Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Phytolaccaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of fresh root dug in winter. Tincture of the ripe berries. Tincture of fresh leaves. Solution of the resinous extract, Phytolaccin.
Sources 18 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose
3X, Ø
Tincture, to third potency. Externally for mastitis.
Reason for useBoericke
Aching, soreness, restlessness, prostration, are general symptoms guiding to Phytolacca. Pre-eminently a glandular remedy. Glandular swellings with heat and inflammation. Has a powerful effect on fibrous and osseous tissues; fasciae and muscle sheaths; acts on scar tissue. Syphilitic bone pains; chronic rheumatism. Sore throat, quinsy, and diphtheria. Tetanus and opisthotonos. Decrease of weight. Retarded dentition.
▲ Worse sensitive to electric changes. Effects of a wetting, when it rains, exposure to damp, cold weather, night exposure, motion, right side
▼ Better warmth, dry weather, rest
By regionBoericke
Mind Loss of personal delicacy, disregard of surrounding objects. Indifferent to life.
Head Vertigo on rising. Brain feels sore. Pain from frontal region backward. Pressure in temples and over eyes. …
Eyes Smarting. Feeling of sand under lids. Tarsal edges feel hot. Fistula lachrymalis (Fluor ac). Abundant lachrymation, hot.
Female Mastitis; mammae hard and very sensitive. Tumors of the breasts with enlarged axillary glands. Cancer of breast. …
Respiratory Aphonia. Difficult breathing; dry hacking, tickling cough; worse at night (Mentha; Bellad). Aching pains in chest, through mid-sternum; with cough. …
Back Aching pains in lumbar region; pains streaking up and down spine into sacrum. Weakness and dull pain in region of kidneys. …
Extremities Shooting pain in right shoulder, with stiffness and inability to raise arm (see Heart). Rheumatism pains; worse in morning. …
Fever High fever, alternating with chilliness and great prostration.
Skin Itches, becomes dry, shrunken, pale. Papular and pustular lesions. Most useful in early stages of cutaneous diseases. …
Books*
Antidoted by Belladonna 2, Coffea Cruda 2, Mezereum 2 +6
Complementary —
Follows well —
Compare Rhus Toxicodendron, Arum Triphyllum, Bryonia Alba +27
* 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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