Plantago major
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Plantain
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General
Has considerable clinical reputation in the treatment of earache, toothache, and enuresis. Sharp pain in eyes, reflex from decayed teeth or inflammation of middle ear. Eyeball very tender to touch. Pain plays between teeth and ears. Pyorrhea alveolaris. Depression and insomnia of chronic Nicotinism. Causes an aversion to tobacco.
Head
Periodical prosopalgia, worse 7 am to 2 pm, accompanied with flow of tears, photophobia; pains radiate to temples and lower face.
Ears
Hearing acute; noise painful. Sticking pain in ears. Neuralgic earache; pain goes from one ear to the other through the head. Otalgia, with toothache. Loud noises go through one.
Nose
Sudden, yellowish, watery discharge.
Mouth
Teeth ache and are sensitive and sore to touch. Swelling of cheeks. Salivation; teeth feel too long; worse, cold air and contact. Toothache, better while eating. Profuse of saliva. Toothache, with reflex neuralgia of eyelids.
Stool
Wants to defecate; goes often, but cannot bad, can hardly stand. Diarrhœa, with brown watery
Urinary
Profuse flow; nocturnal enuresis (Rhus arom; Caust; Bellad).
Skin
Itching and burning; papulæ. Urticaria, chilblains (Agar; Tamus).
Relationships
Compare: Kalm; Cham; Puls.
Dose
Tincture, and lower potencies. Local use in toothache in hollow teeth, otorrhœa, pruritus, and Poison-oak. Incised wounds.
What the other books say about Plantago major
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Plantago major 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). Plantago major — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/plantago-major. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.