Gnaphalium polycephalum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common names: ever-lasting; indian posy.
Offensive diarrhœa with colic, worse in the morning (Nat-S., Podo., Sulph.) (B.).
Cholera morbus: colic with vomiting and purging (Ars., Bism., Crot-T., Nux-V., Sec., Verat.) (Bl.).
INTENSE PAIN ALONG THE RIGHT SCIATIC NERVE, DARTING, CUTTING, FROM THE RIGHT HIP-JOINT DOWN TO THE FOOT; WORSE FROM LYING DOWN, MOTION, AND STEPPING, AND AMELIORATED BY SITTING (A.).
Intense sciatic pains, alternating with numbness or formication (B.).
Lumbago, with sensation of weight in the region of the pelvis.
Gouty pains in the big toes.
Exercise on foot is excessively fatiguing.
Dysmenorrhœa: menses are scanty and very painful the first day (Calc-P., Caust., Graph., Kali-C., Lap-A., Vib.) (Bl.).
Sensation of weight and fulness in the pelvis (Aloe, Podo., Sep.) (Bl.).
Dysmenorrhœa, with scanty, chocolate-brown discharges and distress in the pelvic region (C.).
AGGRAVATION: At night; from lying down; from motion; when stepping; during menses; and on walking.
AMELIORATION: From sitting; and from flexing the limbs.
RELATIONSHIP: Similar to: Cham., Coloc., Mag-P. and Xanth.