Give the cough of Drosera.
Spasmodic cough, coming on in the evening; efforts to raise the phlegm end in retching and vomiting; barking cough, coming so frequently that the patient cannot get his breath; whooping cough; phthisis.
Sheep eating Drosera get a violent cough. Expectoration of abundant yellow mucus.
What is Equisetum hyemale?
The Great Scouring Rush. Tincture from the fresh plant.
What are the urinary symptoms of Equisetum?
Enuresis, with marked vesical irritation, cystitis, painful urination and urging; bladder sore and tender; great desire to pass water from pressure on the bladder. Not relieved by urinating. The urine is scanty, high colored and contains much mucus.
What drug has sudden desire to pass water from emotional causes?
Gelsemium.
What is Gambogia?
A gum resin obtained from the Gummi-gutti Tree growing in Asia. Tincture from gum, same as Camphor.
What are the stools of Gamboge?
Stool preceded by cutting at the navel, and expelled all at once after considerable urging; stools thin, watery and of yellow mucus.
GUAIACUM.
What is Guaiacum?
Gum Guaiac from a West Indian evergreen tree.
How is the tincture prepared?
Two parts by weight, of the resin dissolved in nine parts by weight, of alcohol and filtered. Drug power, 1/10.
What are the rheumatic symptoms of Guaiacum?
Rheumatism of the joints when they become distorted by concretions; contractions of tendons; worse from motion; gouty nodosities.
Give indications for Guaiacum is sore throat?
Worse on right side; swollen tonsils; enlarged veins; must drink to assist deglutition, as throat is dry; stinging pains in throat, worse in warm, moist air.
What is another use of this remedy?
It is said to relieve growing pains in children.
What other remedy is also useful for this condition?
Phosphoric acid.
KREOSOTE.
What is Kreosote?
One of the coal tar products. Our tincture is made from Beech-wood Tar Kreosote.
What is the action of Kreosote?
It produces gastro-enteric disorders and circulatory disturbances.
What condition are favorably influenced by Kreosote?
Chronic lung troubles; tuberculosis with haemoptysis; severe gastric catarrh in children; diabetes; inflammatory conditions about the uterus; leucorrhoea which is extremely irritating, causing itching of the labiae.
What is Hamamelis Virginica?
The common Witch Hazel. Tincture from the fresh bark of the twigs and root.
What is the great indicating feature of Hamamelis in varicose veins, hemorrhoids or orchitis?
The great keynote is soreness and hemorrhage.
What is Hypericum perforatum?
St. John’s Wort. Tincture from the fresh blossoming plant.
What is Hypericum used for?
It is the Arnica of the nerves. Concussion of the spine, and injuries of the nerves in general. Also in hemorrhoids. It is useful for crushed fingers or toes. After surgical operations where the wounds are exceedingly sensitive.
PTELEA TRIFOLIATA.
What is this plant, when should it be gathered and how is the tincture made?
The Wafer Ash, Hop Tree or Wingseed. The fresh bark of the root gathered after the fruit is ripe, but before the leaves begin to fade. The tincture is made in the same manner as described under Gelsemium.
What are its principal uses?
In affections of the liver and stomach, especially in congested, enlarged, inactive livers.
What are its principal symptoms?
Weight, aching distress in the hepatic region, dull pain, heaviness, better by lying on the right side; turning on the left side causes a dragging or pulling as if the liver were pulling on its ligaments. Constipation.
What are the head symptoms?
Dull and stupid, dazed and confused, muddled feeling in the head.
What is Ruta graveolens?
Common Rue. Tincture from the fresh herb gathered shortly before blooming.
Give general indications for Ruta.
Soreness and lameness as from a sprain or bruise. Rheumatism of wrists and ankles.
Give eye symptoms of Ruta.
It is useful for irritability of every tissue of the eye from overwork or from using eye on fine work in poor light. The eyes burn, feel strained. Affections of the eyes from faulty refraction.
What is Xanthoxylum?
Prickly Ash. Tincture from fresh bark and berries.
For what do we use Xanthoxylum?
Severe after pains, also for a neuralgic dysmenorrhoea. The pains extending along the course of the anterior crural nerve. Ovarian neuralgias, mental depression accompanies.
What is Laurocerasus?
Cherry Laurel. Tincture from mature, fresh leaves, gathered in summer. Imported.
What are the indications for Laurocerasus in cough?
Dry, teasing cough at night with expectoration tinged with blood; lack of reaction in chest troubles.
What are some general indications for Laurocerasus?
Long-lasting faints with no recuperative power; bluish tint of skin; rapid sinking of forces; restless sleep; gasping for breath.
What is Lycopus Virginicus?
The Virginian Bulge Weed. Tincture from the whole fresh plant in flower.
Give uses of Lycopus in heart affections.
In cardiac irritability with depressed force, after abuse of cardiac depressants or of cardiac stimulants; excessive hypertrophy, muscular weakness, etc. Useful in exophthalmus from cardiac disease, prominent eyes, tumultuous action of the heart, dyspnoea and oppression of the chest.
What is Mezereum?
The Spurge Olive, tincture from fresh bark, gathered in early spring before flowers appear. Imported.
Give the skin symptoms of Mezereum.
Vesicles with intolerable itching, which dry into thick, high scabs from beneath which an acrid pus exudes; the crusts and itching are characteristic.
What are the neuralgic symptoms of Mezereum?
Neuralgia of cheek bones with numbness, neuralgic pains along an eruption as in herpes zoster; ciliary neuralgias.
What is Eucalyptus globulus?
The Australian Gum Tree. Tincture from fresh leaves.
What are its chief uses?
In sub-acute and chronic malarial fevers and in bronchial catarrhs, characterized by a copious muco-purulent expectoration. Nasal catarrh, profuse discharge.
What is Nuphar luteum?
The small Yellow Pond Lily. Tincture from fresh root.
What is the only use to which we put Nuphar?
Complete absence of sexual desire; impotence. Atonic spermatorrhoea and morning diarrhoea.
What is Nux moschata?
The Nutmeg. Tincture from the dried nut.
Give the characteristic indiations of Nux moschata.
Hysteria, with attacks of faintness and an irresistible desire to sleep; enormous bloating of the abdomen even after a slight meal and great dryness of the mouth; dyspepsia from any mental effort; distress appears while eating.
PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA.
Where do we find studies of Phytolacca?
Hering’s Materia Medica, Hale’s New Remedies; mentioned in Hahnemann’s Lesser Writings.
What is Phytolacca?
It is the Poke root, and the tincture is made from the fresh root, of not too rank growth.
What are some of its general symptoms?
Bruised feeling of the muscles with stiffness worse at night and in wet weather. Pains better in open air.
What is an important keynote for Phytolacca?
Aching all over the body.
What are the throat symptoms of this drug?
Dry, sore throat of dark red color; the tonsils are dark red; pain on swallowing, especially at the root of the tongue, accompanied by general aching in the back and limbs. A sensation of a hot ball in the throat is a good indication.
What are the symptoms of Phytolacca on the mammary gland?
Nodosities in the female breast; hard swelling, and tenderness on nursing; pains seem to radiate from nipple all over the body. Mastitis.
When is Bryonia useful in mastitis?
In the early stages with cutting pains great heat, redness and swelling.
Where do the pains of Croton tiglium go upon nursing?
To the back.
What other drug has nodosities in the female breast, and how is it distinguished from Phytolacca?
Conium, here there is stony hardness, and it is less acute than Phytolacca; in Conium the breasts are exceedingly sensitive, cannot bear the touch of clothes, and walking or jarring is painful. A traumatic cause is also a further indication.
Mention two other remedies that have nodes in the breast.
Calcarea fluorica and Silicea.
What is Rheum?
Rhubarb. Tincture from the dried root.
What are the characteristic of Rheum?
Diarrhoea of sour, slimy stools, with tenesmus and griping colic, the child’s whole body smells sour, there is an acid condition of the system and the stools are brown and frothy.
What are some other drugs having sour stools?
Calcarea carb., Magnesia carb., Hepar.
What is Sabal serrulata?
The Saw Palmetto, growing in our Southern States. Tincture from the fresh, ripe berries.
What are its uses?
Enlarged or inflamed prostrate glands. It speedily relieves the dribbling and difficulty in urination. Acute and chronic prostatitis. Also useful in enuresis.
What is Rumex crispus?
Yellow Dock. Tincture from fresh root gathered after the fruit is ripe, but before frost.
Give the characteristics of the cough of Rumex.
Teasing, persistent cough irritating, dry, occurring in paroxysms, which is aggravated by cold air, the patient has to cover his head to breathe warm air; it is caused by tickling in the supra-sternal fossa; night cough in phthisis.
What is Sambucus niger?
Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Michigan Homeopathic Medical College. Member of American Institute of Homeopathy. In addition to his editoral work he authored or collaborated on: Boericke and Dewey's Twelve Tissue Remedies, Essentials of Homeopathic Materia Medica, Essentials of Homeopathic Therapeutics and Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics.