Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Zygophyllaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of the gum-resin.
Sources 10 entries across 9 books: Kent, Clarke, Hering, T. F. Allen, Guernsey …
Dose
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No dose stated in the library’s books
Reason for useT. F. Allen
Natural order , Zygophylleae. Common names , Lignum sanctum, Lignum vitae. Preparation , Tincture of the gum-resin. Authorities. 1 , Hahnemann, Chr. Krankhn; 2 , Hartmann, ibid.; 3 , Langhammer, ibid.; 4 , Teuthorn, ibid.; 5 , Bang, Tageb. d. Krank. Haus., 1784 [Not accessible, -Hughes.]; 6 , Matthiolus, De morb. Gall., 1537 (p. 63 observation); 7 , White, in Edin. Med. Comment., iv, p. 327, observation; 8 , Lambert, Casp. Wochenschrift, 1840 (A. H. Z., 20, p. 32), effects of a decoction of 6 ounces of the wood in half a quart of water, drank by two persons in the evening.
▲ Worse ( Morning ), At breakfast-time, while standing loss of ideas, etc.; sensation in brain; on rising, drawing in muscles of check; perspiration. ( Afternoon ), Hunger; towards …
▼ Better ( Motion ), Pain in back of foot. ( Sitting ), Tension in thighs. ( Walking ), Throbbing in head
By regionT. F. Allen
Mind Emotional. Great fretfulness, [1] . Morose mood; he speaks little, [4] . Contemptuousness, [1] . Obstinacy, [1] . Intellectual. …
Head Headache like a pressure in the brain from below upward, at night, [1] . …
Stomach Constrictive sensation in the region of the stomach, with anxiety and difficult breathing (after nineteen hours), [2] . …
Chest Sudden stuffed sensation in the chest, in the praecordial region, like an arrest of breathing; it often attacks her suddenly, even at night when asleep, and causes an almost completely dry cough, which is frequently repeated until there is some expectoration, [1] . …
Back *Rheumatic stiffness of the whole left side of the back, from the nape of the neck down to the sacrum, with intolerable pain on the slightest motion or turning the part, not noticed on touch or during rest , [1] . …
Skin Objective. A hardened pimple with a white tip in the right eyebrow, with very sore pain when touched, [1] . A sore painful pimple on the nose, [1] . …
Fever Chilliness. Chilliness behind a warm stove, [2] . …
Books*
Antidoted by Nux Vomica 2, Natrum Hypochlorosum
Complementary —
Follows well —
Compare Mezereum, Phytolacca Decandra, Stillingia Silvatica +8
* 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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