TUBERCULINUM BOVINUM (Tub.) – ٹیوبرکولینم
Romantic and unfulfilled. Enthusiastic but soon bored, they need change in their life. They cannot stick in one place, with one person, with one job, hence their love of travelling.
Tuberculinum is a remedy that is very often indicated when there is a history of tuberculosis in the patient or his/her family. The grinding of teeth during sleep is a strong indication for this remedy.
PASSIONATE, EXCITED, DESIRING CHANGE – GRINDING OF TEETH
MENTAL
PASSIONATE, ROMANTIC, UNFULFILLED “COSMOPOLITAN” PATIENTS.
DISCONTENT, NEEDS CHANGE AND EXCITEMENT. DESIRES TRAVELLING.
Moaning and groaning.
CHILDREN: Hyperactivity. Behavior disorders.
Obstinate, disobedient, destructive children. Malicious behavior.
Temper tantrums. Striking, breaks things.
Compulsive and ritualistic behavior. Constant belief that something has been forgotten. Tormenting persistent thoughts during the night.
Fear of cats, dogs. Disgust with cats and furry animals.
Contradictory characteristics, mania and melancholia, insomnia and sleepiness.
Anxiety at night. Fear something will happen. Irritable esp. on waking.
Shrieking in sleep, esp. before menses.
Loquacity during fever.
PHYSICAL
FAMILY HISTORY OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Tendency to take cold. FREQUENT COLDS AND INFLUENZAS esp. CHEST COLDS, BRONCHITIS OR PNEUMONIA.
GRINDING OF TEETH DURING SLEEP.
Weak, depleted constitutions. Emaciated despite eating heavily.
Night sweats.
Allergy to cats. Allergy to milk.
Generally worse in wet weather, before storms or any change in weather. Better in mountains, esp. in pine forests.
Periodicity of symptoms.
Induration of glands. Glands hard, knotty like ropes < cervical, inguinal.
MODALITIES
AGG.: change of weather, wet weather, cold (air, bathing, entering a cold place), change of temperature from cold to warm, seashore.
AMEL.: in pine forest, warm and dry weather, walking fast, in the mountain, open air.
DES.: pork, ham, bacon, SMOKED MEAT, COLD MILK, fat ham, bananas, ice cream.
AVERS.: food, meat, milk.
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TUBERCULINUM (Tub.) – Acute (Hussain Kaisrani)
Respiratory affections with grinding of teeth and perspiration during sleep.
RESPIRATION: all kinds of respiratory problems (cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma) with perspiration and grinding of teeth during sleep. Aggravated on becoming cold, on lying, in warm room.
CHEST: oppression of chest, dyspnoea aggravated by lying and ameliorated in open air. Rattling respiration. Asthma and dyspnoea aggravated at night, in warm room. Pain in lungs, catarrh of chest, abscess of lungs, hepatization.
COUGH: cough with fever. Cough with perspiration. Dry, hacking cough aggravated on getting/becoming cold, by cold drinks, in warm room, on talking.
FEVER: fever with perspiration, chills on uncovering, on putting the hands out of bed. Painful extremities during fever, esp. thighs.
PERSPIRATION: profuse perspiration during sleep.
NOSE: offensive discharge.
EAR: otitis with offensive, purulent discharges.
THROAT: Induration of glands.
GASTROINTESTINAL: offensive, painless diarrhoea.
DESIRES/AVERSIONS: desires cold milk.
MENTAL PICTURE: children are discontented, destructive and aggressive. Striking. Loquacity during fever.
MODALITIES:
Aggravation: cold, cold to warm, cold wet, lying, seashore.
Amelioration: warmth, pine forest, motion.
