Sumbulus moschatus
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Musk-root Ferula sumbul Has many hysterical and nervous symptoms, and is of use in neuralgic affections and anomalous, functional, cardiac disorders. Numbness on becoming cold. Numbness on left side. Insomnia of delirium tremens (fifteen drops of tincture). Sensation as if water dropped down spine. Asthma. A tissue remedy for sclerosed arteries.
Modalities
Worse, active exercise; left side.
Head
Emotional and fidgety. Dull in morning, clear in evening. Mistakes in writing and adding. Comedones. Tenacious, yellow, mucus in nose.
Throat
Chocking constriction; constant swallowing. Belching of gas from stomach. Spasm of pharyngeal muscles. Tenacious mucus in throat.
Urinary
Oily pellicle on surface of urine.
Female
Ovarian neuralgia. Abdomen full, distended, and painful. Climacteric flushes.
Heart
Nervous palpitation. Neuralgia around left breast and left hypochondriac region. Cardiac asthma. Aching in left arm, heavy, numb an weary. Loses breath on any exertion. Pulse irregular.
Relationships
Compare: Asaf; Mosch.
Dose
Tincture, to third potency. Dr. W. McGeorge advises the 2x every 3 hours for arterio-sclerosis.
What the other books say about Sumbulus moschatus
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Sumbulus moschatus 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). Sumbulus moschatus — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/sumbulus-moschatus. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.