Arum dracontium
Arisaema dracontium · Plant · Araceae
Arum Dracontium is suited to patients with raw, irritated throat and larynx, persistent disposition to clear the throat, and recurrent asthmatic attacks from cold. The remedy is notable for its effect on the sexual sphere producing marked diminution of desire, alongside urinary symptoms with burning on urination.
Key symptoms
- Throat raw, dry, and tender, worse on swallowing
- Continual disposition to clear throat by hawking and coughing
- Hoarseness on awaking with expectoration of thick yellowish-white mucus
- Violent asthmatic attacks at night, from cold
- Croupy hoarse cough with sore throat and rattling laryngeal breathing
- Irresistible desire to pass urine with burning and smarting
- Complete or near-complete absence of sexual desire; penis flaccid
Worse (aggravation)
- Swallowing (develops and aggravates throat symptoms)
- Lying down at night (cough worse)
- Cold (asthmatic attacks triggered)
Green Dragon
A remedy for Pharyngitis with sore, raw and tender throat.
Head
Heavy; shooting pain in ears, aching pain behind right ear.
Throat
Dry, sore, worse swallowing. Raw and tender. Continued disposition to clear throat. Croupy, hoarse cough with sore throat.
Urinary
Irresistible desire to pass urine, burns and smarts.
Respiratory
Hoarseness; excess of mucus in larynx. Asthmatic at night. Expectoration thick, heavy.
Relationship
Arum Italicum (Brain-fag, with headache in occipital region). Arum maculatum (inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes. Nasal irritation with polypus).
Dose
First potency.
Green Dragon. N. O. Araceæ. Tincture of root.
Clinical
Asthma. Croup. Ear, affections of. Hoarseness. Impotence. Influenza. Laryngismus stridulus. Pruritus. Sore-throat. Urticaria.
Characteristics
A. Dracont. has the irritating properties of Arums generally. It has been well proved by Dr. C. P. Hart, and tested clinically as well. The chief features are the following: Throat raw and tender. Dryness and smarting. Hawking. Continual disposition to clear throat by hawking and coughing. Hoarseness on awaking in morning; expectorates thick mucus. Expectoration of thick, heavy, yellowish-white pus. Rattling of mucus on full expiration. Croupy, hoarse cough, with sore throat. Laryngismus between 12 and 2 a.m.; attacks every week or ten days. Asthmatic attacks from cold. Frequent and copious emissions of urine. Great diminution, mostly an entire absence of sexual desire. Penis flaccid and relaxed. Fine shooting pains in course of left spermatic cord. Chronic pruritus scroti. Eruption of pimples, or species of lichen, …
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