Digitalis
Foxglove
Face
William Boericke 1922
Cardiac muscular failure when asystole is present. Stimulates the heart’s muscles, increases force of systole, increases length. Prostration from slight exertion. Collapse,
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Comes into play in all diseases where the heart is primarily involved, where the pulse is zveak, irregular, intcnnitteiit, abnormally slotc, and dropsy of external and internal parts. Weakness and dilatation of the myocardium. Other symptoms of organic heart disease, such as great weakness and sinking of strength, faintness, coldness of skin, and irregular respiration; cardiac irritability and ocular troubles after tobacco; jaundice from induration and hypertrophy of the liver, frequently calls for Digitalis. Jaundice with heart disease. Faint, as if dying. Bluish appearance of
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Despondency; fearful; an.rious about the future. Dullness of scn.se. Every shock strikes in epigastrium.
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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