Origin Plant · Thymelaceae (Thymelaeaceae) · Simple
Habitat Hilly woods over nearly whole of Europe and Russian Asia
ClarkePreparation Tincture of fresh bark gathered just before the plant flowers in February and March.
Sources 18 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
6X–30X
Sixth to thirtieth potency
Reason for useDewey
The Spurge Olive , tincture from fresh bark, gathered in early spring before flowers appear. Imported. Give the skin symptoms of Mezereum. Vesicles with intolerable itching, which dry into thick, high scabs from beneath which an acrid pus exudes ; the crusts and itching are characteristic. What are the neuralgic symptoms of Mezereum ? Neuralgia of cheek bones with numbness, neuralgic pains along an eruption as in herpes zoster ; ciliary neuralgias.
Books*
Antidoted by Mercurius Solubilis 3, Bryonia Alba 2, Calcarea Carbonica 2 +7
Complementary Belladonna
Follows well —
Compare Guaiacum, Phytolacca Decandra, Rhus Toxicodendron +33
* 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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