Petroleum Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the principal that 'like cures like', in a tiny dilution - so the indications below are what a healthy person would feel if taking Petroleum. If your symptoms fit within the symptoms below, then Petroleum would be a good bet. The following are the strongest indications of Petroleum for its use in homeopathy. Entries on a white backgorund are from Boericke's Materia Medica, other entries are from a reversed Kent's repertory. Homeopathic remedies are not the same as herbal remedies. Please remember though, this homeopathy materia medica is provided for information only, with no guarantee of accuracy; it is not intended as a substitute for medical advice, nor as a claim for the effectiveness of Petroleum in treating any of the symptoms below. If symptoms persist, seek professional medical advice - minor symptoms can often be a sign of a more serious underlying condition. Homeopathic remedies are very dilute, and while the homeopathic remedy may be beneficial, the raw product may be harmful. To purchase Petroleum and other homeopathic remedies online, please click the button above. Strumous diathesis, especially the dark type, who suffer from catarrhal conditions of the mucous membranes, gastric acidity and cutaneous eruptions. Very marked skin symptoms, acting on sweat and oil glands. Ailments are worse during the winter season. Ailments from riding in cars, carriages, or ships; lingering gastric and lung troubles; chronic diarrhoea. Long-lasting complaints follow mental states - fright, vexation, etc. Chlorosis in young girls with or without ulceration of the stomach. BETTER, warm air; lying with head high; dry weather. Worse, dampness, before and during a thunderstorm, from riding in cars, Passive motion; in winter, eating, from mental states. Relationships Compare: Carbo; Graph.; Sulph.; Phos. Complementary: Sepia. Antidotes: Nux; Coccul. Marked worse from mental emotions mind; memory; forgetful; mind; perception; does not recognise well known streets; mind; insecure, uncertain, scared; timidity; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; mistakes; localities, places; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion; while walking; in open air; ; mind; intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; quarrelsome, argumentative; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; irritability; mind; emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition; anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); Loses his way in streets Thinks he is double, or someone else lying alongside Feels that death is near, and must hurry to settle affairs Irritable, easily offended, vexed at everything Low-spirited, with dimness of sight. mind; aversions, dislikes; open air; mind; delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; vertigo, dizziness; with nausea; vertigo, dizziness; head; heaviness (see pain; pressing); head; heaviness (see pain; pressing); back of head (occiput); ; head; pain, headache; back of head (occiput); ; head; pain, headache; pressing (see bursting, pulling); back of head (occiput); ; Sensitive, As of a cold breeze blowing on it Feels numb, as if made of wood; Occiput heavy, as of lead ( Opium.) Vertigo on rising, felt in occiput, as if intoxicated, or like sea-sickness Moist eruption on scalp; worse, back and ears Scalp sore to touch, followed by numbness Headache, must hold temples to relieve; provoked by shaking while coughing Use thirtieth. head; pain, headache; pressing (see bursting, pulling); back of head (occiput); like weight or stone; head; skin and scalp; out-break on skin; wearing away skin; head; skin and scalp; out-break on skin; eczema; eye; swellings; tear canal; ; eye; inflammation; wounds; lids; ; eye; inflammation; wounds; lachrymal sac; ; eye; inflammation; wounds; tear duct; ; eye; inflammation; wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye); oozing pus (including cornea); eye; fistula (abnormal hole); tear glands; ; eye; discoloration; redness; lids; ; eye; lids; out-breaks on skin; powdery flaking skin; eye; discharges of mucus or pus; corner; from tear duct; ; eye; inflammation; glandular swellings; Loss of eyelashes Canthi fissured Skin around eyes dry and scurfy. Dim sight; far-sighted; cannot read fine print without glasses; blennorrhoea of lachrymal sac; Marginal blepharitis ear; noises in ear; sound of wind; ear; noises in ear; cracking; Chronic Eustachian catarrh ear; itching; in ear; as if frozen; ear; itching; in ear; burning; ear; itching; in ear; ear; discharges from ear; catarrh in Eustachian tube (tube connecting ear to nose); ear; discharges from ear; ear; coldness; as if frozen; Diminished hearing. ear; noises in ear; ringing; ear; noises in ear; rushing; ear; noises in ear; whizzing; Noise unbearable, especially from several people talking together Eczema, intertrigo, etc., in and behind ears, with intense itching Parts sore to touch Fissures in meatus Dry catarrh, with deafness and noises ear; skin; out-breaks on skin; behind ears; sore; ear; skin; out-breaks on skin; behind ears; moist; ear; skin; out-breaks on skin; behind ears; wearing away skin; ear; skin; out-breaks on skin; behind ears; ; Ringing and cracking in ears ear; noises in ear; hearing; impaired; catarrh of Eustachian tube (tube connecting ear to nose); hearing; impaired; nose; catarrh; Epistaxis Ozaena, with scabs and muco-purulent discharge. Nostrils ulcerated, cracked, burn; tip of nose itches face; skin; out-breaks on skin; crusty, scabby; face; skin; out-breaks on skin; wearing away skin; Dry; feels constricted, as if covered with albumin. face; skin; out-breaks on skin; mouth; inflammation; throat; inflammation; Feeling of great emptiness abdomen; stomach; appetite; ravenous, excessive; with diarrhoea; ; abdomen; stomach; aversion to certain foods or drinks; fats and rich food; abdomen; emptiness; after stool; ; abdomen; pain; cutting; night; 4 a.m.; ; abdomen; sense of weakness; after stool; ; abdomen; stomach; appetite; increased (hunger in general); after stool; ; abdomen; stomach; aversion to certain foods or drinks; meat; abdomen; stomach; disordered; after stool; ; abdomen; stomach; burping, belching; morning; ; abdomen; stomach; indigestion; abdomen; stomach; nausea; while travelling; ; abdomen; stomach; nausea; seasickness; abdomen; stomach; vomiting; while travelling; ; abdomen; stomach; appetite; ravenous, excessive; yet becoming extremely thin; ; Must rise at night and eat ( Psorin.) Odor of Garlic. Stomach; Heartburn; hot, sharp, sour eructation Distension Strong aversion to fat food, meat; worse, eating cabbage HUNGER, immediately after stool Gastralgia when stomach is empty; relieved by constant eating ( Anac.; Sep.) Ravenous hunger NAUSEA, with accumulation of water in mouth Diarrhoea only in the daytime; watery, gushing and Itching of anus After cabbage; with empty feeling of stomach. rectum; diarrhoea; daytime only; ; rectum; itching; around anus; ; rectum; itching; perineum (between rectum and genitals); ; rectum; pain; pressing (pressure); rectum; pain; sudden, sharp; when body is upright; ; rectum; skin and lining; out-break on skin around anus; rectum; skin and lining; out-break on skin around anus; herpetic; rectum; skin and lining; out-break on skin around anus; itching; rectum; skin and lining; out-break on skin around anus; perineum (between rectum and genitals); herpes; rectum; skin and lining; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); must rub anus until raw; genitals; male; out-breaks on skin; scrotum; itching; genitals; male; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); between scrotum, and thighs; ; Male; Herpetic eruption on perineum Prostate inflamed and swollen genitals; male; itching; penis; foreskin; ; genitals; male; out-breaks on skin; scrotum; herpetic; between scrotum, and thighs; genitals; male; out-breaks on skin; scrotum; herpetic; genitals; male; out-breaks on skin; scrotum; ; genitals; male; out-breaks on skin; itching; genitals; male; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; genitals; male; out-breaks on skin; Itching in urethra. Female; Before menses, throbbing in head ( Kreos.) Leucorrhoea, profuse, albuminous ( Alum.; Bor.; Bov.; Calc genitals; male; redness; scrotum; ; genitals; male; redness; between thighs and scrotum; ; genitals; male; testes and scrotum (balls); moisture, scrotum; genitals; female; out-breaks on skin; herpetic; genitals; female; irritation; itching; genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); itching; with thin, clear discharge (as in gonorrhea); genitals; urethra (urinary part of genitals); closing; genitals; female; out-breaks on skin; genitals; male; pain; sore; scrotum; between scrotum and thigh; ; genitals; male; itching; scrotum; ; Sensation of moisture ( Eup-pur.) Itching and mealy coating of nipple. P.) Genitals sore and moist Dry cough at night, coming deep from chest Croup and laryngeal diphtheria. Oppression of chest; worse, cold air Cough produces headache Hoarseness ( Carbo; Caust.; Phos.) Dry cough and oppression of chest at night cough; dry cough; chest; skin; out-breaks on skin; an.; Nat-mur.) Fainting, with ebullitions, heat, and palpitation. chest; perspiration; arm pit; offensive; Heart; Sensation of coldness ( Carb chest; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; heart; ; Coccyx painful. back; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); ; back; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); extending to back of head (occiput); ; back; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; extending to back of head (occiput); ; back; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades; ; back; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades; spine; ; Pain in nape of neck, stiff and painful Weakness in small of back extremities, limbs; coldness; upper limbs; hands; ; extremities, limbs; hands and feet; chilblains; toes; ; extremities, limbs; hands and feet; chilblains; feet; inflammation; extremities, limbs; hands and feet; chilblains; feet; ; extremities, limbs; hands and feet; chilblains; hands; ; extremities, limbs; hands and feet; chilblains; extremities, limbs; hands and feet; chapped hand (see roughness); extremities, limbs; cracking noise in joints; extremities, limbs; pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; fingers; tips of fingers; ; extremities, limbs; perspiration; upper limbs; ; extremities, limbs; perspiration; leg; ; extremities, limbs; skin; skin cracks at bends of joints; hands (see chapping); ; extremities, limbs; skin; skin cracks at bends of joints; hands (see chapping); deep and bleeding; extremities, limbs; skin; skin cracks at bends of joints; hands (see chapping); in winter; ; extremities, limbs; skin; skin cracks at bends of joints; fingers; ; extremities, limbs; skin; skin cracks at bends of joints; fingers; tips of; ; extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; upper limbs; boils; extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; hand; psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales); extremities, limbs; coldness; lower limbs; foot; ; extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; lower limbs; ; Chronic sprains Fetid sweat in axillae Knees stiff Tips of fingers rough, cracked, fissured every winter Scalding sensation in knee Cracking in joints. extremities, limbs; skin; roughness; fingers; tips; ; extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; hand; back of hand; scaly, itching skin disease (eczema, psoriasis, herpes, etc.); psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales), chronic; extremities, limbs; stiffness; extremities, limbs; tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); lower limbs; ; extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; leg; boils; extremities, limbs; tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); extremities, limbs; stiffness; joints; ; extremities, limbs; skin; out-break on skin; leg; eczema; chill; in the open air; ; Flushes of heat, particularly of the face and head; worse at night fever; desire to uncover; fever; stages of chill, heat and sweat; chill then sweat, without intervening heat; Chilliness, followed by sweat Perspiration on feet and axillae. perspiration; one-sided; ; perspiration; odour; offensive; skin; becomes sore when lying down; ; skin; out-breaks on skin; skin; out-breaks on skin; boils; skin; out-breaks on skin; crusty; skin; out-breaks on skin; eczema; skin; out-breaks on skin; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); skin; generally unhealthy; skin; out-breaks on skin; phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration); skin; out-breaks on skin; suppressed; skin; out-breaks on skin; generating pus; skin; pain; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); after scratching (must scratch it raw); ; skin; rough; skin; sensitive; skin; itching; must scratch; until it is raw; skin; abnormal growths; ulcers; phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration); skin; dry; Eczema Thick, greenish crusts, burning and itching; redness, raw; cracks bleed easily Slightest scratch makes skin suppurate ( Hepar.) Intertrigo; psoriasis of hands Herpes Skin dry, constricted, very sensitive, rough and cracked, leathery Bed-sores Chilblains, moist, itch and burn Itching at night Rhagades Worse in winter. skin; cracks; skin; cracks; deep, bloody; skin; cracks; in winter; skin; discoloration; yellow, jaundice, etc.; spots; injuries and accidents; wounds; slow to heal; generalities; pain; pressing; internally; ; generalities; pain; cutting; externally; generalities; mucous secretions increased; generalities; heaviness; internally; ; generalities; eating and food; sauerkraut; generalities; eating and food; foods which cause flatulence; generalities; eating and food; cabbage; generalities; convulsions; continuous contraction; generalities; convulsions; with tetanus rigidity; generalities; aversion to open air; generalities; morning; ; generalities; while travelling; ; Petroleum is available to buy through our online shop from WHP in USA, Boiron in USA, Boiron in Canada, Hylands in USA, Weleda in UK (not for export), Helios, Europe, by clicking the red 'View Purchase Options' button. 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