Hepatica triloba
Anemone hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) · Plant · Ranunculaceae
Hepatica triloba acts primarily on the throat, larynx, and lungs, promoting free and easy expectoration. It is particularly indicated in pharyngeal catarrh with profuse serous sputa and hoarseness. Dr. Kimball's self-experiment removed his chronic throat irritation and strengthened the lungs, findings confirmed by Wegge of Copenhagen.
Key symptoms
- Tickling and irritation in the throat
- Sensation about epiglottis as of particles of food remaining
- Accumulation of viscid, tenacious phlegm with frequent hawking
- Profuse, serous, yellow, creamy, sweet expectoration
- Hoarseness with pharyngeal catarrh
- Scraping and rough sensation in throat
- Tickling in fauces worse from eating or inhaling dust
- Soreness at the nostrils
Worse (aggravation)
- Eating (tickling in fauces)
- Inhaling dust
Better (amelioration)
- Chewing the leaves of the plant
- After expectoration
Liver-Wort (HEPATICA)
Pharyngeal catarrh, with profuse, serous sputa and hoarseness. Tickling and irritation of the throat. Scraping and rough sensation. Induces free and easy expectoration. Viscid, thick, tenacious phlegm causes continued hawking. Soreness at the nostrils. Sensation about epiglottis as if particles of food remained. Sputa sweet, profuse, creamy.
Dose
Second potency.
Hepatica triloba. Liver-wort. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of full-grown leaves.
Clinical
Bronchitis. Catarrh. Dyspepsia. Epistaxis. Throat, sore.
Characteristics
This is an old remedy which received its name from a fancied resemblance of its leaves to the shape of the liver. All our definite knowledge of it began with an experiment made by Dr. D. G. Kimball, who chewed the leaves every day for "a chronic irritation of the throat and lungs." A few symptoms were produced, and the symptoms he complained of were removed, notably: tickling irritation in throat and sensation about epiglottis as of particles of food remaining. Accumulation of viscid, tenacious phlegm, with frequent hawking. Lungs became much stronger and digestion more perfect. Hale, experiencing an attack of circumscribed pneumonia, with bloody expectoration; or else, profuse, yellow, creamy, exceedingly sweet, some pain and constriction in right chest, tickling in fauces < by eating; or from inhalation of dust; chewed the dry leaves, and in a few …
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