Cornus circinata
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Round-leaved Dogwood Chronic malaria, hepatitis, jaundice. Weakness in morning. Pain in pit of stomach, with distended abdomen. Vesicular eruption associated with chronic liver disease or aphthous stomatitis.
Mouth
Ulceration of tongue, gums and mouth; aphthæ. Burning in mouth, throat and stomach.
Stool
Loose, windy, dark stool, immediately after dinner. Burning in anus. Dark, bilious, offensive diarrhœa, with sallow complexion.
Skin
Vesicular eczema of face in infants, with nursing sore mouth.
Relationships
Compare: Cornus alternifolia-Swamp Walnut––(Weak and tired; disturbed sleep, fever, restlessness, eczema; skin cracked; chest feels cold, as if full of ice); Cornus florida (chronic malaria; indigestion and distressing acid heartburn; general debility from loss of fluids and night sweats; neuralgic pains in arms, chest, and trunk, and sensation as if broken in two; intermittent fever, with drowsiness; feels cold, but is warm to touch; great exhaustion in intervals; general clammy sweat. Chill is preceded by drowsiness, heat is associated with drowsiness. Headache after quinine).
Dose
Tincture to sixth attenuation.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Cornus circinata — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/cornus-circinata. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.