BROMIUM
Common Name: Bromium (The Element)
Mental:
Sad, indifferent, low spirited.
Sits alone in room without doing
anything, looks constantly in one direction without
saying anything.
Delusion that strange persons are
looking over their shoulder or that they would see
someone on turning.
Physical:
Effects respiratory tract esp; Larynx and trachea.
Dyspoea, cannot inspire deep enough, as if
breathing through a sponge.
Much rattling of mucus during cough,
but no choking, dust aggravates.
Hoarseness or tickling cough
from being over-heated.
Asthma in sailors which is agg. on leaving the sea.
Primarily a LEFT sided remedy. Symptoms go from left to
right.
Patient is weak and easily
overheated, then sweats and becomes sensitive to drafts.
Acrid burning coryza.
Swelling and induration of glands
with stoney hardness, esp. on lower jaw and
throat. Agg. by heat. Complaints come in the summer.
Left sided tonsillitis or
pharyngitis.
Stoppage of right nostril. Tickling,
smarting as from cobwebs.
Hardening or even tumors of the left
testicle or ovaries.
KEY NOTES:
Heaviness in occiput of head from
heat of sun
Pain in sides of head after milk
Mucus in larynx from being overheated
Suffocative cough on swallowing
Shaking on inspiring