Gossypium
Cotton-plant
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William Boericke 1922
Action similar to Ergot when made from fresh green root. Lilium; Cimicif.; Sabina.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Tincture, to sixth attenuation. 358
William Boericke 1922
Hoinceopathically, it corresponds to many reflex conditk.ns, depending on disturbed uterine function and pregnancy, Gossypium will relieve tardy menses, especially with sensation that the flow is about to start and yet does not do so. Tall, bloodless patients, with nervous chills.
Female
William Boericke 1922
Labia swollen and itching. Intermittent pain in ovaries. Refined placenta. Tumor of the breast with swelling of axillary glands. Morning sickness, with sensitive uterine region. Suppressed menstruation. Menses too watery. Backache, weight and dragging in pelvis.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
A powerful emmenagogue, used in physiological
Head
William Boericke 1922
Pain in cervical region with tendency for head to draw backward with nervousness.
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Nausea, with inclination to vomit before breakfast. Anorexia, with uneasy feeling at scrobiculum at time of menses.
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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