Arctium Lappa
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General
Arctium Lappa.
Lappa officinalis. Lappa major. Arcion (Greek). Great Clote Burre. Burdock. N. O. Compositae. Tincture of fresh root.
Clinical
Acne. Bunion. Dupuytren's contraction. Eczema serpiginosa. Eruptions. Glands, affections of. Gonorrhoea. Gout. Impotence. Leucorrhoea. Phosphaturia. Rheumatism. Ringworm. Scrofula. Sterility. Ulcers. Uterus, prolapse of.
Characteristics
Arctium lappa has been extensively proved, notably by Dr. Jeanes and Dr. S. A.
Jones (H. R., 1893). The provings in the main confirm the teachings of antiquity in regard to this remedy. It has been given from the earliest times for prolapsus uteri, sterility, milky urine, and sores about the joints.
A large number of the symptoms were observed in the skin (acne; eczema, especially scalp) and mucous membrane, eruptions and discharges. It is one of the remedies which have been successful in curing uterine prolapse. In skin affections it has been use externally as a glycerole, as well as internally. A writer in Amer.
Homoeop. recommended the local use of the seedling roots in acne. The roots are softened by soaking in water for two hours; then the blunt end is rubbed on each individual pimple. It is not to be repeated oftener than once a week. It was one of Culpepper's remedies for fetid sweat of axillae.
Relations
Compare: The Compositae, Arn., Calend., Cina, &c.; Bry. (rheumatism); Fraxinus Amer., Lil. t., and Sep. (in uterine prolapse); Calc. ph. (phosphaturia); Vinca minor, Viol. tric. (skin).
Head
Pain in head in region of veneration.—Eczema of scalp.
Eyes
Feeling as if the eye was small and constricted.—Styes.
Face
Inveterate acne
Spreading vesicular eruption, great tearing and itching
Herpetic eruption on r. ala nasi.
Stomach
Flatulent dyspepsia, belching inodorous gas.
Stools
Frequent yellow stools in forenoon, with nausea.—Diarrhoea alternating with rheumatic symptoms.
Urinary Organs
Milky phosphatic urine.
Male Sexual Organs
Loss of sexual desire
Cutting, squeezed pain in whole length of urethra; scalding on micturition
Ringworm-like patch of eruption on thigh beside testicles; groins raw.
Female Sexual Organs
Prolapse of uterus with much bearing down (Arct. l. has been called the "uterine magnet").—Leucorrhoea.
Respiratory Organs
Tickling in rima glottidis with loose-sounding cough, but no expectoration
Acute tingling, cutting pain under middle of sternum, extending across breast
Short breath on exertion.
Heart
Pain in heart with indescribable movement under sternum; exceedingly rapid pulse with frequent intermissions.
Back
Pains in back about eighth dorsal vertebra.
Limbs
Rheumatic and gouty pains
Soreness of muscles
Dull pains, all < by motion; with high-coloured urine; weary and sleepy
Rheumatic pains entirely relieved by onset of diarrhoea
Pains in joints
Sharp, darting, fugitive pains in tendons (Dupuytren's contraction)
Bunion.
Generalities
Axillary glands suppurate.—Oedema and dropsical swellings.
Skin
Boils
Moist, offensive eruptions, greyish white crusts; esp. when glands are swollen
Old sores, esp. about joints.