Solidago virgaurea
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Golden-rod Inhalation of the pollen has caused hæmorrhage from the lungs in phthisis. Repeated colds of tuberculosis (2x) feeling of weakness, chilliness alternating with heat; naso-pharyngeal catarrh, burning in throat, pains in limbs and thoracic oppression. Pain in region of kidneys, with dysuria. Kidneys sensitive to pressure. Bright's disease. Hay-fever when Solidago is the exciting cause. Here give 30th potency or higher.
Eyes
Injected, watery, burning, stinging.
Nose
Nares irritated with abundant mucus secretion; paroxysms of sneezing.
Stomach
Bitter taste, especially at night; coated tongue with very scanty brown and sour urine.
Urinary
Scanty, reddish brown, thick sediment, dysuria, gravel. Difficult and scanty. Albumen, blood, and slime in urine. Pain in kidneys extend forward to abdomen and bladder (Berb). Clear and offensive urine. Sometimes makes the use of the catheter unnecessary.
Female
Uterine enlargement, organ pressed down upon the bladder. Fibroid tumors.
Respiratory
Bronchitis, cough with much purulent expectoration, blood- streaked; oppressed breathing. Continuous dyspnœa. Asthma, with nightly dysuria.
Back
Backache of congested kidneys (Senec aur).
Skin
Blotches, especially on lower extremities; itch. Exanthema of lower extremities, with urinary disturbances, dropsy and threatened gangrene.
Relationships
Iodoform 2x antidotes poison of Golden-rod. Arsenic. Agrimonia (Pain in region of kidneys).
Dose
Tincture, to third potency. Oil of Solidago, 1 oz to 8 oz. Alcohol. 15 drops doses to promote expectoration in bronchitis and bronchial asthma in old people (Eli G. Jones).
What the other books say about Solidago virgaurea
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Solidago virgaurea 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). Solidago virgaurea — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/solidago-virgaurea. 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.