Drosera rotundifolia
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Affects markedly the respiratory organs and was pointed out by Hahnemann as the principal remedy for whooping-cough. Drosera can break down resistance to tubercle and should therefore be capable of raising it (Dr. Tyler). Laryngeal phthisis is benefited by it. Phthisis pulmonum; vomiting of food from coughing
with gastric irritation and profuse expectoration. Pains about hip-joint. Tubercular glands.
Modalities
Worse, after midnight, lying down, on getting warm in bed, drinking, singing, laughing.
Head
Vertigo when walking in open air, with inclination to fall to the left side. Coldness of left half of face, with stinging pains and dry heat of right half.
Stomach
Nausea. Aversion to and bad effects from acids. Respiratory Organs.––Spasmodic, dry irritative cough, like whooping-cough, the paroxysms following each other very rapidly; can scarcely breathe; chokes. Cough very deep and hoarse; worse, after midnight; yellow expectoration, with bleeding from nose and mouth; retching. Deep, hoarse voice; hoarseness; laryngitis. Rough, scraping sensation deep in the fauces and soft palate. Sensation as if crumbs were in the throat, of feather in larynx. Laryngeal phthisis, with rapid emaciation. Harassing and titillating cough in children-not at all through the day, but commences as soon as the head touches the pillow at night. Clergyman's sore throat, with rough, scraping, dry sensation deep in the fauces; voice hoarse, deep, toneless, cracked, requires exertion to speak. Asthma when talking, with contraction of the throat at every word uttered.
Extremities
Paralytic pains in the coxo-femoral joint and thighs. Stiffness in joints of feet. All limbs feel lame. Bed feels too hard.
Fever
Internal chilliness; shivering, with hot face, cold hands, no thirst. Is always too cold, even in bed.
Relationships
Antidote: Camph. Compare: Fluoroform (2 per cent watery solution, 2-4 drops, after paroxysms, considered specific for whooping-cough). Ouabain from leaves of Carissa schimperi-arrow poison (Respiratory spasm-Whooping cough is cut short in first stage and reduced in frequency of attacks and hastens convalescence). Chelid; Corall; Cupr; Castanea; Argent; Menyanth.
Dose
First to twelfth attenuation.
What the other books say about Drosera rotundifolia
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Drosera rotundifolia in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Drosera rotundifolia in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Drosera rotundifolia 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). Drosera rotundifolia — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/drosera-rotundifolia. 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.