Gnaphalium polycephalum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Cud-weed Old Balsa A remedy of unquestioned benefit in sciatica, when pain is associated with numbness of the part affected. Rheumatism and morning diarrhœa. Polyuria.
Face
Intermittent pains of superior maxillary of both sides.
Abdomen
Borborygmus. Colic; pain in various parts of the abdomen. Irritated prostate. First stage of cholera infantum; vomiting and purging.
Female
Weight and fullness in pelvis. Dysmenorrhœa, with scanty and painful menses.
Back
Chronic backache in lumbar region; better resting on back. Lumbago with numbness in lower part of back and weight in pelvis.
Extremities
Cramps in calves of legs and feet when in bed. Rheumatic pain in ankle joints and legs. Intense pain along the sciatic nerve; numbness alternates
with pain. Frequent pains in calves and feet. Gouty pains in big toes. Better, drawing limbs up, flexing thigh on abdomen. Gouty concretions (Ammon benz). Anterior crural neuralgia (Staph). Pain in joints as if they lacked oil. Chronic muscular rheumatism of back and neck.
Relationships
Compare: Xanthoxyl; Chamom; Pulsat.
Dose
Third to thirtieth potency.
What the other books say about Gnaphalium polycephalum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Gnaphalium polycephalum 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). Gnaphalium polycephalum — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/gnaphalium-polycephalum. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.