Sticta Pulmonaria
Dewey, Essentials of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 1894, p. 141
Questions
What is Stic'a?
It is 2i Lichen, and the tincture is made from the fresh lichen growing on the sugar maple.
What is the chief sphere of its action?
Sticta offers a set of symptoms like coryza and bronchial catarrhs and influenza, with nervous and rheumatic disturbances. There is a general feeling of malaise accompanying.
What are the nasal symptoms ?
Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose; the secretion dries so rapidly that although there is an inclination to blow the nose nothing escapes.
What is the cough ?
Hard, dry, barking, almost croupy cough; worse at night with little or no expectoration. An irritable cough, caused by dryness high up in the pharynx; not aggravated by lying down, but worse at night.
What plants of theEuphorbiacese family do we make use of?
Croton tigluon, Euphorbium officinalis, J atropha cuscus, Euphorbia corollata, Hippomane mancinella, Stillingia, Acalypha indica, Vticca Filamentosa , Mercurialis perennis, Ricinus communis .