CASES

LOBELIA INFLATA

Common Name: Indian Tobacco

Mental:

Closed person, will keep the anxiety inside.

ANXIETY ABOUT OWN HEALTH.

Fear of diseases of the lungs

Dyspnoea from anxiety à may go to a panic state.

Fear that heart could stop.

Physical:

Affinity to STOMACH and LUNGS

Stimulates VASO MOTOR NERVES, causing increased SECRETIONS.

Profuse flow of saliva.

Feeling of Emptiness, esp, in Chest and Stomach.

Deathly NAUSEA with VERTIGO and VOMITING, esp. after hot food. Morning sickness. Vomiting, with a lot of perspiration, esp. in the face.

Rattling in chest, but cannot expectorate.

Useful in EMPHYSEMA (A group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe).

Prickling of skin - itching sensation all over.

DYSPNEA < Anxiety,vexation, Cold air, Labor, exertion, suppressed menses, warm food, lying down.

Sensation as if heart would stop.

Modalities:

AGG: Cold bathing and drafts, Suppressions, Smell of Cigarettes, Slightest motion, Change of temperature.

AMEL: Rapid walking, eating small amounts and Beer.

Desire for fat and sweets.

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