PLANTAGO
Source indications
Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
- Ague
- Breast, inflammation of
- Burns
- Ciliary neuralgia
- Diabetes
- Diarrha
- Dysentery
- Earache
- Ear, inflammation of
- Emissions
- Enuresis
- Erysipelas
- Erythema
- Hmorrhoids
- Impotence
- Neuralgias, of herpes
- Polyuria
- Rhus poisoning
- Snake-bites
- Spleen, pains in
- Tobacco habit
- Toothache
- Urination, delayed
- Worms
- Wounds
- Mind inactive, with dull, muddled feeling in head
- Despondency
- Confusion of thought
- Irritable, morose
- Impatient, restless mood, with dull, stupid feeling in brain
- Great mental prostration, < by mental exertion, which = rapid breathing and anxiety
- Twinges of pain indifferent parts of head, now through r. temple, extending backward; then through occiput from ear to ear; then in other parts of head more or less severe
- Severe, lightning-like stitches over l. eye, extending to r. 12.30 to 5.45 p.m., disappearing suddenly, involving whole forehead, and accompanied at the height with nausea at pit of stomach; > hard pressure with cold hand, < warmth
- Severe pain in l. side of head, from forehead extending deep into brain, coming on in paroxysms
- Intermittent pulsative pain in vertex and in small spot beneath scalp
- Headache with toothache
- Dull headache
- Oppression deep in head, and sense of something lying in the head, through from one ear to the other
- Itching of scalp
- Ciliary neuralgia from decayed teeth
- Dull, heavy ache in l. eye, with exquisite tenderness of ball
- L. upper incisor decayed
- Eyes red
- Eyes dim
- Eyes inflamed
- Eyes sore
- Aching deep in orbit
- Lids sore, swollen
- Pain in r. ear with pains in teeth and face
- Pains sharp, twinging, running
- Earache, neuralgic
- Earache with toothache
- Darting, twinging, stabbing pains in lower maxillary branch of trifacial
- Pains often centre in ear (l.)
- Hearing more acute
- Least noise goes through one
- Ringing in ears
- Frequent sneezing, with sudden attacks of profuse, watery, bland coryza
- Sudden discharge of yellowish (or saffron-coloured) water from (r.) nostril
- Red papules round nose
- Sensation at bridge as if nasal bones being pressed together
- Neuralgia l. side of face, pains shooting and tearing, extending from jaw to ear
- Violent bruised, aching pain, r. face
- Drawing in r. malar bone
- Eruption on forehead
- Small, red, rough, scaly erythematous patches size of pea on (esp. l.) face
- L. cheek swollen
- Lips livid, dark, sickly, rough
- Water bladder on upper lip
- Dry, scaly eruption on lower lip
- Teeth (l.) feel elongated, sore
- Pain unbearably severe, boring digging in sound teeth, < from contact and extremes of heat and cold
- Aching in decayed teeth, or shooting up l. side of face
- Face red
- Rapid decay
- Sharp stabbing along upper maxillary nerve, < by contact
- Violent pain in l. upper molars
- Sound teeth
- Excessive boring, digging pain, profuse flow of saliva
- < by walking in cold air and by contact, by much heat
- Partial > lying down in a moderately cool room
- Pain unendurable (> by Merc. 30)
- Teeth sensitive, sore
- Grinds teeth at night
- Gums bleed easily
- Gumboil
- Tongue coated white, with dirty, putrid, clammy taste
- Food tasteless
- Breath putrid
- Aphth in children
- Dry, parched throat
- Scraping in throat
- Profuse secretion of (very tenacious) mucus
- With much hawking
- Soreness and swelling of submaxillary glands on both sides
- Appetite poor
- Thirst
- Causes disgust for tobacco in chewers
- Eructations
- Frequent, empty
- Tasting like sulphur or carbonic acid gas
- Nausea with drowsiness or faint, tremulous feeling
- Sinking sensation
- Heaviness of stomach as from a stone
- Even after a light meal
- Heat in prcordia with fulness in abdomen while walking in fresh air
- Coolish, painful sensation, as from over-distension after hearty meal
- Gone sensation
- Severe pains in l. (and r.) hypochondrium
- Distension with passage of fetid flatus
- Violent griping, esp. upper abdomen
- Colic > by eating, flatulent
- Pain in abdominal muscles
- Pain in l. and r. ilia
- Stool brown, fermented, frothy
- Stool watery, brown
- Stool watery papescent
- Stool excoriating
- Diarrha loose, frequent stools with flatulence < 8 to 10 a.m.
- Before stool colic, frequent discharge of offensive flatus
- During stool griping, tenesmus, partial prolapse, weakness, faintness
- Painful blood piles (locally)
- Angry, inflamed piles
- Worms
- Tenderness over region of kidneys on pressure
- Frequent passage of large quantities of pale urine
- < night
- Stools grey
- Irritable
- Puffy under eyes
- Eats heartily
- Sleeps soundly
- Copious nocturnal enuresis from laxity of sphincter
- Irritable bladder with frequent micturition
- Delayed, dribbling urine
- Urethra tingling with unpleasant itching in meatus
- Sudden darting stinging running up sharp cutting in from within out
- Urine large quantities, clear, frequent very dark red, of strong odour
- Urine deep orange colour
- Urine white sediment
- Sexual debility
- Unconscious emission in sleep
- Erysipelas of breasts
- Mastitis
- Hoarseness
- Cough in cold air
- Panting breathing
- Inclined to sigh
- Orgasm
- Oppression < reading or talking
- Sharp stitches
- Muscular drawing
- Heat in prcordia when walking in open air
- Violent palpitation on ascending stairs
- Pulse strong, full, intermittent
- Neck stiff and sore
- Stiffness of sterno-cleido mastoid (< r.)
- < moving head to side affected
- > moving it to opposite side
- Pulsative pain between scapul
- Pain in sacrum
- Stinging, dull pains here and there
- Hard, white, flattened, isolated papules on inside of thighs
- Some having red points in centre
- Great pain and stiffness in l. leg and knee
- < stooping
- Violent itching < night
- Pricking, stinging pains
- Tensive sensation
- Burning after rubbing where scratched
- Redness, swelling, and vesicles on hands and face
- Papules which exude yellowish humour and form a crust
- Erythema
- Burns
- Rhus poisoning (local use)
- Inflammatory affections of skin and involvement of cellular tissue
- Excessive and continued yawning
- Insomnia from abdominal trouble
- Grinding teeth during sleep
- Sleep restless
- Disturbed by dreams
- Chilliness with sensation of heat in chest, with erratic pains in limbs, chest, head
- From 1 to 3 p.m. with disposition to stretch and chilliness on moving about
- Cold hands in a warm room
- Chill without thirst
- Chill with gooseflesh, 2 p.m., running over body
- < moving about
- Fingers cold
- Coldness of body with shivering
- Head feels irritable
- Feet and hands cold even in warm room
- Heat with thirst
- Great excitability, mental agony, restlessness
- Room seems hot and close
- Oppression of chest, rapid respiration
- Breathing difficult as if there was no air in room
- Burning heat of head, face, hands, feet
- Head hot, painful, dull, stupid
- Hands hot, clammy
- Sweat cold over lumbar and sacral region
- Heat of room unbearable, producing perspiration