Echinacea Angustifolia
Purple Cone-flower
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(ECHINACEA - RUDBECKIA)
We are indebted to the Eclectic school for this remarkable medicine as a "corrector of blood dyscrasia". Acute auto-infection. Symptoms of blood poisoning, septic conditions generally . Diarrhœa in typhoid. Gonorrhœa. Boils. Erysipelas and foul ulcers. Gangrene . Goitre with exophthalmic symptoms; full doses, also injecting 5-10 drops into thyroid gland. Tendency to malignancy in acute and subacute disorders. Last stages of cancer to ease pain. Venom infection . Cerebro-spinal meningitis. Puerperal infections. Tired feeling . Piles. Pustules. Acts on vermiform appendix thus has been used for appendicitis, but remember it promotes suppuration and a neglected appendicitis with pus formation would probably rupture sooner under its use. Lymphatic inflammation; crushing injuries. Snake bites and bites and stings generally. Foul discharges with emaciation and great debility.
Head
Confused, depressed. Aches with a peculiar periodical flushing of the face, even to the neck; dizziness and profound prostration.
Nose
Foul-smelling discharge, membranous formations protruding. Post-nasal catarrh with ulceration and fetor. Nose feels stuffed up. Right nostril raw, bleeding.
Mouth
Canker; gums recede and bleed easily; corners of mouth and lips crack; tongue dry and swollen; sores; dirty brownish. Tongue, lips, and fauces tingle , with sense of fear about heart ( Acon ). White coating of tongue, with red edges. Promotes the flow of saliva.
Throat
Tonsils purple or black, gray exudation extending to posterior nares and air-passages. Ulcerated sore throat.
Stomach
Sour belching and heartburn. Nausea; better lying down.
Chest
Pain as of a lump in chest and under sternum. Pain in pectoral muscles ( Aristolochia ).
Urine
Albuminous, scanty, frequent, and involuntary.
Female
Puerperal septicæmia ; discharges suppressed; abdomen sensitive and tympanitic; offensive, excoriating leucorrhœa.
Extremities
Aching in limbs and general lassitude.
Skin
Recurring boils. Carbuncles. Irritations from insect bites and poisonous plants. Lymphatics enlarged. Old tibial ulcers. Gangrene.
Fever
Chilliness, with nausea . Cold flashes all over back. Malarial fever .
Relationship
Compare: Cenchris contortrix; Bothrops; Ars; Laches; Baptis; Rhus; Cistus; Hepar; Calendula .
Dose
Tincture, one to ten drops, every two hours, and larger doses.
Locally
, as a cleansing and antiseptic wash.