(ASAFOETIDA)
The flatulence and spasmodic contraction of stomach and oesophagus with reverse peristalsis are the most marked symptoms. In its selection, its relation to the hysterical and hypochondriacal patients, must be borne in mind. Besides these superficial symptoms, it has been found to affect favorably deep ulcerations, caries of bones, especially in the syphilitic organism; here the extreme sensitiveness and terrible throbbing, nightly pains, guiding to its use.
Asa foetida treatment for Head ailments: Irritable; complains of her troubles; sensitive. Boring above eyebrows. Pressive pain from within outward.
Asa foetida treatment for Eyes ailments: Orbital neuralgia; better, pressure and rest. Iritis and intraocular inflammations, with boring, throbbing pains at night. Stitches under left frontal eminences. Boring pains in and around eyes. Syphilitic iritis. Superficial corneal ulcer with digging pains; worse at night.
Asa foetida treatment for Ears ailments: Offensive otorrhoea, with boring pains in mastoid bone. Mastoid disease with pain in temporal region with pushing out sensation. Offensive, purulent discharge.
Asa foetida treatment for Nose ailments: Syphilitic ozaena, with very offensive purulent discharge. Caries of nasal bones (Aurum).
Asa foetida treatment for Throat ailments: Globus hystericus. Ball rises in throat. Sensation as if peristaltic motion were reversed, and oesophagus were driven from stomach to throat.
Asa foetida treatment for Stomach ailments: Great difficulty in bringing up wind. Flatulence and regurgitation of liquid. Hysterical flatulence. Great distention. Sensation of emptiness and weakness, with distention and beating in stomach and abdomen. Forcible eructation of gas. Pulsation in pit of stomach. Violent gastralgia; cutting and burning in stomach and region of diaphragm. Gurgling and rolling of wind, which escapes afterwards with loud and difficult eructation.
Asa foetida treatment for Female ailments: Mammae turgid with milk in the unimpregnated. Deficient milk, with oversensitiveness.
Asa foetida treatment for Rectum ailments: Distended, griping, with hunger. Obstinate constipation. Pain in perineum, as if something dull pressed out. diarrhoea, extremely offensive, with meteorism, and regurgitation of food.
Chest:
Spasmodic tightness, as if lungs could not be fully expanded. Palpitation more like a tremor.Bones:
Darting pain and caries in bones. Periosteum painful, swollen, enlarged. Ulcers affecting bones; thin, ichorous pus.Asa foetida treatment for Skin ailments: Itching, better scratching; ulcers painful on edges. Suppressed skin symptoms produce nervous disorders.
Asa foetida treatment for Modalities ailments: Worse, at night; from tough; left side, during rest, warm applications. Better, open air; from motion, pressure.
Asa foetida treatment for Relationship ailments: Antidotes: China; Mercur.
Asa foetida treatment for Compare ailments: Moschus; China; Mercur; Aurum.
Asa foetida treatment for Dose ailments: Second to sixth potency.