Materia Medica

Ptelea

Wafer-ash

I、 a remarkable remedy in stomach and liver af- fections. The achmg and heaviness in the region of the liver is greatly aogravated by Iyiny on the left side. .Tonic states of slomach. Asthma.

Head

Feels dull and stupid. Paun from forehead to root of nose; pressing-outreard pain. Frontal head- cchc; worse, noise, motion, night, rubbing eyes. with acidity. Temples as if pressed together.

Mouth

Excess of saliva, with dry bitter taste. Tongue coated white or yellow; feels rough, swollen. Papillac red and promicnt. [Ary. .] Coating may be l'rownish-yellow.

Stomach

Weight and fullness. Griping in epi- gastric region, with dryness of mouth. Eructations, nau- sea, vomiting. ( Constant sensation of corrosion, heat and burning in stomach. Stomach feels empty after eating. Stomach and lirrr symptoms associated with pain in limbs.

Abdomen

Much weight and pain in right side; heavy, aching feeling, relieved by lying on right side. Liver sore, swollen, sensitive to pressure. Retraction of abdomen.

Respiratory

Feeling of pressure on lungs and of suffocation, when lying on back. Asthma; dyspncea; cramp-like pain in cardiac region.

Sleep

Restless. with frightful dreams; night- are, awakes languid and unrefreshed.

Modalities

Worse, lying on left side; early morn- ing. Better, eating sour things.

Relationships

Compare: Mercur.; Magn. mur.; Nux: Chelid.

Dose

First to thirtieth potency.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 609. Public domain.

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