ICTODES FOETIDA
Skunk-cabbage-Ictodes
(POTHOS FOETIDUS)For asthmatic complaints; worse from inhaling any dust. Hysteria. Erratic spasmodic pains.
“Will-o’-the-wisp” like character of its subjective symptoms and its physometric
property are special features (Samuel Jones). Inflation and tension
in the abdomen. Millar’s asthma.
Head.–
Absent-minded, irritable. Headache in single spots, with violent pulsation
of temporal arteries. Outward drawing from glabella. Better in open air (Puls). Red swelling across the bridge of the nose.
Abdomen.–
Inflation and tension
in abdomen.
Respiratory.–
Spasmodic croup. Troublesome respiration, with
sudden feeling of anguish and sweat.Sneezing, with pain in throat. Pain in chest, with difficult breathing.
Tongue feels numb. Asthma; relieved by stool.
Dose.–
Tincture and lower potencies.
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