Wildbad
Mineral
Key symptoms
- Sensation as if the brain were over-filled; intolerable on pillow
- Looseness of joints — ankles and knees loose, bones seem not to fit
- Spinal cord affections; paraplegia; weakness of lower limbs
- Gnawing, sinking, empty sensation in stomach and abdomen
- Pain as if sprained in joints and extremities
- Violent cracking in knees on rising
- Teeth seem too long; dry mouth in morning
- Hair loses oiliness; beard becomes darker
- Nails became so soft they could not be used
- Rush of blood to head; throbbing headache on waking at night
Worse (aggravation)
- On waking at night (throbbing headache, heaviness in vertex)
- Lying down (throbbing and heat in occiput)
- Walking (pain in sciatic nerve; looseness of knees)
Better (amelioration)
- Sitting erect with head against hard pillow (sleeplessness with burning heat)
- Stretching — great desire to lie on back and stretch brings feeling of comfort and warmth
The Springs at Wildbad, in Würtemburg. (The water contains in 16 ounces, Carbonic ac. gr. 0.972, Nat. m. 1.808, Nat. c. 0.837, Nat. sul. 0.291, K. sul. 0.108, Calc. c. 0.738, Silicic acid 0.480, Mag. c. 0.079, Fer. C. 0.002, Alumina 0.004, and traces of Mang.). Dilution.
Clinical
Bones, pains in. Catarrh. Gout. Hair, affections of. Indigestion. Knees, creaking of. Nails, soft. Paralysis, spinal. Paraplegia. Rheumatism. Shoulder, rheumatism of.
Characteristics
In spite of its very slight mineralisation, says Constantin James, the water produces very distinct effects in a graduated series. The first impression of the bath is delicious; this is succeeded by sensations more clear and distinct: a slight degree of excitement; at times luminous sparks before the sight; a finer (plus subtil) blood seems to flow to the brain. "One would like to remain in the bath, but something unusual and strange warns you that it is time to get out." It is chiefly, says the same authority, for affections of the spinal cord that …
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