Tussilago fragrans
Petasites pyrenaicus (syn. Petasites fragrans) · Plant · Asteraceae
Tussilago Fragrans suits those with corpulency and plethora, with characteristic mood changes from irritability to benevolence and increased mental clarity.
Key symptoms
- Complaining, fault-finding, spiteful mood initially
- Later: serenity, benevolence, calmness
- Sensation of morsel at bottom of cardia not passing
- Acidity in esophagus like heartburn
- Weakness in legs and foot pain when walking
Better (amelioration)
- Acidity in esophagus improves after dinner
Petasites fragrans. Italian or fragrant Tussilage. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of whole plant.
Clinical
Corpulence. plethora.
Characteristics
Demesnes proved Tus. fg. taking three drops of the Ø tincture on the tongue. After first causing a disagreeable, spiteful mood, it set up, in a few days, an opposite condition, which lasted some time. A journey taken on the ninth day of the proving, which usually caused loss of weight, did not do so. Stoutness increased, and plethora was added; later the abdominal protuberance permanently disappeared. A Peculiar Sensation induced was as if a morsel of food lay at the bottom of the cardia and would not pass.
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