Materia Medica
Inula
Scabwort
A mucous membrane medicine. Bearing-down sensa- tions in pelvic organs and Lronchial symptoms are most marktd.
Head
Vertigo on stooping; throbbing after eating, pressure in temples and forehead.
Rectum
Pressing toward rectum as of something extruding.
Urinary
Frequent urging to urinate ; passes only in drops. Violet odor. [Tereb.]
Female
Menses too early and painful. Labor-like pains; urging to stool; dragging in genitals, with vio- lent backache. Itching of legs during menses, hat- tering of teeth from cold during menstruation. Mov- ing about in abdomen, stitches in genitals.
Respiratory
Dry cough; worse at night and lying down; larynx painful. Chronic bronchitis; cough, with much thick expectoration, with languor and weak di- gestion. Stitches behind sternum. Teasing cough with much and free expectoration.
Extremities
Pain in right shoulder and wrist; tear- ing in left palm, unable to double fingers; pain in lower limbs, feet and ankles.
Relationships
Compare: Crocus; Ignatia; Aimm dracontium (loose cough worse at night on lying down).
Dose
First to third potency.