Cannabis sativa

as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899

Hemp

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Keynotes

Cannabis sativa

Hemp. Cannabinece.

Sensation as of drops of water falling on or from single parts; on the head, from the anus, stomach, heart.

Obstinate constipation, causing retention of the urine; constriction of anus.

Contraction of fingers after a sprain.

Dislocation of patella on going up stairs.

Dyspnoea or asthma, where the patient can only breathe by standing up.

Choking in swallowing, things go down ‘hhe wrong way” (Anac. ).

Acute, inflammatory stage of gonorrhoea (second stage, burning after urination, discharge thick, yellow, pus-like. Cub.).

Urethra very sensitive to touch or pressure; cannot walk with legs close together, it hurts the urethra.

Pain extending from orifice of urethra backward, burning-biting, posteriorly more sticking, while urinating.

Tearing pain along urethra in a zigzag direction.

Relations. — Similar: to, Canth., Caps., Gels., Petros, in early stages of specific urethritis.

What the other books say about Cannabis sativa

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Cannabis sativa in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Cannabis sativa in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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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. Cannabis sativa — Keynotes, pp. 78–79. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/cannabis-sativa. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.