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Gnaphalium Polycephalum

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General

(Gnaphalium Polycephalum.)

Natural order.- Composita.

Common name.- Everlasting.

General Analysis.-

Acts upon the cerebro-spinal system, inducing neuralgic pains in both the face and lower extremities.

Its chief symptom is " intense pain along the sciatic nerve ; feeling of numbness occasionally taking place of sciatica, and then exercise on foot is excessively fatiguing ."

This symptom has led to the successful use of Gnaphalium in sciatica.

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(Gnaphalium)

Cham., Coloc., Xanthox.

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