Origin Plant · Compositae (Asteraceae) · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of whole fresh plant. Tincture of root.
Sources 20 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
3X–30X, Ø
Third to thirtieth potency. Locally, the tincture, but should never be applied hot or at all when abrasions or cuts are present
Reason for useGuernsey
Special Characteristics-- In all bad effects resulting from mechanical injuries. Deadness of bruises, feeling of. Head hot with body cool; bruised sensation in any part of the body; insufficient stool. Pain as if bruised, particularly of external parts; sensation of concussion, as from a fall. Pain dragging; pressing, in inner parts; in the joints, as if sprained; this pain may occur in other parts of the body also. Painful glands; tingling itching, which moves from place to place over the body, and as soon as the patient scratches in one place the itching is off somewhere else. Mental.-- Hypochondriac; hopeless; peevish; sensitive; great desire to scratch, will scratch wall, bed, head, etc.
By regionGuernsey
Head Head hot and body cool: head is hot when he wakens at night; hot spots on top of. Eyes, pupils contracted. Ears, blood from.
Stomach Belching eructations; belching, tasting of hard boiled eggs; vomiting of blood.
Chest Pneumonia of the right lung, with bruised sore feeling and bloody expectoration; affections of the external chest.
Extremities Upper : It acts prominently on the left upper extremity and the lower right. …
Sleep Wakens at night with a hot head , and is afraid to sleep for fear of its recurrence. Anxious dreams about animals. Sleepless before midnight.
Fever Thirst during the chill, but not during the heat or perspiration. During fever, head and upper part are hot and body is cool. …
Skin Black and blue spots on the body (Secale); yellow-green spots, caused either by a bruise or by disease. Varicose veins, which feel bruised and sore. …
Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 5, Ipecacuanha 3, Aceticum Acidum +13
Complementary Aconitum Napellus, Baptisia Tinctoria, Cinchona Officinalis +27
Follows well Aconitum Napellus, Apis Mellifica, Ipecacuanha +10
Compare Hypericum Perforatum, Rhus Toxicodendron, Abrotanum +11
* 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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