Borax veneta
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
Borax veneta
Biborate of Soda.
Dread of downward motion in nearly all complaints.
Great anxiety from downward motion; when lying the child down on a couch or in the crib, cries and clings to the nurse; when rocking, dancing, swinging;
going down stairs or rapidly down hill; horsebackriding (compare, Sank.).
Children awake suddenly, screaming and grasping sides of cradle, without apparent cause (Apis, Cina, Stram.).
Excessively nervous, easily frightened by the slightest noise or an unusual, sharp sound, a cough, sneeze, a cry, lighting a match, etc. (Asar., Calad. ).
Hair becomes frowsy and tangled; splits, sticks together at the tips; if these bunches are cut off, they form again, cannot be combed smooth (Fluor, ac., Lyc., Psor., Tub.).
Eyelashes : loaded with dry, gummy exudation ;
agglutinated in morning ; turn inward and inflame the eye, especially at outer canthus; tendency to ‘‘wild hairs.”
Nostrils crusty, inflamed; tip of nose shining red; red noses of young women.
Stoppage of r. nostril, or first r. then left with constant blowing of nose (Am. c.. Lac. c., Mag. m.).
Aphthce: in the mouth, on the tongue, inside of the cheek; easily bleeding when eating or touched; prevents child from nursing; with hot mouth, dryness and thirst (Ars.) ; cracked and bleeding tongue (Arum) ; salivation, especially during dentition.
Aphthous sore mouth; is worse from touch; eating salty or sour food; of old people, often from plate of teeth (Alumen).
Child has frequent urination and screams before urine passes (Lyc., Sanic., Sars.).
Leucorrhoea : profuse, albuminous, starchy, with sensation as if warm water were flowing down; for two weeks between the catamenia (compare, Bov., Con.).
Skin: unhealthy, slight injuries suppurate (Calend., Hep., Men, Sil.).
Relation. — Borax follows: Calc., Pson, Sanic.,
Sulph.
Is followed: by Ars., Bry., Lyc., Phos., Sil. Incompatible: should not be used before or after, Acetic acid, vinegar, wine.
Aggravation. — Downward motion; from sudden, slight noises ; smoking, which may bring on diarrhoea; damp, cold weather; before urinating.
Amelioration. — Pressure; holding painful side with hand.
What the other books say about Borax veneta
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Borax veneta in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Borax veneta in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Borax veneta in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Borax veneta 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. Borax veneta — Keynotes, pp. 59–63. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/borax-veneta. 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.