**Hypericum. Dr.T.F.Allen relates a severe case of asthma, having the symptoms, “dryness of the throat always worse in foggy weather,” cured by **Hypericum.
Antimonium tartaricum [Ant-t]
Is a remedy used largely in some form by the allopathic school in asthma, and it is homoeopathic to certain cases. The great keynote for the remedy is the presence of ***fine mucous rales throughout the chest, finer and smaller rales than are found under **Ipecac. With this remedy the chest seems full of phlegm, with inability to expectorate it. There is great dyspnoea, the patient must sit up, and there are suffocative attacks coming on as in the potash preparation ( and this contains potash ) about three o’clock in the morning. Like Ipecac, too, there is great difficulty in the expiratory effort. **Antimonium tartaricum is especially adapted to the extremes of life, suiting the asthmatic attacks of the aged and the dyspnoea of the young children when due to pulmonary affections. The sensation that the patient cannot get air enough is characteristic of the remedy.
**Blatta orientalis has obtained a good clinical record in acute and chronic asthmas, and is well worthy a trail in obstinate cases; precise indications are wanting.
Moschus. [Mosch]
Intense anxiety, intense fear and a smothering sensation. It suits those of a sensitive, highly organized, nervous temperament; neurotic types when increased anxiety and nervousness predominate.
**Ambra grisea. Dread of people, great desire to be alone.
**Silphium lancinatum. Dr.A.F.Schulz, for Fort Wayne, indiana, a very careful prescriber, uses this remedy very successfully in moist asthma with expectoration of large quantities of stringy mucus; rapidly exhausting. It is light colored or yellow. Hale states that horses are cured of the heaves by eating the leaves of **Silphium. The 2x trituration is recommended.
Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Michigan Homeopathic Medical College. Member of American Institute of Homeopathy. In addition to his editoral work he authored or collaborated on: Boericke and Dewey's Twelve Tissue Remedies, Essentials of Homeopathic Materia Medica, Essentials of Homeopathic Therapeutics and Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics.