Paraffine
Purified Paraffin
Abdomen
William Boericke 1922
Pain in lower abdomen, extending to genitals, rectum and coccyx; better, sitting.
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Naphthalin; Petrol.; Kreos.; Eupion.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Lower triturations and thirtieth potency.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Pain in spine extending to inguinal region and in both loins, when ascending the stairs. Feeling of electric shocks in all joints. Wrenching pain in calves, extending into toes, in joints. Feet swollen with tearing in ankles and soles.
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Vision dim; black specks before. Lids red. Sensation as if there were fat on the
Female
William Boericke 1922
Menses too late, black, abundant. Milky leucorrhoea. Nipples pain when touched, as if sore inside. Stabbing pain in mons veneris. Very hot urine with burning pains in vulva.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Valuable in uterine affections. Particularly serviceable, in constipation. Knife-like pains. Pains extend from one part to another, and alternate. Pain in stomach alternates with pain in throat and
Head
William Boericke 1922
Left side of head and face suffer most; pains stinging and twisting. Pain as if a nail were ‘driven in left side of vertex. Twisting in left ear.
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Tearing, twisting pain in teeth down to lower jaw. Full of saliva; feels sticky; bitter taste.
Rectum
William Boericke 1922
Frequent desire for stool. Obstinate constipation in children, [Alumina; Nyctanthes,] Chronic constipation, with haemorrhoids' and continual urging to stool, without result. 570 PARAFFINE — PAREIRA BRAVA
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Burns, even of third degree, with sloughing and sepsis. Wash with sterile water and dry and spray with paraffine, and cover with thin layer of cotton. Useful also in frost bites.
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Pain in stomach alternates with pain in throat and spine, extends to chest with belching. Fixed pain in left hypochoridrium, as if parts were being twisted. Palpitation with stomach pains.
William Boericke 1922
Hungry all the time. Pain across
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.