Lobelia purpurascens
Purple Lobelia
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
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: Baptisa; 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.