Cistus Canadensis
Rock Rose
Abdomen
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Desire for cheese. Stool. — Diarrhoea from coffee and fruit, thin, yellow, urgent; worse in morning.
Back
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Cistus has affinity for naso-pharynx ; aborts colds that center in posterior
William Boericke 1922
Sore throat from inhaling the least cold air. Heat and itching in
Chest
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The neck is studded with tumors. Induration of mammae. Haemorrhage from lungs.
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Coldness in
Ears
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Watery discharge; also fetid pus. Tetter on and around ears, extending to external meatus.
Face
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Itching, burning, and crusts on right zygoma. Lupus, caries ; open, bleeding cancer. Tip of nose painful.
Guiding symptoms
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A deep-acting anti-psoric remedy, with marked action in glandular affections, herpetic eruptions, chronic swellings, when patient is extremely sensitive to cold. Sensation of coldness in various parts. Scrofulous ophthalmia. Poisoned wounds, bites, phagedenic ulcers. Malignant disease of the glands of the
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Scorbutic swollen gums. Mouth feels cold; putrid, impure breath. Pyorrhoea. [Merc, cor.; Causi.; Staph.; Kreos.] Hurts to protrude the
Nose
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Sniffling.
Stomach
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Cool feeling in stomach before and after eating. Cool feeling in whole
Throat
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Head drawn to one side by swellings in
William Boericke 1922
must sip water frequently. Hawking of mucus. Swelling and suppuration of glands of
William Boericke 1922
Spongy feeling; very dry and cold air passing over parts causes pain. Breath, tongue, and throat fel cold. Uvula and tonsils swollen. A small, dry spot in
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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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.