Helonias dioica
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
Helonias dioica
Unicorn Plant. , Melanthaceae.
For women: with prolapsus from atony, enervated by indolence and luxury; worn out with hard zjuork, mental or physical; overtaxed muscles burn and ache; so tired cannot sleep.
Always better when occupied, when not thinking of the ailment (Cal. p., Oxal. ac.).
Restless, must be continually moving about.
Irritable, fault finding; cannot endure least contradiction or receive least suggestion (Anac.).
Profound melancholy; deep, mental depression.
Diabetes: first stages; urine profuse, clear, saccharine; lips dry, stick together; great thirst; restlessness ; emaciation ; irritable and melancholy.
Albuminuria: acute or chronic; during pregnancy, with great weakness, languor, drowsiness; unusually tired, yet knows no reason.
Menses : too early, too profuse, from uterine atony in women enfeebled by loss of blood; when patients lose more blood than is made in intermenstrual period; breasts swollen, nipples painful and tender (Con., Lac c.). Flow passive, dark, clotted, offensive.
Sensation of soreness and heaviness in pelvis (Lappa) ; a consciousness of a womb, feels it move when she moves, it is so sore and tender (Lys.).
For the bad effects of abortions and miscarriages.
Similar : to, Alet. in debility from prolapsus, protracted illness, defective nutrition.
What the other books say about Helonias dioica
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Helonias dioica in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Helonias dioica 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. Helonias dioica — Keynotes, pp. 134–136. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/helonias-dioica. 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.