ARUM TRIPHYLLUM

COMMON NAMES
INDIAN TURNIP
JACK-IN- THE- PULPIT
FAMILY-ARACEAE

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INTRODUCTION
One of the important remedies for acute cold

It should not be given in low potency or

repeated often as bad effects follow

SOURCE
Plant origin--- Araceae family
Roots / corn is used to prepare mother
tincture \

PROVER
Dr. Jeanes
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SPHERES OF ACTION

Mucous membranes [mouth; THROAT;

larynx]. Skin, Kidneys, Brain, Blood.

PATHOGENESIS
*Acridity is the keynote of the kind of action
characteristic of Arum
*It prominently affects LEFT SIDE
*It is an irritant poison causing excitability &
irritability of mind & body
*It causes inflammation of mucus surfaces&
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GUIDING SYMPTOMS
1)Constant picking of the nose until it
bleeds,
boring with the finger into the side of
the nose
2)Picks lips until they bleed ,corners of
mouth cracked & bleeding

3) Acrid ,ichorous discharge ,excoriating mucous

surface

4)Painfully sore, raw & burning of parts

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5)Nose feels stopped inspite of watery
discharge
6) Aphonia complete,
after exposure to north west winds (acon
,hepar) ,
From singing( arg nit,caust)

7) Fluent coryza with nostrils raw

8) Children refuse food& drink on account

of soreness of mouth & throat(MERC SOL)

9) Tongue & buccal cavity raw & bleeding

with profuse acrid salivation
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10)AILMENTS FROM

Exposure to north west winds

Getting cold
Overuse of voice

11)MIND

Children excessively cross & stubborn

They are nervous ,restless & irritable.

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PARTICULARS

Head
- Bores head in pillow.
- Headache from too warm clothing, from
hot coffee.

Eyes
- Quivering of upper eyelids, especially
left.

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NOSE
-Acrid, fluent coryza
-Raw nostrils
-Nose feels stopped up in spite of the
watery discharge
(compare, Am. c., Samb., Sinap;);
-sneezing < at night.
- Acrid, ichorous discharge, excoriating
inside of nose, alae, and upper lip (Ars.,
Cepa).
- Constant picking at the nose until it
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MOUTH

- Raw feeling at roof and palate.

- Lips and soft palate sore and
burning.
- Lips chapped and burning.
- Corners of mouth sore and
cracked.
- Tongue red, sore; whole mouth
raw.
- Picking lips until they bleed.
- Saliva profuse, acrid, corroding.
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THROAT
-Aphonia : complete, after exposure to
northwest
winds (Acon., Hep.); from singing (Arg. n.,
Caust., Phos., Sel.).
- Swelling of sub-maxillary glands.
- Constricted and swollen; burns; raw.
- Constant hawking.
- Hoarseness.
- Expectoration of much mucus.
- Clergyman's sore throat.
- Voice uncertain, uncontrollable.
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- Worse, talking, singing.

SKIN
- Scarlet rash; raw, bloody surfaces
anywhere.
- Impetigo contagiosa.

MODALITIES
Worse- Cold, northwest wind;
lying down, at night
Overuse of voice [talking; singing
Heat.
LEFT SIDE.
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RELATIONSHIP
- Compare : Ammon. carb.; Ailanthus;
Cepa.
- Antidotes : Buttermilk; Acet. ac.;
Puls.

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CLINICAL

APHONA
CORYZA
DIPHTHERIA
SCARLETINA
TYPHOID
CLERGYMANS SORETHROAT
GLANDULAR SWELLINGS
CRACKED TONGUE
HEAD ACHE
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