Trifolium pratense trif-p

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General
  • Produces most marked ptyalism. Feeling of fullness with congestion of salivary glands, followed by increased copious flow of saliva. Feeling as if mumps were coming on. Crusta lactea; dry, scaly crusts. Stiff neck. Cancerous diathesis.
Head
  • Confusion and headache on awaking. Dullness in anterior brain. Mental failure, loss of memory.
Mouth
  • Increased flow of saliva (Merc; Syphil). Sore throat, with hoarseness.
Respiratory
  • Coryza like that which precedes hay-fever; thin mucus, with much irritation. Hoarse and choking; chills with cough at night. Cough on coming into the open air. Hay-fever. Spasmodic cough; whooping cough, paroxysms; worse at night.
Back
  • Neck stiff; cramp in sterno-cleido muscles; relieved by heat and irritation.
Extremities
  • Tingling in palms. Hands and feet cold. Tibial ulcers.
Relationship
  • Compare: Trifolium repens — white clover (prophylactic against mumps; feeling of congestion in salivary glands; pain and hardening, especially submaxillary; worse when lying down. Mouth filled with watery saliva, worse when lying down; taste of blood in mouth and throat; sensation as if heart would stop, with great fear, better when sitting up or moving about; worse when alone, with cold sweat on face).
Dose
  • Tincture