Chininum Sulphuricum - Mouth symptoms - T.F. Allen

MOUTH

Teeth

Renewed sensitiveness of right lower bicuspid (I often have this also after a glass of ale), in the afternoon (fifteenth day),

Twitching of middle of right lingualis muscle, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day),

Twitching of terminus of left lingualis muscle while writing, in the afternoon (fifteenth day),

Increasing stale and disagreeable flavor of mouth, as has been pretty constantly the case for a week or more past; odor somewhat affected likewise, in the evening (eighteenth day),

Speech.

Speech difficult,

My articulation seems somewhat impaired, as I have a number of times had to repeat my words to make myself understood (forty-second day),

Disturbance of the organ of speech, occasionally entire loss of speech, for a longer or shorter period,

Lips

Thick accumulation of soft tartar on anterior upper teeth; feels rough, disagreeable to upper lid; removal with thumb-nail left gums feeling sore to touch of lip, in the evening (sixteenth day),

Gums and teeth

Tartar on teeth much increased (twenty-fourth day),

Find my teeth clenched, unawares, after midnight (twenty-fourth day),

Teeth feel rough, in the morning (twenty-third day),

Returning home in steam-cars, from left molars (filled with amalgam) to both upper and lower maxillary bones, had somewhat persistent neuralgic pains (twenty-second day),

A sudden ache in upper left molars, containing amalgam filling; transient, like neuralgia. Soon after felt in both upper and lower (central) molars, in the afternoon (fourth day),

Pains affecting the left upper and lower jaws, near amalgam-filled molars, between these, and constituting a hard toothache; worse when cold air strikes the face; better by applying a warm hand (thirty-eighth day),

Sticking in anterior teeth, especially left side, in the afternoon (fifteenth day),

Sticking in left upper second and third molars, in the evening (eighteenth day),

Neuralgic twinge from last left upper molars to zygoma, in the afternoon (nineteenth day),

Defective tooth in the right lower jaw (bicuspid), somewhat sensitive, or rather its socket; subject to it in other, i. e., cold damp weather; weather to-day mild and pleasant (fifteenth day),

The secretion about the upper molars seems to putresce and irritate (fortieth day),

The teeth-sockets are sore; gum inflamed (thirty-ninth day),

Saliva

Saliva.

Greatly increased secretion of saliva, which in some cases lasted several days),

Sitting, moderately free flow of saliva noticed (fourteenth day),

Mouth full of mucus, with great hunger, compelling him to eat (twenty-fifth night),

Dryness of the mouth, ; (first day),

Tongue

Tongue.

Tongue flabby and slightly whitish, in the morning (twenty-third day,)

White tongue,

Tongue white in the centre, pale on the margins,

Tongue coated with white mucus (eighth day),

The whole tongue, even to the tip, was covered with a thick yellowish white fur (twenty-first day),

Tongue pale, covered with a thick tenacious mucus (after eight hours),

Tongue covered with thick yellow fur, which cannot be scraped off, lasting four days,

Tongue covered with thick yellow fur, except the tip, which is red (twenty-sixth day),

Tongue coated yellow (twentieth day),

Tongue coated with slimy yellowish froth (fifth day),

Yellow coat at the root of the tongue (eighteenth day),

Yellow coating at the root of the tongue (second morning),

Tongue dry, coated yellow,

Taste

Taste.

Rose with bad taste and breath (twenty-third day),

Mouth tastes as if its secretions were unhealthy, all day, and previous days (twenty-fourth day),

Taste of abnormal secretion, when the tongue is not moved, dissipated on moving it; hence the flavor is not describable (has frequently recurred), in the evening (twenty-fifth day),

I observed carefully the abnormal taste, and found that it had a slightly acrid quality (twenty-sixth day),

Pasty taste (twentieth day),

Taste pasty and flat (twenty-first day),

Flat and bad taste (twenty-seventh day),

Very bitter taste, with a very clean tongue (twelve to twenty-four hours),

After breakfast, say at 10 A.M., while writing, slight brassy taste, transient (second day),

Since supper, I taste it now and then, and when sitting doubled up, eructations, and a sense of fulness and uneasiness in stomach (twenty-first day),

At 10.45 P.M. took five broken granules, i. e., grs. ijss., pulse being moderate; caused and left a good deal of bitter taste in back of mouth (nineteenth day),

Bread taste bitter (thirty-first day),

Fauces

Dryness of mouth and fauces (14 to 16 grs. daily),