- The homeopathic uses have been chiefly based on a provingTesting a remedy on healthy volunteersThe systematic method of administering a substance to healthy subjects to observe and record the symptoms it produces. by Dr.
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- A Jones, in whom it developed an attack of 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..
- Jones also experienced diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day. and prol apsed rectum, soft, yellow stools, and an aching pain in the rectum after stool, extending upwards on the left side.
- Pain in rectum worse lying on side lain on Patient is weak, relaxed and exhausted.
- Biliousness.
- Asthmatic conditions with cough aggravated on lying down.
- Acrid mucus secretions.
- Drenching sweat during sleep.
- Extreme sensitiveness to drafts.
- The characteristic cough, according to Burnett is: “a fit of coughing occurring before midnight, either immediately on ly ing down or more commonly after a short sleep.” Cough occurring at 11 p.m after a short sleep