Sphingurus


Sphingurus 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 Sphingurus is used…


      Spiggurus Martini (Mure). Hystrix subspinosum. Hystrix prehensilis. Tree Porcupine. *N.O. Sphingurinae. Trituration of prickles taken from one of the sides.

Clinical

Hair falling out (head, beard). Jaw-joint, pains in. Stammering. Zygoma, pain in.

Characteristics

The Old World porcupines have the name Histricinae, those of the New World Sphingurinae. Mure proved the 3x trituration of the prickles. The most noteworthy symptoms were- falling out of the hair, of whiskers especially, pain in the jaw-joint and right zygoma. Itching of the pubes after taking tea. Embarrassed speech. Nausea at sight of food. The symptoms are: worse lying down. Worse after tea. Better walking in open air. Better after dinner.SYMPTOMS.

Mind

Capricious mood.- Everything is disagreeable to him.

Head

Dizziness behind the head.- Prickings on vertex.- Darting though left skull-bones.- Hemicrania.- Boring pain in skull after breakfast.- The hair falls off.

Eyes

Lachrymation.

Ears

Deafness in left ear.- Whizzing and buzzing in ears.

Face

Pain in articulation of jaw.- Pain in right zygoma.- Desquamation of whiskers.

Mouth

Bleeding of gums.- Bitter mouth, with salt taste. – Embarrassed speech.

Stomach

Nausea, with piercing pain in back.- Desire to vomit at sight of food.- Drowsy after dinner.- Constrictive pain in stomach.- Dry and full feeling in stomach at night.- Shootings in epigastrium.

Abdomen

Sense of fullness in abdomen.- Painful swelling of abdomen before dinner.- Pain around navel.

Urinary Organs

Violent pains in left kidney.- Pain in urethra after urinating, worse stooping.- Itching of pubes after taking tea.

Respiratory Organs

Cough with pain in chest.

Chest

Pain in intercostal muscles.- Pain in right side as from a plug.

Heart

Stitch in heart.

Neck

Constriction from neck to diaphragm.

Upper Limbs

Pain in right arm, as if broken.- Pain at lower end of right forearm.-Pain in right arm as if extension were prevented by a string.

Lower Limbs

Knees give way.- Heat and numbness of feet.- Cracks between toes.- Lancing pain in right big toe.

Generalities

Passing pains in toes, right temple, and one canine tooth.- Weakness.- Numbness.- Symptoms worse lying down, better walking in open air, better after dinner.

Skin

Itching all over with bleeding after scratching.

Sleep

Yawning.- Morning dream about a serpent. Merry dreams.

Fever

Shuddering.- Shuddering with chattering of teeth.

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