Homeopathy LibraryLobelia Inflata
Reason for use
Acts upon the cerebro-spinal system, especially on the pneumogastric nerve, producing a depressed, relaxed condition of the system, causing oppression of the chest, and impeded respiration and deglutition, together with epigastric oppression, nausea, and vomiting.
Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse
From cold, especially cold washing
▼ Better
Toward evening
The full Cowperthwaite text, by section
Mind
(Lobelia inflata)
Great mental depression. (Ign., Lyc., Puls.)
Fear of death, with difficulty of respiration. (Ars.)
Head
(Lobelia inflata)
Vertigo, with nausea. (Alum., Ant. crud.)
Dull, heavy pain passing around the forehead from one temple to the other.
Pressive pain on left side of occiput ; worse at night and from motion.
Mouth
(Lobelia inflata)
Copious discharge of saliva. ( Iodi., Iris, Merc .)
Sharp, disagreeable taste in the mouth, especially at tip of tongue and back of throat.
Throat
(Lobelia inflata)
Sensation as if the oesophagus were contracted from below upward.
Sensation as of a lump in pit of throat. (Bell., Lach.)
Stomach
(Lobelia inflata)
Loss of appetite, with acrid, burning taste in the mouth. ( Ars .)
Acidity of the stomach, with a contractive feeling in the pit of stomach.
Flatulent eructations. ( Carb. v ., Cinch., Phos.)
Incessant, violent nausea. ( Ant. tart., Ipec ., Digit.)
Nausea in the morning disappears after a swallow of water.
Nausea, with cold perspiration on the head. (Tabac., Verat. alb .)
Nausea, with indescribable pain, heat, oppression, and excessive uneasiness about the stomach.
Heartburn and running of water from the mouth, and oppression. (Ars.)
Feeling of weakness at the epigastrium, with qualmishness and oppression of the chest. (Ars.)
Burning in the stomach. ( Ars ., Calc. c., Canth., Mez.)
Respiratory Organs. - (Lobelia inflata)
Extremely difficult breathing , caused by constriction of the chest. ( Ars., Phos .)
Oppression of breathing.
Urinary Organs
(Lobelia inflata)
Urine deposits a rosy-red sediment, with crystals of uric acid.
Generalities
(Lobelia inflata)
Great prostration and weariness.
Amelioration
Therapeutic Range.- (Lobelia inflata)
Nausea and vomiting, with various complaints, especially respiratory troubles ; dyspepsia ; gastralgia ; intussusception of the bowels ; incarcerated hernia ; rigid perinaeum or os uteri ; whooping cough ; bronchitis ; spasmodic coughs ; asthma ; croup ; angina pectoris ; hysteria ; rheumatism ; intermittent fever.
Compare
(Lobelia inflata)
Ars., Ant. tart., Digit., Ipec., Tabac., Verat. alb.
After Ant. tart. and Ipec. fail in morning sickness.- Hering .
Antidote
(Lobelia inflata)
Ipec. (?)
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