Scrophularia Nodosa
Knotted Figwort
Abdomen
William Boericke 1922
Pain in liver on pressure. Colic below navel. Pain in sigmoid flexure and
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Label, erinus; Ruta; Carcinosin; Conium; Asterias.
Dose
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Tincture and first potency.
Ears
William Boericke 1922
Inflammation about auricle. Deep ulcerated auricle. Eczema around ear.
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Distressing photophobia. [Conium.] Spots before
William Boericke 1922
Stitches in eyebrow. Sore eyeballs.
Guiding symptoms
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A powerful medicine whenever enlarged glands are present. Hodgkin’s disease. A valuable skin remedy. Has a specific affinity for the breast: very useful in the dissipation of breast tumors. Eccema of the ear. Pruritus vaginae. Lupoid ulceration. Scrofulous swellings. [Cistus] Painful haemorrhoids. Tubercular testis. Ephithelioma. Nodosities in the breasts. [Scirrhinum ] Pain in all flexor muscles. 666 SCROPHULARIA NOD. — SCUTELLARIA LAT,
Head
William Boericke 1922
Vertigo greater when standing f drowsiness ; pain from forehead to back of
William Boericke 1922
Eczema behind ear. Crusta lactea.
Modalities
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Worse lying on right side.
Rectum
William Boericke 1922
Painful, bleeding, protruding piles.
Respiratory
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Violent dyspnoea, oppression of chest with trembling. Pain about bifurcation of
Skin
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Prickling itching, worse back of hand.
Sleep
William Boericke 1922
Great drowsiness; in morning and before and after meals with weariness.
Trachea
William Boericke 1922
Asthma in scrofulous patients.
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.