210 HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT. 



HOMOEOPATHIC. In the treatment of gall-stones there 

 are two main points to be observed. 



The first is to calm as far as able the excruciating 

 pain and spasm while the stone is forcing its way 

 through the canal. 



The second is to disperse the concretions still remain- 

 ing in the biliary passages, and to prevent as far as 

 possible the manufacture of fresh stones and their re- 

 accumulation in the liver. 



The first object will be best attained by placing < im- 

 patient in a warm bath, where he should remain till he 

 borders on syncope ; the administration of Aconite 3x 

 v half-hour, and a hot compress, sprinkled over with 

 the Tincture of Aconite in the matrix form, should be 

 applied, and kept on over the seat of pain tor some lmui<, 

 or until relief follows. iJelladonna is another remedy 

 which covers many of the symptoms of biliary colic ; it 

 calms the spasmodic tension, the cramp-like CO! 

 pain, and the ^ripinir, tearing pain, which marl, 

 most prominent symptoms. Nux \ 

 ieme.lv wliieh has afforded me valuable help in the 

 treatment of gall-stones. The venerable Hrmpel, in 

 describing the properties of this driii: a< a reme.lv in 

 biliary colic, says "a philosophical view of the nature 

 of the case will assist us in making up our minds as to 

 what will be an adequate dose in the case before 



The irritation caused by the friction of the calculus 

 against the side of the duct induces spasmodic OOH- 

 strictions, which resist the passage of the conciv 

 render the irritation so much more excruciatingly painful. 

 It is this spasm that we have to relieve. JI.\v much 

 medicine does it take to accomplish this ' Any more 



