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Grindelia

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Grindelia Reference Specimen Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification

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  • Category: 🌿 Herbal Remedy
  • Miasm: Syphilitic Miasm
  • Temperament: Neutral
  • Aggravation: 🌙 Night

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🌿 Traditional Herbal Medicine Profile This page outlines the crude botanical applications, traditional herbal infusions, and active properties of Grindelia. Herbal preparations act biochemically on body tissues.
▲ GENERAL
  • Grindeliaproduces paresis of the pneumo -gastric nerve, interfering with respiration and producing profuse secretion in bronchial tubes.
  • Dull pains and fullness in left hypochondrium, chronic malaria, gastric pains associated with spleen congestion.
  • Induces paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body., beginning in the limbs.
  • Its action is shown on the heart, first quick ening, then retarding it.
  • Raises the blood pressure.
  • Acts on the cardio-pulmonary distribution of the pneumo gastric in dry catarrhInflammation of mucous membranes with dischargeExcessive buildup of mucus in the nose or throat, associated with inflammation of the mucous membrane. (Ant- t in muco-purulent).
  • Smothering after falling asleep or on awakening.
  • Asthmatic conditions, chronic bronchitisInflammation of the bronchial tubesInflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes, typically causing bronchospasm and coughing..
  • Bronchorrhea with tough, tenacious, whitish mucus.
  • 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. and emphy sema with dilated heart.
  • Rattling breathing.
  • Cannot breathe when lying down.
  • Cheyne-Stokes respiration.
  • Hyperchlorhydria when attended with asthmatic and other neurotic symptoms.
  • Hyperemia of gastric mucus membrane with difficult respiration.
  • Nausea and retching of gastric 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..
  • Sugar in urine.
  • Cutting sore pain in the region of spleen extending to hips.
  • Spleen enlarged.
  • An effective antidoteNeutralizing substance or remedyA remedy or substance that stops, counteracts, or neutralizes the action of a previously taken remedy. to Rhus -poisoning, locally and internally, also for burns, blisters, vaginal catarrh and herpes zoster
▲ HERBAL PROPERTIES & MODALITIES
  • Sitting position in bed on account of difficult breathing.
  • Worse from falling asleep.
  • Worse motion.
  • Worse in the dark
▲ HERBAL INTERACTIONS & SAFETY
📊 Comparative Herbal Actions:

Itantidotes: Rhus-t. Compare: (1) Tart-emet. Erio., Lach., Sang. (2) Am -m., Ant-t., Kali-bi. (3)


Lach. - worse from sleep, left then right. (4) Gels. - worse from sleep. Gels, has waking up feeling the heart
has stopped, must keep moving to keep it going. Grind, feels respiration has stopped. (5) Stram. - fear of the
dark. (6) Op., Lach., Carb-an. - fears to go to sleep. (2) Dyspnea on falling asleep: Am-c., Ant-t., Arum-t., Bad.,
Bry., Cadm-s„ Carb-an., Carb-v„ Graph., Lach., Nux-m., Op. (8) Ran-b. and both the Grindelias.

▲ MIND
  • Longing for sunshine, light and company.
▲ HEAD
  • Terrible fullness in head, as though he had taken ten or more grains of quinine.
▲ EYES
  • Conjunctiva injected.
  • Pupils dilated.
  • Pain in eyeballs, running back to brain, worse movin g eyes.
  • Purulent ophthalmiaSevere eye inflammationInflammation of the eye, especially conjunctivitis. and iritis, traumatic, or arising from cold or a metastasis of rheumatismJoint, muscle, or tissue painInflammatory pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints, muscles, or surrounding connective tissues..
  • Pain in left eye and right knee joint like rheumatism
▲ FACE
  • Face livid.
  • Burning in chin
▲ CHEST
  • Weak heart and respiration.
  • Acts on the pulmonary circulation.
  • Wheezing and oppression in bronchitis patients.
  • Bronchitis with heart disease.
  • Asthma with a profuse tenacious expec toration, which relieves.
  • Stops breathing w hen fallingasleep, wakes with a start and gasps for breath.
  • Must sit up to breathe, cannot breathe when lying down.
  • Whooping cough with profuse mucus secretion (Coc -c.).
  • Rales are disseminated with foamy mucus, very difficult to detach.
  • Sibilant rales.
  • Ch eyne-Stokes respiration.
  • Bronchorrhea with tough, whitish, mucus expectoration.
  • Tough, muco-purulent expectoration, after pneumoniaLung infection with inflamed air sacsInflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the microscopic air sacs (alveoli), usually caused by infection. or in chronic bronchitis
▲ ABDOMEN
  • Unbearable pain in region of liver and spleen, so severe he cannot lie still a moment.
  • Cutting pain in region of spleen, extending to hips.
  • Spleen enlarged (Cean..
  • Card -m.).
  • Soreness like that of acute rheumatism
▲ GENITALS ETC
  • PruritusSevere itching of the skinAn uncomfortable, irritating sensation of the skin that creates an urge to scratch. of vagina and vulva, whether from leucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection., aphthaeSmall painful mouth ulcers (canker sores)Small, painful, shallow ulcers that develop inside the mouth, on the tongue, cheeks, or gums. or of venous origin
▲ EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
  • Legs greatly swollen, especially about ankle -joint.
  • Severe pain, can hardly getabout.
  • Large ulcers over tibia.
  • Chronic ulceration of leg
▲ SKIN
  • Bites of insects, fleabites.
  • Itching and burning.
  • Rash -like roseola with se vere burning and itching.
  • Vesicular and papular eruptions.
  • Poison oak (locally as a wash).
  • Herpes zoster.
  • Ulcers with swollen, purplish skin.
  • COMMENTS - In the clinical experiences recorded, it is Grindelia robusta that is chiefly mentioned, though sometimes it is not specified.
  • History of results for asthma and emphy sema with a dilated heart.
  • Good in tonic for asthma, particularly in cases with a great deal of previous medication (Lob.).
  • Chronic bronchial asthma and spasmodic bronchial cough, with profuse, tenacious expectoration which gives relief.
  • Cheyne-Stokes respiration.
  • The breath stops when the patient goes to sleep and awakes with a start, gasping for breath.
  • Irregular heart action and hay fever when associated with difficult breathing.
  • Sense of suffocation on falling asleep (Lach.).
  • Symptoms are worse by movement , worse in the dark, worse on falling asleep.
  • It removed aversion to darkness in one patient who wanted a light in the room all night.
  • One writer obtained excellentresults from “Grindelia” in a number of cases of asthma and emphysema with dilated heart.
  • H.
  • W.
  • Foster reported the cure of a case of asthma with G robusta that shows that Dr.
  • Bundy's provingTesting a remedy on healthy volunteersThe systematic method of administering a substance to healthy subjects to observe and record the symptoms it produces. of G squarrosa is good for both remedies.
  • Dr.
  • Foster's patient was awakened by asthmatic attacks, the room seeming too small.
  • After getting quiet, just as he would commence to lose himself in sleep he would suddenly awaken again because he seemed to have forgotten to breathe.
  • Grin.
  • 30c relieved at once.
  • Gatchell recommended an external ap plication of a lotion, one part Grindelia robusta in ten parts water, for itching and painful erythematous eruptions.
  • It is also useful for bites and stings of insects.
  • Used locally and internally as an antidote for Rhus toxicodendron skin rashes.
  • The only proving is by Dr.
  • T.
  • H.
  • Bundy, who took a teaspoonful of a tinctureConcentrated liquid raw extractA mother tincture prepared by soaking botanical, animal, or mineral raw materials in alcohol and water. of the dried plant of G squarrosa and in half an hour followed it by another.
  • The result was that he produced some intensely severe pains in head and eyes (left, then right), and symptoms in liver, spleen, nervous system and lungs.
  • Altogether, he passed “the most terrible night of his life.” The proving is remarkable for the number of peculiar symptoms induced.
  • First there was “fullness in head as after a heavy dose of quinine.” Then, intense pain in the left eye and right knee joint exactly like acute rheumatism.
  • The knee pain lasted only half an hour, and then the third teaspoonful was taken.
  • The eye pain became agonizing, the pupil became widely dilated.
  • It was two hours before the right eye became affected.
  • At this time, unbearable pain in whole of live r and spleen came on It was so severe it was impossible to lie still.
  • There was intense soreness of the region, like that of acute rheumatism.
  • The eye pains were in the eyeballs running directly back into the brain, worse by movement.
  • There was a kind of paralysis of the vagus nerve.
  • On falling asleep, the respiratory movement would cease and would not be resumed until he woke up from the resulting suffocation

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📚 Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Andrew Chevallier, FNIMH — Herbal Remedies (Eyewitness Companions), and Dr. David Keifer, MD — Herbal Remedies Reference Guide. Synced with traditional botanical use and pharmacological outlines.
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This profile has been verified by the Herbalhomeo medical team in accordance with authoritative homeopathic references.

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