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Use of stophanthus hispidus and aspedosperma q
My mother aged 74 has been prescribed the above liquids and is using this for the past 2-3 years. Is it safe to do so. She had some breathing related issues and was hospitalized for about a week in September 2006. One doctor said it to be pulmanory edema, but my family doctor said it was not likely (both alopathic). But after discharge my Homeopath prescribed these. The only issue is my mother continues to bring out little quantity of plum every morning after waking up during brushing. She also had high ESR but is now ok. during winter she gets throat problems and coughs or has discomfort.At times she complains of loose motion, esp if she takes oats preparation. Are these due to the above drugs or not related.
Thanks for the patient reading.
raman018 on 2009-01-22
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Could you please provide the following information for selection of proper medicine?
Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:
Describe your main suffering and from how long?
Exact location of problem?
Any cause which you feel for this ailment?
What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
When did it all start?
What are the things which aggravate or ameliorate your suffering?
When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
How is your bowel movement and stool type (Constipation etc.)?
How sleep, how are your dreams?
Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings?
What medicines have been taken earlier?
How do you look like (Appearance (fat, thin, smart, tall, lean etc)?
If your are female how is your menstrual cycles and from how long (normal, irregular, painful, clotted, colour etc.)
Family history - What major diseases are running in your family?
Any other information?
Patient ID: Sex: Age: Nature of work: Habits:
Describe your main suffering and from how long?
Exact location of problem?
Any cause which you feel for this ailment?
What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
When did it all start?
What are the things which aggravate or ameliorate your suffering?
When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
How is your bowel movement and stool type (Constipation etc.)?
How sleep, how are your dreams?
Do you have any strange, peculiar or unusual symptom or feelings?
What medicines have been taken earlier?
How do you look like (Appearance (fat, thin, smart, tall, lean etc)?
If your are female how is your menstrual cycles and from how long (normal, irregular, painful, clotted, colour etc.)
Family history - What major diseases are running in your family?
Any other information?
♡ Mahfoozurrehman last decade
i don't think that the problems of your mother that you have reported are due to her taking the said medicines. She may continue with the medicines if that is helping her respiratory problems.
The following is from Boericke's MM
STROPHANTHUS HISPIDUS
Kombe-seed
Strophanthus is a muscle poison; it increases the contractile power of all striped muscles. Acts on the heart; increasing the systole and diminishes the rapidity. May be used with advantage to tone the heart, and run off dropsical accumulations. In small doses for weak heart; it feels enlarged. In mitral regurgitation, where dema and dropsy have supervened (Digit). Strophanthus occasions no gastric distress, has no cumulative effects, is a greater diuretic, and is safer for the aged, as it does not affect the vaso-motors. In pneumonia and in severe prostration from hæmorrhage after operations and acute diseases. After the long use of stimulants; irritable heart of tobacco-smokers. Arterio-sclerosis; rigid arteries of aged. Restores tone to a brittle tissue, especially of the heart muscle and valves. Especially useful in failing compensation dependent upon fatty heart. Hives. Anæmia with palpitation and breathlessness. Exophthalmia goitre. Corpulent persons.
Head.--Temporal pains with double vision, impaired sight; brilliant eyes, flushed face. Senile vertigo.
Stomach.--Nausea with special disgust for alcohol and so aids in treatment of dipsomania. Seven drops of tincture.
Urinary.--Increased secretion; scanty and albuminous.
Female.--Menorrhagia; uterine hæmorrhage; uterus heavily congested. Aching pain through hips and thighs during climacteric.
Respiratory.--Dyspna, especially on ascending. Lungs congested. dema of lungs. Bronchial and cardiac asthma.
Heart.--Pulse quickened. Heart's action weak, rapid irregular, due to muscular debility; and insufficiency. Cardiac pain.
Skin.--Urticaria, especially more chronic forms.
Extremities.--Swollen, dropsical. Anasarca.
Relationship.--Compare: Digit (but is slower than strophant in its action); Phos ac (weak heart, irregular pulse, fluttering sensation in cardiac region, palpitation during sleep, fainting).
Dose.--Tincture and 6x potency. In more acute cases, five to ten drops of the tincture three times a day.
ASPIDOSPERMA
The digitalis of the lungs. Removes temporary obstruction to the oxidation of the blood by stimulating respiratory centres, increasing oxidation and excretion of carbonic acid. Pulmonary stenosis. Thrombosis of pulmonary artery. Uraemic dyspnoea. An effective remedy in many cases of asthama. It stimulates the respiratory centres and increases the oxygen in the blood. 'Want of breath' during exertion is a guiding symptom.Cardiac asthama.
The following is from Boericke's MM
STROPHANTHUS HISPIDUS
Kombe-seed
Strophanthus is a muscle poison; it increases the contractile power of all striped muscles. Acts on the heart; increasing the systole and diminishes the rapidity. May be used with advantage to tone the heart, and run off dropsical accumulations. In small doses for weak heart; it feels enlarged. In mitral regurgitation, where dema and dropsy have supervened (Digit). Strophanthus occasions no gastric distress, has no cumulative effects, is a greater diuretic, and is safer for the aged, as it does not affect the vaso-motors. In pneumonia and in severe prostration from hæmorrhage after operations and acute diseases. After the long use of stimulants; irritable heart of tobacco-smokers. Arterio-sclerosis; rigid arteries of aged. Restores tone to a brittle tissue, especially of the heart muscle and valves. Especially useful in failing compensation dependent upon fatty heart. Hives. Anæmia with palpitation and breathlessness. Exophthalmia goitre. Corpulent persons.
Head.--Temporal pains with double vision, impaired sight; brilliant eyes, flushed face. Senile vertigo.
Stomach.--Nausea with special disgust for alcohol and so aids in treatment of dipsomania. Seven drops of tincture.
Urinary.--Increased secretion; scanty and albuminous.
Female.--Menorrhagia; uterine hæmorrhage; uterus heavily congested. Aching pain through hips and thighs during climacteric.
Respiratory.--Dyspna, especially on ascending. Lungs congested. dema of lungs. Bronchial and cardiac asthma.
Heart.--Pulse quickened. Heart's action weak, rapid irregular, due to muscular debility; and insufficiency. Cardiac pain.
Skin.--Urticaria, especially more chronic forms.
Extremities.--Swollen, dropsical. Anasarca.
Relationship.--Compare: Digit (but is slower than strophant in its action); Phos ac (weak heart, irregular pulse, fluttering sensation in cardiac region, palpitation during sleep, fainting).
Dose.--Tincture and 6x potency. In more acute cases, five to ten drops of the tincture three times a day.
ASPIDOSPERMA
The digitalis of the lungs. Removes temporary obstruction to the oxidation of the blood by stimulating respiratory centres, increasing oxidation and excretion of carbonic acid. Pulmonary stenosis. Thrombosis of pulmonary artery. Uraemic dyspnoea. An effective remedy in many cases of asthama. It stimulates the respiratory centres and increases the oxygen in the blood. 'Want of breath' during exertion is a guiding symptom.Cardiac asthama.
♡ kadwa last decade
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