Materia Medica de A a Z

PTELEA TRIFOLIATA (ptel)

Is a remarkable remedy in stomach and liver affections. The aching and heaviness in the region of the liver is GREATLY AGGRAVATED BY LYING on the left side. ATONIC STATES OF STOMACH. Asthma.

Head

Feels dull and stupid. PAIN FROM FOREHEAD TO ROOT OF NOSE; PRESSING-OUTWARD PAIN. FRONTAL HEADACHE; worse, noise, motion, night, rubbing eyes, with acidity. Temples as if pressed together.

Mouth

EXCESS OF SALIVA, with dry BITTER TASTE. Tongue coated white or yellow; feels rough, swollen. Papillae RED AND PROMINENT (Arg-n). Coating may be brownish-yellow.

Stomach

Weight and fullness. Griping in epigastric region, with dryness of mouth. Eructations, nausea, vomiting. Constant sensation of corrosion, heat and burning in stomach. STOMACH FEELS EMPTY AFTER EATING. STOMACH AND LIVER SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH PAIN IN LIMBS.

Abdomen

Much weight and pain in right side; heavy, aching feeling, relieved by lying on right side. Liver sore, swollen, sensitive to pressure. Retraction of abdomen.

Respiratory

Feeling of pressure on lungs and of suffocation, when lying on back. ASTHMA; dyspnoea; cramp-like pain in cardiac region.

Sleep

Restless, with frightful dreams; nightmare, awakes languid and unrefreshed.

Modalities

Worse: lying on left side; early morning.

Better: eating sour things.

Relationship

Compare: Merc; Magn mur (Mag-m); Nux-v; Chelid (Chel).

Dose

First to thirtieth potency.