Wyethia helenioides. Alarconia helenoides. Melarhiza inuloides. Poison Weed. *N. O. Compositae. Tincture of the root.
Clinical
Amenorrhoea. Asthma. Constipation. Cough. Debility. Diarrhoea. Dysmenorrhoea. Epiglottis, affections of. Fever. Haemorrhoids. Headache. Hiccough. Indigestion. Influenza. Nervousness, Ovaries, pain in. Post-nasal catarrh. Salivation. Throat, sore. Uvula, affections of.
Characteristics
*Wyethia was introduced and proved, with the fresh root or the O tincture, on seven men and two women, by ***J. M. Selfridge. Their symptoms make up Allen’s pathogenesis. A later proving ((*Pacif. C. J. H., vii. 127) was made under Selfridge’s direction with the ix on Dr. A. McNeil, the 15x on Dr. *M. F. Underwood, and the 30X on Dr. Eleanor F. Martin. Their symptoms I have marked respectively (M), (U), and (E M) in the Schema. The first proving gave *Wyeth. a definite and important place in throat affections. These symptoms have been confirmed: “Throat feels swollen, epiglottis dry, and has a burning sensation, constant desire to swallow saliva to relieve the dryness yet affording no comfort, swallows with difficulty.- Prickling, dry sensation in posterior nares, sensation as if something were in nasal passages, an effort to clear them through the throat affords no relief. Burning sensation in bronchial tubes. Dry, hacking cough, caused by tickling in epiglottis.” The following case was reported to me: A boy had been kept awake many nights by a persistent, dry, hacking, nervous cough. *Wyeth. 30 cured in one dose. Hale gives these cases from Selfridge: (1) Dry asthma in a lady, *Wyeth. gave prompt relief in several paroxysms. (2) Chronic follicular pharyngitis with dryness of pharynx and burning in epiglottis. In a severe epidemic of influenza Hale found *Wyeth. most successful. Other noteworthy symptoms are: Tough, ropy saliva. Pain over left ovary, shooting down to knee. In one case menses, which had been in abeyance since confinement a year before, returned with much pain. *Peculiar Sensations are: Mouth as if scalded. Uvula as if elongated. Epiglottis feels dry and burning. Weight in stomach as if something indigestible had been eaten. Uterus feels as if it enlarged in order to contain all the pain. There is belching alternating with hiccough. The symptoms are: worse After eating. worse By motion. worse By exercise, it causes perspiration. worse Afternoon.
Relations
*Compare: In throat affections, Ar. dracon., Causticum, Hepar, Stict., Rumex, Penth., Pho., Sul. Tough, ropy saliva and headache, Epipheg. Sensation as if something indigestible eaten, Ab-n. Scalded mouth, Ranunculus sc.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Nervous, uneasy, apprehensive of calamity.- Depressed, incapacitated for mental work, averse to company, impatient, quarrelsome (U).
Head
Dizziness.- Rush of blood to head.- Severe headache.- Sharp pain in forehead over right eye, followed by feeling of fullness.- At 10 a.m. headache in left anterior part of brain, as if radiated from left inner canthus, 12.30 in left occipital protuberance (M).- Terrific headache during the sweat, intense, congestive, eyes sensitive, bones of face sensitive, least movement intolerable.
Eyes
Itching in left inner canthus (M).
Ears
Itching in right ear.- Pain in left ear (M).
Nose
Sensation as if something in nasal passages.
Mouth
Mouth feels as if scalded.- Increased flow of tough, ropy saliva. Mouth full of sweetish saliva (M).
Throat
Throat feels swollen, epiglottis dry and has a burning sensation, constant desire to swallow saliva to relieve the dryness, swallowing with difficulty.- Prickling, dry sensation in posterior nares, sensation as if something were in the nasal passages, an effort to clear them through the throat does not better.- Uvula feels elongated.- Dryness of fauces, constant desire to clear throat by hemming.- Sensation of heat down oesophagus into stomach, worse while eating.- After restless night waked with sharp pain in right tonsil, throat swollen and sore, glands externally swollen and sore (***E M).
Stomach
Belching of wind alternating with hiccough.- Nausea and vomiting. Sense of weight in stomach as if something indigestible had been eaten.
Abdomen
Pain and bearing down in abdomen, right side.
Stool & Anus
Itching in anus.- Itching in rectum (M).- Stools: diarrhoeic, dark brown, came on at night, lasted five days, small, dark brown, look burned, previously light-coloured, irregular, and constipated, became dark, regular, and soft.- Great constriction, haemorrhoids, not bleeding (never had them before or since- several provers).
Female Sexual Organs
Pain in left ovary, shooting down to knee.- Menses appear for first time after birth of last child, a year before, purple, scanty, great pain.- Leucorrhoea.- Menses commenced with intense burning pain, constant, but increasing in paroxysms, with sensation as if uterus expanded in order to keep all the pains within its walls (***E M).
Respiratory Organs
Burning sensation in bronchial tubes.- Dry, hacking cough, caused by tickling in epiglottis.- Persistent, dry, hacking, nervous night cough (in boy, cured with 30th).
Chest
Sharp pain just below right ribs, deep-seated, followed by soreness.
Heart
Pulse slowed (from 72 to 58, in 10 h.).
Neck and Back
Glands right side of neck swollen and sore (***E M).
Upper Limbs
Pain in right arm, with stiffness of wrist and hand.- Neuralgic pain commenced in left arm and hand, spreading to back and other parts (***E M).- Sore hang-nail on right third finger (M).
Lower Limbs
Tingling in right foot when standing (M).
Generalities
Feels weak, nervous, uneasy, apprehensive.- Feels as after a severe illness.- Irritability from exertion, least exercise causes sweat.- All symptoms worse afternoon.- Aching all over body, with chill and fever (***E M).
Sleep
Wakes frequently and too early (M).
Fever
Chill 11 a.m., thirst for ice-water during chill, no thirst with heat, profuse sweat all night, pains in back and limbs, at time jerking, chill recurred at 1.30 p.m. six days later, with intense headache (***E M).- Cold sweat over whole body, which soon dies off, and comes again and goes as if by flashes.- Fever and pains all over body, with inflamed right tonsil (***E M).
