Other names and synonyms
asc-c, asclepias syriaca homeopathy.Description Source
Homeopathic Materia Medica – William BoerickePharmacological Group
Description
Silk-weed.
(ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA).
Seems to act especially on nervous system and urinary organs. A remedy for dropsy, hepatic, renal or cardiac and post-scarlatinal; causes diaphoresis and augments the urinary secretion. Acute rheumatic inflammation of large joints. Intermittent, pressing-down uterine pains.
(ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA).
Seems to act especially on nervous system and urinary organs. A remedy for dropsy, hepatic, renal or cardiac and post-scarlatinal; causes diaphoresis and augments the urinary secretion. Acute rheumatic inflammation of large joints. Intermittent, pressing-down uterine pains.
Head, face, and ears
Feels as if a sharp instrument were thrust through from temple to temple. сonstriction across forehead. Nervous headache, after suppressed perspiration, followed by increased urine, with increase of specific gravity. Headache from retention of effete matters in system.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Asclepias Vincetoxicum. Swallow-wart. Cynanchum--(A gastro-intestinal irritant, producing vomiting and purgation). Useful in dropsy, diabetes, great thirst, profuse urination).
Method of drug use and dosage
Tincture.