Homeopathic Materia Medica
Explore clinical indications, key symptoms, modalities, and applications of classic remedies across 14 historical reference textbooks.
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ECHINACEA PURPUREA
Echinacea Purpurea. Echinacea purpurea. Black Sampson. (Eastern States of America.) N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of fresh root. Clinical Diphtheria. Putrid fevers. Characteristics I mention this plant, which is a popular remedy in the Eastern States, because it has been used in place of Ech. ang. It...
ELAEIS GUINEENSIS
Elæis Guineensis. Elæis guineensis. Aouara. Avoira. N. O. Palmæ (yields Palm Oil). Triturations of the fruit. Clinical Diarrhœa. Elephantiasis arabum. Gastric affections. Headache. Leprosy. Scleriasis. Scleroderma. Sight, defective. Skin, affections of. Sore throat. Characteristics Proved by Mure...
ELECTRICITAS
Electricitas. Electricity. The effects of atmospheric electricity and static electricity. Attenuations are made from sugar of milk saturated with the current. Clinical Chorea. Headache. Hysteria. Paralysis. Rheumatism. Characteristics Caspari is the authority for the symptoms caused by electricit...
EMBELIA RIBS
EMBELIA RIBS Plant Introduction Embelia is a genus of climbing shrubs and small trees, natives of Australlia and normal tropics. There are about 60 species. The plant ascends on the tree by means of its thin branches which are long and spread. Sub-branches are inclined, long an round. The bark is...
EMBELICA OFFICINALIS
EMBELICA OFFICINALIS (Emblic myrobalan) Plant introduction It is a medium sized and 20-25 ft high tree having 1/4 inch thick grayish bark with reddish cortex. Stalks of leaves are long. Flowers are small and greenish-yellow in colour having elongated peduncle. Fruits are astringent, not-ched and ...
EPHEDRA VULGARIS
Ephedra Vulgaris. E. vulgaris. N. O. Gnetaceæ. Tincture of branches and flowers. Clinical Exophthalmic goître. Headache. Characteristics Ephedra has been proved in Russia by Dr. B. H. Mouravow (Universal Homœopathic Annual, p. 56). It produced symptoms when twenty drops of a strong alcoholic extr...
EPIHYSTERINUM
Epihysterinum. Epiphysterin. A nosode. Clinical Fibroma. Menorrhagia. Metrorrhagia. Characteristics This is one of Dr. Burnett's nosodes, used by him in cases of hæmorrhage and obtained, as I conclude, from a case of hæmorrhage in a patient suffering from fibrous tumour, possibly with malignant e...
EPILOBIUM PALUSTRE
Epilobium Palustre. Epilobium lineare. Willow Herb. N. O. Onagraceæ. Clinical Dysphagia. Fever. Larynx, affections of. Ptyalism. Throat, sore. Characteristics Epil. p. was proved by Dr. J. S. Wright, a tincture of the root being used. Symptoms of filling up of throat, inability to swallow, fever ...
ERGOTINUM
Ergotinum. Ergotin. The alkaloid of Secale cornutum, Ergot of rye. Trituration. Clinical Anal incontinence. Gangrene. Hæmorrhages. Heart, paralysis of. Sphincters, paralysis of. Characteristics Ergotin is best known by its physiological use as a hæmostatic in uterine and pulmonary hæmorrhages. It...
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.