Asa foetida

Asa foetida
(gum of the stinkasand)
* The flatulence and spasmodic contraction of stomach and oesophagus with reverse
peristalsis are the most marked symptoms.
* In its selection, its relation to the hystericaland hypochondriacal patients, must be borne in
mind.
* Besides these superficial symptoms, it has been found to affect favorably deep ulcerations,
caries of bones, especially in the syphilitic organism; here the extreme sensitiveness and
terrible throbbing, nightly pains, guiding to its use.
Head
- Irritable; complains of her troubles; sensitive.
- Boring above eyebrows.
- Pressive pain from within outward.
Eyes
- Orbital neuralgia; better, pressure and rest.
- Iritis and intraocular inflammations, with boring, throbbing pains at night.
- Stitches under left frontal eminences.
- Boring pains in and around eyes.
- Syphilitic iritis.
- Superficial corneal ulcer with digging pains; worse at night.
Ears
- Offensive otorrhoea, with boring pains in mastoid bone.
- Mastoid disease with pain in temporal region withpushing out sensation.
- Offensive, purulent discharge.
Nose
- Syphilitic ozaena, with very offensive purulent discharge.
- Caries of nasal bones. [Aurum.]
Throat
- Globus hystericus.
- Ball rises in throat.
- Sensation as if peristaltic motion were reversed, and oesophagus were driven from stomach
to throat.
Stomach
- Great difficulty in bringing up wind.
- Flatulence and regurgitation of liquid.
- Hysterical flatulence.
- Great distention.
- Sensation of emptiness and weakness, with distention and beating in stomach and abdomen.
- Forcible eructation of gas.
- Pulsation in pit of stomach.
- Violent gastralgia; cutting and burning in stomach and region of diaphragm.
- Gurgling and rolling of wind, which escapes afterwards with loud and difficult eructation.
Female
- Mammae turgid with milk in the unimpregnated.
- Deficient milk, with oversensitiveness.
Rectum
- Distended, griping, with hunger.
- Obstinate constipation.
- Pain in perineum, as if something dull pressed out.
- Diarrhoea, extremely offensive, with meteorism, and regurgitation of food.
Chest
- Spasmodic tightness, as if lungs could not be fully expanded.
- Palpitation more like a tremor.
Bones
- Darting pain and caries in bones.
- Periosteum painful, swollen, enlarged.
- Ulcers affecting bones; thin, ichorous pus.
Skin
- Itching, better scratching; ulcers painful on edges.
- Suppressed skin symptoms produce nervous disorders.
Modalities
- Worse, at night; from tough; left side, during rest, warm applications.
- Better, open air; from motion, pressure.
Relationship
- Antidotes : China; Mercur.
- Compare : Moschus; China; Mercur; Aurum.
Dose
- Second to sixth potency.