Mouth and Throat.

Sulph.

Tongue coated white, with red tip and edges, mostly in acute diseases.

Staph.

Teeth turn black or show black streaks running over; gums ache.

Merc.

Tongue swollen, flabby, showing imprint of teeth on margins, with offensive smell from the mouth.

Ant. crud.

Tongue coated thick, milky white.

Silicea.

Sensation of hair on the forepart of the tongue.

Rhus tox.

Tongue dry, red, cracked, or has triangular tip, or white often on one side; takes imprint of the teeth.

Merc. prot.

Base of tongue covered with a thick, dirty yellow coat.

Iris.

Mouth and tongue feel as though they had been scalded; profuse flow of saliva.

Arum tri.

Acrid discharge from the nose, mouth, and throat; the nostrils, lips and corners of mouth sore, cracked and bleeding, and emitting a putrid odor.

Ferr.

Great paleness of mucous membranes, especially that of the cavity of the mouth.

Nux mos.

Greatly troubled with dryness in the mouth and throat while sleeping; always awake with a very dry tongue, but without thirst.

Calc. ost.

Difficult dentition with little children.

Coffee.

Ice or ice cold water is the only thing lessening his violent toothache as long as touching it.

Merc.

Moist tongue with intense thirst.

Ant. crud.

Decayed teeth ache generally, < at night; cannot bear to be touched by the tongue.

Phos.

Toothache of wash women, or from washing clothes.

Ant. tart.

Tongue very thinly white with reddened papillae, red edges; particularly with whooping cough.

Caust.

Sensation of tension and pain in the jaws so that she could only with difficulty open the mouth, and also could not eat well because a tooth seemed too long.

Ignat.

In talking or chewing they bite themselves in the cheek or tongue.

Cina.

Grinding of the teeth and tossing during sleep; always cross when awake.

Bell.

Teething children; dry cough; restless at night; hot; want to drink; moaning; quick rattling breathing; jerking of the limbs. or starting of the whole body; convulsions.

Puls.

Great dryness of the mouth in the morning without thirst.

Merc.

Gums painful to touch, swollen, receding from the teeth; whitish edges, bleeding; fetid odor from the mouth.

Lach.

Cannot put tongue out but with difficulty; trying it the tongue trembles or catches behind the lower teeth.

Nit. ac.

Ulcerated spots on inner surface of cheeks, with pricking pains as from splinters; corners ulcerated; foul odor.

Tereb.

Tongue red, smooth and glossy, as if deprived of its papillae.

Stram.

Stammering or entirely speechless; dribbling of gluey saliva from the mouth.

Puls.

Bad taste in the mouth, especially early in the morning, or nothing tastes good, or no taste at all.

Tarax.

Tongue covered with a white coating, which peels off in patches, leaving dark, red, tender, very sensitive spots.

China.

Salivation (years after having taken Mercury ) uninterrupted day and night; with great weakness, particularly of stomach.

Lycop.

Heavy trembling of the tongue, with falling of the lower jaw (in typhoid states).

Nat. mur.

Great complaints about the dryness of the tongue, which is not very dry.

Sepia.

White coating on the root of the tongue only, strongly marked.

Verat. vir.

Red streak in the middle of a yellowish coated tongue.

Ars. alb.

Lead colored tongue.

[Kobalt.]

White coating with cracks across the middle.

Rhus tox.

While coating only on one side.

Caust.

A white coating on both sides.

Dig.

A clean tongue with gastric and other derangements.

Dulc.

Tongue and jaws become lame if cold air or water chills him.

Lycop.

Spasmodic darting of the tongue out of the mouth (in typhoid states).

Gels.

Numbness of the tongue; feels so thick he can hardly speak; partial paralysis.

Caust.

Speechlessness from paralysis of the organs of speech.

Bry.

Great dryness of mouth and tongue; lips parched and dry.

Bap.

Mouth very dry; tongue dry, brown in a streak down the center.

Lycop.

Protruding of the tongue with a silly expression (in diphtheria).

Arum tri.

Mouth burns and is so sore that they refuse to drink, and cry when anything is offered.

Hell.

Constant chewing motion of the jaws; grinds teeth (brain troubles).

Kali bich.

Tongue smooth, red, and cracked.

Carbo veg.

Tongue painfully sensitive when chewing; gums become loosened and retracted from teeth.

Carbo veg.

Looseness of teeth, with bleeding gums. Which are very sensitive when chewing.

Mur. ac.

Tongue thick, bluish and covered with grayish white membrane, or having deep ulcers with dark colored bases; vesicles with burning.

Ham.

Passive venous haemorrhage after extracted teeth.

Nux vom.

Small aphthous ulcers in the mouth with putrid smell; bloody saliva at night; gums scorbutic; coagulated blood is spit out.

Plumb.

Distinct blue margin along margin of gums.

Podoph.

Grinding teeth and rolling head from side to side with moaning (during dentition).

Phytol.

Difficult or retarded dentition with an irresistible desire to bite on something; restless at night; sometimes diarrhoea.

Lycop.

Ulcers and vesicles on and under the tongue.

Mur. ac.

Tongue dwindles to a third its natural size; heavy as lead; hinders talking (in typhoid).

Ars. alb.

Burning in mouth, pharynx and oesophagus; drinks often but little at a time.

Borax.

Aphthae on the tongue, in the mouth, inside the cheeks, or with great heat and dryness of the mouth.

Arn.

Putrid smell from the mouth, with coated tongue.

Arg. nit.

Tip of tongue red and painful; papillae erect, prominent.

Caust.

Warts on the back of the tongue (Seward).

Acon.

Burning, tingling, and numbness of lips, mouth and tongue.

Diosc.

Mouth very dry, bitter, and clammy in the morning.

Kreosot.

Very painful dentition; teeth begin to decay as soon as they appear.

Hydrast.

Stomatitis after Mercury or Potash; nursing women or weakly children; peppery taste; tongue as if burned or raw.

Nux vom.

Throat sore, as if scraped, worse when swallowing and when inhaling cold air.

Bell.

Sore throat; fauces and pharynx deep red; soft palate, and tonsils swollen, swallowing painful, particularly fluids; speech thick, feels like there was a lump in the throat, which induces hawking; swollen outside and sensitive to touch.

Apis.

Oedematous swelling of the throat; uvula hangs down and looks like a transparent bag filled with water.

Arnica.

Putrid odors from the mouth.

Lach.

Tonsilitis or diphtheria < on left side; choking when swallowing, or pains from throat into ear; neck very sensitive to touch, < after sleep.

Lycop.

Sore throat beginning on right side and spreading to left, or beginning in nose and going down.

Lac. can.

Sore throat, alternating sides, one side < one day, the other the next, and so forth.

Nat. mur.

When the throat and neck of children emaciate rapidly, < during summer complaint.

Spong.

Goitre swollen and hard; suffocative at night; in persons who live in villages.

Apis.

Burning stinging like bee stings, sometimes up into ears.

Lach.

Throat complaints begin in left and go to right side.

Lyc.

Tongue oscillating from side to side like a pendulum.

Cina.

Frequent swallowing, as if to swallow something down the throat (worms).

Sulph.

Sore throat with great burning and dryness; soreness begins on right side and goes to the left.

Staph.

Throat dry and rough, with soreness when talking and when swallowing.

Lach.

Great sensibility of the throat to the slightest touch, even of the collar or bed clothes; can bear nothing round the neck.

Ign.

Sore throat; stitching or sticking pains only between the acts of deglutition; better swallowing solids.

Baryta carb.

Chronic enlargement and suppuration of tonsils, < after every slight cold or following suppressed foot sweat.

Alumina.

Sense of constriction from pharynx down to stomach; seems as if blood could not pass.

Ailant.

Throat livid, almost purple, swollen, tonsils prominent and studded with many deep, angry looking ulcers, oozing a scanty fetid discharge; external neck swollen and sensitive (scarlatina).

Arg. met.

Viscid gray; jelly-like mucus in pharynx, easily hawked up, early in the morning.

Baptis.

Can swallow liquid food only, the least solid food gags.

[Baryta ac.]

Tonsils inflamed after every cold, tend to suppurate; chronic induration.

Arg. nit.

Sensation as if splinter were lodged in the throat, when swallowing, breathing, or moving the neck.

Phytol.

Great pain in root of tongue when swallowing.

Asaf.

Sensation of a ball rising in the throat obliging frequent swallowing to keep it down, and causing at times, difficult breathing.

Merc.

Painful dryness of throat with salivation, when tonsils threaten to suppurate; sharp sticking pains when swallowing.

Lachnant.

Sore throat with stiff neck; head drawn to one side.

Benz. ac.

Angina facium and tonsilitis; with exceedingly offensive and high-colored urine.

Phytol.

Throat sore, fauces congested and of a dark red color; dryness of the throat, tonsils swollen; with every attempt to swallow severe pains shooting through both ears; sore aching all over.

Caust.

Mucus collects in the throat, cannot be raised, has to swallow it.

Hep. sul.

Sensation of a splinter or fish bone sticking in the throat.

Caust.

Great sense of rawness and dryness in throat.

Nit. ac.

Pricking pains worse when swallowing.

Caps.

Burning and pains in throat as if from red pepper, < between the acts of swallowing.

Phos.

Throat looks very dry, fairly glistening.

Arn.

Sore throat from preaching or long-continued speaking.

Arum tri.

Clergyman’s sore throat; voice uncertain, continually changing; also with singers, accumulation of mucus.

Clemat.

Dull pain in a hollow tooth, alleviated by cold water or sucking the tooth.

Therid.

Sounds penetrate the teeth.

Puls.

Veins of throat distended, inflamed, and bluish red.

Thuja.

Teeth decay at the roots (as in sycosis), the crown remaining sound; crumble, turn yellow.

Caust.

Teeth come en masse (many at a time).

Lach.

Diphtheria aggravated by hot drinks (by cold drinks Lycop ).

Lac. can.

Shining, glazed appearance of diphtheritic deposits; chancres; and ulcers.

Rhus tox.

Saliva bloody, runs out of mouth during sleep.

Kali bich.

Deep eating ulcers, as if punched out, in the throat, often syphilitic.