XEROPHYLLUM


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


Tamalpais Lily, Basket Grass Flower

Should prove curative in eczematous conditions, poison-oak, early typhoid states, etc.

Mind.–Dull, cannot concentrate mind for study; forgets names; writes last letters of words first; misspells common words.

Head.–Feels full, stuffed up, pain across forehead and above eyes. Great pressure at root of nose. Bewildered. Loss of consciousness. Pulsating headache.

Eyes.–Painful, as of sand, smarting; difficult to focus for close work. Eyes feel sore, burn.

Nose.–Stuffed; tightness at bridge of nose; acute nasal catarrh.

Face.–Bloated in morning. Puffy under eyes.

Throat.–Stitching pain upon swallowing.

Stomach.–Feels full and heavy. Eructations sour; offensive, an hour after luncheon and dinner. Vomiting at 2 pm.

Abdomen.–Intestinal flatulence. In morning rumbling in bowels, with desire for stool.

Rectum.–Constipation, stools hard, small lumps. Difficult, soft stools, with much straining. Much flatus. Bearing-down pain in rectum.

Urine.–Difficulty of retaining; dribbling when walking. Frequent urination at night.

Female.–Bearing-down sensation. Vulva inflamed, with furious itching. Increased sexual desire, with ovarian and uterine pains and leucorrhœa.

Respiratory.–Posterior nares raw; discharge thick, yellow mucus. Sneezing. Trachea sore; lumps feel constricted.

Back.–Feels hot from sacrum to scapulæ. Backache, extending down legs. Pain over kidneys. Heat deep in spine.

Extremities.–Muscular lameness, trembling. Pain in knees. Limbs feel stiff (Rhus).

Skin.–Erythema, with vesication and intense itching, stinging, and burning. Blisters, little lumps. Skin rough and cracked; feels like leather. Dermatitis, especially around knees. Inflammation resembling poison-oak. Inguinal glands and behind knee swollen.

Modalities.–Worse, application of cold water, in afternoon and evening. Better, application of hot water, in morning, moving affected part.

Relationship.–Compare: Rhus; Anacard; Grindelia.

Dose.–Sixth potency or higher.

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.