Plantago major
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: plantain.
Has considerable reputation in the treatment of earache, toothache, and enuresis (Br.).
Pains centre in ears and teeth, or alternate between them (B.).
Pyorrhœa alveolaris (Fluor-Ac., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil.) (Br.).
Teeth feel too long (Ant-T., Caust., Cham., Hep., Lach., Mag-C., Mezer., Nux-V., Rhus-T., Sep., Sil. Staph., Sulph.) (Br.).
TOOTHACHE: WORSE IN THE COLD AIR, FROM COLD DRINKS, FROM TOUCH, AND WARM THINGS (K.).
Pain in the sound teeth (Acon., Am-C., Ars., Bell., Bry., Carb-V., Cham., Coff., Hyos., Mag-C., Nux-V., Rhus-T., Sulph., Zinc.) (K.).
Toothache, better while eating (Am-C., Cham., Chin., Coff., Ipec., Selen., Sil., Spig.) (Br.).
Toothache extending to the ears (Bell., Cham., Kreos., Mang., Merc., Rhod., Sep., Staph., Sulph., Thuj.) (K.).
Neuralgic earache, with sticking pains in the ears (Bl.).
Salivation (Merc., Nat-M., Rhus-T.) (Br.).
SALIVA FLOWS WITH THE PAINS (B.).
Dirty taste in the mouth (B.).
Periodical prosopalgia (Ars.), worse 7 A.M. to 2 P.M., accompanied with flow of tears, photophobia (Br.).
Brown, frothy stools (Br.).
Eye-ball very tender to touch (Br.).
Polyuria (Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Sil.) (B.).
The urine is profuse and colourless (Gels., Merc., Phos-Ac., Sulph.) (Bl.).
Nocturnal enuresis (Calc., Kreos., Sep., Sulph.) (Bl.).
AGGRAVATION: In the cold air; from touch; from warm things; from cold drinks; from 7 A.M. to 2 P.M.; and at night.
AMELIORATION: While eating.
RELATIONSHIP: Similar to: Ars., Bell., Chin., Ferr-P., Gels., Hep., Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Puls., Rhus-T., Sep. and Sulph.