Indigo tinctoria

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

Indigo

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General

Marked action on the nervous system, and of undoubted benefit in the treatment of epilepsy with great sadness. Excited mood and desire to be busy. Neurasthenia and hysteria. Pure powdered Indigo placed on the wound cures snake and spider poison (Kali permang; Golondrina; Cedron). Stricture of œsophagus; blue color (Cupr).

Modalities

Worse, during rest and sitting. Better, pressure, rubbing, motion.

Head

Vertigo with nausea. Convulsions. Sensation of a band around forehead. Undulating sensation through whole head. Sensation as if brain were frozen. Gloomy; cries at night. Hair feels pulled from vertex. Head feels frozen.

Ears

Pressure and roaring.

Nose

Excessive sneezing and bleeding from nose.

Stomach

Metallic taste. Eructations. Bloating. Anorexia. Flushes of heat rising from stomach to head.

Rectum

Falling of rectum. Aroused at night with horrible itching at anus.

Urinary

Constant desire to urinate. Urine turbid. Catarrh of bladder.

Extremities

Sciatica. Pain from middle of thigh to knee. Boring pain in knee- joint; better, walking. Pain in limbs worse after every meal. Nerves.––Hysterical symptoms where pain predominates Excessive nervous irritation. Epilepsy; flashes of heat from abdomen to head; fit begins with dizziness. Aura from a painful spot between shoulders. Reflex spasms from worms.

Relationships

Compare: Cuprum; Œstrus cameli, an Indian medicine for epilepsy.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.

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Cite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Indigo tinctoria — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/indigo-tinctoria. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.