Materia Medica de A a Z

SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA (solid)

Inhalation of the pollen has caused hæmorrhage from the lungs in phthisis. REPEATED COLDS OF TUBERCULOSIS (2x) FEELING OF WEAKNESS, chilliness alternating with heat; naso-pharyngeal catarrh, burning in throat, pains in limbs and thoracic oppression. Pain in region of kidneys, with dysuria. KIDNEYS SENSITIVE TO PRESSURE. Bright's disease. Hay-fever when Solidago is the exciting cause. Here give 30th potency or higher.

Eyes

Injected, watery, burning, stinging.

Nose

Nares irritated with abundant mucus secretion; paroxysms of sneezing.

Stomach

Bitter taste, especially at night; coated tongue with very scanty brown and sour urine.

Respiratory

Bronchitis, cough with much purulent expectoration, blood-streaked; oppressed breathing. Continuous dyspnoea. Asthma, with nightly dysuria.

Female

Uterine enlargement, organ pressed down upon the bladder. FIBROID TUMORS.

Urine

Scanty, reddish brown, thick sediment, dysuria, gravel. DIFFICULT AND SCANTY. Albumen, blood, and slime in urine. Pain in kidneys extend forward to abdomen and bladder (Berb). CLEAR AND OFFENSIVE URINE. Sometimes makes the use of the catheter unnecessary.

Back

Backache of congested kidneys [Senec aur (Senec)].

Skin

Blotches, especially on lower extremities; ITCH. Exanthema of lower extremities, with urinary disturbances, dropsy and threatened gangrene.

Relationship

Iodoform (Iodof) 2x antidotes poison of Golden-rod. Ars. Agrimonia (Agri) (Pain in region of kidneys).

Dose

Tincture, to third potency. Oil of Solidago, 1 oz to 8 oz. Alcohol. 15 drops doses to promote expectoration in bronchitis and bronchial asthma in old people (Eli G. Jones).