Scutellaria lateriflora

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

Scutellaria Lateriflora

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General

This is a nervous sedative, where nervous fear predominates. Cardiac irritability. Chorea. Nervous irritation and spasms of children, during dentition. Twitching of muscles. Nervous weakness after influenza. Mental.––Fear of some calamity. Inability to fix attention (Aethus). Confusion.

Head

Dull, frontal headache. Eyes feel pressed outwards. Flushed face. Restless sleep and frightful dreams. Must move about. Night terrors. Migraine; worse, over right eye; aching in eyeballs. Explosive headaches of school teachers with frequent urination; headaches in front and base of brain. Nervous sick headaches, worse noise, odor light, better night; rest, 5 drops of tincture.

Stomach

Nausea; sour eructations; hiccough; pain and distress.

Abdomen

Gas, fullness and distention, colicky pain and uneasiness. Light colored diarrhœa.

Male

Seminal emissions and impotency, with fear of never being better.

Extremities

Twitchings of muscles; must be moving. Chorea. Tremors. Sharp stinging pains in upper extremities. Nightly restlessness. Weakness and aching.

Sleep

Night-terrors; sleeplessness; sudden wakefulness; frightful dreams.

Relationships

Compare: Cyprip; Lycopus.

Dose

Tincture and lower potencies.

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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.