Nitri spiritus dulcis
Ethyl nitrite (sweet spirit of nitre) · Human-made/chemical
Nitri Spiritus Dulcis suits patients in low febrile states with stupor, difficulty of arousal, and dry skin. It is a diuretic remedy useful in dropsy and post-scarlatinal nephritis. The patient tends to catch cold in stormy weather and is sensitive to mental disturbances, the winter, and spring seasons.
Key symptoms
- Sensorial apathy in low fevers with stupor and difficulty arousing the patient
- Acute nephritis following scarlet fever; dropsy
- Ill-effects of excess salt consumption (halophagia)
- Dry skin with nausea, flatulence, and salty taste
- Catching cold in stormy weather
- Very rapid breathing after only a short walk; painful constriction beneath sternum
- Prosopalgia with photophobia and burning in cheeks followed by lassitude
Worse (aggravation)
- Mental disturbance
- Winter and spring seasons
- Stormy weather
Sweet Spirits of Nitre
Sensorial apathy in low fevers when there is stupor, difficulty of arousing patient, is met by this remedy. Dry skin, nausea, flatulence. Salty taste. Ill-effects of salt (halophagia) (Ars; Phos). Catching cold in stormy weather. Acute nephritis following Scarlet fever. Dropsy. Is an excellent diuretic.
Face
Prosopalgia, with photophobia. Burning in cheeks, and vomiting, followed by lassitude. Boring in facial bones; in angles of lower jaw. Very sensitive to cold.
Respiratory
Very rapid breathing by going only a short walk. Painful constriction beneath sternum.
Modalities
Worse, from mental disturbance, during winter and spring.
Relationship
Increases the action of Digitalis.
Compare: Phos ac; Lycop.
Dose
A few drops of the pure spirits in water every two or three hours.
Spiritus ætheris nitrosi. Nitrous Ether. Sweet Spirit of Nitre. [A mixture of alcohol, water, and ethyl nitrite (C2H5NO2): it contains no "nitre" (Kali nit.)]. Dilution.
Clinical
Diarrhœa. Gall-stones. Mouth, sore. Prosopalgia. Tibiæ, pains in. Typhoid. Warts.
Characteristics
Nit. spi. dulc. has been proved by Lembke. It has been found to be an antidote to several medicines (an instance is given under Nat. m.). It was recommended by Hahnemann for hospital typhoid with apathy, and has been used with success in typhoid fevers with symptoms of cerebral paralysis; in diarrhœa and sore mouth of salt caters. Poisonings with N. s. d. give a perfect picture of the typhoid state. It has been used as a remedy for incarcerated gall-stones, given beaten up with yolk of egg, and applied outwardly in the same form. The symptoms of N. s. d. go from below upward. They are much < on passive motion, riding in carriage. Catching cold in stormy weather = prosopalgia. Cold <. Walking < breathing and heart. < Afternoon. Among …
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