Hamamelis virginiana

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

Hamamelis virginica

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Keynotes

Hamamelis Virginica

Witch Hazel. Hamamelaceae.

This shrub flowers from September to November, when the leaves are falling. The seeds mature the following summer.

It is adapted to venous haemorrhage from every orifice of the body; nose, lungs, bowels, uterus, bladder.

Venous congestion : passive, of skin and mucous membranes ; phlebitis, varicose veins ; ulcers, varicose, with stinging, pricking pain ; haemorrhoids.

Patients, subject to varicose veins, take cold easily from every exposure, especially in warm, moist air.

^Ts the Aconite of the venous capillary system.”

Bruised soreness of affected parts (Arn.); rheumatism, articular and muscular.

Wounds: incised, lacerated, contused; injuries from falls; checks haemorrhage, removes pain and soreness (Arn.).

Chronic effects of mechanical injuries (Con.).

Traumatic conjunctivitis; sugillations, or extravasations into chambers of eye; from severe coughing; intense soreness (Arn., Calen., Led.).

Nosebleed: flow passive, long-lasting, blood noncoagulable (Crot.) ; profuse > headache (Mel.) ; idiopathic, traumatic, vicarious, of childhood.

Haemorrhage : profuse, dark, grumous, from ulceration of bowels (Crot. ) ; uterine, active or passive; after a fall or rough riding; vicarious menstruation; no mental anxiety.

Haemoptysis : tickling cough, with taste of blood or sulphur; venous, without effort or coughing; sometimes monthly, for ;^ears.

Profuse discharges, which simulate a haemorrhage, and form a drain upon system as severe as loss of blood.

Haemorrhoids: bleeding profusely; with burning, soreness, fullness, heaviness; as if back would break; '.irging to stool; bluish color; anus feels sore and raw.

Menses : flow, dark and profuse ; with soreness in abdomen; after a blow on ovary, or a fall; all suffering < at menstrual period (Act., Puls.).

Uterine haemorrhage active or passive; from jolting while riding over rough roads; bearing down pain in back.

After haemorrhage from piles, prostration out of all proportion to amount of blood lost (Hydr.).

Bad effects from loss of blood (Cinch.).

rhages and the haemorrhagic diathesis.

Compare: Arn., Calen., for traumatic, and to hasten absorption of intraocular haemorrhage.

What the other books say about Hamamelis virginiana

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

Hamamelis virginiana in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Hamamelis virginiana 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. Hamamelis virginiana — Keynotes, pp. 132–133. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/hamamelis-virginiana. 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.