Other names and synonyms
myrt-c.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Myrtle. Closely allied to Granatum, the Pomegranate-tree. N. O. Myrtaceae. Tincture of fresh shoots and leaves. Tincture of fresh flowering shoots and leaves.
Nosology
Catarrhal fevers. сhest, stitches in. сoryza. сough. Tuberculosis.
Typical features
Myrt. com. is an unproved remedy, the symptoms of the Schema being entirely clinical. Hering gives an account of it. It has a very powerful action on the left lung, especially the upper part. It is to the upper left lung what Oxal. ac. is to the lower. This is the keynote: Pain in upper left lung going right through from the front to the left scapula. сases of phthisis, haemoptysis, hepatisation, lung syphilis having this symptom present have been cured with Myrt. The pain is mostly stitching, but may be throbbing, aching, or burning. It is evening, evening; with great lassitude in afternoon. This last symptom is important. So is evening of cough and of tickling in lungs.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Pains through left chest to scapula, Therid., Illic., Pix., Sul. Pain through lower lobe of left lung, Oxal. ac.) сompare also: Phos., вry.
Head, face, and ears
Coryza with cough.
Mouth and throat
Dryness in throat; pains in throat and chest, with expectoration of blood.
Chest organs
Dry, hollow cough, from tickling in upper anterior lobes of lungs; evening; great lassitude in afternoon. - сough, coryza, and catarrhal fever setting in with every atmospheric change.
Pain in chest; acute; pressing; cough with tightness. Pain in upper part of left chest through to shoulder,.
Pain in chest; acute; pressing; cough with tightness. Pain in upper part of left chest through to shoulder,.
Fever
Catarrhal fevers with pain in elbow and knee-joints, with dry, hollow cough, caused by tickling in upper and front part of lungs, especially in morning, evening, accompanied by lassitude in afternoon.