Sticta Pulmonaria

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Sticta Pulmonaria Reference Specimen Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification

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▲ GENERAL

Source: Derived from the whole plant of Sticta pulmonaria (syn.
Lobaria pulmonaria), commonly.
known as lungwort, a lichen in the Lobariaceae family, prepared for homeopathic use through.
trituration and serial dilution to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material toxicity, in.
accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards.
Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for respiratory, neurological, and.
musculoskeletal disorders , particularly those involving nasal congestion, frontal headaches, and.
joint pains.
It is noted for symptoms such as stuffy nose, dull headaches, and aggravation from.
sudden changes, often worsened by lying down, night, or dry air, and ameliorated by open air,.
motion, or discharge.
Modern Context: Indicated for respiratory conditions (e.g., allergic rhinitis, sinusitis),.
neurological conditions (e.g., tension headache, migraine), musculoskeletal conditions (e.g.,.
fibromyalgia, arthritis), and psychological conditions (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder,.
adjustment disorder).
It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by nasal.
congestion, frontal headaches, joint pains, anxiety, or lying-down sensitivity, typically.
exacerbated by lying down, night, dry air, or sudden changes, and often seen in individuals with.
sensitive, reactive constitutions.
The remedy is particularly relevant for those with respiratory or.
neurological conditions, often presenting with symptoms like blocked nose or dull headaches,.
commonly observed in patients with allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, or tension headache triggered by dry.
air, rest, or emotional stress

▲ MODALITIES ETC

Worse from: Lying down, night, dry air, sudden changes (weather, position), rest, cold.
(air, drinks), noise, emotional stress, talking, confinement, morning, overexertion

▲ RELATIONSHIPS

📊 Side-by-Side Comparison:

Compare: ( 1 ) Lung affections, heada che, Pul-o., Bac. (2) Catarrhs and coughs, Dros., Nux -
v., Rumx., Samb., Meph. (3) Rheu matism, Cimic., Stel. (4) Nerve symptoms, Asar., Tarent. (5) Asthma of
tuberculosis patients associated with splitting headache, Rumx., Meph. (6) Levitation symptoms, Ca lc., Sil.,
Cann-i. (7) Sensation oflightnessofbody, Cocc., Gels. (8) The more he coughs, the more he wants to, Ign. (9)
Heaviness from front to back. Naja. (10) headache, as if skull being raised and lowered, Cann-i.

▲ MODERN DIAGNOSTIC CORRELATIONS (ICD & DSM)

📋 Key Clinical Mappings:

ICD-11 Codes: CA08: Allergic rhinitis or CA09 (sinusitis) for nasal congestion and sinus pressure.
8B10: Tension-type headache or 8B11 (migraine) for frontal headaches and.
migraine-like pain.
8B20: Trigeminal neuralgia for neuralgic pains.
FA20: Fibromyalgia or FA00 (arthritis) for joint pains and rheumatic pains.
FB50: Myofascial pain syndrome for muscle cramps and spasms.
6B00: Generalized anxiety disorder or 6A80 (adjustment disorder) for anxiety and.
irritability.
6D71: Mild cognitive impairment for mental fatigue and overwhelm.
Sticta pulmonaria (Lungwort) 1865

▲ MIND

Confusion of ideas.
Inability to concentrate.
Patient must talk.
Lively, kicks her heels up.
Feels as if floating in air (Dat-a., Lac-c.).
Horror of night, when he suffers the most.
Confusion of ideas.
Inability to concentrate.
Patient must talk.
Lively, kicks her heels up.
Feels as if floating in air (Dat-a., Lac-c.).
Horror of night, when he suffers the most

▲ HEAD

Heaviness in the forehead.
Dull head ache with dull heavy pressure in forehead and root of nose.
Catarrhal headache before discharge appears.
Sensation as if scalp were too small.
Heaviness in the forehead.
Dull head ache with dull heavy pressure in forehead and root of nose.
Catarrhal headache before discharge appears.
Sensation as if scalp were too small

▲ EYES

Burning in eyes and soreness of eyeballs.
Burning of eyelids on closing lids or turning eyes

▲ EARS

Acute neuralgic pains in mastoid apophysis, rather deep in

▲ FACE

Darting pains in side of face and in lower jaw

▲ THROAT

Dryness.
Clergyman’s sore throat with great dryness of mucus membranes.
Tracheitis.
Tickling in throat causes cough.
Raw throat, dripping of mucus posteriorly.
COMMENTS - Hale said, “It was first used for severe harassing cough,” and such good results accrued that provings were made to ascertain its full valu e.
Dewey conducted a proving on several persons which further enriched the pathogenesis.
Severe coryza with violent sneezing in tense headache and conjunctivitis.
Attacks preceded or followed by rheumatic pains and swelling of the small joints.
Dry cough, worse evening and night, can neither sleep nor lie down, must sit up.
Coughs left by measles, whooping cough, or influenza.
Hard, dry barking coughs fol lowing colds.
Obstructive catarrh.
Discharge dries quickly and forms crusts or scurf.
Con stant need to blow the nose, but no discharge comes on account of dryness.
“Dull, heavy pressure or stuffed feeling in root of nose” in catarrh and headaches.
“A deep-in headache” (Bac.).
Rheumatism, related to catarrh.
Tuberculosis and hemop tysis.
“Oppression at ches t, sensation as if a hard mass on it.
Sudden pain from sternum to spine, constant, worse on movement.” Sleeplessness, due to nervousness or cough.
Hysterical chorea coming on after profuse hemorrhage.
Sensation of levitation, the legs feel as if floating i n the air, head as if floating off, as if the body and limbs did not touch the bed.
P.
C.
Majumdar cured two cases of whoop ing cough with Stict.
6x.
The cough began just after sunset and went on until vomiting occurred and all the contents of the stomach were thrown off.
M.
D.
Youngman related a number of cases of catarrhal and pulmonary disorders cured with Stic., with harsh coughing, racking incessant, “unprofitable” cough of spasmodic type.
Youngman considered it especially suited to neuralgic, rheumatic, gouty individuals.
Youngman noted the case of Mrs.
H., 42, who had an attack of bronchitis in January and when seen, on March 20th, she had a harsh, racking cough with pain all through chest on coughing.
Spongy state of mucus membrane of pharynx, which bled easily.
She had several attacks of asthma, hay fever every August, paroxysms of cough often ended in convulsive sneezing, which she dreaded because it was followed by asthmatic symptoms.
“She takes cold in her head, which in a day or so goes do wn in her throat and thence into her chest.” Every cold she got did this.
Stict., lx gave relief in five days.
Hale said Stict.
is indispensable in February, March and April in the American climate.
O.
Rogers prescribed Stict.
for a patient with the cough of the remedy, at the time she was nursing her seventh child.
She had always been annoyed because of a lack of milk, it had been occasionally suppressed.
While taking Stict.
the flow became ample and remained so as long as an occasional dose was being taken.
Rogers subsequently verified this effect in a number of cases.
Elias C.
Price related the case of a boy, 8, who had acute rheumatism with inflam mation and redness of one knee, ankle toes, wrist and fingers, valvular heart disease from a previous attack.
Aeo n, and Sulph.
failed to relieve.
Stict.
lx was given every hour.
The next day, there was a considerable quantity of fluid in the knee joint, apparently an aggravation by Stict., but otherwise the boy was better.
Stict.
was continued.
The next day, half the fluid was gone, and the third day it was all gone.
The boy was cured in nine days.
Price remarked that he had noticed one symptom so frequently present in the cases he cured with Stict.
that he began to regard it as a characteristic although it was not in the provings: a spot of inflammation and redness on the affected joint like the hectic flush on the cheeks in tuberculosis.
In housemaid’s knee, Stict.
comes as near being a specific as a remedy ever can

▲ CHEST

Nasal congestion or stuffiness, with a sensation of dryness or obstruction, resembling.
allergic rhinitis, worse with lying down, night, dry air, or sudden changes, often with.
sneezing or burning in the nose.
Dry cough or throat irritation, with a tendency to tickling or scraping, resembling.
sinusitis, aggravated by lying down, dry air, or talking, often with postnasal drip or.
hoarseness.
Sinus pressure or pain, with a sensation of fullness or heaviness, resembling acute.
sinusitis, worse with lying down, dry air, or morning, often with facial tenderness or.
discharge.
Tendency to respiratory hypersensitivity, with aggravation in lying-down or dry.
states.
Neurological:.
Frontal headaches, with a sensation of dullness, pressure, or heaviness, resembling.
tension headache, worse with lying down, sudden changes, dry air, or noise, often.
with vertigo or photophobia.
Migraine-like pain, with a tendency to throbbing or bursting, resembling migraine.
without aura, aggravated by lying down, dry air, or emotional stress, often with.
nausea or sensitivity to light.
Neuralgic pains, with a sensation of sharp or burning, resembling trigeminal.
neuralgia, worse with lying down, touch, or dry air, often in the face, head, or neck.
Tendency to neurological hypersensitivity, with aggravation in lying-down or dry.
states

▲ ABDOMEN

Dull pains in the right hypo chondrium.
Feeling of fullness in left hypochondriac region.
Rumbling as if full of yeast

▲ GENITALS ETC

Uneasiness in the pelvis.
Menses more abundant and paler than usual

▲ EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Joint pains or stiffness, with a sensation of aching or soreness, resembling.
fibromyalgia, worse with lying down, rest, cold, or sudden changes, often with.
fatigue or muscle tenderness.
Rheumatic pains, with a tendency to wandering or burning, resembling arthritis,.
aggravated by lying down, dry air, or morning, often with swelling or warmth in.
joints.
Muscle cramps or spasms, with a sensation of tightness or twitching, resembling.
myofascial pain syndrome, worse with lying down, rest, or emotional stress, often.
with sensitivity to pressure.
Tendency to musculoskeletal hypersensitivity, with aggravation in lying-down or.
cold states.
Psychological:.
Anxiety or restlessness, with a sensation of nervousness or unease, resembling.
generalized anxiety disorder, worse with lying down, night, stress, or confinement,.
often with palpitations or insomnia.
Sticta pulmonaria (Lungwort) 1864.
Irritability or mood swings, with a tendency to frustration or sensitivity, resembling.
adjustment disorder, aggravated by lying down, dry air, or emotional stress, often.
with difficulty concentrating or tearfulness.
Mental fatigue or overwhelm, with a sensation of dullness or agitation, resembling.
mild cognitive impairment, worse with lying down, overexertion, or stress, often.
with anticipatory anxiety or forgetfulness.
Tendency to psychological hypersensitivity, with aggravation in lying-down or.
stressed states

▲ BACK AND NECK

Rheumatism.
Red spots on affected joints.
Chorea like spasms.
Cold moist limbs.
Sore stiff neck, pains to shoulder.
Legs as if floating in the air.
Bursitis, especially about the knee.
Profuse sweat on hands.
Restless hands and feet.
Breasts - Absence of milk after delivery.
Scanty flow of milk.
Causations - Ill effects of falls or hemorrhages

▲ SLEEP

Sleepless from nervousness from cough after surgical operations

▲ GENERALITIES

As if she cannot keep her tongue still.
Throat and mouth burn as if scalded.
As if hard ma ss collected in lungs.
As if stomach full of yeast.
As if floating in air.
The right side is more prominently affected

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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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