Naphthalinum
By Adolph von Lippe â Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: a chemical compound from coal tar; naphthalin.
The secretions are highly acid (All-C., Ars., Nat-M., Sulph.) (Bl.).
Hay-fever (All-C., Ars., Sabad., Squil.) (Br.).
Constant sneezing (All-C., Anac., Ars., Dulc., Gamb., Indg., Iris, Merc., Nat-C., Squil. (Bl.).
WHOOPING COUGH: LONG AND CONTINUED PAROXYSMS OF COUGHING; UNABLE TO GET A RESPIRATION (Ipec.) (Br.).
During the paroxysms the face becomes purple, the perspiration starts and there is expectorated a quantity of thick, tenacious mucus (Bl.).
Spasmodic asthma (Ars., Cupr., Ipec., Lob., Nux-V., Phos., Samb.) (Br.).
Soreness in the chest and stomach (Nux-V., Rhus-T.) (Bl.).
Emphysema (Carb-V.) (Br.).
Great dyspnÅa, with a sighing respiration (Bl.).
GonorrhÅa, with a violent desire to urinate; the meatus urinarius is reddened and tumefied (Bl.).
Cutting pain down the penis (Canth.) (Br.).
Oedema of the prepuce (Merc., Rhus-T., Sulph.) (Bl.).
Black urine (Ars., Lach.) (Br.).
Terribly offensive odour of the decomposing (ammoniacal) urine (Br.).
AGGRAVATION: During night, while urinating.
AMELIORATION: In the open air; and from loosening clothing.
RELATIONSHIP: Similar to: All-C., Ars. Bry., Cocc-C., Cupr., Dros., Ipec., Kali-C., Lach., Nux-V., Op., Phos., Rhus-T., Samb., Sulph. and Thuj.