A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homœopathy

Lithium Carbonicum lith.

Allen (1892)In every bookSave

General action

Similar to other alkalies, but a more decided diuretic than even Potassium.

Generalities

Feels sore and beaten, and stiff in the muscles, bones and joints.
Paralytic stiffness of the whole body.
Pains mostly sharp, from within outward, usually in small spots, worse on the left side.

Eyes

Vanishing of the right half of objects.
Photophobia, blinded by sunlight.

Clinical:
Asthenopia.
Retinal anæmia.
Vanishing of the right half of objects, with pain over eyes.

Stomach

Appetite diminished; distress on beginning to eat.
Acidity.
Gnawing in the stomach, > while eating.

Urinary organs

Soreness in the region of the bladder, with frequent micturition.
Pain in the region of the right kidney.
Urine scanty, dark red, acid.

Heart and Pulse

Pain and soreness in the region of the heart; < in the morning on stooping.

Clinical:
Trembling and fluttering in the region of the heart; sometimes painful, extending to between the shoulders; has been found valuable in organic diseases of the heart; valvular; especially when associated with chronic rheumatism of the joints.

Back

Sticking pain in the region of the sacrum, seeming to be in the bone.
Soreness in the right side, in the region of the kidney, extending to sacrum; < pressure; > rising and moving about.

Extremities

Pain in the right shoulder joint and arm near the shoulder.
Burning, stinging pains in the finger joints and balls of fingers and thumbs.
Pain in the hollow of the foot, extending up to the knee.
Pains like rheumatism in the foot at night; > rising.
Swelling and tenderness of the joints of the fingers and toes; > hot water.