GNAPHALIUM


Homeopathic remedy Gnaphalium drug symptoms and indications from Condensed Materia Medica by Constantine Hering, published in 1877….


      Everlasting Compositae.

Nerves

      Intense pain along the sciatic nerve; feeling of numbness occasionally taking place of sciatica, and then exercise on foot is excessively fatiguing. (Confirmed in sciatica.) Gouty pains in the big toes.

Relationship

      Compare; Chamom., Coloc. When either the genito-crural, or the anterior crural nerve is affected, Xanthox. is usually the remedy.

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.