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Sanguinaria Canadensis

Sanguinaria canadensis
SANG · 18 entries across 18 books
HabitatThe resin, leaves, seeds, seed-vessels, powdered root, and expressed juice have also been used. PreparationTincture of fresh root. Clarke
6X, Ø
Tincture in headaches; sixth potency in rheumatismDose · Boericke

Reason for use

The periodical sick headache; begins in morning, increases during the day, lasts until evening; head feels as if it would burst, or as if eyes would be pressed out; relieved by sleep. American sick headache, > by perfect quiet in a dark room ("tired headache" from over mental or physical exertion, epigea; sick headache < during rest > by rubbing, pressure, motion, Indigo). Headache begins in occiput, spreads upwards and settles over right eye (Sil., - over or in left orbit, Spig.). Headaches, return at the climacteric; every seventh day (Sabad., Sil., Sulph. - eight day, Iris). Neuralgia of face > by kneeling down and pressing the head firmly against the floor; pain extends in all directions from the upper jaw. Circumscribed red cheeks in afternoon; burning in ears; in bronchitis, pneumonia, phthisis. Rheumatic pain in the right arm and shoulder (left, Fer.); cannot raise the arm, < at night. Pains in places where the bones are least covered, as tibia, backs of hands, etc (Rhus ven.). Burning in pharynx and oesophagus. Laryngeal or nasal polypi (Sang. n., Psor., Tuec.). Climacteric ailments: flushes of heat and leucorrhoea; burning of palms and soles; compelled to throw off bedclothes; painful enlargement of breasts; when Lachesis and Sulphur fail to relieve. Asthma after the "rose cold," < from odors. Cough: dry, waking him at night and not ceasing until he sits up in bed and passes flatus; circumscribed red cheeks; night sweats; diarrhoea. Severe cough after whooping-cough; the cough returns every time patient takes cold. Eruption on face of young women, especially during scanty menses (Bellis, Cal., Eug. j., Psor.).

The full Allen text, by section

Relations

Compare: Bell., Iris, Mellil., in sick headache; Lach., Sulph., Ver. v., in chronic bronchitis or latent pneumonia. After Bell. fails in scarlatina. As a dynamic remedy for the narcosis of Opium.

Complete text of the Sanguinaria Canadensis 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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18 entries across 18 books · abbreviations: SANG · Family: Papaveraceae

Remedies said to end or reduce the action of Sanguinaria Canadensis, for example if it has caused an unwanted reaction. What is an antidote?

Remedies whose action Sanguinaria Canadensis is said to end or reduce.

Entries

1 Boericke

SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS · William Boericke · 3,835 chars

2 Kent

Sanguinaria · James Tyler Kent · 12,844 chars

3 Clarke

Sanguinaria · John Henry Clarke · 31,689 chars

4 Hering

Sanguinaria Canadensis · Constantine Hering · 58,571 chars

5 Allen · shown above

Sanguinaria · Henry C. Allen · 1,897 chars

6 Nash

Sanguinaria Canadensis · E. B. Nash · 2,391 chars

7 Hering

SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS · Constantine Hering · 13,914 chars

10 Lippe

Sanguinaria canadensis · Adolph zur Lippe · 6,472 chars

14 T. F. Allen

SANGUINARIA · Timothy Field Allen · 21,758 chars

15 Tyler

Sanguinaria Canadensis · Margaret Lucy Tyler · 8,787 chars

16 Guernsey

SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS · Henry Newell Guernsey · 509 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

SANGUINARIA · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 5,644 chars

18 Dewey

Sanguinaria Canadensis · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 3,438 chars

20 Hempel

Sanguinaria Canadensis · Charles Julius Hempel · 125,647 chars

21 Hale

Sanguinaria Canadensis · Edwin Moses Hale · 18,201 chars

22 Roberts

Sanguinaria canadensis · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 2,452 chars

23 T. F. Allen

SANGUINARIA · Timothy Field Allen · 2,692 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Sanguinaria · A. Gladstone Clarke · 961 chars

Relations (this remedy →)

compatible 1Belladonna
complementary 1Tartaricum Acidum

Backlinks (other remedies → this one)

complementary 1Phosphorus
incompatible / inimical 1Sepia Officinalis

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Research (4)

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  1. Serious Skin Injuries Following Exposure to Unapproved Mole and Skin Tag RemoversKonkel K, Reyes M, Diak IL et al. · The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2023
  2. Efficacy of a non-hormonal treatment, BRN-01, on menopausal hot flashes: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialColau JC, Vincent S, Marijnen P et al. · Drugs in R&D · 2012 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  3. Treating hot flushes in menopausal women with homeopathic treatment--results of an observational studyBordet MF, Colas A, Marijnen P et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2008 · doi
  4. Dual inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase/cyclooxygenase by a reconstituted homeopathic remedy; possible explanation for clinical efficacy and favourable gastrointestinal tolerabilityJäggi R, Würgler U, Grandjean F et al. · Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2004 · doi

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