Helianthus Annuus
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General
Helianthus.
Helianthus Annuus. Sunflower. N. O. Compositae. Tincture of mature flower-heads. Tincture of ripe seeds.
Clinical
Cold. Constipation. Epistaxis. Haemorrhoids. Nasal obstruction. Spleen, affections of. Throat, sore. Urticaria. Vomiting. Wounds.
Characteristics
Dr. Cessoles proved the expressed juice of the flowers; some observations have also been made on the effects of eating the seeds. In some parts of America the Indians use the seeds as an article of food. In the provers there were marked effects on stomach, nausea, and vomiting.
In one haemorrhoids appeared, the stools were black and soft, and with them there was an emission of semen; and later the stools were hard and black and occurred every other day. The skin was affected also. Burnett regards Helianth. as a great spleen remedy. Helianthus tuberosus is the Jerusalem artichoke.
I know many persons who cannot eat these on account of the excessive flatulence they produce. The symptoms of Helianth. were > after vomiting. Skin is < by external warmth. Hansen says it equals Arnica and Calendula (also yellow-flowered composites) as an application to wounds.
Relations
Compare: Lept. (black stools); Arn., Calend., Hyperic. (wounds); Cean. (spleen).
Head
Headache.
Eyes
Slight redness on margin of l. upper lid, with smarting in inner canthus.—Eyes suffused.
Nose
(In a rover who had a slight nasal obstruction causing constant passage of secretion through the posterior nares), after a short time epistaxis occurred, and the nostrils became free, and during the ensuing winter the secretions were healthy, and discharged through the natural passages.
Face
Anxious countenance.—Face deeply flushed.
Mouth
Sticking in upper back teeth
Tongue and fauces very red and inclined to dryness
Unusually hot taste when eating
Difficulty in articulation.
Throat
Stiffness and dryness of the throat
Sensation of glowing in the throat and stomach immediately
Severe burning in fauces, oesophagus, and epigastrium.
Stomach
Thirst; nausea
Vomiting, produced apparently by too powerful a dose of the medicine; this recurred frequently, though in slight degree, when Helian. was taken for an ordinary cold
Symptoms increased in severity till she vomited freely when she felt rather better.
Abdomen
(Spleen enlarged and painful.)
Stool And Anus
Haemorrhoids.—Stools: soft, black, with emission of semen; hard, black every second day.
Respiratory Organs
Voice hoarse
Cough, in forenoon, with gelatinous expectoration streaked with blood
Breath rather difficult and hurried.
Lower Limbs
Rheumatic pain in l. knee on descending stairs.
Skin
Skin generally of scarlet redness and very hot
Groups of red pimples inner side of knee with slight itching
Many urticaria-like pimples, esp. inner side of forearm, afterwards on leg, afterwards itching in external warmth, in morning and night
Small red tetter to r. of navel
Tingling of skin.