Pothos Fœtidus poth.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Skunk-cabbage-Ictodes (POTHOS FOETIDUS)

General

For asthmatic complaints; worse from inhaling any dust. Hysteria. Erratic spasmodic pains. "Will-o'-the-wisp" like character of its subjective symptoms and its physometric property are special features (Samuel Jones). Inflation and tension in the abdomen. Millar's asthma.

Head

Absent-minded, irritable. Headache in single spots, with violent pulsation of temporal arteries. Outward drawing from glabella. Better in open air (Puls). Red swelling across the bridge of the nose.

Abdomen

Inflation and tension in abdomen.

Respiratory

Spasmodic croup. Troublesome respiration, with sudden feeling of anguish and sweat.

Sneezing, with pain in throat. Pain in chest, with difficult breathing. Tongue feels numb. Asthma; relieved by stool.

Dose

Tincture and lower potencies.

Text Book of Materia Medica

Adolph Lippe · Text Book of Materia Medica · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Lippe d. 1888; public domain)

Face

Above the nasal bone, swollen and red, forming a saddle, painful to the touch, especially on the left side of the nose ; the cartilaginous part is cold and bloodless, with red spots on the cheeks ; on the left side of the face small pimples.

Mouth

Sensation of numbness of the tongue, cannot touch the teeth with it. Papillæ elevated. Red and sore on the tip and the edges.

Respiratory Organs

Catarrh of aged persons. Sudden anxiety, with dyspnœa and perspiration, followed by stool and relief of that and other complaints. Inclination to draw a long breath, with the sensation of emptiness in the chest ; later, constriction in the larynx and chest. Asthma, aggravated or caused by dust. (Heaves in horses from dusty hay). The difficulty of breathing is better in the open air.