Homeopathic Materia Medica

Drosera Rotundifolia

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

Antidote: Camph . Compare: Fluoroform (2 per cent watery solution, 2-4 drops, after paroxysms, considered specific for whooping-cough). Ouabain from leaves of Carissa schimperi-arrow poison (Respiratory spasm-Whooping cough is cut short in first stage and reduced in frequency of attacks and hastens convalescence). Chelid; Corall; Cupr; Castanea; Argent; Menyanth.

Duboisia Myoporoides

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

It antagonizes Muscarine. Duboisin sulphate 1-100 gr sedative in mania . 2-4 milligrams a day. Hystero-epilepsy. Motor restlessness of insane ( Has been used as a substitute for Atropia in doses of 1-20 of a grain hypodermically). Antidotes: Morphia; Pilocarp . Compare: Bellad; Stram; Hyos .

Dulcamara

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

Antidotes: Camph; Cupr . Complementary: Baryta carb. Incompatible: Bellad; Laches. Compare: Pimpinello--(Bibernell).--Respiratory mucous membrane sensitive to draughts, pain and coldness in occiput and nape. Whole body weak; heavy head and drowsiness; lumbago and stiff neck; pain from nape to shoulder; chilliness. Rhus; Cimicif; Calc; Puls; Bry; Nat sulph.

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...