# Inula Helenium

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Night

## Keynote Indications
Fischer proved the root juice. Clinical experience added to and con firmed many of the 
traditional symptoms, including the old reputation of the remedy in coughs. 
A pronounced effect was observed in the pelvic organs, pre ssing and dragging towards the rectum and 
genitals. Bearingdown sensation in pelvic organs. Affects the mucus membranes. 
Marked bronchial symptoms. Violent tickling in larynx, producing a dry cough, worse lying down, worse 
at night, larynx 
painful. Dry cough with constant tickling in throat-pit, difficult breathing and sensation as if hoarseness would 
occur. Sub-sternal pain. Diabetes.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Worse from motion, after eating, at night, lying down (except the uterine pain, which compels 
patient to remain lying).

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Excessive anxiety and trembling of the whole body, chattering of teeth from cold, during menstruation.
- Excessive anxiety and trembling of the whole body, chattering of teeth from cold, during menstruation.

### Vertigo
- Vertigo on stooping.
- Confusion of head with nausea in evening.
- COMMENTS - Headache and labor-like pains.
- Sensation as of something alive moving about internally, also 
twisting as ofaball in umbilical region, as if a substance would come out of rectum  and genitals.
- Sensation as though some one was pok ing him with a finger in various parts of the body, especially in 
diaphragm, so painful he awoke with clenched teeth.
- Numerous sticking pains as with pins or a knife.
- The 
majority of the symptoms occurred on the right side.

### Head
- Rush of blood to head with sleep lessness.
- Throbbing after eating, pressure in temples and forehead.
- Jerking, tearing pain in occiput.
- Headache in rig ht side, afterward in left.
- Sticking headache in right side.
- Burning headache in left temple, in a spot as large as a silver dollar in evening.
- Kidneys - Urging to urinate ten times in one hour, urine passes by drops.
- Urine smells of violets (Terebe.).
- Rush of blood to head with sleep lessness.
- Throbbing after eating, pressure in temples and forehead.
- Jerking, tearing pain in occiput.
- Headache in rig ht side, afterward in left.
- Sticking headache in right side.
- Burning headache in left temple, in a spot as large as a silver dollar in evening.
- Kidneys - Urging to urinate ten times in one hour, urine passes by drops.
- Urine smells of violets (Terebe.).

### Eyes
- Twitching in upper lids.
- Burning in left eyeball.
- Swimming before eyes and pressure in temples and 
forehead.

### Ears
- Dull stitches in left ear, with transient sticking above right eyebrow in evening.

### Face
- Left side of face red and hot, a white spot near nose.
- Flushes of heat, left cheek glowing.

### Mouth
- Dryness of mouth with scraping and tickling in throat, swallowing difficult.
- Pain in decayed teeth, worse 
 
 
at night.
- Nose - Stitches in right side of middle of nose.
- Sticking, crawling in root of nose, extending to eyebrows.

### Throat
- Violent tickling in larynx, producing dry cough.
- Palliative in tubercular laryngitis.

### Chest
- Stitches behind sternum and beneath left seventh and eighth ribs.
- Throbbing and jerking pain as from 
suppuration, in middle of chest.
- Chronic bronchitis.
- Difficult breathing with dry cough, constant tickling in throat.
- Dry cough, worse at 
night and lying down, larynx painful.
- Teasing cough with much thick e xpectoration, with fatigue and weak 
digestion.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Sticking pain in epigastric region.
- Twisting as of a ball in epigastric region, above umbilicus.
- Nausea 
in morning coming from stomach.
- Violent motion beneath right hypochondrium, as though something liv ing were moving about.
- Sticking as with two pins to right of umbilicus.
- Sensation as if a knife between umbilicus and right groin.
- Stitches 
in left side of abdomen towards left groin.

### Urinary & Genital
- Menses too early and painful.
- Itching of legs during menses, chattering of teeth from cold during 
menstruation.
- Chronic metritis.
- Moving about in abdo men, stitches in genitals, followed by ye llowish 
leucorrhea.
- Labor-like pains, urging to stool, dragging in genitals with violent backache.

### Extremities
- Coldness, shaking in bed, cold, blue hands and nails.
- Pain in right shoulder and  
wrist.
- Tearing jerking in right arm.
- Upper arms as far as elbows fall asleep.
- Tearing in left palm, unable to 
double fingers.
- Pain in lower limbs, feet and ankles.
- Tensi ve drawing in hips.
- Sticking in right hip.
- Cramp in 
calves during sleep.

### Neck & Back
- Pain through back and chest, on inspiration.
- Transient pain in right scapula.
- Violent backache during 
menstruation.

### Skin
- Itching as from fleas, violent on legs during menses, with burning after scratching in bed.

### Sleep
- Sleep restless, starting and crying out.
- Dreams are lascivious, disgusting.