Carbo Animalis
Animal Charcoal
Chest
William Boericke 1922
Cough, with discharge of greenish pus.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Pain in coccyx; burns when touched. Ankles turn easily. Straining and over-lifting produce 198
William Boericke 1922
Glands indurated, swollen, painful, in neck, axillae, groin, mammae; pains lancinating, cuttii;g, burning. [Con.; Merc. iod. flav.]
Female
William Boericke 1922
Nausea of pregnancy; worse at night. Lochia offensive. [Kreos.: Rhus; Secale.] Menses follozved by great exhaustion, so weak, can hardly speak. [Core.], flow only in morning. [Bor.; Sep.] Burning in vagina and labia. Darting in breast; painful' indurations in breast, especially right. Cancer of uterus, burning pain down thighs.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Weakness of nursing women. Ulceration and decomposition. Causes local congestions without heat.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Headache, as if head had been blown to pieces. Rush of blood with confusion Sensation as if something lay above eyes so that she could not look up. Bluish cheeks and lips. Vertigo followed by nosebleed. Nose swollen, tip bluish — small tumor on it. Hearing confused ; cannot tell direction oi sound
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Desire to be alone, sad and reflective, avoids conversation. Anxiety at night, with orgasm of
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Pleurisy, typhoid character, and remaining stitch. Ulceration of lung, with feeling of coldness of
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Spongy ulcers, copper-colored eruption. Acne rosacea. Chilblains, worse in evening, in bed and from cold. Verruca on hands and face of old people, with bluish color of
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Eating tires patient. Weak, empty feeling in
William Boericke 1922
Burning and griping. Weak digestion. Flatulence. Ptomaine poisoning. Repugnance to fat food. Sour water from
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
Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.
Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.