Gastralgia

(See also "ERUCTATIONS")

Nux Vom

Is an excellent remedy for gastric derangements. There is loss of appetite, pain after eating. Indigestion is the ranking symptom of this remedy. It has pains radiating to various directions from the epigastrium with spasmodic vomiting. Nervous gastralgia. The discomfort comes about half an hour after meals. When due to spirituous liquors.

Carbo Veg

Slow and imperfect digestion, weight in the stomach and intestines, and a faint and all-gone sensation in the stomach not relieved by eating, but after a few mouthfuls there is a sense of repletion. There is violent burning in the stomach, chest and abdomen with crampy pains which force the patient to bend double. Heaviness in the stomach. The eructations are rancid, sour and putrid. There is flatulence in stomach or upper part of the abdomen.

Iris Ver

An excellent remedy for hyper-acidity. Sour and bitter belching and vomiting which set the teeth on edge.

Robinia

This should be tried for hyper-acidity when Iris Ver. fails.

Ptelia T

Biliousness with headache. Chronic gastritis; constant sensation of corrosion, heat and burning in stomach, constipation and afternoon fever. Liver swollen, sore on pressure, causing dull and aching pain. Congestion in liver; chronic hepatitis.

China

Where there is flatulence in the whole of the abdo­men and the distension. is painful, only relieved momentarily by belching. Sour or bitter eructations or offensive flatus. Digestion is slow, worse after late supper. Yellow diarrhoea, worse at night and after meals is an important keynote of this remedy. The absence of rancid belching with burning in this remedy distinguishes it from Carbo Veg. Another important indication, of this remedy is that the food does not digest but lies, a long time in the stomach causing eructations and finally is vomited undigested.

Antim Crud

Diarrhoea pasty, sour and offensive. The child vomits every time it is fed or nursed. Tongue heavily coated white. Chronic disorders of children. Constant nausea, lump in the stomach, distension exhaustion.

Lycopodium

It is indicated when there is flatulence in the lower part of the abdomen. Vigorous appetite but few mouthfuls make him feel as if the stomach is bloated and he has to leave his meals. Unlike Pulsatilla and Ana-cardium, the distress in Lycopodium is seen immediately after and not half an hour after eating as in the-former two remedies. Nux Mosch has distress immediately after eating but there is intolerance of pressure about the waist, not all the time as in Lachesis. Another important symptom of this remedy is desire-for sweets. It is specially usefull in the atonic and acid forms of dyspepsia, for it has sour taste, sour belching and vomiting, whenever it does occur, it is. sour. Painful swelling at the pit of the stomach. Belching of gas does not afford any relief. Red sand in the urine. Colic in newly born children.

Pulsatilla

Dryness of the mouth, putrid taste in the morning on waking and a sensation as if food had lodged under the sternum are characteristic symptoms of this remedy. Tongue coated with thick rough white fur; acidity and heartburn; food tastes bitter, sour or putrid; waterbrash and eructation tasting of food. No thirst, only a desire to moisten the mouth. Bad taste is special indication of Pulsatilla. It is specially usefull for dyspepsia arising from fatty foods, pork, pastry or mixed diets. The patient is chilly, but is worse from, heat. Worse in the evening unlike Nux Vom, which is worse in the morning.

Daryphora

Burning in stomach and other parts.

Anacardium

Great relief after eating is the leading indication of this remedy. Sinking feeling which comes on two hours after eating and dull pain in the stomach extending to the spine. There are tasteless eructations, occasionally sour. Worse after eating.

Phosphorus

Regurgitation of food. Craving for cold food which is vomited as soon as it becomes hot in the stomach. Spitting of blood without nausea is also common in this remedy. Gone, weak feeling in the stomach, which; unlike Sulphur and Sepia, extends to the bowels. Burning between the scapulae is also present at times. Vomiting in chronic dyspepsia. It has special relation to destructive and disintegrating processes, hence it is one of the remedies for cancers, indurations, erosions, etc. A burning, gnawing, circumscribed pain is characteristic. Rapid loss of flesh and anaemia.

Stannum

The gastralgia compels the patient to walk about for relief yet the weakness is so great that he is soon compelled to rest. The pains arc better by hard pressure.

Gentiaria C. Q

Pressure in stomach as if a stool were in it, with inclination to vomit.

Aconite Nap

Pressure in the stomach and  pit of stomach as from a hard stone.

Aesculus Hip

Great burning distress in the stomach. Pressure as from a stone in the pit of stomach: empty eructations of wisid.

Graphites

Gastralgia relieved by eating. Hurries to meals to relieve violent pain at epigastrium; especially to dinner and supper.

Arsenic Alb

An excellent remedy for gastric disorders; irritative dyspepsia and acute inflammation. Abdominal pains and diarrhoea. The pains are of a burning character accompanied by nausea and vomiting. The stomach is sensitive and sore, patient prostrated. Taking cold in stomach by eating fruit or ice cream.

Argentom Nitricum

It has lot of flatulence which is relieved by belching. Gnawing and ulcerative pain at the pit of the stomach from where pains radiate in every direct-tion. Gastralgia especially in delicate and nervous women; it may be indicated when the cause is emotion, loss of sleep or menstrual trouble. Feeling of a lump in stomach. Vomiting of mucus which may be drawn into strings. Longing for sugar and yet sweets aggra­vate and produce diarrhoea etc. Gastric ulcer. Pain worse after eating and on pressure with vomiting of blood, mucus, etc. Chronic gastralgia - Colic in newly born children.

Petroselinum

For gastric and intestinal troubles.

Colchicum

Icy coldness of stomach.

Hippomanes

Icy coldness of stomach. Give 6th or 30th potency.

Gratiola

Acidity with gout.

Natrum Sulph

General bilious condition brought on or aggravated by dampness.

Natrum Carb

Diarrhoea from milk. Palpitation. Pain in stomach relieved by eating. Drives him out of bed to eat early in the morning.

Natrum Phos

Flatulence with vomiting of curdled milk. Hyperacidity, sour smelling sweats, acid condition of stomach with nausea and vomiting of acrid fluid. Sour eructations. Vomiting of sour fluid like vinegar. Ulceration of stomach with sour risings.

Lac Vacc Defl

Gastro enteritis. Chronic diarrhoea and vomiting.

Phosphorus, Ferrum Met, Arsenic Alb

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Aesculus Hip

Indigestion. As soon as the food is swallowed, it becomes sour and he eructates until after a while when the contents are vomited. Heart burn and constant burning in the stomach. Ulceration of stomach.

Antim. Crud

Disturbance of the stomach with mental symptom; desire for death. Rising from stomach after eating with vomiting and/or nausea. Give in 200 or 1M potency.

Nyctanthes

Burning in stomach with nausea and vomiting.

Cadmium Sulph

Inflammation of bowels. Burning in stomach. The abdomen is swollen and tympanitic; lancination, cutting and stabbing pains. Pain in Pylorus. Diarrhoea of bloody stools with bloody urine.

Bryonia

Disorder of stomach with gastric fevers, cold and chilliness. Vexation with coldness and chilliness.

Crotalus Hor

Wonderful bilious remedy. Vomiting of black bile in large quantities with sick headache.

Petroleum

Gastralgia of pregnancy whenever the stomach is empty, relieved by constant eating.

Acid Salicylic

. Acidity of stomach.

Velariana Off

Nervous gastric disturbance.

Sulphuric Acid

When there is excess of hydrochloric acid.

Alumen

Gastralgia with obstinate constipation, nausea, vomiting, retching etc. Give in IM or CM potency.