STAPHISAGRIA



Heat : wants to uncover; thirst, external after 12 P.M. followed by chill toward morning; burning at night, mostly on hands and feet.

Sweat : profuse; cold on forehead and feet; at night smelling like rotten, eggs; with desire to uncover.

Tertian fever, with symptoms of scurvy; constipation.

Before and after ague, ravenous hunger.

Sides

      Right :, Left :. Above downward: Below upward :.

Tissues

      Stiffness and sensation of fatigue in all the joints, on motion.

Painful swelling of glands.

Bones, especially those of the fingers, imperfectly developed.

Swelling and suppuration of bones and of periosteum; shooting, tearing, or boring pains.

Arthritic nodosities on joints.

Contact Injuries etc.

      Mechanical injuries from sharp, cutting instruments.

Touch :,, Contact : (putting foot to ground): Pressure :, Rubbing : Scratching: Biting :. Impression : Combing (contact) :.

Skin

      Herpes : dry, with scabs on joints; chronic, with nightly twitching; burn after scratching.

Ulcers, in scurvy.

Fig-warts: dry, pediculated; after abuse of mercury.

Relationship

      Abuse of mercury or Thuja.

Coloc. and Staphis. act well after each other.

Antidote to Staphis: Camphor.

Incompatible : Ranunculus bulb.

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.