Materia Medica
Solidago Verga
Golden-rod
Golden-rod (SOLIDAGO VIRGA) Inhalation of the pollen has caused haemorrhage from the lungs in phthisis. Repeated colds of tuberculosis (2x) feeling of weakness, chilliness alternating with heat; naso-pharyngeal catarrh, burning in throat, pains in limbs and thoracic oppression. Pain in region of kidneys, with dysuria. Kidneys sensitive to pressure. Bright's disease. Hay-fever when Solidago is the exciting cause. Here give 30th potency or higher.
Eyes
Injected, watery, burning, stinging.
Nose
Nares irritated with abundant mucus secretion; paroxysms of sneezing.
Stomach
Bitter taste, especially at night; coated tongue with very scanty brown and sour urine.
Respiratory
Bronchitis, cough with much purulent expectoration, blood-streaked; oppressed breathing. Continuous dyspnoea. Asthma, with nightly dysuria.
Female
Uterine enlargement, organ pressed down upon the bladder. Fibroid tumors.
Urinary
Scanty, reddish brown, thick sediment, dysuria, gravel. Difficult and scanty. Albumen, blood, and slime in urine. Pain in kidneys extend forward to abdomen and bladder (Berb). Clear and offensive urine. Sometimes makes the use of the catheter unnecessary.
Back
Backache of congested kidneys (Senec aur).
Skin
Blotches, especially on lower extremities; itch. Exanthema of lower extremities, with urinary disturbances, dropsy and threatened gangrene.
Relationships
Iodoform 2x antidotes poison of Golden-rod. Arsenic. Agrimonia (Pain in region of kidneys).
Dose
Tincture, to third potency. Oil of Solidago, 1 oz to 8 oz. Alcohol. 15 drops doses to promote expectoration in bronchitis and bronchial asthma in old people (Eli G. Jones).