Helianthus annuus
Plant · Asteraceae
Suited to patients with splenic affections, old intermittent fevers, and catarrhal conditions of the upper respiratory tract. The remedy picture includes nasal hemorrhage, thick nasal scabs, vomiting with black stools, and skin flushing. Externally, it acts as a vulnerary similar to Arnica and Calendula.
Key symptoms
- Spleen remedy with marked splenic affections
- Old cases of intermittent fever
- Coryza, catarrh, nasal haemorrhage, and thick scabs in nose
- Nausea and vomiting with black stools
- Congestion and dryness of mouth and pharynx with redness and heat of skin
- Rheumatic pain in left knee
- Urticaria; haemorrhoids; nasal obstruction
Worse (aggravation)
- Skin symptoms worse by external warmth
Better (amelioration)
- Symptoms generally better after vomiting
Sunflower (HELIANTHUS)
Old cases of intermittent fever. Coryza, catarrh, nasal hæmorrhage and thick scabs in nose. Rheumatic pain in left knee. Vomiting, black stools, congestion and dryness of mouth and pharynx, redness and heat of skin. Symptoms aggravated by heat and relieved by vomiting. Spleen remedy. Marked effects on stomach, with nausea and vomiting. Stools black (Leptandra). Dry mouth. Externally, as a vulnerary like Arnica and Calendula.
Helianthus Annuus. Sunflower. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of mature flower-heads. Tincture of ripe seeds.
Clinical
Cold. Constipation. Epistaxis. Hæmorrhoids. Nasal obstruction. Spleen, affections of. Throat, sore. Urticaria. Vomiting. Wounds.
Characteristics
Dr. Cessoles proved the expressed juice of the flowers; some observations have also been made on the effects of eating the seeds. In some parts of America the Indians use the seeds as an article of food. In the provers there were marked effects on stomach, nausea, and vomiting. In one hæmorrhoids appeared, the stools were black and soft, and with them there was an emission of semen; and later the stools were hard and black and occurred every other day. The skin was affected also. Burnett regards Helianth. as a great spleen remedy. Helianthus tuberosus is the Jerusalem artichoke. I know many persons who cannot eat these on account of the excessive flatulence they produce. The symptoms of Helianth. were > after vomiting. Skin is < by external warmth. Hansen says it equals Arnica and Calendula (also yellow-flowered composites) as an application to wounds.
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