Asa Foetida
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Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Asa Foetida in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.
▲ GENERAL
General
The flatulence and spasmodic contraction of stomach and oesophagus with reverse peristalsis are the most marked symptoms. In its selection, its relation to the hysterical and hypochondriacal patients, must be borne in mind. Besides these superficial symptoms, it has been found to affect favorably deep ulcerations, caries of bones, especially in the syphilitic organism; here the Extreme sensitiveness and terrible throbbing, nightly pains, guiding to its use.
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Worse
WORSE, at night; from tough; left side, during rest, warm applications.
Better
BETTER, open air; from motion, pressure.
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Compare
Compare: Moschus; China China; Merc Viv Mercur; Aurum
Antidotes
Antidotes: China China; Merc Viv Mercur.
⥄ Show reverse lookup of Asa Foetida relationships from all sources▲ HEAD
Head
Irritable; complains of her troubles; sensitive
Boring above eyebrows
Headache
Pressive pain from within outward.
Pain, headache
from emotions; nervous
hysterical headache
pressing (see bursting, pulling); outward
pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead
pressing outward
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Eyes
Orbital neuralgia; better, pressure and rest
Iritis and intraocular inflammations, with boring, throbbing pains at night
Stitches under left frontal eminences
Boring pains in and around eyes
Syphilitic iritis
Superficial corneal ulcer with digging pains; worse at night.
Inflammation; syphilitic
Numbness around eyes
Pain
open air
stitching, sudden, sharp; open air
stitching, sudden, sharp; extending outward
Pulsation; night
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Ear
Offensive otorrhoea, with boring pains in mastoid bone
Mastoid disease with pain in temporal region with Pushing out sensation
Offensive, purulent discharge.
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Nose
Syphilitic ozaena, with very offensive purulent discharge
Caries of nasal bones ( Aurum.)
Decay (see discharge if applicable)
Discharge from nose
offensive smelling
offensive smelling; from ulcer or disease of nasal bones
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Throat
Globus hystericus
Ball rises in throat
Sensation as if peristaltic motion were reversed, and oesophagus were driven from stomach to throat.
Sensation of something in throat
lump
lump; rising sensation
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Chest
Spasmodic tightness, as if lungs could not be fully expanded
Palpitation more like a tremor.
Constriction, tension
convulsive
spasmodic
Heart
palpitations; from exertion
palpitations; while sitting
Movements in and of chest
spasms of chest
spasms of chest; hysteric
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Skin
Itching, better scratching; ulcers painful on edges
Suppressed skin symptoms produce nervous disorders.
Abnormal growths
ulcers
ulcers; discharges; bloody
ulcers; discharges; offensive; putrid
ulcers; discharges; thin
ulcers; hardened; with red circle around
ulcers; sensitive
around ulcers
margins
ulcers; stinging, sudden, sharp; in red circle around
ulcers; generating pus
Itching; scratching
Pain; stinging
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Abdomen
Stomach; Great difficulty in bringing up wind
Great distention
Sensation of emptiness and weakness, with distention and beating in stomach and abdomen
Pulsation in pit of stomach
Violent gastralgia; cutting and burning in stomach and region of diaphragm
Gurgling and rolling of wind, which escapes afterwards with loud and difficult eructation.
Heat
sensation of heat in spleen
Complaints of spleen
Stomach
disordered
burping, belching
foul
like garlic
loud
rancid
Eating
foul; after fat or rich food
Eructation
Forcible eructation of gas
Flatus
Flatulence and regurgitation of liquid
Hysterical flatulence
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Rectum
Distended, griping, with hunger
Obstinate constipation
Pain in perineum, as if something dull pressed out
Diarrhea, extremely offensive, with meteorism, and regurgitation of food.
Flatulence; offensive
Stool
Odour
offensive
putrid
Thin, liquid
Watery
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Urine
Odour
like ammonia
strong
Genitals
Female; Mammae turgid with milk in the unpregnant
Deficient milk, with oversensitiveness.
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Extremities, limbs
Bones; decay of bone
Inflammation; leg; around the bone
Pain; in bones
Stiffness
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Convulsions
Convulsions; hysterical
Generalities
Bones; Darting pain and caries in bones
Periosteum painful, swollen, enlarged
Ulcers affecting bones; thin, ichorous pus.
Bones
decay of bone
decay of bone; around the bone
softening of bones
Faintness, fainting; after emission
Pain
bones
around the bone
jerking; externally
jerking; bones
pressing; internally
pressing; from within outward
sudden, sharp; externally
sudden, sharp; internally
sudden, sharp; outward
sudden, sharp; muscles
burning in muscles
Symptoms not symmetrical
symptoms on one side
left
Swelling
bones
around the bone
Tension; internally
Touch
Twitching
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