Urticaria.
BOMBYX PROCESSIONEA
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Remedy Origin / Source
Natural
Clinical Applications
Bombyx Processionea. Procession Moth. N. O. Lepidoptera. Tincture of live caterpillars. Clinical Urticaria. Characteristics Contact with the caterpillars or the emanations from a nest of them causes intense irritation, and hard, large, areola-formed tubercles, with a red areola, so thick as to le...
General Description
Bombyx Processionea. Procession Moth. N. O. Lepidoptera. Tincture of live caterpillars. Clinical Urticaria. Characteristics Contact with the caterpillars or the emanations from a nest of them causes intense irritation, and hard, large, areola-formed tubercles, with a red areola, so thick as to leave hardly any space between. Sometimes they are linear-formed; most marked near joints. Sensation as if a foreign body were under the skin. Itching of whole body. Itching, evenings; not relieved by anything. In one victim it caused frequent waking at night, and dreams that his arms were being cauterised, and arrows thrust into the muscles. Burning heat of skin. In one case, that of a boy who shook a large number of the caterpillars from a tree into his naked breast, it caused an itching so seve...
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Bombyx Processionea.
Clinical
Characteristics
Contact with the caterpillars or the emanations from a nest of them causes intense irritation, and hard, large, areola-formed tubercles, with a red areola, so thick as to leave hardly any space between. Sometimes they are linear-formed; most marked near joints. Sensation as if a foreign body were under the skin. Itching of whole body. Itching, evenings; not relieved by anything. In one victim it caused frequent waking at night, and dreams that his arms were being cauterised, and arrows thrust into the muscles. Burning heat of skin. In one case, that of a boy who shook a large number of the caterpillars from a tree into his naked breast, it caused an itching so severe that the boy had to run home for assistance; then fever, somnolency, delirium, and finally death ensued.
Relations
Compare: Apis, Ast. fl., Rhus, &c.
Bombyx Processionea
(Procession Moth)
PHARMACY
bomb-pr. Bombyx processionnea. Procession Moth. Thaumetopoea processionnea.
N. 0. Lepidoptera. Tincture of caterpillars.
Historical dose: Tincturation and all potencies.
CLINICAL
- Delirium.
- Fever.
- Itching.
- Tubercles.
- Unicaria.
HOMEOPATHIC
Contact with the caterpillars or the emanations from a nest of them causes intense irritation. Large, hard tubercles with a red areola formed, so thick as to leave hardly any space between. Sometimes they are formed in a linear manner, most marked near joints.
In one case, that of a boy who shook a large number of the caterpillars from a tree onto his naked breast, it caused an itching so severe that the boy had to run home for assistance, then fever, somnolence, delirium, and finally death ensued.
Burning heat of skin. Sensation as if a foreign body were under the skin. Itching of the whole body. Itching, in the evenings, not relieved by anything. In one victim, it caused frequent waking at night and dreams that his arms were being cauterized and arrows thrust into the muscles.
RELATIONS
Compare: (I) Apis, Astac. fl., Rhus-t.
REFERENCES
Boeneke. Clarke.
Remedy Profile
- Type Plant
- Common Name N/A
- Origin Source Natural
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