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Phytolacca Decandra

13 entries across 13 books · abbreviations: PHYT · Family: Phytolaccaceae

Source and preparationPlant · Phytolaccaceae · Phytolacca decandra

PreparationTincture of fresh root dug in winter. Tincture of the ripe berries. Tincture of fresh leaves. Solution of the resinous extract, Phytolaccin. Clarke

Full source note…

Phytolacca decandra. Virginian Poke. Poke-root. Red Ink Plant. Garget Weed. N. O. Phytolaccaceae. Tincture of fresh root dug in winter. Tincture of the ripe berries. Tincture of fresh leaves. Solution of the resinous extract, Phytolaccin. Clarke

About the family

Phytolaccaceae…

Phytolaccaceae is the pokeweed family, a small family of herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions, typified by Phytolacca (poke weed). Of the listed remedies, Phytolacca Decandra is by far the best-known member in homeopathy, while Petiveria is a much less prominent one.

Antidoted byBelladonna Clarke Coffea Cruda Clarke Ignatia Amara Clarke Mercurius Solubilis Clarke Mezereum Clarke Opium Clarke Sulphur Clarke Iris Versicolor Clarke Nitri Spiritus Dulcis Clarke

AntidotesBelladonna Boericke Coffea Cruda Hering Ignatia Amara Hering Mezereum Boericke Opium Hering Sulphur Hering

Entries

Clarke

Phytolacca · John Henry Clarke · 32,654 chars

T. F. Allen

PHYTOLACCA · Timothy Field Allen · 18,637 chars

Hering

PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA · Constantine Hering · 11,158 chars

Kent

Phytolacca · James Tyler Kent · 8,706 chars

Nash

Phytolacca Decandra · E. B. Nash · 6,438 chars

Cowperthwaite

PHYTOLACCA · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 6,101 chars

Boericke

PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA · William Boericke · 4,568 chars

T. F. Allen

PHYTOLACCA · Timothy Field Allen · 3,891 chars

Allen

Phytolacca · Henry C. Allen · 2,135 chars

Lippe

Phytolacca decandra · Adolph zur Lippe · 1,777 chars

Dewey

Phytolacca Decandra · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 1,573 chars

Gladstone Clarke

Phytolacca · A. Gladstone Clarke · 1,319 chars

Guernsey

PHYTOLACCA · Henry Newell Guernsey · 1,302 chars

Relations (this remedy →)

incompatible / inimical 1Mercurius Solubilis

Backlinks (other remedies → this one)

complementary 2Arnica Montana Rhus Toxicodendron

follows well 1Anthracinum

Other remedies of the Phytolaccaceae

Research (14)

Papers in PubMed that mention this remedy together with homeopathy, newest first.

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Effectiveness of Homoeopathic Treatments for Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review According to the Principles of Evidence-Based MedicineUpreti K, Frass M · Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025 · Review · doi
Homeopathic medicine of Melissa officinalis combined or not with Phytolacca decandra in the treatment of possible sleep bruxism in children: A crossover randomized triple-blinded controlled clinical trialTavares-Silva C, Holandino C, Homsani F et al. · Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2019 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
Homeopathic therapy for sleep bruxism in a child: Findings of a 2-year case reportSilva CT, Primo LG, Mangabeira A et al. · Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry · 2017 · Case Reports · doi
Integrative nanomedicine: treating cancer with nanoscale natural productsBell IR, Sarter B, Koithan M et al. · Global advances in health and medicine · 2014 · Review · doi
Homeopathic mother tincture of Phytolacca decandra induces apoptosis in skin melanoma cells by activating caspase-mediated signaling via reactive oxygen species elevationGhosh S, Bishayee K, Paul A et al. · Journal of integrative medicine · 2013 · doi
Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles by ethanolic extracts of Phytolacca decandra, Gelsemium sempervirens, Hydrastis canadensis and Thuja occidentalis induce differential cytotoxicity through G2/M arrest in A375 cellsDas S, Das J, Samadder A et al. · Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces · 2013 · doi
Anti-proliferative effects of homeopathic medicines on human kidney, colon and breast cancer cellsArora S, Aggarwal A, Singla P et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2013 · doi
Rapid green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from silver nitrate by a homeopathic mother tincture Phytolacca DecandraBhattacharyya SS, Das J, Das S et al. · Zhong xi yi jie he xue bao = Journal of Chinese integrative medicine · 2012 · doi
Homeopathic medicines do not alter growth and gene expression in prostate and breast cancer cells in vitroThangapazham RL, Gaddipati JP, Rajeshkumar NV et al. · Integrative cancer therapies · 2006 · doi
Comparative efficacy of homeopathic and allopathic systems of medicine in the management of clinical mastitis of Indian dairy cowsVarshney JP, Naresh R · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2005 · doi
Evaluation of a homeopathic complex in the clinical management of udder diseases of riverine buffaloesVarshney JP, Naresh R · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2004 · doi
Comparison of solid and liquid forms of homeopathic remedies for tonsillitisWiesenauer M · Advances in therapy · 1998 · Clinical Trial
[Is research in veterinary homeopathy justified? Thoughts concerning principles and synopsis of 5 years of research on the subject, "Use of homeopathy in domestic animals," at the branch of the Free University of Berlin in Schwarzenbek]Schütte A · Berliner und Munchener tierarztliche Wochenschrift · 1994 · Clinical Trial
[The administration of homeopathic drugs for the treatment of acute mastitis in cattle]Merck CC, Sonnenwald B, Rollwage H · Berliner und Munchener tierarztliche Wochenschrift · 1989

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Clinical (Clarke)

Abortion, threatened Albuminuria Angina pectoris, Anus, fissure of Asthma Barber's itch Boils Bone, diseases of; tumours of Breasts, affections of Cancer Cholera Cicatrix Ciliary neuralgia Constipation Corpulence Cough Dentition, difficult Diarrhoea Diphtheria Diplopia Dysentery Dysmenia Ears, affections of Erythema nodosum Eustachian tubes, affections of Glands, enlarged Gleet Glossitis Gonorrhoea Gout Granular conjunctivitis Haemorrhoids Headache Hearing, altered Heart, affections of; hypertrophy of; fatty Impotence Influenza Intestinal catarrh Itch Lactation, abnormal Laryngismus Leucorrhoea Lichen Liver, affections of Lumbago Lupus, Mercury, effects of Mouth, ulcerated Mumps Neuralgia Nipples, sore; painful Nursing, painful Orchitis Ozaena Panophthalmitis Paralysis, diphtheritic Parotitis Prostate, affections of Rectum, cancer of Respiration, abnormal Rheumatism; syphilitic; gonorrhoeal Ringworm Rodent ulcer Salivation Sciatica Sewer gas-poisoning Spinal irritation Spleen, pain in Stiff-neck Syphilis Syphilitic eruptions Tetanus Throat, sore; diphtheritic; herpetic; granular Toothache Tumours Ulcers Uterus, affections of Warts Wens

Indicated for (Boger)

Albuminous, clear Arms, numb Arms, numb, right Back, ache Ball, hot Bones Bones, pains Cough, tickling Deltoid Deltoid, right Direction, backward Direction, radiating, spreading Faint, rising, on Fauces, itching Food and drink, warm, agg Glands, hard Goitre, nodulated Gums, clenches Heels, elevating, amel Hips, change of weather [[agg.]]Jaws, ache Jaws, angles of Kidneys, ache Kidneys, burning Legs, weather changes, agg Mammae, hard Mammae, heavy Mammae, inflamed Mammae, nodes in Mammae, radiating Mammae, suckling, agg Membranes, dark Mercury, agg Mouth, itching Mucous membranes, patches Mucous membranes, spongy Mucous membranes, ulcerated Naso-pharynx, discharges from Nipples, inverted Nose, heavy Nose, sides, alternating Puffiness Rectum, pain, continuous Red, bluish, dark, etc Rheumatism, tonsilitis, after Saliva, menses, agg Salivary glands Shreddy Spermatic cord, sore Spine, up and down Stool, urging, in sleep Stringy Sunset, agg Tears, hot Teeth, biting, amel Teeth, clenching Throat, apple core, choke pear, etc Throat, burning, heat in Throat, dark Throat, gray Throat, hollow, empty Throat, lump, hot Throat, puffy Throat, side, right, cold drinks, amel Throat, stick, as of a Throat, washleather Tibiae, pains in Tibiae, syphilis Tongue, yellow, at base Tonsils, chamois, skin, washleather, etc Tonsils, indurated Tonsils, red, bright Tonsils, throb Ulcer, round Uvula, oedema Vision, green