Homeopathy Remedy Taraxacum officinalis


Taraxacum officinalis homeopathy drug symptoms from Handbook of Materia Medica and Homeopathic Therapeutics by T.F. Allen, of the homeopathic remedy Taraxacum officinalis …


      A tincture is made of the entire fresh plant of the Dandelion. Allies. Chelidonium, Pulsatilla (Hydrast.).

Generalities

      Inner feeling as if very sick, all limbs painful on touch or when in a uncomfortable position. Restlessness and discomfort. Weakness, so that he wished to lie or sit, when he was semi- conscious, as on falling asleep. Most symptoms appear when sitting and disappear when walking.

Mind

      Talkative. Inclined to laugh. Religious, happy, contented. Ill humor in morning and disinclined to any occupation or to talking. Gloomy when unoccupied, does not know what to do, cannot make up his mind to do anything. Irresolute and dreading work, though it progresses well as soon as he undertakes it.

Head

      Pain extending outward; burning P., extending upward. Sensation composed of pressure and itching. Constriction of brain from all sides. Heaviness, with redness of face. Vertigo on walking in open air, with Dullness of head; V. on walking in open air, head fell now to r., now to l.; on walking in open air, with insecure step, as if he would fall forward.

Forehead. Sticking; externally in l. side; tearing, in l. Pain; in forepart of head, extending outward towards forehead; crawling, as from something alive, extending from the middle of it on walking in open air; drawing, on bone when standing. Stupefying pain, as after intoxication; S. pain when sitting, so that he lost senses when reading and did not know where he was, (>) open air, with nausea. Contraction above nose, with whirling, at another time painless sensation as if brain were distended here and there.

Temples. Stitches in l. when sitting, (>) standing; in l. when walking in open air, (>) standing. Pain in r. Drawing pain; in l. when sitting, (>) walking and standing.

Sticking in l. side. Tearing in occiput when walking, (<) standing still; externally when walking; sticking, behind r. ear. Heaviness in occiput, (>) stooping, (<) rising and holding head erect; H. deep, with pressure. Pimple above r. temple, painful on touch. Anterior part of scalp tense, as if tight over vertex.

Eyes

      Hard mucus, more in morning than during the day. Sticking in r. A kind of ophthalmia, eyes cannot endure light and constantly water, with pressure on r. upper lid. Ball, burning sticking in l. towards external canthus; burning in l.; burning in r. towards inner canthus; sticking burning pain in l. Pupils dilated; contracted. Lids agglutinated in morning. Sticking burning in lids. Pressure as from sand in r. inner canthus, with feeling as lid were swollen there.

Ears

      Sticking extending outward in r. and always again inward; S. behind ear, with tearing down side of neck; itching burning, in r. Tearing in outer meatus and sharp pressure behind ramus of lower jaw. Drawing pain in outer. Pressure inward in l. Chirping in l. like grasshoppers. (Hearing difficult as from stoppage of ear, in evening.)

Nose and Face

      Sneezing when walking in open air. Bleeding from l. nostril at noon, before dinner. Stitching in cheek. Sharp pressure in r. cheek. Creak in middle of upper lip. Pustule in r. corner of lips.

Mouth

      Sour-tasting blood flowed from r. hollow teeth. Pain like blows in incisors, (<) crowns. Drawing pain in r. hollow teeth, extending into cheek and to brow. Teeth on edge when chewing food. Tongue covered with a white film, with raw sensation in it, afterwards the film comes off in pieces, leaving dark red and sensitive spots; coated white, gradually peeling off in spots; coated yellowish-brown at back; brown in morning on waking, and dry; burning stitches in l. side. Salivation, with feeling as if larynx were compressed; sour-tasting S. Taste bitter before eating; bitter, rising from oesophagus into mouth (Chelidonium, Pulsatilla); sour to meat, especially to gravy from roast meat, when it touches tip of tongue; salty-sour to bitter when it touches tip of tongue; none to tobacco-smoke, it causes burning in throat, almost like heartburn, and takes away the breath, (>) drinking.

Throat

      Hawking up of sour mucus that sets the teeth on edge. Acute pain in lower part of parotid and in cervical muscles and extending from sternum to mastoid process, on moving jaws and neck. Ticking irritation to hacking cough in region of pit of throat, he always had a few minutes warning of the paroxysm, but was never able to suppress it. Dryness, with a ring of inflammation around isthmus faucium; D. in fauces, with bitter mucus, making the voice husky; D., with stitches. Swallowing difficult, as from a swelling. Sharp pressure on anterior wall of oesophagus and larynx, provoking cough, (>) swallowing.

Stomach

      Bitter eructations and hiccough; empty E., (<) drinking. Nausea; in oesophagus; when sitting, (>) standing, with anxiety; as from fat, (>) open air, with stupefying pain in forehead. Tension in pit when stooping, with pressure in ensiform cartilage. Stitches in r. side of diaphragm when lying on that side. Tensive pain in region of diaphragm during violent inspiration.

Abdomen

      Rumbling and movements. Griping; then emission of flatus. Stitches partly in l. hypochondrium sometimes in l. or r. side of abdomen, sometimes in hypogastrium; in side; l. side. tense, in r. side; itching, in r. muscles. Pain in l. side. Rumbling in umbilical region towards l. side. Boring outward in umbilical region, extending towards r. side. Sudden persistent motion as if bubbles formed and burst in hypogastrium. Burning stitches in l. hypogastrium, extending towards genitals. Sprained sensation in l. groin on walking, (>) standing and touch. Painless bubbling in muscles of l. hypogastrium.

Clinical This is a remedy for bilious diarrhoea, chilliness after eating or drinking, pain and soreness over the liver, bitter taste, mapped tongue.

Stool and Urine

      Stool difficult, not hard. Stool pasty and early, then ineffectual urging. Constipation. Pressure to urinate, without pain; frequent desire to urinate and copious urine, afterwards frequent desire and scanty discharge. Urine high-colored and diminished.

Sexual Organs

      Boring in glans. Long-continued erections. Tickling on prepuce. Stitch in l. testicle; burning, in r. Emission every other night.

Chest

      Twitching in r. costal muscles; l. costal muscles. Stitches in sternum; side; on last l. rib; beneath r. axilla; in region of sixth rib; in r. side when walking; beneath last l. rib, towards back, on every breath; in r. side, (>) violent inspiration and expiration on pressure it returned more violently and extended over a larger space; in l., extending towards back; extending inward during inspiration when standing. Boring in r. breast, (<) walking, with digging. Boring-sticking drawing in scapular of r. clavicle. Pressure beneath l. axilla; beneath l. ribs; outward against r. ribs, from hepatic region onto chest, during expiration while standing; burning, in sternum, worse during expiration than inspiration.

Heart and Pulse

      Uneasy sinking in praecordia. Pulse rapid, full, soft.

Neck

      Twitching in l. lower part; behind l. ear. Sticking in nape; in l. side when standing, (>) sitting down; boring, outward in l.

Back

      Sticking in spine towards r. side when lying, especially in small of back, with difficult breathing; tensive, towards r. side; outward in r. scapula. Vibration in r. scapula, with quivering (see Chelidonium). Pressure in sacrum; when standing; outward in l. loin. Painless creeping in sacrum.

Extremities

      Easy motion, but it seems to him as if motor power were restrained. Twitching on top of l. shoulder. Throbbing on l. shoulder; with general chilliness. Stitch on outer side of l. arm. Pain on inner side of l arm.

Upper Arm. Twitching; in outer part of l. Sticking on inner side of l.; S. posteriorly, (>) rubbing; intermittent, on outer side of middle of r. during rest. Pain like electric shocks on outer side of l. Pain in muscles of l. Intermittent throbbing.

Stitches in r. elbow; in l. forearm; r. forearm, (>) touch. Twitching in muscles of l. forearm. Pain on inner side of r. forearm. Frequent drawing pains in forearms. Tearing drawing in l. wrist, extending to there last fingers. Sticking in l. fourth finger. Pain in three last r. fingers; burning, in l. third and fourth.

Lower Extremities

      Twitching in upper part; in l. gluteals extending downward. Sticking in l.; boring, on inner side when sitting; pinching high up on forepart, as if beaten, more on touch than when walking. Pressure on inner side of r. when sitting and standing.

Knee. Sticking; drawing, on outer side of r. Tearing on outer tendon in hollow when sitting. Sharp pressure on outer side on bending leg. Burning pain on forepart of r.; in l. patella.

Leg. Stitches in r. calf; upward on outer side of l. leg when standing; drawing, upward in r. when standing, (>) sitting; throbbing, in r. calf just beneath hollow of knee; burning, in calf when standing. Tearing on outer margin of l. when standing. Gnawing in r. when standing. Pain in l. calf; jerking, in r. calf, suddenly (>) touch; drawing, when sitting and walking; burning, in lower part of r.; burning, on outer side of r. Burning on forepart of tibia. Weakness, (<) ascending steps; W. of r. when walking, yet the muscles seem tenser than in l.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.