by E. B. Nash — Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Loud wheezing breathing, with cough, < in evening or night, after the first sleep (asthma.)
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Aralia racemosa appears in 9 of the 27 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.
“Aralia racemosa, L. Natural Order , Araliaceæ. Common name , Spikenard (American name). Authority. S. A. Jones, M.D., Hales's New Remedies, third edition, p. 471. At 3 P.M., I took 10 drops of the mother tincture in 2 ounces of water. On retiring at 12 P.M., felt as well as I ever did. Had no sooner laid down than I…”
“American Spikenard This is a remedy for asthmatic conditions, with cough aggravated on lying down . Drenching sweat during sleep. Extreme sensitiveness to draughts. Diarrhœa, prolapse of rectum. Aching in rectum extending upwards; worse lying on side lain upon. Dry cough coming on after first sleep , about middle of…”
“SLEEP, falling to, or first, Agg. 11 P.M.”
“Respiration. Mucous membranes. After a short nap. Drafts. Lying with head high. Sitting up. Weak, relaxed and nauseated. Biliousness. .................... Sneezing, slight expectoration. Whistling breathing. Salty expectoration. Complementary: Lob.”
“Spikenard (American name). Grows in rich woodlands throughout U.S.A. - N. O. Araliaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Asthma / Cough / Diarrhœa / Hæmorrhoids / Hay-fever / Leucorrhœa / Prolapsus ani Aralia was used by the old herbalists and by eclectics as a remedy in phthisis and coughs, and also for leucorrhœa and other…”
“(Spikenard.) Description. — This is a large, spreading, shrubby plant, with leaflets, heart-ovate — pointed, double, serrate, slightly downy. Umbels racemose, pan icled ; styles united below. It has large, spicy, aromatic roots, many feet in length. It has greenish-white flowers in umbels, and a berry-like stone-fruit.”
“ARALIA. Aralia rdcemosa, L. Spikenard. Nat. Ord., Araliacea. I. Provings. — 1. Dr. S. A. Jones took, at 3 p.m., 10 dr. of tinct. in Jij of water. On retiring at midnight was seized with a violent fit of asthma ; which, as he is subject thereto, can hardly be ascribed to the drue. He says, indeed, that " the programme…”
“Aralia racemosa with the general asthmatic symptoms is very prone to come on after the first sle p. Aralia racemosa.—Spasmodic cough at night, awakens after first sleep; asthma.”
Kent's Repertory lists Aralia racemosa in 47 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in COUGH (18), EXPECTORATION (6), RESPIRATION (6), FEMALE GENITALIA (5), HEAD (5).
