Tussilago Petasites
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General EN
Tussilago Petasites.
Petasites vulgaris. Bitter-bur. (Sandy meadows on the banks of streams.) N. O. Compositae. Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Clinical EN
Gonorrhoea. Headache. Lumbago. Night-sweat. Pylorus, affections of. Throat, sore. Tibia, pain in. Uvula, burning in.
Characteristics EN
Petasites is "a genus of Compositae established for three or four species of Tussilago, which have the flower-heads partially dioeceous in racemes, sometimes branching into panicles. The essential characters which separate them from the common Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) are very slight, and the foliage is the same" (Treas. of Bot.). I retain the name of Tussilago petasites under which it is best known. Tussilago grows on river-banks that are little trodden on.
"The roots are an admirable medicine in the worst kind of fevers with boils or buboes" (Green's Herbal). Kuchenmeister and five others took substantial doses. Most noticeable among the symptoms are: a lumbago of very great severity. Tightness of the chest.
(Tussilago means "cough-wort".) A headache shifting from one part of the head to another during two days. A pain about the pylorus. A urethritis, with yellow discharge. The last has been confirmed clinically.
Hansen gives the indication: "Acute or chronic gonorrhoea, yellow or white, thick discharge." Crawling in urethra; jerking in spermatic cord, and drawing in r. testicle are additional symptoms of the proving. [Ivatt's (H. W., xxxvi. 381) reports cures of gonorrhoea with T. farfara, common Coltsfoot.] Rosenberg (H. R., ix. 501) gives some experiences: (1) An extremely violent gonorrhoea; penis swollen, painful; emission of urine extremely painful, mixed with blood, patient feverish and restless.
Tuss. p. was given in water. There was a great aggravation of all symptoms in thirty-six hours. The remedy was discontinued and marked amelioration followed. Resumed again, much diluted, rapid cure followed.
The remedy was used externally as well in this case. (2) Chronic ophthalmia, the result of gonorrhoea "cured" with turpentine. Tuss. p. restored the discharge and then cured. Rosenberg refers to a writer who says of the plant that if it is macerated in water, the water will not spoil even if kept for years.
The symptoms are < By pressure (pains in pylorus). < Standing; stooping; walking going up stairs; especially < rising from a seat (lumbago). Drinking = eructations. < Walking.
Relations EN
Compare: Pain in pylorus (Tus. fg. is as if a morsel had lodged at bottom of cardia). Lumbago, Ant. t., Act. r. gonorrhoea, Thuj.
Head EN
Severe confusion of head, more l. side, in evening
Vertigo; on waking
Dulness and heaviness of head
Headache l. upper forehead, thence extending slowly over vertex, as if under dura mater like a tearing pain; after two hours pain seated over r. eye, with sensation as if supraorbital muscles would be drawn upward, obliging him to wink; in afternoon headache returned to vertex; in evening again in temporal region; next day on waking, in l. side of vertex extending forward to r. eye.
Ears EN
(Otorrhoea with enlarged cervical glands
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Mouth EN
(Toothache all day, < by cold drink, esp. violent in bed; > by Merc.).
Throat EN
Pain and burning in uvula.—Sore throat and pain on swallowing.
Stomach EN
Eructations; frequent; numerous always after drinking
Nausea
Pain in pit of stomach
Burning in epigastrium
Pain about pylorus, at the point where sternum and ribs form a triangle, < by pressure.
Abdomen EN
Colic; > by emission of flatus.
Stool And Anus EN
In afternoon, a second soft but formed stool followed by desire for stool
Absence of usual stool after dinner
Several unsatisfactory stools in one day.
Urinary Organs EN
Pressed out a drop of yellow mucus from urethra before urinating, though the urethra was not congested
Crawling in urethra, obliging scratching, with erections
Urine very profuse; but not evacuated often.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Jerking pain in spermatic cord causing him to bend backward.—Drawing in r. testis.
Chest EN
Tightness of chest.—Oppression in r. chest.
Heart EN
Sudden stitch in l. side of praecordium on deep breathing.
Back EN
Pain in small of back: on standing or stooping; walking; going up stairs; esp. on rising from a seat.
Limbs EN
Increased stiffness of limbs at night.
Lower Limbs EN
Pain in middle of r. tibia confined to a small spot.
Generalities EN
Weakness.
Skin EN
Itching on forehead and in beard.
Sleep EN
Restless sleep.—Many dreams.
Fever EN
Cold feet
Morning sweat
Sweat at night; profuse.