Strontium stront.

Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica

C. M. Boger · Boger's Synoptic Key — Materia Medica · A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1915 — the Materia Medica half

Region

Vaso-motors: Circulation. Heart. Kidneys. Marrow. Ankles. Right side.

Worse

COLD; changes. Uncovering. Walking. Sprains. Bleedings. Evening.

Better

Heat and light: Sun. Wraps. Baths. Itching.

General

Congestive tension. Fleeting pains; seemingly in bones. Rheumatism. Burning. Gnawing. Pains increase and decrease gradually or make him faint and sick all over. Violent starts. Immobility; of one side. Œdema. Sense of paralytic weakness. Emaciation. Prostration after operations. Formication in limbs. Arterio-sclerosis.

Particulars

Headaches; into upper jaw; with vertigo and nausea. Violent pain in nape, > wraps. Very pale or violently red face. Numb mouth. Pressure in stomach during digestion. Cramp about navel. Hard, knotty, difficult stool, then burning at anus. Exhausting, nightly diarrhœa, of yellow water; periodically. Pale, ammoniacal urine. As of a load on chest. Heart feels smothered. Heart block. Numb hands. Sprained or puffed ankles. Cramp in calves and soles. Surgical shock. Flushes of heat; in face; yet averse to uncovering. Night-sweats; climacteric.

Related

Related: Calc-c. Rhus-t.

Key-Notes to the Materia Medica

Henry N. Guernsey · Key-Notes to the Materia Medica · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Guernsey d. 1885; public domain)

General

Violent involuntary starts of the body; tension in inner or outer parts; heat, with aversion to undress or uncover one's self. Affections of the joints of the legs.

Worse

In the night; in the evening; from cold in general; from undressing; after lying down and rising again; from rubbing; in darkness.

Better

From light; from a very bright light; from warmth in general; from wrapping up warmly.

Remedies following

Bellad., Caustic., Kali carb., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sepia, Sulphur.

Antidote

Camphor.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Carbonate of Strontia (STRONTIA)

General

Rheumatic pains, chronic sprains, stenosis of œsophagus. Pains make patient faint or sick all over. Chronic sequelæ of hæmorrhages, after operations with much oozing of blood and coldness and prostration. Arterio-sclerosis. High blood pressure with flushed face pulsating arteries, threatened apoplexy. Violent involuntary starts. Affections of bones, especially femur. Restlessness at night, smothering feeling. For shock after surgical operations. Neuritis, great sensitiveness to cold.

Head

Vertigo with headache and nausea. Distensive pressure. Aches from nape of neck, spreading upwards; better wrapping head up warmly (Sil). Flushes in face; violent pulsating. Supraorbital neuralgia; pains increase and decrease slowly (Stann). Bloody crusts in nose. Face red; burns, itches. Itching, redness and burning of nose.

Eyes

Burning and redness of eyes. Pain and lachrymation on using eyes, with dancing and chromatic alterations of objects looked at.

Stomach

Loss of appetite, aversion to meat, craves bread and beer. Food tasteless. Eructations after eating. Hiccough causes chest pains; cardialgia.

Abdomen

Sticking in abdominal ring. Diarrhœa; worse at night; continuous urging; better towards morning. Burning in anus lasts a long time after stool (Ratanh). Uncomfortable fullness and swelling of abdomen.

Extremities

Sciatica with œdema of ankle. Rheumatic pain in right shoulder. Rheumatism with diarrhœa. Gnawing as if in marrow of bones. Cramps in calves and soles. Chronic spasms, particularly of ankle-joint. Œdematous swelling. Icy-cold feet. Rheumatic pains, especially in joints. Veins of hands engorged.

Fever

Heat, with aversion to uncover or undress.

Skin

Moist, itching, burning eruption; better in open air, especially warm sunshine. Sprains of ankle-joint, with œdema. Violent perspiration at night.

Modalities

Better immersing in hot water; worse, change of weather; from being quiet; when beginning to move; great sensitiveness to cold.

Relationship

Compare: Arnica; Ruta; Sil; Baryta c; Carbo; Stront jodat (arterio-sclerosis). Strontium brom (often gives excellent results where a bromide is indicated. Vomiting of pregnancy. Nervous dyspepsia. It is anti-fermentative and neutralizes excessive acidity). Stront nit (Morbid cravings; headache and eczema behind ears).

Dose

Sixth trituration and thirtieth potency.

Text Book of Materia Medica

Adolph Lippe · Text Book of Materia Medica · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Lippe d. 1888; public domain)

Mind and Disposition

Ill-humor with inclination to anger and impetuosity. Great forgetfulness.

Head

Tension from the vertex to the upper jaw as if the head were expanded from within, and as if the scalp were too tight, worse in the evening when lying low with the head, slowly increasing and decreasing, better from heat. Stitches in the head. Burning in the forehead. Chilliness over the scalp and upper part of the back, worse in the evening, at night, and in the cold air. Tension on the head (externally and internally), worse in the evening, and from cold, better from warmth, especially in the heat of the sun. Sensation of heat of the head and face, with red face, anxiety, and sleepiness.

Eyes

Burning in the eyes. Pressing pain on the upper surface of the eyes. Pressing in the eyes after rubbing them, which causes one to see red and blue margins. Green spots before the eyes in the dark. Luminous vibrations before the eyes.

Nose

Dark, bloody scabs are blown from the nose.

Face

Face red, burning hot. Tearing pain in the malar bone, cheeks, and lower jaw. Violent boring pain in the (right) malar bone.

Mouth and Throat

Sensation in the teeth as if screwed together. Violent tearing in the teeth after previously increased saliva in the mouth. Sensation of numbness in the mouth (early on waking). Heat emanating from the mouth and nose, with thirst. The fauces are inflamed and painful (stinging) during deglutition.

Stomach and Abdomen

Hunger soon after dinner. Violent thirst, especially for beer. Taste in the mouth like earth. Nausea, with burning heat in the face. Pressure in the stomach, relieved by eating. Colic with diarrhœa and chilliness.

Stool and Anus

Stool retarded, compact and in large lumps ; is expelled with great effort and violent pain in the anus. After stool, contractive sensation in the rectum ; burning at the anus. Diarrhœa of yellow water.

Urinary Organs

Urine pale, strongly smelling of ammonium.

Sexual Organs

Women. Menstruation retarded, the discharge being serous at first, later clots of blood are passed. Menses too early and of too short a duration.

Respiratory Organs

Violent dry cough from irritation in the larynx at night. Dyspnœa, with hot, red face while walking.

Back

Sensations as if bruised in the back and sacrum, worse from stooping and when touched.

Sleep

When going to sleep twitching and starting.

Generalities

Rheumatic pains, especially in the joints, worse in the evening and at night in bed. Great emaciation. Immovability of the limbs (on one, the right, side of the body) like paralysis, in the evening. Most of the symptoms can hardly be determined as to locality, but seem to be in the marrow of the bones. One side of the body is generally only affected (right side).

Fever

Pulse full and hard, with violent pulsation in the arteries. Chill in the forenoon, descending from the sacrum to the posterior part of the thighs. Chilliness from the head over the shoulder-blades. Dry heat at night with thirst. Heat which seems to stream from the mouth and nostrils. Perspiration during the morning hours. Perspiration at night, mostly on the affected parts, with increased pain when uncovering them.

Skin

Tension of the skin on various parts in the evening in bed. Itching which grows worse from scratching.

Conditions

The rheumatic pains are worse in the evening and at night. Trembling sensation in the body, and debility worse in the evening (and morning). The pains and ailments increase gradually and decrease in the same manner. When the pains cease, the itching begins, and vice versa. Aggravation; in the evening and at night ; from cold ; from denudation ; from water and washing. Amelioration; in the open air, especially in the heat of the sun ; from warmth in general.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Main * Stront-c.
Carbonate of Strontian. S 2 O 2 CO 2 .
Proved by Nenning, Schreter, Seidel, Trinks and Woost, Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Cardialgia , Hartmann, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 664 ; Cramps in legs , Veith, Hom. Rec., vol. 3, p. 151 ; Sprain of ankle , Hg., A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 60.

Mind

Apprehensive and anxious, as from a bad conscience.
Ill-humored, angry, impetuous ; is inclined to beat everything that comes in his way.
Great forgetfulness.
Disinclined to talk.

Sensorium

Vertigo : and nausea, in morning ; at noon, with pressive headache in left side ; in afternoon, with sticking headache in forehead ; in evening, with weariness ; with pressing sensation from within outward, in temples ; as from drinking wine.

Inner head

Burning in forehead.
Threatening apoplexy, with violent congestion of head ; hot, red face every time patient walks ; exertion increases circulation toward head ; some erethism of chest ; smothering feeling about heart ; cannot rest ; feeling as of a load on chest ; during climaxis ; > wrapping head up warmly, cannot bear least draft of air.
Tension from vertex to upper jaw, as if head were expanded from within, and as if scalp were too tight, < in evening when lying low with head, slowly increasing and decreasing, > from heat.
Stitches in head.
Dull or pressive pain in occiput.
Boring pain in a small spot in right side of occiput.
Headache > when wrapping head up warmly.

Outer head

Chilliness over scalp and upper back ; < at night and in cold air.
Tension on head (externally and internally), < in evening and from cold, > from warmth, especially in heat of sun.
Sensation of heat of head and face, with red face, anxiety and sleepiness.

Sight and eyes

Burning in eyes ; < when moving them ; followed by sticking ; with lachrymation.
Pressing pain on upper surface of eyes.
Pressing in eyes after rubbing them, which causes one to see red and blue margins.
Green spots before eyes in dark.
Luminous vibrations before eyes ; flickering.
Photopsia, remaining after an operation, particularly when objects appear covered with blood.
Twitching of left upper lid.
Itching in inner canthi.

Hearing and ears

Roaring and tearing pains in right ear, in paroxysms.
Sticking in front of left ear, extending into it.

Smell and nose

Nosebleed.
Dark bloody scabs are blown from nose.

Upper face

Itching of right cheek, becoming < after scratching.
Violent boring pain in right cheek bone.
Neuralgic, tearing pain in face.
Flushes in face and violent pulsation of arteries.

Lower face

Face red, burning hot.
Tearing pain in right lower jaw.
Stitch in left side of chin, extending into articulation of jaw.

Teeth and gums

Front teeth feel on edge.
Violent clawing in teeth.
A screwing-together sensation in teeth.
Jerking, tearing pain in teeth and in roots.
Swelling, burning, and stitches in gums.

Taste, speech, tongue

Taste : bitter, in morning ; dry, earthy.
Tongue : tip painful ; coated with mucus, feeling dry.

Inner mouth

Bad odor from mouth.
Mouth slimy, or dry on awaking.
Sensation of numbness in mouth, early on waking.
Heat emanating from mouth and nose, with thirst.
Fauces inflamed and painful (stinging) during deglutition.

Palate and throat

Rawness and dryness provoke hawking and hacking cough.
Pain in left side of throat on swallowing.
Itching in pharynx, on swallowing.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

No appetite ; meat disgusts him.
Hunger soon after dinner.
Violent thirst, especially for beer.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting
Violent long-continued hiccough, causes pain in chest.
Empty eructations.
Nausea : with burning heat in face ; with diminished appetite ; with weakness and ill-humor.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Pressure in pit of stomach, aching in stomach, especially after a meal, with fulness.
Pressure in stomach ; > by eating ; < on walking.
Severe pressure in stomach, after eating ; chronic.
Constriction in stomach, with uprisings of clear water.
Burrowing in stomach and upper abdomen.
Twinging feeling in stomach.
Cutting in epigastric region.
Stitches in stomach, now in right, now in left side.

Hypochondria

Pressive bruised pain in hypochondria.

Abdomen and loins

Colic with flatulent distension, diarrhœa, and chilliness.

Stools and rectum

Diarrhœa of yellow water.
Diarrhœa, < at night, is scarcely off vessel before he must return, > toward morning, at 3or 4o'clock.
Stool retarded, compact and in large lumps ; expelled with great effort and violent pain in anus.
After stool : contractive sensation in rectum ; burning at anus.

Urinary organs

Urine : pale, strongly smelling of ammonia ; diminished.

Female sexual organs

Menses : too early, and of too short duration ; retarded, discharge being serous at first, later clots of blood.
Leucorrhœa while walking.

Voice and larynx. trachea and bronchia

Hoarse voice.
Irritation in larynx causes violent dry cough at night.

Respiration

Dyspnœa, with hot, red face, while walking.

Cough

Cough : constant, < at night ; short, now and then with pressive pain in chest ; dry, hacking, in evening ; from irritation in larynx or trachea.

Inner chest and lungs

In chest : constriction ; pressive pain, especially on motion.
Spasmodic drawing and clawing ; stitches on coughing and inspiring.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Dull intermitting pressure in precordial region.
Violent beating of arteries and of heart.

Outer chest

Sternum painful to touch ; burning in left side, extending upward ; pressure ; pressive pain beneath ; lightning stitches from both sides through chest, in a vertical direction.
Stitches below ensiform cartilage.
Drawing pain in right pectoral muscles.

Neck and back

Tearing tension in nape of neck, as if tendons were drawn up.
Drawing, sticking pain in small of back.
Sensation as if bruised in back and sacrum, < from stooping and when touched.
Slight drawing pain along spine in afternoon, changes to a seated, dull tearing in joints of legs, < by walking.

Upper limbs

Painful paralytic sensation in left shoulder, and elbow joint, at night.
Constant burning pain in right shoulder joint.
Tearing rheumatic pains in shoulders and arms, particularly in joints.
Veins of arms and hands injected and tense ; prostration ; ill-humor.
Weakness of right arm as if all power had left it, > on motion.
Violent tearing pains in joints of right arm, < in evening, in bed ; left arm slightly affected.
Trembling and numbness of fingers.

Lower limbs

Rheumatic, paralytic pain, tearing, drawing, jerking ; gnawing as if in marrow of bones.
Swelling and caries of femur, usually in scrofulous children ; diarrhœa.
Cramps in calves and soles of feet, especially in persons who suffer from cold feet.
Chronic sprains, particularly of ankle joint, after failure of Ruta and Arnica ; œdema about joint.
Œdematous swelling of right foot, sprained some years ago (Bovista in some cases).
Sensation of icy coldness on outer surface of calf, the length of a finger.
Icy-cold feet in evening.

Limbs in general

Rheumatic pains, especially in joints, < in evening, and at night in bed.
Great emaciation.
Immovability of limbs (on one, right, side of body) like paralysis, in evening.
Most symptoms can hardly be determined as to locality, but seem to be in marrow of bones.
One side of body is generally only affected (r. side).

Rest. position. motion

Lying : low with head, tension in head <.
Stooping : bruised sensation in back and sacrum <.
Walking : causes hot, red face ; pressure in stomach < ; leucorrhœa ; tearing in joints of legs <.
Motion : of eyes < burning ; pressive pain in chest < ; weakness of right arm >.

Nerves

Great weakness in morning ; weak, tremulous sensation.
A single sudden jerk through upper part of body on falling asleep, makes her wide awake.
Pains appear like phantoms, can scarcely tell where they are.

Sleep

Restless sleep, frequent waking.
When going to sleep : twitching and starting ; jerk through body awakens her.
Dreams : of fire ; grieving ; filled with joy.

Time

Morning : nausea ; taste bitter ; diarrhœa < toward 2or 3o'clock ; great weakness ; perspiration ; trembling sensation in body <.
Forenoon : chill.
Noon : nausea, with pressive headache in left side.
Afternoon : nausea, with sticking headache ; drawing pain along spine.
Evening : nausea, with weariness ; tension over head < ; dry, hacking cough ; tearing in joints of arm < ; icy-cold feet ; rheumatic pains < ; immovability of limbs, like paralysis ; tension of skin on various parts ; trembling sensation in body <.
Night : chilliness over scalp < ; diarrhœa < ; irritation in larynx causes cough ; cough < ; paralytic sensation in shoulder and elbow ; rheumatic pains < ; dry heat, with thirst ; perspiration mostly on affected parts.

Temperature and weather

Heat of sun : > tension on head.
Heat : tension over head >.
Wrapping up warmly : threatened apoplexy >.
Desire to keep warm.
When uncovering : pains <.
Cannot bear least draft of air : threatened apoplexy.
Cold air : chilliness over scalp and back <.

Fever

Pulse full and hard, with violent pulsation in arteries.
Chill in forenoon, descending from sacrum to posterior part of thighs.
Chilliness from head over shoulder blades.
Dry heat at night, with thirst.
Heat seems to stream from mouth and nostrils.
Perspiration during morning hours ; at night, mostly on affected parts ; pain < when uncovering.

Attacks, periodicity

Alternations : of pain and itching.

Locality and direction

Right : boring pain in spot of occiput ; boring in ear ; itching of cheek ; violent boring in cheek bone ; pain in lower jaw ; pain in pectoral muscles ; burning pain in shoulder joint ; weakness of arm ; tearing pain in joints of arm ; swelling of foot ; immobility of limbs.
Left : headache in side ; twitching of upper lid ; sticking in front of ear ; stitch in chin ; pain in throat when swallowing ; burning in side ; paralytic sensation in shoulder and elbow joint.
One side of body is generally only affected (r. side).
Now right now left side : stitches in stomach.
From within : as if head were expanded.
From within outward : pressing in temples.

Sensations

As of a load on chest ; as if head were expanded from within ; as if scalp were too tight ; as if tendons of neck were drawn up ; as if bruised in back and sacrum ; as if all power had left right arm ; gnawing as if in marrow of bones ; symptoms as if in marrow of bones ; as of phantoms, difficult to locate.
Pain : in left side of throat ; in chest.
Violent pain : in anus.
Tearing pain : in right ear ; in face ; in right lower jaw ; in teeth ; in joints of legs ; in joints of right arm ; in limbs.
Cutting : in epigastric region.
Violent clawing : in teeth.
Lightning stitches : from both sides through chest.
Stitches : in head ; in left side of chin into jaw ; in gums ; in right and left side ; in chest ; from ensiform cartilage.
Jerking pain : in teeth and in roots.
Tearing rheumatic pain : in shoulder and arms ; in limbs ; in joints.
Boring pain : in a small spot in right side of occiput ; in right cheek bones.
Drawing pain : in right pectoral muscles ; in small of back ; slight, along spine ; in limbs.
Burning pain : in right shoulder joint.
Sticking pain : in forehead ; in eyes ; in front of left ear ; in small of back.
Dull pressive pain : in occiput.
Pressive pain : in left side of head on upper surface of eyes ; in chest ; beneath sternum.
Pressive bruised pain : in hypochondria.
Cramp : in calves and soles.
Aching : in stomach.
Stinging : in fauces.
Burning : in forehead ; in eyes ; in gums ; at anus ; in left side.
Heat : of head and face ; seems to stream from mouth and nostrils.
Tearing tension : in nape of neck.
Burrowing : in stomach and upper abdomen.
Twinging feeling : in stomach.
Painful paralytic sensation : in left shoulder and elbow-joint.
Pressure : in eyes ; in pit of stomach ; in stomach.
Smothering feeling : about heart.
Contractive sensation : in rectum.
Screwing together sensation : in teeth.
Tension : from vertex to upper jaw ; of various parts of skin.
Pulsation : of arteries.
Twitching : of left upper lid.
Weakness : of right arm.
Numbness : in mouth ; of fingers.
Chilliness : over scalp and upper back.
Itching : in inner canthi ; of right cheek ; in pharynx ; of pimples on skin ; of sycotic eruption.

Tissues

Emaciation.
Symptoms seem located in marrow of bones.
Chronic sequela of hemorrhages ; great forgetfulness ; bright colors before eyes ; semilateral (r. side) affections ; rheumatic pains, debility, trembling, emaciation, desire to keep warm ; old sprains.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

Touch : sternum painful ; bruised sensation in back and sacrum <.
Rubbing : eyes causes pressing, and objects have red and blue margins.
Scratching : < itching of cheek ; increases itching.

Skin

Itching pimples on skin.
Sycotic eruption on face or other parts of body, is moist, itches and burns.
Tension of skin, on various parts, in evening in bed.
Itching grows < from scratching.
When pains cease, itching begins, and vice versa.
Rheumatic pains are < in evening, and at night.
Trembling sensation in body, and debility, < in evening (and morning).
Tension of skin in various parts.
Skin adherent to scar in forearm, becomes looser.

Relations

Compare : Baryta carb., Ferrum (congestion to head and chest) ; Silica and Mag. mur . (head symptoms better from wrapping up warmly) ; Arnica and Ruta (sprains of joints with œdema).