Elaterium Epigea Repens
Chill
William Boericke 1922
Pain in extremities, darting into fingers and toes. Chills and fever, with spurting diarrhoea.
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Bry. ; Croton ; Gambogia.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Third to thirtieth potency. As a hydragogue cathartic to produce free discharge in dropsies, Elaterin 1-20 of a grain. Palliative only.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Sharp pains in fingers and thumbs, knees, toes, and instep. Gouty pain in great toes. Pain extends down
William Boericke 1922
pain in hip-joints with diarrhoea. Arthritic nodules.
Fever
William Boericke 1922
Chill comes on with much yaioniiig and stretching, lasting all through
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
Worse, from exposure on damp ground.
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Smarts, stings, and burns. Dropsical. Urticaria from suppressed intermittent. Skin, firaiige color.
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Nausea and vomiting, \vith great weakiKss. Griping pains in bowels. Stool. — Watery, copious, forceful. Squirting diarrheva; frothy, olive 'green, with cutting 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.