Ailanthus glandulosa

Chinese Sumach

Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 25

This remedy shows by its peculiar skin symptoms its pronounced power of disorganizing the blood, causing conditions we meet with in low fevers, low types of eruptive diseases, diphtheria, follicular tonsillitis, Streptococcus infection, Hemorrhagic diathesis, etc. The skin appears livid or purplish; face dark as mahogany, hot; sordes: throat swollen, purple, livid; Semi-conscious, delirious; weak pulse, general torpor and prostration. Symptoms remarkably alike to malignant scarlatina. Diarrhœa, dysentery and great weakness are very marked. Adynamia characterizes all its conditions. Lividity, stupor and malignancy. Mucous membranes hemorrhagic and ulcerative [Lach. Ars.]

Head

General stupor, with sighing. Confused mind, mental depression. Headache, frontal, with drowsiness. Passive congestion headaches. Suffused, dilated eyes; photophobia. Face dusky. Thin, copious, ichorous, bloody nasal discharge.

Throat

Inflamed, œdematous, dusky red. Much swelling, internal and external. Dry, rough, scraping, choking feeling Neck tender and swollen. Hoarse, croupy voice. Tongue dry and brown. Teeth covered with sordes. Pain in swollowing extends to the ears.

Respiratory

Hurried breathing; irregular. Dry, hacking cough. Lungs sore and tired.

Sleep

Drowsy, restless. Heavy, disturbed, unrefreshing.

Skin

Miliary, livid rash, returns annually. Large blisters filled with dark serum Irregular, patchy, livid eruption, disappearing on pressure Cold Raynaud’s disease.

Relationship

Antidotes: Rkus; Nuz.

Compare’ Ammon. carb.; Bapt.; Arn.; Mur. ac.; Lach.é Rhus.

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