulse is common to Kalmia, Spongia, Kali Nitrate, Alumen, Platina, Lilium Tigrum also. A distinction among these remedies can be made by keeping their respective characteristic features in mind. The symptoms of Argentum Nitricum aggravate in a warm room or sitting near the fire. The perspiration on the face is very prominent. It appears as if water is erupting out. The face is sallow and bluish. The eyes are drawn in and are without lustre. Like in Thuja, there is tendency to develop warts. Blisters form in the throat. The throat feels as if something is stuck in it, like Hepar Sulph, but any attempt to cough it out makes the sensation worse. In fact, there is nothing inside the throat; it is just a feeling and it is typical in Nitric Acid also. The person feels as if something is poking him on his body. If touched by hand anywhere on the body, the person feels pain. In case of Argentum Nitricum, the symptoms of lactating mothers are exhibited in their children. If the mother eats too many sweets, the child develops diarrhoea. In case of Argentum Nitricum, the vomiting and diarrhoea start concurrently. The stools are green. The ingested food passes out of the system quickly. Such children are generally dehydrated and marasmic. However, the marasmus of the children may not always be the result of suckling Argentum Nitricum mothers. They can be patients of Argentum Nitricum per se. The stools are green; vomiting and diarrhoea can alternate or be present at the same time. With the stools, the child passes a lot of mucus. In Argentum Nitricum there is pain in the deep organs of the body. The liver, spleen or stomach may hurt. The discomfort may not be felt spread throughout the abdomen. In Argentum Nitricum, one may involuntarily pass urine. Children may wet their beds at night. Another sign is that one may have the desire to urinate, but is unable to pass urine easily. There may be pain, swelling or itching in the urethra. This is also one of the best remedies for gonorrhoea.