Sanicula aqua
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
Sanicula
Mineral Spring Water. Ottawa, III.
Dread of downward motion (Bor.).
Child headstrong, obstinate, cries and kicks ; cross, irritable, quickly alternates with laughter; does not want to be touched.
Constantly changing his occupation.
Head and neck of children sweat profusely during sleep; wets the pillow far around (Cal., Sil.).
Profuse, scaly dandruff on scalp, eyebrows, in the beard.
Soreness behind ears with discharge of white, gray, viscid fluid (Graph., Psor.).
Tongue: large, flabby; burning, must protrude it to keep it cool; ring-worm on tongue (Nat. m. ).
Nausea and vomiting from car or carriage riding.
Thirst; drinks little and often; is vomited soon as it reaches the stomach (Ars., Phos.).
Symptoms constantly changing (Lac c.. Puls.).
Incontinence of urine and faeces; sphincter unreliable (Aloe) ; urging from flatus, must cross legs to prevent faeces escaping.
Constipation : no desire until a large accumulation ; after great straining stool partially expelled, recedes (SiL, Thuja) ; large evacuation of small, dry, gray balls, must be removed mechanically (Seh).
Stool: hard, impossible to evacuate; of grayishwhite balls, like burnt lime ; crumbling from verge of anus (Mag. m. ) ; with the odor of limburger cheese.
Diarrhoea : changeable in character and color ; like scrambled eggs; frothy, grass-green, turns green on standing; like scum of a frog pond; after eating, must hurry from table.
The odor of stool follows despite bathing (Sulph.).
Excoriation of skin about anus (Sulph.) ; covering perineum and extending to genitals.
Leucorrhoea with strong odor of fish brine (oozing from rectum smelling like herring brine. Cal. ; fish brine discharge from ear, Tel.).
Weakness, bearing down as if contents of pelvis would escape; < walking, misstep, or jar, > by rest, lying down; desire to support parts by placing hand against vulva (Lib, Mur.) ; soreness of uterus.
Foot-sweat: between the toes, making them sore; offensive (Graph., Psor., SiL); on soles as if he had stepped in cold water.
Burning of soles of feet; must uncover or put them in a cool place (Each., Med., Sang., Sulph.).
Child kicks off clothing even in coldest weather (Hep., Sulph.).
Emaciation, progressive; child looks old, dirty, greasy and brownish; skin about neck wrinkled, hangs in folds (Abrot., Iod., Nat. m., Sars.).
Relations. — Related to: Abrot., Alum, Bor., Cal., Graph., Nat. m., Sil., and others of our great antipsorics.
What the other books say about Sanicula aqua
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Sanicula aqua in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Sanicula aqua 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. Sanicula aqua — Keynotes, pp. 252–254. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/sanicula-aqua. 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.