Syphilinum

1. Subjects with specific history whose chancres-have been treated by local means resulting in many years of suffering, especially with skin and throat troubles ; also congenital syphilis.

2. Weakness or loss of memory, especially for names ; feels as if going insane ; terrible dread of the night season owing to aggravation of all symptoms then ; despairs of recovery.

3. In syphilitic affections when best selected remedy fails to relieve or permanently improve.

4. Great falling of the hair.

5. Pains increase and decrease gradually ; shift locality < night.

6. Craving for alcohol in any form ; hereditary tendency to alcoholism ; constipation the rule.

7. Eruptions of the skin ; dull red, copper-coloured spots becoming blue when patient is cold.

8. Leucorrhoea ; profuse, soaks through napkin and runs down to the heels (Alumina).

9. Rheumatic complaints especially of shoulder or at insertion of deltoid, < raising arm laterally.

10. Modality : always < twilight to daylight (rev, Medorrhinum).

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