Paeonia officinalis
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Peony
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General
The rectal and anal symptoms are most important. Chronic ulcers on lower parts of body, leg, foot, toe, also breast, rectum.
Head
Rush of blood to head and face. Nervous. Vertigo when moving. Burning in eyes and ringing in ears.
Rectum
Biting, itching in anus; orifice swollen. Burning in anus after stool; then internal chilliness. Fistula ani, diarrhœa, with anal burning and internal chilliness. Painful ulcer, oozing offensive moisture on perineum. Hæmorrhoids, fissures, ulceration of anus and perineum, purple, covered with crusts. Atrocious pains with and after each stool. Sudden, pasty diarrhœa, with faintness in abdomen.
Chest
Sticking pain in left chest. Heat in chest. Dull shooting from front to back through heart.
Extremities
Pain in wrist and fingers; knees and toes. Weakness of legs, inhibiting walking.
Skin
Sensitive, painful. Ulcers below coccyx, around sacrum; varicose veins. Ulcers in general, from pressure, bedsores, etc. Itching, burning, as from nettles.
Sleep
Terrifying dreams, nightmare.
Relationships
Compare: Glechoma-Ground Ivy––(rectal symptom). Hamam; Sil; Aesc; Ratanh (great constriction of anus; stools forced with great effort). Antidotes: Ratanh; Aloe.
Dose
Third potency.
What the other books say about Paeonia officinalis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Paeonia officinalis 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). Paeonia officinalis — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/paeonia-officinalis. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.