Viscum Album
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William Boericke 1922
Sccale; Convallar.; Bry.; Puls.; Rhodod. Gnipsine — active principle — (exalts the hypotensive properties of Viscum).
Dose
William Boericke 1922
Tincture and lower potencies.
Extremities
William Boericke 1922
Pains alternate in the knee and ankle with shoulder and elbow. Sciatica. Tearing, shooting pains in both thighs and upper
William Boericke 1922
A ijhiv rises from the feet to the
William Boericke 1922
General tremor, as if all muscles were in state of fibrillary contraction. Dropsy of
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Double vision. Buzzing and stopped-up feejing in ear. Deafness fijJin cold. Facial muscles in constant agitation.
Female
William Boericke 1922
Haemorrhage, with pain; blood partly VISCUM ALBUM — WYETHIA 779 clots and bright red. Climacteric complaints. [Lack.; S^ulph.] Pain from sacrum into pelvis, with tearing, shooting pains from above downwards. Retained placenta. [Secalc.] Chronic endometritis.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
The symptoms point especially to rheumatic and gouty complaints; neuralgia, especially sciatica. Epilepsy, chorea, and metrorrhagia. Rheumatic deafness. Asthma. Spinal pains, due to uterine causes. Rheumatism with tearing pains. Arterial h >yerten sion. Hypertensive albuminuria. Valvular disease, with disturbances in sexual sphere.
Head
William Boericke 1922
seems to be on lire. Periodic pains from sacrum into pelvis, worse HI bed, with pains into thighs and upper
William Boericke 1922
Feeling as if whole vault of skull were lifted up. Blue rings around
Heart
William Boericke 1922
Hypertrophy with valvular insufficiency; pulse small and weak; unable to rest in a reclining position. Palpitation during coitus. Failing compensation, dyspnoea worse lying on left side. Weight and oppression of
William Boericke 1922
as if a hand were squeezing it; tickling sensation about
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
'Worse, winter, cold, stormy weather; in bed. Movement; hing on left side.
Respiratory
William Boericke 1922
Dyspnoea ; feeling of suffocation when lying on left side. Spasmodic cough Asthma, if connected with gout or rheumatism. Stertorous breathing.
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.
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.