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Nitri Spiritus Dulcis

30CNit Sp Dulc

Sweet Spirits of Nitre · Ethyl Nitrite · "The Diuretic Fever Remedy"

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🎯 Acts primarily as a diuretic and a stimulant for states of mental apathy and stupor during fevers.

📖 Boericke writes:

Sensorial apathy in low fevers when there is stupor, difficulty of arousing patient, is met by this remedy. Dry skin, nausea, flatulence. Salty taste. Ill-effects of salt (halophagia) (Ars; Phos). Catching cold in stormy weather. Acute nephritis following Scarlet fever. Dropsy. Is an excellent diuretic.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for patients in a weakened, feverish state with dry skin, nausea, and a tendency toward fluid retention.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Burning in cheeks, and vomiting, followed by lassitude.

face

🩺 Systems & Indications

😶FACE

Indicated for facial pain and burning sensations associated with vomiting and exhaustion.

Prosopalgia, with photophobia.

Burning in cheeks, and vomiting, followed by lassitude.

Boring in facial bones; in angles of lower jaw.

Very sensitive to cold.

🔑 Modalities

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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

pure spirits

Other

🕒every two or three hours

📝A few drops of the pure spirits in water

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Phosphorus →Phosphoricum Acidum →Lycopodium Clavatum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Nitri Spiritus Dulcis is listed in 17 rubrics across 8 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Face6 Modalities3 Generalities2 Respiratory System2 Fever1 Urinary System1 Mind1 Nervous System1