Oxygenium

Oxygen · Mineral

Clarke

Oxygenium is indicated for respiratory and catarrhal conditions, particularly in the early stages of colds with rawness and throat irritation. It has been suggested in cases of diabetes, cancer, and morphia or strychnine poisoning, and acts as an internal antiseptic in urinary infections.

Key symptoms

  • Symptoms of common cold with rawness and throat irritation
  • Relaxation of bowels followed by constipation
  • Whooping cough and spasmodic cough
  • Anaemia and debility
  • Canker sores in the mouth
  • Useful antiseptically in gonorrhoea and sore throat from within
John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900

Oxygen (including Ozone, which is Nascent Oxygen.). O. (A. W. 16). Dilutions of distilled water charged with the gas. Dilutions of the preparation called Oxydol.

Clinical

Anæmia. Cancer. Coryza. Cough. Diabetes. Influenza. Morphia poisoning. Mouth, canker sores in. Strychnine poisoning. Whooping-cough.

Characteristics

As we learn more and more how to handle gases they will take a more definite part in the materia medica. I have incorporated in the present Schema a proving by Swan of Oxy. 200 (Organon, iii. 280), and a proving of Ozonum by Dewar, McKendrick and two others, recorded by Allen. Their symptoms I have marked "Oz." With another preparation called Oxydol, or Eau Maiche (from its inventor), I have had some experiences. It is not chemically distinguishable from Peroxide of Hydrogen, but it has none of the disagreeable features of that substance. It does not bleach articles it may touch, or cause effervescence. It is said to liberate oxygen in nascent state in the tissues when it is taken …

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