# Tussilago Petasites

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Herbal Remedy
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Chilly
- **Aggravation Time:** Morning

## Keynote Indications
In 1847 it was the object of a fragmented homeopathic proving by Kuchenmeister and in 
1960 of a pharmacological study by Karl Haas. A rece nt pharmacological study of the root extract revealed a 
product with antispasmodic action. 
Tus-p. has some action on the urinary organs and was found useful in gonorrhea. Affections of pylorus. 
Irritation of the urethra. Crawling in urethra. Gonorrhea, ye llowish, thick discharge. Erections with crawling in 
the urethra. Inflammation and pain of the spermatic cord. Lumbar pain. Pains in the frontal sinuses.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Pains in pylorus worse by pressure. Lumbago worse standing. Drinking causes belchings. Worse 
from walking. 
COMMENTS - Kuchenmeister and five others took substantial doses. Most noticeable among the symptoms 
were a lumbago of very great severity. Tightnessofthechest. Headache shift ing from one part of the head to 
another during two days. Pain about the pylorus. Urethritis with yellow discharge. 
Hansen gave the indication “Acute or chronic gonorrhea, yellow or white, thick discharge.” Crawling in urethra, 
jerking in spermatic cord and drawing in right testicle are additional symptoms of the pro ving. 
Rosenberg gave some experiences. The first concerned an extremely violent gon orrhea, penis swollen, 
painful, emission of urine extremely painful, mixed with blood, patient feverish and restless.  
Tus-p. was given in water. There was a great aggravation of all symptoms in thirty- six hours. The remedy was 
discontinued and marked amelioration followed. Resumed again, much diluted, rapid cure followed. The 
remedy was used externally as well in this case. 
A second case was a chronic ophthal mia, the result of gonorrhea “cured” with turpentine. Tus -p. restored the 
discharge and then cured. 
Rosenberg referred to a writer who said of the plant that if it is macerated in water, the water will not spoil even 
if kept for years.

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