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Ictodes Foetida

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Skunk Cabbage · Symplocarpus Foetidus · "The Asthma Spasmodic Remedy"

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🎯 Acts primarily on the respiratory system to relieve spasmodic asthma and croup, while also addressing abdominal bloating and nervous hysteria.

📖 Boericke writes:

Skunk-cabbage-Ictodes

(POTHOS FOETIDUS)

For asthmatic complaints; worse from inhaling any dust. Hysteria. Erratic spasmodic pains. "Will-o'-the-wisp" like character of its subjective symptoms and its physometric property are special features (Samuel Jones).Inflation and tension in the abdomen. Millar's asthma.

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who are absent-minded and irritable, often suffering from erratic spasmodic pains and respiratory sensitivity.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Hysteria.

introduction

Inflation and tension in the abdomen.

introduction

Headache in single spots, with violent pulsation of temporal arteries.

head

Inflation and tension in abdomen.

abdomen

Asthma; relieved by stool.

respiratory

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤Head

Useful for localized headaches with intense throbbing and specific facial congestion.

Absent-minded, irritable.

Headache in single spots, with violent pulsation of temporal arteries.

Outward drawing from glabella.

Better in open air (Puls).

Red swelling across the bridge of the nose.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

↑Better from

💊 Dosage & Potency

Tincture

Mother Tincture

🕒As directed

Primary Dosage

lower potencies

Other

🕒As directed

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Pulsatilla Pratensis →

📚 Sources & References

✓ Boericke's Materia Medica↗✓ Hering's Guiding Symptoms↗✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗Hahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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