MARUM VERUM


Homeopathic remedy Marum Verum drug symptoms and indications from Condensed Materia Medica by Constantine Hering, published in 1877….


      Teucrium marum verum. E. Stape. Labiatae.

Mind

      Great mental excitement and loquacity.

Irresistible desire to sing.

Indolence, physical and mental.

Great sensitiveness and excitability.

Irritable mood at and after dinner, with pressure in forehead.

Sensorium

      Dulness and dizziness.

Inner Head

      Pressing pain over eyes, worse on stooping.

Outer Head

      Skin of forehead sensitive to touch.

Eyes

      Look as after weeping; smarting in canthi and redness of conjunctivae.

Profuse smarting tears in the open air.

Upper lids red and puffy.

Ears

      Hissing sound when passing hand over ear, when talking or forcibly inspiring through nose.

Fine rising in right ear when blowing nose, squeaking. as if air was forced through mucus.

Otalgia, with lancinating pain.

Dry herpes, with white scales, on and behind the ears.

Nose

      Nasal polypus.

Tingling in the nose, frequent sneezing, followed by coryza.

Large, irregular pieces discharged from the nose; foul breath. Ozaena.

Face

      Frequent sensation of flushes of heat, but with paleness.

Burning, itching rash on forehead and upper part of face, worse in the evening and from warmth.

Lower Face

      Deep furrow, on either side of under lip, with elevated edges.

Teeth

      Violent tearing in roots and gums of right lower incisors.

Tongue etc.

      Mouldy taste after hawking mucus.

Smarting, as from pepper, at root of tongue.

Mouth

      Much mucus and saliva.

Throat

      Tearing and scraping in fauces, worse left side.

stinging or pressing, hindering swallowing.

Eating and Drinking

      After eating : After dinner : After nursing, jerking hiccough and empty belching.

After drinking, cutting colic.

Nausea and Vomiting

      Gulping of bitter tasting food.

Vomits dark green masses; hiccough, with a stitch through

stomach to back.

Stomach

      Anxious oppression, or empty feeling and rumbling in the stomach.

Abdomen

      Dull pressing as from incarcerated flatulence.

Stool etc.

      Diarrhoea with crying and emaciation in children.

Ascarides, with creeping and itching and nightly restlessness; worse from warmth of bed.

Urine

      Increased secretion of pale urine.

Male Sexual Organs

      Sexual desire decreased.

Pressing, drawing sensation from abdomen into cords and testicles.

Larynx

      Dryness, causing hawking; hissing sound when inhaling.

Breathing

      Stitches in the right chest when inhaling; catarrhal asthma, especially in the aged.

Sensation of oppression (without affecting the breathing).

Cough

      Dry short, from tickling in upper part of trachea, which is worse from coughing.

Upper Limbs

      Burning in the finger-tips. Panaritium.

Lower Limbs

      Ingrowing toe-nails (right Great toe).

with ulceration; better moving.

Limbs in General

      Rheumatic pains mostly in bones and joints, worse evenings, better moving.

Limbs go to sleep, with tingling, when sitting.

Position etc.

      motion :. Sitting :. Stooping :.

Nerves

      Nervous, irritable. trembling.

Sleep

      Restless sleep, excited; also from ascarides.

Time

      Morning : not refreshed. Noon debility. Evening :, Night :.

Temperature and Weather

      Warmth : Open air : Desire to exercise on the open air, which does not fatigue.

Chill Fever Sweat

      Chilliness: from want of animal heat; after eating or from talking about unpleasant things.

Increased heat and exaltation in the evening, with great loquacity.

Sides

      Right :, Left :.

Contact Injuries etc.

      Touch :.

Skin

      Sensation as from flea-bites.

Rash, burning, itching.

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.