Taraxacum
Allen, Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 3rd ed., 1910, p. 287
Dandelion. Composites.
Keynotes
For gastric and bilious attacks, especially gastric headaches.
Mapped tongue (Lach., Mer, Nat. m.) ; covered with a white film with sensation of rawness. This film comes off in patches, leaving dark red, tender, very sensitive spots (Ran. s.).
Jaundice with enlargement and induration of liver (mapped tongue).
Debility, loss of appetite, profuse night sweats, especially when convalescing from bilious or typhoid fever. Restlessness of limbs in typhoid (Rhus, Zinc.).
Relationship
Compare: Bry., Chel, Hydr, Nux, in gastric and bilious affections.
Aggravation. — Almost all symptoms appear when sitting ; lying down ; resting.