Justicia adhatoda
An Indian Shrub, Singhee
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Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
(JUSTICIA ADHATODA BASAKA)
Highly efficacious medicine for acute catarrhal conditions of the respiratory tract (used in the beginning)
Head
Irritable, sensitive to external impressions; hot, full and heavy head; lachrymation, with coryza, profuse , fluent, with constant sneezing; loss of smell and taste; coryza with cough .
Throat
Dry, pain during empty swallowing, tenacious mucus. Mouth dry.
Respiratory
Dry cough from sternal region all over chest. Hoarseness, larynx painful. Paroxysmal cough , with suffocative obstruction of respiration. Cough with sneezing . Severe dyspnœa with cough. Tightness across chest . Asthmatic attacks, cannot endure a close, warm room. Whooping-cough .
Relationship
Seems to come between Cepa and Euphrasia , which compare.
Dose
Third potency and higher. Severe aggravation have been noticed from lower potencies.