Stellaria Media
Chickweed
Abdomen
William Boericke 1922
Liver engorged, sivollen, with stitching pain and sensitive to pressure. Clay-coiored stools. Hepatic torpor. Constipation or alternating constipation and diarrhoea.
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Fulsaf. (similar in rheumatism, pains shifting, worse rest, warmth; better cold air).
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Tincture, externally. Internally, 2x potency.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Rheumatoid pains in different parts of the body. Sharp pain in small of back, over kidneys, in gluteal region, extending down thigh. Pain in shoulders and arms. Synovitis. Bruised feeling. Rheumatic pains in calves of legs.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Induces a condition of stasis, congestion, and sluggishness of all functions. Morning aggravation. Sharp, shifting, rheumatic pains in all parts very pronounced. Rheumatism; darting pains in almost every part; stiffness of joints; parts sore to touch; worse, motion. Chronic rheumatism. Shifting pains. [Puls., Kali sulph.] Psoriasis. Enlarged and inflamed gouty finger joints.
Head
William Boericke 1922
General irritabilit 3 ^ Smarting and burning in eyes, feel protruded. Dull, frontal headache; worse in morning and left side with sleepiness. Neck muscles stiff and sore.
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
Worse, mornings, warmth, tobacco. Better, evenings, cold air, motion.
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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