Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Animal · Insecta · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tinctures are made of the whole bee; and of dilutions of the poison with alcohol.
Sources 18 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
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Tincture to thirtieth potency. In oedematous conditions the lower potencies. Sometimes action is slow; so several days elapse before it is seen to act, and then urine is increased. Apium virus, sixth trituration
Reason for useT. F. Allen
The poison of the honey-bee produces varying degrees of cellulitis, not only under the skin, but in various parts of the body. It also produces inflammations of serous membranes, particularly in the head, and parenchymatous inflammations of various organs, especially of the kidneys ; in this latter property it exhibits many points of analogy with other insect poisons, Cantharis, Doryphora, etc. General oedema usually accompanies the nephritis of Apis.
By regionT. F. Allen
Mind Stupor, sometimes amounting to unconsciousness. Muttering delirium. Stupor, interrupted by sudden sharp cries and startings.
Head Vertigo with confused headache, somewhat ameliorated by walking. Head feels hot and heavy, ameliorated by external pressure. Hot sweat of the head.
Eyes Stinging pains. Lids swollen, red, hot, everted like a mass of red flesh. Upper lids hang down like sacs. Margins of lids inflamed, burning. …
Stomach No appetite. No thirst (as a rule, though Apis patients are sometimes thirsty). Vomiting of food, retching (associated with other symptoms). Soreness. …
Extremities General oedema. Inflammation of knee joint.
Skin Urticaria. Erysipelas. Always great sensitiveness, stinging pains. General anasarca, pale swellings. Veins inflamed.
Sleep Sleepiness. Startings in terror.
Fever Chilliness (periodic at 3 P. M.). Heat predominates, without thirst (usually), with drowsiness . Heat of head with throbbing, ameliorated by pressure. …
Books*
Antidoted by Cantharis Vesicatoria 2, Ipecacuanha 2, Lachesis 2 +11
Complementary Natrum Muriaticum, Rhus Toxicodendron, Arsenicum Album +12
Follows well Arsenicum Album, Graphites, Iodium +9
Compare Belladonna, Bryonia Alba, Apocynum Cannabinum +74
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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