Primula vulgaris
Plant · Primulaceae
Clarke
Primula Vulgaris is indicated in wandering dropsical conditions where fluid shifts unpredictably between body parts. Pressure at the heart is a characteristic aggravation of the remedy noted by Cooper.
Key symptoms
- Wandering dropsy — edema shifting from part to part
- Pressure and oppression at the heart
Worse (aggravation)
- Pressure at the heart
John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900
Primrose. N. O. Primulaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Dropsy; wandering. Heart, pressure at.
Characteristics
Cooper cured with P. vulg. Ø a case of wandering dropsy. In a cancer case, one dose caused the disappearance of dropsy from the leg and led to oppression at the heart. "Pressure at heart" Cooper thinks a characteristic aggravation.
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