Asclepias Tuberosa

Natural order.- Asclepiadaceae.

Common names.- Pleurisy Root. Butterfly Weed.

General Analysis.-

Acts chiefly on the mucous surfaces, especially of the respiratory organs, and intestinal canal ; also upon the serous tissues, especially the pleura and synovial membranes, producing in all these inflammation, which is subacute in its character.

Characteristic symptoms.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Weakness of thought and memory ; at first cheerful, then fretful and peevish.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Confusion, dullness, and heaviness of the head ; swimming of the head.

Dull headache in the forehead and vertex, aggravated by motion, and relieved by lying down.

Headache pressing deeply on the base of the skull. (Ipec.)

Pain in the forehead from coughing. (Bry.)

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Eyes look dull, fatigued, and heavy.

Ophthalmia, with itching and pain in eyes.

Feeling of sand in the eyes.

Vision disturbed ; large dark spots before the eyes.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Fluent coryza, with much sneezing. (Acon.)

Blowing of blood from left nostril.

Itching of the nose. ( Sulph .)

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Hippocratic ( Ars ., Camph., Verat. alb.) ; yellow complexion. ( Chel .)

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Teeth yellow ; bleeding of the gums.

Tongue covered with a tough yellow coating.

Taste putrid (Arn., Merc., Puls .) ; of blood.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Slight constriction of throat and pricking in larynx.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Loss of appetite ; eructations.

Nausea, and efforts to vomit.

In stomach ; neuralgic pains ; pressive pain ; weight (Ars., Bry., Nux v., Puls .) ; burning . (Ars., Colch .)

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Rumbling in the bowels, with uneasiness, or sharp, cutting pains.

Colic pains from flatulence. (Aloe, Carb. v., Coloc., Lyc.)

Dull pain in bowels on pressure.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Emission of fetid flatulence. ( Arn ., Aloe, Bry., Carb. v., Graph .)

Soft and fetid stool, at 11 A. M., preceded by rumbling in the bowels.

Stools ; dysenteric ; like white of egg ; yellow ; green ; clammy ; smelling like rotten eggs. (Calc. c., Cham .)

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Lancinating pain in urethra.

Dark-red, saturated urine, readily decomposing.

Male Organs.- (Asclepias tuberosa)

Flabbiness, perspiration, and insipid smell of genitals.

Weakness ; erection without desire.

Respiratory Organs.- (Asclepias tuberosa)

Dry cough, with constriction of throat ; causing pain in forehead and abdomen, dry, hacking cough.

Breathing painful, especially at base of left lung.

Warm feeling in chest.

Oppression and difficulty of breathing ; in paroxysms, like asthma. ( Ars .)

Sharp pains shooting from left nipple downward, with stiffness of left side of neck.

Sharp, cutting pain behind the sternum, aggravated by drawing a long breath, or moving the arms.

The spaces between the ribs, close to the sternum, are sensitive to pressure, and the pain, which is acute, quick, and darting, shoots over to the right side.

Pain in chest relieved by bending forward.

Acute pleuritic pain in right side, with dry, hacking cough, and scanty mucous expectoration. ( Acon ., Bry.)

Pain in chest low down, on diaphragm.

Heart and Pulse.- (Asclepias tuberosa)

Pulse slightly accelerated.

Neck and Back.- (Asclepias tuberosa)

Lancinating pains in back and between the shoulders.

Sharp pain in loins near sacrum ; lumbago.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Rheumatic pain in all the joints. (Acon., Bry., Rhus tox.)

Sharp, shooting pains in right shoulder.

Pain in left shoulder, shooting from left chest.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Weak and languid, as if he had been sick a long time.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Great emaciation and debility.

Chilly, with cold feet ; high fever, with hot sweat.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Vesicles, pimples, and pustules all over the body, especially on arms, legs, and face ; itching. ( Sulph .)

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Drowsy, uneasy, restless sleep.

Troublesome dreams.

Therapeutic Range.- (Asclepias tuberosa)

Especially useful in pleurisy , pneumonia, bronchitis, capillary bronchitis of children, influenza, carditis, rheumatic pericarditis, rheumatic and catarrhal fevers, lumbago, catarrhal, and bilious diarrheas, dyspepsia.

(Asclepias tuberosa)

Acon ., Arn., Ascl. c., Bry ., Cimic.

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