Boericke William

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA

Purple Cone flower - RUDBECKIA


  • We are indebted to the Eclectic school for this remarkable medicine as a "corrector of blood dyscrasia". 
  • Acute auto-infection. 
  • Symptoms of blood poisoning, septic conditions generally. 
  • Diarrhea in typhoid. 
  • Gonorrhea. 
  • Boils. 
  • Erysipelas and foul ulcers. 
  • Gangrene. 
  • Goitre with exophthalmic symptoms; full doses, also injecting 5-10 drops into thyroid gland. 
  • Tendency to malignancy in acute and subacute disorders. 
  • Last stages of cancer to ease pain. 
  • Venom infection. 
  • Cerebro-spinal meningitis. 
  • Puerperal infections. 
  • Tired feeling. 
  • Piles. 
  • Pustules. 
  • Acts on vermiform appendix thus has been used for appendicitis, but remember it promotes suppuration and a neglected appendicitis with pus formation would probably rupture sooner under its use. 
  • Lymphatic inflammation; crushing injuries. 
  • Snake bites and bites and stings generally. 
  • Foul discharges with emaciation and great debility.

Head

  • Confused, depressed. 
  • Aches with a peculiar periodical flushing of the face, even to the neck; dizziness and profound prostration.

Nose

  • Foul-smelling discharge, membranous formations protruding. 
  • Post-nasal catarrh with ulceration and fetor. 
  • Nose feels stuffed up. 
  • Right nostril raw, bleeding.

Mouth

  • Canker; gums recede and bleed easily; corners of mouth and lips crack; tongue dry and swollen; sores; dirty brownish. 
  • Tongue, lips, and fauces tingle, with sense of fear about heart (Acon). 
  • White coating of tongue, with red edges. 
  • Promotes the flow of saliva.

Throat

  • Tonsils purple or black, gray exudation extending to posterior nares and air passages. 
  • Ulcerated sore throat.

Stomach

  • Sour belching and heartburn. 
  • Nausea; better lying down.

Chest

  • Pain as of a lump in chest and under sternum. 
  • Pain in pectoral muscles (Aristolochia).

Urine

  • Albuminous, scanty, frequent, and involuntary.

Female

  • Puerperal septicemia; discharges suppressed; abdomen sensitive and tympanitic; offensive, excoriating leucorrhea.

Extremities

  • Aching in limbs and general lassitude.

Skin

  • Recurring boils. 
  • Carbuncles. 
  • Irritations from insect bites and poisonous plants. 
  • Lymphatics enlarged. 
  • Old tibial ulcers. 
  • Gangrene.

Fever

  • Chilliness, with nausea. 
  • Cold flashes all over back. 
  • Malarial fever.

Relationship

  • Compare: Cenchris contortrix; Bothrops; Ars; Laches; Baptis; Rhus; Cistus; Hepar; Calendula.

Dose

  • Tincture, one to ten drops, every two hours, and larger doses.
  • Locally, as a cleansing and antiseptic wash.

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