Arum triphyllum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arum maculatum, Italicum, Dracontium, have the same action as the Triphyllum. They all contain an irritant poison, causing inflammation of mucous surfaces and destruction of tissue. Acridity is the keynote of the kind of action characteristic of Arum.
Modalities
Worse, northwest wind; lying down.
Head
Bores head in pillow. Headache from too warm clothing, from hot coffee.
Eyes
Quivering of upper eyelids, especially left.
Nose
Soreness of nostrils. Acrid, excoriating discharge, producing raw sores. Nose obstructed; must breathe through mouth. Boring in the nose. Coryza; discharge blood-streaked, watery. Nose completely stopped, with fluent, acrid discharge. Hay-fever, with pain over root of nose. Large scabs high up on right side of nose. Face feels chapped, as if from cold wind; feels hot. Constant picking at nose until it bleeds.
Mouth
Raw feeling at roof and palate. Lips and soft palate sore and burning. Lips chapped and burning. Corners of mouth sore and cracked. Tongue red, sore; whole mouth raw. Picking lips until they bleed. Saliva profuse, acrid, corroding.
Throat
Swelling of sub-maxillary glands. Constricted and swollen; burns; raw. Constant hawking. Hoarseness. Expectoration of much mucus. Lungs feel sore.
Clergyman's sore throat. Voice uncertain, uncontrollable. Worse, talking, singing.
Skin
Scarlet rash; raw, bloody surfaces anywhere. Impetigo contagiosa.
Relationships
Compare: Ammon carb; Ailanthus; Cepa. Antidotes: Buttermilk; Acet ac; Puls.
Dose
Third to thirtieth potency.
What the other books say about Arum triphyllum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Arum triphyllum in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Arum triphyllum in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Arum triphyllum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Arum triphyllum 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). Arum triphyllum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/arum-triphyllum. 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.