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Phytolacca Decandra

Phytolacca decandra
PHYT · 18 entries across 18 books
PreparationTincture of fresh root dug in winter. Tincture of the ripe berries. Tincture of fresh leaves. Solution of the resinous extract, Phytolaccin. Clarke
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Tincture, to third potency. Externally for mastitisDose · Boericke

Reason for use

General sore, bruised feeling of the muscles, with stiffness.

Prostration.

Aggravation at night and in wet weather.

Amelioration of pains in the open air.

The full T. F. Allen text, by section

Mind

General indifference or even stupor.

Head

Internal soreness, < right side.

Dull pain in one side of the forehead, with nausea and cold sweat.

Vertigo, with dim vision and nausea, especially when rising from a bed, with faintness and cold sweat.

Eyes

Inflammation, with a feeling of sand or of granulations ; the edges of the lids seem raw.

Clinical

Blepharitis, with little tumors in the margins of the lids, which are thickened and indurated or even ulcerated.

Chronic ophthalmia.

Suppurative inflammation, intra-ocular.

Ears

Pain on swallowing.

A feeling of obstruction and irritation in the Eustachian tube.

Nose

Pain at the root of the nose, with stoppage, with symptoms of coryza.

Mouth

Irresistible inclination to bite the teeth together, though they are sometimes sore and feel elongated.

Tip of the tongue red, with blisters on the sides.

Pain at the root of the tongue on swallowing, extending into the throat.

Saliva profuse and tenacious.

Metallic taste.

Throat

Diffuse inflammation, with dryness, dark redness, swollen tonsils.

Roughness, rawness and smarting in the throat.

Pain on the right side of the throat, and feeling of a lump on swallowing ; pains extending into the Eustachian tube.

Hawking, increased discharge from the posterior nares.

General dryness and soreness, with inclination to hawk and shooting pains through the Eustachian tubes on attempting to swallow.

Clinical

Catarrhal sore throat, with general stiffness of the muscles of the neck ; aggravation on the right side.

Diphtheritic throat, with albuminaria, soreness across the kidneys.

Stomach

Vomiting of blood and mucus, with deathly nausea and faintness.

Bruised, sore feeling in the pit of the stomach.

Abdomen

Burning, griping pains.

Flatulent symptoms.

Rectum and Stool :

Neuralgic pains in the rectum, shooting along perineum to penis.

Evacuations of blood and mucus, like scrapings of intestines.

Constipation from torpor.

Urinary Organs

Urine scanty, even suppressed, with pains in the region of the kidneys.

Clinical

Nephritis, with soreness over the kidneys, aggravated on right side ; urine scanty, dark colored.

Clinical

Ovarian neuralgia of the right side.

Menses frequent and profuse, followed by leucorrhoea, with ulceration of cervix.

Inflammation and suppuration of mammary glands.

Respiratory organs :

Larynx dry, with hoarseness and aphonia.

Cough dry, croupy, with burning in the larynx and trachea ; < night and in cold, damp weather.

Heart and Pulse :

Pain in the region of the heart, < walking ; pain shoots into the right arm.

Neck and Back :

Neck stiff in the morning on waking, or < night on the right side.

Shooting pains in the sacrum, extending down the hips to the feet, < motion, worse on the right side.

Stiffness and lameness of the back every morning.

Soreness in the region of the kidneys.

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.

Pains generally fly about.

Sciatica : pain involves the right leg, especially outer side of the thigh, < damp weather.

Pains tearing, extending to the feet.

Clinical

Shifting syphilitic or gonorrhoeal pains, often with swollen red joints and swollen glands, aggravated in damp weather.

Clinical

Eruptions dry, like psoriasis, or moist, like herpes.

Disposition to boils or carbuncles, with swollen glands and burning pains, aggravated at night.

Scarlatina-like rash.

Complete text of the Phytolacca Decandra entry in T. F. Allen - A Primer of Materia Medica; 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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18 Dewey

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21 Hale

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Research (14)

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Integrative nanomedicine: treating cancer with nanoscale natural productsBell IR, Sarter B, Koithan M et al. · Global advances in health and medicine · 2014 · Review · doi
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Comparison of solid and liquid forms of homeopathic remedies for tonsillitisWiesenauer M · Advances in therapy · 1998 · Clinical Trial
  13. [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
  14. [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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