Tamalpais Lily, Basket Grass Flower
- Should prove curative in eczematous conditions, poison-oak, early typhoid states, etc.
Mind
- Dull, cannot concentrate mind for study; forgets names; writes last letters of words first; misspells common words.
Head
- Feels full, stuffed up, pain across forehead and above eyes.
- Great pressure at root of nose.
- Bewildered.
- Loss of consciousness.
- Pulsating headache.
Eyes
- Painful, as of sand, smarting; difficult to focus for close work.
- Eyes feel sore, burn.
Nose
- Stuffed; tightness at bridge of nose; acute nasal catarrh.
Face
- Bloated in morning.
- Puffy under eyes.
Throat
- Stitching pain upon swallowing.
Stomach
- Feels full and heavy.
- Eructations sour; offensive, an hour after luncheon and dinner.
- Vomiting at 2 pm.
Abdomen
- Intestinal flatulence.
- In morning rumbling in bowels, with desire for stool.
Rectum
- Constipation, stools hard, small lumps.
- Difficult, soft stools, with much straining.
- Much flatus.
- Bearing-down pain in rectum.
Urine
- Difficulty of retaining; dribbling when walking.
- Frequent urination at night.
Female
- Bearing-down sensation.
- Vulva inflamed, with furious itching.
- Increased sexual desire, with ovarian and uterine pains and leucorrhea.
Respiratory
- Posterior nares raw; discharge thick, yellow mucus.
- Sneezing.
- Trachea sore; lumps feel constricted.
Back
- Feels hot from sacrum to scapulae.
- Backache, extending down legs.
- Pain over kidneys.
- Heat deep in spine.
Extremities
- Muscular lameness, trembling.
- Pain in knees.
- Limbs feel stiff (Rhus).
Skin
- Erythema, with vesication and intense itching, stinging, and burning.
- Blisters, little lumps.
- Skin rough and cracked; feels like leather.
- Dermatitis, especially around knees.
- Inflammation resembling poison-oak.
- Inguinal glands and behind knee swollen.
Modalities
- Worse, application of cold water, in afternoon and evening.
- Better, application of hot water, in morning, moving affected part.
Relationship
- Compare: Rhus; Anacard; Grindelia.
Dose
- Sixth potency or higher.
