Materia Medica

Lobelia Purpurascens

Purple Lobelia

Profound prostration of all the vital forces and of the nervous system: respiratory paralysis. Nervous prostration of influcnsa. Coma. Tongue white and paralyzed.

Head

Confused and depressed. Headache with nausea, vertigo; especially between eyebrows. Cannot keep eyes open; spasmodic closure of lids.

Eyes

Impossible to keep open. Drowsy.

Chest

Superficial respiration; heart and lungs feel paralyzed; respiration slow. Heart beats sound to him like boom of a rum.

Relationships

Compare: Baptisia; Lobelia c:rdualis (debility, especially of lower extremities; oppressed breathing, pleurisy, sticking pain in chest on taking a long breath. Pain in left lung, intermitting pricking during the day).

Dose

Third potency.