Yellow Dock (Polygonaceae)
- For the tubercular diathesis, extremely sensitive skin and mucous membranes.
- Extremely sensitive to open air; hoarseness; worse evenings; after exposure to cold; voice uncertain.
- Tickling in throat pit, causing, dry, teasing cough.
- Dry, incessant, fatiguing cough; worse from changing air or room (Phos., Spong.); evening after lying down; touching or pressing the throat pit; lying on left side (Phos.); from slightest inhalation of cold air; covers head with bedclothes to make air warmer; little or no expectoration.
- The cough is < in cool air or by anything which increases the volume or rapidity of inspired air.
- Sensation of lump in throat; descends on swallowing, but returns immediately.
- Raw sensation in larynx and trachea when coughing (Caust.).
- Urine; involuntary with cough (Caust., Puls., Sil.).
- Early morning diarrhoea; from 5 to 10 a. m. (Aloe, Nat. s., Pod., Sulph.); stools painless, profuse, offensive; sudden urging, driving out of bed in morning.
- Skin: itching of various parts; < by cold, > by warmth; when undressing, uncovering or exposing to cold air (Hep., Nat. s., Olean.).
Relations
- Compare: Bell., Caust., Dros., Hyos., Phos., Sang., Sulph.
Aggravation
- Cool or cold air; lying down (Hyos.).
Amelioration
- Warmth; keeping mouth covered to exclude cold air.
