A complete treatise on headaches and diseases of the head : based on T.J. Rückert's Clinical experience in homoeopathy : with introductions, appendices, synopses, notes, directions for doses and many additional cases / by John C. Peters.
- John Charles Peters
- Date:
- 1859
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A complete treatise on headaches and diseases of the head : based on T.J. Rückert's Clinical experience in homoeopathy : with introductions, appendices, synopses, notes, directions for doses and many additional cases / by John C. Peters. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![and frontal regions of the left side of the head ; firm pressure lessened the pain ; exposure to cold, wet feet, or anxiety Of mind usually brought on an attack if it was absent, or in- creased its severity if present. She had taken Opium with but partial relief; was ordered to rub in a teaspoonful of the Tincture of Aconite thrice daily. The first application afforded much relief, and in five days she was quite well; ten weeks after, at last accounts, there had been no return of pain.—Fleming on Aconite. English edit., p. 139.—Peters.] D0S8.—In acute cases, and for adults, in the beginning of an attack, put from two to five drops of tincture of Aconite in a tumbler half full of water, and give from a tea to a tablespoonful every one, two, or four hours, according to the severity of the symptoms. If tbe paroxysm becomes more severe, and is not owing to an aggravation by the remedy, give a dose every quarter, half, or one hour, until some relief ensues, and then lengthen the interval of time between the doses to one, two, or more hours. Or six globules may be solved in a wine- glassful of water, and one teaspoonful given as often as above directed. Frequently, however, in sick headache, the stomach becomes so irritable that it will not bear even a teaspoonful of water, then three or four globules must be given dry upon the tongue, or one or two drops of tincture of Aconite given per dose, upon a bit of sugar, as often as above directed. One half, or one quarter the above quantities will suffice for children. A dose of Aconite may also be given regularly, night and morning, in appropriate chronic congestive cases, and in those with a chronic inflammatory tendency, for three or four days in succession; then a dose of four globules may be given at night, dry, for three days more; then every other night, until three doses more have been taken; then, every third night, for three doses, and so on, until the case is entirely cured, or it becomes evident that Aconite will not relieve it. Peters. 2. AGARIGUS MUSCARIUS. General Remarks.—Agaricus is indicated in nervous and congestive headaches, in which fulness, sleepiness, frequent and irresistible inclination to yawn are present, attended by relaxation and soreness of the whole body, pain in the back and a feeling as if the joints were dislocated. Genl. Horn. Journal, vol. 28, p. 223.—Dr. Black. [Note.—It is homoeopathic to congestion of the head with pulsation in all the vessels, redness and heat of the face and elirium ; also to catarrhal headache, with aching in the fore-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21147140_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
