Wyethia helenoides
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Poison-weed Has marked effects on the throat, and has proven an excellent remedy in pharyngitis, especially the follicular form. Irritable throats of singers and public speakers. Useful also in hæmorrhoids. Hay-fever symptoms; itching in posterior nares.
Head
Nervous, uneasy, depressed. Dizzy. Rush of blood to head. Sharp pain in forehead.
Mouth
Feels as if scalded; sensation of heat down œsophagus. Itching of the palate.
Throat
Constant clearing and hemming. Dry, posterior nares; no relief from clearing. Throat feels swollen; epiglottis dry and burning. Difficult swallowing. Constant desire to swallow saliva. Uvula feels elongated.
Stomach
Sense of weight. Belching of wind alternating with hiccough. Nausea and vomiting.
Abdomen
Pain below ribs of right side.
Stool
Loose, dark, at night. Itching of anus. Constipation, with hæmorrhoids; not bleeding.
Female
Pain in left ovary, shooting down to knee. Pain in uterus; could outline its contour.
Respiratory
Dry, hacking cough, caused by tickling of the epiglottis. Burning sensation in the bronchial tubes. Tendency to get hoarse talking or singing; throat hot, dry. Dry asthma.
Extremities
Pain in back; extends to end of spine. Pain right arm, stiffness of wrist and hand. Aching pains all over.
Fever
Chill at 11 am. Thirst for ice-water during chill. No thirst with heat. Profuse sweat all night. Terrific headache during sweat.
Relationships
Compare: Arum; Sang; Lach.
Dose
First to sixth potency.
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