Materia Medica
Wyethia
Poison-weed
Has marked effects on the throat, and has proven an excellent remedy in pharyngitis, especially the follicular form. Useful also in haemorrhoids. Irritable throats Of singers and public speakers.
Head
Nervous, uneasy, depressed. Dizzy. Rush cf blood to head. Sharp pain in forehead.
Mouth
Feels as if scalded; sensation of heat down cesophagus.
Throat
Constant clearing and hemming. Dry, pos- terior nares; no relief from clearing. Throat feels swollen: epiglottis dry and burning. Difficult swallow- ing. Constant desire to swallow saliva. Uvula feels elongated.
Stomach
Sense of weight. Belching of wind al- ternating with hiccough. Nausea and vomiting.
Abdomen
Pain below ribs of right side.
Stool
Ioose, dark, at night. Itching of anus. Constipation, zvith hemorrhoids; not bleeding.
Female
Pain in left ovary, shooting down to knee. Pain in uterus, tuuld outlinc its contour.
Respiratory
Dry, hacking cough, caused by ticlk- ling of the epiglottis. Burning sensation in the bron- chial tubes. Tendency to get hoarse from talking or singing; throat is hot and dry. [Bell.] Dry asthma.
Extremities
Pain in back: extends to end of spine. I'ain m right arm, with stiffness of wrist and hand. Aching pains all over.
Fever
Chill at 11 A. M. Thirst for ice-water dur- ing chill. No thirst with heat. Profuse sweat all night. Terrific headache durng sweat.
Relationships
Compare: Arum; Sang.: La li.
Dose
First to sixth potency. (Prickly Ash)