The following drug picture has been extracted from Boericke’s Materia Medica. This is provided here for doctors’ and students’ easy and instantaneous reference.
ERECHTHITES HIERACIFOLIA
Fire-weed
(ERECHTHITES)
General.–A hemorrhagic remedy. Epistaxis of bright blood. Hemorrhage from any part, especially lungs; always attended by excitement of the circulation. Flashes of heat and coldness. Scanty urine, oedema of the extremities.
Skin.–Symptoms like Rhus poisoning.
Relationship.–Compare: Erig; Millef; Hamam; Rhus.
Dose.–Tincture. Locally for Poison Oak.