PTELEA TRIFOLIATA
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(PTELEA)Is a remarkable remedy in stomach and liver affections. The aching and
heaviness in the region of the liver is greatly aggravated by lying
on the left side. Atonic states of stomach. Asthma.
Head.–
Feels dull and stupid. Pain
from forehead to root of nose; pressing-outward pain. Frontal headache; worse,
noise, motion, night, rubbing eyes, with acidity. Temples as if pressed together.
Mouth.–
Excess of saliva,
with dry bitter taste. Tongue coated white or yellow;
feels rough, swollen. Papillæ red and prominent (Arg n). Coating may be brownish-yellow.
Stomach.–
Weight and fullness. Griping in epigastric region,
with dryness of mouth. Eructations, nausea, vomiting. Constant sensation of corrosion, heat
and burning in stomach. Stomach feels empty after eating. Stomach
and liver symptoms associated with pain in limbs.
Abdomen.–
Much weight and pain in right side; heavy, aching
feeling, relieved by lying on right side. Liver sore, swollen, sensitive to pressure.
Retraction of abdomen.
Respiratory.–
Feeling of pressure on lungs and of suffocation,
when lying on back. Asthma; dyspnœa; cramp-like pain in
cardiac region.
Sleep.–
Restless, with frightful dreams; nightmare, awakes
languid and unrefreshed.
Modalities.–
Worse, lying
on left side; early morning. Better, eating sour things.
Relationship.–
Compare: Mercur; Magn
mur; Nux; Chelid.
Dose.–
First to thirtieth potency.
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