Asarum europaeum
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
Asarum Europæum
European Snake Root. Aristolochiaceae.
Nervous, anxious people; excitable or melancholy.
Imagines he is hovering in the air like a spirit (Lac c.) ; lightness of all the limbs.
Cold “shivers” from any emotion.
Oversensitiveness of nerves, scratching of linen or silk, crackling of paper is unbearable (Fer., Tar.).
Sensation as if ears were plugged up with some foreign substance.
When reading, sensation in eyes as if they would be pressed asunder or outward; relieved by bathing them in cold water.
Cold air or cold water very pleasant to the eyes; sunshine, light and wind are intolerable.
Nausea: in attacks or constant (Ipec.) ; < after eating, tongue clean (Sulph.) ; of pregnancy.
Unconquerable longing for alcohol; a popular remedy in Russia for drunkards.
“Horrible sensation” of pressing, digging in the stomach when waking in the morning (after a debauch).
Great faintness and constant yawning.
Relation.: — Similar: to, Caust. in modalities; to Aloe, Arg. n., Mer., Pod., Puls., Sulph. ac. in stringy, shreddy stools.
Aggravation. — In cold and dry, or clear, fine weather (Caust.).
Amelioration. — Washing face or bathing affected parts with cold water; in damp, wet weather (Caust.).
Followed: by. Bis., Caust., Puls., Sulph. ac.
What the other books say about Asarum europaeum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Asarum europaeum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Asarum europaeum 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. Asarum europaeum — Keynotes, pp. 50–51. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/asarum-europaeum. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.