Materia Medica de A a Z

TARAXACUM OFFICINALE = LEONTODUM TARAXACUM (tarax)

For gastric headaches, bilious attacks, with characteristically mapped tongue and jaundiced skin. Cancer of bladder. Flatulence. HYSTERICAL TYMPANITES.

Head

Sensation of great heat on top of head. STERNO-MASTOID muscle very painful to touch.

Mouth

Mapped tongue. Tongue covered with a white film; feels raw; comes off in patches, leaving RED, SENSITIVE SPOTS. Loss of appetite. Bitter taste and eructations. Salivation.

Abdomen

Liver enlarged and indurated. Sharp stitches in left side. Sensation of bubbles bursting in bowels. Tympanites. Evacuation difficult.

Extremities

Very restless limbs. NEURALGIA OF KNEE; BETTER, PRESSURE. Limbs painful to touch.

Fever

Chilliness after eating, worse drinking; FINGER TIPS COLD. BITTER TASTE. Heat without thirst, in face, IN TOES. Sweat on falling asleep.

Skin

PROFUSE NIGHT-SWEATS.

Modalities

Worse: resting, lying down, sitting.

Better: touch.

Relationship

Compare: Choline (Cholin), a constituent of Taraxacum root, has given encouraging results in the treatment of cancer. Choline is closely related to Neurin (Neur), it is the "Cancronie" of Prof. Adamkiewicz (E. Schlegel). Bry; Hydrast (Hydr); Nux-v. Tela aranea (Tela) (nervous asthma and sleeplessness).

Dose

Tincture, to third potency. In cancer 1-2 drams fluid extract.