Plantago major
Remedy of toothache and earache. Toothache with excessive salivation — teeth feel too long. Earache — sharp, shooting. Neuralgia from teeth to ear. Enuresis with profuse urine. Insect bites and stings (topical). Dental neuralgia.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Plantago major (Plantaginaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Toothache — teeth feel too long, sore. Excessive salivation with toothache. Pain shoots from teeth to ear — dental neuralgia. Earache — sharp, shooting, referred from teeth. Enuresis — profuse urine, especially nocturnal. Mother tincture used topically for insect bites, stings, and wounds. Smoking cessation aid (reported).
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Irritable from dental pain. Restless. Depression with toothache.
General Symptoms
Teeth, ears, urinary. Worse from cold air, touch, drafts. Better from eating, warmth, pressure, short sleep.
Physical Symptoms
Mouth
Toothache — teeth feel too long, sore, sensitive. Excessive salivation. Pain from teeth shooting to ear. Dental neuralgia. Swollen gums.
Ears
Earache — sharp shooting, referred from teeth. Otalgia.
Urinary
Enuresis — profuse urine, nocturnal. Frequent urging. Polyuria.
Skin
Insect bites — topical MT relieves itching and swelling. Wounds — promotes healing.
Eyes
Pain in eyes from dental neuralgia.
Modalities
Better From
Eating, warmth, pressure, short sleep
Worse From
Cold air, touch, drafts, contact with teeth
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Specific for dental neuralgia, earache from teeth, enuresis.
Clinical Indications
Toothache, dental neuralgia radiating to ear, earache (dental origin), enuresis, insect bites (topical), smoking cessation
Comparative Materia Medica
Chamomilla has toothache but with irritability and one red cheek. Staphysagria has teeth that crumble. Coffea has toothache better from cold water in mouth. Verbascum has facial neuralgia with earache.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Common plantain is non-toxic and widely used as a food and folk remedy. Excellent wound herb. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture (internal and topical).
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