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Sarsaparilla Officinalis

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SARS · 15 entries across 15 books
Sarsaparilla Officinalis
HabitatThe Officinal Sarsae radix is imported from Jamaica. PreparationTriturations and tincture of the dried rhizome. Clarke
1X–6X
First to sixth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

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.

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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.

Face

Eruption like milk crust.

Eruption on the upper lip.

Mouth

Dryness and rawness of the mouth and throat.

Bitter taste in the morning.

Stomach

Loss of appetite ; nausea, if only thinking of food.

Food is tasteless.

Bitter eructations.

Urinary Organs

Frequent, ineffectual urging to urinate.

Diminished secretion of urine ; or copious, pale urine, frequently evacuated.

Tenesmus of bladder, with discharge of white, acrid urine, containing mucus.

Burning in the urethra during micturition.

Urine contains blood and pus.

Clinical

Cystitis, with bloody urine, pain in the neck of the bladder at the close of micturition and chills from bladder to back.

Gravel and even calculus in the bladder and kidneys.

Urine decomposes in the bladder, with the development of gas.

Urine bloody in suppressed gonorrhoea.

Sexual Organs

Erections, with sexual dreams.

Disagreeable odor of the genital organs.

(Herpetic eruption on the genitals.)

Back and Extremities :

Pain in the lower part of the back, extending around the pelvis to the genitals ; < night and motion, especially on stooping.

Numerous pains in the extremities and joints, < motion, with weakness.

Clinical

Pains from suppressed gonorrhoea, syphilitic or after taking Mercury, aggravated by night and damp weather, especially after taking cold in water.

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.

Complete text of the Sarsaparilla Officinalis 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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5 Allen

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6 Nash

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7 Hering

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10 Lippe

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13 Hahnemann

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14 T. F. Allen

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16 Guernsey

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17 Cowperthwaite

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18 Dewey

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22 Roberts

Sarsaparilla officinalis · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 1,550 chars

23 T. F. Allen · shown above

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  1. Clinical verification in homeopathy and allergic conditionsVan Wassenhoven M · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2013 · doi
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