B Jain Verbascum Thapsus (Mother Tincture)

Common Name:  Verbascum thapsus, Great Mullein 

Tincture is prepared from fresh plant at the commencement of flowering.

“Mullein Oil” is prepared by placing the crushed yellow blossoms in a bottle, which is corked and allowed to stand in the sun (Cushing), or by steeping the blossoms in oil and keeping in a warm place till the oil has absorbed them.

Causes & Symptoms for B Jain Verbascum Thapsus

• Verbascum Thapsis is useful in catarrh and bronchitis.
• There is soreness in pharynx and cough during sleep. Cough is worse at night.
• Verbascum Thapsis also helps in hoarseness of voice when the voice is harsh and sounds like a trumpet.
• Verbascum Thapsis also helps in facial neuralgia affecting zygoma and temporo-maxillary joint and ear particularly of left side with lachrymation, coryza and sensation as if parts were crushed with tongs.
• Pain seems to come in flashes and is excited by least movement, occurring periodically at same hour in morning and afternoon each day is relieved by Verbascum Thapsis.

Head

• Vertigo: when pressing one (left) cheek while supporting the head, sudden, as from pressure on whole head.
• Verbascum Thapsus  relieves Headache, with a forcing outwards at forehead.

Ears

• Verbascum Thapsus  is useful in complaint of Tearing in ears, sometimes when eating, with lancinations.
• Sensation as if ear were drawn inwards.
• It is also useful in Deafness as from stoppage of ear.
• Oil of Mullein (Verb. ol.) relieves earache at once.

Nose

• Sensation of stoppage of larynx and ears.
• Profuse coryza from frontal sinuses, with hot, burning, profuse lachrymation.

Face and Teeth

• Facial neuralgia (especially caused and worse by a change of temperature), generally with stupefying, pressive or tensive pains, principally in cheek-bones, and commencing from maxillary joint, worse by clenching teeth, and by external pressure.
• It relieves Violent pressure in left malar bone and zygoma.
• Shootings in the cheek-bones, with dull pressure.
• Toothache, with tearing pain in the molars.
• Pinching pressing pain on lower side of jaw.

Stomach and Abdomen

• Regurgitation of insipid serum.
• Empty, or else bitter risings, with nausea.
• It is useful in Frequent hiccough, Aching of stomach.
• Cuttings and shootings in left hypochondrium.
• Pains in abdomen, which extend deeply downwards, with want to evacuate, and spasmodic contraction of anus.
• It relieves Pinchings and gripings in abdomen.
• Verbascum Thapsus  is indicated for Shootings in abdomen, principally in umbilical region, sometimes tearing and tending downwards.
• Sensation as if intestines had adhered to umbilical region, and were torn away.

Stool and Anus

• It is useful in diarrhoea, griping, much pain as if pierced with a lance through inside of left ankle-joint, pain in both cheekbones and above eyebrows, menses came on early this time, and she has coughed a good deal.
• Suppressed evacuation, Faeces hard, like sheep-dung, and expelled with effort.

Respiratory Organs

• Sensation of obstruction in the larynx and nose, with hoarseness when reading aloud, deep voice.
• Catarrh, with hoarseness and stuffed chest.
• Cough especially in evening, and at night, when sleeping, generally rough and dry, or hollow and dull.
• Dry, hoarse cough worse at night.
• Frequent attacks of deep, hollow, hoarse cough, with sound like a trumpet, caused by tickling in larynx and chest.
• The cough is lessened as soon as the patient succeeds in taking a breath.

Back

• Lancinations in the back and shoulder-blades is relieved by it.
• Backache worse from pressure.

Limbs

• Verbascum Thapsus relieves Stitching in the limbs.
• Tearing pain in the shoulder, back of hand, and elbow is also relieved by it.
• Excessive heaviness and lassitude in legs and feet is relieved by Verbascum Thapsus.
• Cramp-like pressure in sole or right foot, while standing, disappears when walking.

Generalities

• General indolence, and disposition to sleep, after rising in the morning.
• Verbascum Thapsus  is helpful in Hemorrhoids, affections of the inner navel region, obstruction from induration of stool.
• It relieves Darting pains in inner parts, want of perspiration.
• Worse When sitting, from change of temperature.
• Better On rising from a sitting posture.
• Tearings, sometimes lancinating, in different parts (going downwards) is relieved by it