Bovista
Puff-Ball
Abdomen
William Boericke 1922
Colic, with red urine; relieved by eating. Must bend double. Pain around umbilicus. Stitches through perineum towards rectum and genitals. Stool. — Chronic diarrhoea of old people ; worse at night and early morning. Diarrhoea before and during menstruation.
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Calc.; Rhus; Sepia; Ckuta.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Third to sixth potency. BRACHYGLOTTIS — ^BRANCA URSINA 149
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Great weakness of all joints; clumsiness with her hands, drops things from hands. Weariness of hands and feet. Sweat in axillae; onion smell. Tip of coccyx itches intolerably. Moist eczema on back of hand. Itching of feet and legs. CEdema in joints after fracture.
Face
William Boericke 1922
Scurf and crusts about nostrils and corners of
Female
William Boericke 1922
Diarrhoea before and during menses. Menses too early and profuse; worse at night. Voluptuous sensation. Leucorrhcea acrid, thick, tough, greenish, follows menses. Cannot hear tight clothing around waist [Lach.\. Traces of menses between menstruation. Soreness of pubes during menses.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Has a marked effect on the skin, producing eruption like eczema, also upon the circulation, predisposing to haemorrhages ; marked languor and lassitude. Adapted to stammering children, old maids with palpitation, and “tettery” patients. Stage of numbness and tingling in multiple neuritis.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Sensation as if fiead were enlarging, especially of occiput. Distensive headache; worse early morning, open air, lying. Discharge from nose stringy, tough. Dull, bruised pain in brain. Stammering. [Stram.; Merc.] Scalp itches; worse, warmth; sensitive; must scratch until sore. 148
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Enlarged sensation. [Arg. n.] Awkward; everything falls from his hands. Sensitive.
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Lips chapped. Bleeding of nose and gums. Cheeks and lips feel swollen. Acne worse in summer; due to use of cosmetics.
Relationships
William Boericke 1922
Bovista antidotes tar applications. Suffocation from gas. After Rhus in chronic urticaria.
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Blunt instruments leave deep impression on the
William Boericke 1922
Urticaria on excitement, with rheumatic lameness, palpitation and diarrhoea. [Dulc.] Itching on getting warm. Eczema, moist; formation of thick crusts. Pimples cover the entire body; scurvy; herpetic eruptions. Pruritus ani. Urticaria on waking in the morning, worse from bathing. Pellagra.
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Sensation as of a lump of ice. Intolerant of tight clothing around waist.
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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