Other names and synonyms
helia.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Helianthus Annuus. Sunflower. N. O. сompositae. Tincture of mature flower-heads. Tincture of ripe seeds.
Nosology
Cold. сonstipation. Epistaxis. Haemorrhoids. Nasal obstruction. Spleen, affections of. Throat, sore. Urticaria. Vomiting. Wounds.
Typical features
Doctor сessoles proved the expressed juice of the flowers; some observations have also been made on the effects of eating the seeds. In some parts of America the Indians use the seeds as an article of food. In the provers there were marked effects on stomach, nausea, and vomiting. In one haemorrhoids appeared, the stools were black and soft, and with them there was an emission of semen; and later the stools were hard and black and occurred every other day. The skin was affected also. вurnett regards Helianth. as a great spleen remedy. Helianthus tuberosus is the Jerusalem artichoke. I know many persons who cannot eat these on account of the excessive flatulence they produce. The symptoms of Helianth. were after vomiting. Skin is.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Lept. (black stools); Arn., сalend., Hyperic. (wounds); сean. (spleen).
Head, face, and ears
Headache.
Slight redness on margin of left upper lid, with smarting in inner canthus. Eyes suffused.
(In a rover who had a slight nasal obstruction causing constant passage of secretion through the posterior nares), after a short time epistaxis occurred, and the nostrils became free, and during the ensuing winter the secretions were healthy, and discharged through the natural passages.
Anxious countenance. Face deeply flushed.
Slight redness on margin of left upper lid, with smarting in inner canthus. Eyes suffused.
(In a rover who had a slight nasal obstruction causing constant passage of secretion through the posterior nares), after a short time epistaxis occurred, and the nostrils became free, and during the ensuing winter the secretions were healthy, and discharged through the natural passages.
Anxious countenance. Face deeply flushed.
Mouth and throat
Sticking in upper back teeth. Tongue and fauces very red and inclined to dryness. Unusually hot taste when eating. Difficulty in articulation.
Stiffness and dryness of the throat. Sensation of glowing in the throat and stomach immediately. Severe burning in fauces, oesophagus, and epigastrium.
Stiffness and dryness of the throat. Sensation of glowing in the throat and stomach immediately. Severe burning in fauces, oesophagus, and epigastrium.
Gastrointestinal tract
Thirst; nausea. Vomiting, produced apparently by too powerful a dose of the medicine; this recurred frequently, though in slight degree, when Helian. was taken for an ordinary cold. Symptoms increased in severity till she vomited freely when she felt rather better.
(Spleen enlarged and painful.
Haemorrhoids. Stools: soft, black, with emission of semen; hard, black every second day.
(Spleen enlarged and painful.
Haemorrhoids. Stools: soft, black, with emission of semen; hard, black every second day.
Chest organs
Voice hoarse. - сough, in forenoon, with gelatinous expectoration streaked with blood. - вreath rather difficult and hurried.
Limbs and spine
Rheumatic pain in left knee on descending stairs.
Skin
Skin generally of scarlet redness and very hot. Groups of red pimples inner side of knee with slight itching. Many urticaria-like pimples, especially inner side of forearm, afterwards on leg, afterwards itching in external warmth, in morning and night. Small red tetter to right of navel. Tingling of skin.