Materia Medica
Asclepias Tuberosa
Pleurisy-root
Its action on the chest muscles is most marked, and has been verified. Sick headache, with flatulence in stomach and bowels. Dyspepsia. Bronchitis and leu- risy come within its range. Catarrhal states from cold and damp weather. Irritation of larynx with huski- ness; grip, with pleuritic pain.
Stomach
Fullness, pressure, weight. Flatulence after meais. Sensitive to tobacco.
Rectum
Catarrhal dysentery, with rheumatic pains all over. Stools smell like rotten eggs.
Respiratory
Respiration painful, especially at base of left lung. Dry cough; throat constricted; causes pain in head and abdomen. Pain in chest; shooting downward from left nipple. A general eliminative rem- edy, acting specially on the sudoriparous glands. Chest pains are relieved by bending forward. Spaces between ribs close to sternum tender. Lancinating pain between shoulders. Catarrh, with frontal headache, and sticky yellow discharge.
Extremities
Rheumatic joints give sensation as if adhesions being broken up on bending.
Relationships
Compare: Bryonia ; Dulc.
Dose
Tincture and first potency.