Ledum Palustre
By C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
REGION
- Fibrous tissue: JOINTS (small). Tendons. Eyes. Heels. Ankles.
- Capillary circulation: SKIN. Lungs.
- Periosteum.
- Blood.
- Nerves.
- Left side.
WORSE
- Warm:Covers. Stove. Air.
- Injury.
- Motion.
- Night.
- Eggs.
- Wine.
BETTER
- Cool:Bathing. Air.
- Purple
, puffy and chilly, yet averse to external warmth. Ascending effects; from feet. Shifting, tearing pain. Painful, cold, œdematous joints. Parts become weak, numb, cold and wither. Torpidity. Gouty-rheumatic-hæmorrhagic persons. Tipsters. Dropsy. Rushes of blood. Hæmorrhage; bright, frothy. Petechiæ. .................... Raging, pulsating headache; < covers. Scalp, < dampness. Blood - shot or bruised eyes. Persistent nose-bleed. Mottled or red (pimply) face. Sub-mental gland swelled. Much uric acid sand in urine. Bleeding fibroids. Cough; tormenting; from tickling in larynx; with epistaxis; then sobbing respiration; < receding eruptions. Double inspirations. Hæmoptysis: alternating with rheumatism. Stiff, crampy back; < rising from sitting. Lumbago. Hip - joint; cramps over. Swelled, blotchy, ecchymotic legs and feet. Larval gout. Sprained ankles. Feet (dorsæ) itch by night and are stiff in A.M. Sore heels. Tender soles. Wounds, punctured; twitches in; from nails, stings, etc.; foul pus. Coldness of part, < limbs; with the pain; during fever; as if in cold water. Foul sweat. Profuse night-sweat.
Related: Arn. Bry. Rhus-t. Sec-c.