Convallaria Majalis
Lily of the Valley
Abdomen
William Boericke 1922
Sensitive. Clothes feel too tight. Gurgling and pain on taking deep breath. Movement in abdomen like fist of a child. Colicky pains. Urinary Organs. — Aching in bladder ; feels distended. Frequent urination; offensive.
Chest
William Boericke 1922
Endocarditis, with extreme orthopnoea. Sensation as if heart ceased beating, then starting very sud- 272
Face
William Boericke 1922
Hydroa in nose and lips; raw and sore. Epi.staxis. Sees imaginary gray spot about three inches square.
Female
William Boericke 1922
Great soreness in uterine region, with sympathetic palpitation of
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
A heart remedy. Increases energy of hearts’ action, renders it more regular. Of use when the ventricles are overdistended and dilatation begins, and when there is an absence of compensatory hypertrophy, and when venous stasis is marked. Dyspnoea, dropsy, aneuric tendency. Mind and
Head
William Boericke 1922
Dull intellect. Grieves easily. Dull headache; worse, ascending, hawking. Scalp sensitive. Irritability. Hysterical manifestations.
Heart
William Boericke 1922
Pain in sacro-iliac joints, running down leg. Itching at urinary meatus and vaginal orifice.
William Boericke 1922
Feeling as if *heart beat throughout the
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Grating of teeth in the morning. Coppery taste. Tongue feels sore and scalded ; broad and thick with heavy, dirty coating.
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Pulmonary congestion. Orthopnoea. Dyspncea while walking. Hot feeling in
Throat
William Boericke 1922
Raw feeling in back of throat when inspiring.
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.