Chionanthus virginica
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Fringe-tree This remedy is often of service in many types of headaches, neurasthenic, periodical sick, menstrual and bilious. Taken for several weeks, drop doses, will often break up the sick headache habit. The pain in the forehead, chiefly over eyes. Eyeballs very painful, with pressure over root of nose. Hepatic derangements. Jaundice. Enlarged spleen (Ceanoth). Jaundice with arrest of menses. A prominent liver remedy. Gallstones (Berberis; Cholest; Calc). Diabetes mellitus. Paroxysmal, abdominal pain.
Head
Listless, apathetic. Dull frontal headache, over root of nose, over eyes, through temples, worse stooping, motion, jar. Yellow conjunctiva.
Mouth
Dry sensation not relieved by water, also profuse saliva. Abdomen and Liver.––Aching in umbilical region, griping. Feels as if a string were tied in a "slip-knot" around intestines which was suddenly drawn tight and then gradually loosened. Sore; enlarged, with jaundice and constipation. Clay- colored stool, also soft, yellow and pasty. Tongue heavily coated. No appetite. Bilious colic. Hepatic region tender. Pancreatic disease and other glandular disorders.
Tongue
Broad with thick yellow fur.
Urinary
Large amount of high specific gravity; frequent urination; bile and sugar in urine. Urine very dark.
Skin
Yellow; marked moisture of skin. Sallow, greenish, itching.
Relationships
Compare: Cinchona; Ceanoth; Chelidon; Carduus; Podophyl; Lept.
Dose
Tincture and first attenuation.
What the other books say about Chionanthus virginica
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Chionanthus virginica 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). Chionanthus virginica — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/chionanthus-virginica. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.