Vichy
Vichy mineral spring water (sodium bicarbonate-rich) · Mineral
Very low-spirited; felt as though some misfortune was about to happen; causelessly anxious about the future. Very sensitive to cold and draughts. Weakness after coition.
Key symptoms
- Stitching pains: below mastoid, in chest, in right loin, in heart
- Sensation as of a bar across the chest impeding breathing
- Burning flatulence with griping and colic
- Illusions of smell: corpse-like odour or smell of cucumbers in nose
- Sinking sensation and feeling as if about to be sick
- Very low-spirited with causeless anxiety about the future
- Excessive weakness after coition as if suffering from hunger
- Heartburn, acidity, belching and burning in stomach
- Painful stiffness of muscles of back of neck
- Frequent urination at night; urine abundant, watery, foamy
Worse (aggravation)
- From cold and draughts of air
- After eating; when eating
- When seated
- After coitus
Better (amelioration)
- Uneasiness better by dinner
Mineral springs at Vichy, in France. [Grande-Grille springs, containing in 100 parts: Carbonic acid 4.418, Mur. ac. 0.344, Sulphuric acid 0.164, Sil. ac. 0.070, Phos. ac. 0.070, Arsenic acid 0.001, Ferric oxide 0.002, Sodium 2.488, Potassium 0.182, Calcium 0.169, Magnesium 0.097.] Dilution.
Clinical
Bladder, catarrh of. Constipation. Diabetes. Gall-stones. Gout. Gravel. Heartburn. Indigestion. Intermittent fevers. Liver, affections of. Neck, stiff. Rheumatism. Salivation. Skin, affections of. Uterus, affections of.
Characteristics
The springs of Vichy are alkaline, both hot and cold. They are used in a large number of maladies, especially (1) diseases of the digestive tract; (2) diseases of the liver with or without calculi; (3) abdominal engorgements consequent on paludal fevers; (4) chronic engorgements of the uterus; (5) catarrh of the bladder; (6) gravel; (7) gout and rheumatism; (8) diabetes mellitus; (9) skin diseases (Constantin James). Croserio proved Vichy, taking the water, and …
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