ERECHTHITES HIERACIFOLIA


Homeopathy medicine Erechthites Hieracifolia from William Boericke’s Pocket manual of homoeopathic materia medica, comprising the characteristic and guiding symptoms of all remedies, published in 1906…


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(ERECHTHITES)

A hæmorrhagic remedy. Epistaxis of bright blood. Hæmorrhage from any part, especially lungs; always attended by excitement of the circulation. Flashes of heat and coldness. Scanty urine, œdema of the extremities.

Skin.–Symptoms like Rhus poisoning.

Relationship.–Compare: Erig; Millef; Hamam; Rhus.

Dose.–Tincture. Locally for Poison Oak.

William Boericke
William Boericke, M.D., was born in Austria, in 1849. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1880 and was later co-owner of the renowned homeopathic pharmaceutical firm of Boericke & Tafel, in Philadelphia. Dr. Boericke was one of the incorporators of the Hahnemann College of San Francisco, and served as professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. He was a member of the California State Homeopathic Society, and of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was also the founder of the California Homeopath, which he established in 1882. Dr. Boericke was one of the board of trustees of Hahnemann Hospital College. He authored the well known Pocket Manual of Materia Medica.