Gentiana lutea
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Yellow Gentian Stomach symptoms marked. Acts as a tonic, increasing appetite.
Head
Vertigo, worse, rising or motion; better open air. Frontal headache, better eating and open air. Brain feels loose, head tender. Aching in eyes.
Throat
Dry. Thick saliva.
Stomach
Acid risings, ravenous hunger, nausea, weight and aching in stomach. Inflation and tension of stomach and abdomen (Pothos). Colic, umbilical region sensitive to touch. Flatulence.
Relationships
Compare: Gentiana quinque flora (intermittent fever; dyspepsia, cholera infantum, weakness); Gentiana cruciata (throat symptoms in addition to similar stomach symptoms; dysphagia; vertigo with headache; pressing inward sensation in eyes; constricted throat and head and abdomen. Distention, fullness and tightness in abdomen. Creeping over body as from fleas). Hydrast; Nux.
Dose
First to third attenuation.
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