Kali Nitricum - Mouth symptoms - T.F. Allen

MOUTH

Teeth

A scorbutic condition,

General Mouth.

Coated mouth in the morning (third day),

Offensive odor from the mouth, which she does not notice herself,

Coldness in the mouth extending to the stomach, immediately (after 9 grains),

Loss of speech,

Gums and teeth

Looseness of an upper back tooth, followed by ulcerative pain the whole day,

Feeling of tightness in the hollow lower wisdom tooth of the left side, perceptible during sleep (sixth day),

Grumbling in a diseased upper back tooth, as if air streamed in and out of it,

Boring toothache, with pressure in the head, and at one time heat, at another coldness; towards noon, better in the evening,

Drawing and sticking toothache, now in the right side, now in the left, in the upper back teeth, in the open air as in the house,

Stitches in a hollow tooth when touched, wherewith the gum is inflamed, swollen, red, and painful, and bleeds easily (after twenty days),

Tearing toothache, with tearing in the head, from morning till noon,

Violent tearing in a left upper tooth,

Shooting tearing in the upper incisors, in the open air, in the evening and next morning (after thirty-ninth day),

Ulcerative pain in the upper, especially the back teeth (after eight days),

Throbbing toothache wakes him at 3 in the morning and at midnight from sleep, aggravated by cold, unchanged by warmth,

Throbbing toothache in the left upper row, in the evening while walking in the open air (seventeenth day),

Jerking pains in the teeth (eighth day),

Jerking toothache in the left upper row, like an ulceration,

Jerking toothache in a left upper back tooth,

Frequent jerking in the upper back teeth,

The toothache is aggravated on drawing in the air and extends into the incisors,

Gums.

Swelling of the gum externally of the right upper teeth with great painfulness,

The gum on the inside of the right upper teeth seems swollen, with violent throbbing in it,

Saliva

Dryness of the mouth without thirst, disappearing after breakfast (eleventh day),

Sleep interrupted several times by dryness of the mouth, causing thirst (first night),

Unusual dryness of the mouth, so that he was frequently obliged to drink before and after dinner (after 9 grains),

Saliva.

The salivary glands, especially the submaxillary, were enlarged, hard, and painful; the secretion of saliva increased, with constant heaviness and pain over the whole head and weakness of the whole body (second day),

Increased secretion of saliva in the mouth (after 7 grains),

Accumulation of water in the mouth (first day), ; after taking a little bread, at 2 P.M., at which time he was very hungry, though he had eaten two hours previously,

Tongue

Crawling on the tongue,

Tongue.

Tongue coated white (first and seventh day),

Tongue coated white as far as the tip (seventh day),

Tongue coated very white (thirteenth day),

Tongue covered with a white mucous coat (after 5 grains),

Tongue red, but quite clean (after four hours),

Small burning pimples on the tip of the tongue, aggravated in the evening (after fourteen days),

A burning blister on the tip of the tongue (after eighteen days),

Dryness of the tongue and mouth, in the morning (sixth day),

The tongue burns at the tip and anterior surface as if sore (cut), in the evening (fifteenth and sixteenth days),

Violent sticking followed by burning in the right half of the tongue,

Dryness of the mouth and tongue and great thirst woke him after midnight (third night),

Taste

Taste.

Disagreeable taste,

Disagreeable taste and increased secretion of mucus, raised only by hawking (fifth day),

Disagreeable, nauseous taste in the mouth, the whole day (after eighteen days),

Nauseous taste, persistent even after drinking water and cocoa (thirteenth day),

Taste disgusting (soon),

Sweetish, nauseous taste (soon),

Sour taste in throat, in morning after rising,

Disagreeable sourish taste (fourteenth day),

Acid taste, soon (after 7 grains),

Disagreeable, acid taste, after breakfast (second day),

Palate

Small painful swelling on the right side of the palate,