ANISUM STELLATUM
Anise
(ILLICIUM)
Should be remembered in the treatment of flatulent conditions. So-called
three-months’ colic, especially if it recurs at regular hours; much rumbling in abdomen. One
symptom is worthy of special remembrance-pain in region of third rib,
about an inch or two from the sternum, generally on right side, but occasionally on left.
Frequent cough with this pain. Purulent tracheal and gastric catarrh of old drunkards. Old
asthmatics. Vomiting, epileptiform convulsions with biting of tongue.
Nose.–
Sharp stitches beneath lip. Acute catarrh. Burning and
numbness of inner lower lip.
Respiratory.–
Dyspnœa. Pain near third intercostal cartilage.
Cough, with pus-like phlegm. Palpitation, with aphthæ. Hæmoptysis.
Dose.–
Third potency.