Eupatorium Perfoliatum
Thoroughwort
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William Boericke 1922
Aching in bones of extremities wit,h soreness of flesh. Aching in arms and wrists. Swelling of left great toe. Gouty soreness EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM — EUPATORIUM PURP, 321 and inflammed nodosities of joints, associated with headache. Dropsical swelling.
Chest
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must support it. Influenza, with great soreness of muscles and bones. Chronic loose cough, chest sore; worse at night. Cough relieved by getting on hands and knees.
Chill
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also constipation of children). [Collinson.\
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William Boericke 1922
Bryon.; Sepia.; Natr. mur.; Chclidon. Nyctanthes arhor-trisiis (bilious
Dose
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Tincture, to third attenuation.
Fever
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Perspiration relieves all symptoms except headache. Chill between 7 and 9 a. m., preceded by thirst with great soreness and aching of hones. Nausea, vomiting of bile at close of chill or hot stage ; throbbing headache. Knows chill is coming on because he cannot drink enough. Bxtremities. — Aching pain tn
William Boericke 1922
insatiable thirst; bitter vomiting at close of
Guiding symptoms
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bone-pain. Cachexia from old chronic, bilious intermittents. Worn-out constitutions from inebrity. Sluggishness of all organs and functions. Bone-pains, general and severe. Soreness. Marked periodicity. [Ars.; China: Cedron.]
Head
William Boericke 1922
Throbbing pain. Pressure as if a cap of lead pressed over the whole skull. Vertigo; sensation of falling to left. Vomiting of bile. Top and back of head with pain and soreness of eyeballs. Periodical headache, every third and seventh day. Occipital pain after lying doum, with sense of weight.
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
Worse, periodically. Better, by conversation, by getting on hands and knees.
Mouth
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Cracks in corners of mouth, yellow coated longue, thirst.
Respiratory
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Coryza, with sneezing. Hoarseness and cough, ivith soreness in
Stomach
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Tongue yellow. Taste bitter. Hepatic region sore. Great thirst. Vomiting and purging of bile, of green liquid several quarts at a time. Vomiting preceded by thirst. Hiccough. [ Sulph. ac., IJydrocy. ar.] Avoids tight clothing. Stool. — Frequent, green, watery. Cramps. Constipated, with sore
Text
William Boericke 1922
Known as “Bone-set,'" from the prompt manner in which it relieves pain in limbs and muscles that accompanies some forms of febrile disease, like malaria and influenza. Eupatorium acts principally upon the gastrohepatic organs and bronchial mucous membrane. It is a boon in miasmatic districts, along rivers, marshes, etc., and in all conditions where there is a great deal of 320
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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