Asafoetida

(Asaf. - Gum of the Stinkasand.)

  • Twitching and jerking in the muscles.

  • Pricking, stinging, and darting pain, which is periodic from within outwards, by touch relieved or changed.
  • Sense of rigor.
  • Body heavy and bloated.
  • Pains on the inside of the joints of the limbs.
  • Dark, red, and hot swellings.
  • Hysterical attacks.
  • St. Vitus's dance.
  • Swelling of the glands.
  • Painful inflammation of the bones.
  • Caries, with thin offensive pus (tibia).
  • Many symptoms appear while sitting, and are relieved in open air.