Pothos foetidus

Skunk-cabbage—Ictodes

Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 530

For asthmatic complaints; worse from inhaling any dust. Hysteria. Erratic spasmodic pains. ‘Will-o’-the-wisp” like character of its subjective symptoms and its physometric property are special features. (Samuel Jones.) Inflation and tension in the abdomen. Millar’s asthma.

Head

Absent-minded, irritable. Headache in single spots, with violent pulsation of temporal arteries. Outward drawing from glabella. Better in open air. [Puls.] Red swelling across the bridge of the nose.

Abdomen

Inflation and tension in abdomen.

Respiratory

Spasmodic croup. Troublesome respiration, with sudden feeling of anguish and sweat.

Sneezing, with pain in throat. Pain in chest, with difficult breathing. Tongue feels numb. Asthma; relieved by stool.

The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.

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