Sanguinarinum nitricum
Sanguinarine nitrate · Human-made/chemical
Sanguinarinum nitricum acts prominently on the mucous membranes of the nose, throat, and bronchi, producing burning, obstruction, and catarrhal discharges. It is suited to individuals with chronic follicular pharyngitis, nasal polypus, and influenza with lachrymation, headache, and sense of obstruction. The smarting and burning extend from throat through the chest especially under the sternum.
Key symptoms
- Nose feels obstructed; profuse watery mucus with burning pain
- Enlarged turbinates at beginning of hypertrophic process
- Post-nasal secretions adherent and difficult to dislodge
- Nostrils plugged with thick yellow bloody mucus with sneezing
- Rough dry constricted burning throat; right tonsil sore, swallowing difficult
- Short hacking cough with thick yellow sweetish mucus expectoration
- Pressure behind centre of sternum; dryness and burning in bronchi
- Voice altered, deep, hoarse; chronic nasal laryngeal and bronchial catarrh
Nitrate of Sanguinarine (SANGUINARINA NITRICA)
Is of use in polypus of the nose. Acute and chronic catarrh. Acute pharyngitis (Wyethia) Smarting and burning in throat and chest especially under sternum. Influenza. Lachrymation, pains in eyes and head, sore scalp; sensee of obstruction. chronic follicular pharyngitis.
Nose
Feels obstructed. Profuse, watery mucus, with burning pain. Enlarged turbinates at beginning of hypertrophic process. Secretion scant, tendency to dryness. Small crusts which bleed when removed. Post-nasal secretions adherent to nasopharynx, dislodged with difficulty. Dry and burning nostrils; watery mucus, with pressure over root of nose. Nostrils plugged with thick, yellow, bloody mucus. Sneezing. Rawness and soreness in posterior nares.
Throat
Rough, dry, constricted, burning. Right tonsil sore, swallowing difficult.
Mouth
Ulceration on the side of the tongue.
Respiratory
Short, hacking cough, with expectoration of thick, yellow, sweetish mucus. Pressure behind center of sternum. Dryness and burning in throat and bronchi. Tickling cough. Chronic nasal, laryngeal, and bronchial catarrh. Voice altered, deep, hoarse.
Relationship
Compare: Sanguin tartaricum (exophthalmos; mydriasis; dim vision); Arum triph; Psorin; Kal bich.
Dose
Third trituration.
Nitrate of Sanguinarin. C19H17NO4HNO3. Trituration.
Clinical
Adenoids. Asthma. Borborygmus. Bronchitis. Catarrh. Coryza. Deafness. Eustachian catarrh. Hay-fever. Headache. Influenza. Laryngitis. Polypus. Post-nasal catarrh. Quinsy. Stiff-neck. Throat, sore. Tinnitus.
Characteristics
Sang. nit. is a very fine brownish-red powder, pungent, acid, bitter, and inodorous. It is soluble in alcohol, ether, water, and oils, but not in the same proportion in all. Pure Sanguinarin. is a pearly-white substance, but when combined with any of the acids the result is a salt of some shade of red, crimson or scarlet. The colour of the blood-root may thus be due to the presence of some native salt of Sanguinarin. (Hale). Sng. n. was proved in 3x trituration by Professor Owens (C. D. P.), of Pulte Medical College, and some very striking symptoms were elicited. The catarrhal symptoms of Sang. appear in great intensity─nose, eyes, throat, and bronchi being affected. Lachrymation, pains in eyes and head, sore scalp, …
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