Lemna minor

Lemna minor
(duckweed)
* A catarrhal remedy.
* Acts especially upon the nostrils.
* Nasal polypi; swollen turbinates. Atrophic rhinitis.
* Asthma from nasal obstruction; worse in wet weather.
Nose
- Putrid smell; loss of smell.
- Crusts and muco-purulent discharge very abundant.
- Post-nasal dropping.
- Pain like a string from nostrils to ear.
- Reduces nasal obstruction when it is an oedematous condition.
- Dryness of naso-pharynx.
Mouth
- Putrid taste on rising in the morning.
- Dry pharynx and larynx.
Abdomen
- Disposition to noisy diarrhoea.
Modalities
- Worse, in damp, rainy weather, especially heavy rains.
Relationship
- Compare : Dulc. (damp surroundings and foggy weather).
- Calc.; Teucr.; Calend.; Nat. sulph.
Dose
- Third to thirtieth potency.