Ceanothus americanus
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
New Jersey Tea This remedy seems to possess a specific relation to the spleen. Ague cake of malaria. A left-sided remedy generally. Anæmic patients where liver and spleen are at fault. Chronic bronchitis with profuse secretion. Marked blood pressure, reducing powers. Active hemastatic, materially reducing the clotting of blood.
Modalities
Worse, motion, lying on left side.
Abdomen
Enormous enlargement of the spleen. Splenitis; pain all up the left side. Deep-seated pain in left hypochondrium, hypertrophy of spleen. Leucæmia. Violent dyspnœa. Menses profuse, and yellow weakening leucorrhœa. Unable to lie on left side. Pain in liver and back.
Rectum
Diarrhœa; bearing down in abdomen and rectum.
Urinary
Constant urging to urinate. Green; frothy; contains bile, sugar.
Relationships
Compare: Tinospora cordifolia (a Hindoo medicine for chronic cases of fever with enlarged spleen). Polymnia uvedalia-Bearsfoot––(acute splenitis with tenderness over left hypochondriac region; spleen enlarged, ague cake. Vascular atony, tissues sodden, flabby and non-elastic. Enlarged glands;
influences all ductless glands). Ceanothus thrysiflorus-California Lilac–– (Pharyngitis, tonsillitis, nasal catarrh, diphtheria. Tincture internally and as a gargle). Compare: Berberis; Myrica; Cedron; Agaricus (spleen).
Dose
First attenuation. Locally as hair tonic.
What the other books say about Ceanothus americanus
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Ceanothus americanus 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). Ceanothus americanus — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/ceanothus-americanus. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.