Oenanthe crocata

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

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General

Water Dropwart Epileptiform convulsions; worse, during menstruation and pregnancy. Puerperal eclampsia; uræmic convulsions. Burning in throat and stomach, nausea and vomiting. Red spots in face. Convulsive facial twitching. Skin affections, especially lepra and ichthyosis.

Head

Pains all over head, dizzy. Sudden and complete unconsciousness. Furious delirium, giddiness. Countenance livid, eyes fixed, pupils dilated, convulsive twitching of facial muscles, trismus, foaming at mouth, locked jaws.

Much yawning. Tendency to cry over little things.

Respiratory

Tickling cough, with rattling in the lower part of the chest, and thick, frothy expectoration. Heavy, spasmodic, stertorous breathing.

Extremities

Convulsions; opisthotonos. Pain along crural and sciatic nerves, commencing in back. Cold hands and feet. Numbness of hand and foot.

Relationships

Compare: Cicuta; Kali brom.

Dose

First to sixth potency.

What the other books say about Oenanthe crocata

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Oenanthe crocata in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.

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Cite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Oenanthe crocata — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/oenanthe-crocata. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.