Linum Usitatissimum

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Linum Usitatissimum Reference Specimen Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification
🧬 Remedy Miasm: Psoric Miasm The Psoric miasm is considered the mother of all chronic diseases. It primarily manifests as functional nervous weakness, allergies, skin itching, eruptions, and hypersensitivity.
GENERAL
  • Linu-u is marked by intense irritation.
  • The decoction is of service in inflammation of the urinary passages, cystitisInflammation of the urinary bladderInflammation of the urinary bladder, typically caused by a bacterial urinary tract infection, causing painful urination., strangurySlow, painful, drop-by-drop urinationA painful condition characterized by the slow, spasmodic discharge of urine drop-by-drop, accompanied by a constant urge., etc.
  • Diseases of the intestinal tract.
  • Trismus and paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body. of the tongue.
  • AsthmaChronic respiratory disease causing difficulty breathingA condition characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing, typically from an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity., hay fever and urticariaHives or itchy raised skin weltsA skin outbreak of red, itchy, swollen bumps triggered by allergic reactions, friction, or stress.
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( 1 ) Linu-c. - in asthma and skin disorders.

MIND
  • Perfectly conscious, but only able to express herself by signs.
HEAD
  • Heavy frontal headache.
  • Violent pain in cheeks and temples.
  • Rigid and prominent temporal muscles, jerk rapidly.
  • Head shakes spasmodically in measured time.
EYES
  • Unpleasant heat, burning, dryness.
  • Intense conjunctivitis.
  • Chemosis.
  • Swelling of lids, completely closes eye in one hour, edemaSwelling caused by excess fluid in tissuesA condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. persisted three days
FACE
  • Face red and slightly moist.
  • Violent, dull pain in cheeks and temples.
  • Jaws immovably clenched
MOUTH
  • Tip of the tongue turned upwards and backwards so as to touch the velum palati.
  • Tongue drawn down into her throat.
  • Complete paralysis of tongue.
  • Could not articulate a syllable.
  • Nose - Irritation rapidly extended through lachrymal duct to nose.
  • Heat, burning dryness with indescribably scraping.
  • Itching sensation, nearly driving him wild.
  • Nasal passage completely closed, compelled to breathe through mouth
THROAT
  • Irritation continued from eyes and nose down into throat filled with large white blisters.
  • COMMENTS - Clarke quoted the case of a woman in which the application of a linseed poultice to an ulcerOpen painful sore on skin or mucous membraneAn open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane. over the right shin-bone produced an attack of asthma which nearly proved fatal.
  • It was not the first time this had happened to her and she protested, but in vain, against the doctor's order.
  • If a linseed poultice even come near her she felt constriction of the chest.
  • The doctor who ordered the poultice and reported the case, was speedily summoned to witness the worst attack of asthma he had ever seen.
  • The pati ent was livid and struggling for breath.
  • When the poultice was removed the symptoms gradually subsided.
  • A crop of herpes appeared where the poultice had been and an eruption of urticaria over back, chest and arms.
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  • Towner related his own experi ences, noting that when he lived in New York state he could handle linseed in all forms freely, but after moving to Illinois, it affected him powerfully.
  • Once he rubbed his eye while preparing a poultice; intense conjunctivitis came on at once, chemosis, and in an hour the eye was closed and did not come right again for three days.
  • The irritation passed along the lachrymal duct and the same burning and irritation took place in the nose, nearly driving him wild.
  • The swelling closed the nostrils and he had to b reathe through his mouth.
  • The irritation still spread, affecting the throat, which was covered with large white blisters and a desperate attack of bronchial asthma supervened, slightly relieved by large doses of Ip.
  • In two hours, the skin became affected w ith an attack of “hives” (urticaria).
  • “I was one complete blotch from the crown of my head to the end of my toes, a complete bodily eruption, smart, sting, burn.” He had five of these attacks.
  • The steam of a poultice would cause coryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge., the dust would occasion a complete attack.
  • One was caused by inadvertently eating a lozenge containing linseed.
  • An entirely different set of symptoms was recorded by Allen in which a girl, 19, drank a cupful of milk into which she had poured by mistake some spoonfuls of linseed oil.
  • Immediately she felt a fullness in her stom ach and precordial uneasiness.
  • She vomited profusely and had copious stools.
  • She went to bed, where she was seized with spasms.
  • Head shook spasmodically in measured time, the eyes and prominent tempo ral muscles jerked rapidly.
  • Jaws clenched.
  • Tongue paralyzed and drawn down into throat.
  • All the time the brain was quite clear.
  • A clyster of Asaf, gave temporary relief, but the symptoms recurred for a time with renewed violence.
  • On the third day she was quite recovered, but her health was not good for some time
CHEST
  • Bronchial asthma.
  • Livid, struggles for breath
ABDOMEN
  • Great weight in stomach.
  • Fullnessin stomach and precordial uneasiness, followed by convulsions.
  • Severe colicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants..
  • Vomiting with copious stools
EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
  • Upper limbs shaken by spasms, but pliable and uncontracted
SKIN
  • Herpes.
  • Urticaria.
  • One complete blotch from crown to toes, smarting, stinging, burning

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📚 Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Robin Murphy, MD — Lotus Materia Medica, 3rd Edition; Samuel Hahnemann — Materia Medica Pura; William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica; and Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homeopathy: Like Cures Like. Compiled in accordance with classical homeopathic provings and clinical practice.
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