Stringy mucus from throat and posterior nares. Rawness. Neck muscles rigid. Joints weak. Cannot lift things. Ligaments rigid. Subacute gouty state. Evaporated and residium triturated to 6x. Of use in sub-acute and chronic rheumatism. White coated tongue. High colored urine with red sandy sediment. Sensation of rigidity worse moving. Especially in lumbar region and joints of hips, shoulders and wrists. Not perceived when quiet. More in morning. Cannot remain long in one position. Stiffness of muscles on moving. Pain in ligaments relieved by rest.
GETTYSBURG WATER
HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
Remedy Origin / Source
Natural
Clinical Applications
Lycopodium , Phosphor. Rhus Pulsat, but modalities differ.
Key Symptoms & Indications
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Stringy mucus from throat and posterior nares. Rawness. Neck muscles rigid. Joints weak. Cannot lift things. Ligaments rigid. Subacute gouty state. Evaporated and residium triturated to 6x. Of use in sub-acute and chronic rheumatism. White coated tongue. High colored urine with red sandy sediment. Sensation of rigidity worse moving. Especially in lumbar region and joints of hips, shoulders and wrists. Not perceived when quiet. More in morning. Cannot remain long in one position. Stiffness of muscles on moving. Pain in ligaments relieved by rest.
Modalities (Better / Worse)
Worse (Aggravation)
, stiffness of muscles on moving
Better (Amelioration)
, rest (ligaments and stiffness of muscles)
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GETTYSBURG WATER
Relationship
Lycopodium, Phosphor. Rhus Pulsat, but modalities differ.
Modalities
Worse, stiffness of muscles on moving. Better, rest (ligaments and stiffness of muscles).
Dose
Lower triturations. Also thirtieth potency.
Gettysburg.
Clinical
Bone, affections of. Hip disease. Potts'disease. Scrofula. Ulcers.
Characteristics
Magnesium sulphate is the predominant ingredient of Gettys., but the water contains many salts of alkalis, and earths with a number of metals. Lithium is contained in it. Its action is very like that of Silica (which it contains). It is indicated in caries of vertebræ or hip; ulceration of joints, when the discharge excoriates. Scrofulous children.
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Remedy Profile
- Type Remedy
- Common Name HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
- Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency
Lower triturations. Also thirtieth potency.
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