Sambucus Canadensis


Sambucus Canadensis signs and symptoms of the homeopathy medicine from the Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke. Find out for which conditions and symptoms Sambucus Canadensis is used…


      Sambucus canadensis. S. humilis. S. glauca. S. nigra (Marsh). Elder-bush. No. O. Caprifliaceae. Tincture of buds, flowers, tender shoots, and leaves.

Clinical

Albuminuria. Angina pectoris. Asthma. Blotches. Larynx, dry. Lumbago.

Characteristics

The indigenous North American Elder grows in rich alluvial soils, flowers in July, and fruits in September. The species, says Millspaugh, is not sufficiently distinct from the European Elder (*Sambucus nigra, *Linn.), differing only “in being less woody, and having more loose cymes, larger flowers, and more compound leaves.” It has, however, been proved separately by A. Uebelacker, whose symptoms are given in the Schema. The severe symptoms and blotched face recall symptoms of *Sambucus nig., with which it is probably identical in action. The chief *Conditions were: worse Lying down. better Getting out of bed. better By sweat.

Symptoms.

Mind

Depression and dread of undefined danger.

Head

Severe drawing in head with fullness, motion causes sensation as if water were undulating in it. Head heavy, confused, with drawing and darting pains.

Face

Face flushed and broken out in blotches, he looks ill.

Mouth

Mouth parched, dry, desire for drink.

Throat

Pharynx and larynx felt dry and swollen, impeding free respiration.

Urinary Organs

Pressure in kidney region, followed by profuse flow of clear urine. Frequent urination. Urine albuminous.

Respiratory Organs

Breathing laboured, asthmatic, wheezing. Had to sit up in bed to get breath.

Chest

Heaviness and constriction in chest, as from a heavy load, palpitation. Aroused from sleep by a terrible constriction of chest and heart, had to jump out of bed to get breath, could not lie down for fear of choking.

Heart

Sharp pain in heart (region of valves) with palpitation, at times visible through the clothes. Constriction of chest and heart, must jump out of bed, lying down causes choking. Heart labours heavily. Pulse rose to 100, but became normal at end of perspiration.

Back

Back felt sprained. Pain (pressing) in lumbar region.

Limbs

Sharp, darting rheumatic pains in hands and feet.

Generalities

Exhaustion. Uneasiness, unrest. Recurrence of symptoms. All symptoms better by sweat.

Fever

Sweat, soon becoming profuse, which gradually ameliorates all other symptoms (except exhaustion). Head perspired less than rest of body.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica