Asimina Triloba
Pharmacy
Asim. Asimina triloba. American papaw. Anona triloba. Paw Paw. Custard Apple.
N. O. Anonaccae. Tincture of ripe and unripe fruit, green leaves, bark, and root.
Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.
Clinical
- Acne
- Aphthae
- Carbuncle
- Cramp
- Diarrhea
- Fever
- Glands, enlarged
- Hoarseness
- Scarlatina
- Throat, sore
- Vomiting
Homeopathic
The Anonaceae, to which Asimina belongs, are allied to the Magnolia family. From eating the unripe fruit, five children developed high fever, sore throat, and a scarlet eruption with diarrhea, one of them eventually having a carbuncle.
Asimina produces a series of symptoms much like scarlet fever, sore throat, fever, vomiting, and scarlet eruption. Tonsils and submaxillary glands enlarged with diarrhea. Fauces are red and swollen. Face swollen.
In provings, the mouth, throat, and stomach are irritated. Drinks much, desire.
Garden Asparagus
Pharmacy
Aspar. Asparagus officinalis. Garden asparagus. N. O. Liliaceae. Tincture of young sprouts. Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.
Clinical
- Coryza
- Coughs
- Cystitis
- Diabetes
- Dropsy
- Gravel
- Heart disorders
- Hydrothorax
- Kidney disorders
- Kidney stones
- Migraine
- Nasal catarrh
- Palpitations
- Polyuria
- Pulse, weak
- Rheumatic pains
- Urinary disorders
Herbal
Asparagus has a marked and immediate action on the urinary secretion. Like other liliaceous plants, it acts on the kidneys, heart, and dropsical effusions.
Homeopathic
Cystitis. Frequent urination with fine stinging in the meatus, followed by stitches out of the urethra. After urinating, burning in urethra with sensation as if some were still passing. Increased urine, beer-brown without sediment. Urine is strong smelling, odor peculiar, deposits greasy sediment on sides of vessel, gravel.
Severe coryza and nasal catarrh with profuse secretion of thin, whitish fluid from left nostril, afterwards right. Frequent violent sneezing. Copious discharge of tenacious mucus from the throat, not easily loosened, but brought up by hawking or paroxysms of cough.
Weakness and cardiac depression with dropsy. Rheumatic pains, especially about left shoulder and heart. Fullness in chest, hydrothorax. Visible violent palpitations, while sitting, with anxious restlessness increased by motion or ascending with oppression of chest.
Pulse weak, slow, irregular. Pain at left acromion process, under clavicle and down left arm. Constant desire to be carried about in the arms.
MIND
- Constant anxiety and apprehension.
- Anxiety with palpitations of the heart and ill humor.
- Calmness of the mind.
- Fretful and peevish.
- Disturbed by trifles.
Abdomen
Sensation of fullness in the abdomen, pinching in the umbilical region, at night with painful sensibility to the touch. Inflation of the abdomen, frequent emission of wind.
Back
Pain near the shoulders on touching the part, rheumatic pain between the shoulders. Sensation, as if something passed through kidneys and penetrated to the abdominal vertebrae, on the patient sitting down. Shooting pains, especially below the left shoulder blade. Pains in the region of the false vertebrae.
Chest
Oppression of the chest, especially when writing. Dyspnea brought on by motion, on going upstairs. Pressure on the chest. Emptiness within, with weight on the chest. Severe shooting pain across the right side when sitting down. Hydrothorax.
Eyes
Darting and tingling in the eyes, sight more piercing.
Face
Paleness of the face. Increase of heat in the face, cheeks burning.
Female
Menses continue a day beyond the usual time.
Food
Thirst increased. Feeble appetite. Fullness and oppression after eating and drinking. Vomiting of food taken evening before. Palpitations after eating.
Head
Aching in forehead and root of nose. Morning migraine headaches with scotoma. Aching pain in the temples, aggravated by pressure, weight in the forehead.
Heart
Irregular beating of the heart, rapid, redoubled. Heartbeat almost imperceptible. Palpitations with oppression of chest. Palpitations, which are visible and audible even during very gentle movements with agitation and anxiety. Palpitations from motion and on ascending the stairs, worse when seated. Shooting pains in the region of the heart after a meal. Pulse slightly accelerated, feeble, intermits, weak.
Kidneys
Frequent urination with fine stitches in orifice of urethra, burning of peculiar odor. Kidney stones. Cystitis with pus, mucus, and tenesmus. Urgent inclination to urinate. Frequent and scanty emission of urine, preceded by a sensation as if a foreign body were in the urethra. Diminished secretion of urine, burning in the urethra.
Limbs
Rheumatic pain in back, especially near shoulder and limbs. Pain at acromion process of left scapula under clavicle and down arm with feeble pulse. Pain, as of dislocation in the right hip joint, which causes lameness. Shooting in the knees, at night afterwards under the left patella, on being seated. Bruise-like pains. Severe drawing pains in the calf of the right leg, in the morning, on waking and on extending the limb, cramps in both calves.
Lungs
Great oppression in breathing. Frequent sneezing, hawking with irresistible inclination to cough, but without any power to detach mucus, paroxysms of coughing, which compel the patient to rise from his seat, abating after breakfast. Violent cough, attended by oppression of the chest and copious expectoration of mucus. Violent cough inducing retching.
Male
Excitation of sexual appetite, dartings in the glans penis.
Mouth
Taste insipid, sweetish (as of copper), softness of the saliva, as if it were mixed with blood.
Nose
Coryza with profuse, thin fluid.
Rectum
Bilious diarrhea with pain as of excoriation in the anus, colic and dragging in the groins.
Stomach
Belchings, flatulency in the stomach, nausea in the morning, on waking. Vomiting of food mixed with bile and slimy matter, afterwards diarrhea of bile and of fecal matter.
Throat
Throat feels rough with hawking copious, tenacious mucus from throat. Abundant secretion of mucus in the throat, a constant rattling of mucus in the chest.
Breasts
Sharp pain in left breast.
Chest
Constricted sensation. Oppression of chest. Sore pains. Sharp pains on breathing. Sharp pains between the ribs.
Ears
Heat in ears. Itching in meatus. Hearing loss. Tinnitus.
Eyes
Glassy appearance. Bloodshot eyes. Sensation of a hair in eye. Itching of inner canthi. Eyes staring. Acute vision. Foggy vision. Vision loss.
Face
Dryness of face. Corners of mouth cracked. Eruptions around the mouth. Heat in spots. Bone pains. Stinging pain. Pain in cheeks.
Female
Menses delayed. Menses protracted. Sharp pains in uterus.
Food
Lack of appetite. Appetite increased in morning. Errors in diet aggravate. Aversion to sweets. Desires for sweets.
Head
Heaviness sensation. Bursting pain, better after eating. Cutting pain in forehead. Pains in forehead extending to eyes. Headache worse from light. Headaches are left-sided.
Heart
Rapid heartbeat. Palpitations.
Limbs
Heaviness in upper limbs while writing. Tremors. Numbness and tingling of limbs. Sharp pain in lower limbs, motion ameliorates. Sharp pain in knees. Ankle weakness while walking. Knee suddenly gives way while walking (Ruta).
Lungs
Asthmatic reactions. Difficult breathing while eating. Desire to breathe deeply. Difficult breathing after exertion. Chronic cough. Dry cough.
Modalities
Better in open air.
Mouth
Saliva frothy, offensive, thick. Salivation profuse. Taste, acute. Burning pain in tongue. Tongue yellow. Ulcer of gums.
Nose
Smell, acute.
Rectum
Constipation. Insufficient urging to stool. Diarrhea. Hard stools. Long, narrow stools. Offensive smelling stools.
Skin
Itching in scars. Hives. Itching. Rashes.
Sleep
Insomnia. Sleepiness. Dreams of dead children.
Stomach
Nausea and vomiting. Diarrhea. Stomach distension. Emptiness in stomach after breakfast. Eructations. Heartburn.
Retching with cough
Temperature
Lack of vital heat. Sensation of heat.
Throat
Dryness of throat. Sensation as if a foreign body in throat.
Vertigo
Vertigo when turning head or moving quickly. Vertigo while walking.
Relations
Compare: (1) Ars., Carc., Phos.
(2) Formaldehyde. Formic acid. Methanol.
Reference
S. Bocock. Murphy.