Ambrosia Artemisiaefolia – Pathogénésies de l’an 1900 – Robert Séror

Pathogénésies
de l’an 1900
New, Old And
Forgotten Remedies
By Edward
Pollock Anshutz
Presented by Dr Robert
Séror

Ambrosia
Artemisiaefolia

Natural Order

: Compositae

Common Names

: Rag Weed, Hog Weed.

Preparation

– The fresh leaves and flowers are pounded to a pulp and macerated with
two parts by weight of alcohol.

(The following concerning this little used remedy was
contributed to the Homeopathic Recorder, 1889, by Dr. C. F.

Millspaugh,
at that time the editor)

Of late years much attention has been called to the
species of the genus

Ambrosia
(the Rag Weeds), as being, through the agency of their pollen, the cause
of hay fever.

Many people afflicted with this troublesome complaint
lay the charge directly at its doors, while others claim that, in all
probability, it is the direct cause, as their sufferings always commence
during the anthesis of the plant.

The general impression, however, both among the laity
and the medical fraternity, has been that the effect was a purely
mechanical one, the nasal mucous membranes being directly irritated by
the pollen dust in substance.

If this were true, would not everyone suffer from hay
fever ?

Impressed with the above report, I had the pleasure of
curing two attacks while writing my work upon “

American
Medicinal Plants,”
in which the above species figures.

Since the publication of the work, all the cases I
have had of the disease (four) have yielded beautifully to the 3rd
centesimal potency of the drug.

The four cases, Mr. B., Mrs. I., Mr. C., and Miss P.,
presented the following generic symptoms :

Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose,
adventing yearly in the autumn.

At first dryness, then watery discharges, finally
involving the frontal sinuses and the conjunctival membrane.

In Mr. B. and Miss P. the irritation extended to the
trachea and bronchial tubes, in Mr. B. amounting to severe asthmatic
attacks.

In all cases the coryza was very severe, and in
previous years lasted, in spite of all treatment, from four to eight
weeks.

Mr. B. has found relief from

Ambrosia
3, three times a day, in from four to six days, for three successive
years, with no return of the trouble in the same year.

Mrs. I.. has been relieved in from two to four days
for two years ; Mr. C. gets immediate relief in twenty-four hours (three
seasons) ; Miss P., in this her first experience with

Ambrosia
found entire relief from six doses.

Collected,
arranged and edited by  Edward Pollock Anshutz : New, Old And
Forgotten Remedies.
Papers by many writers. Philadelphia, january 2, 1900.