Euphorbium

COMMON NAMES:

      WOLF’S MILK; GUM EUPHORBIUM; GOPHER PLANT.

Symptoms

      Rheumatic pains of a tearing, pressing, and stinging character, but only during rest.

Peristaltic weakness in the joints and mostly when beginning to move.

Burning pain in internal parts (Arsenicum, Carbo vegetabilis, Phosphorus, Secale, Sulphur

Disease of mucous membranes.

VESICULAR ERYSIPELATOUS ERUPTION UPON THE FACE (Anacardium, Cantharis, Rhus toxicodendron).

Stinging exanthemata (Apis).

Yellowish exanthemata (Ant-C.).

Stinging in the skin (Apis., Nit-A.).

Coryza with swelling; much abortive sneezing (B).

Burning in the throat, extending to the stomach (Arsenicum, Cantharis, Caps., Merc-C.) (C).

Sensation or burning heat n either cheek, generally left side (G.).

Erysipelas bulbosa; vesicles as large as peas, filled with yellow liquid (A.).

Stitches from the epigastrium into the sides of the chest on coughing (B.).

TERRIBLE BURNING PAIN, AS IF A LIVE COAL WERE ON OR IN THE PARTS, OF CANCER, CARBUNCLE OR ERYSIPELAS (when Arsenicum or Anthr fails to relieve) (A.).

profuse Diarrhoea and vomiting (Crot-t., Podophyllum, veratrum) (C).

STOOLS. PROFUSE, DIARRHOEIC, DYSENTERIC, FERMENTED AND THIN, LIKE WATER (C).

Gangrene or blood-boils of old person (Arsenicum, Carbo vegetabilis, Secale) (A).

Thirst for cold drinks (Aconite, Arsenicum, Bryonia, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Verat) (C).

Frequent hic-cough (Magnesia phos.) (C).

Burning in caries and necrosis of bone (A).

Toothache, as if screwed in, with jerking and throbbing (C.).

Much rumbling in the abdomen, followed by emission of flatus (C.).

Old, torpid, indolent ulcers, with biting, lancinating, and lacerating Pain (A,.).

AGGRAVATION:

      During rest, especially while sitting; from contact with the affected part; and when beginning to move.

AMELIORATION:

      During motion; and from continued moving when walking.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Similar to: Apis, Arsenicum, Cantharis, Graphites, Iris, Kreos, Lachesis, Natrum sulphuricum, Petroleum, Phosphorus, Rhus toxicodendron, Secale, Sepia, Sulphur and Veratrum

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)