Plantago major

Common name: plantain.

Has considerable reputation in the treatment of earache, toothache, and enuresis (Br.).

Pains centre in ears and teeth, or alternate between them (B.).

Pyorrhœa alveolaris (Fluor-Ac., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil.) (Br.).

Teeth feel too long (Ant-T., Caust., Cham., Hep., Lach., Mag-C., Mezer., Nux-V., Rhus-T., Sep., Sil. Staph., Sulph.) (Br.).

TOOTHACHE: WORSE IN THE COLD AIR, FROM COLD DRINKS, FROM TOUCH, AND WARM THINGS (K.).

Pain in the sound teeth (Acon., Am-C., Ars., Bell., Bry., Carb-V., Cham., Coff., Hyos., Mag-C., Nux-V., Rhus-T., Sulph., Zinc.) (K.).

Toothache, better while eating (Am-C., Cham., Chin., Coff., Ipec., Selen., Sil., Spig.) (Br.).

Toothache extending to the ears (Bell., Cham., Kreos., Mang., Merc., Rhod., Sep., Staph., Sulph., Thuj.) (K.).

Neuralgic earache, with sticking pains in the ears (Bl.).

Salivation (Merc., Nat-M., Rhus-T.) (Br.).

SALIVA FLOWS WITH THE PAINS (B.).

Dirty taste in the mouth (B.).

Periodical prosopalgia (Ars.), worse 7 A.M. to 2 P.M., accompanied with flow of tears, photophobia (Br.).

Brown, frothy stools (Br.).

Eye-ball very tender to touch (Br.).

Polyuria (Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Sil.) (B.).

The urine is profuse and colourless (Gels., Merc., Phos-Ac., Sulph.) (Bl.).

Nocturnal enuresis (Calc., Kreos., Sep., Sulph.) (Bl.).

AGGRAVATION: In the cold air; from touch; from warm things; from cold drinks; from 7 A.M. to 2 P.M.; and at night.

AMELIORATION: While eating.

RELATIONSHIP: Similar to: Ars., Bell., Chin., Ferr-P., Gels., Hep., Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Puls., Rhus-T., Sep. and Sulph.