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Verbascum Thapsus

Verbascum thapsus
VERB · 9 entries across 9 books
HabitatCushing. PreparationTincture of fresh plant at the commencement of flowering. Clarke
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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 morningDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Shooting pains, cramp-like ; pains are usually associated with a sensation of numbness ; caused or < change of temperature, especially on coming into the house or going out of doors.

The full T. F. Allen text, by section

Head

Benumbing pain, especially in the forehead.

Vertigo, caused by leaning the left cheek on the hand.

Sensation in the temples as if the flesh were pinched.

Dull, pressing headache on coming into a warm room or going out into the cold.

Ears

Tearing from without inward in the ears.

A sensation of drawing inward or a stopped feeling in the ears.

Deafness as if the ears were completely stopped.

(Sometimes associated with stoppage of the nose and larynx.)

Face

Violent pressing pain in the zygoma and in the articular processes of the temple bones ; a numb pressure and tension in the whole face and cheek, < change of temperature and pressure.

Facial neuralgia of the above character, involving also the chin and lower jaw.

Abdomen

Pain about the navel, < stooping ; a sense of constriction.

Pain as from pressure of a stone in the bowels, < stooping.

Urinary Organs

Frequent, copious micturition.

Respiratory organs :

Hoarseness on reading aloud.

Dry hollow cough (especially children), in the evening and night, during sleep.

Chest

Tension across the chest, with stitches in the region of the heart in the evening after lying down.

Extremities

Pain like a sprain in the wrist.

Cramp-like pains in the muscles of the thighs when walking in the open air.

Cramp-like pain in the right sole when standing, > walking.

Complete text of the Verbascum Thapsus entry in T. F. Allen - A Primer of Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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9 entries across 9 books · abbreviations: VERB · Family: Scrophulariaceae

Remedies said to end or reduce the action of Verbascum Thapsus, for example if it has caused an unwanted reaction. What is an antidote?

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Remedies whose action Verbascum Thapsus is said to end or reduce.

Entries

1 Boericke

VERBASCUM THAPSUS · William Boericke · 1,879 chars

3 Clarke

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4 Hering

Verbascum Thapsus · Constantine Hering · 25,382 chars

10 Lippe

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14 T. F. Allen

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16 Guernsey

VERBASCUM THAPSUS · Henry Newell Guernsey · 346 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

VERBASCUM · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 2,421 chars

18 Dewey

Verbascum Thapsus · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 382 chars

23 T. F. Allen · shown above

VERBASCUM · Timothy Field Allen · 1,557 chars

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