Ictodes Foetida
Skunk-cabbage-Ictodes
By William Boericke โ Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(POTHOS FOETIDUS)
For asthmatic complaints; worse from inhaling any dust. Hysteria . Erratic spasmodic pains. "Will-o'-the-wisp" like character of its subjective symptoms and its physometric property are special features (Samuel Jones). Inflation and tension in the abdomen . Millar's asthma.
Head
Absent-minded, irritable. Headache in single spots , with violent pulsation of temporal arteries . Outward drawing from glabella. Better in open air ( Puls ). Red swelling across the bridge of the nose.
Abdomen
Inflation and tension in abdomen.
Respiratory
Spasmodic croup. Troublesome respiration, with sudden feeling of anguish and sweat.
Sneezing, with pain in throat. Pain in chest, with difficult breathing. Tongue feels numb. Asthma; relieved by stool .
Dose
Tincture and lower potencies.