Mancinella
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Hippomane
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Mind
Silent mood, sadness. Wandering thoughts. Sudden vanishing of thought. Bashful. Fear of becoming insane.
General
Skin symptoms most marked. Dermatitis, with excessive vesiculation, oozing of sticky serum and formation of crusts. To be remembered in mental depressed states at puberty and at climacteric, with exalted sexuality (Hering). Loss of vision. Pain in the thumb.
Head
Vertigo; head feels lights, empty. Scalp itches. Hair falls out after acute sickness.
Nose
Illusions of smell; of gunpowder, dung, etc. Pressure at root of nose.
Mouth
Feels peppery. Copious, offensive saliva. Taste of blood. Burning of fauces. Dysphagia from constriction of throat and œsophagus.
Stomach
Continual choking sensation rising from stomach. Vomiting of ingesta, followed by gripping and copious stools. Burning pains and black vomit.
Extremities
Icy coldness of hands and feet. Pain in thumb.
Skin
Intense erythema. Vesicles. Fungoid growths. Erysipelas. Large blisters, as from scalds. Heavy, brown crusts and scabs. Pemphigus.
Relationships
Compare: Croton; Jatropha; Canth; Anacard.
Dose
Sixth to thirtieth potency.
What the other books say about Mancinella
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Mancinella 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). Mancinella — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/mancinella. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.