What other drugs should be thought of in childrens colds with stuffed up nostrils?
Nux vomica, Sambucus and Sticta.
What is the diarrhoea of Chamomilla?
Stools of yellowish green, slimy mucus, looking like chopped eggs and spinach, of foul rotten-egg odor, occurring in teething children, or after taking cold, accompanied by colic; the anus is sore, caused by the hot stools.
When should Chamomilla be given during labor?
When the pains begin in the back and pass off down the inner side of the thighs, and when the patient is intolerant of the pain, makes a great fuss, is impatient and spiteful, the os being rigid.
When is Chamomilla indicated in suppression of milk?
When it is the result of a fit of anger.
CINA.
Who first proved this remedy?
Hahnemann. Its pathogenesis is in the Materia Medica Pura.
What is Cina, where is it found and what is its alkaloid?
It is the Artemesia cina, an aromatic plant growing in Europe and Asia. Our tincture is made from the flowers, which are dried, powdered and treated as described under Staphisagria; its alkaloid is called Santonine, and it is poisonous.
What is the general action of Cina and its alkaloid Santonine?
It is principally a children’s remedy, corresponding to many conditions that may be referred to intestinal irritation, such as worms, etc.
What are the symptoms calling for Cina in worm affections?
Sickly pale face, with rings around the eyes; gritting of the teeth at night; canine hunger, or variable appetite; the child picks it nose and cries out in its sleep; jerking of hands and feet; urine milky.
What are the mental symptoms of Cina?
Children awake in a fright, scream, tremble and cannot be quieted; they are proof against all caresses; are cross, irritable, nervous and peevish; they want to be rocked.
EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM.
Where are the original provings found?
In the Materia Medica of American Provings and Hale’s New Remedies. First proven by Drs. Williamson and Neidhard. Transactions of American Institute, 1845.
How many varieties of Eupatorium do we use, and what are they?
Two; first, the Eupatorium perfoliatum, or Thorough wort, or Boneset, or Ague plant, and the Eupatorium purpureum, or the Purple Boneset, both of which grow in low, marshy ground all over the northern part of the United States.
From what part of the plant do we make our tincture, and when is the time of gathering?
A tincture of the whole fresh herb gathered as it is coming into flower.
Describes process of making the tincture.
Chop and pound the whole fresh plant to a fine pulp and weigh. Add gradually two parts of alcohol, by weight, to each part of pulp. Stir thoroughly and pour into a well stoppered bottle and stand in a dark, cool place for eight days, shaking it daily. Decant, strain and filter. Drug power, 1/6. The tincture is opaque, slightly orange-brown, tasting something like ginger.
Acid reaction and odor of the plant.
What is the principal homoeopathic use of Eupatorium perfoliatum and its indications?
Intermittent fever. The chill commences about 7 or 9 in the morning in the back, accompanied by thirst, and there is intense aching in all the bones, as if they were broken; this is followed by heat and an increase of the aching, and this by a scanty or profuse sweat.
Give a characteristic of the drug in these conditions that is even more characteristic than the break-bone pains.
It is vomiting. The patient vomits water or food that has been taken, or bile as the chill passes off.
What would be the indications for Eupatorium perfoliatum in influenza or la grippe?
Great soreness and aching of the entire body; hoarseness and cough, with great soreness of the larynx and chest; a great deal of coryza and thirst, and drinking causes vomiting; the cough hurts the head and chest and the patients holds the chest with the hands.
What other drug has this last symptom?
Drosera.
EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM.
Where are the original provings of this variety found?
In Hale’s New Remedies and in Hering’s Materia Medica.
What part of the plant is used, when gathered, and how prepared?
The fresh root gathered in autumn is treated like the preceding remedy. The tincture is of a clear orange color, slightly bitter, astringent, of a terebinthic odor and an acid reaction.
Give the indications for Eupatorium purpureum in the vesical irritation of women.
Dysuria, frequent painful urging with either excessive or scanty flow of urine, which is high colored and contains mucus; there is also aching in the region of the kidneys. There is a sensation as if the passage was blocked.
MILLEFOLIUM.
Where is the pathogenesis of this remedy to be found?
In Vol. IX of the New England Medical Gazette. A translation from Hering.
What is Millefolium?
The common Yarrow or Milfoil.
What part is used and when gathered?
The whole fresh plant gathered when flowering begins, excluding all old and woody stems.
How is the tincture prepared?
Chop and pound the whole fresh plant to a fine pulp. Enclose in a piece of new linen and press out juice. Mix with equal quantities of alcohol. Pour in well stoppered bottle and stand for eight days in dark, cool place, agitating it daily, and then filter. Drug power, 1/2. The tincture is of a clear orange color, acrid taste, slightly bitter, odor like fresh plant, and acid in reaction.
What is our principal use of this remedy?
In hemorrhage from any part of the body of bright red blood, and occurring after mechanical injuries. Haemoptysis, epistaxis, or hemorrhages from the uterus or bowels.
How does it differ from Aconite here?
Aconite has anxiety, Millefolium not.
What are the characterizing features of Erigeron, another member of the same family, in hemorrhages?
The hemorrhage is of bright red blood, and is increased by every motion of the patient. There is no pain, but a traumatism may be the cause of the hemorrhage.
Give hemorrhage calling for Cinnamomum.
Profuse hemorrhage from a strain or misstep; tendency to hemorrhages; frequent attacks of nose-bleed.
What is the hemorrhage of Trillium pendulum?
Active or passive; threatened abortion, with a gush of blood on each movement, with a sensation as if the hips and back were falling apart; relieved by bandaging the hips tightly.
SENECIO AUREUS.
Where do we find the original proving of this drug?
In Hale’s New Remedies.
What is drug?
Its is the Squaw weed, and its alkaloid is Senecin.
When should it be gathered, what part is used and how is the tincture prepared?
The entire fresh plant, gathered when in bloom, is treated in the same manner as described under Eupatorium perfoliatum. The tincture is brownish-orange, sweetish, then slightly bitter taste, and strong acid reaction.
Give its principal use.
In uterine irritation and disorders of menstruation, such as suppressed menses and dysmenorrhoea, with pain at neck of bladder. Profuse mucous discharges takes place of the menses.
Give some indications for Senecio in menstrual suppression.
In young, pallid, weakly girls, whose tendency is towards catarrhal phthisis or dropsical conditions; there is a dry, hacking cough, with profuse expectoration; they are sensitive to cold air, always taking cold. In these cases. Senecio will often establish the flow and relieve the general catarrhal state.
What is another characteristic of Senecio?
Tendency to hemorrhage from all the mucous membranes of the body, especially if accompanied with catarrhal conditions, or dropsy from anaemia, in waxy, cholortic girls, who have tendency to hemorrhage. Vicarious hemorrhages.
ALETRIS FARINOSA.
Where do we find records of this remedy?
In Hale’s New Remedies.
What part is used and how prepared?
The fresh bulb, treated like the preceding remedy, the tincture being orange colored, of bitter taste and acid reaction.
What are the symptoms of Aletris?
Uterine troubles and leucorrhoea, with extreme constipation, great efforts being required to evacuate the bowels; also weakness of digestion. Patient is weak and tired. It is a “Bitter uterine tonic.” Especially useful in anaemic and chlorotic girls. It has been called “the China of the uterine system.” Premature and profuse menstruation.
HELONIAS DIOICA.
Where are the original provings found?
In Hale’ s New Remedies and in the North American Journal of Homeopathy, Vol. XXII.
What is Helonias and how is the tincture prepared?
It is the Unicorn root or Devil’s bit, and the tincture is made from the fresh root, gathered just before flowering, and treated as described under Eupatorium. The tincture is clear orange colored.
What are the grand characteristic indications of this remedy?
1. Loss of muscular tone.
2. Depression of the vital forces.
3. Congestion of the mucous membranes.
4. Burning sensations.
How is the loss of muscular tone shown?
By the dull backache, the tiredness, the tendency of the uterus to prolapse, hemorrhages and leucorrhoea.
How is the depression of vital force shown?
By the dull, inactive mental state, fulness in the head increased by thinking, loss of appetite, a weary and drowsy feeling and tendency to chilliness.
When should Helonias be given in uterine complaints?
When there is great soreness and weight in the womb, what Dunham termed a “Consciousness of a womb.” Tired aching feeling in the back and limbs, with impaired nutrition. Burning in the region of the kidneys. Especially adapted to those who are worn out with hard work, and those who are enervated by indolence and luxury and suffer from atony of the pelvic organs.
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.