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exposure to cold, dry winds. Dry burning throat. For begin- 

 ning of pleurisy or pneumonia. Spitting of bright, frothy 

 blood. Pressure as of a weight in the pit of the stomach. Urine 

 hot, painful, red. Milk fever. Teething, with hot inflamed 

 gums. Laryngitis, with inflammatory fever. Dry, hacking 

 cough. Hot breath. Oppression of the chest when moving 

 fast. Pulse full and hard in fevers- Great irritation of the 

 nervous system. Skin red, dry and burning; sweating when 

 covered and attacks of chilliness. Sleeplessness of old age. 

 General indications are dry fever, heat, and especially restless- 

 ness. Aconite is very useful in the first stages of a large number 

 of ailments. 



Apis. Inflammatory affections with great swelling, almost 

 like dropsy. The pain is of a biting, stinging, burning character, 

 like that arising from the sting of a bee. A great indication 

 for the selection of this remedy is the want of thirst in spite of 

 fever and inflammation. The same holds good in dropsical 

 affections. Sore throat with stinging pain when swallowing. 

 Incipient diphtheria. Erysipelas. An extremely valuable 

 remedy in a great variety of diseases of the eye, inflammatory. 



Apocynum Cannabinum. Heaviness of the head 

 evenings. HydrocepTialus. Great thirst, but water disagrees. 

 Dropsy. Acute inflammatory dropsy. Excretions of urine and 

 sweat greatly diminished. Dropsy and dropsical conditions. 



Arnica Montana. Externally. A lotion of one part 

 tincture to ten of water, to be applied to all injuries from falls, 

 blows, concussions and sprains. Internally (in pellets), for all 

 heavy blows or concussions. Bladder affections from mechanical 

 injuries. Pleurisy from mechanical injuries. Rheumatism of 



