PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA



Night-sweat.

Attacks

      Every week : Every morning :.

Sides

      Right :,,, Left :, Left to right : Below upward : Above downward : Above downward, then below upward : 24. Before backward :.

Sensations

      Pains flying like electric shocks; jerking pains; shooting, lancinating. Sensation of sand in eyes :.

Tissues

      Loss of fat (animals).

It hastens suppuration.

Pus watery, fetid, ichorous.

Rheumatism and gout; pains shift; joints swollen, red; periosteum affected, especially in mercurialization and in syphilis; pains in middle of long bones or attachment of muscles; worse in damp weather, at night.

Glands inflamed, swollen.

Bones inflamed, swollen.

Contact Injuries etc.

      Riding : Touch :,, 2,.

Skin

      Cool, shriveled, dry, lead-colored. Barber’s itch, local application of tincture.

Ringworm.

Boils, especially near the ulcers.

Black looking, tettery, suppurative eruption.

Ulcers, with an appearance as if punched out; lardaceous bottom; syphilitic ulcerations.

Cancerous ulcers (also. on breast).

Erythematous blotches, irregular, slightly raised, pale red, ending in dark red or purple spots.

Rash.

Red spots, with syphilitic persons.

Scarlatina, with angina: acrid coryza; delirium; non-appearing eruption.

Relationship

      Antidote to Phytol. : milk and salt; Ignat.; also, Sulphur against eye symptoms.

Opium is said to be an antidote for large doses.

Coffee sometimes relieves vomiting.

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.