Copaiva officinalis
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Balsam of Copaiva Acts powerfully on mucous membranes, especially that of the urinary tract, the respiratory organs, and the skin, here producing a well-marked nettle-rash. Cold and catarrhs.
Head
Excessive sensitiveness; pain in occiput. Dull, frontal headache, passes to
occiput and back again, with throbbing, worse right side and motion. Scalp sensitive. Sensitive to sharp sounds.
Nose
Rawness and soreness of nostrils with stopped-up feeling; dryness of posterior nares. Profuse, thick, fetid discharge from nasal passages, running down throat at night. Burning and dryness, crusts on turbinated bones. Marked catarrhal condition in upper respiratory tract.
Stomach
Food seems too salty. Gastric troubles during menstruation or following urticaria. Gas and intestinal flatulence, urging to stool and difficult passage with pain.
Rectum
Mucous Colitis. Stools covered with mucus, with colic and chilliness. Burning and itching of anus, caused by piles.
Urinary
Burning pressure; painful micturition by drops. Retention, with pain in bladder, anus, and rectum. Catarrh of bladder; dysuria. Swelling of orifice. Constant desire to urinate. Urine smells of violets. Greenish, turbid color; peculiar pungent odor.
Male
Testicles sensitive and swollen.
Female
Itching of vulva and anus, with bloody purulent discharge. Profuse, strong-smelling menstrual discharge, with pains radiating to hip bones, with nausea.
Respiratory
Cough, with profuse, gray, purulent expectoration. Tickling in larynx, trachea, and bronchi. Bronchial catarrh, with profuse greenish, offensive discharge.
Skin
Hives, with fever and constipation. Roseola. Erysipelatous inflammation, especially around abdomen. Circumscribed lenticular patches, with itching; mottled appearance. Chronic urticaria in children. Bullous eruptions.
Relationships
Antidotes: Bell; Merc. Compare: Santalum––(aching in kidneys); Cannab; Canth; Barosma; Cubeb; Apis; Vespa; Erig; Senecio; Sepia.
Dose
First to third attenuation.
What the other books say about Copaiva officinalis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Copaiva officinalis 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). Copaiva officinalis — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/copaiva-officinalis. 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.