Drosera
Abbrev.: Sundew
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William Boericke 1922
Fluoroform 2 per cent, watery solution, 2-4 drops, after paroxysms, considered specific for whooping-cough. Ckelid.; CoralL; Cupr.; Casianca; Argent.; Menyanth.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
.' — First to twelfth attenuation.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Paralytic pains in the coxo-femoral jotilt and thighs. Stiffness in joints of feet. All limbs fe# lume. Bed feels too hard. DROSERA — DUBOISIA 303
Fever
William Boericke 1922
Internal chilliness; shivering, with hot face, cold hands, no thirst. Is always too cold, even in bed.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Affects markedly the respiratory organs and waj pointed out by Hahnemann as the principal remedy foi whooping-cough. Laryngeal phthisis is benefited bj it. Phthisis pulmonum ; vomiting of food from cough ing with gastric irritation and profuse expectoration Pains about hip-joint. Tubercular glands.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Vertigo when walking in open air, with inclination to fall to the left side. Coldness of left half of face, with stinging pains and dry heat of rujjii half.
Larynx
William Boericke 1922
Laryngeal phthisis, with rapid emaciation. Harassing and titillating cough in children — not at all through the day, but commences as soon as the head touches the pillow at night. Q^gyman’s sigre throat, with rough, scraping, dry sensation deep in the fauces; voice hoarse, deep, toneless, cracked, requires exertion to speak. Asthma when talking, with contraction of the throat at every word uttered.
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
Worse, after midnight, lying down, on getting warm in bed, drinking, singing, laughing.
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
retching. Deep, hoarse voice; hoarseness; laryngitis. Rough, scraping sensation deep in the fauces and soft palate. Sensation as if crumbs were in the throat, of feather in
Relationships
William Boericke 1922
Antidote. Camph.
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Nausea. Aversion to and bad effects from acids. Respiratory Organs. — Spasmodic, dry irritative cough, like whooping-cough, the paro.xysms following each other very rapidly: can scarcely breathe; chokes. Cough very deep and hoarse; worse, after midnight; yellow expectoration, unth bleeding from nose and
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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