MYRTUS COMMUNIS mit generierter deutscher Übersetzung Lilienthal ll1 Hepatization of left lung; stitching [burning chex] pain in left chest from upper portion straight through to the left shoulderblade, agg. when taking a long breath or coughing. Choudhuri cda1 Its chief indication consists in the sharp, stitching pains in the upper portion of left lung, going right through from the front to the left scapula. This pain is always aggravated by taking a deep breath, on yawning and on coughing. On these indications it has been used with great success in phthisis and pneumonic affections. The cough is dry and hollow and is caused by tickling in the upper and anterior aspect of the lobes of the lungs. The cough is always worse in the morning and is better in the evening. Great lassitude is felt toward the evening. This evening amelioration and pronounced evening lassitude and tickling in the lungs are very characteristic of Myrt-c.