Other names and synonyms
hepat, Hepatica nobilis.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Hepatica triloba. Liver-wort. N. O. Ranunculaceae. Tincture of full-grown leaves.
Nosology
Bronchitis. сatarrh. Dyspepsia. Epistaxis. Throat, sore.
Typical features
This is an old remedy which received its name from a fancied resemblance of its leaves to the shape of the liver. All our definite knowledge of it began with an experiment made by Doctor D. G. Kimball, who chewed the leaves every day for a chronic irritation of the throat and lungs. A few symptoms were produced, and the symptoms he complained of were removed, notably: tickling irritation in throat and sensation about epiglottis as of particles of food remaining. Accumulation of viscid, tenacious phlegm, with frequent hawking. Lungs became much stronger and digestion more perfect. Hale, experiencing an attack of circumscribed pneumonia, with bloody expectoration; or else, profuse, yellow, creamy, exceedingly sweet, some pain and constriction in right chest, tickling in fauces.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Stan., сist., сaust., Pho., Sang., Rumex, Lach., Kali bi.
Head, face, and ears
Eyes somewhat sensitive to light; itching and smarting; slightly agglutinated in morning.
Bloody mucus frequently blown from left nostril for three or four days in succession. Soreness of end of nose at entrance of nostrils.
Bloody mucus frequently blown from left nostril for three or four days in succession. Soreness of end of nose at entrance of nostrils.
Mouth and throat
Rough scraping, irritative and tickling sensation in throat and fauces disappears, also sensation about epiglottis and larynx as of particles of food remaining. Accustomed accumulation of phlegm, sometimes thick, viscid, and tenacious, inducing frequent hawking and disposition to hawk disappears. Pharyngeal catarrh, with profuse serous expectoration and hoarseness. An exceeding, annoying irritation of fauces (with pneumonia), tickling, itching, scraping, almost constant;
Gastrointestinal tract
Digestion more perfect.
Chest organs
The customary paroxysms of coughing, and somewhat abundant expectoration, mostly daily about midday, a portion of the expectoration being opaque, yellowish, of the consistence of cream, the rest mucous and frothy, disappear. State of lungs and throat much better. - вronchitis, with circumscribed pneumonia, sputa bloody and purulent; sputa profuse, yellow, creamy, and exceedingly sweet; some pain and constriction of right chest; an exceedingly annoying irritation of fauces (cured). Uncommonly free and easy expectoration.