Formica Rufa
Chest
William Boericke 1922
pleuritic pains. Sexual. — Seminal emissions; weakness. “Slothful to venery.”
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Formic acid. Chr 9 nic myalgia Muscular pains and soreness. Gout and articular rheumatism, which appear suddenly. Pains usually worse on right side, motion and better from pressure. Failing vision. (Increases muscular strength and resistance to fatigue. Feels stronger and more “fit” in ordinary walking. Marked diuretic effect, greater elimination of products of disassimilation, particularly urea). Tremor. Tuberculosis, chronic nephritis and carcinoma, lupus, etc., have been treated successfully with injections of Formic acid of a dilution corresponding to the 3d and 4th centesimal. In prescribing it for varicose veins, polypi, catarrh. Dr. J. H. Clarke orders an ounce or two of a solution of Formic acid in the proportion of one part of the acid to eleven of distilled water. Of this one teaspoonful is taken in a tablespoonful of water after food once or twice daily. Pam in aponeurosis and rfluscles of head, neck and shoulders before a snowstorm. Fhu^' (llulrnm Jlrtica and /mwjperus contain Formic acid). Calc, fluor.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Sixth to thirtieth attenuation.
Ears
William Boericke 1922
Ringing and buzzing. Cracking in left ear with headache. Parts around ear feel swollen. Polypi.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Paraplegia. Pain in hips. Rheumatism comes on with suddenness and restlessness. Sweat does not relieve.
William Boericke 1922
Rheumatic pains; stiff and contracted joints. Muscles feel strained and torn from their attachment. Weakness of lower
Head
William Boericke 1922
Vertigo. Headache with cracking in left ear. Brain feels too heavy and large. Sensation as if a bubble burst in forehead. Forgetful in the evening. Ex^hilarated. Coryza and stopped-up feeling in
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
Worse, cold and cold washing, before a snowstorm. Better, warmth, pressure, rubbing. Combing hair. 342 FORMICA RUFA — FRAGARIA
Nose
William Boericke 1922
Rheumatic iritis. Nasal polypi.
Rectum
William Boericke 1922
Pain in bowels before stool. Severe pain in the bowels; with shuddering chilliness. Constriction in the anus. Urine. — Bloody, albuminous, with much urging; quantities of urates.
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Hoarseness, with dry, sore
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Red, itching and burning. Nettle-rash. Nodes around joints. [Ammon, phos.] Profuse sweat without relief.
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Constant pressure at the cardiac end of the stomach, and a burning pain there. Nausea, with headache, and vomiting of yellowish bitter mucus. Pains shift from stomach to vertex. Abdomen and Stool. — In the morning, difficult passages of small quantities of flatus; afterwards diarrhoea-like urging in the
Throat
William Boericke 1922
cough worse at night, with aching in forehead and constrictive pain 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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