TARAXACUM OFFICINALE
Dandelion
For gastric headaches, bilious attacks, with normally mapped tongue and jaundiced skin. Cancer of bladder. Flatulence. Hysterical tympanites.
Head.–Sensation of tremendous warmness on pinnacle of head. Sterno-mastoid muscle very painful to touch.
Mouth.–Mapped tongue. Tongue protected with a white film; feels raw; comes off in patches, leaving red, touchy spots. Loss of appetite. Bitter style and eructations. Salivation.
Abdomen.–Liver enlarged and indurated. Sharp stitches in left side. Sensation of bubbles bursting in bowels. Tympanites. Evacuation difficult.
Extremities.–Very stressed limbs. Neuralgia of knee; better, pressure. Limbs painful to touch.
Fever.–Chilliness after eating, worse drinking; finger suggestions cold. Bitter taste. Heat besides thirst, in face, in toes. Sweat on falling asleep.
Skin.–Profuse night-sweats.
Modalities.–Worse, resting, mendacity down, sitting. Better, touch.
Relationship.–Compare: Choline, a constituent of Taraxacum root, has given encouraging consequences in the remedy of cancer. Choline is intently associated to Neurin, it is the “Cancronie” of Prof. Adamkiewicz (E. Schlegel). Bry; Hydrast; Nux. Tela aranea (nervous bronchial asthma and sleeplessness).
Dose.–Tincture, to 0.33 potency. In most cancers 1-2 drams fluid extract.
