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Acts especially with light-haired or blue-eyed, fair people. 

 Old, painful chilblains. 



Rhus Toxicodendron. Stiffness or lameness on first 

 moving after rest ; better after exercise. Complaints from get- 

 ting wet while over-heated. Erysipelas. Burning, drawing, 

 tearing in face. Fissure of anus, with periodical, profuse, bleed- 

 ing piles. Stiff neck, pain in shoulders and back, with stiff- 

 ness, as from a sprain. Effects from getting wet or sleeping in 

 damp, cold places. Lumbago, increased by cold. Sciatica. 

 Sprain from over-lifting. Rheumatism, joints stiff or red, and 

 shining. Eruptions, red, measly rash, itching, burning. Ec- 

 zema, surface raw. Chilblains. Valuable for effects of strains 

 on the muscles from lifting. Muscular rheumatism, without 

 much fever or inflammation. Acne rosacea. 



Silicea. Violent periodic headache. Amblyopia of the 

 eyes from abuse of stimulants. Coryza long lasting. Caries of 

 the bones. Carious teeth. Ailments caused by vaccination. 

 Lack of vital warmth ; scrofulous constitutions ; foot sweat; 

 waterbrash with chilliness ; cough hollow, spasmodic ; night 

 sweats. Nails yellow, brittle. Cancer ; fistulous openings ; 

 yellow, dirty, or wax -like skin. While Hepar sulphur tends to 

 promote the suppurative (festering) process, bringing it out 

 "to a head," Silicea tends to heal that already established. 

 Abscess at roots of teeth. 



Spongla Tosta. Headache in back part of the head. 

 Membranous croup, suffocating attacks, barking cough. Thick, 

 offensive, viscous mucus. Laryngismus stridulus. Inflamma- 

 tion of the larynx, trachea and bronchia. Chronic cough, 

 violent attacks, brought up small, hard tubercle. Asthma. 

 Wheezing, laboring breath. Herpes. 



