XEROPHYLLUM
Tamalpais Lily, Basket Grass Flower
Should show healing in eczematous conditions, poison-oak, early typhoid states, etc.
Mind.–Dull, can’t pay attention thought for study; forgets names; writes closing letters of phrases first; misspells frequent words.
Head.–Feels full, stuffed up, ache throughout brow and above eyes. Great strain at root of nose. Bewildered. Loss of consciousness. Pulsating headache.
Eyes.–Painful, as of sand, smarting; tough to center of attention for shut work. Eyes experience sore, burn.
Nose.–Stuffed; tightness at bridge of nose; acute nasal catarrh.
Face.–Bloated in morning. Puffy underneath eyes.
Throat.–Stitching ache upon swallowing.
Stomach.–Feels full and heavy. Eructations sour; offensive, an hour after luncheon and dinner. Vomiting at two pm.
Abdomen.–Intestinal flatulence. In morning rumbling in bowels, with want for stool.
Rectum.–Constipation, stools hard, small lumps. Difficult, gentle stools, with a whole lot straining. Much flatus. Bearing-down ache in rectum.
Urine.–Difficulty of retaining; dribbling when walking. Frequent urination at night.
Female.–Bearing-down sensation. Vulva inflamed, with livid itching. Increased sexual desire, with ovarian and uterine pains and leucorrhoea.
Respiratory.–Posterior nares raw; discharge thick, yellow mucus. Sneezing. Trachea sore; lumps experience constricted.
Back.–Feels warm from sacrum to scapulae. Backache, extending down legs. Pain over kidneys. Heat deep in spine.
Extremities.–Muscular lameness, trembling. Pain in knees. Limbs sense stiff (Rhus).
Skin.–Erythema, with vesication and excessive itching, stinging, and burning. Blisters, little lumps. Skin difficult and cracked; feels like leather. Dermatitis, specifically round knees. Inflammation similar to poison-oak. Inguinal glands and in the back of knee swollen.
Modalities.–Worse, utility of bloodless water, in afternoon and evening. Better, utility of warm water, in morning, shifting affected part.
Relationship.–Compare: Rhus; Anacard; Grindelia.
Dose.–Sixth efficiency or higher.
