Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Smilaceae (Smilacaceae) · Simple
Habitat The Officinal Sarsae radix is imported from Jamaica
ClarkePreparation Triturations and tincture of the dried rhizome.
Sources 15 entries across 13 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
1X–6X
First to sixth potency
Reason for useT. F. Allen
Paralytic, tearing pains ; gout-like pains after taking cold from wet (and from suppressed gonorrhoea), with decreased secretion of urine. Trembling of the hands and feet. Paralytic immobility of the limbs. Emaciation, so that the skin became wrinkled. Weakness and even faintness in the evening during stool.
By regionT. F. Allen
Mind The pains seem to affect the mind and cause depression. Frequent changeable mood.
Head Shooting or throbbing headache, with nausea and sour vomiting. Sensitiveness of the scalp. Pain in the left side of the forehead.
Eyes Dimness of vision ; paper looks red in the evening.
Stomach Loss of appetite ; nausea, if only thinking of food. Food is tasteless. Bitter eructations.
Skin Dry, papular eruption, itching, < warmth, evenings in bed and scratching. Moist eruptions, with excoriating discharge and tendency to ulceration.
Fever Chilliness day and night, especially in the forenoon ; cold, even when near a stove, except the face ; heat in the evening, with rush of blood, palpitation, sweat on the forehead.
Books*
Antidoted by Belladonna 4, Mercurius Solubilis 3, Aceticum Acidum +19
Complementary Mercurius Solubilis, Sepia Officinalis
Follows well —
Compare Natrum Muriaticum, Berberis Vulgaris, Lycopodium Clavatum +33
* 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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