Syphilinum
The Syphilitic Virus ^ A Nosode
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William Boericke 1922
Merc.; Kal. hyd.; Nit ac.; Aur.: Alum.
Dose
William Boericke 1922
The highest potencies only, and in infrequent
Ears
William Boericke 1922
Caries of ossicles in ear of syphilitic origin.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Sciatica ; worse at night ; better about daybreak. Rheumatism of shoulderjoint, at insertion of deltoid. Run-around. Severe pain in long bones. Redness and rawness between toes. [Sil.] Rheumatism, muscles are caked in hard knot or lumps. Always washing the hands. Indolent ulcers. Muscles contracted in hard knots.
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Chronic, recurrent, phlyctenular inflammation of cornea; successive crops of phyctenules and abrasions of epithelial layer of cornea; photophobia intense, lachrymation profuse. Lids swollen; pain intense at night; ptosis. Tubercular iritis. Diplopia; one image seen below the other. Feeling of cold air blowing on eye. [Fluor, ac.]
Female
William Boericke 1922
Ulcers on labia. Leucorrhoea profuse, thi% tvttiery, acrid, with sharp, knife-like pain in ovaries. SYPHILINUM — SYZYGIUM JAMBOLANUM — TAB. 725
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Utter prostration and debility in the morning. Shifting rheumatic pains. Chronic eruptions and rheumatism. Ichthyosis. Syphilitic affections. Pains from darkness to daylight ; decrease and increase gradually. Hereditary tendency to alcoholism. Ulceration of mouth, nose, genitals,
Head
William Boericke 1922
Top of head feels as if coming off. Stupefying cephalalgia.
William Boericke 1922
Linear pains from temple across, or from eyes backward ; cause sleeplessness and delirium at night. Falling of the hair. Pain in bones of
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Loss of memory ; remembers everything previous to his illness. Apathetic; feels as if going insane or being paralysed. Fears the night, and the suffering from exhaustion on awakening. Hopeless; despairs of recovery.
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
IVorsc, at night, sundown to sunrise, seashore, in summer. Better, inland and mountains, during day, moving about slowly.
Mouth
William Boericke 1922
Teeth decay at gum; edges serrated, dwarfed. Tongue coated, teeth-indented ; deep longitudinal cracks. Ulcers smart and burn. Excessive flow of saliva; it runs out of mouth when sleeping.
Nose
William Boericke 1922
Caries of nasal bones, bard palate and septum, with perforation; ozsena.
Rectum
William Boericke 1922
Feels tied up with strictures. Enemas very painful. Fissures, prolapse.
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Aphonia; chronic asthma in summer, wheezing and rattling. [Tart, emei.] Cough dry, hard; worse at night; windpipe sensitive to touch. [Lack.] Lancinating pains from base of heart to apex at night.
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Reddish-brown eruption, with a disagreeable odor. Extreme emaciation.
William Boericke 1922
Succession of abscesses. 724
Stomach
William Boericke 1922
Craves alcohol.
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
Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.
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