Mephitis putorius
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Skunk
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Mind
Excited, full of fancies. Can neither sleep nor work.
General
A great medicine for whooping-cough. In order to insure its full success, it should be given in the lower dilutions from 1x to 3x. Suffocative feeling, asthmatic paroxysms, spasmodic cough; cough so violent, seems as if each spell would terminate life. Child must be raised up, gets blue in face, cannot exhale, Mucous rales through upper part of chest. Patient wants to bathe in ice-cold water.
Eyes
Pain from overexertion; blur; unable to distinguish letters; conjunctiva red; eyes hot and painful.
Mouth
Painful jerks in root of teeth. Bloated face. Coppery taste, as after eating onions.
Respiratory
Sudden contraction of glottis, when drinking or talking. Food goes down wrong way. False croup; cannot exhale. Spasmodic and whooping- cough. Few paroxysms in day-time, but many at night; with vomiting after eating. Asthma, as if inhaling sulphur; cough from talking; hollow, deep, with rawness, hoarseness, and pains through chest. Violent spasmodic cough; worse at night.
Sleep
Awakes at night with rush of blood to lower legs. Vivid dream of water, fire, etc.
Relationships
Compare: Dros; Coral; Sticta.
Dose
First to third potency. Has a very short action.
What the other books say about Mephitis putorius
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Mephitis putorius 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). Mephitis putorius — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/mephitis-putorius. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.