Grindelia robusta
Remedy of asthma and cardiac asthma with suffocative attacks on falling asleep. Breathing stops the moment the patient falls asleep — must wake up to breathe. Splenic affections. Wheezing, rattling breathing.
Source
Prepared from the leaves and flowers of Grindelia robusta (Asteraceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Breathing stops on falling asleep — must stay awake to breathe (Cheyne-Stokes-like). Spasmodic asthma with wheezing and profuse tenacious expectoration. Cannot breathe lying down. Splenic engorgement. Skin eruptions from poison oak. Old malarial symptoms.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Cannot think coherently. Dull. Depressed. Fearful on falling asleep because breathing stops.
General Symptoms
Worse from falling asleep, lying down, fog, dampness, smoke. Better from sitting up, expectoration.
Physical Symptoms
Respiratory
Asthma — must sit up to breathe, cannot lie down. Wheezing, rattling. Profuse, tough, tenacious expectoration. Breathing stops on falling asleep — patient starts awake gasping. Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Chronic bronchitis.
Chest
Oppression. Heart feels full. Cardiac asthma. Smothering sensation.
Abdomen
Splenic enlargement. Stitches in spleen. Pain in left hypochondrium.
Urinary
Catarrh of bladder. Scanty urine. Retention.
Skin
Poison oak dermatitis (Rhus toxicodendron poisoning). Vesicular eruptions. Burns. Itching.
Modalities
Better From
Sitting up, expectoration, open air
Worse From
Falling asleep, lying down, fog, dampness, smoke, cold air
Constitutional Type
Not strongly constitutional. Asthmatic individuals who cannot lie down. Cardiac asthma patients. Those affected by poison oak.
Clinical Indications
Cardiac asthma, spasmodic asthma, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, splenic enlargement, poison oak dermatitis, chronic bronchitis
Comparative Materia Medica
Lachesis also has suffocation on falling asleep but with more jealousy and left-sidedness. Sambucus has suffocative attacks in children waking from sleep. Opium has breathing stopping during sleep but more stuporous. Spongia has croup waking from sleep.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Grindelia is mildly toxic. The resinous secretion can cause GI upset in large doses. Historically used as an antispasmodic and expectorant. Low toxicity. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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