Ledum palustre
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Marsh-Tea Affects especially the rheumatic diathesis, going through all the changes, from functional pain to altered secretions and deposits of solid, earthy matter in the tissues. The Ledum rheumatism begins in feet, and travels upward. It affects also the skin, producing an eruption like Poison-oak, and is antidotal thereto, as well as to stings of insects. There is a general lack of animal heat, and yet heat of bed is intolerable. For punctured wounds, produced by sharp-pointed instruments or bites particularly if the wounded parts are cold, this is the remedy. Tetanus with twitching of muscles near wound.
Modalities
Better, from cold, putting feet in cold water. Worse, at night, and from heat of bed.
Head
Vertigo when walking, with tendency to fall to one side. Distress when head is covered. Nosebleed (Mellilot; Bry).
Face
Red pimples on forehead and cheeks; stinging when touched. Crusty eruption around nose and mouth.
Eyes
Aching in eyes. Extravasation of blood in lids, conjunctiva, aqueous or
vitreous. Contused wounds. Cataract with gout.
Mouth
Dry, retching with eructation. Musty taste with catarrhal affection.
Rectum
Anal fissures. Hæmorrhoidal pain.
Respiratory
Burning in nose. Cough, with bloody expectoration. Dyspnœa; chest feels constricted. Suffocative arrest of breathing. Pain along trachea. Bronchitis with emphysema of aged. Oppressive constriction of chest. Tickling in larynx; spasmodic cough. Hæmoptysis, alternating with rheumatism. Chest hurts when touched. Whooping-cough; spasmodic, double inspiration with sobbing.
Extremities
Gouty pains shoot all through the foot and limb, and in joints, but especially small joints. Swollen, hot, pale. Throbbing in right shoulder. Pressure in shoulder, worse motion. Cracking in joints; worse, warmth of bed. Gouty nodosities. Ball of great to swollen (Bothrops). Rheumatism begins in lower limbs and ascends (Kalmia opposite). Ankles swollen. Soles painful, can hardly step on them (Ant c; Lyc). Easy spraining of ankle.
Skin
Acne on forehead, sticking pain therein. Eczema (facial). Itching of feet and ankles; worse, scratching and warmth of bed. Ecchymosis. Long discoloration after injuries. Carbuncles (Anthracin. Tarant cuben). Antidote to Rhus poisoning (Grindel; Cyprip; Anac).
Fever
Coldness, want of animal heat. Sensation as of cold water over parts; general coldness with heat of face.
Relationships
Compare: Ledum antidotes spider poisons. Ruta; Ham; Bellis; Arnica.
Dose
Third to thirtieth potency.
What the other books say about Ledum palustre
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Ledum palustre in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Ledum palustre in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Ledum palustre 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). Ledum palustre — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/ledum-palustre. 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.