Lobelia inflata
de H. A. Roberts — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
In inflammatory rheumatism with heart involvement and an indescribable feeling of nausea at pit of stomach Lobelia inflata may prove very useful.
HEART
DEEP-SEATED PAIN IN AND ABOVE HEART; SENSATION AS IF HEART STOOD STILL.
SENSATION OF EXCESSIVE WEAKNESS IN PRÆCORDIUM EXTENDING UPWARD INTO CHEST AND DOWNWARD.
DYSPNŒA AND SUFFOCATION FROM EVERY RAPID MOTION.
NECK AND BACK
Swelling and pain in left side of neck.
Rheumatic pain between scapulæ.
VIOLENT PAIN IN TOP OF RIGHT SHOULDER THEN IN BACK AT FOURTH DORSAL VERTEBRA.
Pain under right shoulder blade < when bending forward.
EXTREME TENDERNESS OVER SACRUM, CANNOT BEAR ANY PRESSURE.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Lame feeling in left upper arm.
Rheumatic pain in right shoulder joint goes to left upper arm and about elbow joint.
Pain in right deltoid, sore to touch.
Sharp shooting pain in an old scar on right ring finger.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM OF RIGHT KNEE WITH TEARING PAINS IN FIBULA.
Painful stiffness in knees.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Shooting pains through whole body into tips of fingers and toes.
AGGRAVATIONS
Motion.
AMELIORATIONS
Near fire.