Agnus castus
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
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Keynotes
Agnus castus
Chaste tree, Verbenaceae.
For the lymphatic constitution.
Absent-minded, reduced power of insight; cannot recollect; has to read a sentence twice before he can comprehend (Lyc., Phos. ac., Sep.).
“Old sinners,” with impotence and gleet; unmarried persons suffering from nervous debility.
Premature old age: melancholy, apathy, mental distraction, self-contempt; arising in young persons from abuse of the sexual powers ; from seminal losses.
Complete impotence : relaxation, flaccidity, coldness of genitalia. No sexual power or desire (Calad., Sel.).
Impotence, after frequent attacks of gonorrhoea.
Bad effects from suppressed gonorrhoea (Med.).
Gleet, with absence of sexual desire or erections.
Leucorrhoea : transparent, but staining linen yellow ; passes imperceptibly from the very relaxed parts.
Zi
Deficient secretion or suppression of milk in nursing women (Asaf., Lac c., Lac d. ) ; often with great sadness; says she will die.
Complaints of imaginary odor before the nose, as of herring or musk.
Prevents excoriation, from walking.
Relations. — Calad. and Selen. follow well after Agnus in weakness of sexual organs or impotence.
What the other books say about Agnus castus
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Agnus castus in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Agnus castus in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Agnus castus in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Agnus castus — Keynotes, p. 20. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/agnus-castus. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.