The following drug picture has been extracted from Boericke’s Materia Medica. This is provided here for doctors’ and students’ easy and instantaneous reference.
LEMNA MINOR
Duckweed
General.–A catarrhal remedy. Acts especially upon the nostrils. Nasal polypi; swollen turbinates. Atrophic rhinitis. Asthma from nasal obstruction; worse in wet weather.
Nose.–Putrid smell; loss of smell. Crusts and muco-purulent discharge very abundant. Post-nasal dropping. Pain like a string from nostrils to ear. Reduces nasal obstruction when it is an œdematous condition. Dryness of naso-pharynx.
Mouth.–Putrid taste on rising in the morning. Dry pharynx and larynx.
Abdomen.–Disposition to noisy diarrhœa.
Modalities.–Worse, in damp, rainy weather, especially heavy rains.
Relationship.–Compare: Dulc (damp surroundings and foggy weather). Calc; Teucr; Calend; Nat sulph.
Dose.–Third to thirtieth potency.