Homeopathic Materia Medica

ERIGERON

Erigeron. Erigeron Canadense. Canada Flea-bane. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture from the fresh plant when in bloom. Clinical Black eye. Bruises. Cough. Dysuria. Gleet. Gonorrhœa. Hæmatocele. Hæmorrhages. Hæmorrhoids. Placenta prævia. Proctalgia. Spermatorrhœa. Wounds. Characteristics Erigeron is chiefl...

ERODIUM

Erodium. Erodium cicutarium. Hemlock Stork's Bill. N. O. Geraniaceæ. Decoction (half ounce of the herb to six ounces of water). Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Hæmorrhages. Uterine polypus. Characteristics Erodium is a popular hæmostatic remedy in Russia, and is especially used for metrorrhagia...

ERYNGIUM MARITIMUM

Eryngium Maritimum. Sea Holly. N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of whole plant, including root. Clinical Cough. Debility. Fever. Herpes. Sexual weakness. Skin eruption. Characteristics The maritime Eryngium (the beautiful plant growing on sand-hills by the sea, with holly-like leaves of a pale blue co...

ERYTHRINUS

Erythrinus. A kind of Red Mullet. South America. N. O. Erythrininæ. Tincture of the fish. Clinical Pityriasis rubra. Syphilis. Characteristics Dr. Burnett is the authority for this medicine. He bases his use of it on an account of its effects on some sailors who ate the fish. They came out with a...

ESERINUM

Eserinum. Eserine. Physostigmine. The alkaloid of Physostigma venenosum, Calabar Bean. C15 H21 N3 O2. Trituration or solution. Clinical Blepharospasm. Ciliary spasm. Glaucoma. Headache. Pupil, contracted. Salivation. Sweat, excessive. Characteristics Eserine is best known as used by oculists to p...

ETHERUM

Etherum. Ethyl oxide. Ethylic Ether, sometimes called Sulphuric Ether. (C2H5)2O (Alcohol is C2 H6O). Clinical Bronchitis. Catalepsy. Convulsions. Cough. Delirium tremens. Hiccough. Mania. Meningitis. Nausea. Vomiting. Characteristics Ether is the well-known anæsthetic, and the effects are those o...

ETHYLUM NITRICUM

Ethylum Nitricum. Nitric Ether. C2 H5 NO3 (not to be confounded with nitrous ether, C2 H5 NO2, which is the principal ingredient in Sweet Spirit of Nitre). Clinical Heart, hypertrophy of. Vertigo. Characteristics This is one of the anæsthetics experimented on by J. Y. Simpson and later by B. W. R...

EUONYMINUM

Euonyminum. A concentrated extract, so-called active principle, from the bark of Euonymus Americana, E. atropurpurea and other American species of Euonymus. Clinical Albuminuria. Bright's disease. Cholera. Diarrhœa. Dropsy. Dysentery. Gall-stones. Indigestion. Liver, affections of. Characteristic...

EUONYMUS EUROPAEA

Euonymus Europæa. Spindle-tree. N. O. Celastraceæ. Trituration of dried seeds; tincture of fresh seeds. Clinical Cholera. Convulsions. Diarrhœa. Gall-stones. Headaches. Liver disorders. Characteristics The Celastraceæ, to which order Euonymus belongs, are closely related to the Rhamnaceæ which in...

EUPHORBIA AMYGDALOIDES

Euphorbia Amygdaloides. Wood Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of plant. Clinical Antrum, pain in. Anus, spasm of; prolapse of. Debility. Diarrhœa. Dysentery. Hæmorrhoids. Skin, eruptions of. Smell, illusion of. Spleen, affections of. Throat, soreness of. Characteristics Euphorb. amyg. has the...

EUPHORBIA COROLLATA

Euphorbia Corollata. Large Flowering Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture and triturations of the root. Clinical Cholera. Cholera infantum. Cholerine. Diarrhœa. Gastritis. Sea-sickness. Characteristics E. Corol. produces gastro-enteric disturbances like other Euphorbias, but with peculiarities es...

EUPHORBIA CYPARISSIAS

Euphorbia Cyparissias. Cypress Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical Erysipelas. Miliaria. Vesicles. Characteristics The effects of E. cyparis. have been observed on persons pulling the plants and getting the juice on hands and face. It acts as an intense irritant of the s...

EUPHORBIA HETERODOXA

Euphorbia Heterodoxa. Alveloz. N. O. Euphorbiacæ. A soft resin, insoluble in alcohol or water. Trituration. Clinical Cancer. Characteristics The resin has been used allopathically as an external application in cases of cancer, and has produced the most terrible pains. Conversely in homœopathic at...

EUPHORBIA HYPERICIFOLIA

Euphorbia Hypericifolia. Large Spotted Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of whole plant. Clinical Constipation. Headache. Characteristics Dr. True took infusion and tincture of Eu. hyper. and obtained these symptoms from both: Headache in fore part of head, pain centering at crown, with heat a...

EUPHORBIA IPECACUANHAE

Euphorbia Ipecacuanhæ. Ipecacuan Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Powdered root. Clinical Gastritis. Vomiting. Characteristics E. ipecac. is a more active emetic than Ipecacuanha. 11. Stomach Active and long-continued vomiting with a sense of heat, vertigo, indistinct vision, and prostration.

EUPHORBIA PEPLUS

Euphorbia Peplus. Petty Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Effect of juice and local application of leaves. Clinical Ecthyma. Erysipelas. Sore throat. Characteristics The application of the juice and leaves sets up intense and painful inflammation, erysipelatous, phlegmonous, pustular, with intense burn...

EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA

Euphorbia Pilulifera. E. pilulifera. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture. Clinical Asthma. Gonorrhœa. Leucorrhœa. Sunstroke. Traumatism. Characteristics In the Medical Press of May 3, 1893, Dr. George Foy gives an account of this medicine. Gray in 1817 mentions it as a remedy for syphilis and for venomo...

Echinacea Angustifolia

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Cenchris contortrix; Bothrops; Ars; Laches; Baptis; Rhus; Cistus; Hepar; Calendula .

Elaps Corallinus

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Kino from Pterocarpus (Hæmoptysis and hæmorrhage from intestines). Eucalyptus rostrata (offensive dark discharge from right ear). Crotalus; Alumen; Carbo; Ars; Lach .

Elaterium Officinarum

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Bry; Croton; Gambogia .

Epigea Repens

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Uva, Chimaph, Lyc; Pareira . Epigea contains Arbutin, also Formic acid.

Epiphegus Virginiana

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Iris, Melilot; Sanguinar. Fagus-Beech-nuts --(headache and salivation; swelling on mouth; dread of water).

Equisetum Hyemale

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Hydrangea; Ferr phos; Apis; Canth; Linaria; Chimaph . Equisitum contains silica in appreciable quantity.

Erechthites Hieracifolia

Abbreviation: HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Compare: Erig; Millef; Hamam; Rhus .