VERBASCUM THAPSUS-MULLEIN.
Introduction
(Verbascum, “altered from Barbascum, the old Latin name, signifying the bearded pubescence” (Millspaugh) or Mullen. Mullen-see dictionary for various explanations. Thapsus-in ancient geography a coast town in northern Africa, of which the common mullen is a native.)
Verbascum, an ancient medicinal plant, was first proved by Hahnemann.
Symptoms
Pain is the prominent feature in this remedy, with a sensation as if the parts affected were being pinched together with pincers, squeezed between screws or crushed by tongues.
Millspaugh thinks that this sensation is due to the Malic acid contained in the plant.
Verbascum is to be thought of in periodical headache, with pain as if the temples were being compressed (106), supraorbital and infraorbital neuralgias, with pressure, and facial neuralgia, beginning in or involving the malar-bone (80) and articulation of the jaw, with aggravation from change of temperature or cold air (79), pressure (79) or any motion of the muscles of the face, with sensation as if the malar-bone were being crushed (79).
In the ear there is deafness as if the ear were closed or as if something had filled the canal and Hering speaks of its use for deafness due to getting water in the ears. Mullen oil is useful, locally, in earache (63) but other things work fully as well and are less expensive.
Mullen oil is useful, locally, in earache (63) but other things work fully as well and are less expensive.
Verbascum is to be thought of in nocturnal enuresis (198), with constant dribbling of urine.
I have used verbascum in the tincture.
