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.