Plant
Asafoetida
Gum of the Stinkasand
Repertory abbreviation: Asaf.
The flatulence and spasmodic contraction of stomach and csophagus with reverse peristalsis are the most marked symptoms. In its selection, its relation to the hysterical and hypochondriacal patients, must be born in mind. Besides these superficial symptoms, it has been found to affect favorably deep ulcerations, caries of bones, especially in the syphilitic organism ; here. the extreme sensitiveness and terrible throbbing, nightly pains, guiding to its use.
Head
Irritable; complains of her troubles; sensi- tive. Boring above eyebrows. Pressive pain from within outrward. 103
Eyes
Orbital neuralgia; better, pressure and rest. Iritis and intraocular inflammations, with boring, throb- bing pains at night. Stitches s under left frontal eminences. Boring pains in and around eyes. Syphil- tic iritis. Superficial corneal ulcer with digging pains; worse at night.
Ears
Offensive otorrhoea, with boring pains in mas- toid bone. Mastoid disease with pain in temporal region with pushiny out sensation. Offensive, purulent discharge.
Nose
Syphilitic ozaena, with very offevsive purulent discharge. Caries of nasal bones. [Aurum.]
Throat
Globus hystericus. Ball rises in throat. Sensation as if peristaltic motion were reverscd, and esophagus were driven from stomach to throat.
Stomach
Great difficulty in ringing up wind. Flatulence and regurgitation of liquid. Hysterical flatulence. Great distention. Sensation of emptiness and weakness, with distention and beating in stomach and abdomen. Forcible eructation of gas. Pulsation in fit of stomach. Violent gastralgia; cutting and burning in stomach and region of diaphragm. Urg- ling and rolling of wind, which escapes afterwards with loud and difficult eructation.
Rectum
Distended, griping, with hunger. ( Obsti- nat constipation. Pain in perineum, as if something dull pressed out. Diarrhoea, extremely offensive, with meteorism, and regurgitation of food.
Female
Mamma turgid with milk in the unim- pregnated. Deficient milk, with oversensitiveness.
Chest
Spasmodic tightness, as if lungs could not be fully expanded. Palpitation more like a tremor. Bones.-- Darting pain and caries in bones. Perios- teum painful, swollen, enlarged. Ulcers affecting bones ; thin, ichorous pus.
Skin
Itching, better scratching; ulcers painful on edges. Suppressed skin. symptoms produce nervous dis- orders.
Modalities
Il'ors, at night; from touch; left side, during rest, warm applications. Better, open air; from motion, pressuurc.
Relationships
Antidotes: China; Mercur. Compare: Moschus; China: Mercur; Aurum.
Dose
Second to sixth potency.