HEPATICA.
Hepatica triloba, Chaix.
Natural order
, Ranunculaceæ. Common name, “Liverwort.”
Preparation
, Tincture of the full-grown
leaves.
Authority.
Dr. D. G. Kimball chewed the
leaves twice a day “for a chronic irritation in the throat and
lungs,” N. Am. J. of Hom., 6, p. 526.►
Eyes somewhat sensitive to light;
itching and smarting; slightly agglutinated in the morning. ► Bloody mucus frequently blown from the
left nostril for three or four days in succession (after using it three
days and continuing it). ► Soreness
of the end of the nose at the entrance of the nostrils. ► Uncommonly free and easy expectoration.
The following disappeared while taking the drug:
(► The rough,
scraping, irritative, and tickling sensation in the throat and fauces
disappears, as also the sensation about the epiglottis and larynx as of
particles of food remaining. ► The
accustomed accumulation of phlegm, sometimes thick, viscid, and
tenacious, inducing frequent hawking and disposition to hawk,
disappears. ► The customary paroxysms
of coughing, and somewhat abundant expectoration, mostly daily about
midday, a portion of the expectoration being opaque, yellowish, of the
consistency of cream, the rest mucus and frothy, disappear. ► Apparently, a much better state of the
lungs and throat is induced from its use, much stronger generally, as
well as locally, and the irritation of the throat and lungs mostly gone.
► Digestion apparently more perfect,
and a cessation of most of the remaining dyspeptic symptoms.)® 2000
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