Oniscus asellus
Wood-louse
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 484
Has distinct diuretic properties; hence its use in dropsies. Asthmatic conditions, with bronchial catarrh.
Head
Boring pain behind right ear in mastoid process. [Caps.] Violent pulsation of arteries. [Pothos; Glonoine.] Painful pressure above the root of nose.
Stomach
Persistent pressure in cardiac orifice. Vomiting.
Abdomen
Distended; meteorism; very severe colic.
Urine
Cutting, burning in urethra. Tenesmus of bladder and rectum, with absence of stool and urine.
Relationship
Compare: Pothos. fet.; Canth.
The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.