Lupulus humulus
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Hops
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General
Is a good remedy in unstrung conditions of the nervous system attended with nausea, dizziness, headache following a night's debauch. Infantile jaundice, Urethral burning. Drawing and twitching in almost every muscle. Nervous tremors; wakefulness and delirium of drunkards. Giddiness and stupefaction. Slow pulse. Perspiration profuse, clammy, greasy.
Head
Morbid vigilance. Highly excited. Dull, heavy headache with dizziness. Drawing and twitching in every muscle.
Male
Painful erections. Emissions, depending on sexual weakness and after organism. Spermatorrhœa.
Skin
Scarlatina-like eruption on face. Feels like insects crawling under skin; feels chapped, skin peels.
Sleep
Drowsy during the day. Sopor.
Relationships
Antidotes: Coffea; Vinegar. Compare: Nux; Urtica; Cannab.
Dose
Tincture, to third potency. Lupulin 1X trit (Best in seminal emissions. Locally in painful cancers).
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Lupulus humulus — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/lupulus-humulus. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.