Oniscus asellus
Remedy of chronic asthma and chest conditions. Asthma with oppression. Chronic bronchitis. Painful urination. Chronic cough worse at night.
Source
Prepared from the live woodlouse Armadillidium vulgare (Armadillidiidae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Chronic asthma with oppression — the chief indication. Chronic bronchitis. Painful urination — cystitis. Chronic cough worse at night. Used in old folk medicine for consumption and urinary conditions.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull.
General Symptoms
Chest and urinary. Worse at night. Better from open air.
Physical Symptoms
Respiratory
Chronic asthma. Oppression. Bronchitis. Night cough.
Urinary
Painful urination. Cystitis.
Modalities
Better From
Open air
Worse From
Night
Constitutional Type
Chronic asthma.
Clinical Indications
Chronic asthma, bronchitis, night cough, cystitis
Comparative Materia Medica
Blatta orientalis has asthma in corpulent. Antimonium tartaricum has rattling chest.
Safety Information
Not established.
Woodlice are non-toxic. Used in folk medicine for centuries. Safe in potentised forms.
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