Justicia Adhatoda Homeopathic Materia Medica

Guiding symptoms of our materia medica

Justicia Adhatoda

 Common name: 

• Vasaka. 
• Arusha. 
• Adhatodai. 
• Malabar nut. 
• Baidyamata.

Family: Acanthaceae

Clinical:  

• Bronchitis. 
• Pneumonia. 
• Phthisis. 
• Hemoptysis. 
• Cough. Coryza.
• Jaundice. 
• Constipation. 
• Vomiting.

Introduction:

• Excellent in all acute cough and cold. 
• Proclaimed that no death can take place from any kind of cough.

Mind: 

• Oversensitive to external impression. 
• Anxious. 
• No desire to talk. 
• Low spirited. 
• Despondent.

Head: 

• Burning sensation over the forehead. 
• Hot the sensation on head. 
• Pulsating sensation both temples. 
• The heaviness of head. 
• Fullness of head.

Eyes: 

• Burning in the eye. 
• Dimness of vision. 
• Lacrimation with coryza. 
• Watery discharge from the eye.

Ears: 

• Intolerance of sound. 
• Pain in the ear.

Nose: 

• Swelling in the nose. 
• Profuse coryza with sneezing and headache. 
• Obstruction of the nose with snuffles. 
• Loss of smell. 
• Dryness of nose.

Face: 

• Burning, Hot, Red face. 
• Growing pain in face.

Mouth: 

• White coated the tongue. 
• Dryness of mouth. 
• Dryness of tongue. 
• Thirsty patient. 
• Shooting pain in teeth radiating to cheeks.

Throat: 

• Tenacious mucus which can't be raised by coughing. 
• Dry throat. 
• Pain during empty swallowing.

Stomach: 

• Vomiting of mucus. 
• Weakness after vomiting. 
• Nausea. 
• Vomiting during cough. 
• Loss of appetite. 
• Putrid taste in the mouth.

Abdomen: 

• Distention of abdomen. 
• Jaundice. 
• Abundant flatus. 
• Gargling sensation in abdomen. 
• Gnawing pain in the hepatic region.

Stool: 

• Loose mixed with mucus. 
• Obstinate constipation.

Respiratory: 

• Hoarseness of voice. 
• The larynx is painful to touch. 
• The first stage of phthisis. 
• Hemoptysis. 
• Tightness across the chest. 
• Asthmatic attack. 
• Can not go close warm room. 
• Cough with wheezing. 
• The audible rattling of mucus in the chest. 
• Cough difficult to expectoration. 
• Dry spasmodic cough. 
• Highly efficacious in cold, coryza, cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, hemoptysis.
• Cough lose only by repeated Hawking. 
• Yellow cough. 
• Constriction sensation in the chest. 
• Whooping cough. 
• Dyspnea associated with cough. 
• Threatened suffocation. 
• The child loses breath, turns pale, become blue rigidity of the body. 
• Vomiting with cough no food and drink are retained in the stomach.

Fever: 

• Hectic fever.  
• Chills every evening with night sweat. 
• Useful in other lung affection. Fever with cough

Dose: 3x, 6x, 30