Aletris farinosa
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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Mind
Power and energy weakened. Confused feelings. Cannot concentrate mind. Fainting, with vertigo.
General
An anæmic, relaxed condition, especially of the female organism, is portrayed by this remedy. The patient is tired all the time, and suffers from prolapsus, leucorrhœa, rectal distress, etc. Marked anæmia. Chlorotic girls and pregnant women.
Mouth
Much frothy saliva.
Stomach
Disgust for food. Least food causes distress. Fainting spells, with vertigo. Vomiting during pregnancy. Nervous dyspepsia. Flatulent colic.
Rectum
Loads up with feces-paretic condition. Stool large, hard, difficult, great pain.
Female
Premature and profuse menses, with labor-like pains (Bell; Cham; Kali c; Plat). Retarded and scanty flow (Senecio). Uterus seems heavy. Prolapse, with pain in right inguinal region. Leucorrhœa due to weakness and anæmia. Habitual tendency to abortion. Muscular pains during pregnancy.
Relationships
Compare: Helonias; Hydrastis; Tanacet; China.
Dose
Tincture to third potency.
What the other books say about Aletris farinosa
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Aletris farinosa in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Aletris farinosa — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/aletris-farinosa. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.