ICTODES FOETIDA

Skunk-cabbage-Ictodes (POTHOS FOETIDUS)


  • For asthmatic complaints; worse from inhaling any dust. 
  • Hysteria. 
  • Erratic spasmodic pains. 
  • "Will-o'-the-wisp" like character of its subjective symptoms and its physometric property are special features (Samuel Jones). 
  • Inflation and tension in the abdomen. 
  • Millar's asthma.

Head

  • Absent-minded, irritable. 
  • Headache in single spots, with violent pulsation of temporal arteries. 
  • Outward drawing from glabella. 
  • Better in open air (Puls). 
  • Red swelling across the bridge of the nose.

Abdomen

  • Inflation and tension in abdomen.

Respiratory

  • Spasmodic croup. 
  • Troublesome respiration, with sudden feeling of anguish and sweat.
  • Sneezing, with pain in throat. 
  • Pain in chest, with difficult breathing. 
  • Tongue feels numb. 
  • Asthma; relieved by stool.

Dose

  • Tincture and lower potencies.