Materia Medica
Echinacea
.(Purple Come-fower) Symptoms of blood poisoniny, septic conditions gen- crally. Diarrhoea in typhoid. Gonorrhoea. Boils. Ery- sipelas and foul ulcers. Gangrene. Goitre with exoph- thalmic symptoms. Tendency to malignancy in acute and subacute disorders. Last stages of cancer to ease pain. Venom infection. Cerebrospinal meningitis. Puerpera! infections. Tired feeling. Piles. Pustules. Acts on vermiform appendix thus has been used for appendicitis, but reinember it proriotes suppuration and a neglected appendicitis with pus formation would probably rupture sooner under its use. Lymphatic in- f
Head
Confused, depressed. Aches with a peculiar periodical fushing of the face, even to the neck; dizzi- ness and profound prostration.
Nose
Foul-smelling discharge, membraneous for- mations protruding. Post-nasal catarrh with ulceration and fetor. Nose feels stuffed up. Right nostril raw, bleeding.
Mouth
Canker; gums recede and bleed easily; corners of mouth and lips s crack; tongue dry and swollen; sores; dirty bruwnish. Tongue, lips, and fauces tingle, with sense of fear about heart. [Acon.] White coating of tongue, with red edges. Promotes the flow of saliva.
Throat
Tonsils purple or black, gray exudation extending to posterior nares and air-passages. Ulcer- ated sore throat.
Stomach
Sour belching and heartburn. Nausea; Detter lying down.
Female
Puerperal septiccmia; discharges sup- pressed ; abdomen sensitive and tympanitic.
Chest
Pain as of a lump in chest and under sternum. Pain in pectoral muscles. [Aristolochia.] Urine.— Albuminous, scanty, frequent, and invol- untary.
Back
Malarial fever.
Extremities
Aching in limbs and general lassitude.
Skin
Recurring boils.C Carbuncles. Irritations from insect bites and poisonous plants. Lymphatics en- larged. Old tibia ulcers.
Fever
Chilliness, wi:h nausea. Cold flashes all over
Relationships
Compare: Cenchris contortrix; Bo- throps: Ars.; Laches.; Baptis.; Rhus; Cistus; Hepar; Calcnduia.
Dose
Tincture, one to five drops, every two hours, and larger doses. Lorally, as a cleansing and antiseptic wash.