Blatta Orientalis
Clarke - Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · John Henry Clarke · 706 χαρακτήρες · πηγή ↗
General EN
Blatta Orientalis.
Indian cockroach. N. O. Orthoptera. Trituration of live insect.
Clinical EN
Asthma. Bronchitis. Phthisis.
Characteristics EN
Found accidentally to relieve asthma in a patient who took tea in which a beetle had been infused; it has since proved to have a wide range in asthmatic cases (Ray, Hom. Recorder, 1890, p. 254; 1891, p. 193). In the acute attack it acts better in low potencies; the higher being given in the more chronic stages. It is especially suited to corpulent people; and to malarial cases; cases < in rainy weather.
Has saved cases in which suffocation was threatened by great accumulation of mucus. Useful in cases of bronchitis and phthisis where there is much dyspnoea.