Saponaria
Soap Root
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Hot stitches deep in eyeball. Ciliary neuralgia; worse, left side. Photophobia. Exophthalmos, worse reading and writing. Increased intraocular pressure.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Of great use in the treatment of acute colds, coryza, sore throat, etc. Will often “break up" a cold.
Head
William Boericke 1922
tired feeling in nape. Corysa. Sensation of drunkenness with constant endeavor to go left-wards. Left-sided trigeminal neuralgia, especially supraorbital. Violent eye pains.
William Boericke 1922
Stitching pain, supraorbital; worse, left side, evening, motion. Throbbing over orbits. Congestion to
Heart
William Boericke 1922
Impulse weak; pulse less frequent. Palpitation with anxiety. Peculiar anxious suggestive appreciation of heart’s action.
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Utter indifference to pain or possible death. Apathetic, depressed, ivith sleepiness. 662 SAPONARIA — SARCOLACnC ACTD
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
Worse, at night, mental exertion, left side.
Relationships
William Boericke 1922
Compare* .Saponin. (Tired, indifferent. Pain in left temple, eye, photophobia, hot stitches deep in eye. Fifth nerve affections. Migraine. Much pain before the menstrual flow ; severe sore throat, worse right side; tonsils swollen, worse in warm room.) Compare, also: Verbose.; Coccul. (both containing Saponin). Quillaya; Senega; Grindel. (contains Saponin).
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Difficult swallowing. Nausea, heartburn ; full feeling not relieved by eructation.
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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