Scrophularia nodosa

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

This is one author on one remedy. The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full. Read Scrophularia nodosa in every book at once →

General

Knotted Figwort A powerful medicine whenever enlarged glands are present. Hodgkin's disease. A valuable skin remedy. Has a specific affinity for the breast; very useful in the dissipation of breast tumors. Eczema of the ear. Pruritus vaginæ. Lupoid ulceration. Scrofulous swellings (Cistus). Painful hæmorrhoids. Tubercular testis. Epithelioma. Nodosities in the breasts (Scirrhinum). Pain in all flexor muscles.

Modalities

Worse lying on right side. Compare: Lobel erinus; Ruta; Carcinosin; Conium; Asterias.

Head

Vertigo felt in vertex, greater when standing; drowsiness; pain from forehead to back of head. Eczema behind ear. Crusta lactea.

Eyes

Distressing photophobia (Conium). Spots before eyes. Stitches in eyebrow. Sore eyeballs.

Ears

Inflammation about auricle. Deep ulcerated auricle. Eczema around ear.

Abdomen

Pain in liver on pressure. Colic below navel. Pain in sigmoid flexure and rectum. Painful, bleeding, protruding piles.

Respiratory

Violent dyspnœa, oppression of chest with trembling. Pain about bifurcation of trachea. Asthma in scrofulous patients.

Skin

Prickling itching, worse back of hand.

Sleep

Great drowsiness; in morning and before and after meals with weariness.

Dose

Tincture and first potency. Apply locally to cancerous glands also Semper viv.

Search every book at once, take rubrics from Kent and Bönninghausen, and practise on a patient who answers back — free account.

Create a free account

← Every remedy in Boericke

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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.