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Phytolacca Decandra
Phytolacca decandra · PHYT
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Origin 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 Boericke
3X, Ø
Tincture, to third potency. Externally for mastitis

Reason for useT. F. Allen

General sore, bruised feeling of the muscles, with stiffness. Prostration. Aggravation at night and in wet weather. Amelioration of pains in the open air.


By regionT. F. Allen
Mind General indifference or even stupor.
Head Internal soreness, < right side. Dull pain in one side of the forehead, with nausea and cold sweat. …
Eyes Inflammation, with a feeling of sand or of granulations ; the edges of the lids seem raw.
Stomach Vomiting of blood and mucus, with deathly nausea and faintness. Bruised, sore feeling in the pit of the stomach.
Extremities Numerous pains, like rheumatism, in the extremities, particularly below the elbows and knees ; pains are near the surface generally, attended with stiffness and lameness of the muscles ; sometimes seem to be in the periosteum ; are usually burning and < night and damp weather. …

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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