Lithium bromatum
Lithium bromide · Mineral
Lithium Bromatum is indicated for individuals with a tendency to apoplexy, epilepsy, and neurological complaints aggravated by mental exertion. It suits patients who cannot tolerate other bromides and those with a history of stroke or cerebrovascular episodes with residual neurological deficits.
Key symptoms
- Numbness, vertigo, headache, and thickness of speech after apoplexy
- Flushed face, insomnia, and intense pain between shoulders after prolonged mental exertion
- Epilepsy when other bromides are not tolerated
Worse (aggravation)
- Prolonged mental exertion
Bromide of Lithium. Li. br. Trituration. Tincture.
Clinical
Apoplexy. Epilepsy. Speech, thick. Vertigo.
Characteristics
Weir Mitchell, quoted by Hale, is the authority for this medicament. He gave thirty grains to a gentleman (who had had one previous attack of apoplexy and was hemiplegic) for these symptoms: Numbness, vertigo, headache, and thickness of speech. The one dose removed them in half an hour. Mitchell gave it in epilepsy when other bromides were not borne. Hale mentions that it removed these symptoms in a case: After any prolonged mental exertion, flushed face, insomnia, and intense pain between the shoulders.
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