Materia Medica

Lobelia purpurascens – Boericke

Lobelia purpurascens
lob-p

(Purple Lobelia)
Profound prostration of all the vital forces and of the nervous system; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS. NERVOUS PROSTRATION OF INFLUENZA. Coma. Tongue white and paralyzed.

 

Head

Confused and depressed. Headache with nausea, vertigo; especially between eyebrows. Cannot keep eyes open; spasmodic closure of lids.

 

 

Chest

Superficial respiration; heart and lungs feel paralyzed; respiration slow. Heart beats sound to him like boom of a drum.

 

 

Eyes

Impossible to keep open. Drowsy.

 

 

Relationship

Compare: BAPTISIA; LOBELIA CARDINALIS (debility, especially of lower extremities; oppressed breathing, pleurisy, STICKING pain in chest on taking a long breath. Pain in LEFT lung, intermitting pricking during the day).

 

 

Dose

Third potency.