Origin Plant · Scrophulariaceae · Simple
Habitat Cushing
ClarkePreparation Tincture of fresh plant at the commencement of flowering.
Sources 9 entries across 8 books: Boericke, Clarke, Hering, Lippe, T. F. Allen …
Dose
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Mullein oil, (locally, for earache and dry, scaly condition of meatus. Also for teasing cough at night or lying down. Internally, tincture and lower potencies). Enuresis, five-drop doses night and morning.
Reason for useBoericke
Has a pronounced action on the inferior maxillary branch of the fifth pair of the cranial nerves; on the ear; and respiratory tract and bladder. Catarrhs, and colds, with periodical prosopalgia. Quiets nervous, and bronchial, and urinary irritation, and cough.
▲ Worse change of temperature, talking, sneezing, biting hard (inferior dental nerve); from 9 am to 4 pm
By regionBoericke
Respiratory Hoarse; voice deep, harsh; sounds like a trumpet; "basso profundo". Cough; worse at night. Asthma. Soreness in pharynx, cough during sleep.
Extremities Cramp-like pain in soles, right foot, and knee. Lower extremities feel heavy. Thumb feels numb. Neuralgic pain in left ankle. …
Books*
Antidoted by Camphora
Complementary —
Follows well —
Compare Platinum Metallicum, Causticum, Corallium Rubrum +7
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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