Ilex aquifolium
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
American Holly Intermittent fever. Marked eye symptoms, spleen pain. All symptoms better in winter.
Eye
Infiltration of cornea; staphyloma; nightly burning in orbits, rheumatic inflammation of eye; psilosis.
Relationships
Ilex Paraguayensis-Yerba Mate––(Persistent epigastric pain; sense of dryness of mouth and pharynx, anorexia, pyrosis, nervous depression, neurasthenia. Somnolence; incapacity for work, diminution of urinary secretion, headache and pruritus. Hemicrania. Renal colic. Is said to be of use as a prophylactic against sunstroke, being a safe stimulant to the circulation, to diaphoresis and diuresis). Ilex vomitoria––Yaupon––(Emetic properties- Possesses also tonic and digestive qualities, free from sleepless effects. Has an active principle said to act as a powerful diuretic-employed in nephritis and gout). Ilex Cassine––(Christmas berry Tea)-Excellent diuretic and substitute for tea.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Ilex aquifolium — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/ilex-aquifolium. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.