Vipera
The Ckrman Viper
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Patient is obliged to keep the ex- 778 VIPERA — VISCUM ALBUM tremities elevated. When they are allozvcd to hang down, it seems as if they would burst, and the pain is unbearable, \D\ad.] Varicose veins and acute phlebitis. Veins swollen, sensitive; bursting pain. Severe cramps in lower
Face
William Boericke 1922
Excessively swollen. Lips and tongue swollen, livid, protruding. Tongue dry, brown, black. Speech difficult.
Fever
William Boericke 1922
extends to shoulder and hip.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
Indicated in inflammation of veins with great swelling; bursting sensation. Enlargement of
Liver
William Boericke 1922
Violent pain in enlarged liver, with jaundice and
William Boericke 1922
Ailments of menopause. Qidema of glottis.
Relationships
William Boericke 1922
PeJias herus — Adder. (Prostration and fainting, faltering pulse, skin yellow, pain about navel. Swelling of arm, tongue, right eye ; giddiness, nervousness, faintness, sickness, compression of chest, could not breathe properly or take a deep breath; aching and stiffness of limbs, joints stiff, collapsed feeling, great thirst.) Eel serum (heart and kidney diseases. Failure of compensation and impending asystole). Do«e. — Twelfth potency.
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Livid. Skin peels in large plates. Lymphangioma, boils, carbuncles, with bursting sensation, relieved by elevating parts.
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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