Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
666.44.04
666.44.04 Parthenium argentatum
Mind
Delusion no resistance, - > resistance.
Obstinate, angry, bossy.
Restless night, wakes at 3 and 4 am, then dozes and dreams until 7.
Increased stupor, desire to be quiet.
Suicidal; would prefer to die than suffer from a disease like this.
Anxiety about future, giving rise to palpitation.
Nervous because of the disease.
Dull and stupid; difficult to fix attention.
Malaise, apathy, lassitude, indifference.
Nervous because of the disease.
Thinking of complaints aggravates.
General
Type: adult-male remedy.
Discharge: blood; haemorrhages.
Weather: < heat; < sun; > mountain.
Time: < 5 pm; < night; < November; periodical.
Aversion: vegetables.
Physical: < sudden motion; quinine.
Sleep: < after sleep.
Body
Fever: high, hectic, influenza, measles, < pregnant.
Nervous: neuralgia.
Head: heavy, brain feels loose, < moving head; as if mercury moving in the head.
Eyes: burning, itching, red, > cold, < warmth, with lachrymation; sensation of sand in eyes.
Face: itching, swelling, < sun; dark, thick, like leather.
Nose: sinusitis, frontal; hayfever; allergic rhinitis.
Mouth: < dentition.
Throat: sore.
Lungs: asthmatic bronchitis; cough and asthma, > warm drinks, > sitting, > fanning; sub-acute tuberculosis.
Stomach: acidity high; nausea, > vomiting.
Abdomen: liver problems.
Rectum: constipation.
Female: menses absent; miscarriages; premature deliveries; milk scanty.
Limbs: ecchymosis.
Skin: dry, rough, thick skin; bleeding cracks; wounds; itching, < sweat, > warm water application, > covering, > gentle rubbing, < after sleep; fungal infections; exfoliation of palms and soles; eruptions, itching voluptuously.