(Purple Lobelia)
Profound prostration of all the vital forces and of the nervous system; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS. NERVOUS PROSTRATION OF INFLUENZA. Coma. Tongue white and paralyzed.
HEAD
Confused and depressed. Headache with nausea, vertigo; especially between eyebrows. Cannot keep eyes open; spasmodic closure of lids.
CHEST
Superficial respiration; heart and lungs feel paralyzed; respiration slow. Heart beats sound to him like boom of a drum.
EYES
Impossible to keep open. Drowsy.
RELATIONSHIP
Compare: BAPTISIA; LOBELIA CARDINALIS (debility, especially of lower extremities; oppressed breathing, pleurisy, STICKING pain in chest on taking a long breath. Pain in LEFT lung, intermitting pricking during the day).