Asclepias Syriaca
Silkweed
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William Boericke 1922
Asclepias Vincefoxicum . — Swallow -wort — Cynanchnm — A gastro-intestinal ir- 106 ASCLEPIAS SYR. — ASCLEPIAS TUB. — ASIMINA TRI. ritant, producing vomiting and purgation. — (Useful in dropsy, diabetes, great thirst, profuse urination.)
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
A remedy for dropsy, hepatic, renal or cardiac and post-scarlatinal ; causes diaphoresis and augments the urinary secretion. Acute rheumatic inflammation of laij:e joints. Intermittent, pressing-down uterine pains.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Feels as if a sharp instrument were thrust through from temple to temple. Constriction across forehead. Nervous headache, after suppressed perspiration, followed by increased urine, with increase of specific gravity. Headache from retention of effete matters in system.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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