Origin 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 useCowperthwaite
Acts powerfully upon the blood, giving rise to herpes and other skin eruptions. It also acts prominently upon the urinary system, producing symptoms similar to those of gravel, in which affection it is an excellent remedy. Characteristic symptoms.
By regionCowperthwaite
Mind (Sarsaparilla) Anxiety with the pains, also after seminal emissions.
Head (Sarsaparilla) Heaviness in the head. Pressing and stitching pains in left side of head. Throbbing pains in the head.
Eyes (Sarsaparilla) Shooting pain in eyes. Cloudiness before the eyes, as from a fog. ( Caust ., Phos., Ranunc., Sulph .)
Stomach (Sarsaparilla) Bitter eructations after eating.
Back (Sarsaparilla) Pains from small of back down spermatic cords ; after emissions. …
Skin (Sarsaparilla) Herpes on almost all parts of the body. Deep, burning, painful rhagades. …
Fever (Sarsaparilla) Frequent rigors, running from below upward. Heat in the evenings in bed. Sweat on forehead, during the evening heat. …
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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