Erigeron


Dr. S.R. Phatak describes the clinically confirmed symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Erigeron in his Concise Materia Medica, published in 1977….


Generalities

      A haemorrhagic remedy esp. when haemorrhages are profuse, bright red, gushing. It acts also on the genito urinary organs; chronic gonorrhoea. Congestions_smarting burning. Hard aching.

Worse

      Rainy weather. Exertion.

Head

      Congested, red face. Nosebleed.

Eyes

      Smarting, burning. Ecchymosis around, from below.

Stomach

      Burning in stomach and abdomen. Vomitus or stool of pure blood. Abdomen distended. Anus feels torn. Haemorrhoids.

Urinary

      Persistent haemorrhage from the bladder. Dysuria; during dentition; crying when urinating. Aching in bladder. Retention of urine. Vesico-rectal tenesmus, with metrorrhagia.

Male

      Sticky sweat on genitals. Gonorrhoea and gleet. Blue, black spots on genitals.

Female

      Metrorrhagia; with vesico-rectal tenesmus; after abortion; with diarrhoea or dysentery; after least motion. Leucorrhoea, with urinary irritability. Abortion because of exertion.

Respiratory

      Cough, bloody expectoration. Incipient phthisis.

Extremities

      Hard aching in all the limbs.

Skin

      Ecchymoses.

Related

      Canth; Ter.

S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.