Materia Medica de A a Z

LEMNA MINOR (lem-m)

A catarrhal remedy. Acts especially upon the nostrils. NASAL POLYPI; SWOLLEN TURBINATES. ATROPHIC RHINITIS. Asthma from nasal obstruction; worse in wet weather.

Nose

PUTRID SMELL; loss of smell. Crusts and muco-purulent discharge very abundant. Post-nasal dropping. Pain like a string from nostrils to ear. Reduces nasal obstruction when it is an œdematous condition. Dryness of naso-pharynx.

Mouth

PUTRID TASTE on rising in the morning. Dry pharynx and larynx.

Abdomen

Disposition to noisy diarrhoea.

Modalities

Worse: in damp, rainy weather, especially HEAVY RAINS.

Relationship

Compare: Dulc (damp surroundings and foggy weather). Calc; Teucr; Calen; Nat sulph (Nat-s).

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.