Dandelion
- For gastric headaches, bilious attacks, with characteristically mapped tongue and jaundiced skin.
- Cancer of bladder.
- Flatulence.
- Hysterical tympanites.
Head
- Sensation of great heat on top of head.
- Sterno-mastoid muscle very painful to touch.
Mouth
- Mapped tongue.
- Tongue covered with a white film; feels raw; comes off in patches, leaving red, sensitive spots.
- Loss of appetite.
- Bitter taste and eructations.
- Salivation.
Abdomen
- Liver enlarged and indurated.
- Sharp stitches in left side.
- Sensation of bubbles bursting in bowels.
- Tympanites.
- Evacuation difficult.
Extremities
- Very restless limbs.
- Neuralgia of knee; better, pressure.
- Limbs painful to touch.
Fever
- Chilliness after eating, worse drinking; finger tips cold.
- Bitter taste.
- Heat without thirst, in face, in toes.
- Sweat on falling asleep.
Skin
- Profuse night-sweats.
Modalities
- Worse, resting, lying down, sitting.
- Better, touch.
Relationship
- Compare:
- Choline, a constituent of Taraxacum root, has given encouraging results in the treatment of cancer. Choline is closely related to Neurin, it is the "Cancronie" of Prof. Adamkiewicz (E. Schlegel).
- Bry; Hydrast; Nux.
- Tela aranea (nervous asthma and sleeplessness).
Dose
- Tincture, to third potency.
- In cancer 1-2 drams fluid extract.
