Inula helenium - Elecampane
"CONSTITUENTS: Helenin, inulin, volatile oil, acrid resin, bitter extractive.
PREPARATIONS: Extractum Inulae Fluidum, Fluid Extract of Elecampane: Dose from ten to sixty minims. Specific Medicine Inula: Dose from five to forty minims.
Therapy: In atonic condition of the abdominal viscera with engorgement great relaxation and general inactivity this agent exercises specific properties. It influences not only the character of the circulation but acts also as an alterative, improving the character of the blood. It is of advantage in those atonic conditions where, with great inactivity of the gastro-intestinal tract, there is disorder of the skin and discoloration and eruptions.
The direct tonic influence of inula seems to be exercised also upon the respiratory tract after protracted disease promoting recovery. It lessens excessive bronchial secretion controls the night sweats and imparts real tone and strength."
(Finley Ellingwood: The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1915)