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Thank you, Sarvadaman and Shannon.
Theresa

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On 9/11/06, Theresa Partington wrote:

Thank you, Sarvadaman and Shannon.
Theresa
Dear Theresa,
We missed TF Allen. Complete extract below.

Regards.

Sarvadaman Oberoi
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Gurgaon 122017 INDIA
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*EXTRACTS:*
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*ALLEN T. F., Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (a1) *

*Bartfelder aqua*

Cold springs in Upper Hungary; temperature from 45 ø to 50 ø F.

* Analysis* (Schultes),
16 ounces furnished 11.59 grains of residue, containing
sodium carbonate, 6.07 grains;

sodium chloride, 3.03;

potassium carbonate, 0.75;

potassium chloride, 0.62;

ferrum carbonate, 0.40;

silica, 0.35;

extractive, 0.37.
* Authority*. Dr. Schreter, Archiv. f. Hom. Heilk., 19, 1, 176; provings by
himself (1); his wife (2); and a child (3); from sitz-baths, and from
drinking the water.

* Mind*

- During the whole time there is a kind of slight intoxication, though no
special exhilaration; nor is he less active; especially he sees
indistinctly, particularly when walking, [_a1].

- Lively and contented, [_a1].

- Disposition rather earnest than lively, [_a2].

- More fretful and sensitive every trifle vexes him; he is morose,
reflective; will not speak nor answer, [_a1].

* Head*

- Confusion of the head after drinking, as after intoxication.

- With this she is not lively, but rather indifferent and in an earnest
mood, [_a2].

- Confusion of the whole head, burning and dry sensation of the eyes and
qualmishness in the stomach, [_a1].

- Headache as if stupefied with pressive heaviness in the brain, [_a1].

- Heaviness in the whole head, especially in the occiput; it draws the head
backwards, [_a1].

- Pressive heaviness of the head with drawing in the neck, [_a1].

- Heaviness in the head immediately on waking, [_a1].

- Plethoric persons suffer on drinking the water with severe congestion of
the head, [_a1].

- Boring headache, which concentrates itself in the right eye, at evening
in the open air, [_a1].

- Constrictive sensation in the forehead, extending down to the root of the
nose, in the evening after smoking, [_a1].

- Drawing tearing headache in the occiput, extending down to the neck, with
a waving sensation in the brain after one-half hour, [_a1].

- Drawing tearing headache in the occiput, extending into the neck, even
while in the bath, [_a1].

- After the bath, when he lies in bed to rest, the drawing in the occiput
and in the neck repeats itself, with throbbing and pulsation in the
occipital vessels, [_a1].

- Pulsating in the occiput and neck, with sticking pains therein, [_a1].

- Throughout the whole time scurf on the occiput; it itches and, after
scratching, becomes covered with a yellowish amber-like scurf, and at the
same time exudes a moisture, [_a1].

* Eyes and ears*

- Burning and dryness of the eyes, with confusion of the head, and
qualmishness in the stomach, [_a1].

- After coition, pressive pain over the left eye and in the eyeball itself,
[_a1].

- In plethoric persons the eye becomes agglutinated at night from using the
water, [_a1].

- In plethoric persons agglutination of the eyes at night, and a violent
congestion of the head is caused by the use of the water, [_a1].

- Especially on walking he does not see distinctly, throughout the whole
time as if he were slightly intoxicated, [_a1].

- Sticking in the ears, [_a2].

* Nose and mouth*

- The corners of the nose become eroded, as in severe coryza. Constrictive
sensation in the upper incisors, as if they were firmly pressed together,
and hence became asleep, a kind of numb sensation, [_a1].

- A hollow tooth becomes ulcerated, with swelling of the cheek, [_a2].

- After becoming chilled in the night she is attacked with a raging
toothache, [_a2].

- Toothache in a hollow tooth, a kind of tearing-drawing, aggravated by
cold water and by touch of the finger, [_a1].

- Grumbling in a hollow tooth, [_a1].

- Throbbing pain in a hollow tooth, [_a1].

- Inky taste on the tongue, at night on waking, [_a1].

- He is obliged to expectorate much frothy saliva, [_a1].

* Throat*

- Much hawking and raising of mucus, [_a1].

- Dryness in the throat, [_a1].

- Scratching in the throat, causing a dry cough, [_a1].

* Stomach*

- Appetite increased, especially in the evening, [_a2].

- Sensation of hunger soon after breakfast, which disappeared after
eructations, [_a1].

- Eructations after the acid water, [_a2].

- Eructations soon after drinking the acid water in large quantities,
[_a1].

- Empty eructations in the evening, [_a1].

- Eructations, as of bad eggs, in the morning, [_a1].

- Eructations, with a crawling passage of air through the nose several
times (after six minutes), [_a1].

- Qualmishness in the stomach, with confusion of the head, and a sensation
of dryness of the eyes, [_a1].

- Nausea, [_a1].

- Vomiting at breakfast, [_a1].

* Abdomen*

- Distension of the abdomen, [_a1].

- Abdomen distended like a drum, [_a1].

- Distension of the abdomen with passage of flatulence, [_a2].

- Passage of flatulence, [_a1].

- A kind of colic, pinching-drawing pain in the abdomen, in the morning on
waking, immediately after a glass of the water, [_a1].

* Stool and anus*

- Crawling in the rectum, [_a1].

- The haemorrhoids protrude very much, and pain when walking, [_a1].

- (The haemorrhoids protrude with the stool), [_a1].

- Burning in the haemorrhoids during the sitz-bath, [_a1].

- Desire for stool (after ten minutes), [_a1].

- Desire for stool, which is more firm, though normal in form, [_a1].

- At night desire for stool, but with much pressure; no stool follows,
[_a1].

- Hard stool in the morning, [_a1].

- Stool twice in the day, consisting of large cohesive masses, [_a2].

- Stool in the morning immediately on waking, and followed by a second, and
in two hours by a third; the last is pasty, dark greenish-brown, with
protrusion of the haemorrhoids, [_a1].

- Stool six times in the day, the first normal, the others liquid with
mucus and bright-red blood, with great protrusion of the haemorrhoids; also,
at other times, frequent desire for stool when only blood passes. On
walking, the haemorrhoids become strangulated and cause a constant desire,
tenesmus, and pressure in the rectum, [_a1].

- Stool copious, soft, normal in form and color, [_a1].

- One hard stool like nuts and sheep dung, [_a1].

- No stool during the day, [_a1]. [Secondary action].

* Urinary organs*

- Discharge of a little mucus from the orifice of the urethra, which leaves
a spot as of semen, [_a1].

- Burning in the orifice of the urethra during a cold bath, [_a1].

- Burning, twinging sensation in the orifice of the urethra during a bath,
[_a1].

- Burning when urinating, with a gnawing sensation along the urethra, even
when not urinating, [_a1].

- Urging to urinate, with burning and cutting, which returns later, and
even when walking, [_a1].

- Frequent urinating day and night, [_a2].

- Frequent urinating of clear white urine, [_a2].

- Frequent urinating, though little at a time, [_a1].

- On urinating in the morning the stream is always interrupted; is obliged
to stop eight times and commence again before the bladder is emptied, [_a1].

* Sexual organs*

*Male*

- Throughout the whole proving, no erections and no sexual desire, though
to-day when caressing sudden desire for coition, which was reciprocal; his
wife had until this time complete want of sexual desire (seventh day),
[_a1].

- Strong erections toward morning, and also in a warm bath; on coition,
however, very little sensation, and none with the ejaculation; the semen is
watery (seventeenth day), [_a1].

- Burning in the genitals and haemorrhoids during a sitz-bath, [_a1].

- The testicles are heavy, larger, and seem swollen in the evening, [_a1].

*Female*

- Biting and burning internally in the female genitals; feeling well
generally after a bath, [_a2].

- Sticking in the female genitals, [_a2].

- Usually after menstruation there was desire for coition, but this time
none, and on coition only transient enjoyment, [_a2].

- Menstruation appeared on the thirty-second day (the previous time on the
fortieth day), the first day more profuse than usual, the blood passed in
clotted masses like liver, is very fetid; the second day no blood only at
night; the third day almost none; formerly she had pains, this time none,
[_a2].

* Respiratory apparatus and chest*

- Hoarseness during the whole proving; most severe in the morning, [_a2].

- Hoarseness, even in the bath, and also in the morning on waking, [_a2].

- Hoarseness and a scraping sensation in the throat, [_a1].

- Difficult breathing, [_a1].

- Sticking in the chest, with pressure of breathing, and dryness in the
throat in the afternoon, [_a1].

* Heart and pulse*

- After drinking coffee, palpitation of the heart, anxiety, heat,
congestion of blood in the head, with confusion, sleepiness, and
restlessness in the whole body (after two hours), [_a1].

- Cramp of the heart; it seems as if it were constricted, though only for a
moment with a stitch, [_a1].

* Neck and back*

- Oppressive pain in the neck, extending into the occiput, [_a1].

- He feels sore below the shoulder and in the lumbar region, especially on
elevating the arms, and on walking, [_a1].

- He feels bruised and lame in the small of the back in the evening, [_a1].

* Upper extremities*

- Trembling of the arms and hands, even when resting them upon anything; if
he holds anything in the hands the trembling is worse, [_a1].

- The balls of the little finger of the left hand feel frozen, are red,
itch, and burn for several days, most severely in the morning, [_a1].

* Lower extremities*

- Bruised pain in the flesh of the nates and hip-joint, [_a2].

- While walking the knees knock together, and a sensation of fatigue and
weakness in the thick flesh of the thigh, [_a1].

- Weakness of the knees, especially on walking; they knock together, [_a1].

- Throughout the whole proving, weakness of the knees and heaviness of the
feet, [_a2].

- Weak in the knees, especially when walking, with yawning, [_a1].

- Spasmodic contraction in the left calf, [_a1].

- Throbbing and pulsating in the tendo Achillis of the left foot, as if
something were in it, and then it goes to sleep as if it became numb; this
disappears on walking, and returns on sitting still (noticed during a walk
in the morning), [_a1].

- The right heel feels frozen; this extends as far as the toes, [_a1].

- At night, in bed, sticking in a corn, which wakes him, [_a1].

- The nails of the toes are colored bluish, as if from tan, especially in
the corners where they are covered by the neighboring toe, [_a1].

- The skin between the toes is inky black, [_a1].

* Generalities*

- So weak that he can scarcely rise for sleepiness, in the forenoon, [_a1].

- General well feeling after a bath, [_a2].

- Transient swarming sensation in the face and on the body, [_a2].

* Skin*

- Nettlerash for several days, especially in the morning and evening, with
sticking pains, which compel him to scratch, after which it burns, [_a1].

- A tetter on the forehead and below the right eye, which itches very much,
and dries up after a few days, [_a1].

- During the last days of the proving a pustular eruption appeared on the
abdomen as large as a half dollar, with itching in the evening; it then
became dry, and remained stationary for some time, [_a2].

- On the right nates a small furuncle, which dries up after awhile, [_a1].

- In a cold bath, a pricking sensation, as with needles; the whole body
becomes red, with elevated patches like nettlerash; especially are the hands
and feet swollen, so that he cannot extend the hands well for two hours; the
legs become red, [_a1].

* Sleep and dreams*

- * Yawning, [_a1].

- Much yawning in the forenoon.

- Sleepy and weak the whole day, [_a1].

- Very sleepy in the morning; he has no will to rise, and feels chilly,
[_a1].

- In the forenoon and afternoon so very sleepy that she is obliged to sleep
several hours; at night many dreams and restless sleep, [_a2].

- For three nights he wakes several times, but soon sleeps again, [_a1].

- (Falls asleep late and wakes early, with restless, indistinct dreams),
[_a1].

- Vivid dreams of funerals, [_a1].

- Dreams at night of journeyings, with restlessness and anxiety, [_a1].

- Anxious dreams of being pursued, [_a1].

* Fever*

- Dread of a cold bath; he will not remain long in it, [_a1].

- (In the night while asleep he took off his shirt, laid the pillow at the
foot of the bed, and finally awoke on account of chilliness. The child has
two attacks of fever like quartan fever; chilliness in the evening,
alternating with heat without thirst, with pain in the head and abdomen
without sweat; it disappears after several loose stools; this followed
eating pears, [_a3].).

- After the bath internal shivering and chilliness in the hands, with

- Heat in the face, alternating with shivering in the back (after one and a
half hours), [_a1].

- Heat and confusion of the head, [_a1].

- Heat and sweat on the forehead (after half an hour).

- Heat and sweat on the forehead, with restlessness after coffee, [_a1].

* Conditions*

*Aggravation*

- (Morning), Eructations; on waking, immediately after a glass of water,
colic in abdomen; hoarseness; itching, etc., in little finger; nettlerash.

- (Forenoon), Yawning.

- (Afternoon), Dryness of throat.

- (Evening), In the open air, headache, etc.; eructations testicles seem
swollen; bruised feeling, etc., in small of back; nettlerash; itching on
abdomen; chilliness.

- (Night), On waking, inky taste on tongue; agglutination of the eye, in
bed, sticking in corn.

- (During the sitz-bath), Burning in the haemorrhoids.

- (At breakfast), Vomiting.

- (After being chilled), In the night, raging toothache.

- (After drinking coffee), Palpitation of the heart, etc.; heat, etc., on
forehead, etc.

- (After coition), Pain over left eye, etc.

- (During a cold bath), Burning in orifice of urethra; prickling sensation,
etc.

- (Cold water), Toothache.

- (After drinking), Confusion of the head.

- (Holding anything in hand), Trembling of the arms and hands.

- (After scratching), Nettlerash burns.

- (On sitting still), Throbbing, etc., in tendo Achillis returns.

- (Touch of the finger), Toothache.

- (On waking), Immediately, heaviness in the head.

- * (When walking), Sees indistinctly; haemorrhoids protrude, etc.;
haemorrhoids become strangulated, etc.; sore feeling below shoulders, etc.;
knees knock together; weakness of the knees.

*Amelioration*

- (Evening), Appetite increased.

- (After a bath), General well feeling.

- (After eructations), Sensation of hunger disappears.

- (On walking), Throbbing, etc., in left tendo Achillis, etc., disappears.
*BRADFORD T.L. , Index of Homoeopathic Provings (bft3) *

BARTFELDER.
Bartfelder Sauerbrunnen im Saaroser Comitat. Acid spring in Upper
Hungary.
Allen: Cyclopoedia, V. 2.
Schreter: Archiv hom. Heilk., V. 19, pt. 1, p. 176.
*GUERNSEY W. J., The Homoeopathic Therapeutics of Haemorrhoids (gsw2) *

Bartfelder aqua

*Subjective
*Aching, painful agg. walking. Burning, agg. during bath.
Crawling, in rectum.
*Objective
*External, agg. during stool, agg. walking. Strangulated, on
walking.
*Aggravation
*Bath, during (burning). Stool, during (external). Walking (aching,
external, strangulated).
*Concomittant
*Prostration; so weak he can scarcely rise for sleepiness, in the
forenoon; yawning very much; weakness of knees.
Hoarseness.
* *

*VERMEULEN F., Prisma (vml5) *

*Bartfelder aqua (Slowakei)*

Hungary: [1] Bartfelder Acid Spring [cold springs in Upper Hungary] -
symptoms obtained from taking sitz-baths and from drinking the water.
*WARD J. W., Unabridged Dictionary of the Sensations "AS IF" (wd1) *

*Confusion intoxication *

- Confusion of the head, as if after intoxication. Bartfelder (Acid Spring)
(A)

*Needles bath *

- In a cold bath, a pricking sensation as if with needles. Bartfelder (A)

*Vision intoxicated *

- Especially on walking he does not see distinctly, throughout the whole
time as if he was slightly intoxicated. Bartfelder (Acid Spring) (A)
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