Collinsonia canadensis
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Stone-Root Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting hæmorrhoids and constipation, especially in females. Depressed arterial tension, general atony of muscular fiber. Chronic
nasal, gastric, and pharyngeal catarrh, due to portal obstruction. Dropsy from cardiac disease. Pruritus in pregnancy, with piles. Constipation of children from intestinal atony. Said to be of special value when given before operations, for rectal diseases. Sense of weight and constriction. Venous engorgement.
Modalities
Worse, from the slightest mental emotion or excitement; cold. Better, heat.
Head
Dull frontal headache; from suppressed hæmorrhoids. Chronic catarrh. Yellow-coated tongue. Bitter taste (Colocy; Bry).
Rectum
Sensation of sharp sticks in rectum. Sense of constriction. Vascular engorgement of rectum. Dry feces. Most obstinate constipation, with protruding hæmorrhoids. Aching in anus and hypogastrium. Constipation during pregnancy; with membranous dysmenorrhœa, following labor (Nux). Painful bleeding piles. Dysentery, with tenesmus. Alternate constipation and diarrhœa, and great flatulence. Itching of anus (Teucrium; Ratanh).
Female
Dysmenorrhœa; pruritus of vulva; prolapse of womb; swelling and dark redness of genitals; pain on sitting down. Membranous dysmenorrhœa, with constipation. Pruritus. Cold feeling in thighs after menstruation. Sensation of swelling of labia and of clitoris.
Respiratory
Cough from excessive use of voice; "minister's sore throat"; sharp pain in larynx. Hoarseness. Harassing, dry cough.
Heart
Palpitation; rapid but weak. Dropsy. After heart symptoms relieved, piles or menses return. Chest-pains alternate with hæmorrhoids. Oppression, faintness, and dyspnœa (Acon ferox).
Relationships
Antidote: Nux. Compare: Aescul; Aloes; Hamam; Lycopus; Negundo; Sulph; Nux.
Dose
Tincture, to third attenuation. Higher potencies where there is organic heart affection.
What the other books say about Collinsonia canadensis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Collinsonia canadensis in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Collinsonia canadensis 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). Collinsonia canadensis — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/collinsonia-canadensis. 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.