Mephitis putorius

Mephitis putorius
(skunk)
* A great medicine for whooping-cough.
* In order to insure its full success, it should be given in the lower dilutions from 1x to 3x.
* Suffocative feeling, asthmatic paroxysms, spasmodic cough; cough so violent, seems as if
each spell would terminate life.
* Child must be raised up, gets blue in face, cannot exhale, Mucous rales through upper part
of chest.
* Patient wants to bathe in ice-cold water.
Mind
- Excited, full of fancies.
- Can neither sleep nor work.
Eyes
- Pain from overexertion; blur; unable to distinguish letters; conjunctiva red; eyes hot and
painful.
Mouth
- Painful jerks in root of teeth.
- Bloated face.
- Coppery taste, as after eating onions.
Respiratory
- Sudden contraction of glottis, when drinking or talking.
- Food goes down wrong way.
- False croup; cannot exhale. Spasmodic and whooping-cough. Few paroxysms in day-time,
but many at night; with vomiting after eating.
- Asthma, as if inhaling sulphur; cough from talking; hollow, deep, with rawness, hoarseness,
and pains through chest.
- Violent spasmodic cough; worse at night.
Sleep
- Awakes at night with rush of blood to lower legs.
- Vivid dream of water, fire, etc.
Relationship
- Compare : Dros.; Coral.; Sticta.
Dose
- First to third potency.
- Has a very short action.