Polygonum hydropiperoides

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

Hydropiper

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General

Polygonum punctatum Metrorrhagia, also Amenorrhœa in young girls. Varicosis; hæmorrhoids and rectal pockets. Burning in stomach followed by feeling of coldness in the pit of the stomach.

Abdomen

Griping pain, with great rumbling, nausea, and liquid feces. Flatulent colic.

Rectum

Interior of anus studded with itching eminence. Hæmorrhoids. Liquid feces.

Urinary

Painful constriction at neck of bladder.

Female

Aching pains in hips and loins. Sensation as if hips were being drawn together. Sensation of weight and tension within pelvis. Shooting pains through breasts. Amenorrhœa.

Skin

Superficial ulcers and sores on lower extremities, especially in females at climacteric.

Relationships

Compare: Carduus mar (ulcers); Hamam; Senecio; Polygonum persicaria (renal colic and calculi; gangrene); Polygonum sagitatum-arrow- leaved. Tear-thumb––(2x for pains of nephritic colic; suppurative nephritis; lancinating pains along spine; itching of hard palate; burning inner side of right foot and ankle. C. M. Boger); Polygonum aviculare-knot-grass––(in material doses of tincture, found useful in phthisis pulmonalis and intermittent fever, and especially in arterio-sclerosis. Erythema).

Dose

Tincture.

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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.