Pix liquida
Remedy of chronic bronchitis with offensive expectoration. Cough with thick, offensive, purulent sputum. Pain at third left costal cartilage — a peculiar keynote. Skin eruptions with cracking.
Source
Prepared from pine tar obtained by destructive distillation of pine wood.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Chronic bronchitis with thick, offensive, purulent expectoration. Pain at THIRD LEFT COSTAL CARTILAGE — the unique keynote. Cough with copious, greenish, foul sputum. Skin eruptions with cracking, bleeding. Eczema. Chronic lung conditions.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, depressed.
General Symptoms
Chest and skin. Worse from cold, damp. Better from warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Respiratory
Chronic bronchitis. Thick offensive purulent expectoration. Pain at third left costal cartilage.
Skin
Eczema with cracking and bleeding. Chronic skin conditions. Itching.
Modalities
Better From
Warmth
Worse From
Cold, damp
Constitutional Type
Chronic bronchitis patients.
Clinical Indications
Chronic bronchitis with foul sputum, third left costal cartilage pain, eczema with cracking
Comparative Materia Medica
Stannum has chest weakness with expectoration. Balsamum has chronic bronchitis.
Safety Information
Not established.
Pine tar is used medicinally for skin conditions (tar shampoo, soap). Mild irritant. Carcinogenic with chronic heavy exposure. Safe in potentised forms.
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