PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM



      Sallow skin jaundice also in children.

Skin moist with preternatural warmth.

Scabs on skin. Rawness and itching about genitals; also pustules (from grinding the root).

Stages and States

      Bilious temperaments, especially after mercurialization.

Relationship

      Podoph, after Ipec and Nux vomica failed, in vomiting. Salt increases its action. Antidotes to Podoph.: Lact-ac., Nux vomica

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.