Senega

as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927

Senega

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Mind

Suddenly remembers unimportant regions which he saw long ago. Inclined to quarrel.

General

Catarrhal symptoms, especially of the respiratory tract, and distinct eye symptoms of a paralytic type, are most characteristic. Circumscribed spots in chest left after inflammations.

Modalities

Worse, walking in open air, during rest. Better, from sweat; bending head backwards.

Head

Dullness, with pressure and weakness of eyes. Pain in temples. Bursting pain in forehead.

Face

Paralysis of left side of face. Heat in face. Burning vesicles in corners of mouth and lips.

Eyes

Hyperphoria, better by bending head backwards. Acts on the rectus superior. Blepharitis; lids dry and crusty (Graph). Dryness, with sensation as if too large for orbits. Starting. Lachrymation. Flickering; must wipe eyes frequently. Objects look shaded. Muscular asthenopia (Caust). Double vision; better only by bending head backward. Opacities of the vitreous humor. Promotes absorption of fragments of lens, after operation.

Nose

Dry. Coryza; much watery mucus and sneezing. Nostrils feel peppery.

Throat

Catarrhal inflammation of throat and fauces, with scraping hoarseness. Burning and rawness. Sensation as if membrane had been abraded.

Urinary

Greatly diminished; loaded with shreds and mucus; scalding before and after urinating. Back, bursting distending pain in kidney region.

Respiratory

Hoarseness. Hurts to talk. Bursting pain in back on coughing. Catarrh of larynx. Loss of voice. Hacking cough. Thorax feels too narrow. Cough often ends in a sneeze. Rattling in chest (Tart emet). Chest oppressed on ascending. Bronchial catarrh, with sore chest walls; much mucus; sensation of oppression and weight of chest. Difficult raising of tough, profuse mucus, in the aged. Asthenic bronchitis of old people with chronic interstitial nephritis or chronic emphysema. Old asthmatics with congestive attacks. Exudations in Pleura. Hydrothorax (Merc sulph). Pressure on chest as though lungs were forced back to spine. Voice unsteady, vocal cords partially paralyzed.

Relationships

Compare: Caust; Phos; Saponin; Ammon; Calc; Nepeta cataria- Catnip (to break up a cold; infantile colic: hysteria).

Dose

Tincture, to thirtieth potency.

What the other books say about Senega

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Senega in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
Senega in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.

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Cite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Senega — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/senega. 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.