TUBERCULINUM
Common
Name: Nosode from Tubercular Abcess
Mental:
Romantic,
unfulfilled “cosmopolitan” patients.
Needs
change and excitement. Frequently changing
jobs.
Passionate
about travel.
Malicious behavior-
breaks things.
Hyperactivity.
Behavior disorders in children.
Obstinate, disobedient,
destructive children.
Exaggerated anxiety at
night in children.
Moaning,
groaning, whining with loquacity in convulsions and fever.
Contradictory
characteristics, mania and melancholia, insomnia and sleepiness.
Irritable especially
when awakening.
Depressed and
melancholic. Easily offended.
Mental dullness and
difficulty with concentration.
Fear
something will happen on waking.
Aversion to mental work.
Fear of
CATS, dogs. Disgust with cats and furry animals.
Asthma
worse from exposure to cats
Compulsive and
ritualistic behaviour. Constant belief that something
has been forgotten. Returns repeatedly to office door to give insignificant
information.
Tormenting persistent
thoughts during the night.
Shrieking
in sleep , especially before menses.
Physical:
Emaciated despite eating
heavily.
Weak,
depleted constitutions.
Frequent
colds and influenzas. Night sweats.
Allergy to cats (Kali-ars, Ars, Dulc,
Puls, Sulph).
Grinding of
teeth during sleep
Compulsive
or angry head banging.
Headache or migraine may
be “like an iron band”.
Headaches are
periodical.
Hard glands of head and
neck.
Craving
smoked meats and bacon. Pork. Ham
. Salami. Cold Milk.
Allergy to
milk.
Repeated
chest colds, bronchitis or pneumonia.
Acute respiratory
infections in cases with family history of tuberculosis.
Arthritis with joint pains worse from cold.
Benign mammary tumors.
Pains increase with the establishment of the flow. Good
results with chronic cystitis.
Generally
worse before storms or any change in
weather.
Better in mountains,
esp. in pine forests.
Aggravations:
cold damp weather, getting wet or from cold
bathing. Evening, sea
Feels better in warm and
dry weather, open air, driving with window open.
Periodicity is a strong feature and sensitive to weather changes.