Materia Medica
Lacinantes
Spirit-weed
Head, chest and circulation are affected. Bridge of nose as if pinched. A remedy for torticollis, rheumatic symptoms about neck. Tuberculosis - light-complex- ioned people. Early stages, and established chest cases, with much coldness. Produces a desire to talk —a flow of language and the courage to make a speech.
Head
Right-sided pain, extending down to jaw; head feels enlarged: worse, least noise. Scalp painful. Sleepless.( Circumscribed red cheeks: scalp feels sore, as if hair was standing on end; burning in palms annd soles.
Chest
Sensation of heat — bubbling and boiling around heart region rising to head.
Back
Chilliness berween the shoulder-blades; pain and stiffness in back.
Skin
Body icy cold ; face yellow, tendency to sweat.
Neck
Drazun over to one side in sore throat. Rheumatism of the neck. Stiffness of neck. Pain in nape, as if dislocated.
Relationships
Compare: Dulc.; Bry.; Puls.; also Fel tauri (nape of neck pains, and great tension there).
Dose
Third potency. Tincture in phthisis, nit doses, once or twice a week, or three drops every four hours.