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MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

Lycop.—Loud rumbling in the bowels; stools voided with difficulty; abdomen bloated; passes much flatulence.

Nux vom.—Stools large, hard and dry; frequent urging to stool, but nothing is passed; suitable after pills and stimulants.

Opium.—Inactivity of the bowels; stools of small, black balls; after catharics.

Phos.—Stools long, narrow and hard like a dogs; alternate constipation and diarrhoea of old people.

Pulsat.—Constipation from eating rich, greasy food; more suitable for females.

Sulphur.—If complicated with piles.

RHEUMATISM.

Aconite.—In the beginning; red, shining-swelling of the affected parts.

Arnica.—Bruised pain; feeling as though lame parts were resting on something hard.

Bell.—Red, shining swelling, with cutting, tearing pain deep in the bones; pain changing from one place to another; pain comes on and leaves suddenly.

Bryonia.—Stiffness, swelling, sticking pain; worse from motion.

Dulcamara.—Caused from cold or getting wet; bruised pain; mostly in the back, joints of the arms and legs.

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