Wyethia helenoides
Wyethia helenioides · Poison weed, California compass plant. · Plant · Asteraceae
Uneasy, nervous behavior is typical of people who respond best to Wyethia. They may expect a calamity to befall them.
The classic symptom picture for Wyethia is of hay fever with violent sneezing, dryness, and itching in the ears, palate, and the back of the nose, and a scalding sensation in the mouth. There is often a great urge to rub the palate with the tongue to relieve the itching.
Key symptoms
- Constant clearing and hawking with dry posterior nares
- Throat feels swollen; epiglottis dry and burning
- Itching of palate and posterior nares; hay-fever symptoms
- Uvula feels elongated; difficult swallowing
- Dry hacking cough caused by tickling of epiglottis
- Irritable throat of singers and public speakers
- Hemorrhoids with constipation and itching of anus
- Burning sensation in bronchial tubes; dry asthma
Worse (aggravation)
Better (amelioration)
Poison-weed (WYETHIA)
Has marked effects on the throat, and has proven an excellent remedy in pharyngitis, especially the follicular form. Irritable throats of singers and public speakers. Useful also in hæmorrhoids. Hay-fever symptoms; itching in posterior nares.
Head
Nervous, uneasy, depressed. Dizzy. Rush of blood to head. Sharp pain in forehead.
Mouth
Feels as if scalded; sensation of heat down œsophagus. Itching of the palate.
Throat
Constant clearing and hemming. Dry, posterior nares; no relief from clearing. Throat feels swollen; epiglottis dry and burning. Difficult swallowing. Constant desire to swallow saliva. Uvula feels elongated.
Stomach
Sense of weight. Belching of wind alternating with hiccough. Nausea and vomiting.
Abdomen
Pain below ribs of right side.
Stool
Loose, dark, at night. Itching of anus. Constipation, with hæmorrhoids; not bleeding.
Respiratory
Dry, hacking cough, caused by tickling of the epiglottis. Burning sensation in the bronchial tubes. Tendency to get hoarse talking or singing; throat hot, dry. Dry asthma.
Female
Pain in left ovary, shooting down to knee. Pain in uterus; could outline its contour.
Extremities
Pain in back; extends to end of spine. Pain right arm, stiffness of wrist and hand. Aching pains all over.
Fever
Chill at 11 am. Thirst for ice-water during chill. No thirst with heat. Profuse sweat all night. Terrific headache during sweat.
Relationship
Compare: Arum; Sang; Lach.
Dose
First to sixth potency.
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