ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA
Pleurisy-root
Its action on the chest muscles is most marked and has been verified. Sick
headache, with flatulence in stomach and bowels. Dyspepsia. Bronchitis and pleurisy come
within its range. Catarrhal states from cold and damp weather. Irritation of larynx with
huskiness; grip, with pleuritic pain.
Respiratory.–
Respiration painful, especially at base of left
lung. Dry cough; throat constricted; causes pain in head and abdomen. Pain in chest; shooting
downward from left nipple. A general eliminative remedy, acting specially on the sudoriparous
glands. Chest pains are relieved by bending forward. Spaces between ribs close to sternum
tender. Lancinating pain between shoulders. Catarrh, with frontal headache, and sticky yellow
discharge.
Stomach.–
Fullness, pressure, weight. Flatulence after meals.
Sensitive to tobacco.
Rectum.–
Catarrhal dysentery, with
rheumatic pains all over. Stools smell like rotten eggs.
Extremities.–
Rheumatic joints give sensation as if adhesions
being broken up on bending.
Relationship.–
Compare: Asclepias
Incarnata-Swamp Milk Weed (Chronic gastric Catarrh and leucorrhśa. Dropsy with
dyspnśa) Periploca groeca-One of the
Asclepiades–(Cardiac tonic, acts on circulation and respiratory center, accelerating
respiration in a ratio disproportionate to pulse). Bryonia; Dulc.
Dose.–
Tincture and first potency.