by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Intolerable pains in the lactiferous tubes; much worse during the act of nursing.
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Phellandrium aquaticum appears in 8 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Œnanthe phellandrium, Lamk. (Phellandrium aquaticum, Linn.). Natural order , Umbelliferæ. Common names (G.), Wasser-fenchel, Pferde-kuemmel, Ross-fenchel. Preparation , Tincture of the seeds. Authorities. Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L., 2, 138. Sensation of intoxication in the open air, that disappears in the house…”
“Water Dropwort (PHELLANDRIUM) The respiratory symptoms are most important, and have been frequently verified clinically. A very good remedy for the offensive expectoration and cough in phthisis , bronchitis, and emphysema. Tuberculosis, affecting generally the middle lobes. Everything tastes sweet . Hæmoptysis, hectic…”
“CHEST, right”
“Mucous membranes. Right side: Chest. Mammæ. Nerves. Air; cold; open. Using eyes. While nursing. Catarrhal symptoms. Phthisis. .................... Clang, like striking on metal, in brain. Everything tastes sweet. Expectoration; terribly foul; loose; profuse; smeary; causing dyspnœa. Pain in milk-ducts, into abdomen…”
“Œnanthe phellandrium. Phellandrium aquaticum. Water dropwort. Fine-leaved water-hemlock. Horse-bane. N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of fresh ripe fruit. Abdomen, coldness in / Asthma / Breasts, affections of / Bronchitis / Catarrh / Ciliary neuralgia / Coryza / Cough / Headache / Influenza / Intermittent fever / Nipples…”
“Five-Leaved Water Hemlock. Umbelliferæ. Grows in swampy places and on river banks in Europe and Northern Asia. Proved by Nenning and Richter, Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L., vol. 2, p. 138. Turnbull observed the effects of seeds in large doses. --Pharm. Journ., 1853, p. 590. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Headache , Dudgeon…”
“Sticking pains through right breast, near sternum. extending to back under shoulders. Cough with profuse fœtid expectoration, compels to sit up.”
Kent's Repertory lists Phellandrium aquaticum in 457 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (64), EXTREMITIES (36), MIND (34), EAR (33), CHEST (30).
