ASA FOETIDA
Gum of the Stinkasand
(ASAFOETIDA)
The flatulence and spasmodic contraction of belly and oesophagus with reverse peristalsis are the most marked symptoms. In its selection, its relation to the hysterical and hypochondriacal patients, need to be borne in mind. Besides these superficial symptoms, it has been discovered to have an effect on favorably deep ulcerations, caries of bones, mainly in the syphilitic organism; right here the intense sensitiveness and horrible throbbing, nightly pains, guiding to its use.
Head.–Irritable; complains of her troubles; sensitive. Boring above eyebrows. Pressive ache from inside outward.
Eyes.–Orbital neuralgia; better, strain and rest. Iritis and intraocular inflammations, with boring, throbbing pains at night. Stitches underneath left frontal eminences. Boring pains in and round eyes. Syphilitic iritis. Superficial corneal ulcer with digging pains; worse at night.
Ears.–Offensive otorrhoea, with boring pains in mastoid bone. Mastoid sickness with ache in temporal vicinity with pushing out sensation. Offensive, purulent discharge.
Nose.–Syphilitic ozaena, with very offensive purulent discharge. Caries of nasal bones (Aurum).
Throat.–Globus hystericus. Ball rises in throat. Sensation as if peristaltic movement have been reversed, and oesophagus have been pushed from belly to throat.
Stomach.–Great challenge in bringing up wind. Flatulence and regurgitation of liquid. Hysterical flatulence. Great distention. Sensation of vacancy and weakness, with distention and beating in belly and abdomen. Forcible eructation of gas. Pulsation in pit of stomach. Violent gastralgia; reducing and burning in belly and place of diaphragm. Gurgling and rolling of wind, which escapes afterwards with loud and tough eructation.
Female.–Mammae turgid with milk in the unimpregnated. Deficient milk, with oversensitiveness.
Rectum.–Distended, griping, with hunger. Obstinate constipation. Pain in perineum, as if some thing stupid pressed out. diarrhoea, extraordinarily offensive, with meteorism, and regurgitation of food.
Chest.–Spasmodic tightness, as if lungs should no longer be completely expanded. Palpitation extra like a tremor.
Bones.–Darting ache and caries in bones. Periosteum painful, swollen, enlarged. Ulcers affecting bones; thin, ichorous pus.
Skin.–Itching, higher scratching; ulcers painful on edges. Suppressed pores and skin signs and symptoms produce anxious disorders.
Modalities.–Worse, at night; from tough; left side, at some stage in rest, warm applications. Better, open air; from motion, pressure.
Relationship.–Antidotes: China; Mercur.
Compare: Moschus; China; Mercur; Aurum.
Dose.–Second to sixth potency.
