Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Rubiaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of the dried bark.
Sources 15 entries across 14 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Nash, Hering …
Dose
30X, Ø
Tincture, to thirtieth potency.
Reason for useBoericke
Debility from exhausting discharges, from loss of vital fluids, together with a nervous erethism, calls for this remedy. Periodicity is most marked. Sensitive to draughts. Seldom indicated in the earlier stages of acute disease. Chronic gout. Chronic suppurative pyelitis. Post operative gas pains, not relief from passing it.
▲ Worse slightest touch. Draught of air; every other day; loss of vital fluids; at night; after eating; bending over
▼ Better bending double; hard pressure; open air; warmth
By regionBoericke
Mind Apathetic, indifferent, disobedient, taciturn, despondent. Ideas crowd in mind; prevent sleep. Disposition to hurt other people's feelings. …
Head As if skull would burst. Sensation as if brain were balancing to and fro, and striking against skull, receiving great pain (Sulph; Sulph ac). …
Eyes Blue color around eyes. Hollow eyes. Yellowish sclerotica. Black specks, bright dazzling illusions; night blindness in anaemic retina. …
Stomach Tender, cold. Vomiting of undigested food. Slow digestion. Weight after eating. Ill effects of tea. Hungry without appetite. Flat taste. …
Female Menses too early. Dark clots and abdominal distention. Profuse menses with pain. Desire too strong. Bloody leucorrhoea. …
Respiratory Influenza, with debility. Cannot breathe with head low. Labored, slow respiration; constant choking. …
Back Sharp pains across kidneys, worse movement and at night. Knife-like pains around back (D. MacFarlan).
Extremities Pains in limbs and joints, as if sprained; worse, slight touch; hard pressure relieves. Sensation as of a string around limb. …
Skin Extreme sensitiveness to touch, but hard pressure relieves. Coldness; much sweat. One hand ice cold, the other warm. Anasarca (Ars; Apis). …
Sleep Drowsiness. Unrefreshing or constant stupor. Wakens early. Protracted sleeplessness. …
Fever Intermittent, paroxysms anticipate; return every week. All stages well marked. …
Books*
Antidoted by Arsenicum Album 4, Ipecacuanha 4, Carbo Vegetabilis 3 +37
Complementary Ferrum, Calcarea Phosphorica, Digitalis Purpurea
Follows well —
Compare Lycopodium Clavatum, Aconitum Napellus, Aloe Socotrina +31
* 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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