Indolum
Indole · Human-made/chemical
Indolum suits patients in a state of auto-intoxication from intestinal putrefaction, marked by persistent somnolence and a dull, discontented mental state with hideous delusions. Restless movement of extremities despite great fatigue is characteristic.
Key symptoms
- Persistent desire to sleep with dull, discontented mental state
- Hideous delusions and nervousness
- Constant motion of fingers and feet
- Dull occipital and frontal headache in afternoon
- Eyeballs hot and hurt when moved; pupils dilated with headache
- Bloated feeling with hungry sensation after a full meal
- Very tired and sore in lower limbs; feet burn, knee-joints sore
- Continuous dreaming during sleep
A Crystalline Compound Derivable from Indigo, but also a product of Putrefaction of Proteids (INDOL)
Primary action is to increase the elimination of Indican. Auto-intoxication. Compare: Skatol.
Persistent desire to sleep, dull, discontented mental state, hideous, delusions and nervousness, constant motion of fingers and feet. Intestinal putrefaction.
Head
Dull occipital and frontal headache in afternoon. Dull sensation over eyes. Eyeballs hot and hurt when moved. Pupils dilated with headache.
Stomach
Bloated feeling. Hungry sensation after full meal. Great thirst. Constipation.
Extremities
Very tired and sore in lower limbs. Feet burn. Knee-joints sore.
Sleep
Sleepiness. Continuous dreaming.
Dose
Sixth attenuation.
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