ICTODES FOETIDA
Skunk-cabbage-Ictodes
(POTHOS FOETIDUS)
For asthmatic complaints; worse from inhaling any dust. Hysteria. Erratic spasmodic pains. “Will-o’-the-wisp” like personality of its subjective signs and symptoms and its physometric property are one-of-a-kind elements (Samuel Jones). Inflation and anxiety 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 throughout the bridge of the nose.
Abdomen.–Inflation and anxiety in abdomen.
Respiratory.–Spasmodic croup. Troublesome respiration, with surprising feeling of agony and sweat.
Sneezing, with ache in throat. Pain in chest, with challenging breathing. Tongue feels numb. Asthma; relieved through stool.
Dose.–Tincture and decrease potencies.
