Asclepias cornuti
Silk-weed
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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
(ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA)
Seems to act especially on nervous system and urinary organs. A remedy for dropsy, hepatic, renal or cardiac and post-scarlatinal; causes diaphoresis and augments the urinary secretion. Acute rheumatic inflammation of large joints. Intermittent, pressing-down uterine pains.
Head
Feels as if a sharp instrument were thrust through from temple to temple . Constriction across forehead. Nervous headache, after suppressed perspiration, followed by increased urine, with increase of specific gravity . Headache from retention of effete matters in system.
Relationship
Compare: Asclepias Vincetoxicum . Swallow-wart. Cynanchum --(A gastro-intestinal irritant, producing vomiting and purgation). (Useful in dropsy, diabetes, great thirst, profuse urination).
Dose
Tincture.