Other names and synonyms
helia.Description Source
Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Helianthus annulus, Linn. Natural order: сompositae. Preparation: Tincture of the flower heads.
Head, face, and ears
Headache.
Eye.
Slight redness on the margin of the left upper lid, with smarting in the inner canthus (ninth day). Eyes suffused.
Nose.
After a short time slight epistaxis occurred, and the nostrils became free, and during the ensuing winter the secretions were healthy, and discharged through natural passages. He was at the time in good health, with the exception of slight nasal obstruction, the secretion from the nose passing constantly through the posterior nares.
Face.
Anxious countenance. Face deeply flushed.
Eye.
Slight redness on the margin of the left upper lid, with smarting in the inner canthus (ninth day). Eyes suffused.
Nose.
After a short time slight epistaxis occurred, and the nostrils became free, and during the ensuing winter the secretions were healthy, and discharged through natural passages. He was at the time in good health, with the exception of slight nasal obstruction, the secretion from the nose passing constantly through the posterior nares.
Face.
Anxious countenance. Face deeply flushed.
Mouth and throat
Sticking in the upper back teeth. Tongue and fauces very red, and inclined to dryness. They had an unusually hot taste while eating. Difficulty in articulating.
Throat.
Stiffness and dryness of the throat. Sensation of glowing in the throat and stomach, immediately. Severe burning sensation in the fauces, oesophagus, and epigastrium.
Throat.
Stiffness and dryness of the throat. Sensation of glowing in the throat and stomach, immediately. Severe burning sensation in the fauces, oesophagus, and epigastrium.
Gastrointestinal tract
Thirst. Nausea. Vomiting, produced apparently by too powerful a dose of the medicine; this effect recurred frequently, though in slight degree when Helianthus had been administered for an ordinary cold. Symptoms increased in severity until she vomited freely, when she felt rather better.
Rectum and Anus.
Hemorrhoids (fourth day).
Stool.
Stools soft, black, with emission of semen (seventh day). Hard, black stool every second day.
Rectum and Anus.
Hemorrhoids (fourth day).
Stool.
Stools soft, black, with emission of semen (seventh day). Hard, black stool every second day.
Chest organs
Voice hoarse. сough, in the forenoon, with gelatinous expectoration streaked with blood (eighth day). вreathing rather difficult and hurried.
Cardiovascular system
Pulse 110, full, soft, and compressible.
Limbs and spine
Rheumatic pain in the left knee on descending stairs.
Skin
Skin.
Skin generally of a scarlet redness, and very hot. Groups of red pimples on the inner side of the knee, with slight itching (sixth day). Many urticaria-like pimples, especially on the inner side of the forearm, and afterwards on the leg, afterwards itching in external warmth, in the morning and night. Small, red tetter to the right of the navel (seventh day). Tingling of the skin.
Skin generally of a scarlet redness, and very hot. Groups of red pimples on the inner side of the knee, with slight itching (sixth day). Many urticaria-like pimples, especially on the inner side of the forearm, and afterwards on the leg, afterwards itching in external warmth, in the morning and night. Small, red tetter to the right of the navel (seventh day). Tingling of the skin.