SYPHILINUM (Syph.) – سفلینم
DESTRUCTIVE PROCESSES ON ALL LEVELS
MENTAL
ANXIETY ABOUT HEALTH.
FEAR OF INFECTION, of contagious disease, of syphilis. DISGUST.
Delusions that he’s dirty. DESIRES TO WASH HER HANDS.
Compulsive checking.
HOPELESS, DESPAIR OF RECOVERY, DEPRESSION.
Great irritability during headache.
Weakness of memory, cannot remember names or dates.
Erosion of the emotional level the patient may have a feeling to let everything crash down around him. On the mental level we see a breakdown into insanity.
PHYSICAL
Affects mucous membranes, nerves and bones.
DESTRUCTIVE, SYPHILITIC PROCESSES on all levels.
Syphilitic eruptions and inflammations. Ulcers. Abscesses. Caries of bones. Distortion of facial features e.g. ulcers in palate (cleft palate). Teeth are dwarfed, loose, feel sticky. Curvature of spine.
Bone pains < warmth of bed, > cold applications. Back pain from sunset to sunrise.
ALL SYMPTOMS < NIGHT (sunset to sunrise) esp. 02:00 – 04:00.
Headache, with pain in the bones of head, worse at night.
Strong desire for ALCOHOL esp. liquers. Alcoholism.
Sleeplessness after midnight.
Back pain after urinating.
Salivation during sleep.
Acne.
MODALITIES
AGG.: night, 02:00 to 04:00.
DES.: alcoholic drinks.
AVERS.: meat.
