Iris versicolor
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Blue Flag Thyroid, pancreas, salivary, intestinal glands, and gastro-intestinal mucous membrane, are especially affected. Increases the flow of bile. Sick headaches and cholera morbus are a special therapeutic field for its action.
Modalities
Worse, in evening and at night, from rest. Better, from continued motion.
Head
Frontal headache, with nausea. Scalp feels constricted. Right temples especially affected. Sick headache, worse rest; begins with a blur before eyes, after relaxing from a mental strain. Pustular eruption on scalp.
Face
Neuralgia after breakfast, beginning in infra-orbital nerve, and involving whole face.
Ears
Roaring, buzzing, ringing in ears, with deafness. Aural vertigo, with intense noises in ears.
Throat
Mouth and tongue feel scalded. Heat and smarting in throat. Burning. Profuse flow of saliva; ropy. Goitre.
Stomach
Burning of whole alimentary canal. Vomiting, sour bloody, biliary. Nausea. Profuse flow of saliva (Merc; Ipec; Kali iod). Deficient appetite.
Abdomen
Liver sore. Cutting pain. Flatulent colic. Diarrhœa; stools watery, with burning at anus and through intestinal canal. Periodical night diarrhœa, with pain and green discharges. Constipation (give 30th)
Extremities
Shifting pains. Sciatica, as if left hip-joint were wrenched. Pain extends to popliteal space. Gonorrhœal rheumatism (use Irisin).
Skin
Herpes zoster, associated with gastric derangements. Pustular eruptions. Psoriasis; irregular patches with shining scales. Eczema, with nightly itching.
Relationships
Antidote: Nux. Compare: Iris florentina-Orris-root––(delirium, convulsions, and paralysis); Iris factissima (headache and hernia); Iris germanica-Blue Garden Iris––(dropsy and
freckles); Iris tenax-I. minor––(dry mouth; deathly sensation at point of stomach, pain in ileo-cæcal region; appendicitis. Pain from adhesions after). Pancreatinum- a combination of several enzymes––(Indicated in intestinal indigestion; pain an hour or more after eating. Lienteric diarrhœa. Dose.––3-5 grains, better not given during the active period of stomachic digestion). Pepsinum––(Imperfect digestion with pain in gastric region. Marasmus of children who are fed on artificial foods. Diarrhœa due to indigestion. Dose.––3-4 grains) (Diseases of pancreas, gout, diabetes); Ipec; Podoph; Sanguin; Ars; Ant cr.
Dose
Tincture to thirtieth potency. Favorable reports from the very highest potencies.
What the other books say about Iris versicolor
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Iris versicolor 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). Iris versicolor — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/iris-versicolor. 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.