Asclepias Tuberosa

General action :

Cathartic.

Myalgia, particularly of the intercostal muscles ; perhaps also inflammation of the pleura.

Dull headache, forehead and vertex < by motion, > by lying.

Convulsion and vertigo, general debility and dim vision.

Nausea.

Pains, heavy pressure, burning.

Much rumbling and flatulent colic.

Evacuations thin, extremely fetid, preceded by rumbling in the bowels.

Evacuations containing flakes of mucus, as though the intestines had been scraped.

Respiratory organs :

Dry cough, with constriction in the throat ; cough causes pain in the forehead and abdomen.

Respiration painful at the base of the left lung.

Pain is extremely sharp and shooting downward, becomes cutting > by breathing and coughing > by bending forward.

The intercostal spaces tender to pressure, with darting pain, close to the sternum ; the pain shoots over to the right side.

Sharp cutting pain behind the sternum < by breathing and by moving the arms.

Rheumatic pains in the joints, especially in the large joints ; shooting pains in the shoulders and thighs and knees (particularly left knee).

Eruptions, papular, vesicular, pustular, on various parts of the body.