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Mentholum

**(MENTHOL)**
6 sectionsBoericke · 6

At a glance

Cardinal features · auto-extracted from Boericke
  • (MENTHOL)
  • pruritus

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

*(MENTHOL)*

  • The stearopten from the essential oil of Mentha.
  • Mucous membrane of naso-pharynx and spinal nerve plexus, producing neuritic pains and parethesias.
  • Menthol has proved curative in acute nasal catarrh; in acute eustachian catarrh; pharyngitis; laryngitis; neuralgias, etc (Wm.
  • B.
  • Griggs, M.
  • D).
  • Itching, especially pruritus valvae.
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Head

Head
Boericke
  • Frontal headache, pain over frontal sinus, descends to eyeballs.
  • Mental confusion.
  • Supra orbital pain over left eye.
  • Pain in face above zygoma with numbness.
  • Pain in eyeballs.
  • Coryza with post-nasal dripping.
  • Cold sensation in nose.
  • Eustachian tubes feel blocked and some deafness.

Respiratory

Respiratory
Boericke
  • Tickling in the fauces.
  • Stabbing pains in the praecordia, radiating over entire chest.
  • Short, dry cough, worse smoking.
  • Asthmatic breathing, with congestive headache.

Extremities

Extremities
Boericke

Muscular pain in cervical region, Soreness of lumbar muscles.

Relations

Relationship
Boericke

Compare: Kali bich; Spigel.

Posology

Dose
Boericke

Sixth potency. Externally for itching, use 1 per cent solution or ointment.

Classical Posology

Acute
  • 30C or 200C · repeat every 1–4 h depending on intensity
  • Stop on improvement · reassess in 24–48 h
  • For sensitive / elderly / paediatric: prefer LM1 or 30C
Constitutional
  • 200C or 1M single dose · wait 4 weeks
  • Alternative: LM1 daily × 10 days · ascend on retest
  • Hering's-Law follow-up adapts the next script
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