Terebinthina
Remedy of hemorrhagic nephritis and burning urination. Blood in urine — smoky, dark, with albumin and casts. Hemorrhage from kidneys. Burning along entire urinary tract. Abdomen enormously distended with tympanitis. Tongue smooth, glazed, glossy.
Source
Prepared from oil of turpentine (Oleum terebinthinae), distilled from various Pinus species.
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Keynote Symptoms
Hemorrhagic nephritis — blood in urine that is smoky, dark, with albumin and casts. Burning throughout the urinary tract. Strangury. Abdomen enormously distended and tympanitic. Tongue smooth, glazed, glossy (as if varnished) — a strong particular keynote. Hemorrhage from any organ — dark blood. Drowsiness, stupor with abdominal distension. Worm complaints with dark urine.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Drowsy, stupid. Confused. Dull. Indifferent from uremia.
General Symptoms
Kidneys, bladder, abdomen. Worse from night, damp, cold, walking, sitting. Better from walking in open air, warm applications.
Physical Symptoms
Mouth
Tongue smooth, glazed, glossy — as if varnished. The keynote tongue. Dry mouth.
Urinary
Hemorrhagic nephritis — smoky, dark urine with blood, albumin, casts. Burning entire urinary tract. Strangury. Dysuria. Hematuria. Suppressed urine. Urine smells of violets (rare).
Abdomen
Enormously distended — tympanitic, hard, tight. Colic. Typhlitis (appendicitis). Peritonitis. Worm symptoms.
Rectum
Hemorrhage from bowels — dark blood. Diarrhea with dark stools. Worms.
Chest
Hemorrhage from lungs — hemoptysis. Bronchitis.
Skin
Purpura. Hemorrhagic spots. Ecchymoses.
Modalities
Better From
Walking in open air, warm applications
Worse From
Night, damp, cold, walking (urinary), sitting, lying on back
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used for hemorrhagic kidney disease, abdominal tympanitis, and hemorrhages.
Clinical Indications
Hemorrhagic nephritis, hematuria, abdominal distension, glossy tongue, purpura, appendicitis, worms, hemorrhage from any organ
Comparative Materia Medica
Cantharis has kidney inflammation with burning but more acute and violent. Apis has renal disease with scanty urine but thirstless. Serum anguillae has acute nephritis with anuria. Phosphorus has kidney hemorrhage but with more anxiety.
Safety Information
Phosphorus. Starch water and milk help in crude poisoning.
Turpentine oil is toxic — ingestion causes GI irritation, kidney damage (nephritis), CNS effects. Can be fatal in children. Inhalation causes respiratory irritation. Used historically as a medicine in small doses. Use ONLY potentised forms.
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