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Mezereum

Daphne mezereum
MEZ · 18 entries across 18 books
HabitatHilly woods over nearly whole of Europe and Russian Asia. PreparationTincture of fresh bark gathered just before the plant flowers in February and March. Clarke
6X–30X
Sixth to thirtieth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

For light-haired, irresolute persons of a phelgmatic temperament. Eczema and itching eruptions after vaccinations. Hypochondriacal and despondent; indifferent to everything and every one; angry at trifles and perfectly harmless things, but is soon sorry for it. Toothache: in carious teeth (Kreos.); feel elongated, dull pain when biting on them and when touched with tongue, < at night; > with mouth open and drawing in air; roots decay (rev. or Mer.). Headache, violent after slight vexation; painful on the slightest touch; right sided. The head is covered with thick, leather-like crust, under which thick and white pus collects here and there; hair is glued and matted together; pus after a time is ichorous, becomes offensive and breeds vermin. Ulcers with thick, yellowish-white scabs, under which thick, yellow pus collects. Vesicles appear around the ulcers, itch violently, burn like fire (Hep.); shining, fiery-red areola around. Linen or charpie sticks to the ulcers, they bleed when it is torn away. Eczema: intolerable itching, < in bed and from touch; copious, serous exudation. Neuralgic burning pains after zona. Bones, especially long bones, inflamed, swollen; nightly pains going from above downwards; after abuse of Merc., after venerial diseases; caries, exostosis, tumors soften from within out. Pain in periosteum of long bones < at night in bed, least touch, in damp weather (Mer., Phyt.). Child scratches face continually, which is covered with blood; eruptions moist; itching worse at night; inflammatory redness of face.

▲ Worse

Cold air; cold washing; at night; touch or motion; bad effects of mercury or alcohol. Epidemics occurring in January or February often call for Mezereum

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Relations

Compare: Caust., Guaiac., Phyt., Rhus.

Complete text of the Mezereum entry in Allen - Keynotes of Leading Remedies; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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More on Mezereum

Simple remedy · Plant

18 entries across 18 books · abbreviations: MEZ · Family: Thymelaceae

Entries

1 Boericke

MEZEREUM · William Boericke · 3,417 chars

2 Kent

Mezereum · James Tyler Kent · 7,794 chars

3 Clarke

Mezereum · John Henry Clarke · 31,310 chars

4 Hering

Mezereum · Constantine Hering · 54,049 chars

5 Allen · shown above

Mezereum · Henry C. Allen · 1,813 chars

6 Nash

Mezereum · E. B. Nash · 705 chars

7 Hering

MEZEREUM · Constantine Hering · 11,295 chars

10 Lippe

Mezereum (Daphne mezereum) · Adolph zur Lippe · 8,714 chars

13 Hahnemann

MEZEREUM · Samuel Hahnemann · 56,412 chars

14 T. F. Allen

MEZEREUM · Timothy Field Allen · 527 chars

15 Tyler

Mezereum · Margaret Lucy Tyler · 25,959 chars

16 Guernsey

MEZEREUM · Henry Newell Guernsey · 893 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

MEZEREUM · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 7,628 chars

18 Dewey

Mezereum · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 476 chars

20 Hempel

Mezereum · Charles Julius Hempel · 16,405 chars

22 Roberts

Mezereum · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 1,803 chars

23 T. F. Allen

MEZEREUM · Timothy Field Allen · 5,337 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Mezereum · A. Gladstone Clarke · 1,316 chars

Relations (this remedy →)

complementary 1Belladonna

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compatible 1Nitricum Acidum

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Research (3)

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  1. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Establishment of Neural Series Transmission Keys (NSTKs) and Security in the Field of COVID-19 Telepediatric Oral HealthDey J, Ahmad S, Karforma S · Wireless personal communications · 2023 · doi
  2. Clinical verification in homeopathy and allergic conditionsVan Wassenhoven M · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2013 · doi
  3. Gniditrin is the main diterpenoid constituent in the bark of Daphne mezereum LGörick C, Melzig MF · Die Pharmazie · 2013

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