ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA
Purple Cone-flower
(ECHINACEA – RUDBECKIA)
We are indebted to the Eclectic faculty for this exceptional medicinal drug as a “corrector of blood dyscrasia”. Acute auto-infection. Symptoms of blood poisoning, septic stipulations generally. Diarrhoea in typhoid. Gonorrhoea. Boils. Erysipelas and foul ulcers. Gangrene. Goitre with exophthalmic symptoms; full doses, additionally injecting 5-10 drops into thyroid gland. Tendency to malignancy in acute and subacute disorders. Last degrees of most cancers to ease pain. Venom infection. Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Puerperal infections. Tired feeling. Piles. Pustules. Acts on vermiform appendix as a result has been used for appendicitis, however be aware it promotes suppuration and a ignored appendicitis with pus formation would probable rupture faster beneath its use. Lymphatic inflammation; crushing injuries. Snake bites and bites and stings generally. Foul discharges with emaciation and incredible debility.
Head.–Confused, depressed. Aches with a abnormal periodical flushing of the face, even to the neck; dizziness and profound prostration.
Nose.–Foul-smelling discharge, membranous formations protruding. Post-nasal catarrh with ulceration and fetor. Nose feels stuffed up. Right nostril raw, bleeding.
Mouth.–Canker; gums recede and bleed easily; corners of mouth and lips crack; tongue dry and swollen; sores; soiled brownish. Tongue, lips, and fauces tingle, with experience of concern about coronary heart (Acon). White coating of tongue, with purple edges. Promotes the go with the flow of saliva.
Throat.–Tonsils crimson or black, grey exudation extending to posterior nares and air-passages. Ulcerated sore throat.
Stomach.–Sour belching and heartburn. Nausea; higher mendacity down.
Chest.–Pain as of a lump in chest and below sternum. Pain in pectoral muscle tissues (Aristolochia).
Urine.–Albuminous, scanty, frequent, and involuntary.
Female.–Puerperal septicaemia; discharges suppressed; abdomen touchy and tympanitic; offensive, excoriating leucorrhoea.
Extremities.–Aching in limbs and usual lassitude.
Skin.–Recurring boils. Carbuncles. Irritations from insect bites and toxic plants. Lymphatics enlarged. Old tibial ulcers. Gangrene.
Fever.–Chilliness, with nausea. Cold flashes all over back. Malarial fever.
Relationship.–Compare: Cenchris contortrix; Bothrops; Ars; Laches; Baptis; Rhus; Cistus; Hepar; Calendula.
Dose.–Tincture, one to ten drops, each and every two hours, and large doses.
Locally, as a cleaning and antiseptic wash.
