Fagopyrum esculentum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Its action on the skin, producing pruritus, is very marked. Visible pulsation of arteries. Fluent coryza. Offensive excretions. Itching erythema. Pruritus senilis. Post-nasal catarrh; dry crusts, granular appearance of posterior nares with itching.
Modalities
Better, cold water, coffee; worse, in afternoon; from sunlight, scratching.
Head
Inability to study or remember. Depressed and irritable. Itching of eyes and ears. Pains deep in head, with upward pressure. Itching in and around eyes and ears. Head hot, better bending backward, with tired neck. Occipital headache. Bursting pains. Cerebral hyperæmia.
Eyes
Itching and smarting, swelling, heat and soreness.
Nose
Sore, red, inflamed. Fluent coryza, with sneezing, followed by dryness and crust formation.
Throat
Soreness and feeling of excoriation, deep down pharynx. Uvula elongated, tonsils swollen.
Stomach
Eructations of scalding, hot, acid, watery substance; better, coffee. Bad taste in the morning. Persistent, morning nausea. Drooling.
Female
Pruritus vulvæ, with yellow leucorrhœa, worse, rest. Burning in right ovary.
Heart
Pain around heart, better lying on back, extending to left shoulder and arm. Throbbing in all arteries after retiring. Palpitation with oppression. Pulse irregular, intermittent, rapid. Light feeling in chest.
Extremities
Stiffness and bruised sensation in the muscles of the neck, with sensation as if nape of neck could not support head. Pain in shoulder, with pain along fingers. Vehement itching in arms and legs; worse towards evening. Feet numb and pricking. Streaking pains in arms and legs.
Skin
Itching; better by bathing in cold water; worse scratching, touch and retiring. Sore red blotches. Blind boils. Itching of knees and elbows and hairy portions. Itching of hands, deep in. Vesicular, pustular, phlegmonous dermatitis. Skin hot, swollen.
Relationships
Compare: Dolichos; Bovista; Urtica.
Dose
Third potency and 12x.
What the other books say about Fagopyrum esculentum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Fagopyrum esculentum 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). Fagopyrum esculentum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/fagopyrum-esculentum. 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.