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Tussilago Fragrans
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🎯 It acts primarily on the digestive tract and metabolic processes, influencing mood and physical weight regulation.
📖 Clarke writes:
Petasites fragrans. Italian or fragrant Tussilage. N. O. Compositae. Tincture of whole plant.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Induces a disagreeable, spiteful mood initially
•Followed by an opposite condition (pleasant/agreeable mood) lasting some time
•Prevents loss of weight during travel
•Increases stoutness
•Induces plethora
•Causes permanent disappearance of abdominal protuberance
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
•Peculiar sensation as if a morsel of food lay at the bottom of the cardia and would not pass
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Sensation as if a morsel of food is stuck at the bottom of the cardia.
Clarke
Acidity in the esophagus resembling heartburn.
Clarke
Mood shifts from spiteful and fault-finding to serene and benevolent.
Clarke
Increased mental power and expression.
Clarke
Initial increase in corpulency followed by a reduction in abdominal protuberance.
Clarke
Transient headache similar to the effects of spirituous liquors.
Clarke
Dryness of the eyes in the open air, compelling one to wink.
Clarke
Sleeplessness without feeling the worse for it.
Clarke
Sweat and heat triggered by slight exertion.
Clarke
Pain in the metatarsal joint as if caused by a blow.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Use for mood swings characterized by initial irritability or spitefulness followed by a period of calm, benevolence, and mental sharpness.
Complaining mood, fault-finding
spiteful (after a few hours).
Serenity
benevolence
calmness
increased power of mind and expression (fifth to tenth day).
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Walking
pain in tarsus
pain in metatarsus
↑Better from
Dinner
acidity in esophagus
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM
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