CASES

PETROLEUM

Common Name: Rock Oil, Coal oil.

Mental:

Delusion that he is double or that somebody else is lying next to him.

Sadness with dim vision.

Confusion of mind – loses his way in well-known streets (Glon).

Feels that death is near and has to settle his affairs.

Excited, irritable after coition.

Fearful. Loss of Memory.

Physical:

Affects the SKIN and the INTESTINES.

Coldness in spots (Stomach, abdomen, uterus, between scapulae, heart).

The skin becomes extremely dry while mucus membranes are causing catarrhal conditions.

Itching in all congestions of mucous membranes (Eustachian tubes, deep in the ear)

Dryness in ear and nose.

Chronic diarrhea together with dry skin eruptions.

Occipital headaches with vertigo, all-gone hungry feelings.

Hunger after stool or during diarrhea.

Ravenous hunger, is awakened by it in the night.

Cutting pains in Abdomen after 4 am.

Diarrhea, worse in the daytime.

SEA-SICKNESS with vertigo, nausea and vomiting.

Skin eruptions, especially FOLDS, scalp, face and genitals.

ERUPTIONS, usually dry, with CRACKS, Eczema, Psoriasis, Herpes.

SKIN: HARD, ROUGH, THICKENED, raw, does not heal, easily cracks, appears DIRTY,

Itches till it bleeds.

Skin eruptions much better in summer.

BURNING SENSATION IS MARKED, especially on parts that are itching.

Modalities:

Agg: Riding in boat or car; in winter; when fasting; during pregnancy; eating sauerkraut or cabbage.

Amel: At night; in summer; after eating.

CASES