taraxacum officinale

Materia Medica

For gastric headaches, bilious attacks, with characteristically mapped tongue and jaundiced skin. Cancer of bladder. Flatulence. Hysterical tympanites.

Head: Sensation of great heat on top of head. Sterno-mastoid muscle very painful to touch.

Mouth: Mapped tongue. Tongue covered with a white film; feels raw; comes off in patches, leaving red, sensitive spots. Loss of appetite. Bitter taste and eructations. Salivation.

Abdomen: Liver enlarged and indurated. Sharp stitches in left side. Sensation of bubbles bursting in bowels. Tympanites. Evacuation difficult.

Extremities: Very restless limbs. Neuralgia of knee; better, pressure. Limbs painful to touch.

Fever: Chilliness after eating, worse drinking; finger tips cold. Bitter taste. Heat without thirst, in face, in toes. Sweat on falling asleep.

Skin: Profuse night-sweats.

Modalities: Worse, resting, lying down, sitting. Better, touch.

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