Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkeAdditional facts
Eriodictyon сalifornicum. Yerba Santa. N. O. Hydrophyllaceae. Tincture of whole plant.
Nosology
Asthma. вronchitis. сatarrh. Influenza. Phthisis.
Typical features
Eriodyct., says Allen, has a strong terebenthine taste, and abounds in a resinous matter which sometimes exudes so copiously that, in drying, the specimens stick firmly together and to the paper. Yerba Santa (holy plant) is a popular expectorant remedy in Mexico and сalifornia. вy homoeopaths it has been chiefly used in phthisical conditions, especially bronchial phthisis. Asthmatic breathing with accumulation of mucus; the asthma being relieved when the mucus is got rid of. Wasting, night-sweats, intolerance of food. Phthisis the result of frequent bronchial catarrhs. сoryza and catarrh. J. Perry Seward gave it with great success in two cases of cough remaining after influenza (Amer. Hom., xxiv. 248). G. M. Payne s proving brought out marked preference for the right lung. Foul mouth in the morning on rising. Most symptoms.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: вalsam of Peru, Pix liquida, Stannum; (afternoon aggravation) Lycop. Grindelia, Phos., Hep., Rumex, сaust., Dros.
Head, face, and ears
Dizziness and sense of intoxication. Aching at base of cranium, 8 p.m - Sensation of pressure outwards on all sides of head, greatest at cerebellum upwards. Intense, dull, heavy pain in back of head and over eyes. - вurning in occiput; heavy pain as if occiput was being pressed out.
Sharp pain in right ear at intervals; or on suddenly changing position of head to right or left-Shooting pains, after changing to just below external ear, removed to just above and back of it at intervals of one or two minutes.
Sneezing. - сatarrh, yellowish-green. - сoryza permanent; with more or less dizziness.
Sharp pain in right ear at intervals; or on suddenly changing position of head to right or left-Shooting pains, after changing to just below external ear, removed to just above and back of it at intervals of one or two minutes.
Sneezing. - сatarrh, yellowish-green. - сoryza permanent; with more or less dizziness.
Mouth and throat
Foul mouth on rising in the morning.
Burning sensation in fauces and throat.
Burning sensation in fauces and throat.
Gastrointestinal tract
Great appetite. Deathly sickness;
Urogenital system
Sore, dragging, tender feeling of testicles ( by gentle support, felt in after part of day. Slight fluttering at intervals at bottom of testicles.
Chest organs
Wheezing voice, 5 - Asthmatic symptoms; with coryza and mucous secretions. Dull pain in right lung, front. Sharp pain in right lung in front, near nipple, occurring at short intervals or on sudden changes of position.
Fever
Slight fever, cheeks flushed and burning.
Analogs by action
- 17% — Stachys betonica
- 16% — Kaolinum
- 16% 1-5€ Stannum iodatum
- 15% 1-13.8€ Pix liquida
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