
Antimonium crudum has gouty nodes in the joints, but it is easily selected from its gastric symptoms.
Ammonium phosphoricum. This is a useful remedy in constitutional gout where there are nodosities in the joints. It is not so much a remedy for the acute symptoms, but for chronic cases where there are deposits of urate of soda, concretions in the joints and the hands become twisted out of shape.
Another drug having gouty nodosities in the joints is Guaiacum. This remedy has tearing pains in the extremities and contractions of the muscles. It is also especially useful for gouty inflammation affecting the knee joint.
Ledum. Ledum is a useful remedy in gout as well as in many articular troubles. We have the symptoms that the ball of the great toe is swollen, sore and painful on stepping, drawing pains worse from warmth, pressure and from motion.
Aconite is most useful in acute attacks of gout in the joints of the feet. It corresponds only to the onset and if continued for a day or two will cure many cases.
Colchicum. This is the great old school remedy for gout ; every case gets it in some form ; and, strange to say, in the homoeopathic school it is one of the first remedies thought of, but not every case of arthritic trouble receives Colchicum from the careful homoeopathic prescriber.
Mrs. ZM a pregnant lady is having pains in abdomen.
Mrs. VA is having pains in uterine region, with cold sweat upon the forehead.
Mrs. S is having frequent flashes of heat, having coldness in feet, heat on top of head.
Mrs. DS is threatened with abortion with profuse sweating.