Menyanthes trifoliata
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Buck-bean A remedy for certain headaches, intermittent fever. Coldness of abdomen. Twitchings. Sensation of tension and compression. Fidgets and urinary difficulties in women. Diabetes.
Modalities
Worse, during rest, ascending better, pressure on affected part, stooping, motion.
Head
Pressing in vertex; better, hard pressure with hand. Pressing-together pain. Weight pressing on brain with every step on ascending. Pain from nape over whole brain; better, stooping, sitting; worse, going upstairs. Cracking in jaw and twitching of facial muscles.
Stomach
No thirst at any time. Revenous hunger; passing away after eating a little. Desire for meat. Sensation of coldness extending up to œsophagus.
Abdomen
Distended and full; increased by smoking tobacco. Coldness of abdomen.
Extremities
Icy coldness of hands and feet. Cramp-like pain. As soon as patient lies down, legs jerk and twitch.
Fever
Coldness predominates; felt most acutely in abdomen and legs and tip of nose.
Relationships
Compare: Caps; Puls; Calc; Phos ac; Sang. Antidote: Camph.
Dose
Third to thirtieth potency.
What the other books say about Menyanthes trifoliata
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Menyanthes trifoliata in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Menyanthes trifoliata 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). Menyanthes trifoliata — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/menyanthes-trifoliata. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.